. Faculty interviewees were asked about theirprofessional experience, leadership perspectives, and personal instruction. The semi-structuredstudent interviews covered a range of topics including participants’ pathways to their engineeringmajor, the skills they expect to need for future success, their interactions with faculty, their out-of-class activities, and their perspectives on leadership. Most of the interview participants werenearing the end of their undergraduate education so they could reflect on their experience andimpending transition to industry. As a result, they had the benefit of hindsight, which offeredimportant implications for understanding the development of leadership self-efficacy throughoutthe college experience. Analysis of
Canadian tax system but modifying this section to reflect the U.S. tax system (orany country’s system) should not be an onerous endeavor for a course instructor familiar withtheir local tax structure. Many of the examples used in the textbook relate to Canadian industriesand businesses. While there is nothing wrong with keeping these Canadian examples, it mayengage students more if the examples reflect the important industries or businesses of theirgeographic region.The authors of this current version of the open textbook would like to encourage others to adoptthe textbook and may provide some assistance with modifications to help suit the needs of otherinstructors.Future work also includes studies to determine the effectiveness of this open
Graduate Student in the Secondary Education Master’s of Education (MEd) program through the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services. Research interests include argumentation in science and engineering and the benefit they play in developing literacy in specific content areas. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Learning from Engineers to Develop a Model of Disciplinary Literacy in Engineering (Year 3)Project OverviewTo broaden participation in engineering and improve the accessibility of high quality curricularmaterials that reflect the authentic nature of the engineering discipline, new approaches toteaching engineering at the K-12 and
similar to the previous visits in the U.S.A.Building the connections between clustered experiences ensured the quality of this interculturallearning experience, which reflected Dewey's classical philosophy on experience and education[27]. By the end of this trip, the last cohort had insightful discussions on almost every aspect ofthe trip including similarity in corporation models, differences in culture, and inspiringbusinesses with a dedication to the community in relation to economic, environmental, or socialsustainability. Several responses from IGERT trainees on the India trip collected by our surveyare quoted below: "The IGERT India Trip on a whole was certainly a defining moment of my educational experience, … the numerous
and working with the embedded experts, and allowed for the transformed courses to continue on without the initial instructor. However, this did not happen as frequently as expected, specifically for our EE courses, which had the largest variance in instructors. In talking to some of the newer instructors, they were not aware of any of the changes, but were interested in hearing more about these approaches. Upon reflection, the participating instructor, the department chair, and the embedded experts could work together prior to each semester to review the new course designs with the upcoming instructors. • The embedded experts team continued observations and interviews each semester to investigate the fidelity
professional engineers were very confident in their ability to listen toothers, while engineering students rated themselves proficient at listening to others [5].However, the extent that these self-perceptions reflect reality is unclear. In general, listeningreceives almost no attention in formal engineering education [4, p. 529]. For example, listeningwas characterized as the weakest component among the communication skills within anelectrical engineering curriculum [6].Listening can be linked with a number of the 21 outcomes in the ASCE Civil Engineering Bodyof Knowledge 3 (BOK3, [7]), including all 6 of the professional outcomes and 3 of the 7technical outcomes; proposed links are shown in Figure 1.Figure 1. ASCE BOK3 outcomes related to listening
with program faculty. Finally, students created portfolios and individualdevelopment plans which would be expected to support their career development, but studentsreported that these requirements were more onerous than helpful. The D3EM program serves asan example of how impactful programs can be designed to encourage students to explore avariety of potential future career pathways, particularly beyond tenure-track faculty positions.Implications from the findings include the continued implementation of such programs andsustained efforts to change the conversation about PhD careers that reflect the job market andgraduate student interests.Introduction In the past decade, graduate engineering education has emerged as a research
a science methods class (n = 15). The paired classes collaborated inmultidisciplinary teams of 5-8 undergraduate students to plan and teach engineering lessons tolocal elementary school students. Teams completed a series of previously tested, scaffoldedactivities to guide their collaboration. Designing and delivering lessons engaged universitystudents in collaborative processes that promoted social learning, including researching andplanning, peer mentoring, teaching and receiving feedback, and reflecting and revising theirengineering lesson. The research questions examined in this pilot, mixed-methods research study include: (1)How did PSTs’ Ed+gineering experiences influence their engineering and science knowledge?;(2) How did PSTs
. BrainSTEM Alliance Ltd. Email: info@brainstemalliance.com Website: www.brainstemalliance.com Our mission is to collaborate with community partners to create accessible programming that fosters awareness, increases engagement and inspires the use of STEM in our daily lives. Our vision is for every person to have the opportunity to be empowered by Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).The concept of using instrumentation for process control can also introduced depending on gradelevel, and students can reflect on the importance of proportions when scaling (flow/levelindicators) as well as the
identity fromSeniors, Freshmen, and Sophomores.Theoretical Framework: This study draws on three determinants of identity development: roleacquisition theory and identity, socialization process, and peer interactions. Our theoreticalframework is shown in Figure 1. Role acquisition theory postulates that individuals set goals,make decisions, form relationships, and develop their personal and professional identitiesthrough their college experiences (Kraus, 2012). This means that faculty have an opportunity tointentionally design activities that allow engineering students to engage in behaviors andinteractions where they can learn new roles and reflect on how they fit into the new roles.Thornton and Nardi (1975) conceptualize role acquisition in four
,there is a unique difficulty in creating cognitive objectives inherent to the three primarychallenges to implementing PD. A critical aspect is providing a structure that is comprehensiveyet flexible enough to accommodate different backgrounds. Upon completion, students must beable to reflect upon their experiences and communicate its value to potential employers andother professionals in the engineering field. In turn, institutions need an effective way to assesslearning outcomes.Over the past 10 years, digital badging has gained momentum in formal and informal settings asa way to document skills achieved [13–17]. Digital badging is best understood as a merit-basedaward given to students when particular criteria are met to demonstrate a
Paper ID #32058GIFT: The Influence of Stakeholders in Ethical Decision MakingMrs. Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Natalie Van Tyne is an Associate Professor of Practice at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univer- sity, where she teaches first year engineering design as a foundation courses for Virginia Tech’s under- graduate engineering degree programs. She holds bachelors and masters degrees from Rutgers University, Lehigh University and Colorado School of Mines, and studies best practices in pedagogy, learning strate- gies, reflective learning and critical thinking
”). SinceTrusted Inventory launched, the number of uniquely inventoried items increased from 448 to 1159, a resultonly possible with the flexibility provided by the system.Trusted World is now able to actively track the status of all orders from time placed through delivery with thehelp of Trusted Inventory. Active and accurate tracking ensures that all orders are fulfilled in a timely mannerand allows management to efficiently allocate volunteers. In addition, clients benefit from faster orderfulfillment and a wider range of available items.Michael Garrett, CEO and Founder of Trusted World, reflected on the project: “being involved in the[development process] … helped create a system that increased efficiency” of daily operations andadministrative tasks
or regular communication as the more formal mentoring1. Thus, student-faculty pairswere asked to complete a Mentor/Mentee agreement annually. Pairs were strongly encouraged tocheck back with their agreements to see progress towards achieving their goals. Each semester, acheck-in survey was sent to students and faculty to assess satisfaction and ask for number ofmentoring meetings, positive aspects of the mentoring, and any issues that might have arisen. Results and DiscussionIn 2018 and 2019, an external evaluator conducted a qualitative assessment using a modified versionof the focused, in-depth interviewing method2 in which participants reflect on their educationalexperiences and life histories in light
say engineers are like dogs: if you throw them a bone they will go and fetch it. This crudeanalogy reflects some of the strong qualities of engineers, like problem-solving (fetching thebone), but it also reflects the fact that someone else has to not only throw them the bone, but mustalso choose which bone to throw. Educational techniques and courses for improving initiative,curiosity, creativity, and grit in engineers are becoming increasingly important to prepare them forthe dynamic working environment they will find after graduation. In this work in progress, weexpose the results of a freshman course that has been organized as a project-based learning (PBL)class. It is different from the traditional PBL approach by the fact that the
.The random forest classifier also introduces a relatively low computational cost in training. Thus,as new data is gathered, the model can be easily iterated upon to reflect the new data. If newfeatures are found during testing, the model can also be quickly updated to reflect those newfeatures. The random forest classifier then provides a flexible model that can be rapidly retrainedto reflect new observations or new data.Social-Cognitive-Theory-Based Support IntegrationAn independent educational game environment has disadvantages compared to instructorinteraction 28 . Students on the very low end of the content knowledge spectrum might find itimpossible to make any progress at all within the game. To remedy this, the student learningsupports
faculty here reflects a majority cis-gender research population, as thesystem has even lower levels of representation of women faculty of color and fewer LGBTQ+faculty members than national averages. Although the conceptual emphasis is a limitation in theresearch, the specific policies forwarded are intended to help all faculty succeed in this system.Assessment of our success will include specific reference to race and citizenship, although sexualidentity and orientation assessment is limited due to a lack of data across the system.This project is driven by three goals: 1) To establish and sustain system-wide priorities forgender equity in the STEM sciences; 2) To document and evaluate incremental change fromdata-driven policies for gender equity
intimate survey underduress. Regardless, the survey participation for freshmen students who competed the coursewas 98%.The TTI survey was administered again in the junior year in the context of Professional Practiceof Engineering, which is a required lecture-based course that students take after completion of aminimum of one co-op semester. The survey was required and was used in a significantassignment in which students reflect on their strengths and weaknesses and on how to leveragethe former and mitigate the latter. The survey participation for junior students who completed thecourse was 100%.In order to compensate for the change in the student make-up, a pairwise longitudinalcomparison was conducted on the twenty engineering students (14 males
when it really needs it”. To make matters worse, Holly is reprimanded since corporatesimply wanted each branch to submit signed paperwork from each employee proving they hadcompleted the training. Overall, this episode presents a rather pessimistic view of both theeffectiveness and usefulness of ethics trainings.Following the episode, the class engaged in a Think-Pair-Share activity. First, each studentcompleted a worksheet of reflection questions (Tab. 1) independently. Then the students wereasked to discuss their answers in groups of 3-4 students. Finally, the instructor led discussionwith the whole class. Through these questions, the students reflected upon their expectations forthe module (question 1), personal experience with misconduct
reflectivesurface to “bounce” the beam from one to the other. In the latter case, the maximum distancefrom emitter to object appears to be 1 inch.This sort of switch was considered for application as an optical propeller tachometer. In thiscase, either method of edge detection can be used, although the reflective mode of operation maybe desired due to possible changes in blade coning angle. In either case, the parameter of interestwill be the change in voltage measured in Figure, which will change whenever the blade passingthrough the IR beam (the “sensing area”). For a tachometer based on reflection, it is anticipatedthat the voltage seen by the GPIO port will approximate the curve shown in Figure 6. Figure 6: Reflective IR
than the facilitators.Grant Year 5 TCPAs word spread of the CCoPs, and as other grant-funded faculty development programs ended, facultynot initially involved in the original professional development series asked to become a part of thecommunity. To reflect this change and to create an inviting tone, we altered the name of the CCoPs toTeaching Communities of Practice (TCP). We sent introductory emails to the directors of all 9engineering disciplines (including the two that were not originally involved in the program) to describethe sessions and share the titles of the semester’s sessions. We invited them to share this informationwith their staff and to emphasize the importance of sharing this space to have discussions onevidence-based
administered electronically (Qualtrics XM) to all faculty in the CoE after the firstmodule (pre) and final module (post). The surveys were confidential, voluntary, and IRB-exemptwith identifiers collected only for pre/post survey matching. The complete survey is presented inTable 2, and items were integrated from three sources. First, we developed eight Likert Scalesurvey items associated with the stated learning objectives (Table 1) in each of our five coreworkshop modules. These included reflective questions about classroom practices related tostudent mindset, unconscious bias, and fair assessment of student work. Second, instructor self-confidence with inclusive teaching practices was measured using a modified version of theCulturally Responsive
reflective exercise and public activities designing prototyping testing technical speaking writingFigure. 1 The alignment of the learning outcomes, direct assessment items, and instructional activitiesFinally, instructional activities including designing, prototyping, testing, written and oralcommunication, reflective exercise, as well as lectures. These activities are aligned with thenewly developed learning outcomes and direct assessment plan as shown in Fig. 1
we learn by looking across all our design attempts? Final tests Groups reflect on their design attempts, teacher facilitates a whole class discussion & review comparing across designs. Day 11-12: How do engineers share their ideas through speaking and writing? Design Groups prepare for and engage in the conference, where they share their designs and conference design process with other students and members of the school and greater community. DESIGN BRIEF Goal: Stop pollutants (various sizes of beads, glitter, and oil) in the stream (elevated end of your bin) from entering the drinking reservoir (lowered end of your bin) Criteria: Your system MUST: Constraints: • Filter out as much
solved the problem of lack of housing in earthquake affected areas” or “Caroline did a great job ensuring that light would still be able to reach inside the Ecobrick house”, etc. ● Closure: Have students complete an exit ticket reflection. This activity should show student understanding of listed objectives. ○ What would they change about their design next time? ○ How can Ecobricks affect your own community? Contingency Plan If students are struggling to be inspired, allow them time to research ideas online, as well as look at the 1 00 Under $100: One Hundred Tools for Empowering Global Women book to see the pictures of Ecobricks at work! Additionally, because this project can easily be picked up where
administrators. Theseperceptions are likely to affect the way e-learning programs are designed and delivered. Inachieving this objective, the study included 100 top-ranked e-learning programs in the U.S.Statements by administrators from these programs were analyzed for content. The analysisreviled that administrators’ perceptions are dominated by features and performance constructs.Factor analysis suggests that constructs reflecting engagement and trust are used to distinguishbetween different programs.Introduction The world is facing swift changes due to forward momentum in the technology ofinformation and communication transmission. With the emergence of computers and internetcommunication, information becomes easy to access. Information and
regardless of the task they are trying to accomplish [3]. According to the Felder-Silvermanmodel, there are multiple dimensions of learning styles. Each of the dimensions consists of twoopposite categories or learning styles: active vs reflective, sensing vs intuitive, visual vs verbal,inductive vs deductive, and sequential vs global [2]. One outcome of these early studies was thedocumentation of the learning styles preferences of undergraduate engineering students. Earlyengineering education research helped in identifying learning style preferences, while attemptingto address the gap between preferred learning styles and actually teaching styles being employedin engineering courses. Table 1 shows initial attempts to align learning styles
. This paper reflects on a 5-year collaborationbetween three faculty from different disciplines, universities and countries. The authors reflecton challenges they faced to continue successfully collaborating and publishing papers whileaddressing these impediments. This paper will first discuss the various methods ofcollaborations, and then it will discuss the challenges faced during collaborations. The secondpart of the paper will discuss and reflect on the collaboration between the authors, the rules andpolicies they created to help them make decisions on order of authorship, roles and responsibilitysharing. Collaborations are often formed to extend skills and expertise to accomplish tasks.Collaborations in higher education are favorable and
disciplinary cultures of the ECE and BME departments impact the effectiveness of thedesign thinking process.Analysis of the post-design session interviews revealed the impact that the disciplinary andorganizational cultures of both ECE and BME impacted (1) the effectiveness of design thinkingtoward culture change, and (2) the space in which change occurred (e.g., individual versussystemic levels). Reflecting a more limited design culture within the school, the stakeholders inthe ECE design sessions recognized and acknowledged limitations in their ability to make large-scale change within ECE. As such, prototypes developed by ECE stakeholders from the designthinking sessions addressed interactional and day-to-day issues that faculty, staff, and
Adaptive Follow-Upmodules [3], it was observed that this also lacked any impact on overall student performance. Infact, Adaptive Follow-Up in the Mastering Engineering system was punitive by some of thestudents rather than as a resource to encourage mastery of the material [4]. Additionally,although Exam Wrappers did not seem to increase exam scores and performance; overall, havingstudents fill out quiz and Exam Wrappers did seem to foster reflection and adjustment in mostparticipants [5]. Most recently, Exam Wrappers appear to be useful. They encourage students tothink about their study habits, the types of errors they tend to make, and the variety of ways thatthey are or could be engaged in the course [6].The course is a four-credit course