Paper ID #37185Reflections on Mentorship – Being the Change You Want to See inEngineering EducationAlexander Vincent Struck Jannini, Purdue University Library TSS ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reflections on Mentorship – Being the Change You Want to See in Engineering EducationAbstractThe educational pathway of engineering is often fraught with obstacles and challenges. Whilestudents that participate in research labs get through with less difficulty, there can be instanceswhere students enter with both academic and personal issues. In this paper, I will specificallyhighlight one of my
Paper ID #43703Work in Progress: A Collaborative Reflection Exploring the Teaching Motivationand Identity Development for International Graduate Students in EngineeringSruthi Dasika, Purdue University Sruthi is a Ph.D. candidate in Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue University, focusing her research on developing cost-effective drinking water test methods for underserved communities in the developing world. She earned an M.S. in Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue and a B.E. in Civil Engineering from Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore. Sruthi has accrued extensive graduate teaching
such as climatechange, healthcare, and food insecurity [2]. To solve these complex problems, engineers must understandthe societal impacts of their engineering designs on multiple stakeholders. The importance of socialimpact in engineering is reflected in the required student outcomes set by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET). Student outcome two in the second criterion states that graduatesshould have “an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs withconsideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, andeconomic factors” [3]. Engineering students can learn to incorporate these factors in their designs andconsider
different groups (such as race or gender) and the resulting psychological re-sponses. ICT identifies key conditions that enable positive contact between members of differentraces and genders in a group. For this exploratory analysis, we included all participants in the larger study who identifiedas African American and female; all were full-time undergraduate students enrolled in an engi-neering course with a team project. The nine participants represent a range of years in school andengineering majors. Data collection followed a three-interview sequence and included questionsabout participants’ background, their team project, and their reflections on the teaming experi-ence, respectively. In this paper, we present our initial exploration of
engineering course Itook. In this course, students were put into groups and had to complete an engineering task (inmy case, build a simple robot); however, the class’s primary learning outcomes focused on non-technical concepts like engineering ethics, which made this course like a mini capstone wherestudents had to find the information themselves to complete their projects. Reflecting on thisproject, I realized that researching and building circuitry for robots was the primary reason forselecting Electrical Engineering. Therefore, when I look at the department’s RED program, I seea similar ideology: an attempt to teach students more about the professional side of engineeringand empower students to take responsibility for learning. I still have not
to understand what this process may entail.According to some graduate education scholars, there are four core elements related to graduatestudents' development of an identity congruent with the norms and values of their field:knowledge acquisition, investment, involvement, and engagement (Weidman, 2006). Knowledgeacquisition describes how students learn skills and information that will help them perform wellin their new role as a Ph.D. student, as well as gain an understanding of what academic successentails. Through knowledge acquisition, students become aware of normative expectations of thePh.D. student role and can make a realistic assessment of their personal ability to pursue theirdesired career. The student's investment reflects their
student development and impacted attendee awareness of the“hidden curriculum”, or the unstated enforcement of certain behavioral patterns, professional standards,and social beliefs (Miller & Seller, 1990). We also present insights about potential future opportunities forthese types of programs to potentially help students more easily navigate academic and socio-politicalcustoms needed for success. Literature ReviewMentoring and Professional DevelopmentMentoring reflects a unique relationship between individuals, one different from other interpersonalrelationships (Eby et al, 2007). Mentors provide coaching or guidance to assist mentees with careeradvancement while developing relationships to
al. [3]. Transformational resistance is defined as an action that reflects a critique of thesocial oppression at hand, rather than conformist resistance that does not challenge the structure athand. The structure of a panel puts graduate students in the seat of authority and allows them todirectly relay their experiences to the attendees. This challenges the structure by empoweringoverlapping disempowered groups, graduate students, and LGBTQ people. Members of the panelincluded both cis and trans people, individuals who are nonbinary, individuals who are gay orlesbian, and students on the neurodivergent and asexual spectrum. When creating the panel, it wasessential to ensure that a broad swath of identities were represented. There will
. Grade point average, test scores, and course completion then becomemeasures of success in between these significant milestones. Students may each have their ownperception of acceptable academic performance and achievements, which may contribute to orhinder engineering professional identity.Grades are often viewed as the best measure of a student’s progress, but perceptions ofsuccessful performance vary across students. When asked if grades reflected their potential to bean engineer, each participant explained that grades play only a minor role in their journeys tobecoming successful engineers. Every participant commented that one’s understanding of coursematerial is much more important than test scores or final grades, as Connie explained
approach to research on first-generation students, reflecting a focus on what thesestudents can add to engineering rather than focusing on what they lack [10]. We pose thefollowing research question: How do two first-generation students, one a first-year and one a fourth-year, describe their journeys through engineering?By comparing the perspectives of a first-year and fourth-year student, we can identifyopportunities for better supporting our first-year, first-generation students. Identifying thespecific challenges endured by both students in their first years, and the stories of how thosechallenges were navigated, allows educators to adjust existing practices to be more supportiveand inclusive of first-generation students.MethodsIn
, “Seeingthe faculty frequently and being able to talk to them about more than just school or assignmentshas given me a better relationship with them than other students. I feel as though I'm a welcomedpart of the engineering program.” The student who answered “Unsure/other” when asked if thelunches allow them to feel more connected to their engineering program remarked, “I feel likeI’d still have the same relationships with the same people, but I would see those people less so Iam unsure of the result.” However, most scholars reflected the sentiment of one scholar whostated, “Since all of us have split up into our major based classes, we rarely see all of each othernow. The lunches allow all of us to reconnect, even if it is just one day a week
tobetter address the research purpose. Participants were sent the interview questions prior to theinterview to allow them to gather class data and reflect on the differences beforehand. Interviewswere conducted via Zoom and were transcribed by a professional transcription service.The interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis, wherein the author team identified themeswithin and across the interviews about the perceived impact of COVID-19 on engineeringstudent readiness. One author conducted the initial data analysis and identified initial themes.The author team then met to discuss to consensus. The author team found that themes withineach participant’s interview were unique from the other participant and, as a result, opted topresent the
questions. Table 1: EIs and Associated Themes Engagement Indicators Themes Higher-Order Learning Academic Challenge Reflective and Integrative Learning Learning Strategies Quantitative Reasoning Collaborative Learning Learning with Peers Discussions with Diverse Others Student-Faculty Interaction Experiences with Faculty Effective Teaching Practices Quality of Interactions Campus Environment Supportive EnvironmentAfter EI scores
' tone andencouraged participants to reflect on their experiences through a constructive lens.B. PARTICIPANTS and INTERVIEWSTo ensure methodological rigor and maintain consistency across interviews, we employed astandardized set of questions for all participants. This strategy was intentional to prevent andminimize potential interviewer bias. The uniformity in questioning facilitated a comparativeanalysis of the gathered data, contributing to the reliability of our findings. Reverse transferstudents were chosen from Wright College Engineering Program. The Wright CollegeEngineering Program implements evidence-based practices intentionally to develop belongingthrough the Holistic and Programmatic Approach [15]. We recruited students from this
, orexcellent.Results are very preliminary. Most participants appear to be satisfied with their match, but noconclusions can be made on the effectiveness of MentorMatch. Although first round ofpreliminary data does not reflect the perceived percentages, it collects the participantspreferences on the dimensions and point the research to the right direction with regardsalgorithm. Most participants deemed the application experience and design as satisfactory in itscurrent stage. More experimental data needs to be collected and analyzed before making changesto the algorithm.IV. FUTURE WORKSThere is a need to increase the sample size to change the current algorithm. Continuing to expandthe number of participants by recruiting more mentors and mentees is a priority
Significance of Scholarship Programs in STEMIntroductionIn this Work-in-Progress paper, we share our ongoing work with an NSF Scholarships in STEM(S-STEM) program related to an iteration of analysis that looked across specific aspects in amore summative manner than our typical analyses during the five years of the project that aremore formative. As the project will soon enter an extension into a sixth year to use existingscholarship funds, we took this opportunity to begin to reflect on overarching goals toward thedevelopment and submission of a new S-STEM proposal to continue this work. The StudentPathways in Engineering and Computing for Transfers (SPECTRA) program in the ClemsonUniversity College of Computing, Engineering
third point of reference to reflect on and givea rich description of their experience in the US. Through qualitative analysis of these cases, wewill address the question: In what ways do Black students who are first- or second-generationimmigrants from Africa and have studied abroad leverage community cultural wealth inengineering in the US?We use Yosso’s Community Cultural Wealth (CCW) framework to highlight the strengths thesestudents leverage in engineering. CCW is an asset-based framework developed to highlight thestrengths of the students from Communities of Color. There are six assets used as a guiding lensto inform research in these communities: familial, social, aspirational, navigational, resistance,and linguistic capital that students
challenges of the pandemic, with the number of participants exceeding the pre-pandemic number in 2023. FTC engages students with STEM concepts, offering them uniquehands-on experiences through project-based learning, which serves as an ideal “Practice”component in the proposed LPS framework. 2) The judge room presentation component of theFTC competitions requires students to document, reflect, and learn from their experiences andthis helps us gather necessary data to evaluate the design, implementation, and results of the LPSframework. 3) Compared with other educational robotics platforms such as VEX [20], B.E.S.T[21], and World Robot Olympiad (WRO) [22], FTC’s motto of Gracious Professionalism moreaccurately addresses the service component of the
interest, and this discrepancy isfurther reflected during the college application process. This mismatch cultivates a system ofexclusion for minoritized students: students are led to think they can succeed during outreach,only to be told they are not allowed in during recruitment.Holloway et al. [44] listed 11 major factors used to admit or deny students during the collegeapplication review process by IHEs in the years 2006-2010: (1) “subject matter expectations (thenumber of semesters of math, science, English, social studies, and foreign language that eachstudent is required to have taken in high school), (2) overall high school grade point average(GPA) (3) core high school GPA (English, math, science, foreign language, and social studiesclasses
anonymous surveys are used in this study to judge the impact ofGrOW. The surveys contain both self-reflection questions and quantitative questions to evaluate“success”. The self-reflection questions judge adjustment to graduate school and feelings ofbelonging and self-worth using a 5-point Likert scale. The quantitative questions gather metricssuch as GPA, number of publications, and fellowships earned. The surveys are attached in theappendix for reference.Survey 1 was distributed in August 2022, after the first event of the GrOW program. Twenty-threeattendees participated in the survey. Survey 2 was distributed in December 2022, after the fourthevent. First-year MG graduate students who had not attended any of the GrOW events were alsoinvited to
examination. Following each coding session, reflections, emotions, impressions, andinterpretations were recorded in a memo document to note emerging trends. After thepreliminary coding, a second-pass axial coding was conducted on the Excel sheet to identifycommon themes related to the control/treatment group and the decision to stay/leave. Theseemergent codes were discussed with the second author to refine the claims made from the dataand for coding consensus.The authors of this paper have varied experiences with engineering and as members of thegroups we interviewed. The research team of faculty, postdoctoral scholars, graduate students,and undergraduate students included researchers from higher education and engineeringeducation. Three of the
the National Science Foundation under grant EEC#1929727. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] W.C. Johnson and R.C. Jones, “Declining Interest in Engineering Studies at a Time ofIncreased Business Need.”http://www.worldexpertise.com/Declining_Interest_in_Engineering_Studies_at_a_Time_of_Increased_Business_Needs.htm (accessed Jan. 20, 2023).[2] U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Civil Engineers.” https://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/civil-engineers.htm (accessed Jan. 20, 2023).[3] Data USA, “Civil Engineering”. https://datausa.io/profile/cip/civil-engineering (accessed
related to mental health, were not something that was discussed. Future work will includeconducting the same interviews with students from a variety of achievement levels andsocioeconomic background to get a more nuanced understanding of these groups of students andgain a greater understanding about how grades may or may not influence students’ identityformation as engineers.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under AwardNumber DUE #1950330. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions, or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science Foundation.References[1] J. Heywood, The Assessment of Learning in
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Paper ID #41634Exploring the Relationship between Transfer Students’ Social Networks andtheir Experience of Transfer ShockNoor Aulakh, Rowan UniversityJoyLynn Torelli, Rowan UniversityAlexandria Ordoveza, Rowan UniversityDarby Rose Riley, Rowan University Darby Riley is a doctoral student of engineering education at Rowan University. She has a special interest in issues of diversity and inclusion, especially as they relate to disability and accessibility of education. Her current research is focused on the adoption of pedagogy innovations by instructors, specifically the use of reflections and application of the
finalpresentation, reflecting the group dynamics seen within this part of the course and givingstudents fair and accurate scores for their involvement.4. ConclusionThis study introduces a method for educators to effectively evaluate students' behavior in thecontext of team projects, using data drawn from their activity on the 'Slack' messagingplatform and statistical techniques. By analyzing student posts on Slack, changes in student'MGUDS-S' global competence scores, and other data related to their communication andgroup activity, we were able to identify significant correlations between students'contributions, MGUDS-S scores, and group dynamics. We believe that our findingsunderscore the importance of recognizing individual contributions within group
student groups receiving funding from the student activitiesbudget that they must take attendance at all events. This attendance is taken through a phone appclub leaders have to scan or check in attendees to events. The authors accessed this data from theuniversity repository for team meetings for the academic years of 2021-2022, 2022-2023, and thefall of 2023 in which the observations of the team took place.ResultsThe authors decided to break the results into three subcategories of belonging, identity andinteractions which impact the participation of women and minority students within theengineering design and build team. The subcategories reflect three key areas which wereobserved over the study during in person observation and review of field
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efforts indiversity, equity, and inclusion were out of his scope. Initially, the researchers felt Omar’sresponses could have fit in broader systemic issues such as greenwashing or performativeallyship [34], [35], but in reflection following the interview process, the researchers felt Omarmight have been uncomfortable, or felt he was being assessed, leading him to look for the “right”answer. However, Omar perceived his work as separate from efforts in diversity or equity, the“science side of things.” Later in the interview, Omar also mentioned that he did not have a lot ofinvolvement with the Center outside of his lab, lab work, and advisor. Omar may not have beenexposed to the importance of inclusive or equitable practices in the way Zenith was