research-based works. Thisproblem is also a result of student confusion on who the audience is for their writing—scholarlywriting is not addressed to the instructor but to their professional peers in the discipline.14 Mostfaculty will encourage the use of passive voice to address these issues. This avoids the firstperson problem that students fall into, and helps create the proper academic tone.Citation and Attribution of Sources and Academic HonestyThe concept of research ethics and academic honesty in regard to written submissions bygraduate students is of significant importance to all graduate faculty members. Unfortunately,many graduate students do not know or fully understand the concept of academic honesty orproper attribution of sources
Paper ID #15120Gender in the Workplace: Peer Coaching to Empower Women in the Class-room and as ProfessionalsDr. Jennifer L. Groh, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Groh joined the Purdue Women in Engineering Program (WIEP) in 2009. She received a B.S. in microbiology from Purdue University, and a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Oklahoma. Prior to joining WIEP, she was the Graduate Programs Coordinator in the Purdue Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. As Associate Director of WIEP, Dr. Groh administers the undergraduate Mentee & Mentor Program and the Graduate Mentoring Program, teaches two Women in
Page 23.562.3emphasizing mutual interdependence among the members.”13 Below are the words of a group offive tenure track female professors who peer-mentored one another through the process of tenure,which best capture the spirit of group peer mentoring. The professors range in age from 37 to 62,were in different stages of the tenure process, and in different fields. Despite this variability, theycame together to write and develop as scholars for 14 months. Together they wrote an article onnavigating the tenure process, which included the following statement: Initially, mentoring focused on helping each peer develop as an individual agent for her own productivity. As time went on, however, the group itself became an object of agency
25.499.2majors.15 Peer-mentored individuals “have demonstrated improvements in connectedness toschool and peers.”16 The purpose of this paper is to describe whether a similar effect on socialintegration can be observed, specifically, for students in different graduating classes of the sameengineering discipline.MethodSophomore students entering the chemical engineering discipline were given the opportunity toparticipate in a peer mentoring program organized and monitored by the faculty. Mentors weresenior students in the same discipline who qualified for the respective honor society. At the timeof solicitation, sophomores were informed verbally and in writing that the program wouldrequire meetings with their mentor on a monthly basis. Fourteen sophomore
’ interaction withdiverse others (i.e., Model 3) added 27% (ΔR2 = 0.27) and 34% (ΔR2 = 0.34) respectively. So,students’ interactions with faculty (i.e., Model 4) explains the greatest amount of variance at39% (ΔR2 = 0.39). Significant predictors of African American and Hispanic STEM students’satisfaction include: preparing for class (studying, reading, writing, doing homework or labwork, analyzing data, rehearsing, and other academic activities) (B = 0.24, p < 0.05) and talkingabout career plans with a faculty member or advisor (B = 0.39, p < 0.05). In other words,students in the sample who spend more time on class preparation tend to report a higher level ofsatisfaction in college than their same-race peers who spend less time preparing for
Paper ID #12057Reflections on Experiences of a Successful STEM Scholarship Program forUnderrepresented GroupsDr. Sedig Salem Agili, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg Sedig S. Agili received his BS, MS, and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Marquette University in 1986, 1989, and 1996, respectively. Currently he is a Professor of Electrical Engineer- ing teaching and conducting research in signal integrity of high-speed electrical interconnects, electronic communications, and fiber optic communications. He has authored numerous research articles which have been published in reputable peer refereed
responding to writing activities encouragingstudent engagement. The workshop discussed related issues such as graphic organizers,cognitively guided instruction, and challenging culturally relevant experiences that will requirestudents to use technology while working with peers in different collaborative arrangements. Figure 6. A summary of the 2013 STEM-MORE Faculty Development Workshop survey Page 24.1021.14This workshop allowed STEM faculty to explore how they can become part of a learningcommunity to support their students’ learning by collaborating with faculty delivering freshmenseminars that pays away for freshmen mentors, supplemental
student teams. Interrogating theinteractions African-American males experience within multiracial teams enhances ourunderstanding of how they experience engineering and what peer interactions reduce spotlightingand disconnection. Page 26.1545.2IntroductionTeam projects in undergraduate engineering programs are critical sites for professional skillsdevelopment. Designed to simulate engineering work, team projects allow students to try onprofessional roles as they interact with peers and faculty. Also, engaging in engineering activitiessuch as a team project can help students establish a sense of identity within their field, which inturn influences
Cooperation on Science Fair Projects on Elementary School StudentsAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to show that outside the classroom, active learning throughscience fair projects with assistance from RAMP-UP Fellows can positively impactfourth graders. A comparison of the students’ third grade End-of-Grade (EOG) mathscores to their fourth grade EOG math scores, after they have worked with RAMP-UPFellows on science fair projects, is presented to assess the impact. RAMP-UP assistedfourth graders in 2007 had a 2.96% and an 11.43% improvement in their developmentscale score and achievement level respectively as compared to 1.99% and 3.59%improvement by their peers. The 2008 and 2009 assisted science fair students did notperform as well as
develop the skills and writing habits to complete doctorate degrees in engineering. Across all of her research avenues, Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 12 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award with her share of funding be ingnearly $2.3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 21 journal publications and more than 70 conference papers. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty, an Outstanding Teacher Award and a Faculty Fellow Award. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, an M.S. in Materials Science from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Dr. Stephanie G
student population, despite decades of supportive research. The present studysought to estimate the educational benefits that accrue to undergraduate engineering studentswho interact with diverse peers and perspectives. Furthermore, differences across gender andrace were explored. Multi-institutional survey data were analyzed for over 100 undergraduateengineering students using a 2007 administration of the National Survey of Student Engagement(NSSE). Findings show that encouraging contact among students from different economic,social, or racial/ethnic backgrounds can produce greater perceived learning gains amongstengineering students.IntroductionIn recent reports, based in part on the Supreme Court’s rulings in affirmative action cases at
leadership studies at North Carolina A&T State University. Her research interests include multi-criteria decision making, intellectual sustainability in higher education, corporate social responsibility and ethics, and East Asian higher education systems. She has presented numerous workshops on issues related to minority affairs, graduate admissions and funding opportunities, intellectual capital management and investment, core professional development competencies, and graduate research and teaching assistant training and assessment.Dr. Shea Bigsby, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Shea Bigsby is the Coordinator of Graduate Writing Services in the Graduate College at North Car- olina A&T State
happy! (U37).Many of these young women also question whether engineering is a profession that will providethe space and time to find a balance between work and family. A woman at Smith asks, “Is anengineer allowed to be in love, be attracted to anyone, or better still, even have the time toengage in such wonderful human relationships?” (S03). Her counterpart at MIT echoes the Page 22.1719.9concerns of her peers when she writes, All my life, I‟ve been encouraged to not let being a female limit what I do; women like Sally Ride and Marie Curie were held up as role models and I was always told to pursue what I like and what I
. Theprogram content and products are designed to meet the needs of graduates entering the academy.Second, our goal is to develop a scalable model for working the pipeline issue nationally. Thepeer facilitated structure is cost-effective because it does not require institutional commitment offiscal or human resources. Third, engineering graduate students are more likely to participate ina program that has “face-validity.” Our program is product-oriented and designed to help prepareparticipants for the academic job search. Finally, the program reflects our commitment andenthusiasm for individual writing and peer review as an effective process for balancingindividual reflection and social learning.Our work has not been without challenges. For example
minority students in STEM related fields. The proposed modelspans the educational engineering spectrum, impacting high school students and teachers,undergraduate and graduate students through structured education, research and mentoringactivities. The main components of the present model are: 1) Teaching Teachers to Teach Engineering (T3E) program 2) Peer Undergraduate Mentoring Program (PUMP) 3) Optimization Models for Engineering Research Class 4) Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Engineering Optimization 5) Speaker Seminar Series & Graduate School SeminarFirst, through the participation of high school teachers in the Teaching Teachers to TeachEngineering (T3E) program, teachers benefit by having a tested set of standards
identifies four main areas whichunder-represented minority students in engineering described as helpful to their development of asense of community and belonging: co-curricular/extracurricular involvement, peer support,faculty and department support, and residence programs. The study demonstrates that under-represented minority engineering students were able to derive a sense of integration, communityand belonging using multiple means, and that the support mechanisms they used changed a bitover time. By understanding the different ways that under-represented minorities are able tointegrate into their college campuses and ultimately find a sense of community and belonging,engineering programs can work to develop strategies to better support under
lasting supportive cohort of peers among the Backstage Bucknell participants. 2) Students greatly valued activities such as academic preparedness sessions in mathematics and physics as well as time management workshops that were geared toward helping them develop useful and necessary skills for success in their first semester. Meaningful instruction in writing was difficult to execute in this compressed time frame. 3) Nearly all participants felt that the program was of an appropriate length to achieve the goals of the Backstage Bucknell and would recommend the program in this format to another student. Gains in the three focus areas of the program were possible
Academic faculty members in your department on research/programmatic experiences projects that align you’re your research/career interests. They should participate in professional activities that are common for people who have completed their doctorate. - For example, do some peer reviewing, give conference talks, contribute chapters to books, demos, write or assist your advisor in writing grant proposals; take charge in planning a seminar, meeting, workshop within the department or outside; teach some classes in a course.3) Access to Mentors Some graduate
careers.3 The expressed purpose of URPs is criticallyimportant given that minorities tend to have lower self-efficacy, lower confidence in their mathand science skills, and less access to scientific courses and highly technical learning experiencescompared to their majority peers.4 And while previous research has focused on the intendedpurpose and general nature of URPs, as well as sex differences in URP participants’ perceptionsof the program,5 no studies were readily uncovered that measured the influence of URPparticipation on specific learning outcomes such as research self-efficacy. This is the gapaddressed by the present study.PurposeThe purpose of this study was to measure the influence of background traits and research-relatedexperiences
persisting in engineering disciplines. Theprogram has already demonstrated significant increases in the number ofunderrepresented students entering and persisting in engineering. The ECAP studentsshow higher GPAs, greater satisfaction with engineering and the College, have astronger commitment to the university and maintain a more positive overall outlookregarding their college experiences than other students.The following paper describes the program and findings of an evaluation showing thatECAP students are more successful than their non-ECAP peers and compared toprevious cohorts of students (underrepresented students and all students). Quantitativestudies showed statistically significant results. The ECAP program includes sixcomponents: 1) an in
: Engineering, Arts and SciencesNumber of students: 16 students, 5 yearsInitiatives: 1. Two, one-credit courses 2. Peer mentoring of seniors to freshmenResults: 1. Beneficial to the retention of the freshmen 2. New study habits and the importance of time management 3. Experience in research, report writing, and poster presentations were also found to be very beneficial to the freshmen 4) NSF S-STEM Scholarship [20] University: University of Maryland Baltimore County Discipline: Mechanical engineering Number of students: 45 students, 5 years Initiatives: 1. Proactive recruitment 2. Selected high impact practices such as orientation, one-to one faculty mentoring, peer
report on the benchmarks and outcomes serving as key indicators of success.MethodsAll relevant literature about PFF programs was searched; beginning with the implementation ofthe first PFF Program initiatives as sponsored by the AAC&U and CGS. Four databases (ISIWeb of Science, Engineering Index, ERIC—Education Resources Information Center, andAcademic Search Complete) were searched using a combination of search terms, including“preparing future faculty,” “engineering,” “faculty development,” “teacher education,” “faculty,”and “program effectiveness” for publications appearing from 1993 to present. Searches usingGoogle and Google Scholar were also considered for those publications not included in oursearch engines or not submitted for peer
S-STEM funding has influenced educational practices in the ERE department.The lessons learned from SLS program have informed the ERE department Diversity andRetention Plan required by the new university accreditation process, whose purpose is to increaseretention of diverse students in all majors. One part of the plan that was informed by the SLSproject is the implementation of a peer mentoring program for first year engineering (ERE)students. The peer mentoring program was started due to the SLS project outcomes thatindicated the importance of peer mentoring. Assessment of the new peer mentoring program isnot yet complete. In addition, based on outcomes from the SLS project, the ERE department isencouraging the university to implement
with Life and Career Skills Intervention and Retention Applications Matter in Educating New Minority FreshmenAbstractSTEM and urban education along with educational psychology scholarship established fourcritical research areas that needed judicious exploration to systematically increase the exercise ofeffective instructional programming for minorities: 1) Early access to and sustained engagementwith salient concepts (e.g., logical reasoning, managing complexity) that practically applyclassroom theories, 2) Curriculum that supports cognitive development in proportion to students’learning styles, 3) Peer and expert-model pedagogical agents as learning companions and socialmodels, and 4) Considering sociocultural
beyond graduate school. Such training must include multi-facetedprofessional development (e.g., grant writing, public speaking, and publishing research), as wellas social dynamics such as networking within the STEM community.10Logically, the challenges posed by the lack of financial resources and lack of peer and facultymentorship are cumulative from high school through graduate school and beyond. URM studentsare more likely to complete their baccalaureate educations with higher debt burdens than theirmajority peers, thus the prospect of a long slog to a STEM doctorate with the likely prospect offurther training at the postdoctoral level makes the alternative of a career in medicine or a STEMjob in industry more appealing. Meanwhile, the
Karl Haefner, PEEC Collaborative Team Member. University of Phoenix, M.A.e.d., Secondary Education, 2008 Grand Valley State University, B.S. Geology, 2004 Sagi- naw Valley State University, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1988 Mr. Haefner is an engineering instructor at Cankdeska Cikana Community College, where he is actively working to build the Pre-Engineering Department. He assisted with writing the AMI accreditation report to the HLC, wrote several success- ful grants, and managed CCCC’s Advanced Manufacturing Curriculum and Pre-Engineering Educational Consortium. In addition the Advanced Manufacturing initiative at CCCC has hired two undergraduates to run the 3-D/Scanner Laboratory. The aforementioned gives the
Washington include introductory and honors courses in bioengineering, tissue and protein engineering lab courses, diversity and ethics in bioengineering, lead- ership, service learning, and bioengineering capstone writing and design courses. She is committed to enhancing diversity and inclusivity in engineering, and creating opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in service and educational outreach. Dr. Hendricks has over a decade of experience leading K-12 educational outreach and summer camp programs at both Duke University and the University of Washington.Camille BirchCelina Gunnarsson c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Exploring the Interplay of Diversity and
decades, one of the top priorities forAmerica’s higher education leaders is to get more students into college. The second priority is tograduate students that are competent in their field of study. In a recent national study, only twoof five minority students who enroll in engineering programs graduate with a baccalaureatedegree in engineering, as compared to two of three non-minority students. Another nationalstudy found that 54 percent of students entering four-year colleges in 1997 had a degree six yearslater, with even a lower percentage for Hispanics and Blacks. The barriers to minority studentretention continue to be: the cost of education, isolating campus environments, a lack of peer andfaculty engagement, and inadequate math and science
engineering researcher.Lilja describes the needs of engineering researchers to critically evaluate the work oftheir peers, understand and utilize standard tools and techniques in their field of study,and present innovative ideas and results clearly in written and oral communication. AllSURE student participants are not engineers, however the skills cited by Lilja areconsidered applicable for success in all disciplines represented within the SURE program.The fundamental components stated by Lilja for successful research were incorporated inthe SURE 2007 program year through a three part seminar series focused oncommunication, investigation and documentation. All seminars were formulated andfacilitated by the SURE Program Coordinator.Seminar
. Page 22.1659.10The summer ALVA students receive intensive training in keeping an accurate laboratorynotebook, reading scientific papers, and writing their own research papers. Science literacyrequires strong communication skills, both in interpreting others‟ work, and explaining andjustifying one‟s own. To become skilled scientists, students need to learn how to communicatein this world in which the language and structure may be new to them. With the advent of theInternet, the definition of valid information sources has become fuzzy. Students often do theirresearch online, but do not have the skills or knowledge to determine whether their sources arevalid67. Many documents are posted on the web without going through the peer review process68