CT in K-12 and higher education. From this effort, over 20different definitions and frameworks for CT have emerged. Although the availability of literatureon CT has been increasing over the last decade, there is limited research synthesis available onassessing CT better. Besides, it is known that in higher education designing assessments for CT ischallenging and one of the primary reasons is that the precise meaning of CT is still unknown.This research paper, therefore, presents a systematized literature review on CT frameworks andassessment practice. We search three different databases and review 19 journal articles that addressCT assessment in higher education to answer the following two research questions: 1) What doesthe literature
Conference on Neural Networks. His research interests are: applications of neural networks, fuzzy logic controllers, and design of fuzzy logic controllers for industrial applicationsDr. Mequanint A. Moges, University of Houston, College of Technology (CoE & CoT) Mequanint Moges earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and M.Sc. degree in Communication Systems from the University of New South Wales in Australia. His research interests are in the areas of wireless sensor networking, load scheduling in parallel and distributed systems and
faculty mentorship, the pathway into and through graduate education, and gender and race in engineering.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University. She is also the Engineering Workforce Development Director for CISTAR, the Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources, a Na- tional Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. Her research focuses on how identity, among other affective factors, influences diverse students to choose engineering and persist in engineering. She also studies how different experiences within the practice and
student interview data toidentify areas of agreement and disagreement that will support the development of training andresources for educators.Data CollectionThe research design and instruments were approved by the university’s Institutional ReviewBoard #20223 before data analysis began. Student participants for the cognitive interviews wererecruited through a university newsletter calling for participation from undergraduate and first-year graduate students in engineering. Faculty and staff were similarly recruited to participatethrough the same university newsletter. Student participants were offered a $10 Amazon gift cardfor participating in the cognitive interviews and faculty and staff were offered a $50 Amazon giftcard. All interviews were
study returning graduate students in engineering master’s programs.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton (2003) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Edu- cation from Purdue University (2008). Her research focuses on strategies for design innovations through divergent and convergent thinking as well as through deep needs and community assessments using design ethnography, and translating those strategies to design tools and education. She teaches design and en- trepreneurship courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, focusing on front-end design processes.Ms
. Hiring the Next Generation of Faculty, volume 2010(152). New Directions for Community Colleges, 2011. [4] M Bernardine Dias, Brett Browning, G Ayorkor Mills-Tettey, Nathan Amanquah, and Noura El-Moughny. Undergraduate robotics education in technologically underserved communities. In Proceedings 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 1387–1392. IEEE, 2007. doi: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363178. [5] Michael Rosenblatt and Howie Choset. Designing and implementing hands-on robotics labs. IEEE Intelligent Systems and their Applications, 15(6):32–39, 2000. doi: 10.1109/5254.895856. [6] Glen R Rasmussen. An evaluation of a student-centered and instructor-centered method of conducting a graduate course in
(Aug) Delivery writing.engr.psu.edu/teaching/exercise5.html 196 1:29 89 01:48 Exercise Improvisation: Unexpected Question (Aug) Delivery writing.engr.psu.edu/teaching/exercise6.html 615 2;24 166 02:25 Exercise Giving a TED style talk (Mar) As mentioned, our participation in the NSF I-Corps revealed the opportunity to use slightmodifications of these training materials to reach a much larger number of individuals inSTEM—in particular, graduate students doing research presentations and undergraduatespreparing presentations for courses
studying a newlycreated EWB chapter working in Nicaragua to develop clean water systems, while understandingthe needs and realities of life for both the citizens of the community and the volunteers. Theproject will unfold over four years and includes both engineering and social science students inthe work.Many universities and colleges offer such experiences to their students and believe they arecontributing a valuable service to developing communities. 2 However, service-learning projectsare often compromised because students graduate, and/or faculty leaders move to otherinstitutions, and community ties are lost. The project seeks to find best practices foruniversity/college-based service learning for all stakeholders in these enterprises. This
secondary science teachers the tools to design and implement learning experiences for their students that are effective and authentic to the discipline. Much of this work has been centered on model-based inquiry and the integration of scientific practices in a supportive and structured way. He has been funded by NSF and other agencies to conduct research on preservice teacher education, undergraduate engineering education, and community partnerships in secondary education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Examining interventions to increase classroom community and relevancy in an early career engineering courseAbstractThe current NSF-funded project was
Transactions on Education, and past chair of the Educational Research and Methods Division of ASEE. She founded the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering at U-M in 2003 and served as its Director for 12 years. Prior to joining U-M, Dr. Finelli was the Richard L. Terrell Professor of Excellence in Teaching, founding director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Kettering University. Dr. Finelli’s current research interests include student resistance to active learning, faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices, the use of technology and innovative pedagogies on student learning and success, and the impact of a
; these integrated considerations informed by research onhigh impact practices for STEM motivation and retention, as well as those for facilitatinginnovation ecosystems and place attachment [3-12, 22, 23].Researchers modified the post-internship survey from the pilot by augmenting it with items toexamine the C-EEEM internships’ outcomes in relation to Self Determination Theory (SDT) [24-26]. Since the original survey instrument had many overlapping items relevant to SDT, theamendments were few. The post-internship survey instrument was digitally delivered (Qualtricsplatform) as a retrospective-pre/post using Likert-type scaling, with an emphasis on measuringdispositional shifts. In the pilot, researchers found that for estimating dispositional
(such as what each studentmight need to best ensure his or her own spiritual, social, physical wellbeing); and a designcomponent where student cohorts are tasked with creation of a solution to a real-world problemexperienced by a local non-profit organization. The seminar meets once per week, with someadditional out-of-class activities, devoting approximately half of all class time to design, and therest split among professional and personal development activities. Out-of-class activities includethe tours mentioned, invited lectures and purely social activities. To-date, SEECS has granted217 student-years of scholarship funding and has seen 40 students graduate from the program.Current SEECS enrollment is 25 students.Section III: Evolving Goals
recognized with multiple awards and honors, including the 2022 ASME Fellow, 2022 USF Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award, 2022 USF Academic Excellence Award, 2019 and 2012 USF University-Wide Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards, 2018 USF Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Honorable Mention and 2014 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Ralph Teetor Educational Award. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Outcomes from Metacognition Support in a Fluid Mechanics Flipped Classroom1. IntroductionPlanning, monitoring, and evaluation are valuable skills that comprise the regulation ofcognition, also known as metacognition. These skills can be
HBCUs and minority-serving institutions was critical toexpanding our applicant pool. We also advertised through the National Society of BlackEngineers, for which one of our department’s graduate students was in a leadership position atthe national level. We did observe that simply broadly increasing the applicant pool, as webelieve occurred when switching to the common application in 2019, did not correspondinglyincrease the number of underrepresented applicants, as the percentage of URM applicantsdeclined slightly. Our best yields from HBCUs were from an institution at which several of ushad developed a relationship over the past several years (including one of our faculty visiting thecampus and giving a research seminar, co-writing grants
Lisa D. McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Assistant Department Head of Graduate Programs and co-Director of the VT Engineering Com- munication Center (VTECC). She received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Chicago and a c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Paper ID #10091B.A. in English from the University of Georgia. Her research interests include interdisciplinary collabora-tion, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supportedby the National Science Foundation include
, there were 62 participants, whichincluded tenure-track faculty, teaching faculty and researchers at the three alliance institutions. The third training course scheduled for this year was entitled "Thriving Interactions withPhD Students and Post-Docs”. It was designed and pilot-tested in-person at NYU in March 2024with the following goals: (1) Raise awareness of the challenges faced by STEM graduate students in terms of aspirations, daily life and mental health, interactions with advisors, and of the need to change; (2) Assist faculty to develop meaningful interactions focused on key principles such as awareness, identity, empathy, vulnerability, openness, and inclusivity; and (3) Deliver practical guidance for fostering
University. She has built an interdisciplinary practice spanning art, design, social sciences and engineering with faculty appointments across multiple schools. As a cultural anthropologist, Erica advo- cates learning from lived experience, the anchor for iterative design and problem-solving processes. Erica is co-director of GW SEAS’s Innovation Center where she designs learning opportunities that emphasize critical cultural inquiry, storytelling, qualitative research methods, hands-on experimental pedagogies, and substantive community engagement.Annamaria Konya Tannon, George Washington University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021
, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand
Paper ID #16442Integrating Exposure to Nanotechnology through Project Work in a LargeFirst-Year Engineering CourseKelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette Kelsey Rodgers is a graduate student at Purdue University in the School of Engineering Education. Her research focus is investigating how engineers’ understand, develop, and use mathematical models and simulations. Her research also focuses on feedback. She is currently conducting research in first-year engineering on the Network for Nanotechnology (NCN) Educational Research team. She previously conducted research with the Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs
those that are shown toincrease engineering education self-efficacy are: 1) a focus on deepening teachers’ content-specific knowledge; 2) active teacher engagement in learning activities; 3) sustained professionallearning over time; 4) substantial contact hours; 5) connection to teaching practices within theprofessional learning; 6) collaboration and networking among participants, and 7) exposure toauthentic, real-world engineering tasks connected to their lives and other content areas [20], [26-29]. Research is needed that highlights the most impactful practices for embedding thesecomponents into professional learning opportunities within the context of rural education.Project DescriptionParticipantsProject participants included 151 teachers
measured using a single item from Lichtenstein etal. [35] (“I intend to practice, conduct research in, or teach engineering for at least 3 years aftergraduation”).Participants responded to items in each of the above measures using a 5-point Likert-type scale(1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree).STEM professional identity was measured using a 6-point single-item measure developed byMcDonald et al. [36] (“Select the picture that best describes the current overlap of the image youhave of yourself and your image of what a STEM professional is,” followed by six Venndiagrams showing no to nearly total overlap between “me” and “STEM professional”).Additionally, students responded to 20 items adapted from Melkers et al. [37] assessing
Statics and Schema Training. She will likely continue her graduate studies and work in the area of Statistics, Reliability and/or Opti- mization. Her ultimate goal is to make a difference in the world by contributing positively to society.Paola Pacheco Roldan, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Paola Pacheco Roldan is a sophomore in Industrial Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. Paola is currently employed as an undergraduate research assistant in Engineering Education, conducting investigation related to the Concept Assessment Tool for Statics and Schema Training. She is interested in Statistics and hopes to pursue graduate studies, ultimately seeking to positively impact society
amongstudents. In conjunction with the NSF provision, a 3.0 GPA is typically the minimum GPArequired for internships. Preparing students for professional endeavors such as internships is atthe heart of SEECS; therefore, the requirement enables students to be competitive.One of the three goals of SEECS is: “through a program of scholarships and rigorous academic support,assist students to continue their STEM education through graduation.” But this goal has not been metfor all SEECS students. In particular, SEECS scholarships have had to be revoked in severalcases due to student failure to maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA.Note, while SEECS demonstrates a number of characteristics that are defined hallmarks of anhonors program [4], SEECS is not so designated by
, and People of Color (BIPOC) in higher ed thrive. Dr. Z. is also a first-generation college graduate, child of immigrants, and a published author. He is a former McNair Scholar, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine-Ford Foundation Fellow, Herman B. Wells Graduate Fellow, International Counseling Psychologist, former Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky, and current Post-Doctoral ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Paper ID #41726 Research Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Z.’s research program focuses on examining the impact of
, Shaundra, Walcott, Aisha, Hampton, Mark, & Chandler, Lincoln, Chapman, Robbin, Brittain, Eric. "The Academy of Courageous Minority Engineers: A Model for Supporting Minority Graduate Students in the Completion of Science and Engineering Degrees". Proceedings of the 2007 Annual Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education. Honolulu, Hawaii. 2007. https://peer.asee.org/293010. Coston, Charisse T., Vivian B. Lord, and Jack S. Monell. “Improving the success of transfer students: Responding to risk factors.” Learning Communities Research and Practice 1.1 (2013): Article 11. http://washingtoncenter.evergreen.edu/lcrpjournal/vol1/iss1/1111. Litzler, Elizabeth, and Cate Samuelson. "Potential Strategies
(NCES) [2] and the US Bureau of LaborStatistics (BLS) [3] for the academic year 2020-21 shows that the number of available jobsnationwide, greatly exceeds the number of nationwide graduates. There is a total of over4,700,000 Computer Science job openings that cannot be satisfied by the current graduatingcohort. The prediction for the next 10 years shows substantial potential for job openings with anaverage predicted job growth rate of 18%. Moreover, BLS shows that the median pay per yearranges up to $150,000, showing strong positive job prospects. Overall, the unfulfilled need andhigh median pay strongly demonstrate the impact of obtaining a computing degree, forindividuals and the nationwide economy.Colleges and universities have been seeing
, Nanjing Forestry University Dr. Yan is an assistant professor of Foreign Language Institute at Nanjing Forestry University, and she got her Ph.D. degree in Jackson State University with a constant interest in developing and implementing best practices in STEM education and language acquisition.Dr. Justin R. Allison Justin Allison, Ph. D. is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Jackson State University. His research interests include instructional design, educational technology, educational psychology, and distance education.Dr. Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University Jianjun Yin, Ph.D, is Professor of Education in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Educa- tion
to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering students’ identity devel- opment. She is the recipient of a 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Grant
reconfigurableelectronics with a new world of possibilities for student projects, such as robot competitions,video game design, embedded systems and more. Finally, the project will develop industry, K-12 and university partnerships to facilitate pathways to careers in the exciting field ofreconfigurable electronics for first-generation, minority and other under-served populations,including veterans. In summary, this project will provide the training and educational resourcesand promote best practices for community college, university, and high school instructors toenable them to teach new hardware technologies to a broad range of students, including thosewho have not previously had access to this level of training and career choice.The paper will address third
Diversity Kona 7&8 Mohan Jr. High Urban/High DiversityCasesTo report the findings from this research, each of the 5 curricular module “cases” will bepresented. This will include a short description of each curricular module followed by adescription of how each module used content and/or context integration. Finally, a cross caseanalysis of the findings will be discussed.Human Impact on Mississippi River Recreational Area DesignThis 7-lesson curricular module aimed at 5th grade students invites students to design a way topreserve the land in a park from human impacts related to landforms, in