while alsomaking enough time to study for this class.The ApproachAn immediate recognition of my own situation from a few years prior came back to me. Iremembered how I felt in the office of my former advisor, and I remember what I wished wouldhave happened when I was under similar circumstances. I could have just nodded sagely, a lookof disappointment but understanding in my eye, and wished the student well in their academicendeavors, saying it was for the best. But I did not. Instead, I asked the student how they plannedon meeting their goals. What was their study plan? How did they study for exams or classregularly? How do they know how much time to put aside for studying? What I learned was thatthis student did not have a clear plan to meet
. o Exploration (15-25): Individuals actively explore different career options, engage in specific training, and begin transitioning into the workforce. o Establishment (25-45): This stage involves establishing a stable career path, making significant contributions to the chosen field, and taking on increasing responsibility. o Maintenance (45-65): The focus here is on maintaining a steady career trajectory, continuously updating skills to stay competitive, and planning for retirement. o Disengagement (65+): This stage marks a gradual withdrawal from work, with individuals shifting their focus to leisure activities, family life, and community engagement. • Life Space
aims to formulate a surveythat will complement the interviews where we will seek quantitative data regarding the identifiedthemes. For the survey, we plan to utilize the identified themes to generate survey questions thatwill include multiple choice and Likert scales to identify participants’ attitudes toward each of ouridentified themes. Additionally, we will collect demographic information and ensure that eachparticipant is actually a first generation women in a Computing graduate degree program. At theend of the survey there will be a place for participants to schedule their semi-structured interviewwith the research team. Table 1: Table of interview questions # Question 1 Who/What influenced you to
student-faculty micro-interactions but also offer a scalable and cost-effective approach that may beapplicable across diverse academic settings. The introduction of such initiatives becomesincreasingly crucial in ensuring that students, especially those at risk of disengagement, find asupportive and inclusive environment that enhances their sense of belonging and contributes totheir overall academic success [20] and well-being in BME.MethodsTwenty-three (23) non-graduating BME undergraduate students that have at least one year left intheir academic plan, recruited during April to December 2023, in groups of 3-5, participated indepartment-sponsored lunches with faculty members based on shared interests. Recruitment ofthe students was based on an
multiplecases) techniques will be used to understand the teacher's perspectives of utilizing technologyand gamification to teach computer science [22].InterventionIn this intervention, the participating teachers will teach a robotics unit utilizing bothgamification and a LEGO® SPIKE™ robotics kit. The designed lesson plan (created by LeslieBrown) is titled ‘Robots in Healthcare’ where students will be tasked with coding the LEGO®SPIKE™ robot so that it can maneuver around a hospital to deliver medicine and food topatients. In the first week of the learning unit, students will practice using pseudocode. In thesecond week of the learning unit, students will practice using block-based code through theLEGO® SPIKE™ application and robotics kit.‘Robots in
while taking classes. Yet both approaches focus heavily on theacademic side of the student experience, and do not pay much attention to other areas of holisticgrowth or development. The course learning objectives provided by most classes focus primarilyon obtaining and retaining information. Some examples of standard course learning outcomes are“Learners should be able to recall nutritional guidelines for planning meals” and “Learnersshould be able to develop solutions for networking problems, balancing business concerns,privacy and technical issues” [10]. While these course learning outcomes evaluate how wellstudents are progressing in a class, they do not look at how much students have developedholistically.2.2 Zachman Framework The
Paper ID #37721Work in Progress: A Survey of Artificial Intelligence EducationalResources for Pre-College EducationEisa A. Khawaja, Alpharetta High School Eisa Khawaja is currently a junior at Alpharetta High School in Alpharetta, Georgia. He plans to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering. He is also interested in Artificial Intelligence and participated in an AI Scholars summer program.Dr. Hoda Ehsan, The Hill School Hoda is Chair for Engineering and Computer Science Department and the Director of Quadrivium Design and Engineering at The Hill School. She holds a Ph.D in Engineering Education from Purdue University
activities, and professional development in engineering education.Dr. David B. Knight, Virginia Tech David Knight is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He also serves as Special Assistant to the Dean for Strategic Plan Implementation and Director of Research of the Academy of Global Engineering. His research tends to be at the macro-scale, focused on a systems- level perspective of how engineering education can become more effective, efficient, and inclusive, and considers the intersection between policy and organizational contexts.Dr. Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech Dr. Walter Lee is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education and the director for
information (Yue, et al., 2023). Therefore, if colleges could provide morecareer guidance for graduates, such as employment information and career curriculum,graduates are more likely to be satisfied with employment.2.3 Career Readiness Career Readiness is a crucial aspect of career selection process, encompassing theadaptation to roles from student to professional worker, training for work abilities,adjustment of personality and career, career design, and career planning, all in order tomake an informed choice and excel in career. Career readiness can be divided into broadand narrow categories. The broad sense of career readiness includes not only theemployment readiness made by the unemployed to engage in a certain occupation orobtain a certain
educational material and workshops that are being output to thestudent users, and it is more commonly being asked whether “maker activities'' can beincorporated “into rigid instructional plans to align with standardized testing” (Dousay, 2017).This paper offers a framework to operate accessible educational hands-on workshops to students,while also presenting a system that can benefit the makerspaces that host these workshops. 1.2 State of the Art: The Maker Movement originated about two decades ago with the purpose of connectingpeople with the same interests, whether that be through finding new hobbies, gaining new skills,or encouraging collaboration (Deloitte and Maker Media, 2013). Since then, a significant amountof work has examined
engineering practices, primarily focusing on team-basedactivities to promote professional engineering communication, along with helping students createa qualification plan to develop their undergraduate and professional goals in engineering. TheTRUE Capstone projects focus on preparing students for professional engineering problems byincorporating industry partners into the project decision process in order to identify real-worldproblems and solutions for the Capstone teams.In accordance with the RED ideology, a group of students, mentored by an engineeringeducation researcher, decided to apply Participatory Action Research (PAR) to study the role ofnew changes in the department. In this paper, we present the investigation led by one of
attend (almost) every event in a series, for example, by structuring the programinto a for-credit course that meets regularly. A unique aspect of the GrOW program was that itwas led by (senior) graduate students (authors), who first-hand understood the needs of first-yeargraduate students, which yielded relatable and useful events. Therefore, the authors also suggestthat there be some involvement of students (for example, from registered graduate studentorganizations) in the planning and execution of such programs in the future.SummaryA year-long orientation program for gender minorities in the first year of graduate engineering atUIUC was developed and consisted of 7 events spread throughout the academic year. Thisprogram had three themes of
for? How can I best serve my professional community? – and the answers to these bigquestions have led me to pursue opportunities like becoming a program director at NSF andtaking on new administrative roles at my institution.Rachel: There was a time when I was extremely lost in my career. I did not know what I wantedto do next, but I knew I was very angry every day I went to work. Something had to change. Istarted working with a career coach and everything turned around. We explored the source of myanger, talked about ways to get out of my rut, strategized applying for new roles, planned outdifficult conversations, and started to unpack what I really wanted and needed in a career to behappy. I do not do coaching consistently, but during
likeresearching it. And I was like, yeah, I know, I really want to do this. I’ve not really thought aboutchanging my major. [...] I do like horticulture, which deals a lot with how infrastructure impactsthe environment. I think it’s interesting, but I’m not in love with it. If I were to change, or if Ihad a different spark at some point in my life, I would change to that.Motivation and ChallengesAcademic Challenges: I knew math was going to be hard going into it. And failing this Calc IIIclass really made me think it's time to start a back-up plan, even though I really don’t want to.I’m taking it again this summer, but if I fail it twice, maybe it’s a sign that I should switchmajors. Someone I know told me to switch professors. So, I have the top
making whatever he sayssound condescending. If I ever ask him a question he won't let me finish my question beforespeaking over me which results in him answering something I wasn't asking.” The second phasespanned primarily years two and three and was comprised of learning how to work with a widerrange of people with different communication and interaction styles. The third phase spannedprimarily years four and five and was comprised of transitioning into supervision and managementroles. As one participant explained: I've learned that it takes a lot of planning to have people under you, maybe even outside of work hours…Throughout the whole day I'll be having to go and teach them how to do certain things, they have lots of
design and problem-solving, relationships betweengroup members, and roles assumed by group members. Thus, we added three keys to characterizethe nature of significant interactions during the group meeting: discussions (D), interactions (I),and team roles (R). These keys accompany timestamps within the template. Discussions worth not-ing with the key D should focus on using research approaches, planning, or applying knowledge.If a decision was made as a result of a discussion, we also wanted to note who drove the decision,which team members were involved, and what role they played. We also wanted to note interac-tions between team members which added to our understanding of their relationships and how theytreat/work with other members. We also
always bechallenges representing all identities; in this panel, there was a lack of students who were not white.Future panels would benefit from including additional, different intersectional identities.The panel referenced in this paper was out of a similar panel planned and moderated by the firstauthor the ASEE Zone 1 conference in 2023. Following the success of it, a panel was run again bystudents with support from a teaching and learning center. Engineering faculty, students, staff, andadministrators were invited to attend the panel. Demographic data is limited, but there wereapproximately 50 attendees in the conference room resulting in attendees standing and bringingchairs from other rooms.The questions asked to the panelists are as
Results and Feedback We have quantitative results from the pre- and mid-semester surveys at this time, and oursample was smaller than expected (n = 20 pre-, n = 16 mid-semester). Though we do not yethave post-semester data to run our planned quantitative analyses, we noticed in the descriptives(see Table 1) that our sample started out rating themselves so high on the 4Cs that there is notmuch room for growth. Thus, we need to find a way to capture most/all of the class in order todetect an effect if one exists. Also, these students already receive CATME training to assist themin assigning more realistic ratings to themselves and peers. We would like to adapt this trainingfor our survey next semester and see if the self-reports change
to move from a planning phase to atesting phase quickly, boosting efficiency in the design cycle.A review of the scientific literature regarding heat transfer in cooking systems was insightful tounderstanding the dynamics of the cooking process. In evaluating the accuracy of our thermometer’stemperature prediction models, replication of or comparison to proven thermal models was essential to theproject’s success. Another consequence of reviewing literature was simply our familiarization with aunique application of mathematics that may guide our future interests in product engineering and design.Previous demonstrations in literature that model internal temperature of food systems often describedtemperature via a variation of the heat equation
activities, especially in a supportive community. One student’s response highlighted the impact: “Being involved in something valuable has been very important for me. This is something I really do care about on my own time, so being able to advocate for it with others has been beneficial for me. There are days I struggle to find time even to eat dinner let alone take a minute for myself, but since joining I have seen improvements in my work after taking a break.”We recognize the importance of measuring the impact of student-led interventions for improvingstudent wellbeing, and also the challenge of making meaningful measurements. Acomprehensive culture audit [14],[15] is being planned to make transparent the multiple
Education Experiential learning, most simply defined as learning by doing, can occur in multiplecontexts at the university level. For example, many undergraduates have opportunities for hands-on laboratory time, internships, and service-learning programs. Through these experiences,ideally four stages should occur: participating in the experience, reflecting about the experience,conceptualizing (understanding) what they experienced, and applying what they learned in asimilar setting [6]. When bringing experiential learning into the classroom, particularly within acourse focused on engineering design, it can integrate authentic learning experiences intostudents’ plan of study and daily lives [1]. A recent systematic review [7
and Information Access. These themes fitexisting theories about transfer student success, such as Laanan’s Transfer Student CapitalTheory (Laanan et al., 2010). When students are provided with the skills and tools they need,they thrive in engineering programs and transfer at higher rates. I did not find many paperswhich focused specifically on working or caretaking students, but several papers consideredthese groups. Planning for the success of these students involves some special considerations,which I discuss below. For many engineering transfer students, forming a strong community at school can bechallenging due to external commitments. Formal mentorship programs can help these studentsform a strong engineering identity while
the context of employment education and services, the landscape ofuniversity graduate employment services has evolved significantly from state-led joballocation policies. During the planned economy era, employment for graduates wasarranged by the state. In 1987, the introduction of “supply-demand meetings” began todiminish the role of these policies. By 1999, most regions had abolished the jobassignment system, and post-2000, with the expansion of higher education,employment services shifted towards promoting autonomous job selection and careerguidance. Despite this transformation, university-provided career guidance and servicesstill require enhancements in terms of service philosophy, platforms, methods, andpathways [25]. There are
facilitationand teaching, learning basic maintenance, and contributing to the Makerspace community.Program Specialists with domain-specific expertise facilitated the CoP programs with supportfrom full-time supervisors. Before launching the program in Fall 2022, the CoP facilitators and supervisors engagedin comprehensive planning sessions to determine the most critical tools and skills to be taughtduring the community sessions, as well as opportunities to practice these skills. They alsodeveloped facilitator rubrics to evaluate the community members' competencies. These rubrics,given in Appendix A, organized the hard and soft skills of each tool area associated with each ofthe aforementioned outcome goals into 5-point Likert scales. Following the
plan to prepare next time compared to this time.It can also help to have a final course review and self-assessment that shows the student how muchthey have learned and covered during the semester with the hope of providing many small masteryexperiences that culminate in one large one. Oftentimes, students get bogged down in the detailsof each week and forget to think about the experience of a course as a whole. Discussing the topicsand varying steps covered throughout the course can help the students visualize their progress.Even though the student did not set these steps up themselves, it helps them to see it in retrospectand can encourage this as a valuable practice to continue, even if future courses do not require it.ConclusionThis paper
elucidate priorities and to develop action planning [30].While frequently overlooked, needs assessment is the procedures of evaluating the educationalrequirements of individuals or groups and matching their needs with the curricula or training[31].This study aims to employ a comprehensive questionnaire survey that includes both open-ended and close-ended questions to identify various types of stressors experienced by students inCivil, Architecture, and Construction Engineering. The questionnaire can be found in theAppendix. The initial section of the survey is devoted to collecting demographic information,including age, gender, ethnicity, current job/student status, field of study, and whetherrespondents are first-generation college students. This
was 6.7 in their productivity, which makes sense, as this method isa great way to organize existing thoughts and plan out next steps. The results from the Biomimicry group are interesting because when assigned theirmethod, both participants first wrote a comment pondering how to connect their ideas to naturebefore getting into their problem-solving. Also, both participants only developed one solutioneach when assigned to the method of Biomimicry, one of which was an expansion on the freebrainstorm idea with added connections to nature. Despite this, both of them in the post-workshop survey rated the increase in their creativity to be a 9, which is a strong indication thatthey felt more creative when using Biomimicry. Overall, both
-professional educational opportunities outside of the traditionalclassroom [3].Experience on teams like these builds hands-on technical design skills including designing,planning, and manufacturing; critical skills that will contribute to future success in the profession[4]. Current SAE teams are typically dominated by men, mirroring the percentage of women(10%) working professionally in mechanical engineering [5] and the social dynamics studentswill eventually find in the professional world [6].We provide an example of the typical composition of teams in Table 1, which details the resultsfrom the top ten performing teams from the 2023 Oshkosh Baja competition. The averageparticipation of women on these ten university teams is 17.5%, with the lowest
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their engagement, learning, andachievement while removing the demotivation and mental stress of having lower grades [37].Faculty can also make students see the importance of the class at the beginning of the semester.Asking students what they want to take from the class and apply it in their career as theassignment after the first lecture can promote intrinsic motivation. In addition, faculty shouldutilize active learning pedagogy that has shown evidence to increase student engagement duringcourse learning.References[1] R. M. Gonyea, K. A. Kish, G. D. Kuh, R. N. Muthiah, and A. D. Thomas, 4th ed. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research, Policy, and Planning.: College Student Experiences Questionnaire