completion among college students. Learning and Individual Differences, 24, 83-88.[4] Bembenutty, H., & Zimmerman, B. J. (2003). The relation of motivational beliefs and self-regulatory processes to homework completion and academic achievement. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois.[5] Cooper, H., Lindsay, J. J., Nye, B., & Greathouse, S. (1998). Relationships among attitudes about homework, amount of homework assigned and completed, and student achievement. Journal of educational Psychology, 90(1), 70.[6] Bonham, S., D. Deardorff, and R. Beichner. 2003. Comparison of student performance using web and paper- based homework in college-level physics. Journal
College John R. Williams Outstanding Teacher for 2012, and the 2012 Statler College Teacher of the Year.Dr. Robin A. M. Hensel, West Virginia University Robin A. M. Hensel, Ed.D., is the Assistant Dean for Freshman Experience in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. While her doctorate is in Curriculum and Instruction, focusing on higher education teaching of STEM fields, she also holds B.S. and M.A. degrees in Mathematics. Dr. Hensel has over seven years of experience working in engineering teams and in project management and administration as a Mathematician and Computer Systems Analyst for the U. S. Department of Energy as well as more than 25 years of
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Paper ID #26249Knowledge in the Making: What Engineering Students are Learning in Mak-erspacesDr. Louis S. Nadelson, University of Central Arkansas Louis S. Nadelson has a BS from Colorado State University, a BA from the Evergreen State College, a MEd from Western Washington University, and a PhD in educational psychology from UNLV. His scholarly interests include all areas of STEM teaching and learning, inservice and preservice teacher pro- fessional development, program evaluation, multidisciplinary research, and conceptual change. Nadelson uses his over 20 years of high school and college math, science, computer science
communication skills.Presenting problem solutions in a clear and concise structured manner is an important skill for the studentto develop. This provides an opportunity to practice the language of the scientific method includingspecifying the knowns and unknowns, the assumptions and the applicable principle(s), the solution, aninterpretation of the results, and a discussion on the accuracy and the recommendations for further study.Working homework problems outside of class, whether done individually or in a study group, is also anopportunity for the student to engage in a self-evaluation of mastery of the concept and whether additionalhelp is required to develop the expected level of mastery. Learning is enhanced when homework is goal-directed
research into engineering identity is the extent to which it reflects a commitment toengineering as a career [19]. Nora et al.’s model leads to the proposition that engineering identityis an intermediate outcome preceding the decision to reenroll, and increasing degree productivityhas become an important policy goal for the field of engineering [1]. Figure 1 depicts theconceptual framework of this study.Nora et al.’s model also identifies and organizes other factors that affect students’ decisions topersist in their studies [14]. These factors also impact student persistence. Differences have beenobserved among students based on their background characteristics in terms of their likelihood ofbeing retained, such as gender, underrepresented racial
engineering include a program at University of Arkansas that showed significantly higherfall-to-spring student retention and higher average GPA among students who were part of a freshmanpeer mentoring program [6], as well as Marra et al.’s study of students who participated in a peermentoring program and their subsequent feelings of belonging and intentions to persist in engineering[7].Summer Bridge ProgramsIt is well established that summer bridge programs work. Summer bridge programs have beenimplemented at many universities in an attempt to combat the high rates of attrition observed in STEMmajors, especially in students from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM [8]. Bridge programs takemany forms, with some focusing substantially on
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value overall team/group work differently, or justinterdisciplinary teamwork. Thus, we anticipate that future analyses will support the initialpositive results shown by the perceived benefits to interdisciplinary teams as well as additionalstudent gains in self-efficacy, project competencies, and other design course objectives.References[1] S. McComb and J. Kirkpatrick. “Impact of pedagogical approaches on cognitive complexityand motivation to learn: Comparing nursing and engineering undergraduate students,” NursingOutlook, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 37-48, Jan. 2016.[2] World Health Organization, Framework for Action on Interprofessional EducationCollaborative Practice. Geneva: World Health Organization, pp. 1–64, 2010.[3] M. Cox, P. Cuff, B. Brandt
constructs in engineering, and they operate as gatekeepers forwho participates and who is recognized as “capable” in engineering education. This tool (seeFigure 1) can be used in an exercise of self-reflection around one’s own beliefs about therelationship between intelligence and smartness.An understanding of how intelligence and smartness are constructed as well as active reflection onour own view(s) of the relationship between these two constructs can help us better understandhow we are active participants in processes that either validate or invalidate students’ abilities, inour own practice as educators. This is of vital importance because of the implications that theexclusionary nature of smartness and intelligence can have for students
assignments. CAD software was accessible online to accommodate the independent coursework and to provide flexibility for students to complete these assignments. As students learned these engineering skills, the engineering design instructor lectured them about the ways in which their newly acquired skills would aid them in designing and creating their search and rescue assistants (S.A.R.A.’s). The students synthesized these skills in the engineering design process and when physically creating their final S.A.R.A.’s in their engineering design class.Figure 3: Updated Conjecture Map with Integrated Engineering Design and Spatial Visualization Figure 3 illustrates the updated conjecture map
concept(s)claimed. Unlike the real patent system, enforcement of patent claims was formally left to theinstructor. Typically, enforcement involved a quick meeting with the infringing team to find away to modify their idea so that it now fell into a useful gap in the other team’s patent claims.Teams who subsequently felt that their patent was being infringed upon were likewise brought infor a quick discussion to see how the other team’s idea fell into a gap in their claims. Having theclass patent system thus generated very effective discussions about what patent claims mean,how they work, and why they are written as they are. Class patent applications were submitted as a pdf file attached to an email to theinstructor. A sample patent
personological issues suggests thatgovernmental, industry, and educational stakeholders need to address the issue of a clearlystated, commonly used definition of AM to attract investors, recruit workforce participants, andguide effective educational opportunities.AcknowledgementThis work was supported, in part, by National Science Foundation award 1700581.References[1] B. Esmaeilian, S. Behdad, and B. Wang, "The evolution and future of manufacturing: A review," Journal of Manufacturing Systems, vol. 39, pp. 79–100, 2016.[2] P. Panchak, "The manufacturer's agenda: Why we need a better definition of 'advanced manufacturing'," Industry Week, November 14. [Online]. Available: https://www.industryweek.com/leadership/manufacturers
the problem, students movewithin and outside of the biotransport domain. We believe that on to the second step, analysis, that involves identifying andthis illustrative case study provides significant quantitative defining the system(s) being studied, and interactions thatevidence supporting the effectiveness of challenge-based occur between the system(s) and the environment.pedagogies for engineering courses. Conservation laws (i.e. mass, energy, momentum) frame the
York, New York City College of Technology Prof. Yasar is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology at City Tech. She is also the director of Research Laboratory SET – Scaffolds for Engineered Tissues. Her research interests are: - Design and Fabrication of Tissue Constructs - Bio-fabrication - Biomechanics - Soft lithography Techniques for Cell Micro-patterning - CAD/CAM ApplicationsDr. Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology Dr. Andy S. Zhang received his Ph.D. from the City University of New York in 1995. He is currently the program director of a mechatronics project in the New York City College of Technology/CUNY. For the past 15 years, Dr. Zhang
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) where he was vice president candidate, a member of the Committee on Research in Physics Education (RIPE) a member and chair of the International Education Committee and elected member of Leadership Organizing Physics Education Research Council (PERLOC ) in the period 2015-2018. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Students’ perception of teaching practice in an active learning environmentAbstractPhysics Education Research has been very active since the late 70’s trying to reduce the gapbetween what the instructor teaches and what the students learn. One of the most importantresults of that research is the design of educational strategies and
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currently offering assistance or evaluating other students. Student B must wait for an available evaluator. If an evaluator does not become available, the student may be forced to leave without getting credit for work completed. The longer a student takes to finish their assignments during class, the more likely this case is to occur. • Student C believes he/she has met all five grading criteria prior to class start or during class time. A free evaluator begins an evaluation and flags a mistake(s). Student C may elect to fix them without assistance or ask the TA for assistance in fixing them. This process may take up to (10) minutes or longer. Student C must fix these mistakes or be graded “as-is
Academies Press, 2018.[2] A. Bargagliotti, D. Herreiner, and J. A. Phillips, “Breaking boundaries: Presing issues in equity, computing, and problem-solving in STEM undergraduate education,” J. Res. STEM Educ., vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 2–12, Jul. 2018.[3] AAC & U, College learning for the new global century. Washington, DC: The Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2007.[4] S. Ricker, “The skill set more than 3/4 of employers want,” 10-Apr-2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.careerbuilder.com/advice/the-skill-set-more-than-of-employers- want. [Accessed: 25-Apr-2019].[5] M. Akdere, L. Hickman, and M. Kirchner, “Developing leadership competencies for STEM fields: The case of Purdue Polytechnic Leadership Academy
inunderstanding and generating complex information and ideas. ReferencesBritner, S. L., & Pajares, F. (2006). Sources of science self-efficacy beliefs of middleschool students. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 43, 485-499.Cannady, M. A., Greenwald, E., & Harris, K. N. (2014). Problematizing the STEMpipeline metaphor: Is the STEM pipeline metaphor serving our students and the STEMworkforce? Science Education, 98, 443-460.Cervetti, G. N., Barber, J., Dorph, R., Pearson, P. D., & Goldschmidt, P. G. (2012). Theimpact of an integrated approach to science and literacy in elementary school classrooms.Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 49, 631-658.Chen, Y.-C., Hand, B., & McDowell, L. (2013
used at a much higher rate since the late 1990’s. [24]Although the rubric has been viewed solely as an assessment tool for quite some time, recentstudies have suggested that it can also be used as a learning instrument. Arter and McTighesuggest that in collaboration with a formative assessment of student’s current un-finished work,the rubric can highlight areas that students are excelling in, as well as show opportunities wherethey can improve. [25] Jonsson and Svingby also note that a great benefit to using a rubric is thatit can be incredibly consistent in regards to the use of judgment when assessing specific studenttraits in class. [23] A prominent example of rubric use, the VALUE Rubrics developed and published by theAssociation of
learning of classroom concepts. This study did not control the tutorial instructionthat students received, so different tutorial instructors could have affected the exchange ofknowledge between the classroom and laboratory. However, the techniques used in this studycould be used to prompt reflection on in-class concepts that appear in a lab. This could be a greatopportunity to improve student learning.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported by the Claremont Center for Teaching and Learning.REFERENCES[1] L. B. Buck, S. L. Bretz, and M. H. Towns, “Characterizing the Level of Inquiry in the Undergraduate Laboratory,” Res. Teach., p. 7.[2] A. M. Schoffstall and B. A. Gaddis, “Incorporating Guided-Inquiry Learning into the Organic Chemistry
) Structure; and 7) Peer review [24].Active learning exercisesALEx or active learning activities (ALA) is an instructional method where pre-plannedactivities in class make the students put to use the content that they have just been taught. Manydifferent ALA and ALEx exist [23], [25], which are either informal or graded. The plainestversion of ALEx is regular multiple choice questions, which the students have to solve duringlectures but ALEx also comes as small written exercises, sketch drawings, group workactivities or the like. In class, the instructor presents the theory or case(s) and instruct thestudents how to answer the upcoming ALEx. Typically, the ALEx activities open for studentsubmissions only for a few minutes thus, when conducting graded
research andinstruction. Curriculum Models for the 21st Century, 73-89. New York: Springer.[6] Bonk, C. J., & Graham, C. R. (2006). The handbook of blended learning: globalperspectives, local design. Pfeiffer.[7] Schultz, D., Duffield, S., Rasmussen, S.C., & Wagemann, J. (2014). Effects of the flippedclassroom model on student performance for advanced placement high school chemistrystudents. J. Chem. Educ., 91(9), 1334–1339.[8] Holmes, M. R., Tracy, E. M., Painter, L. L.; Oestreich, T., & Park, H. (2015). Movingfrom flipcharts to the flipped classroom: Using technology-driven teaching methods to promoteactive learning in foundation and advanced master’s social work courses. Clinical Social WorkJournal, 43, 215–224[9
described in this paper, we devised special courseassignments: we gave a group problem to the students in a given course on the first day of classand organized students in groups of three or four, depending on the size of the class. Groupingsof students were alphabetical, based on the first letter of their last names. The student at the topof each grouping was designated the convener and leader of the group. Students were asked tomeet weekly and work collaboratively to solve the assigned problem(s) as a group and to submitone report of their work as a group on the last day of class, which is about one week before theday of the final exam. This report was worth 10% of the course grade. Students were encouragedto collaborate on other assignments, as
understanding of building automation, IoT, the engineering design process, andengineering careers.The S-STEM survey consists of 37 items. It is a five-point Likert-scale instrument that wasdeveloped to capture students’ attitudes toward science, math, engineering/technology, and21st century skills [18]. In the present study, the survey questions that measure students’attitudes toward science, math, and engineering/ technology concepts were utilized.Students’ responses to those questions were analyzed.ResultsAt the completion of the summer camp, evaluative feedback was collected from theparents regarding their knowledge and understanding related to building automation,Internet of Things, the engineering design process, and engineering careers
created a new position to keepthe program going long-term. The current E2 director has other job duties, but the camp and thepeer mentor program make up 50% of her responsibilities (25% for each program). Fortunately,the current staff member spent two years assisting the previous camp director with this program,and experienced students also have assisted in easing the transition between staff. It is alsoimperative to partner with other campus programs, units, and resources to ensure that theprogram is successful. Some changes made by campus residential life in 2018 possibly had anegative impact on the camp’s enrollment and participation due to competing activities.Communication for planning 2019’s camp began immediately after the 2018 program to
convoluted set of equations requiring several intermediatesteps. as shown in section 2's typical textbook solution for the Timoshenko problem. Tosimplify, all vectors are represented in polar form. Five Simplified Integrated Methods ofSolution (SIMS) are developed and applied progressively to solve the ten types of basicplanar vector systems that occur in statically determinate engineering mechanics problems.SIMS will yield scalar equations each with only one unknown for solving basic vectorsystems with two or three unknowns. For use in SIMS, polar vectors are classified as below.Solutions to examples start by identifying the type and forming the vector system equations.1. Vector with known magnitude and direction 3 (20) Known
ofengineering education that benefit from makerspace projects. As we continue to survey studentsin makerspaces, we hypothesize that our results will adjust to give us a richer view of the impactmakerspace use has on individual’s education throughout their undergraduate studies.References 1. American Society for Engineering Education. (2016). Envisioning the Future of the Maker Movement: Summit Report. Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education. 2. Barrett, T. W., & Pizzico, M. C., & Levy, B., & Nagel, R. L., & Linsey, J. S., & Talley, K. G., & Forest, C. R., & Newstetter, W. C. (2015, June). A Review of University Maker Spaces. Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference &
Paper ID #22551Effective Methods of Engineering Information Literacy: Initial Steps of aSystematic Literature Review and Observations About the LiteratureMargaret Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette Margaret Phillips is an Assistant Professor of Library Science and Engineering Information Specialist in the Purdue University Libraries. Her research interests include technical standards and engineering and technology information literacy.Amy S. Van Epps, Harvard University Amy S. Van Epps is Director of Sciences and Engineering Services in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Li- braries at Harvard University. She was recently an associate professor of Library Science and Engineering Librarian at Purdue University. She