Paper ID #30876Developing a Bridging Language: Design Decisions in Informal MakingExperiencesKathryn Elizabeth Shroyer, University of Washington c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Developing a Bridging Language: Design Decisions in Informal Making Experiences1: IntroductionThe complex nature of design practice makes it both challenging to teach and to learn [1].Historically, engineering programs have had difficulty integrating design in their curricula. As aresult, both the positioning of design coursework within the curricula and the teaching practiceswithin this coursework vary
Paper ID #29909Does Playing the Violin Help Science Students Become Better Scientists?Prof. Wei YAO, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University Yao Wei, Ph.D, Professor at Institute of China’s Science Technology and Education Policy, School of Pub- lic Affairs, Zhejiang University. He holds BE and BCom degree in from Zhejiang University, and Doctor’s degree in management science and engineering from Zhejiang University. He is currently interested in engineering education, and innovation management.Mr. Bifeng ZHANG, Zhejiang University Bifeng ZHANG is a PhD student at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. He
more confident in it because now I know that if I put my mind to it I can get it done. (YS, 2016)Among all the students, only one reported that the impact of the program was negative because itmade her come to the realization that she didn’t want to pursue an engineering career. This summer experience has opened my eyes to the engineer field. It has helped me make the decision not to become an engineer. (YS, 2018)According to a follow-up email sent in January 2019, among the 39 YSs who graduated highschool so far, 24 YSs are pursuing engineering degrees, 14 are majoring in non-engineeringSTEM disciplines, and one has attended trade school and is now interning at SamsungSemiconductor. These results confirm that the YS program
assess how industrial arts programs have transitioned to current technologyand engineering programs. This study compares its findings with past status studies conducted inOhio and nationally in order to describe the program title, content, and instructional methodsemployed in technology education [36], as well as how programs are aligning to ITEA’s case forproviding technology education for all K-12 students [38], [39]. Most importantly, as a means toinform future research focused on the recruitment and retention of minority students and teachersin technology education, this study describes the inclusion of females, minorities, and studentswith special needs in Ohio technology education classrooms. With these objectives in mind, thefollowing
. Lee, and J. Dantzler, “Mathematical Problem Solving For Engineering Students,” 2005.[18] Unity. Unity Technologies, 2019.[19] “Harris Corporation T7TM Multi-Mission Robot on an EOD Mission.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zX2LwiT0xA (accessed Feb. 01, 2020).[20] “Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis - Hsiu-Fang Hsieh, Sarah E. Shannon, 2005.” https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1049732305276687 (accessed Feb. 01, 2020).[21] L. S. Vygotsky, Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes. Harvard University Press, 1980.Appendix A. Two-Joint Robot Arm Simulation Student HandoutPART 1: POSITIONIn this portion of the activity, you will determine whether your
. Capobianco, B. French, and H. Diefes-Dux, “Engineering identity development among pre-adolescent learners,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 698–716, 2012.3. J. R. Wieselmann, E. A. Dare, E. A. Ring-Whalen, and G. H. Roehrig, “‘I just do what the boys tell me’: Exploring small group student interactions in an integrated STEM unit,” Journal of Research in Science Teaching, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 112–144, 2020, doi: 10.1002/tea.21587.4. K. Miel, M. Portsmore, E. Fuller, K. Paul, E. Sung, and A. V. Maltese, “‘Maybe if I put my mind to it’: 5th graders’ receptivity to pursuing engineering careers.” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Tampa, FL. 2019.5. A. Godwin, “The
guidance for understanding and improving the design ofmakerspaces and similar learning environments.1. INTRODUCTIONEach year students arrive at the steps of engineering colleges eager to become engineers.University makerspaces have emerged as a space where engineering students appear increasinglydrawn. An academic makerspace is part workshop, part classroom, and part community ofpractice. It is a place where real-world challenges are married with hands-on approaches; wherestudents are encouraged to prototype and realize ideas; where design meets manufacturing; andwhere a student’s mind, hands, and heart can be integrally intertwined. Learning in makerspacesis different than learning in typical engineering labs or classrooms not merely because of
computing, and game design. Mr. Minken is also currently pursuing a Doctorate in Educational Leadership at Arcadia University with a research focus in STEM education.Dr. Augusto Z. Macalalag Jr., Arcadia University Dr. Augusto Macalalag, Jr., Associate Professor of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education, teaches undergraduate and graduate STEM methods courses for pre-service and in- service teachers. He is the Advisor of Secondary School Teaching Certification Programs (Links to an external site.) that prepare pre-service teachers to teach General Science (Links to an external site.), Biology (Links to an external site.), Chemistry (Links to an external site.), and Mathematics (Links to an
] C. C. Ching, J. A. Levin, and J. Parisi, “Classroom Artifacts: Merging the Physicality, Technology and Pedagogy of Higher Education,” Education, Communication & Information, vol. 4, no. 2-3, pp. 221-235, 2004.[13] A. Johri and B. M. Olds, “Situated Engineering Learning: Bridging Engineering Education Research and the Learning Sciences,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 100, no. 1, pp. 151-185, 2011.[14] C. Milne, “The Materiality of Scientific Instruments and Why It Might Matter to Science Education,” in Material Practice and Materiality: Too Long Ignored in Science Education, C. Milne and K. Scantlebury, Eds. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019, pp. 9-23.[15] L.S. Vygotsky, Mind in
Paper ID #29660Problem Reframing and Empathy Manifestation in the Innovation ProcessMrs. Eunhye Kim, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Eunhye Kim is a Ph.D. student and research assistant in the School of Engineering Education at Pur- due University. Her research interests lie in engineering design education, engineering students’ social processes (shared cognition and group emotion) in interdisciplinary design and innovation projects. She earned a B.S. in Electronics Engineering and an M.B.A. in South Korea and worked as a hardware devel- opment engineer and an IT strategic planner
discussion.IntroductionThere is a growing body of literature within the engineering education community about how tohelp teachers learn to teach engineering at the elementary level. Much of what we know comesin the form of what has worked for particular programs, the use of well-tested curricula,standards for teachers of engineering, and an emphasis on engineering habits of mind andengineering design processes [1-4]. That said, there is much more work to be done. According tothe most recent National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education (NSSME+; with +referring to an additional focus on computer science) report few elementary teachers feelprepared to teach engineering [5]. Specifically, only 3% of elementary teachers felt very wellprepared, 14% felt fairly well
Paper ID #31223Quantitative Assessment of Students’ Revision ProcessesLisa R Volpatti, MIT Lisa R. Volpatti is a Ph.D. candidate in the Anderson and Langer Labs at MIT with research interests in the development of responsive materials for biomedical applications. Prior to joining MIT, Lisa received her Masters of Philosophy in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, UK and her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Lisa co-founded the Graduate Women in Chemical Engineering organization at MIT and is a NSF Graduate Research Fellow, a Whitaker International
literature points to aspects of the student’s social environment, such as feelings ofconnectedness, a sense of belonging, social self-efficacy, and social support, influencingstudents’ reported mental health measures in addition to lasting academic impacts. It is stillunclear, however, to the extent which of these concepts are present in current surveys used toassess graduate student mental health. The research question guiding this study is, Whatunderlying factors are important when looking at the mental health of science, engineering, andmathematics graduate students?This study will look specifically at the Healthy Minds Study (HMS), conducted by the HealthyMinds Network (HMN): Research on Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health group, to tryand
Paper ID #29301Using Student-Faculty Collaborative Lectures to Teach High LevelHydrodynamics ConceptsDr. Laura K Alford, University of Michigan Laura K. Alford is a Lecturer and Research Investigator at the University of Michigan. She researches ways to use data-informed analysis of students’ performance and perceptions of classroom environment to support DEI-based curricula improvements.Mr. James A. Coller, University of Michigan James Coller is an engineering PhD Candidate at the University of Michigan focusing on the development of a novel multi-layer network approach to understanding design complexity in unmanned maritime
the literature and be critical of the methodology and findings.The instruction was devised with the purpose of a critical lens in mind and gave students theopportunity to explore the information available and the assignment asked the students to thinkcritically about their chosen field of research.Literature:IL is a critically overlooked by many students and instructors alike. In the field of engineering,this endeavor takes on a whole new ripple; how do you show students that a degree that can seemlargely transactional in the first year, needs to be paired with deep synthesis and informationseeking? Perceptions of students, as well as faculty must be adjusted to understand theimportance of IL and ensure that it is not left to the English
Paper ID #29685Work in Progress: Intersection of Race and Gender on Experiences ofUndergraduate Engineering Students of Color in Positional LeadershipRolesProf. Carmen M. Lilley, University of Illinois at Chicago Dr. Lilley’s research interests in engineering education focus on professional development of engineering students at the undergraduate and graduate level. In particular, she is interested in the nuances of how the intersection of race/ethnicity with gender affects professional development in the area of leadership and the long term career trajectory of an individual. Her other research interests are focused on
Paper ID #29948Paper: Exploring How Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Students SpendTheir Time Inside and Outside of the Classroom (WIP)Alaa Abdalla, Virginia Tech Alaa Abdalla is a first year PhD student in Engineering Education with a background in Mechanical Engineering. Her primary research interests are culture and identity, teaching and learning, and design of learning spaces. Her ultimate career goal is to bring together engineering, education, and design thinking.Dr. Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Tech Nicole is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Prior to
PerformanceAbstract This research paper explores the role of non-cognitive and affective (NCA) factors ininfluencing student achievement and thriving. We have developed and deployed a survey withevidence of validity and reliability to measure 28 NCA factors from n=2339 undergraduates at17 U.S. institutions. The factors examined include personality, grit, meaning and purpose,engineering identity, mindset, motivation, test anxiety, test and study environment, perceptionsof faculty caring, self-control, stress, gratitude, mindfulness, and sense of belonging. The resultsfrom a previous cluster analysis identified four distinct clusters of students’ NCA profiles,accounting for 69.0% of the sample. A second analysis indicated that membership within any ofthe
% 39% Yes No No 52% 61% 78% Figure 3: Association with minority groups of the 23 study participantsWith the demographic context provided by Figure 2 and 3 in mind, the main result of our studyso far is the master codebook itself, as shown in Table 2. The codebook follows the hierarchicalstructure depicted in Figure 1, and is divided into six topics: engineering discipline, engineeringexperience, engineering connection, support for success (during college), obstacles anddeterrents (during college), and reflection on engineering identity. Within this
Paper ID #30096Overcoming the Challenges to Launch a Successful Initiative of anEngineering Faculty-led Travel Course While Boosting InterdisciplinaryCollaborationsDr. Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University Yanjun Yan is an Associate Professor in Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University. Her research interests include engineering education, swarm robotics, statistical signal processing, and swarm intelligence.Dr. Nelson A. Granda Marulanda, Western Carolina University Nelson A. Granda Marulanda is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering + Technology at Western Carolina University. Nelson has a
that inform what constitutes anempathic encounter.Empathic encounters typically involve interaction between two parties. This interaction couldinclude getting to know other people, being open-minded and welcoming others’ views,understanding or relating to other’s feelings and experiences while also being able to separateone’s feelings and experiences from those of others where necessary. However, it is not clearexactly what these encounters could look like in an engineering service-learning context.The Present StudyMethodsThis complete research paper describes a phenomenological investigation of students’experiences of empathic encounters in a service-learning course at a large land grant University.All study participants are engineering
teachers to develop an understanding of and appreciation for funds of knowledge inrelation to engineering design learning. This research project supports teachers in integratingasset-based practices (particularly funds of knowledge) into their teaching of engineering, andaims to examine how such integration of can impact Latinx students’ and EnglishLearners/Emergent Bilinguals’ interest in, and knowledge of engineering. The project offers anopportunity to have an early impact on students’ engineering interest while also providingteachers with a broader perspective of how to develop students’ engineering habits of mind anddispositions using asset-based practices in ways that are aligned with Next Generation ScienceStandards (NGSS). This paper
, & M. K. Norman, “How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching,” San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-470-48410-4.[4] J. D. Bransford, A. L. Brown, & R. R. Cocking, (Eds). National Research Council. 2000. How People Lean: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/9853.[5] National Research Council. 2012. Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13362.[6] N. Kober, National Research Council. 2015. Reaching Students: What Research Says
education sector in general there is a growing recognition of the need for generic skillsdevelopment using online-learning and self-directed learning pedagogies [6], [7]. The aim of this work isto present a strategy designed to develop the communication skills of civil engineering students throughtheir participation in a radio podcast program and how this strategy has started social projects.With this in mind, we carried out an empirical study with undergraduate students of the program of civilengineering of the Tecnologico of Monterrey campus Puebla in Mexico. Several projects have started withlocal communities that get to know the students throughout the program and podcast. One example is the
will normally agree that ethics are importantand can select the correct answer for simple ESI questions. But what do engineering andcomputing students quickly draw to mind in relation to ESI? To explore this, students were askedto respond to two open-ended survey questions: (1) How do you view your role in society as anengineer or computer scientist? (2) List the ethical issues that you think are relevant to engineersand/or computer scientists. It was of interest to determine if student responses would vary fromthe beginning to the end of a term or across 15 settings where instructors had integrated contentand learning goals pertaining to ESI (ranging from first-year introductory courses to coursesfully focused on ethics at different
Paper ID #30441Filling the Technical Gap: The integration of technical modules in a REUProgram for 2+2 Engineering StudentsMrs. Megan Morin, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Megan Patberg Morin is a Ph.D. student at North Carolina State University studying Technology and En- gineering Education. Megan studied Middle Childhood Education at the University of Dayton and then began her career as a Middle School Teacher at Wake County Public Schools in North Carolina. As her interest in STEM Education grew, she completed her Master’s of Education in Technology Education at North Carolina State University before
Paper ID #29040Perspectives and practices of undergraduate/graduate teaching assistantson writing pedagogical knowledge and lab report evaluation inengineering laboratory coursesDr. Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver Dr. Dave (Dae-Wook) Kim is Associate Professor and Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. He has been very active in pedagogical research and undergraduate research projects, and his research interests include writing transfer of engineering students and writing pedagogy in engineering lab courses. His
, “Mindfulness, anxiety, and high- stakes mathematics performance in the laboratory and classroom,” Conscious. Cogn., vol. 37, pp. 123–132, 2015.[23] R. Senkpeil, Understanding and Improving the Non-cognitive Factors that Affect First- year Engineering Performance. Dissertation, Purdue University, 2018.[24] N. B. Honken and P. Ralston, “Freshman engineering retention: A holistic look,” J. STEM Educ. Innov. Res., vol. 14, no. 2, 2013.[25] C. P. Veenstra, E. L. Dey, and G. D. Herrin, “A model for freshman engineering retention,” Adv. Eng. Educ., 2009.[26] J. Bean and S. B. Eaton, “The Psychology Underlying Successful Retention Practices,” J. Coll. Student Retent. Res. Theory Pract., vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 73–89
Paper ID #29242Working toward tenure in a teaching focused branch campusDr. Shannon L. Isovitsch Parks P.E., University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Dr. Shannon Parks is a registered Professional Engineer with 20 years of broad-based experience in the water resources and environmental engineering fields. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and a Masters of Science and doctoral degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. She is currently teaching water resources and environmental engineering at University of Pittsburgh at
proactively get involved in ideasharing, learning and transferring knowledge [14], [27], [28]. In terms of leadership roles for4IR, they should be responsible in empowering their team members for decision making processand information sharing through open-mind that would help boost their confidence and develophigh interpersonal skills in the team [36]. From an engineering education perspective, Jeganathanet al. [31] proposed a framework for Industry 4.0 considering current technological changes inorder to meet future demands of engineers and considered interpersonal skills as an importantattribute embedded in the curriculum. In addition, Perez-Perez et al. [32]developed a trainingtool which would help develop interpersonal skills as part of teamwork