and design–related topics (upper division courses, capstonedesign courses, and final design projects), is drawn primarily from textbooks authored in westerncountries, with very little input that reflects the practice in the Region. Unfortunately,connections with local practitioners, who would be willing and able to contribute to the process,have not been properly cultivated.Sixth, programs do lack emphasis on the essence of engineering as a profession, in general, andthe role of future engineers as emerging professionals in particular. Also, subject matter relevantto professional development issues; including the imperative for superior communication skillsand life-long learning in professional practice, have been left out.Ways need to be
also a significant employer.The school faces some historic challenges, including chronically low funding and below-averagescores on standardized tests (around 20% passing the math and science sections of the state’sstandardized tests for 10th grade). The researchers visited the school approximately twice amonth during the school year as part of an NSF-funded effort to present engineering-based mathand science projects to high school students. The research reported here was performed during Page 15.1054.4two such visits, but the program was primarily focused on the development and presentation oflab exercises.Participant SelectionAt the beginning
assignment, laboratories, and, often, group projects. Adding to the confusion,engineering faculty do not always understand how the common forms of “active learning” differfrom each other and most are not inclined to search for answers Of the most known and utilizedclassroom-based pedagogies in engineering education today, and appear to be moving in thesame broad direction, are: problem-based learning, cooperative learning, and collaborativelearning 2. Page 15.919.2Problem-based learning (PBL) starts when students are confronted with an open-ended, ill-structured, real-world problem and work in teams to identify learning needs and develop a
material with the students.(2)There are several strands of pedagogies of engagement under the umbrella of active learningmethods that have received attention by engineering educators world-wide. (2, 3) For many Page 24.949.2faculty, there remain questions about what “active learning” is and how it differs from traditionalengineering education, since the latter involves activities through homework assignment,laboratories, and, often, group projects. Adding to the confusion, engineering faculty do notalways understand how the common forms of “active learning” differ from each other and mostare not inclined to search for answers. Of the most known and
Impact of Model Eliciting Activities on Development of Critical Thinking,” presented at the Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association, Montreal, 2013, pp. 1–7.17. C. L. Frisby, “Construct Validity and Psychometric Properties of the Cornell Critical Thinking Test (Level Z): a Contrasted Groups Analysis,” Psychological Reports, 1992.18. R. Benjamin and M. Chun, “A New Field of Dreams: The Collegiate Learning Assessment Project.,” Peer Review, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 26–29, 2003.19. R. H. Ennis, J. Millman, and T. N. Tomko, “Cornell Critical Thinking Tests Level X & Level Z: Manual,” 1985.20. R. H. Ennis, “Critical thinking assessment,” Theory into practice, 1993.21. P. C. Abrami, R. M
, the peerreviewers who comment on the suitability of manuscripts for publication, the journals readersand the scientific community, the owners/publishers of the journals, and the public as a whole.”47A further problem is posed by journals that republish materials that have already appeared inother venues. In 2010, two new journals published by Scientific Research Publishing, Journal ofModern Physics and Psychology, simply reprinted articles for their inaugural issues, includingone that had received a prestigious award.48 Duplicate publication can make the literatureassociated with a particular field seem more abundant than it actually is and may affect fundingfor projects, especially from external sources.Ethical ConceptsAt heart, the issues
Paper ID #9656Prevalence of inscriptions in transportation engineering text: Clues to con-textFloraliza Bornilla Bornasal, Oregon State University Floraliza B. Bornasal is a doctoral student in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Ore- gon State University. Her research is currently in engineering education focusing on the transference of expertise among working professionals and undergraduate students. Prior to pursuing her doctoral degree at OSU, she worked as an engineering intern and project inspector for Garfield County Public Works and as an AmeriCorps Volunteer-in-Service-to-America (VISTA) aiding in
released in minimum snippets to guide you through a multi-stage task).. Wu is essentially describing methods to accomplish the progression loops. The user would start with an easy task and would progressively build up while within the flow channel. The triggers are represented by classroom activities that would induce the students to continue climbing the steep path of knowledge. The activities should provide positive feedback. The activities (one-minute papers, short quizzes, formal exams, projects) must be given at exactly the right time in terms of students’ ability and motivation to serve their intended purpose. Overview of MOOCs One of the hardest challenges that is faced by the faculty
, her bubbly personality was evident. She wasperfectly made up and wore jewelry and perfume making an immediate impression that wasdifferent from that of most of the dozens of other women we have interviewed over the yearsthrough the MIDFIELD project. It is her story that begat the title of “Accidental Engineer.”Bethany is a white woman who comes from a family where neither parent attended college. Hercareer plan was to be a doctor and she applied to A-State with that in mind. She was acceptedinto a program, Diamonds in the Rough, for students who the college of engineering believeshave potential that may not be demonstrated by grades or test scores
Page 24.1218.14Development of Higher Engineering Education in China]. Beijing Institute of TechnologyPress.2012:144.2“The College and Department Adjustment of Higher Education” in the 1952, “the Anti-RightistMovement" in 1957, “The Socialist Education Movement ”in the 1960s, the ten-years long "CulturalRevolution" movement (from 1966 to 1976), and “The Improvement and Rectification” period after1976 and “The Reform and Opening Up” period after 1978 in the so called "post-Cultural Revolution"era.3 Kimball, B. A. 1995. Orators and Philosophers: A History of the Idea of Liberal Education. CollegeBoard.4The Research Group of General Education Project in Institute of Higher Education, Beijing Universityof Aeronautics and Astronautics. Zhuan
identifying the ways advisors may be better ableto support student success. It is also important to explore how the advising experiences ofreturners and direct pathway students compare to understand the role, if any, advisors play in theunique challenges experienced by returning students and the ways in which returners utilize thesupport of their advisors to adapt.III. MethodsA. Survey DevelopmentThe development of the GSEMS instrument was an iterative process developed based onliterature and findings from a pilot project and guided by best practices of survey development.Prior to the current study, members of our team conducted an initial study that involvedinterviews with ten returning PhD students. We asked the students open-ended questions
of the project – meaning that each stage of the longitudinal study continues to be used to inform and guide the next. Throughout the study, data-analysis is on-going, reflecting a purposefully designed flexible approach that enables the research team to make strategically grounded empirical decisions regarding the suitability of each research tool on a contemporaneous basis. Findings: Interviews with Engineering-First Staff - Organisational Portfolio The initial exploratory study identified Engineering-First as one of the main Primary School level engineering education for-profit providers in the UK[1]. The organisation is unique in that it does not directly provide any engineering education interventions, but instead trains
Dimensions of College and University Teaching: Understanding and Honoring the Special Relationship between Teachers and Students, Linc. Fisch (ed.), “New Directions for Teaching and Learning,”no.66, Summer, 1966, pp.30-40.7. Organiz. for Economic Cooper. & Development (2003), “International comparison of math, reading, and science skills among 15-year olds” OECD, (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0923110.html). Sept. 2005.8. Balfanz, R., and Legters, N., “How many central city high schools have a severe dropout problem, where are they located, and who attends them?” Harvard University Civil Rights Project, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass, 2001.9. Barnett, L., and Greenough, R., “Regional needs assessment
that influence job satisfaction including work environment, job challenges, projects, compensation, coworkers, etc. Critical Events & Examples of life changing event, and critical turning points in career Experiences and specific job experiences that influenced choices to remain or Career leave a STEM career. Career Entry & Examples of entry points into a STEM career, the monetary and Rewards & nonmonetary rewards and benefits of STEM careers both perceived Benefits and actual. Coping Strategies Examples of coping strategies and mechanisms to deal with
, this project was intended to help students complete their degreeprograms in the shortest time possible.SAS scholarships, totaling $458,600 over 5 years, were awarded to fifty-four academicallytalented students of limited financial means. Preliminary analysis of retention data indicates thatSAS scholars were successful in their engineering and computer science (ECS) majors to agreater degree when compared to traditional students (i.e., students enrolling at our university asfreshmen directly after high school graduation) and to transfer students who were not eligible forSAS scholarships (i.e., non-SAS transfer students): Percent retention of SAS scholars in ECS majors was 39% greater than traditional students and 103% greater than non-SAS
also host based IDS (HIDS) which are installed on a single deviceto monitor network traffic and application activity. The operation of HIDS may also be signaturebased or anomaly based. There is on-going research into using IDS for CPS network securitywith the main objective of improving the ability of IDS to detect and stop CPS cyber-attacks.One such project by Digital Bond Inc. involved the development of attack signatures for theModbus/TCP protocol 17. Page 23.1057.13FirewallsFirewalls are devices that are used to allow certain types of network traffic to pass through thenetwork perimeter or a host device. Interconnectivity of systems works
, P. R., Schultz, P., Estrada, M., Woodcock, A., & Chance, R. C. (2012). Sustaining Optimal Motivation: A Longitudinal Analysis of Interventions to Broaden Participation of Underrepresented Students in STEM. Journal of Educational Psychology.19. Hurtado, S., Eagan, M., Tran, M. C., Newman, C. B., Chang, M. J., & Velasco, P. (2011). 'We Do Science Here': Underrepresented Students' Interactions with Faculty in Different College Contexts. Journal of Social Issues, 67(3), 553-579.20. Hurtado, S., Newman, C. B., Tran, M. C., & Chang, M. J. (2010). Improving the rate of success for underrepresented racial minorities in STEM fields: Insights from a national project. New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010(148
a lecture presentation taken for granted the remaining questions are about what chapters tocover, what should be assigned as homework and projects, and how students should be evaluatedand tested. The use of clickers should lead to more reflective choices by the professor on howmaterial should be covered. While this starts with what clicker questions to use, it can easilyexpand to how the material is discussed in the classroom and how the material is handled outsideof the classroom.An analogy can be made to a toolbox. The larger the set of tools you employ—the better you canchoose the best way to help students learn. Teaching goals should drive choices. Classroom timeis precious, and it should be used effectively—which usually means using
Problems of UnderstandingDevising problems of understanding calls for problems whose solutions build on student'sexisting knowledge while also requiring them to learn new things. Beyond being the right kindof problem at the proper level of difficulty, the problem or project must be engaging enough tosummon the motivated effort deep learning requires. Students have to care about learning andabout the problem to be solved.Based upon Egan’s theory of imaginative education12-14, understanding how an EF-3 tornadoimpacted building in Springfield, Massachusetts and the surrounding communities in June 2011became the context for knowledge building in EGR 270. Students were introduced to the topicby meeting Springfield residents impacted by the tornado
Paper ID #6375Using Mixed Mobile Computing Devices for Real-Time Formative Assess-mentProf. Frank V Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines Prof. Frank Kowalski has been teaching physics at Colorado School of Mines since 1980.Susan E. Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines Susan Kowalski is project coordinator at Colorado School of Mines.Dr. Tracy Q Gardner, Colorado School of Mines Page 23.1328.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Using Mixed Mobile Computing Devices for
Engineering Network (KEEN) activities [38], VentureWell [39], NSF I-Corps [40], and the celebration and glorification of capitalists such as Bill Gates and Elon Musk. Saviorism in the Global South frequently manifests as white saviorism, as exemplified by the work of Engineers Without Borders [41], missionary work, and many university service-learning projects. SE recognizes that there are no saviors. We each bring value to the community as we act together in kinship for transformational change.Critique of Mainstream Approaches to Systemic ChangeThere are several existing models aimed at addressing inequalities in the field, but they typicallyfail to address the neoliberal roots in which the structure and culture of engineering
and is responsible for designing, directing, and executing culturally responsive research and evaluation projects. She manages a portfolio of multi-year, mixed methods studies focused on improving educational and career opportunities, with a focus on historically underserved groups.Dr. Mark A Weiss, Florida International University Mark Allen Weiss is an Eminent Scholar Chaired Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Engineering and Computing, and Associate Director in the School of Computing and Information Sciences at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami Florida. He joined FIU after receiving his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Princeton University in 1987. His interests
variables on real time manipulationTesting procedure:Working on this embedded system, I learned to test each component separately beforeconnecting them to the final project. Using this sequence did prevent a lot of glitches andany mistakes in the preparation of system. Also, by testing and completely understandingeach part functionality and requirements I simplified putting together a complexembedded system with multi functions such as Ethernet.Commands Used to communicate between Embedded System and GUI:The commandsare stored in the packet sent from the GUI to the Embedded System. These commandsdescribe the function that the reset of the packet will be applied to. The command isstored in the first byte and can start from 1 to 255 giving the user
serious conditions inthe future.2012 ASEE Northeast Section Conference University of Massachusetts LowellReviewed Paper April 27-28, 2012The above study may be continued and further improved by increasing the sample sizes especially of the controlgroup which in our study was minimal. Another way to improve this study in the future is to have a medical doctoron-board to monitor other health parameters that may be potentially affected by energy drinks.The above project is an example of a quality interdisciplinary undergraduate research. Its uniqueness is that it isexploratory [40] in nature and interdisciplinary in
trip the circuit breaker? What assumptions would youhave to make? What equations and data would you use? Look around your home at some commonappliances - a toaster, fan, space heater, television, computer, etc. Which appliances would you predictdraw a lot of current to operate? Which appliances would you predict take a lot of power to operate?Extra credit project: if you would like to investigate this, there is a device called Kill-A-Watt that canmeasure current, voltage, and power when electrical devices are plugged into them. Measure 10-15devices in your home and write a mini lab report describing your data and lessons learned by takingthese measurements. And finally, the examples below are for thermodynamics and fluid dynamicsthreaded
nanotube composites.The activities developed are tied to 6th – 8th grade California math standards and provide studentswith an opportunity to see how math can be used to solve authentic engineering researchproblems. Pre and post-surveys were conducted to measure the impact of the visitingengineer/scientist and the research-related activities on students’ perceptions towards engineersand their desire to pursue a career in engineering or science. The results related to this particularresearch will be presented as well as the results and findings for all fellows during the 2012-13school year.Carbon Nanotube Composites – An Authentic Research ProblemOverview. The main objective of this research project is to create composite materials with acarbon
project.4.1 Introductory SurveysEach student was given an introductory survey during the first week of the class. This surveyasked for demographic information (gender, prior programming experience (PPE), year in school,GPA, and major), general information (if the student was also taking the lab associated with thiscourse and how many hours of prior programming experience they had), as well as what grade theyexpected to receive in the course by the end of the semester. Students were given a drop-down menuof achievable grades in the class and asked to choose which grade option they expected themselvesto receive. Finally, the students were asked questions about their perceptions of programming andlearning preferences. For each question, five
. Doubting of actions (DA) is another prevalent feeling among engineeringstudents regarding the sufficiency of their projects and their level of satisfaction. The next sectionwill explore the limitations of current scales within the engineering domain.6 Limitations of Current Perfectionism Scales for Engineering StudentsExisting perfectionism scales, which are commonly employed to assess perfectionism, often focuson broad populations, and their dimensions are extensively used (such as [10], [14], [36]). First,none of the existing scales directly focuses on measuring perfectionism among undergraduateengineering students. Secondly, currently, there is no currently existing scale capable of measuringthe dimensionality of perfectionism
witheventual success in the field after graduation [4-6]. Some universities have implementedintervention strategies by gearing curriculum and department culture towards supportingstudents’ development of their individual engineering identities with this known promise ofstudent success [6]. Some major curricular changes surround the emphasis on design problemsused throughout engineering courses that inherently help students to feel more like an engineerafter completing the project [7]. Because the act of problem-solving correlates with the directdevelopment of all three of Godwin’s facets of engineering identity, providing more opportunityfor students to solve real-world problems correlates to retention [8] and success in the field [9].Studies have