skills, and regulate their learning. On top of this,they must also learn to live on their own -- doing laundry, making their own meals, managingtheir finances, possibly finding a job and working, etc. For many students, college is the first timethey’re expected to be so independent.In this category, we teach students how to identify near-term goals that are mastery based ratherthan performance based, as stated earlier, and devise a plan to manage their time by trackingvarious aspects of their daily lives.Category 3: Learning Strategies, Test Preparation, Post Exam AnalysisMaking the transition from high school to college-level coursework is more often than not verydifficult. As a result, even very high-achieving students struggle in their first
feedback)Hispanic/Latino, 11% Multi, and 0.5% Native Monitoring Course Visits to “My Grades” Table of student gradesAmerican/Pacific Island. The ethnic distribution was similar Performance on completed assignmentfor males and females. Monitoring Learning Uses of a tool to organize a study session ProcessThe two course sections were taught by different instructors, Planning Downloads of Syllabus, schedule, exambut had identical syllabi, schedule, assignments, grading guides
incollege. Central among those are student involvement and interaction with campus groups andactivities [34]. African American students, in particular first generation students, face a numberof obstacles, from the lack financial planning and knowledge about the college process tofeelings of isolation upon arrival [35]. While at home, many of these students could rely onnetworks comprised of family and friends to help them navigate life’s rough terrains [36]. Incollege and away from home, however, in particular PWIs, these students become vulnerable dueto an absent or weak supportive and familiar network. For example, McKether et al. [35]showed that African American and Latino students either withdrew from the mainstreampopulation and hung out with
research andacademic success. The survey shown in Table 1 summarizes the results for pre-and post-internship based on student motivation, expectations, and purpose for participating in theinternship. Table 1 results indicate that the largest motivation for participating in the ASPIRESengineering internship was to gain hands-on experience in research, be challenged intellectually,and clarify whether graduate school would be a good choice for them. The interns found theprogram to be most helpful in learning how to work with others to plan and conduct scientificexperiments, followed by talking to professors about science. The largest difference between pre-and post-internship survey was observed for gaining hands-on experience in research.Table 2
"After Graduation" plans I can negotiate with my potential employer After an interview, I know how to follow up Post- Workshop I know how to dress appropriately for interviews Score I can connect with interviewers during an interview Pre- Workshop ScoreI
. A member of the Grand Portage Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Jordan obtained both his Masters of Community & Regional Planning and Bachelors of Media Arts from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque where he lives with his wife and three daughters.Mr. Nicolai Loner, University of New Mexico c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Asset-based design projects in a freshman level courseAbstractThis Complete Research paper describes how we identified diverse student assets and redesigneda first year course to develop professional engineering identity. Despite many efforts to diversifyengineering, first-generation college attendees, non-traditional students, and students
departments likely varies significantly by region,policy environments, and student and faculty demographics. Research is needed to advance ourscholarly understanding of cultural factors in engineering that impede and promote LGBTQequality, which in turn will allow us to contour the content and promising practices of Safe Zoneworkshops to be most effective for engineering audiences.Our mixed-methods research plan uses surveys of engineering deans, faculty and students as wellas ethnographic participant observations of a Virtual Community of Practice for LGBTQinclusion in STEM. The surveys and ethnographic research generate new knowledge andunderstanding of engineering cultures, which provides empirically grounded ways that the nextSafe Zone workshops
who have researched the same academic skill and are tasked to summarize and develop steps to implement the skill into their learning practice, using a Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle model (more information in Appendix B). At this time, student teams also review and choose an infographic platform; 3. Student teams develop a draft infographic using their chosen platform. Draft is to be scaled to a 8.5”x11” paper size and printed in color for in-class peer review; 4. Feedback is generated from in-class facilitated workshop and returned to student team in order to finalize infographic and formally submit. A quality effort is incentivized by giving some extra points for the student favorite (top vote
, 2017 Introduction to Engineering Using Google Docs and Interactive Video in Support of an Online Flipped Classroom Approach John M. Santiago, Jr., Ph.D., Jing Guo, D.Eng., Kathy Kasley, Ph.D. and Pamela Phillips Colorado Technical University (CTU), College of Engineering, Colorado Springs, COAbstractThe College of Engineering (CoE) is expanding existing engineering courses to online deliveryfor adult students. The CoE has a strong commitment to maintain the student-centered focus,and active learning strategies that have enabled success despite the multiple external studentcommitments.The strategic plan leverages the experience of full-time faculty to jointly develop modules for afreshman introductory course
developmental experience for first and second year students. The environmentof both peer and administrative support has given students the opportunity to thrive in rigorouscoursework, develop confidence in their planning, organization, and leadership skills, andconnect their academic work to real-life applications of engineering. IntroductionThe Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), in a 2007 report titledCollege Learning for a New Global Century, highlights integrative learning as one of fiveessential learning outcomes for preparing students to address twenty-first century challenges.Integrative learning, “the application of knowledge, skills and responsibilities to new settings
[international community] had built this system, so then all of our plans kind of went up in smoke, and I think that was really frustrating to a lot of our members…I had my [local community] experience to know that these things didn’t always work out, and I think because I was a leader at that time, it was my job to tell everybody, “It’s okay,” and, “It’s going to work out,” and in the process I had to convince myself.For Nickie and for the other women, these ESPT experiences of failure became opportunities torespond – to get better at “doing”, to find an alternative way, to realize “Wow, I do need to knowthe answers” or to raise their own standards. Failure was an important part of engineering praxis– it defined the
University Center for Postsecondary Research and Planning.[35] Simmons, D. R. & Ye, Y., Hunsu, N. J. & Adesope, O. O. (2017). Development of a Survey to Explore Out-of-Class Engagement of Engineering Students. International Journal of Engineering Education, 33(4), 1213-1221.[36] Lashari, T. A., Alias, M., Akasah, Z. A., & Kesot, m. J. (2012). An Affective-Cognitive Teaching and Learning Framework in Engineering Education. ASEAN. Journal of Engineering Education, 1(1), 11-24.[37] Simmons, D. R. & Yu, R. (2015). Conducting a Q Study to Refine and Develop New Measures of Engineering Student Co-Curricular Involvement. Research in Engineering Education Symposium. Dublin, Ireland.[38] Simmons, D
could serve with their scientific knowledge. They attended several volunteer board meetings and familiarized themselves with the organization and then decided to help create curriculum for the food based summer youth program that is hosted by the food bank. Kids spend time working in the community garden and then learn to prepare some of the food that they are growing. While it is cooking, they then play a game or do some other activity related to that food. The students created eight lessons plans based around different vegetables. Self-Help International - Students worked on a two part project with a local nonprofit that serves communities overseas with a variety of initiatives. In the first
] and “depoliticization” (relegation of questions of social justice and inclusion as“political,” and thus irrelevant to “real” engineering) [39, 40].This project used a mixed-methods research plan with surveys of engineering deans, faculty andstudents as well as ethnographic participant observations of a Virtual Community of Practice forLGBTQ inclusion in STEM. The surveys and ethnographic research generated new knowledgeand understanding of engineering cultures, which provided empirically grounded ways that thenext Safe Zone workshops were contoured to be most effective for engineering audiences. Theresearch findings help the members of the Virtual Community of Practice advocate moreeffectively as they try to promote LGBTQ equality in their
, and the TEAMS Program at the University of Boulder. Dr. Rivale’s research uses recent advances in our understanding of how people learn to evaluate and im- prove student learning in college and K-12 engineering classrooms. Her work also focuses on improving access and equity for women and students of color in STEM fields.Hannah Smith Brooks, University of Texas, Austin Hannah Brooks is a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on promot- ing equitable access through collaboration and instructional design. She is also interested in improving teacher education programs in the sciences by studying how teachers plan and structure learning using various methods. She has a BA in
barriers toengineering and other careers in the physical sciences continue to deter women from enteringthose careers.History textbooks are good indicators of how well social knowledge is transmitted to youngergenerations and, according to Jane Gaskell 11,12, textbooks from the first wave rarely includedreferences to women’s experiences . The early feminists attempted to initiate changes to thecurriculum in their role as teachers, setting lesson plans and writing texts to introduce students toissues relevant to life in the home and building a foundation for – or maybe driving – the secondwave of feminism 13–18. Coinciding with racial activism, the second wave was replete withmilitant affirmative action 19, which alienated some from the growing
like this were very uncommon, however. This could point to a missing link withrespect to developing a professional sense of social responsibility in engineers that could drawfrom the existing HSS influences that students reported. One student actually discussed howtheir humanities class influenced them negatively with respect to their views of engineering,saying: “Mostly the humanities, the engineering classes I took made me realize how irrelevant my major (mechanical engineering) is to making a difference in the world. I don't plan on using my major for anything in the future- planning on shifting my career path to the humanities/social sciences.”This response came from a female, senior engineering student who
discussion that her group memberswent through in arriving at their final positions and the evolution of her own thinking as the dis-cussion progressed, possibly in preparation for the final exam in the course; andd) Allowing the instructor to assess how effective the initial multiple-choice question was in en-abling the formation of heterogeneous groups as well as how effective the discussions in the groupswere in helping students develop deep understanding of the underlying concepts by looking at thesummaries of the discussions submitted by the various students in the class.We conclude with a mention of our plans for future work. We are currently implementing therevised version of the CONSIDER tool. Once it is complete, we plan to test it in a
Resistor SetC. Implementation Plan and DiscussionThe assignments have been made a permanent part of the circuit analysis laboratory in ECE atMissouri University of Science and Technology14. Student performance, student comments, andinstructor observations will be used to modify the assignments for effectiveness. In particular,the laboratory reports have been selected as measures for the department assessment planregarding ABET outcomes b) and k). For instance, the student grades on the Resistive Networksreports will address the criteria for outcome b) to organize and interpret laboratory data with agoal of having a median score on this selected assignment of 80 percent or more.This laboratory implementation provides an early basic introduction to
student-centeredfocus, and active learning strategies that have enabled success despite the multiple externalstudent commitments.The strategic plan was to leverage the experience of the full-time faculty to jointly developmodules for the freshman introductory course, Introduction to Engineering. The flippedclassroom model seems to be a consistent extension of the existing classroom practice ofproviding theory in brief introductions, followed by significant classroom practice in problemsolving. Once developed, the course was initially offered to students who met on campus, usingthe online modules. The time in the classroom was used to identify unforeseen issues and bugsthat impeded student learning, and to model synchronous “chats” to answer
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Sustainable Development and Engineering TechnologyI. IntroductionThere are different definitions of sustainable development but according to Geir Asheim1“Sustainability is defined as a requirement of our generation to manage the resource base suchthat the average quality of life that we ensure ourselves can potentially be shared by all futuregenerations…. Development is sustainable if it involves a non-decreasing average quality oflife.” According to a United Nations 2016 report2, for the first time countries around the worldhave added sustainable development plans and a record number have agreed to make positivesteps to address climate change. As such, we are living at a
impacts of engineered systems on society or the environment. j2. Develops and evaluates alternative designs of engineered infrastructure systems to minimize adverse environmental and societal impacts. k1. Manages time effectively and specifically plans for general review of work to improve results. k2. Demonstrates a commitment to quality and continuous improvement.Table 2 below presents a synopsis for the past year of the evolution of our capstone design in theinvestigated area. Analyzing the table, it can be inferred that, with some exception, there is atrending in topics related to environmentally conscious projects. Several of these projects havebeen also presented in various instances in other publications, including IEEE and
testing andresearch. First, Carberry, Lee and Ohland note (2010, p.74) a number of sources referring to“gender’s known influence on the self-efficacy of engineering students.” Marra et. al. (2009,p.27) indicate that “correlations show that self-efficacy is related to women’s student’s plans topersist in this predominately male discipline.” We have not yet commented on the genderbalance in the class, but of the sixteen students enrolled in the course, eleven of them werewomen. We did not notice differences in ability or interest in the course based on gender. Whilethe self-assessments of ability to perform various engineering design tasks were answeredanonymously, the sheer numbers suggest that women and men both increased in confidenceduring the
just dig in. But if there’s a greater cost and going to the store, I gotta plan it out.” • Taking things apart: Participants talked about taking things apart during their making processes, such as “When I was a kid I had an old radio, just a clock radio, and I took that apart to see how it worked, back when I was younger when I had time. That really interested me.” Many shared the same kinds of childhood memories, and even discussed being okay “when you put it back together and you’re either missing a part or have too many.” • Making wrong or unexpected turns: Finally, the theme of making wrong or unexpected turns during the design process was quite common. One said “mistakes turn out to be
problems. Professional competence has been previouslydefined as a high level of motivation, use of intelligence to solve problems and make decisions,teamwork, management and leadership of others, communication, planning and management of aproject and resources, innovation, and a strategic view of the larger picture of the project2,3. Thesecompetences, along with strong technical knowledge skill set, have been linked to futureprofessional engineering success3,4. Additionally, ABET requires that graduating engineers meetthe following select criteria: (d) ability to function on multidisciplinary teams; (f) understandingof professional and ethical responsibility; (g) ability to communicate effectively; and (h) the broadeducation necessary to
together to carry out degradation testing on the logo of a small plastic device. In order totest the pigment that had been stamped onto the plastic, Liam asked Trevor and Cassandra to rubthe logo with a bleach wipe to simulate cleaning during normal use. Cassandra asked, “So, forhow much time do we do this?” Liam replied, “Uhh, I think, just clean it as if—there’s noinstructions for it, so just clean it as if ((pause)) you wanted it to be clean.”Later, Cassandra, Trevor and Liam worked to determine if an instance of degradation was causedby the bleach or during the stamping process. Liam was unable to determine if the defect wassomething he overlooked in the quality control process (a precursor to the bleach testing). Liamexplained how he planned
. Most of them had never attempted non-technical writing taskssuch as descriptive writing. However, they also reported to the instructor that, whilewriting in this style was difficult and unfamiliar to them, it was enjoyable.Of course, the instructors didn’t simply collect open-form essays and move on. Theseessays were meant to be considered alongside the argumentative, researched essayswritten earlier in the program. The instructors’ plans were for these essays, bothargumentative and creative, to be scaffolding for the video assignment that finished thetrip. The approaches, creative and expressive in the open-form essays, and formulaic andthesis-driven in the closed form, were meant to be complementary.E3 BlogStudents were required to create an
that the common project needs to be carefully selected each year to apply to bothgroups of engineering students.As we continue to receive guidance from our advisory board about the desiredcharacteristics of our graduates, we have broadened our previous technical electives toinclude both technical and professional electives, and have begun promoting integratedinterdisciplinary minors like Project Management and Strategic Leadership to our students.See the flowcharts in the Appendix that show how these certificates can be earned with onlytwo or three additional courses, by properly selecting elective courses. We believe theadditional skills and certification gained will add great value for our graduates, and plan totrack graduates with these
used for the project‘s organization and planning. For this purpose, there was a close cooperation with the cooperation partner’s headquarter in Berlin. The results of this cooperation were a detailed plan of the project- structure, including a goal-setting, work packages, milestones and responsibilities for each following project run. A logo was designed as well (see figure 2). In addition, the partner organization – MAVUNO Project in Tansania – for the test-run as well as for the first official run was identified. The test-run took place in the winter term 2012/13. Since the class, in which the Challenge took place for the first time, is an interdisciplinary course for different master’s programs, the participating students
diagram illustrates the confluence of factors that can affectan academic plan’s design, which includes faculty members – the unit of analysis for the presentwork. Figure 1. Academic Plan Model from Lattuca and Stark17.* *Figure used with author’s permission via personal correspondence. Starting with the observation that some faculty teach engineering ethics in their courseswhile others do not19, one question arises: what is the difference between groups of facultymembers in how they conceptualize engineering ethics education? If we could better characterizethe conceptual frameworks around the perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes that engineering facultyharbor toward ethics education, then we could