design cycle, focusing on both hardware and software, to createbetter solutions for healthcare. He researched hardware components to measure someform/function of the body requiring training. Moreover, he investigated software components toenable interactive visualization of real-time data of body form/function, much like a video gamefor encouraging users to make progress in their training. After conducting research on conditions,such as heart disease and stroke, and examining the treatments, i.e. exercises, he picked onemeasurement that can be used to assess the patient’s progress with an exercise and determine whichsensor(s) could appropriately measure it. Next, he developed a hardware prototype (see Figure 8)and addressed data visualization
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of framing an engineering problem as being composed of discretesystems, the Circle Way recognizes that the parts are not only interacting, but that the boundariesbetween them are shifting, arbitrary, and often far from clear. The Circle Way challengesparticipants to shift their orientation from a collection of individuals to a co-creating community.For instance, consider a technical project team: one typical approach would be to break down theproject into the electrical, mechanical, and software (etc.) engineering sub-projects, assign eachto the student(s) of that major, and integrate the completed parts into the whole system at thevery end. If instead students used the Circle Way approach to discuss and share ideas about thewhole project
work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate ResearchFellowship Program under Grant No. 1651272. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.ReferencesAmbrose, S. A. (2010). How learning works : seven research-based principles for smart teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.Ammar, S., & Wright, R. (1999). Experiential learning activities in Operations Management. International Transactions in Operational Research, 6(2), 183.Anfara, V. A., Brown, K. M., & Mangione, T. L. (2002). Qualitative Analysis on Stage: Making the Research Process More Public. Educational
12.2 Student CreativityA survey was designed and implemented before and after the course to measure the impact ofcourse participation on students’ self-perception of their creative tendencies. We utilized twoexisting surveys: the Reisman Diagnostic Creativity Assessment (RDCA) [10] and theInnovative Behavior Scales (IBS) [11]. We chose two instruments, as while the RDCA coveredmost of the course objectives, an inspection of Reisman et al. [10] indicated that the surveyconstructs had questionable reliability in prior use. Therefore, our team refined this instrumentand its constructs prior to data collection. In contrast, our team had utilized Dyer et al.’s (2008)instrument in the past, with results that had excellent reliability. Notably, the
Biomolecular Engineering. Common across all teams is a minimumtimeframe of three to five years. Teams typically become integral parts of faculty researchprograms, continually evolving with the team advisor’s research.3. The program is curricular and all participating students are graded (A-F; not P/F, S/U). VIPis not an extra- or co-curricular activity. It is a sequence of courses whose credits count towardsstudents' degree requirements, and letter grading holds students accountable for their work. Inmany ways, feedback and grading in VIP is like an evaluation in the workplace. Work isevaluated, guidance is given, and students have the opportunity to improve. The curricularstructure and the philosophy that all students can benefit from the experience
inengineering activities situated in academic makerspaces. We found it critical to combinethe existing frameworks [13, 19] because its combination and adaptions allows us toinvestigate engineering identity development within makerspaces. Adapting only one orthe other would not allow us to account for either the social factors that are present incommunities of practice or different factors that are known to influence engineeringidentity development. Taken together, we are able to investigate one, situated within theother. Figure 1 may help clarify our adaptation. Intent of this PaperIn this paper, we extend Stevens et al.’s [13] findings by investigating how participationin an immersive design challenge situated within
each evaluation question.Table 2. Evaluation Questions Aligned to Data Sources Evaluation Questions Data Sources Project Observations Focus Content S-STEM Documents Groups Assessment Survey and Artifacts & Interviews 1. Did program staff create and X X X implement a high quality, engaging research methods course and summer research experience? 2. To what extent did participation
theirresearch, as evidenced in Respondent 3’s wording, “Believing in an idea and bringing it to life.” Finally, we asked participants to tell us what they would like us to change about thecontest if we to run it again. Two of the respondents gave us no feedback and one wrote “Notsure.” However, two of the respondents gave us helpful advice. Respondent 3 indicated that weneeded to provide more opportunities to find teammates. While the contest was open to bothindividuals and teams, in a semester-long project which requires research, a well-organized teamhas an advantage over an individual. Moreover, learning to work effectively within a team onproject management is an important skill for engineering students to learn. Respondent 5 wantedmore
psychographic measures developed in this study reveal nuances in student values ofsustainability and global citizenship, highlighting the importance of constant revision ofeducators’ understandings of student understanding in order to graduate informed and dedicatedstudents who will engage in, design for, and implement sustainability in their future careers.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to gratefully acknowledge the National Science Foundation for theirsupport of this work under the TUES program (grant number DUE-1245464). Any opinions,findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s)and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography 1. Beane, T.P., &
donated to K-12 schools, or educationalcenters, in both nations. STEM tools are hands-on, interactive products that convey educationalphenomena associated with STEM fields, and that properly align with age and grade appropriatetopic(s). Since 2009, UAH CDC teams have produced numerous STEM tools that have beendonated to K-12 schools and science centers. Examples of the previously designed STEM toolsare shown in Fig. 1.Figure 1. UAH capstone design class STEM tools-clockwise from top left: dyslexic braindisplay, fatigue and beam bending apparatus, pulley system, velocity/motion tracks, mechanicaland solar energy race track (photos courtesy of C. Carmen)MethodologyAt the start of the international partnership, UAH and CPUT CDC instructors aimed to
, community,or other source, contextual listening has a broader meaning. It refers to A multidimensional, integrated understanding of the listening process wherein listening facilitates meaning making, enhances human potential, and helps foster community-supported change. In this form of listening, information such as cost, weight, technical specs, desirable functions, and timeline acquires meaning only when the context of the person(s) making the requirements (their history, political agendas, desires, forms of knowledge, etc.) is fully understood [19, p. 125].Although students in IFCS did not engage with an actual community, the posing of the tankproblem underscored the value of listening to a community to
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study, we are defining “informal engineering programs” as activities, resources, andevents that occur outside of a school setting, which children can engage in alone or with others,on their own time outside of school. Such programs may be self-regulated, assisted by a parent,or led by an informal educator (e.g., a camp counselor).The Informal Pathways to Engineering StudyTo answer our research questions, we created a longitudinal study following 60 middle schoolstudents in two states. 10 of these students are not traditionally schooled. 8 students are currentlyhomeschooled by their parent(s) and 2 students attend virtual public schools and have instructorswho are not their parents. (We defined homeschool students as students who do not attend
experience,perception, cognition, and behavior.1 For this model to be successful the learner must: activelybe involved in that experience (concrete experience), reflect on that experience (reflectiveobservation), conceptualize the experience (abstract conceptualization), and apply what waslearned to new experiences (active experimentation).1Experiential learning is a component of education that “emphasize[s] the central role thatexperience play in the learning process.”1 As explained by Hey, Van Pelt, Agogino, andBeckman, some areas, such as practical and teamwork skills that are important in engineeringdesign education, are best taught through experience instead of through formal lectures.5In that regard, experiential learning has many benefits
3 11 0 Other(s) [fill in = In-class discussion; exam 3 11 0 questions on NSPE code of ethics]The next question on the curricular survey asked faculty how they assessed students’ knowledgeof ethics and/or societal impacts of engineering in the course. The survey presented nine optionsfrom which respondents could select multiple choices; results are summarized in Table 6. Foreach course, 0 to 4 of the assessment methods were indicated, with a median of two. The mostcommon assessment methods were individual reflective essays and individual assignmentsgraded with a rubric. The options that the survey provided for this
because when an engineer frames a problem, s/he gainsownership of the problem; having such ownership affirms her/his identity as an engineer. Thus,we sought to connect student assets to problem framing as a means to support a growth mindsetwherein diverse students view themselves as already having the capabilities to participate in thedesign process.Next stepsThere have been calls for more research specifically looking at how, when and why certaingroups—including Hispanics and Native Americans—initially choose and then persist inengineering.8 This research begins to address this call. Simply identifying engineering assets andnot acting on them will do little to change student persistence. This study represents a first step ina longer research
thinking part). Forengineering students, this will be followed by reflection on engineering solutions to improve thecase-study framework (the doing part), and making a presentation on their alternate solution(s) toa group of professional engineers (the knowing part). It is hoped that these students, when theyeventually choose a capstone design project in their senior year, will build a relevant engineeringsolution (the making part). By monitoring these various stages with rubrics, we will be able toput the process on a firmer footing to learn from and improve.Assessment Strategy:Bransford et al. (2000), a National Research Council sponsored committee on developments inthe science of learning, recommend conducting research on formative assessment
. 5Table I. Pavlis Curriculum and Reflections Curriculum Component Number/Frequency of Reflection(s) Feedback - G (graded) C (comments) D (debriefed w/ mentor) Seminar I (HON2150) Weekly G, C Academic Enhancement Proposal with justification (before) C Immersion Experience Proposal with pre-reflection (before), 5 C, D reflections over the course of the experience Seminar II (HON3150) Weekly
No solution or Simple Detailed solution solution(s) to the problem very vague solution solutionResponsibility Describes who is responsible for or To For With should be involved in the solution, (Government (The (Farmer or with reference to the With / For / To needs to fix the designers community framework problem) know best) member involvement in