Paper ID #30541How to Use Q Methodology in Engineering Education ResearchMs. Renee Desing, The Ohio State University Renee Desing is currently a PhD Candidate at the Ohio State University in the Department of Engineering Education. Ms. Desing holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the Pennsylvania State University. Most recently, Ms. Desing worked as a managing consultant for IBM Public Sector Advanced Analytics.Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez is an Assistant Professor in the
expansion of the content itself. Many educators argue that authentic engineering unknown in the field of engineering education research: The Q-methodology. The Q-methodology tasks and prepare students for engineering in the 21st century. Co-operative education (co-op) can is a quantitative analysis approach that is intended to systematically measure and document provide such experiences. Studies have shown that students who have participated in co-op perspectives or viewpoints. Twenty-five students will first sort a set of subjective statements related programs
search process are like. Wehypothesize that as the field has evolved so has the job search process and market for individualswith these types of degrees. This “Tricks of the Trade” paper provides information related to thehypothesis through a mixed methods research project grounded in Q methodology that targetedthose who have recently received a Ph.D. specifically in engineering education.IntroductionAlthough engineering education has been studied for many years, it has only recently become arecognized field of formal research, with the first Ph.D. in Engineering Education granted byPurdue University in 2006.1 Before this time, there were many researchers in engineeringeducation who joined the field through different pathways, but now the number
or deductive coding. This manual theming was supplemented using theNVIVO software to identify common words and phrases leading to any additional or missedthemes. Throughout this process, discussions and checks were conducted with the research teamfor agreement on final themes. Table 1: Interview questions with faculty Question Question No. Q.1 Tell me about yourself. Q.2 Explain how and why COVID pandemic impacted the functioning and behavior of your STEM students. Q.3 Explain how and why COVID pandemic impacted the performance of your STEM students. Q.4 Explain how and why you responded to changes in STEM student
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Bret Male Caucasian Frankie Male Caucasian Devi Female Indian Kai Male White/Pacific islander Qiang unreported unreportedThe interview questions were framed around the students’ experiences in general during theirtime in the university, with few questions focusing particularly on how they spend their time in agiven week, and the kind of activities they are involved in. The questions used for the analysisfor this paper are:Q. Could you please walk me through a recent week of studying? What does your timetable oftaught sessions and studying look like during a week?Q
available for four weeks in order togive students adequate time to take the exam, review their material, and remediate any mathknowledge that the students would need to know for the course.Competency-based assessments give students equal opportunities to be successful in their classesas many students have different backgrounds of learning. Flagging “at-risk” students and givingthem the tools they need to learn the course prerequisite material can help build their sense ofbelonging and positive attitude in the classroom. Similar competency and remedial assessmentsfrom other departments and universities have proved to be helpful to their students by loweringthe D/F/Q rates, creating shifts in letter grades, and increasing the rate of students
3.26 i Technology in the classroom 3.24 j Engaging in service & outreach activities 3.13 k Reviewing scientific publications 3.11 l Developing teaching portfolios 3.11 m Developing collaborations & managing teams 3.07 n Finding non-research related opportunities (industry, policy, etc.) 3.07 o Managing diversity in the classroom 3.02 p Starting a research lab/lab management 2.80 q Work-life
Satisfaction Measures:question was missing). (m) Personal satisfaction from work (n) Satisfaction with quality of work unitSurvey respondents were asked “do you consider (o) Satisfaction with working conditionsyourself to be one or more of the following,” with (p) Employee empowermentthe following response categories offered: (q) Co-workers cooperation“Heterosexual or Straight,” “Gay, Lesbian, (r) Satisfaction with procedures (s) Overall job satisfactionBisexual, or Transgender,” or “Prefer not to say.”Respondents who answered “prefer not to say” were excluded from
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“Yes” was observed for Q . Lastly, for Q5, hada positive shift towards “Yes” in survey data. In addition to awareness, pre- and post-survey data was used to gauge student’s familiarity on SDOH (Figure 3A) and theimportance of SDOH (Figure 3B). Students (response count N = 25) were as ed, “How familiar are you with socialdeterminants of health?” using a 5-point Likert scale of familiarity (Figure 3A, 1-notfamiliar, 2- slightly familiar, 3 – moderately familiar, 4- very familiar, and 5 – extremelyfamiliar). A positive trend toward familiarity was observed when comparing pre surveydata (N = 4) to post survey data (N = 16) for students indicating they were “veryfamiliar” and “e tremely familiar”. When prompted in the post survey “Here is a