Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Dringenberg, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mel Chua, Purdue University

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a decade of teaching and curriculum development experience and a track record of leadership in Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS) communities, including the One Laptop Per Child project and most recently as Red Hat Inc’s. educational liason. Now part of Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education, Mel’s work bridges academic research on successful learning and making communities with deep personal experience in building them. Page 24.1366.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 What Can Reflections From an "Innovation in Engineering Education

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Emma Rose, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington

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. Page 11.388.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Decision-making: What does it have to do with my teaching?AbstractEngineering education is a complex design activity where educators create a range of teachingartifacts including course curricula, classroom policies, lecture notes, exams, and timelines forstudent group projects. In order to design such artifacts, engineering faculty must make a seriesof teaching decisions, each of which can impact their students’ learning and engagement withcourse activities. Given the importance of decision-making in engineering education, we hopethat by beginning to characterize engineering educator decisions, educators will gain a greaterawareness of decision-making by recognizing

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy; Maj Jonathan Bodenhamer, U.S. Military Academy, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering; James J O'Brien Jr., American Society of Civil Engineers

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, 2005a, 2005b; Zoricet al., 2007). Some nonverbal behaviors are learned (Zoric et al., 2007), such as a wink; whileothers are innate, such as a blush. As an educator, looking for a student’s nonverbal cues, it isimportant to realize that unconscious actions and reactions are often the manifestation of astatement that a student feels uncomfortable otherwise expressing.A discussion of nonverbal cues must include recognition of the influence of culture and genderon both the sender and the recipient. These variables are embedded in both the bias used ininterpretations made by an instructor in the classroom and in the outward projection of thestudent. That is, as an instructor, our perspective on the interpretation of observed bodylanguage could be

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiwei Guan, University of Washington; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington

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learningprocesses and Christy et al.9 deigned portfolios to identity the motivation for choosing Page 11.1000.6engineering. These purposes show that a particular portfolio program could have multiplepurposes depending on the educators’ focuses and interests.ContentGiven the different purposes for using portfolios, it is unsurprising that the portfolios alsocontained different types of content. The materials in the portfolios included diverse artifactsthat were created by students, such as students’ exams, assignments, project reports, andhomework. In addition to those artifacts, students were often required to write an entry ornarrative for each artifact or

Conference Session

Enhancing Teaching and Research

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Timothy Aaron Wood, The Citadel; Dan D. Nale P.E., The Citadel; Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., The Citadel

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,” Jun. 2011, p. 22.532.1-22.532.19, Accessed: Nov. 12, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/effect-of-laptops-in-large-lecture-classes-on-attentiveness-and- engagement.[13] W. M. Kappers and S. Cutler, “Poll Everywhere! Even in the Classroom: An Investigation into the Impact of Using PollEverywhere in a Large-Lecture Classroom,” Jun. 2014, p. 24.988.1-24.988.12, Accessed: Nov. 12, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/poll-everywhere-even-in-the-classroom-an-investigation-into-the- impact-of-using-polleverywhere-in-a-large-lecture-classroom.[14] L. D. Nguyen, R. O’Neill, and S. J. Komisar, “Using Poll App to Improve Active Learning in an Engineering Project Management Course Offered to Civil

Conference Session

Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kenya Z Mejia, University of Washington; Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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Diversity

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to become more inclusive. NSF Revolutionizing EngineeringDepartments (RED) program awarded the Mechanical Engineering department of SeattleUniversity a grant in 2017. The goal of this five-year project is to build a culture that fostersstudents’ engineering identities. Many changes have been made to the curriculum and coursesthroughout the curriculum so students could experience real-world engineering with practicingengineers. Engineering design courses for senior design projects provide students not only theopportunity to work with industry engineers on real-world design problems, but also thepossibilities to learn the highest level of professionalism. In the past couple of years, notablechanges in Engineering Design courses include using

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University; Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Anant Sahai, University of California, Berkeley; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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for many faculty in improvingundergraduate teaching.IntroductionProviding students with rich and inclusive education is at the heart of any institution. Even inhighly intensive research institutions, the goal of research is arguably to push the boundariesof knowledge and educate others about what is found. As a part of this mission, a major partof student learning is the opportunity to learn. Learning is a process that is active1-3, builds onprior knowledge4, occurs within a social environment5-7, and requires cognitive engagementin the process itself8. Research shows that assessing students in more in-depth ways improvesstudent learning outcomes9; however, assigning a design project or holistic portfolio as anoutcome rather than a scannable

Conference Session

Training and Support for NEEs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vishwas Narayan Bedekar, University of Arkansas; John DUPE Lee, University of Arkansas; Douglas E. Spearot, University of Arkansas

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the dots between classroom learning and real worldapplications. We assessed this program informally during tests, projects, and an industry visitduring the first semester, and then formally via an online evaluation in the second semester of theprogram. This manuscript presents the outcome of the teaching mentorship experiment. Ourapproach could provide a pathway for new engineering faculty to become effective teachers andsuccessful mentors.I. Introduction and BackgroundThe 2lst century has seen a significant shift from bricks to clicks, from simultaneous to non-simultaneous engineering and communication cultures. 1-2 Traditional classrooms, in the walls ofbricks, have transformed with integration of software and design tools, digital

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Adams, Purdue University; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University; David Socha, University of Washington; Dawn Williams, Howard University; Ken Yasuhara

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interests include multicultural education, identity construction, and interdisciplinarity.Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University Tori Rhoulac Smith began her appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Howard University in 2003. In this position, she fulfills a number of research, service, and both graduate and undergraduate course instruction roles. Dr. Rhoulac Smith’s primary area of research is in traffic operations and multimodal school transportation systems. She engages not only in transportation engineering research, but regularly conducts engineering education research projects and serves as the campus coordinator for the Learning Communities for Scientific

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aly Tawfik, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Richard Goff, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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projected to students’ satisfaction.In addition, the two measures are different from one another. This means that if the two measureswere to be compared to one another, with the objective of following a time-series sort of a trend,this will be of no practical meaning. The authors would have liked to investigate the trend ofstudents’ satisfaction throughout the semester, the same way the test scores were investigatedearlier. However, this is not possible with the available data. The authors have communicatedthis concern to the Department of Engineering Education, and new evaluations forms arecurrently being developed for this semester. Hence, the mentioned trend analysis will be possiblein future similar publications.Comparing students’ satisfaction

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 2: Success In and Out of the Classroom

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Huma Shoaib, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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New Engineering Educators

motivation to learning through domain-based problems[23]. One way proposed in literature [22] for bringing computational activities to students is byembedding them within STEM coursework that students are already required to take. We believethat engaging students through their existing STEM courses is a strategy that is much more likelyto succeed in increasing the interest and appeal of computational thinking.In another study [21] experimental activities related to statistics and mathematical projects keptstudents motivated and actively engaged in the process of learning, problem solving anddeveloping a better intuition for understanding complex mathematical concepts. The majority ofstudents appreciated this hands-on experience as a useful one, not

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 4: Tips and Tools

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Randy Hugh Brooks, Texas A&M University

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opportunity to lead a Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Principles of Engineering (PoE) course which is a project-based learning survey of the engineering discipline. Since the Summer of 2015 I have been privileged to work with the Texas A and M Sketch Recognition Lab (TAMU SRL) to evaluate two online tutorial tools (Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS)) currently under development, Mechanix and Sketchtivity, that provide immediate constructive feedback to the students and student-level metrics to the instructors. I presented on this work at the state and national PLTW Conventions and at CPTTE in 2016. I also spent 5 semesters beginning the Fall of 2015 in online courses learning how to construct and deliver online courses

Conference Session

Developing New Engineering Educators

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Karlin, University of Southern Maine; Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech

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New Engineering Educators

mentoringprimarily suited to only one of their multiple hats. Given their limited resources, this is also aconcern for formal faculty development programs. In this section, we will show how the primaryskill sets from Arreola et al.'s "Meta-Profession" project [12] are orthogonal to and illustratesome of the available sources of faculty mentoring and faculty development programs across themultiple hats faculty wear. Part of our choice of the Meta-Profession project is rooted in itsorigins: the concept grew out of the need to define the role of teaching in a comprehensivefaculty evaluation program [13]. As such, the skills sets described below are formed for use asmentoring/development prompts, a part of faculty evaluation, and a means to supporting

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University

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federal funding agency. Many of these seed grant programs also provide you with thereviews so you can improve your ideas (and your chance of getting a larger grant).Although the dollar amounts are low, if you can show on the “Current and PendingSupport” some funding within Topic Y, and reference your funded project (withassociated website) in your new proposal, you now have a better chance of gettingfunding at a much higher level.Many national program solicitations (such as the NSF CAREER award program) receiveproposals from many faculty at your university. The people that work in the office thatformally submits these proposals on behalf of the university usually work very hard. Letthem know well ahead of time that you are writing a proposal and

Conference Session

Developing New Engineering Educators

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon L. Isovitsch Parks P.E., University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Laura J Dietz, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

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New Engineering Educators

challenges including culture shock, change in standard of living, and needingto revisit fundamental technical principles, this mid-career change also has many benefits to thefaculty member, the students, and the department. The job satisfaction that comes with teachingand having an independent research program is probably the number one benefit to the facultymember. In addition, the flexibility and supportive environment have made the transitionworthwhile and possible.It has also been found by the author that industry experience can be beneficial to the classroom,such as by enhancing the quality of lecture material with “real world” examples, stories, andprojects. Industry contacts were called upon to serve as guest speakers, provide design projects

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Allen Hayden Ph.D., Indiana State University; Randell W. Peters, Indiana State University

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New Engineering Educators

often used to determine and state a completePI.Table 1. Performance Indicator Factors. Behavior Factors Comments Focus or intent What exactly is the desired behavior? To make a project plan for a thing, to design the thing, to create the thing, to evaluate … Centrality or primacy You might be primarily interested in the student creating a truss, but to the intent in whole or part you have the student answer a multiple choice question about trusses. Answering is an observable and measureable action verb but it might be secondary (but as close as you can get) to the primary

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Roxane Neal, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

the results of this process.Results of January 2006 evaluationIn any product design project, it is imperative to receive quality feedback from the targetaudience. Such feedback can help guide the product refinement process, leading to resources thatare valuable and effective to their users. In December 2005, we completed a working prototypeof five story pages, a home page, a story index page, a keyword index page, and an “About Us”page. To gain needed feedback, we invited eight engineering education experts—fourinstructional consultants and four researchers in the engineering education discipline—to reviewthe site and offer feedback on three areas: (1) the general concept for the site, specifically the useof stories; (2) the credibility and

Conference Session

Women & New Faculty Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Luces Faulkenberry, University of Houston; Barbara Stewart, University of Houston

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New Engineering Educators

are required of all students in the college including computer usage, written communication,oral communication, analytical skills applied to content area, project management, continuedlearning, and team functioning. The items in Section 3 relate to competencies within specificprograms. All items were either refined from previous baseline items or newly developed by theACI with input from program faculty. Early administrations of the survey indicated that a Likertscale did not produce adequate discrimination in response, so the committee researched otherscales. The response scale used was adapted from a classroom checklist proposed by Angelo andCross.13 The students rate their acquisition of a stated skill or concept area as A Advanced levelof

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego; Thomas Doyle, McMaster University; Rachid Manseur, SUNY-Oswego

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New Engineering Educators

(7)where xi and yi are arbitrary raw scores and their scaled values correspond to each of the A, B, C, D, andF categories; αj and βj (j = 1, 2, …, 5) are linear transformation coefficients.Let us assume that the instructor assesses the correspondence to each LG category of raw scores so thatm1, M1 (minimum and maximum) correspond to the limits of the raw score of F LG; m2, M2 correspondto the limits of the raw score of D LG, etc.; also, on the projected scale we have F (m’1, M’1), D (m’2, M’2),C (m’2, M’2), etc. Then the coefficients αj and βj can be calculated as M 'j / m 'j m'j M j / m j M 'j χj ? ;δj ? (j = 1, 2,…, 5) (8) M j / mj

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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New Engineering Educators

, Regarding grading, I often find it useful to retroactively change disasters into extra-credit opportunities. That is, I explain that the problem won't count against anyone's grade, but that those students who managed against all odds to solve (or make substantial headway toward solving) a very difficult (or impossible) problem will be rewarded with extra-credit points.Students should not expect assignments to be perfect. Several instructors made the point that inthe real world, requirements are incompletely specified, change during the project, etc. As KathyRoberson9 put it, Up front, and several times during the semester, I explain to my students that they are preparing for a career where they will frequently be

Conference Session

But I'm a Loner! Expanding capability and creativity by examining effective alliances

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Colin Cerretani, University of California, Berkeley; Marjorie S Went, UC Berkeley

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New Engineering Educators

, and emotional intelligence emerge.1. Introduction1.1 Teamwork in Engineering EducationEffective teamwork is a common theme in engineering education. Teamwork skills frequentlyrank at the top of desired engineering skills lists, along with analysis, problem solving, design,and communication,3 and the ability to work well in teams appears in the current and proposedfuture set of ABET Student Outcomes for programs accredited by the Engineering AccreditationCommission.4 Team projects are a hallmark of engineering curricula, especially in laboratorycourses and capstone design courses. Many engineering educators discuss strategies for teachingteamwork skills to their students, especially through collaborative and cooperative learningapproaches.5

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 1: Learning Aids

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Zhilin Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Chirantan Mahipal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; David Mussulman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Robert Thomas Baird, University of Illinois Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning; Hongye Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ruihua Sui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Maryalice S. Wu; Rob Kooper, NCSA / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include algorithmic fault-tolerant adaptive systems, software defined radio, multi-user cellular communication, electrically-small devices, and pedagogies of teaching and learning. An amateur beekeeper, he currently mentors a project for improving the plight of honeybees. He worked for TRW Space and Electronics Group from 1995 until 1997 and at the University of Illinois from 2002 to present. His research interests are in adaptive digital signal processing, digital communica- tions, and education pedagogy. He currently serves the ECE department of the University of Illinois as a Teaching Associate Professor and an undergraduate advisor and is working to

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcus L. Roberts, U.S. Air Force Academy; Randall Deppensmith, U.S. Air Force Academy; Ryan Jay Silva, U.S. Air Force Academy

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intangibles, perhapsthrough items such as critical thinking, as overarching objectives that are reported to ABET foraccreditation. But, we’re specifically targeting the individual classroom setting in thisObservation. As an instructor, are we giving graded and non-graded events (e.g., in-classexercises, homework, projects, labs) for the students to practice these intangible attributes, andare we assessing them (through informal or formal feedback)? If not, we are failing them.We admit that this certainly adds a burden to the instructor to tailor their class to practice andassess these intangible attributes. But, the future benefits of such efforts far outweigh the minorinitial investments. Compare student A and student B. Student A attends class

Conference Session

Enhancing Teaching and Research

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kweku Brown P.E., The Citadel; Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel; Nandan Hara Shetty, The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel

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, she recently, in December 2020, graduated with a Master of Science in Project Management from The Citadel.Dr. Nandan Hara Shetty, The Citadel Dr. Nandan Hara Shetty is an assistant professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at The Citadel, located in Charleston, South Carolina. He received his BE from Dartmouth College and his MS/PhD from Columbia University, researching the performance of rain gardens and roof gardens. He also worked for 11 years as an environmental engineer on construction and research of green infrastructure for the New York City Parks Department. Nandan is highly interested in engaging students, while pursuing dialogue with cities on urban climate and water research.Dr. William J. Davis

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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professional behavior. Within these areas ofproficiency, graduates will exhibit the explicit skills and knowledge as detailed below.Technical Knowledge and Analytical Problem Solving: Graduates of the Engineering Management Program areable to analyze and solve complex problems utilizing:• a mastery of Engineering Management tools and techniques including those utilized in operations management, project management, Management of Technology and supply chain management• in-depth knowledge in at least one emphasis area within Engineering Management• an understanding of the fundamental principles and concepts of engineering• sound business judgment• relevant analytical and modeling tools such as statistics.Finance: Graduates

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srikanth Tadepalli, University of Texas, Austin; Cameron Booth, University of Texas, Austin; Mitchell Pryor

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Programming course taught at The University of Texas at Austin.Mitch Pryor, University of Texas, Austin Mitch Pryor graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Methodist University in 1993. After teaching high school for two years, he completed his PhD in 2002 at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin where he now works as a Research Scientist in the Robotics Research Group and teaches in the Mechanical Engineering Department. As a researcher, his efforts have focused on software development for robotic systems. Recent research efforts include human/robot interactions, mobile manipulation, and robotic workcell integration including projects funded by NSF, DARPA, DOE/NNSA

Conference Session

Faculty Development Toolkit

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Walter Bradley, Baylor University

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New Engineering Educators

in the project as investigators. They could be paid with money out of the project (if it is externally funded). They could also be paid with a grade in a special topics or independent study type class.• Have some of your research be educational, where the research project is the creation, teaching, and assessment of the class.The first two authors followed this up in 2003 with a paper that dealt with the broader issue ofhow to balance personal and professional life1. A number of strategies were developed. As withany effort to balance the many activities in life, it is important to differentiate between needs andwants. Of course, this will vary from person to person. The key is to understand thisdifferentiation and to ensure that

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

]. Peer-assessmentenvironments have also been designed for pedagogical code reviews [7] and exampractice questions [8]. A frequent use of peer assessment is for design projects [9],including user-interface design [9]. In group projects, peer assessment is often used torate contributions of team members to the artifacts produced by the team [11].The main objective of peer feedback is to provide specific and timely feedback to authorson how to improve their work. Unfortunately, most students, left to their own devices,provide a paucity of feedback that is not focused on helping the student author to improve.Most instructors have limited experience in teaching students how to review. It is one ofthe critical-thinking skills that is important for all

Conference Session

Classroom Strategies – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, San Jose State University; John T. Solomon, Tuskegee University

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New Engineering Educators

X Animated short videos X Hands-on activities X X Demonstrations X Problem solving in class X X Group work X Peer mentoring X Semester-long project X X Active learning X

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University; Janet Braun, Western Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

/ supervisors as to program or projectexpectations. The requirements for tenure, while daunting, seem to be less definitive in natureand could use the structure of an SOP. Specific items such as a minimum acceptable level ortrend in teaching evaluation ratings, specification of quantity and level of publication andpresentation requirements, as well as quantification of service at the various university /community levels expected, could be included in a university or department-specific SOP.The areas where academic best practices could be developed include successful teachingpractices and laboratory activities in the various courses, effective approaches for researchactivities and projects, as well as successful independent study course methodologies