1=Not to 4=very prepared 3. How do you compare your writing skills to those of your peers in your place of work? Likert scale 1=Less prepared to 4=More prepared than most of my peersOverall, respondents felt prepared to use various forms of writing and rated their writing skills ashigh when compared to their peers. Table 1 summarizes their perceptions of preparation andcompetence relative to their peers. Almost all felt they were prepared or very prepared while onefelt only somewhat prepared. How they consider their abilities in comparison with their peersshows they believe they are as skilled or better than their workplace peers. This appearsconsistent with their reported degree of writing preparation on graduation. An
the results of an investigationof an intervention with the potential to improve students’ identification of the optimal solution tothe problems posed by sponsors.The intervention represents an extension of research funded by an NSF IUSE: EHR Multi-institutional grant to improve writing support for engineering students on their technicaldocuments through the use of peer writing tutors from non-technical backgrounds,collaboratively trained by engineering faculty and writing tutor supervisors. The project, WritingAssignment Tutor Training in STEM (WATTS), has been conducted in three universities overthree years and has demonstrated statistically significant improvement in STEM undergraduatewriting after students received tutoring from WATTS
Writing. Paper presented at 2019 ASEEAnnual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2—33610[2] Ware, R., & Turnipseed, N., & Gallagher, J. R., & Elliott, C. M., & Popovics, J. S., & Prior, P., &Zilles, J. L. (2019, June), Writing Across Engineering: A Collaborative Approach to Support STEMFaculty’s Integration of Writing Instruction in their Classes Paper presented at 2019 ASEE AnnualConference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2—33671[3] Damron, R., & High, K. (2009, June), Writing To Learn: The Effect Of Peer Tutoring On CriticalThinking And Writing Skills Of First Year Engineering Students Paper presented at 2009 AnnualConference & Exposition, Austin, Texas. 10.18260/1-2—5684[4
technical writing skills in STEMdisciplines is well documented. Solutions have been proposed, implemented, and inconsistently sustained.One approach to improving disciplinary technical writing is through Writing Assignment Tutor Trainingin STEM (WATTS). WATTS is an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach in which STEM faculty workwith writing centers and generalist peer tutors to provide just-in-time assignment-specific feedback tostudents. WATTS research was funded by an NSF IUSE collaborative grant (award #s 2013467,2013496, & 2013541). In WATTS, the STEM instructor collaborates with the writing center supervisorand prepares materials for the tutor-training including assignment examples, a glossary of terms, areas ofconcern, and the
advancement ofChatGPT:“It’s a good tool for explanation, not great for solving calculations.”“It should use better resources when providing information.”“Updating to current data rather than data two years old.”Conclusion:Although the process of writing an essay was remarkably simpler when ChatGPT was used forwriting, independent writing yielded more accurate and dependable results. By so doing, studentsnoted that when they do research on their own, they can use valid sources such as published booksand journal articles rather than blogs and non-peer-reviewed research works. Furthermore, studentsunderstood that the statistics provided by ChatGPT are not up to date for they should rely oncredible sources such as official government websites for the
-progress introduces the KLIQED tool along with itsrationale, a template, emerging evidence on its effectiveness from students’perspectives, and tips for instructors. Future work includes survey data analysisand a content analysis of the peers’ comments collected from completed KLIQEDsheets to further assess the effectiveness of the tool.Keywords: Oral communication, student engagement, project-based learning,attentionBackground and MotivationThe value of oral communication skillsCommunication skills, including reading, writing, listening, and presenting, are essentialcompetencies for entering the workforce and for participating in society. Therefore, degreeprograms in all disciplines (e.g. liberal arts, science, and engineering) are expected to
-received, we would like to increase the way we support the students at JHU. We planto expand our website to include more student-facing resources and offer workshops on populartopics. We also want to build a repository with resources for our consultants and offer earlier,more efficient training to build their confidence.E. TCL Strengths From the data collected, we can see that the TCL is popular with both our student clientsand our employees. While many universities employ peer-to-peer models with undergraduatestaff in writing centers to cut costs, a recurring theme in the student surveys and interviews wasthe expertise of the consultants. Students value meeting one-on-one with faculty members orgraduate student consultants who know a lot
effective teaching ● Peer and Instructor Feedback ● Bring An Inclusive Mindset to Your Teaching ● Active Learning ● Ethical/Social Responsibility in the classroom ● How do we assess learning? ● Graduate Student lead Workshop - Peer Assessment ● Writing a Effective Teaching PhilosophyEngineering 397 (ENES 397): Advanced Topics of Teaching Fellow ScholarshipThis course is designed to continue to elevate the undergraduate teaching assistant knowledgeand understanding of the scholarly practices of teaching, learning and research. Throughout thesemester, students attend workshops and seminars that focus on the researched and applied bestpractices in the field of Engineering and Computing education.As more of a practitioner course, students
plan, and/or "stay on 13.7 top of things" Split up work evenly and/or make sure expectations 7.7 are clear Agree on and set up meeting schedule and/or meet 11.1 regularly Content Choose topic of interest 8.2 Writing Use your resources: Use the Writing Center, meet 5.1 with professors, use professor feedback, use peer feedback, materials in Canvas modulesRegarding time management, students advised that future teams begin working on theassignments as soon as possible and avoid procrastination. They also
responsibility fortheir learning building up to structured problem-solving through their interests and involvementwith the issue they are solving as engineers. Often these problems are multi-disciplinary requiringknowledge in different fields such as materials, environment, acoustics, air quality, chemicalreactions, and business. This paradigm aims to impact students in multiple learning environmentsand extend their knowledge beyond classroom and technical knowledge.ImpactThe projects developed by the students not only broaden their understanding of their specificproject but also learn and get educated on other topics from their peers in different areas and topics.Students have demonstrated engagement and critical thinking in engineering problems
minor in Pharmacology, as well as a Post-Baccalaureate in Pre-Health. She is a co-author on numerous peer-reviewed publications and actively supports community health initiatives, including kidney cancer awareness and mental health advocacy.Travis HendersonNicole KennedyProf. Nikos Papanikolopoulos, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Nikolaos P. Papanikolopoulos received the Diploma degree in electrical and computer engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, in 1987 and the M.S.E.E. and the Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA in 1987 and 1992, respectively. He is currently the McKnight Presidential Endowed
involvesconfidence in taking on research challenges, learning new skills, and contributing to the project team.Finally, recognition by others plays a pivotal role in solidifying an engineering identity. It can be definedas “recognition (i.e., beliefs that they are seen as a good student in the subject by peers, parents, andteachers) as being the type of person that can do a particular subject” [17, p. 2]. In the context of thisstudy, recognition reflects both interpersonal validation from engineering peers and mentors as well aspersonal internalization of external recognition. Through others identifying their engineering talent andtechnical contributions, students begin to think of themselves as good engineers worthy of that field. Withengineering interest
program in the Mid-Atlantic region were tasked to write a reflective essay explaining the challenges faced intheir first four weeks in college. A thematic analysis of the qualitative data was used to analyzethe reflective essays.This “work in progress” paper will summarize the main results of the study. Based on theanalysis, we propose interventions to assist these students in their transition from high school tocollege. This project is relevant to institutions seeking to improve the retention of students intheir engineering programs.Background:First generation college students are defined as students whose parents completed only a highschool diploma or equivalent. Some researchers include in this classification those studentswhose parents
% reportlistening to podcasts over textbooks or journal articles as a method of weekly extracurriculareducation [8], [9], [10]. Podcasts are also increasingly used to provide continuing medicaleducation (CME) credits to professionals. The internal medicine podcast Annals on Call hasthousands of CME credits claimed by independent physicians. Competency-based medicaleducation relies on self-directed forms of learning [7]. Several studies have shown that individualswho have access to podcasts as supplemental materials outperformed their peers during knowledgetesting [11], [12]. Some U.S.-based medical schools and residency programs have also begunintegrating podcasts in formal curricula in flipped classrooms [7].Podcasts have been evaluated for their
Write efficient, structured, and task-driven code. 3 Follow the best practices in coding, e.g., commenting, modularity. 4 Develop algorithms for fundamental problems using existing and custom libraries. 5 Analyze, debug, and adapt code written for robotic systems. 6 Describe the components of a robotic system and their interactions through code. 7 Interface with robotics actuators and sensors via code and microcontrollers. 8 Collaborate with peers to develop a robotic application that integrates multiple subsystems. 9 Apply concepts learned to make functional code that runs on hardware.Weekly Schedule and Course FlowThe course schedule spans 7 weeks, providing a structured and scaffolded approach to learning.Each week builds upon
inindustry.The Peer Mentors (Peer Mentoring is discussed later in this paper) are invaluable in providingfeedback from the students on how the first-year classes are going, as viewed from the studentperspective.One additional adjustment in our Program was to expand our two introductory courses,Introduction to Data Science and Role of Data Science in Today’s World, from one- and two-credit hour courses, respectively, to three-credit hours each. They were originally designed thatway but were reduced to fit in another course whose content has been folded into other courses.This has resulted in minor changes to the first two years of the 8-semester plan. At the sametime, this change has allowed us to expand the Introduction and Role courses to the
, job shadowing programs still exist and have been documentedin the literature.In engineering, most job shadowing experience is in connection with industry. Job shadowingprograms have been found to have impacts on student career trajectories. Engineering programsare expected to help students find internships and job shadowing opportunities in industry becauseit is considered a best practice for students to have this experience early in their careers [3]. Whenpaired with a near-peer mentor and participating in a job shadowing experience, research showsthat there is a positive impact on student retention in STEM programs [4].Many different aspects can influence a successful job shadowing program. As in the definition,job shadowing should involve
, networkingevents, and overall social interactions with colleagues in a technical atmosphere. Revitalizingthese efforts and advancing their development is crucial for student professional development,which has shown to be a significant contributor to successful entry into the workforce [12]-[15].We tried to overcome these limitations and leverage the advantages of online interactionsthrough the following events.Strategy for Success Seminars - These events were focused on expanding students’perspectives of resources and skills associated with the engineering fields. The ESC engaged inthree events: an Engineering Resources Fair, Students Orgs 101, and Technical Writing Seminar.These seminars presented the importance of connecting with University
visualizations. 2. To focus students on thinking critically about what statistical parameters indicate in a particular problem. 3. To facilitate students’ ability to read and respond precisely to an engineering-related problem. To develop our approach and content, we drew from literature across multiple fields, including information and data literacy pedagogy, technical writing in engineering, argumentation, and data visualization. The resulting data literacy module comprises assignments paired with applied engineering problems derived from the existing scientific literature and real-world datasets.We deployed the new assignments in Fall 2024. While we have confidence in the revised module, werecognize that some elements of the assignments
design process. 4 This approach aligns with Michigan Robotics values ofrobotics with respect by teaching students how to engage with communities to make sure designsare addressing diverse needs and can be used by the communities for which they aredesigned.2.4.1 Learning ObjectivesThe objectives of these labs are to: 1. design and evaluate open-ended questions to engage with stakeholder perceptions, 2. demonstrate active listening skills to support understanding a diversity of stakeholders, 3. use interview data to write a problem statement and needs statements, 4. define solution neutral system design requirements that will inform the design solution, 5. apply design ideation methods to support robotics design concept development
afternoon[5]. Other studies show that morning classes are more likely toexceed their later peers in academic performance [6].This indicates a potential correlation between class timing and academic outcomes. For example,one study examined this with third-year Bachelor of Science in Information Technology studentsand concluded that when class met, especially in the morning, impacted student performance[7,8]. There were additional variables, such as gender, major, Instructor, and term, that acted ascontributing variables[9]. This current study builds upon these findings to further examine class time impacts on studentengagement for two second-year engineering courses.Research MethodsThis study analyzes data from multiple semesters of two second year
students also presented theirfindings as a group presentation to obtain the final grade for the project. A standard rubric was used for grading the student work, with 60% of the grade assigned to thecontent (quality and depth of analysis) and including the major aspects of the EOP framework. Theremaining 30% and 10% of the project grade were assigned for the presentation (clarity of expression,organization of ideas, and adherence to academic writing standards) and collaboration (peer evaluation ofthe group's collaborative effort, including communication, contribution, and teamwork), respectively.Furthermore, the students completed an indirect voluntary assessment using an anonymous surveyconcerning the EOP concepts. The survey was created
©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Perception of Engineering Undergraduates Towards an Active Learning Pedagogy at a Minority Serving InstitutionAbstractExperimental centric pedagogy (ECP) which is an active learning approach has been reported toincrease student engagement, critical thinking, peer collaboration, as well as motivation inengineering related courses. However, little is known on the perception of students about thisActive Learning Pedagogy (ALP). This study aims to investigate the perception of minorityserving institutions (MSI) engineering undergraduates on the use of ALP as an active agentduring instruction. This study adopted a quantitative approach in a pre-post-test design. Theengineering
-in-chief of ASEE’s Computers in Education Journal; and a trained ABET Program Evaluator. He is the author of over 75 peer reviewed articles, has appeared as a guest on NPR, and served on advisory panels for NSF, ONR, DoT, NASA, Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Marine Corps Intelligence Agency.Dr. Jenelle Armstrong Piepmeier, United States Naval Academy Dr. Jenelle Piepmeier earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from LeTourneau University. She went on to earn a Master of Science and Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology, also in Mechanical Engineering. For over 20 years she has taught robotics, computer vision, and control systems to the future leaders of the Navy and Marine Corps at
multidisciplinarity will be used to refer to thebalance of and cognitive distances between majors of students within a student team. Thestudy builds on methods used in measures of interdisciplinary research, so references to thosemethods will use the term interdisciplinary, consistent with writings in that area. With thatclarification given, Rousseau et al. place minimal emphasis on terminology, “Although someresearchers make a distinction between the terms interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary,transdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary research, in empirical studies one finds a continuumwhich makes it difficult to distinguish among these modes” [2, p. 70]. 3% % of Papers with Multi- or
professor access to students of anymajor on campus and the students can stay with the VIP team for multiple semesters. VIP teamstypically have 10 to 20 students. The Electronic ARTrium VIP team is co-instructed by Prof.Weitnauer and Dr. Thomas Martin, Chief Scientist of the Electro-optics Systems Laboratory atthe Georgia Tech Research Institute. Enrollments in the Electronic ARTrium team since itsinception to the time of this writing have been 22, 15, 21, and 24, for Fall 2021, Spring 2022,Fall 2022, and Spring 2023. Many if not all the computer science (CS) students on the VIP teamwere using VIP to satisfy their junior capstone design requirement, but this is transparent to theVIP instructors. Engineering students also have the option to use VIP
industry sponsored projects, usually, therewill also be one technical advisor from the company too.Each team will present their project to classmates two times during the semester through themidterm and final presentation. In the midterm presentation, students present their progress todate, share challenges they faced and how they tackled them, and describe their plan for the restof the semester. However, final presentations, usually a week before the capstone conference,allow teams to practice their presentation skills for the big conference day and receive feedbackfrom their peers and the instructor.Roles of the Course Instructor and Technical AdvisorTimely and effective communication is key to the success of each capstone design project. AtPenn
satellite campus can demonstrate their potential ofeventually becoming a traditional big University campus, by ensuring that their students arereceiving high-quality education and are performing at the same level as their peers at the big-University campus.Popularity of Satellite CampusThe plan to establish a satellite campus and incur eventual growth is largely dependent on theeconomic strengths of the region in which they are located. The current popularity of highereducation leads to having easily accessible locations that can attract a broad spectrum of highlyqualified faculty, efficient staff members, and enthusiastic students. The appropriate curricularoptions, majors, etc. of the satellite campus is determined based on the specialized
peer-reviewed journal papers in the area of his research, has received grant form NASA and Amazon and has been reviewer for several journals. Dr. Niksiar is teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in the area of thermal and fluid Sciences, aerodynamics, materials, design, measurements and numerical methods.Dr. Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel Dimitra Michalaka, Ph.D., P.E., is an associate professor in the civil, environmental and construction engineering department at The Citadel, the Associate Director for the Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility (C2M2), and a register professional engineer at the state of SC. She received her undergraduate diploma in civil engineering from the National Technical
these three individuals, as appropriate, to reach saturation of our themes.Analysis Procedures. Coding of data was conducted in a first round of open coding, usinggerund codes to describe mechanisms of identity development and contextual codes to describeelements of faculty development environments. Author B and Author C coded the data in thisphase with peer debriefing after each code was applied to build strong consensus on which codeswere emerging from the data and to ensure interrater reliability moving forward. A second roundof coding was then conducted with the final set of codes to apply them to the full dataset.Axial coding was begun in a third round to form an initial framework for this paper. We plan tore-examine the framework and