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understanding of the procedures and objectives. Inorder to keep students as engaged as possible, the labs are designed to only take ~ 1.5 – 2 hours,with efficiency increased by using prelab assignments to ensure that appropriate planning hasbeen completed prior to attending. In addition, a lab notebook is required to document allexercises with an emphasis on data integrity, and ethics of recording and presentation. Althoughanalysis associated with most lab exercises is done within the lab group, the analysis from fourexercises is done individually. Combined with individual effort from the lecture portion of thecourse, 50% of the grade is individual while 50% is team based. This helps to ensure thatstudents are not simply carried by their teammates.1
sensor with a partner.Learning unfamiliar content or developing a new skill such as coding can make participants feelvulnerable, however, by working with a partner, learning can become more fun and less scary. Wenoticed that when participants programmed the BBC micro:bit with a partner, they tackled challengesmore confidently and celebrated successes together. It is notable that in our trainings, initial codingexperiences did not need to be time intensive to impact participant confidence. Providing a 30-minutecoding session with sufficient facilitator support provided ample time for participants to build confidencein their ability to code using a block-based coding platform.Future DirectionsWe plan to focus our future efforts on enhancing
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, interview prep,resume and cover letter review, goal setting, and being held accountable for those goals thestudents found to be beneficial to their confidence during the job search. Areas for improvementinclude having the learning coaches do more groundwork, like forming relationships with morecompanies to pave the way for interviews, driving students to do more networking, and assistingstudents with goal setting earlier.Future WorkThis is a work-in-progress paper which is in the early stage of data collection. One round of datahas been collected which is represented in this paper. Our future work plan consists of threesteps: 1) increase the survey frequency to three times: the first week, the ninth week, and theeighteenth week and include the
explanations for this imbalance, including female STEM facultymembers’ willingness to dedicate time to planning more extensive student-centered instructionbecause they see it as more valuable than do male faculty members [20], [21]. Further, studentsmay reach out to their female professors more than their male professors for assistance [22]. Insum, female professors typically spend more time on teaching and advising duties than maleprofessors [6], [23].The aforementioned research generally discloses that female STEM faculty members are lessoften found in leadership positions; may not be receiving equivalent resources, networking, orencouragement to complete research; and are typically spending more time teaching and advisingstudents. Less known is the
respect for a person beforeaccepting them as a leader, which implies that acceptance of the group is foundational toleadership. He said: “I gained good leadership experience interfacing with the adults and planning some events for the troop. And in high school I was on my basketball team and I was one of the senior captains. That was also a leadership experience. Even though I wasn’t the best basketball player, you have to really earn respect to be given that title. Respect is critical in the acceptance of a leader.”College ExperiencesWe are also interested in how college experiences affected the development of the student leaders.We asked them about meaningful activities that helped them to develop their skills as a
greatway for older students to get involved and boost their resumes. Although they were thrilled withconcept of the program, some parents worried about the logistics. They discussed barriers thatwould keep them and their children from participating. Their main concerns were transportation,cost, parent work schedules, and children’s commitment to other extracurricular activities. Thisreinforces the importance of meeting families within their community and offering low costprogramming.Future DirectionThe next steps are to continue conversations with parents in the local community. Beyond thatour plan is to transform the participating churches into EPICC STEMulation Zones, which serveas informal STEM centers where students can continue to their
acceleration. The electrical stuff is coming in now that I'm taking ELEE 2500. I actually plan to go over my notes because what we're doing in class definitely reminded me of things we did in ENGR 1234. Literally, all the math involved in ELEE right now, I can remember having done work like that in 1234. I didn't know anything about circuits then so it was gibberish to me, but now it clicks! Totally recommend keeping the class. I actually saw some homework my friend was working on for statics and it looked something similar to what we did in 1234. I'm definitely holding on to my notes for the next couple of semesters. • When I took ENGR 1234, the class was challenging because a lot of the material was new
revitalized to accommodate current workforce demands, faculty andadministrators of the program commenced further research and analysis of mechanicalengineering education reform with the expectation of creating a revolutionized course of studyfor their students. This process was officially initiated at the department’s 2017 Fall facultyretreat, where attendees began with the discussion of personal principles, then professionalvalues, and concluded with the development of a three-year strategic plan of action. Likeuniversities before them, it was decided early on that the ASME Vision 2030 report would bespecifically used as a blueprint for the new mechanical engineering degree [6] at BSU. Thosedevoted to the POPs Committee designed potential curriculum
groups depending on the how thegroup interacted.AcknowledgmentThe project team wants to acknowledge Virginia Space Grant Consortium for continuous fundingfor ODU BLAST program.References:[1] E. T. Mather, UVA Team Receives Governor’s Programs that Work Award, University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, (2016). [Online]. Available: https://engineering.virginia.edu/news/2016/02/bringing-stem-life, [Accessed Jan. 31, 2020].[2] J. M. Trenor, S. L. Yu, C. L. Waight, K. S. Zerda, and T. L. Sha, "The relations of ethnicity to female engineering students' educational experiences and college and career plans in an ethnically diverse learning environment,'' Journal of engineering education, vol. 97, no. 4
participant)were retained in their current majors for the investigated fall semester. Follow up investigationon spring semester is planned as more data become available. Table 3 lists the participantretention rates by cohort for 2018, 2019 and two-year average.Table 3. Participant retention by year of participation and cohort class. Cohort Class 2018 Workshop 2019 Workshop Two-year average Participant Retention Participant Retention retention rate (persist (persist / total) (persist / total) / total) Senior 100% (1/1) NA (0/0) 100% (1/1) Junior 100% (1/1
help many universities to achieve their mission statements and thegoals of their strategic plans. For example, at California State University, Sacramento University,this approach is perfectly aligned with the University Mission to “prepare students for leadership, Page 2 of 11service, and success” and to “commit to engaging the community by building enduringpartnerships that strengthen and enrich the region” [6]. Also, one of the strategic goals is to“incorporate and expand experiential learning opportunities (e.g., internships, service learning)”.Two of the “indicators of achievement” of this goal are “increase student participation in creditbearing internships and service learning projects by 20% by
initial knowledge and starts from there, creating an individualizedlearning plan that guides them throughout their review process, assessing their performance aswell.The additional homework was divided in three parts each one due before the previous knowledgewas needed in Statics.Part 1 consisted of 29 topics related to trigonometric equations and vectors. The average ofstudents’mastering for these topics was 24.30. Part 2 contained 23 topics related to lines andsystems of linear equations of which 21.6 were mastered by students, and Part 3 reviewed 18topics of inequalities, geometry, and quadratic functions (students mastered 17.5 in average) SeeFigure 1.Figure 1. Total Attempted and Masterd Topics (ALEKS)The students spent an average amount of
containedquestions about participants’ experiences in their computer science courses, their future plans,and their experiences with the computer science community. Interviews were recorded usingZoom after receiving participant consent and then transcribed using Zoom automatedtranscription tool. The auto-generated interview texts were reviewed and corrected by theresearch team for clarity.To analyze interviews, thematic analysis was used. Thematic analysis is a method to identify andanalyze patterns in qualitative data, and allows for themes to emerge from the data [30]. It iswidely used in qualitative research, and is not bounded by a priori codes from known theories.Instead, theoretical frameworks were applied after analysis to contextualize and make sense
student's academic career fosters early network building and canstrengthen their sense of identity within the major and the university. It's common for alumni tosay that they remain in touch with the friends they met during their undergraduate years incollege. Lastly, all accredited engineering programs must incorporate teamwork into theircurriculum since the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) mandatesunder Criterion 3 that student outcomes include "an ability to function effectively on a teamwhose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment,establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives." [8]. In summary, teamwork in engineeringeducation is not just a pedagogical tool but a
level and critical thinkinggroups. Lab6, Lab7, and Lab8 show no significant difference for all three groups whichrequires revision if instructors plan to use it in the future. Table 8. Difference evaluation in lab assignments for SWEN 310 course Assignment Diff vs. CT Diff vs. OS CT vs. OS N Lab1 0.02 0.00 0.02 7 Lab2 0.14 0.04 0.10 7 Lab3 0.06 0.00 0.00 8 Lab4 0.17 0.00 0.00 9 Lab5 0.07 0.00 0.00 8
orecosystems against equity outcomes across all four components [8]. Blikstein and Moghadamdefined Capacity as the ”implementation considerations” related to ”systemic obstacles” asmechanisms for equitable CS education [18]. Research focusing on Capacity has found thatGransbury, Heckman, McGill, DeLyser, Rosato ASEE 2024district leaders have not had the training to define CS and sometimes have difficultyconceptualizing how broadening participation in computing and equity fit into their district plans[19]. The literature focused on capacity continues to grow to address the systemic barriers thataffect education outcomes of historically marginalized populations in CS [20, 21].The second component in CAPE
mentors’ actions seem tobe self-serving or biased, not keeping the mentee in mind. One example of a dishearteningmentoring experience was expressed in the following story: Then in October she (mentor) goes, “I don't think you can publish these papers until you do one more experiment.” And I was like, “We talked about this experiment. This experiment will take a year and a half to do for nothing. It's not important.” So I was like, “I'm not doing this.” And you know she kind of wobbled on it and then I held my committee meeting in December and we finally killed it somehow … We set the date for March fifth. My family does not live here, so we started planning for flights and everything and then two weeks
% 8% 0% 8% computing degree more than prior to attending the conference Table 3: Immediate Impact on ASC (Post Survey N=29) Figure 6: Experience Perception Women Students EoS 2023 SurveyFigure 7: Experience Perception Women Students EoS 2022 Survey Figure 8: Sense of Belonging (EoS '22 & '23 EoS) Figure 9: Academic Self-Concept (May '23 & '23 EoS)6. Discussion and LimitationsOverall results presented in Tables 2-3 and Fig. 6-9 support that attending a conference positivelyimpacted student experience, bonding, SoB, and ASC. However, authors acknowledge the smallnumber of responses in the surveys and plan to conduct qualitative data collection and analysisusing interviews
having worked together, and trust that the group can succeed when it works together. Co-designing the mission statement early in the RED project set the stage for other successful endeavors. [3].8. Retreats: Departmental retreats are customary across Seattle University and a tradition in the ME Department. These retreats, which typically occur in the fall before the start of each academic year, are important in connecting faculty and staff and allowing departments to make plans. As part of the RED grant, the department changed how they prepared for and conducted retreats [1]. Instead of focusing on administrative details, the RED PI team spent time establishing retreat goals and activities that involved all faculty and staff
, while the Mexican team developed a can crusherto save space and a bicycle and a picnic table with solar panels to charge electronic devices oncampus. Exemplifying how the cultural environment draws different needs and solutions.Each team of students actively worked on their own solution while also providing guidance,support, and feedback to their counterparts on how to direct their own solution. III. DATA COLLECTIONThis course was not originally planned as a research project; thus, the data available for analysiswas limited to a promotional video created by students and end-of-semester, voluntary, writtenreflections about the course. The promotional video was transcribed using Otter AI software[6]. After
work and achieve more than the minimum requirements, could reflect a higher level of dedication to the craft. This genuine dedication could produce better results in other areas, but cannot be directly proven by this study.5.3 Peer Evaluation Relationships The weak correlations between peer evaluations and any other metrics means that it is nearly impossible to predict how personalities may interact off-campus, and training plans should not be modified due to the results of this study. In fact, Cadet Command has already indicated that future CST peer evaluations will only be used for self-development purposes, and not included in the final weight of CST OML. Because peer evaluations can be influenced so heavily by a few
, affiliate and mentor faculty and instructors. They also presented at the Provost Teaching and Learning Symposium as shown in Figure 2. • Attending two advanced workshops with Faculty at the home institution • Peer Mentoring: Students will mentor their ENES 396 peers and provide evaluation on their teaching practices and facilitation throughout the semester. This includes them attending one lecture/discussion of their peers. • Team lead and facilitate one ENES 396 discussion/lecture. Students will plan and facilitate a topic in ENES 396 or in their own classrooms that will be approved by the instructor.After completing ENES 397 and a research project, students earn undergraduate CIRTLassociate certification
thatderived from histories of colonialism and Empire” [10]. MIT was in no sense unique amongresearch institutions in tying itself to U.S. geopolitical interests but with its very high standingamong universities it achieved an extraordinary level of influence and funding during the secondhalf of the twentieth century.In June 1971, Gordon Brown, formerly dean of Engineering at MIT, accompanied by advisorsfrom the international consulting firm Arthur D. Little, arrived in Iran with the purpose ofdeveloping a comprehensive plan to develop a satellite campus of Aryamehr University ofTechnology (AMUT) in Isfahan, the third largest city of Iran located approximately 200 milessouth of capital Tehran. AMUT had been established just 5 years prior by the Shah
://www.researchgate.net/publication/228378064[12] Michael J. Fernandez, Julie Martin Trenor, Katherine S. Zerda, and Cassandra Cortes3, “First Generation College Students in Engineering: A Qualitative Investigation of Barriers to Academic Plans,” in 38th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, IEEE, 2008.[13] J. P. Martin, S. K. Stefl, L. W. Cain, and A. L. Pfirman, “Understanding first-generation undergraduate engineering students’ entry and persistence through social capital theory,” Int J STEM Educ, vol. 7, no. 1, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.1186/s40594-020-00237-0.[14] Dina Verdín and Allison Godwin, “First in the Family: A Comparison of First-Generation and Non-First-Generation Engineering College Students,” in Frontiers in
e. Differentiated Instruction e. Prerequisites f. Alternate plans. f. ContextFigure 2: The ECP Module Instructional DesignAdditionally, by incorporating active learning techniques that seek to develop student self-foundlearning techniques, the pedagogy should pique students' interest, which can lead to deeperengagement with the material. This increased learning capacity and engagement can promotedeeper cognitive processing, enhancing schema formation and automation.MethodologyThis study provides an overview of the investigation in the chemistry department a HBCU usinghands-on mobile devices consisting of an input and output board. The purpose of this approach isto replace the traditional laboratory
support.Introduction“There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom.” Richard Feynman (1960)Artificial intelligence (AI) methods are revolutionizing undergraduate science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education through early forecasting of end-of-semesteracademic performance [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. These methods typically leverage numeric features ofstudents’ academic trajectories to train AI models. The advent of Transformer-based [7] largelanguage models (LLMs) [8, 9, 10, 11] has significantly expanded the potential for cross-domainapplications due to their extensive knowledge bases [12, 13] and complex task-solvingcapabilities through basic reasoning [9, 14, 15] and planning [16]. Fine-tuning these LLMs viatransfer
-2score. Furthermore, t-test results may be misleading as assumptions (e.g., independence, randomsampling, normality, and equal variance) were not fully met. Due to the missing data for one ofthe Manual Dexterity tasks (Threading Lace), we specifically focused on analyzing theperformance in the Aiming & Catching and Balancing tasks.Future research with a more prominent and representative, randomized sample with independentdata, along with improved data collection strategies, is essential to provide more reliable insightsinto the effects of VR interventions on motor skills in children with ASD. Non-parametric testingto establish statistical significance may also be necessary. In future studies, we plan to developan immersive VR system using a
IP address to ensure stable accessto the internet, to which an online user interface and data cloud are connected on the consumerside. The online interface allows the user to view pictures in the data cloud and request picturesto be taken directly from the device itself. A plan to possibly be implemented by futureresearchers is for the device to capture images and send them to the cloud at regular intervals, butthe current focus of the team is to have the device send pictures per request of the user.The device itself is enclosed in a mixture of Grey Pro resin and PLA. It is powered by a 12 Vsolar PV panel installed beside the probe itself as shown in Figure 4. This PV module includesseveral valve-regulated sealed lead acid/absorbent glass