Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy James, Oklahoma State University; Stacee Harmon, Oklahoma State University; Richard Bryant, Oklahoma State University

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New Engineering Educators

, scientific methods in thelatter part of the nineteenth century when researchers asked subjects to reflect and report on theirown cognition. At the turn of the nineteenth century, using such subjective data for analysis was Page 12.556.7abandoned in favor of using only observable actions as appropriate objective data. This resultedin the behaviorist perspective, where learning is understood as the formation, strengthening, andadjustment of associations between ideas, stimuli, and responses. These theories “are framed bythe assumption that behavior is to be understood as the responses of an organism to stimuli in thesituation,”1 which usually can

Conference Session

Assessments, Assessments, and Assessments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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New Engineering Educators

activities that support declared goals and student learning, often referredto as educative assessment (8, 27) .This would include decisions on how to provideinformation on students’ strengths and their mastery of course material, as well asguidance on how to proceed with learning activities to insure compliance withdefined goals and how to improve students’ performance and their grasp of newmaterial. Students will eventually need reliable feedback on their performance thatallows them to move forward as learners and deepens their understanding of thesubject matter. This feedback could come from the instructor, their classmates, theirown self-reflection, or a combination of the three.(27, 28)Another important factor in the optimization process is to

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

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New Engineering Educators

100, were conducted online. But in 2005, thefinal exam was taken in a proctored location, either on campus or at a pre-approved testing site.In both semesters, the authors endeavored to predict each student’s final-exam score from thestudent’s class year, major, GPA, and scores on the three midterms. The R-squared statistic(coefficient of determination) was much higher in 2005 (0.4972) than in 2004 (0.0008),indicating that the final-exam score was much less correlated to other metrics of the student’sknowledge when the final exam was unproctored. This suggests that proctored exam results aremuch more reflective of other measures of knowledge than unproctored exam results.A comparison of proctored online with unproctored online exams was done

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University

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New Engineering Educators

. They feared that studentlearning is difficult to stimulate in evening classes because almost 90 percent of these studentsheld a full-time job. Their comments were well taken because PowerPoint presentations can bemisused. As mentioned by Estes et al., PowerPoint presentations may incorporate more materialthan the students are able to absorb, provide an inflexible structure that can hide spontaneity, andcause passivity 4.The author valued the comments from other faculty but did not want to be pressured tocompletely change his teaching style to adapt to the CCNY norms of teaching. The fact of thematter is that people have different learning styles that are reflected in different academicstrengths, weaknesses, skills, and interest5. In this paper

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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New Engineering Educators

for a long period of time. Such a break mayconsist of standing up and doing stretches, working on a problem, or just answering the instructor’squestion.Pay attention to the students’ note-taking [1]. Remember to pause so students can finish theirnote-taking. Be aware that their way of note-taking reflects comprehension of the lecture. Aninstructor who follows where the students are in their note taking shows that he/she respects thestudents and cares about their comprehension.When meeting with students outside of the classroom, listen patiently and do not show signsof impatience [1]. Again, being patient with students demonstrates that the faculty member re-spects them and cares about their learning.Moderate classroom incivilities. Tips on

Conference Session

Faculty Development Toolkit

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy; Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy

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New Engineering Educators

descriptors fell neatly into two statistically independentcategories, which Lowman defined as intellectual excitement and interpersonal rapport.Lowman described intellectual excitement as the clarity of the instructor’s presentations, theinstructor’s disciplinary expertise, and the degree to which the students were stimulatedemotionally by the classroom experience. The most common adjectives that described thisintellectual excitement included enthusiastic, knowledgeable, inspiring, humorous, interesting,clear, organized, exciting, engaging, prepared, and energetic. Interpersonal rapport reflects howmuch an instructor cares about her students and the degree to which they are effectivelymotivated by the teacher. The most common descriptive indicators

Conference Session

Technology for Faculty Development and Classroom Management

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Marie Reck, Kettering University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

, I found it very helpful to be able to step back andobserve myself and reflect on it. As there are many positive benefits, candidates should considervideo recording their lectures.ResearchThe primary artifacts for research are publications and funding3. The key to accomplishing bothof these is staying organized. Staying organized was also the most common tip fromparticipants. Specific suggestions included consistent file names, sharing strategies, andplanning directory structures. The other common tip was ensuring files are backed up, eitherthrough the cloud or manually. All but one participant indicated using cloud storage; Figure 6shows the cloud storage used the most often by each participant. Another participant stressed theuse of

Conference Session

NEE 1 - Innovative Teaching & Learning Strategies

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Dallal, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

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New Engineering Educators

the video lectures wererecorded in the media lab at the University’s Center for Teaching and Learning and were uploadedto the Panopto platform. The links to the videos were then posted on the class website.At the end of each experimental module in ECE-1212 and regardless of the teaching style used,each group was asked to share their design and performance analysis. All responses were collectedin one shared document such that each team could view other teams’ designs and results. I thenled a reflective debriefing class session to highlight the differences between the different designs,the discrepancies between results, and the factors that may have affected circuit behavior.ECE-1563 Given the feedback from ECE-1212 on the flipped classroom, I

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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New Engineering Educators

electrical circuit with light and multimeter.The Sketchtivity and Mechanix tools continue to be adjusted by the Texas A&M UniversityComputer Science Sketch Recognition Lab (TAMU SRL) with the fine-tuning driven by bothprogrammatic efficiencies and instructor feedback. Students adapt well to the guidance providedin Sketchtivity and are drawn to the game. Mechanix is a greater challenge such that, whendeploying all three tools concurrently, students tend to abandon their work in Mechanix as toodifficult. Pre-teaching the truss analysis process, couched in curriculum, is critical to createfoundational understanding to best interpret the guidance and hints provided by the tool.At the end of the course I have students submit a reflection regarding

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Matthew Walker, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

groundsdoes the accumulation of some threshold number of points constitute mastery of the topic athand? Is such a numerical marker valuable to a learner in reflecting on their progress andaccumulated knowledge? The broad answer to such questions is that points are largely arbitrary,varying wildly in meaning across institutions, courses, or even across assignments.Trends in pedagogy have shifted strongly in the direction of more experiential, authentic learningactivities such as project-based and active learning. As the nature of the classroom activity haschanged, important questions have been raised about the efficacy of traditional grading schemes.Separation has been observed between course objectives and assessment practices, and theability of the

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ordel Brown, West Virginia University

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New Engineering Educators

activities that providerapid formative feedback is linked to better performance 1, 18 because it allows for the long-term Page 26.675.7retention of fundamental concepts.19 Students were given instant formative feedback with boththe ARS and the control-ARS sections and were provided opportunities to be actively engaged inthe learning process. Since the main difference between the sections was the display of the classperformance reports, it is believed that the display of the aggregate class responses served as afocus-trigger, which encouraged or forced reflection. This resulted in students being moreattentive to and engaged with the class material

Conference Session

Classroom Strategies – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Jennifer Retherford P.E., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; David A. Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth

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New Engineering Educators

Teaching Model1 recommends that instructors use the ideas of Interpersonal Rapportand Intellectual Excitement as guides towards becoming an effective professor. These categoriesare broad and it is apparent that the assessment of performance is unavoidably subjective. Eachindividual brings a unique perspective to a classroom experience, which influences theirperception of the communication skills, organization, and caring spirit of the professor. Whilethe proposed rubric does not eliminate the subjectivity of a professor’s teaching performance, itdoes provide a tool for young professors to reflect on performance and identify focus areas thatare shown to improve teaching.Final Credits – AcknowledgementsThe inspiration for this collaboration began at

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

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

more severe. Onecurrent type of violation is contract cheating, first coined by Lancaster and Clarke in 2006, whichinvolves paying a third-party to complete an assignment instead of the student enrolled in theclass [4]. Some researchers have even discovered “ghost students,” in which a fee is paid foranother person or company to enroll in an online course for an entire semester on behalf ofsomeone else [5]. Even though contract cheating and ghost-students are extremely severeviolations because of the awareness of the deviousness of the act, the underlying motivations forthese types of violations often reflect the same causes as other forms of academic integrityviolations [4].Students have cited a variety of motivations for engaging in academic

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby Crawford, USMA; Tony Jones, USMA

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New Engineering Educators

that welearned is to have all of the required materials prepared well in advance.This EDP was also more difficult for the students. They have a large variety of materialsto choose from (as opposed to being restricted to a two-liter soda bottle) and amultifaceted problem: focus on scoring or attacking the opponent, speed versecontrollability, etc.; the number of tradeoffs is significant. The LEGO sets are capable ofbuilding very complex machines but the rules of the contest limit the size that the cadetscan use and a single nine volt battery power supply rewards those who design efficiently.The student satisfaction with the EDPs throughout the course is reflected in the followingstudent comments: “The past 26 lessons have been quite

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Creating successful NEEs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kam Jugdev, Athabasca University

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New Engineering Educators

ongoingsense of accomplishment as I tracked my scholarship activities. The dossier was also useful inhelping me identify gaps in my scholarship and goals for next year. A dossier can also be usefulin identifying areas for improvement (although this required me to really try to be objective).One of the hardest things I had to learn to write was my teaching philosophy. I think this wasdifficult because I had focused on discipline specific content at university but had not takencourses in teaching. By reviewing examples on the Internet, I found some useful ones thatallowed me to reflect on my teaching philosophy and document it accordingly. In particular, Ifound that the dossier helped me review my research program and from time to time, identifysome

Conference Session

Best Methods for NEEs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James C. Squire, Virginia Military Institute; Turk McCleskey, Virginia Military Institute; Elizabeth White Baker, Wake Forest University; Anthony Evan English, Western New England University

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New Engineering Educators

written in a serial chain format, where the output of one stage is used asthe input of another. The intermediate data is called “derived data”, and this approach iscommon when the derived data is important in its own right, when there are several possibledifferent analyses that must be applied to the derived data, or when it is useful to access it fordebugging and verification purposes. In these circumstances, it is tempting to save the deriveddata for later processing by other programs. This is dangerous since changes to the original datafile will not be reflected in the saved derived data, complicating re-versioning of both theoriginal data and the program used to create the derived data. Instead, it is preferable to call thefirst processing

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

no real tangible measurable credentials to help my annualreviews and thus earn tenure. In retrospect, I was intimidated by writing research proposals,didn’t exactly know how to structure a proposal and lacked confidence that my ideas were good.During that first year, I only tried for smaller proposals and never stuck my neck out very far.When I got negative reviews, I felt devastated and defeated. Just as students sometimes allow Page 15.1005.2grades to reflect their self-worth, I was letting feedback tell me I wasn’t good or worthy of thejob. As a new faculty member, maybe the baggage that holds you back is a little different, but a

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, Denver; Wesley Marshall, University of Colorado, Denver

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New Engineering Educators

take it as a reflection of your capabilities. Keep submitting! Learn your student’s names. Address them by their name during class lecture and greet them in the hallway. Give students something active at least every 20 minutes during class lectures. Students begin to lose focus after approximately 10 minutes. Work through your exams from scratch and note how long it takes you to complete it. Ensure that students have three times longer to take the exam than it took you to complete. Grade tough on homework and easier on timed exams. When someone asks you to do something you are not sure you want to do (i.e. chair/serve on a committee, organize a conference, do a presentation, etc.), tell

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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New Engineering Educators

guide students to an appropriateproblem-solving strategy, encouraging discussion and peer instruction. Though some SRSs allowfor direct numerical response, Plickers questions are limited to multiply choice numerical answeroptions. Peer Instruction provides an opportunity for stronger students to encourage and guideothers to the correct answer. To the degree the Peer Instruction pedagogy is used, students aregiven a great deal of autonomy over a good grade as they experience relatedness and developtheir personal competence.Student PerspectivesThe authors have been collecting student survey data (often using Plickers) from 2016 to 2021.The following data reflect survey results from over 700 students in 38 course sections taught bythree faculty

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Squire, Virginia Military Institute; Charles Bott, Virginia Military Institute; Matthew Hyre, Virginia Military Institute

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New Engineering Educators

manner similar to a “real” engineering job 3. Students who enjoy the work, and who are paid for it, are often a project’s best advertisingNegatives 1. It can be very difficult to hold students accountable to project goals if their interest in the project wanes 2. Classroom work often takes priority over work for pay 3. Student motivation can cycle with external events that have nothing to do with the project (i.e., you will find a high degree of motivation on work for pay projects in the weeks leading up to spring break)Students Working for CreditPositives 1. Students understand that poor performance is reflected in a bad grade. There are both positive and negative reinforcement mechanisms

Conference Session

Tips of the Trade: Best Practices, Expanded Advice, and Strategies for Implementable Course Improvement

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gillian M. Nicholls, Southeast Missouri State University; William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

is completely constructed, the LMS has the ability to preview the questionand submit an answer. Figure A-5 shows what the question would look like if a student entereda response that was incorrect but got partial credit for an answer reflecting a standard conceptualmistake. Figure A-5 Previewing the Calculated Problem in MoodleBrightspaceBelow is an example of the editing screen for constructing calculated questions in Brightspace.The LMS has settings for labeling the question title, constructing the formula, setting tolerancelimits, adjusting the parameter value bounds between 0 and 100. The user has to decide if partialcredit will be awarded for getting the units of measure correct and whether the evaluation shouldbe

Conference Session

Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; Barbara E Smith, North Carolina State University; Louis A Martin-Vega, North Carolina State University; Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

. Examples of Open-Ended Responses from Participants Career opportunities after tenure. Possibly small group discussions focusing on pros and cons of each path. How to build a sustainable research program. Pitfalls of Industry/Academic Collaboration; How to build network across Industry R&D How to be an effective Academic Leader? Lab management as opposed to student management. Bridging the divide between secondary and higher ed. How faculty can best prepare for and serve disparate populations, gearing new students for success in college and beyond. More workshops on building community for underrepresented faculty.Table 3: Examples of open-ended responses from COE Faculty Development program participants7. Reflections and Lessons Learned

Conference Session

That's a Great Idea! Learning-focused Methods to Revitalize Your Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech; Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Daniel S Brogan, Virginia Tech; Darren K Maczka, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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New Engineering Educators

will help users engaged inenvironmental monitoring to access environmental data and perform analysis. This programmingwill include tracking these users and finding their navigational paths through the user interface.These REU projects are intended to extend the current system of the lab.AcknowledgementThe authors would like to thank various undergraduate and graduate students who assisted in thedevelopment and implementation of the LEWAS lab at Virginia Tech. We acknowledge thesupport of the National Science Foundation through NSF/REU Site Grant EEC-1359051. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper are those of theauthor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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New Engineering Educators

Cooperation in the College Classroom,”Edina, MN: Interaction Book Company.10. Fairhurst, A.M., & Fairhurst, L.L. (1995), “Effective Teaching, Effective Learning,” Palo Alto, CA: Davies-black Publishing11. Dale, E. (1969), “Audiovisual Methods in Teaching,” (3rd ed.), New York: Dryden Press.12. Wankat, P.H. (1999), “Reflective Analysis of Student Learning in a Sophomore Engineering Course,” Journal ofEngineering Education, Vol.88, (no.2), 195 -203.13. Finelli, C., Klinger, A., & Budny, D.D. (2001), “Strategies for Improving the Classroom Environment,” Journalof Engineering Education, Vol 90, (no.4), pp. 491-497.14. Smith, K.A., Sheppard, A.D., Johnson, D.W. & Johnson, R.T. (2005), “Pedagogies of Engagement: Classroom-Based Practices

Conference Session

Size, Civility, and the Classroom Culture: Setting Class Tone with a Student-centered Perspective

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University Calumet

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

nature of work requires cooperation for organizational and career success. Civility can be instrumental in promoting the collaboration necessary for positive synergy. • Workforce composition: the American workforce has experienced a significant increase in diversity.21 Employment today reflects large numbers of women, minorities, persons with disabilities, immigrants, and people from different generations and with different education levels. Diversity and inclusion require civility in order for people to get along with each other and have equal career opportunities. Being treated in a respectful manner is a fundamental expectation of all employees.4. Laws and Policies Against Inappropriate

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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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

students to reflect on how useful ClassTranscribe was for learning, preparing examsand working on assignments. Students reported favorable and similar utility in all threecategories (see the Lickert results presented in Fig. 5). Only one respondent chose “Not at alluseful.” Figure 5. Survey responses to the utility of ClassTranscribe for learning, preparing for exams and working on assignments in a bioengineering sophomore required laboratory course. Note for comparative visualization purposes, we conservatively represent “moderately useful” as a neutral response.These results are congruent with the survey results from earlier surveys in ECE and CS coursesthat have larger sample sizes which we report in the next section.The

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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New Engineering Educators

was useful for self-reflection and to gauge progressive improvement during thesemester. In addition to lecturing over the four week section of the class Mr. Lee was alsoresponsible for designing the exam to test the students’ knowledge of key concepts.Lastly, Prof. Spearot set a terrific example of how to interact with students. For students, it isessential that their professor be available for consultation during the semester. In addition to thestandard office hours, Prof. Spearot was available via email, with prompt response. Additionally,a number of drill and tutor times were provided to the students. Mr. Lee interacted with thestudents during the weekly drill session and was involved in discussions about make-up tests andlate homework

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, State University of New York at Oswego; Rachid Manseur, Oswego State University College; Thomas E. Doyle, McMaster University

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New Engineering Educators

undergraduates are thrilled by the projects and their freedom to innovate and perform research. They usually perform outstanding work, presented at local and international conferences. Their attitude is also reflected in their evaluations of teachers. We are hopeful that our experience will provide useful ideas, particularly to new faculty. 1. INTRODUCTIONUndergraduate students go through a steep learning curve during their studies. They are likely toreach high theoretical knowledge and may expect everything to be clearly spelled out forinvestigation. A recent IBM study1 based on face-to-face conversations with more than 1,500chief executive officers worldwide concludes that creativity is the most important factor forfuture

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Chene Chetcuti, United States Military Academy; Hans J. Thomas P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Brent J. Pafford, U.S. Military Academy

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New Engineering Educators

, while simultaneously reducing the cumulative average outside the classroom andincreasing the daily preparation time for each class. AY 13-2 demonstrates multiple lessons witha preparation average of less than five minutes. Page 24.620.18Figure 23 Time-on-task data, representing student preparation outside of class, in minutesusing Thayer 2.0Figure 24 Time-on-task data, representing student preparation outside of class, in minutes Traditional MethodObviously the increased daily preparation is a direct reflection of the requirement to watch videolectures prior to the class, but is shows that students are actually

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Engelken, Arkansas State University

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New Engineering Educators

standards and workloads, as iscommon with NEE fresh out of the rigor-intensive experience of graduate school andeager to disseminate advanced knowledge to less than fully motivated students.Although their motives and observations may be directly on-target, what NEE may fail torealize is that, by definition, the status quo is how senior faculty, and often director, chair,and dean, have defined and developed it. Attacks on the status quo reflect upon them,and they take it that way. An exception is when a deficiency is the fault of an externalentity (for example, administration or state) or circumstances (for example, a long-periodof inadequate budgets) on which the problem can be blamed. Even then, there is a veiledimplication that current faculty