, expected graduation date,academic performance in the previous semester, the list of the current semester courses, thefuture plan, and any additional relevant information the student would like to provide. TheSURGE faculty have access to student records and it is usually the case that at least some of theSURGE faculty have had the applicants in the classes they have taught. The e-mail responses by 4the students are gathered by the SURGE Director and passes to the program faculty and theUndergraduate Mathematics Advisor. The SURGE faculty and the Undergraduate Advisorprovide comments, and the SURGE Director, based on the comments, invites the applicants to abrief interview in person. We feel that this
his life and career goals were in alignment, he stated, “No, I only havecareer goals, life goals will be on the back burner until tenure.” Similar themes were noted byanother former postdoctoral scholar who is now in a tenure-track faculty member role: “I’mworking on a home, life, and work balance, but it's difficult and I often feel pressure to beworking or at least be reading papers on the weekends and you know, that's probably the hardestaspect of it.”The absence of work-life balance was consistently noted as an inevitable component of theprofessoriate, examples were commonly shared that imbalance was exacerbated in academiacompared to other career fields. A Latinx female currently employed as a postdoctoral scholarand planning to pursue a
project with -.033 .824 -.065 .019 other teammates Q12. Create SMART goals to advance my personal career .843 -.046 .039 -.043 Q13. Achieve SMART goals to advance my personal career .993 -.029 -.016 -.148 Q14. Use a strategic mindset with business planning skills to implement .606 .313 -.093 -.037 system-oriented, data-driven projects Q15. Combine my STEM skills with an entrepreneur mindset to implement
, a different number of class sessions is dedicated to each module.To address time management issues the students reported in Spring 2020, we established aregular rhythm for the course with weekly “news” announcements, a set of mini-lectures and aquiz due before each class, and a weekly homework assignment due at the same day/time. Weprovided a detailed course schedule to help the students plan ahead of time.3.1 Impact of the Flipped Class Method for LecturesTo evaluate the impact of the flipped class method for lectures we are going to analyze gradesand present the obtained students’ feedback. We did not find any correlation between anindividual student’s quiz participation/grades to their grade on the exam or final grade. Weacknowledge that
Academies Press.National Research Council. (1991). Women in science and engineering: Increasing their numbers in the 1990s. National Academies Press. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/29774475 13National Society of Black Engineers. (2017). NSBE Vision, Mission & Objectives - National Society of Black Engineers. Nsbe.org. Retrieved 30 November 2017, from http://www.nsbe.org/About-Us/NSBE-Vision-Mission-Objectives.aspx#.WiApNRNSyncNelson, M., & Reid, K. (2016). NSBE 2025: The strategic plan to dramatically shift the face of engineering by 2025. Retrieved from graduate10k.nsbe.orgSeida, J. K
members and with real-world impact for students.To date, three of these one-credit Hatchery Units have been planned (Agile Programming Methods;Database Systems; and Navigating Computer Systems), with one (in addition to the FoundationalValues course) being offered in the fall 2017 semester (Agile Programming Methods). Future HatcheryUnits include topics related to machine learning, algorithms and data science.Each of these courses takes a different approach. Agile Programming MethodsThis course addresses the dynamic and recursive practice of identifying, defining and accomplishingworking code for emerging needs in a software development process. Within the agile process, `UserStories` require that developers understand the end-users
studying, be like, her parents like paying the fees and like, you know, so like it’s, they like study, for example, business, or accounting or...they’ll like just sit at home and then get married and have kids.Moreover, participants mentioned that society views it odd that a woman would want to be anengineer because they associate it with petroleum engineering and working in the field—a jobthat is dirty and you have to wear “men’s clothes.” My friend thinks that engineering women will wear helmets, men clothes, the orange ones (ha).Survey Findings (see Appendix C for graphs)What do you hope to do directly after you graduate?When asked about their plans post-graduation, the majority of respondents stated that they
expe- rience. I plan to continue on a path of lifelong learning as I hope to obtain a graduate-level education in the future. My engineering identity and career are underpinned by a hunger for knowledge and a desire to serve.Dr. Nathan E. Canney, Seattle University Dr. Canney teaches civil engineering at Seattle University. His research focuses on engineering educa- tion, specifically the development of social responsibility in engineering students. Other areas of interest include ethics, service learning, and sustainability education. Dr. Canney received bachelors degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Seattle University, a masters in Civil Engineering from Stan- ford University with an emphasis on
, engineering17–22 . These dimensions richly capture theformation of a student’s role identity and can be used to study the creation of an engineeringidentity. Additionally, the study of identity formation has proven useful in understandingpersistence in other domains23. This framework for measuring identity has been establishedthrough large scale studies in physics and mathematics18,22.Traditional roles for students create patterns for access to engineering professions and identity.While non-normative students bring many skills to engineering disciplines such as managing,planning, organizing, coordinating communications, and being cognizant of differentperspectives in group decision-making, these features are not always recognized as
-directs the National Center for Cognition and Mathematics Instruction. He is a faculty member for the Latin American School for Education, Cognitive and Neural Sciences. As part of his service to the nation, Dr. Nathan served on the National Academy of Engineering/National Research Council Commit- tee on Integrated STEM Education, and is currently a planning committee member for the Space Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council workshop Sharing the Adventure with the Student: Exploring the Intersections of NASA Space Science and Education. At the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Nathan holds affiliate appointments in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, the Department of
that some of these themes would have increased in stability if another survey round had been completed as part of the planned survey protocol, a total of eight items in the final list is a reasonable length.NATURE OF ENGINEERING FOR K-12 EDUCATION 15 Group Differences In order to understand differences between group ratings, the results of the finallist of themes were analyzed by type of participant category (K-12 engineering teacher,K-12 science teacher, university engineering education professor, and university scienceeducation professor). Because the participants were purposively sampled from experts inthe field and were not intended to be a representative sample of their subgroup
economics, even though I'm taking the class.... It would be easier for me if I had someone else right now from economics.” - Xena “I am definitely, I feel pretty behind in terms of planning out my academic [career].... I have my transfer credits, they haven't all been aligned or something like that. The other negative is that I'm going to have to take the qualifying exam here…. Different teachers, different textbooks, different emphasis. I'm pretty worried about that….I usually rely on students to tell me about [opportunities], and I don't know too many people here…. I haven't done much preparing, honestly. I don't have a very clear plan.” - XenaThe number of hurdles she faced were intimidating
a conversation in theengineering education community. The purpose of this paper was to lay the groundwork forthinking about and researching underlying or latent aspects of diversity in engineering students.This paper also makes the argument that separate research across domains of students’ attitudes,beliefs, and mindsets need to be understood together rather than separately to see a morecomprehensive picture of the types of students entering and exiting engineering education. Thetheories and research included in this paper provide a starting point for future work inunderstanding how latent diversity is present in engineering students and how it influences diversestudents’ pathways into and out of engineering. In future work, I plan to
, students inan S&E career planning course who report higher self-efficacy beliefs earn higher grades and areretained longer than their peers in S&E disciplines who have low confidence.23ResilienceJust as scholars have indicated that high academic self-efficacy is a positive predictor ofacademic achievement, motivation, and retention, considerable educational literature has alsoindicated that academic resilience plays an important role in students’ success. Resilience isdefined as students’ ability to succeed despite challenges, temporary or long-term setbacks, andnegative experiences.25-26 That is, resilient students are able to recover from academic and socialsetbacks, which may include, but are not limited to, poor academic performance on
influence in predicting a career in engineering industry, while having a high physics identitynegatively predicts FGCS’ pursuit of a career in engineering industry. Taken together with theresults from the other regression analyses conducted for non-engineering, STEM-related careers(Table 6) and educational career pathways (Table 7), our results indicate the FGCS with higherphysics identities are more likely to choose engineering as a stepping stone to other careerpathways.These results have implications for how engineering courses are taught, especially for FGCS. Ouranalysis suggests that FGCS may have alternative career plans or long-term goals and motivationas non-FGCS for studying engineering. Providing opportunities to engage in other
importantcontributor to their team’s success. We did not attempt to pursue or resolve this paradox in thisstudy, but it continues to present an opportunity for future research.External events – transitions in university or college leadership or new strategic plans – do seemto have had at least some impact on the teams. High-performing teams, in particular, report thatthese changes were positive developments. We did not explore the extent to which this wasdisproportionately a matter of perception for high-performing teams.AreasforcontinuingandadditionalresearchThere is much yet to learn about the dynamics of making change in engineering education. Whilethe data presented here shed some light on some of the factors that may have an impact onwhether a change
toconcepts in the prerequisite physics course (e.g. vector analysis, particle equilibrium, and free-body diagrams). It could be interesting to compare these pre-course survey responses withstudent grades in physics. Perhaps the survey could replace other pre-course assessment toolsused to plan review topics to emphasize during class sessions and/or identify students foracademic support services such as tutoring.Knowledge Surveys to Support Learner Skill DevelopmentAs discussed above, one of the goals of developing the knowledge survey was for students to usethe tool to improve their academic skill and confidence. Several of the survey items underoutcome 1 specifically ask students to reflect on their confidence regarding tasks associated
]. None of the intervieweesmentioned intentional reflections following their international experiences.Global Interests After CollegeThere were a number of different students who discussed their global interests after college inrelation to their social responsibility.Tim described ideas for living and working abroad as an engineer during his interview at the endof his first year of college, in response to a question on his thoughts about what is socialresponsibility. He discussed that his brother was in medical school and planning to do DoctorsWithout Borders and: …engineers have the same thing, Engineers Without Borders. So that's why I'm taking Spanish. I’d just like to at some point go to a third world country, build a well there, build
cultural transformations in many engineering programs. We posit thatthese three issues that are wicked problems. Wicked problems are ambiguous, interrelated andrequire complex problem-scoping and solutions that are not amenable with traditional and linearstrategic planning and problem-solving orientations [2].As design thinking provides an approach to solve complex problems that occur in organizationalcultures [3], we argue that these wicked problems of engineering education cultures might bebest understood and resolved through design thinking. As Elsbach and Stigliani contend, “theeffective use of design thinking tools in organizations had a profound effect on organizationalculture” [3, p. 2279].However, not all organizational cultures support
about the wide range ofinterpretations of existing promotion criteria.Around the same time, the annual cycle of promotion announcements had been made. Whilethree men and two women with traditional scholarship had been promoted, word spread thatthree women in STEM disciplines, with a broad range of contributions, had been deniedpromotion from Associate to Full. Although there were no references to these cases in officialdocuments, negative reaction to these decisions seemed to galvanize efforts to put brakes on thePC’s proposals. In its April minutes, the GC reported receiving a letter from several facultyasking for broader input and community discussion about promotion criteria. Whereas the PChad planned to bring its motions to the faculty for
gather. Comparing student outcomes for A competency-based degree United competency-based and CRAAP/OpenFosmire et al. plan with information 2015 States of 23 traditional classroom Badge System[36] literacy embedded in the America approaches to Framework
planning course goalsmight continue to consider the value of adding new course competencies for technologyinnovators [48] like ‘communicate effectively about career dreams’ and ‘develop abilities toanalyze and enjoy emotional experience.” Do modern students equate a high need to performwith innovative endeavors?Revealing stories indicate gender alliance: Participants show gender alliance in the way theyanswer the prompt, each gender projects themselves onto their storytelling counterpart withimages of motivation. Interestingly, writing a story through the perspective of the gender thatyou identify with increases the amount of affiliation themes.Affiliation responses in general suggest respondents need to be relatable and care about
for crowd- sourcing bicycle and pedestrian conflict data, transportation public health performance measures, policy and infrastructure improvements resulting from bicycle and pedestrian fatality crashes, linking physi- cal activity levels to travel modes, transportation mobility for the transportation disadvantaged, and the development of planning and transit performance measures for access to opportunities, integrating sus- tainability into the engineering curriculum and creating an engineering sustainability minor. He has published several articles in the Transportation Research Record, other journals and conferences on these and other related topics. He is currently serving on the Transportation Research Board
surrounding this space, increasing the planned and unplannedencounters among Cornerstone students and faculty. This space has become very well utilized,and it is common to hear students from different sections of Cornerstone help each other afteroverhearing a conversation about a problem that they are experiencing.Support Staff and “Red Vests”Staff for the FYELIC has also grown. In 2016, a technical operations manager was put in placeto provide continuous technical expertise on every topic. This person had taught Cornerstone, hewas uniquely familiar with the course and students, and is knowledgeable technically as amechanical engineer. In addition, the manager had previously advised a FIRST Robotics teamand brought considerable dedicated technical
conducted research for Naval Reactors. He currently serves as the Walter L. Robb director of Engineering Lead- ership and as an instructor in Engineering Science at Penn State. Erdman has chaired the local Jaycees, Department of Social Services Advisory Council, GE Share Board, and Curling Club; and served on the Human Services Planning Council, United Way, Chamber of Commerce, and Capital Fund Drive Boards of Directors. Erdman has also lectured on leadership topics at Penn State and RPI. He returned to campus frequently as a recruiter (25 years) for GE and Lockheed Martin, serving on the Penn State College of Engineering Advisory Council, helped establish an Alumni Advisory Board, and currently serves as the Past
involvement in the community, Dr. Zastavker continues to focus on the issues of women and minorities in science/engineering.Dr. Michael D. Gross, Wake Forest University Dr. Michael Gross is a Founding Faculty and Associate Professor of Engineering at Wake Forest Uni- versity and is part of the team that is planning, developing, and delivering the brand new Engineering program. The Engineering department is viewed as an opportunity to break down silos across campus and creatively think about reimagining the undergraduate engineering educational experience, integra- tion and collaboration across departments and programs, and how to achieve the motto of Wake Forest University: Pro Humanitate (”For Humanity”). Michael received
Paper ID #23334Adaptive Expertise: The Development of a Measurement InstrumentDr. Janna H. Ferguson, Northeastern University Dr. Ferguson designs assessments and analyzes data related to student learning and its relevance to stu- dent success. Focusing on how experiential learning and co-curricular education works in conjunction with traditional academic environments, Dr. Ferguson works to develop, plan, implement, and evaluate meaningful assessments across multiple learning environments and provides support for projects related to institutional assessment.Jennifer Lehmann, Northeastern UniversityDr. Yevgeniya V