Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 3 - Grading: Grate or Great

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Christina Marie Zambrano-Varghese, Rutgers University-Newark; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Swapnil Moon

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

may have heard of frequently, may even fear violating, butmany students fail to integrate the underlying values and purposes of abiding by academicintegrity within their own lives. The debate over whether academic dishonesty is on the rise orwhether technology has altered the way that violations appear is ongoing; however, what isimperative is that engineering educators begin to work to integrate this crucial aspect of one’seducation into the objectives of their courses. Students need to learn that academic honesty is acritical part of their educational endeavors and that their future work as an engineer is dependentupon the professional ethics that they must uphold.There are many types of academic integrity violations, ranging from minor to

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Devine, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

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New Engineering Educators

Spring 2004, Final Exam InvitationSpecific Instructor Evaluation of David DevineDid the service learning assignment enhance your learning of the subject matter?Yes NoHow/why not:Should a service learning assignment be a part of this class? Yes NoHow/why not:Did the ethics assignment enhance your learning of the subject matter?Yes NoHow/why not:Should an ethics assignment be a part of this class? Yes NoHow/why not:Is it necessary to have open book and open note exams for this class?Yes NoWhy/why not:Writing is important and should be included in assignments made in this class.Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree 1 2 3 4 5The questions that appear on the SPIE FORM are specific to the class. Questions are

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Baer, Georgia Institute of Technology

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New Engineering Educators

required program outcomes that the students must obtain both a“recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning” and “anunderstanding of professional and ethical responsibility11.” In order to be life-long learners,students must be information literate. The Association for College and Research Libraries Page 14.384.4eloquently states the following which appeared in Information Literacy Competency Standardsfor Higher Education. Information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning…. It enables learners to master content and extend their investigations, become more self-directed, and assume greater

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University; Bruce Harding, Purdue University

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New Engineering Educators

information, the basis for a price quote,equipment specifications, company profiles, standards compliance and a myriad of other types ofinformation. Throw in issues of ethics and determining the validity and reliability of sourcesamong the millions on the internet, information literacy becomes a critical instrument in thepractitioners toolbox. Yet few classes address practitioner's needs for broad informationresearch literacy skills.This paper details strategies for a student research project that new faculty may use to enhanceundergraduate technical research experiences in an information literacy context within anyengineering or engineering technology discipline. It leverages the internet plus the resources ofa well-endowed, or even a modestly

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Michael Gregg, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2007-1313: MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES ON IMPLEMENTING ATEAM-TEACHING MODELJenny Lo, Virginia Tech JENNY LO, assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, has interests in freshman curricula, engineering ethics, increasing diversity of the engineering population, and promoting undergraduate research.Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech VINOD LOHANI, associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, has research interests related to freshman curricula, predictors of student success, international study, and sustainability.Michael Gregg, Virginia Tech MICHAEL GREGG, associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jumoke Oluwakemi Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Anita M. Wells, Morgan State University

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New Engineering Educators

 students.Best Practices and Practical SolutionsFor engineering programs that are ABET accredited, students are expected to meet outcomes in thearea of the professional and ethical responsibility of engineers and designing within ethicalconstraints by the time they graduate.19 Some of the uncivil and unethical behaviors that students exhibitare in violation of the ethics of the profession. In this section, we will provide answers to the followingquestions: How can you structure your undergraduate classroom to minimize disruptive behavior? Whenthere is incivility or ethical misconduct how should you handle it?Minimizing Disruptive BehaviorResearchers note that the most effective way to minimize disruptive behavior in the classroom is topreclude its

Conference Session

Educational Research and the New Engineering Educator

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malcolm Drewery, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Stefani A. Bjorklund

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New Engineering Educators

commitment to assessing specific approaches to teaching, learning, andstudent learning outcomes. The report, Engineer of 2020 Project, Visions of Engineering in theNew Century, identifies the attributes and abilities engineers will need to perform well in a worlddriven by rapid technological advancements, national security needs, aging infrastructure indeveloped countries, environmental challenges brought about by population growth anddiminishing resources, and the creation of new disciplines at the interfaces between engineeringand science. To ensure that future engineers have these capabilities, they must be educated to benot only technically proficient, but also ethically grounded global citizens who can becomeleaders in business and public

Conference Session

Best of NEE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas; Alison B. Hoxie, University of Minnesota Duluth; Matt Anderson, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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New Engineering Educators

addressed in most, if not all, engineering codes of ethics (for example NSPEfundamental canon 5). As discussed by Passow et al., cheating also goes against the mission ofmost schools which often have a moral/character development dimension15. Thus, by allowing itto proceed unchecked an instructor is implicitly acting against the mission of their employer.Some studies suggest that academic cheating correlates with ethical transgressions later in lifesuch as failing to follow workplace rules, marital infidelity, lying to customers, deceiving bosses,and cheating in graduate school16-18. It is thought that by committing a dishonest act one’s senseof right and wrong can be altered so that the act is no longer viewed as immoral thus making itmore likely

Conference Session

Tips and Tricks for Assessing Student Performance

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gilbert C. Brunnhoeffer III, Roger Williams University

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New Engineering Educators

teacher and an engaged, participative student. Alongthe way the student should learn how to explore gaining knowledge without the teacher in orderto instill life-long learning. The teacher usually also tries to instill a good work ethic as thestudent learns. For the mathematics and sciences courses this often involves assigning problemsets for the student to apply and practice the tools, techniques, and concepts presented in classand in the reading assignments. At regular intervals the student is tested on her or his ability toidentify and categorize problems, select the appropriate tools to solve the problem, and apply theappropriate problem solving steps to actually solve the problem. This testing exercise isdesigned for assessment and feedback

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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New Engineering Educators

preparingstudents to become engineers in the 21st century and the importance of integrating all elements ofsuccessful engineering practice in engineering education. In addition, they wrote a shortdescription of an idea or plan for implementing innovative techniques in their classroom. On thebasis of these ideas, they were preliminarily placed in one of four affinity groups that stemmedfrom Educating Engineers: design education, engineering fundamentals and analysis, laboratory/project/ experience-based learning, or ethics/society/broader engineering skills. Attendees wereable to attend more than one affinity group session at the symposium.The organizers strove for a mix of formal and informal networking opportunities, small groupdiscussions, and panel

Conference Session

Faculty Development Toolkit

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Murad, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown; Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

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New Engineering Educators

23 His/her ethics and professional integrity 6 46 His/her professional experience 2 15As indicated in Table 1, most responses indicated that effective teaching methods, enthusiasm,and instructor’s confidence in his/her knowledge and views are the qualities of an excellentinstructor they had as in the past as students. Almost half of the responses indicated that otherqualities of an instructor make him/her an excellent instructor including the way he/she treatedstudents in class, his/her concern of student learning, grading system and fairness, his/her senseof humor, and his/her ethics and professional integrity. About a third of the survey

Conference Session

Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tawfik Elshehabi, University of Wyoming

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

Senior Lecturer, University of WyomingAbstractEducators revisit their teaching philosophy statement (TPS) when applying for new jobs orpromotion and tenure. However, sharing our teaching philosophy with our students could make asignificant difference. This research presents the results of creating a visual model of myteaching philosophy and sharing it with my students. My teaching philosophy informs mystudents that we learn in teams to gain not only technical knowledge but also skills and ethics. Itexpresses to students that my core values are to care, share, and be fair. I care about their life-long learning, as well as achieving fair grades. The visual model also shows the different levelsof engagement and communication; student-to-student and

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific Univ; Donald Peter

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New Engineering Educators

indicate that it is beneficial for their learning and 93% indicate that it should becontinued. Students concur with us, also, that the self-graded homework helps them to takeresponsibility for their own learning. In addition to apparently improved student learning, anadded benefit to the faculty member is less grading. Self grading also creates a naturalopportunity to address ethics and integrity issues with students. The drawbacks for the facultymember include: twice as many homework scores to document and the need to provide detailed,correct, homework solutions. Further, when assigned, the faculty member may choose to readthe metacognition responses and, perhaps, respond to the student. Despite the added timerequirement, forming the detailed

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ana T. Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Shree Frazier; Osman Cekic, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

strong analytical skills, communication,practical ingenuity, leadership, professionalism, ethics, and lifelong learning.Methods, Techniques, or Modes of InquiryQualitative methods were used to conduct the current study, which is one part of an exploratorystudy about engineering Ph.D.s14. To define the attributes of engineering Ph.D.s and to identify Page 22.267.4strategies to help engineering Ph.D.s to acquire expected skills, researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with industry and academic professionals in engineering fields. Resultswere analyzed from four questions (two about attributes and two about strategies). The researchteam

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

academics believe and advice strongly in maintaining a business-like relationshipbetween mentors and mentees. They claim that a professor should not have any casualrelationships with students, and such relationships “conflict with our fundamentalobligations as faculty members,(4) and the ethics of the relationship require that thefaculty member remains “dispassionate,” avoiding any appearance of partiality. Thefaculty member should “not seek to be their psychiatrist, friend, or lover.” (5) While someof us may agree about the psychiatrist and lover part, many of us do not agree thatfriendship between students and faculty members has ill effects and should not beallowed. Too often we tend to be overly cautious and keep students at a distance

Conference Session

Assessing Students and Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christa Moll Weisbrook, University of Missouri; William Schonberg, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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New Engineering Educators

Engineering Management Program engage others through effective oral,technical and written communication evidenced by:• active listening• clarity and conciseness in presentation• an ability to adjust content and presentation style to audience• confidence and discernment in asking appropriate questions to obtain information vital to the project or task at hand.Professional Behavior: Graduates of the Engineering Management Program will continually grow in theirawareness and understanding of the societal, ethical, cultural, legal and political issues prevalent in an increasinglyglobal society.Integration: Drawing on proficiencies in the areas described above, Graduates of the Engineering ManagementProgram are able to integrate

Conference Session

Tips and Tricks for Assessing Student Performance

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #19408Helping Students to Provide Effective Peer FeedbackDr. Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University Dr. Gehringer is an associate professor in the Departments of Computer Science, and Electrical & Computer Engineering. His research interests include computerized assessment systems, and the use of natural-language processing to improve the quality of reviewing. He teaches courses in the area of programming, computer architecture, object-oriented design, and ethics in computing. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Helping Students to Provide Effective

Conference Session

Been There/Done That: Advice for NEEs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Laura Genik, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

organizations, such as the American Society ofMechanical Engineers (ASME), American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE),American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE), and the Institute of Electrical andElectronics Engineers (IEEE). The purpose of these students sections are to introduceengineering students to a discipline specific engineering profession. This includesprofessional practice, ethics, and general information about the discipline. Second, arethe honor societies, examples which include Tau Beta Pi (overall engineering), Pi TauSigma (mechanical engineering), Chi Epsilon (civil engineering) and Eta Kappa Nu(electrical engineering). Third, there are the diversity organizations such as the Societyof Women Engineers (SWE), National Society of

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reginald Rogers, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

time with students.This paper looks at how to effectively run online office hours using applications such as AOLInstant Messenger. The focus will be given to implementation and sustainability of onlineoffice hours. The instructor must demonstrate the viability of their online office hours such thathis/her students believe in its effectiveness and will want to continue using the application. Inaddition, the approach to running online office hours changes slightly due to the nature of theenvironment. From cheating to ethical concerns, these topics will be discussed to help theinstructor feel comfortable and have confidence running online office hours. A previous studyshowed a significant increase in student contact time with the implementation

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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New Engineering Educators

attributed to the development of value systems andvery high ethical standards, teaching others to generate knowledge, and the use of creativity anddiverse backgrounds to bring “unique perspective[s]” to research problems. One engineerdescribed the need for diversity in engineering in order to innovate: “The advances come whenyou’re sort of looking at—you’re applying something new to a different area and you’re bringingin people who haven’t looked at it before.” Others refer to the importance of collaborations andcollaborative work in generating advances in technology, especially between different fields (ex.mechanical engineering and psychology to advance mental health technologies), collaborationsbetween university research facilities and industry

Conference Session

Lessons for New Engineering Educators

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faizal Karim, University of British Columbia

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New Engineering Educators

Page 22.1439.5 in the appointment)TA-Student Relationship: In this section the facilitators talk about the roles, responsibilities,boundaries and ethics of being a TA and how they pertain to their relationship with the student.During this section, groups are split into small teams that look at various scenarios that couldpresent themselves while being a TA. The three scenarios deal with a TA who is beingoverworked during office hours and via emailed questions, a student offering a bribe, and teammembers not working well together. There are generally six groups, so two groups discuss eachscenario. Each group records their thoughts on large sheets of paper, which are then attached tothe wall. One group explains

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald P. Visco Jr., University of Akron; Dirk Schaefer, University of Bath

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

that the Broader Impacts criteria of NSF grants in theCAREER program require a teacher-training plan26. Wankat goes further and links engineeringfaculty training with whether the faculty have the qualifications necessary to perform their jobfunctions in teaching26. He cites the AIChE Code of Ethics, which states that “Members shall:Perform professional services only in areas of competence.” The question here is obvious: Is itethical for a chemical engineering faculty member who belongs to AIChE to teach if they are notcompetent in that area? Of course, the next question is: what defines competency in the area ofteaching? Is it competency in the material or competency in the material and the delivery of thematerial? The former has been the

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Roberts, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

example, one of the graduates noticed that ESL (English as a second language) students sometimes performed poorly on specific exam questions. The student suggested modifying exam questions to allow for ESL students to be as successful as their counterparts by minimizing confusing English terminology, words that have dual meanings, and popular American expressions. Now this has become common practice among all Engineering Fundamentals courses. Graduate mentees have also helped develop course projects. After seeing a disappointing research poster forum, a graduate student helped develop a project to cap off the section on ethics in engineering. We continue to do this project and have

Conference Session

New Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

improve their communication skills. Small stepsin creating text and placing that text in the forefront of engineering courses can be a simple way tomake of engineering students a force in the world around them.The structure of the courses within a department could expand to all required courses as in thefollowing. The communication elements in each course are shown below.Fresh. EGR 100 – Intro to Engineering DesignYear Resumes, email, short engineering focused reports, engineering writing demands, problem solving, speaking, ethics, and orientation to the university/college/majorsSoph.Year ME 201 – Thermodynamics Student communication survey, refresher for past grammatical expertise

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University

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New Engineering Educators

. Accurate case studies may give students are “realworld” examples. A discussion of the ethical dilemmas involved is appropriate as well.Hose Coupling Problems at the Great Fires Case StudyProposals for national hose coupling standards of the 19th and 20th century have been describedin detail since 1873. The earliest dates are usual missed from the present day accounts. Cochrane(1966) 21 as well as many other authors typically discussed the beginning of the activities tocreate a hose coupling standard as beginning in 1904 after the Great Fire in Baltimore when firecompanies from the region’s major cities arrived to help fight the great “conflagration” inFebruary. Most could not attach their hose couplings to Baltimore fire hydrants because“common

Conference Session

Tools and Strategies for Teaching Online Courses

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Ashwini Menon; Guoyi Wang

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

., Englander, F. & Wang, Z. Do Online Exams Facilitate Cheating? An Experiment Designedto Separate Possible Cheating from the Effect of the Online Test Taking Environment. J. Acad Ethics 12,101–112 (2014).[7] R. Harmon, Oskar, and James Lambrinos. 2008. "Are Online Exams An Invitation To Cheat?".Journal of Economic Education 39:2, 116-125 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3200/JECE.39.2.116-125.[8] M. Alessio, Helaine, Nancy Malay, Karsten Maurer, A. John Bailer, and Beth Rubin.. "ExaminingThe Effect Of Proctoring On Online Test Scores". Online Learning 21:1 (2017)https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1140251.pdf.[9] Richard Ladyshewsky, “Post-graduate student performance in ‘supervised in-class’ vs. ‘unsupervisedonline’ multiple choice tests

Conference Session

Survivor: The First Few Years

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Research Experiences for Undergraduates(REU) program [1]. The goal of this program is to support active research participation by undergraduate studentswith the long-term goal of encouraging more students to pursue advanced degrees and to increase participation ofgroups traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering. One key attribute of such a program is that theREU projects must involve students in meaningful ways – i.e. the undergraduates may not be simply lab technicians.It is viewed favorably if the REU Sites include professional development training including ethics. Also, involvingparticipants from diverse schools across the country (especially those from primarily undergraduate institutions) aswell as inclusion of an

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

teaching assistants. 2008 ASEE Annual Conference.[6] Verleger, Matthew and Velasquez, Juan. Training of teaching assistants on technology driven lessondevelopment. 2007 ASEE Annual Conference.[7] Prieto, Loreto R. and Altmaier, Elizabeth M. The relationship of prior training and previous teachingexperience to self-efficacy among graduate teaching assistants. Research in Higher Education 35:4 (July 1994), pp.481–497.[8] Jenkins, Susan. Cultural and linguistic miscues: a case study of international teaching assistant and academicfaculty miscommunication. International J. of Intercultural Relations 24:4 (July 2000), pp. 477–501.[9] Branstetter, Steven A. and Handelsman, Mitchell M. Graduate Teaching Assistants: Ethical Training, Beliefs,and Practices

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Engineering Design Service Projects various Public Policy Professional Organizations various Ethical Responsibility Engineer Interactions various Lifelong Learning“Students-Teach-Students,” These lectures place responsibility on students to teach new coursematerial to their peers. Students are assigned a course topic, which necessitates considerablepreparation and understanding in order to teach their peers. Student presenters are encouraged toprovide handouts, notes, and/or PowerPoint presentations, plus use approaches to keep theirclassmates engaged. The professor is on-hand to assist students through lecture material, ifnecessary

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Brewer, University of Georgia; Nicola Sochacka, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

quantitative thinking [22; 23; 24]. In light of the persistence of this issue, we argue that the engineering education community is 2 uncertain “about what matters”, both in the sense of why this problem matters (e.g. is diversity a question of equity and ethics? Or putting together a more diverse and thus competitive American workforce?) and how to address the problem (see discussion of polarization below).Polarization “[that which