learningare collaborative learning, co-operative learning, and problem-based learning. Various studies,from using interactive, hands-on lessons and activities designed to teach research process toundergraduate engineering students 1 , to preparing manufacturing engineering students throughcompetitions, projects sponsored by industry, capstone projects, laboratory exercises or projectssimulating real-life scenarios 2 , have shown that active learning increases student performance inSTEM subjects.Critical thinking, identified by The U. S. Department of Labor as the raw material of a number ofkey workplace skills such as problem solving, decision making, organizational planning, and riskmanagement, is highly coveted by employers of engineering graduates
should be a clear line for the students that literacy is notcapability, is it the know how.The following are highlights of 4 retired and established faculty in engineering who were kind toshare their thoughts. They have extensive experience trying to understand engineering andtechnology, and also trying to train students. Some of the faculty mentioned that in 70’s theycreated seminars and activities to reach out the non-engineering students. Q1: What is Tech lit? a. A technologically literate person is able to read articles in magazines such as Scientific American, Discovery, and Science News and understand perhaps 20% to 50% of it b. Should be able to intelligently discuss technological information with other people with
Workshop should have less speakers Other (please specifiy)Figure 2. Results from the panelist survey based on how the event could be improvedThe results of the attendee survey mirrored the panelists’ responses on the organization andlength of the workshop again noting that it was a well-organized event and the length wasappropriate, though a small percentage felt the event was somewhat long. In addition to thesequestions, the attendees were also asked to reflect on their thoughts regarding workshop content,suggestions for future events, if they would consider attending again and most importantly thebenefit(s) from attendance.The attendees overwhelmingly replied that the topic was of interest to them and that some
water, water footprint, water-in-energy) X X to develop MATLAB function to solve for water footprint (MCC ONLY) X X to graph and compare the results from different online water footprint tools (ASU ONLY) X to contrast differences between online water footprint tools and justify which tool(s) account most realistically account for virtual water footprints (ASU ONLY) X XWater-for-energy
incapable of learning or discerningfact from fiction without the assistance of an intellectually superior individual to teach them ordumb-down the material through parables or simplified rules. Patrick Quin describes Aquinas’Super de Trin.2.4 “that theological truth is best transmitted to the faithful in parabolic form… itmight, he thinks, confuse the uneducated who would misunderstand it and be ridiculed byunbelievers who detest it anyway” [10]. Aquinas states: “…it is said in Luke 8:10, ‘To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables.’ Therefore one ought by obscurity in speech conceal the sacred truths from the multitude” (Pars 1 q. 2 a. 4 s. c. 3). “…the words of a teacher ought
how best the curriculum might be changed, tobetter meet this goal. Given Mina’s criticism of engineering students that they are nottechnologically literate, higher education might begin with a general programme of liberaleducation as suggested by Heywood. That model through problem based/project learningprovides a range of contexts that, should in principle, deal with the problem of control indifferent contexts. But, as Cheville recognises this is becoming increasingly difficult becauseof the tension between the increasing gap between technological and educational capability.He suggests that we should all master some (rather than many) aspect(s) of episteme andtechne, and we should learn to teach that aspect within “communities in which
urges practitioners to avoid causing harm. 3Indeed, responsibility to hold an ideal paramount is substantively different from responsibility topromote the same ideal. For example, teachers, pilots, and doctors must all hold paramount thehealth and safety of the individuals in their charge, but among them only doctors must dedicatetheir work to the promotion of these individuals’ health and safety. The American MedicalAssociation’s (AMA) Code of Medical Ethics states that physicians are obliged to provide“competent medical care, with compassion and respect for human dignity and rights.”4 TheAmerican Bar Association’s (ABA) Model Rules of Professional Conduct urge lawyers tofunction as “representative[s] of clients, [officers] of the legal system
Margolis and colleagues demonstrated in2010 that an unnamed high school in east Los Angeles, near or in the Boyle Heights region, hadsufficient computer technology but lacked CS courses that required critical thinking. SinceMargolis et al.’s landmark study, LAUSD has made progress in addressing this disparity. In 2016,LAUSD’s Instructional Technology (IT) Task Force recommended “[p]rofessional learningopportunities for all stakeholders [are] imperative to educate leaders on how to incorporate digitallearning tools and how to adapt instruction to the opportunities afforded by digital tools” 11 . Since2019, LAUSD has become the first district in the nation to adopt ISTE Student Standards and tojoin forces with California Emerging Technology Fund for
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retention of the concept(s) taught.Neither Trevelyan or Carberry and Ohland discuss what preparation in pedagogy might beuseful in preparing students to teach although for some peer tutoring the students are givetraining and paid. It is argued here that substantial prior training may lead to more effectivelearning exchanges irrespective of whether it is undertaken as a tutor with one or twostudents, perhaps in a cooperative learning group, or as an instructor with a class of twentystudents.However, this brings into question the role that educational studies may have more generallyin engineering programmes.It is argued that students may benefit more if they have to teach an unfamiliar subject and thetraining may be linked to the preparation
through social sciences is as real as how thesocial sciences understand society. Thus engineering education’s framing of issues as problemsmay serve to create an engineering education system that gives rise to, or exacerbates, thoseperceived problems. For example if it is widely believed there is a significant retention problemin engineering a possible solution would be to create a new first year course to better prepare1 In the late 1920’s a group of investigators from Harvard University were able to observe people at work in theWestinghouse Electrical Company’s works in Chicago. It was found that productivity increased among someworkers when the conditions of work had been changed for the worse with the expectation that productivity
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effective inleveling the playing field. In the example of the course presented in this paper, survey resultsshow great gains in learning as enabled by active learning, and great gains in attitude (e.g.,enthusiasm for the subject).AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant no.:1432426. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] ASEE (2012). “The Green Report – Engineering Education for a Changing World”,American Society for Engineering Education. https://www.asee.org/papers-and-publications/publications/The-Green-Report.pdf[2] NAE
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: “Increasingly the United States is seen globally as an important leader rather than the uncontested leader.”and “. . . the United States is playing a less dominant role in many areas of S&E activity.”Our future rests with today’s undergraduate engineers, who are initiated to the professionthrough coursework in science, mathematics and engineering fundamentals. In the not toodistant past, the fundamentals included a fair amount of engineering technology. Many oftoday’s four year engineering programs disdain the technical side of engineering, openly criticalthat their curricula are assuredly not a technology program; favoring instead a more extensivefocus on derivation and theoretical work with expected continuity into graduate level
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also invented analternative to tables, where the logarithm values were carved on ivory sticks which are nowcalled Napier's Bones. A modern set of Napier's BonesNapier's invention led directly to the slide rule, first built in England in 1632 and still in use inthe 1960's by the NASA engineers of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs which landedmen on the moon. A 1960s slide ruleSlide rules added logarithms to perform multiplication and contained up to 22 different scales Page 22.395.6that were used for various mathematical functions like square root, sine, cosine
questions. While this activity may not be able to reach millions of people a year, itcan reach to reach 1000s. To reach many different audiences we need activities of different scaleand scope. This activity has proven meaningful in a medium-scale festival event.Referencesi “NSF’s Goals...Setting a True Course”, n.d., http://www.nsf.gov/nsf/nsfpubs/straplan/goals.htm.ii Y. Chae, S. Purzer, and M. Cardella, “Core Concepts for Engineering Literacy: The Interrelationships AmongSTEM Disciplines,” in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Louisville,KY, 2010.iii J.H. Falk, M. Storksdieck, and L.D. Dierking, “Investigating Public Science Interest and Understanding: Evidencefor the Importance of Free-choice
et al.’s 2012 PNAS paper (Science Faculty’s Subtle GenderBiases Favor Male Students)8 and Sheltzera and Smith’s 2104 PNAS paper (Elite Male Facultyin the Life Sciences Employ Fewer Women)9.Dr. Kirkmeyer: I cannot honestly say I have considered what strategies to use to help othersbecome aware of these issues, because they are situation-dependent and usually reactive. Ipersonally use humor and self-deprecation to address many issues in a non-threatening manner,and so I know I have done so with these. The reality is that it depends on the context of thesituation related to these issues. In some situations, humor (and particularly sarcasm) hasworked quite well in making others aware of how these issues are being perceived by othersaround them
conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluatinginformation gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, orcommunication, as a guide to belief and action.” In simpler words, CT involves the three majorskills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation which are the higher order thinking skills accordingto Bloom’s Taxonomy [9]. A more general and rudimentary definition of CT was coined by Qiao[10], proposing that critical thinking is the same as “scientific thinking.” This instinctivelyredirects us to what is known as the “scientific method” [11] that consists of the well-knownsteps: define a question; gather relevant information; form an explanatory hypothesis; conductexperiment/s to test the hypothesis
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using a median or a mode (not a mean). The mode is probably the most suitable for easy interpretation. • • • Express variability in terms of the range or inter quartile range. Standard Deviation can’t be used. • • • • • • • • • Display the distribution of observations in a dot plot or a bar chart. It can’t be a histogram, because the data is not continuous.APPENDIX B: Five–Point Likert Scale. Rubrics courtesy of W. S. U., Pullman, WA. 5 Has demonstrated excellence. Has analyzed important data precisely. Has provided documentation. Has answered key questions correctly. Evidence of
demonstration of the prototype to an audience thatincludes the client, users, faculty, staff, students and community at the Fall or Winter DesignExpo. These Expos are part of the Design Institute’s Fall and Winter Expos that showcase thework of students in multiple Graduate and Undergraduate design courses and clubs. The DTC2presentation involves a demonstration of the prototype to a smaller audience including theclient, user(s) and other teams that are working on the same project. Unlike DTC1, DTC2projects are distributed to one team per section and across two to four sections. In both DTC1and 2 presenting is an opportunity for students to develop an appreciation for how much theirtechnological and engineering literacy on a specific topic has changed
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, and identify effective strategies. Attempt a truly open ended design experience for teachers; and observe subsequent results with students. Seek to establish collaborative teaching efforts with existing teachers and programs that already teach creativity; e.g., bring Art and STEM teachers together to lead students in an open ended design experience. Continue to promote international exchange of educators who have experience with the use of design at all levels of education (K-20).Bibliography 1. Macho, S. (2010). American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE): K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division, AC 2010-2063, and
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