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Course Learning Outcomes And Student Evaluations: Can Both Be Improved?

Conference Session: Getting Started: Objectives, Rubrics, Evaluations, and Assessment
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Zbigniew Prusak, Central Connecticut State University
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

various learning styles by individual learners can be catered to by drifting awayfrom typical scholastic activities: lecture – reading – theory-reinforcing calculation exercises –examination. The 21 learning activities listed in Table 2 can address most of the eight MI.Course evaluations will be undoubtedly more favorable if every student finds his/her favoriteniche activities during the course.QFD for Defining Course ActivitiesQuality Function Deployment (QFD) technique parallels engineering procedures used forexamining specifications and performances of products and processes 10, 11. Developed in the1970’s in Japan and used in Kobe Shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, QFD methodologystemmed from quality improvement tables and was originally

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What New Faculty Need To Know

Conference Session: Been There, Done That: Advice for NEEs
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Susan Murray, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Elizabeth Cudney, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Suzanna Long, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Katie Grantham Lough, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

and lean enterprise, more specifically Mahalanobis-Taguchi System, Robust Design, Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma.Suzanna Long, Missouri University of Science and Technology Suzanna Long is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology. Prior to joining Missouri S&T she was an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Management and Marketing, Missouri Southern State University and Coordinator of the transportation-logistics program. She holds a PhD and an M.S. in engineering management, B.S. in physics and a B.A. in history from the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) and an M.A. in history from the

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Working Effectively With Teaching Assistants

Conference Session: Tricks of the Trade II
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

the instructor/TA relationship with a contract. Examples ofcontracts are presented.1. IntroductionAlthough virtually unknown in liberal-arts colleges, teaching assistants1 (TAs) are a fixture ofmost engineering programs, where class sizes are large and the subject matter is technologicallycomplex. Usually, teaching assistants are assigned to instructors to assist with a particular coursesection. Sometimes TAs are paid hourly, but more often, they are on a monthly stipend for tenor twenty hours’ work per week. It is difficult for a beginning instructor to know how to makeeffective use of that time until (s)he has taught a class several times.Much has been written about teaching assistants at the ASEE Annual Conference [1–6] andelsewhere [7–9

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Plain Advice For New Engineering Faculty On How To Manage Classes And Motivate Students

Conference Session: Tricks of the Trade I
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Seamus Freyne, Manhattan College; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Stephan Durham, University of Colorado, Denver
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, 20033 Brent, R., Felder, R., and Rajala, S., “Preparing New Faculty Members to be Successful: A Radical Concept,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, 20064 Soukup, R. J., “Guidance for New Faculty,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, 19995 Minerick, A. R. and Keith, J. M., “Culture Shock: Acclimating as a New Faculty Member,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, 20056 Brent, R., and Felder, R. M., “Helping New Faculty Get Off to a Good Start,” Proceedings of the American Society for

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Developing Metrics To Evaluate Instructional Scholarship In Engineering

Conference Session: Mentoring and Development of New Faculty
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Richard Taber, National Academy of Engineering; Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

committeecompleted a study on the development and implementation of metrics for scholarly teaching or"instructional scholarship" within the discipline of engineering. The committee sought to identifynew options (with respect to choices of existing metrics, processes for evaluation of metrics, andagents to perform the evaluation of metrics) for evaluating scholarly teaching and to assessbroadly the options identified in terms such as their validity, reliability, and ease-of-use byengineering faculty. The intent is to contribute to greater acceptance of instructional scholarshipwithin engineering disciplines. The committee examined specific choices for metrics of thescholarship of teaching, schemes for the evaluation of selected metrics, and agent(s) who

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Preventing And Managing Classroom Incivilities

Conference Session: Tricks of the Trade I
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

AcknowledgementsThe author would like to thank Elizabeth J. Mills and Lisa Berman for their editorial review of thisarticle.References [1] R. Boice, “Classroom incivilities,” Research in Higher Education, vol. 37, pp. 453–486, August 1996. [2] L. B. Nilson, Teaching at Its Best. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2 ed., 2003. [3] J. M. Braxton and A. E. Bayer, eds., Addressing Faculty and Student Classroom Impropri- eties, vol. 99 of New Directions for Teaching and Learning. San Francisco, CA: Wiley Peri- odicals, Inc., Fall 2004. [4] S. Brown, “Civility in the classroom,” http://www.tc3.edu/instruct/sbrown/ fac/civilbib.htm, 2004. [5] P. J. Morrissette, “Reducing incivility in the university/college classroom,” International

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Research Entrepreneur Model For Monitoring The Progress Of Faculty Research Programs

Conference Session: Tricks of the Trade I
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Scott Hinton, Utah State University
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

required to make the research enterprise’s engine work. These inputs aredivided into four categories that include: building on the university’s infrastructure (red), fundingthe research enterprise (green), e xtending the research enterprise (blue), a nd s ustainability(magenta). Page 14.1026.4Building on the University’s Infrastructure (Shown in Red)When a new faculty member is hired by a university they are nor mally given a start-up packagethat includes some space to set up their research program and money for equipment, studentsupport, travel, and, in most cases, a couple of years of summer support for them. From this startthey need to develop

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Keeping In Touch With Your Class: Short Class Evaluations

Conference Session: Tricks of the Trade I
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

they like the review atthe beginning of class while going over any questions on the material from the preceding class..Sometimes student make a comment about a joke or show a sense of humor which is fun to sharewith the class. In the next sections comments from Minute Managers are given as examples.IV. What is the Most Important Thing That You Learned Today?The first question on the Minute Manager is “What is the most important thing that you learnedtoday?” The answer to this question is usually a very short summary of the main topic(s) of theday. Examples of this include: • Why variance is squared • That we have a table for F, how to use it • That if it’s two-sided you double the p-value • That you can test the significance of

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Designing Effective Educational Initiatives For Grant Proposals

Conference Session: Mentoring and Development of New Faculty
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Millman, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

, the scholarship of integration(putting ideas together through the use of multiple lenses, viewing specialties in larger contexts,or connecting across ideas and disciplines), and the scholarship of application. The Scholarshipof Teaching was later changed to be the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL), and thelast category was later broadened by Boyer to include the scholarship of engagement and service(originally outreach) 2. By the mid 1990’s, the National Science Foundation had implemented a“broader impacts” criterion to research grant proposals, requiring that scientists and engineersapplying for research funds think carefully about, and describe, the ways in which their workmight impact society, and that they design education and

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Using Your Grade Book To Store Course Rubric Information

Conference Session: Getting Started: Objectives, Rubrics, Evaluations, and Assessment
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Walter Schilling, MSOE
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

Van Buren, Martin re 3 Harrison, William co S c ri Tyler, John b u Polk, James R 2 Taylor, Zachary Fillmore, Millard Pierce, Franklin

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Building Academic Vision Upon Academic Wealth And Balance: Perspectives From Two Decades Down The Road

Conference Session: Been There, Done That: Advice for NEEs
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Robert Engelken, Arkansas State University
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

of when they may be needed in the future. Emphasis on computer simulations can also consume class time that historically was devoted to covering fundamentals. As with all of the trends discussed in this section, balance has to be struck between well-proven historical methodologies and new and (potentially) improved ones. Page 14.293.76. Hybridization of Academic Disciplines: Another recent trend is hybridization of academic disciplines, both in academia and profession(s). This offers certain advantages, for example, resource pooling and broader perspectives on problem solving. It reflects increasing hybridization of disciplines in the

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Improving Scores On Course Evaluations: Experienced Faculty Tell What Works

Conference Session: Getting Started: Objectives, Rubrics, Evaluations, and Assessment
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

thinkindependently. Learning outcomes were strongly correlated with course evaluation, but aftercontrolling for learning outcomes, he found that expected grades were not positively related toevaluations. In fact, in natural sciences, the highest-rated courses were some of the ones withlower grades. Courses that were either “too hard” or “too easy” were rated lower than coursesbetween these extremes.Eiszler [13] comes at the question from a different perspective—the change in grades andevaluations over time. Using data from more than 37,000 course sections offered between 1980and 1999, he found that during the 1980s, the percentage of students expecting As or A–s heldsteady, as did the average scores on course evaluations. But in the 1990s, the percentage

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Evaluating Academic Procrastination In A Personalized System Of Instruction Based Curriculum

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
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

the course and stopworking prior to the completing R4. These students are also assigned a value of 1. Thus the MoSfor each student starts with a value of 0 that linearly approaches 1 until they complete (or fail tocomplete) the course. This metric addresses the fundamental risk that leaving even small tasks tothe last minute can lead to failure. It does not account for the difference between a studentmethodically progressing through the units and one who completes the majority near the end ofthe semester.Pacing Metric(s) - Pacing metrics discern between early and later procrastination by looking atthe completion dates for intermediary milestones as well as the date a student completes the lastunit. This strategy allows insight into general

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Past, Present, And Future (Ppf) Sheets For Improved Communication Of Lesson Objectives And Expectations

Conference Session: Tricks of the Trade II
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

theprovided comments, discussed more fully in the next section, as well as the survey responsespresented here, the author believes that the sheets are a beneficial addition to the course(s).A second implementation of the sheets in Soil Mechanics and Engineering Mechanics (under adifferent instructor) and an initial offering in Geotechnical Engineering are currently in progressso no final assessment data is available. Due to timing, the author neglected to collect data fromthe Fluid Mechanics courses. The data presented above includes only students that have seen thePPF sheets for the first time in a course. Students enrolled in Soil Mechanics this semester wereexposed to the sheets in Fluid Mechanics last semester (same sheets with two

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Creating Partnerships Between Librarians And New Engineering Faculty Members

Conference Session: Tricks of the Trade II
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: William Baer, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

’ learning experience was enhanced by the Page 14.384.5process.Synergistically improved learning experiences are common results of such partnerships. Bhatt,Ferroni, Kackley, and Rose reported on creative partnerships at Drexel University and theUniversity of Maryland. Faculty and librarians collaborated extensively on the projects withgreat success. “The mutual bond that evolved contributed to learning experiences among all theparticipants involved in the project18.” Kearns and Hybl add, “Collaboration between library andteaching faculty is crucial to the vitality of information literacy program[s] incorporating bothcurricular objectives and