institutionsoffer their stakeholders 1 as it both determines and drives outcomes. Despite this, the most notableoutcome of a “review of the literature on curriculum in higher education in the UK, the USA andAustralia … [is that there] is the dearth of writing on the subject” 2. That literature which doesaddress higher education curricula assumes a common understanding of the term curriculum andtargets curriculum related issues such as ‘inclusive curriculum’, ‘learner-centered curriculum’,internationalization of the curriculum or it focuses on the design of individual courses – that is,single units of study 2.Accepting that an important aspect of our role as academics is “not to impart knowledge, but todesign learning environments that support knowledge
actually higherthan the retention rates associated with their majority male peers, although both groups fallbelow RIT’s long-term student retention goals. Our demonstrated ability to keep women hereonce they decide to come indicates that RIT is an excellent place to work at bringing morewomen into engineering. Page 10.28.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Session 3592Women faculty from across
category can be graded by the consistency ofcontents throughout the report. The depth of discussion category closely reflects the integrationof knowledge category so that reports showing good elaborations will have higher scores andreports with many hardware or software specification details will have lower scores.Cohesiveness category can be graded based on how well the report contents flow. The spelling& grammar category can be graded based on common writing basics such as a figure captionshould be under the figure and the table caption should be above the table; figure and tablecaptions and their corresponding figures and tables should be on the same page; and paragraphsshould have adequate lengths.The sources category can be graded based
outcomes will be addressed in a separate manuscript, as thescope of this paper primarily focuses on the conceptualization, design, and integration of theescape room as an educational tool within the field of chemical engineering.By combining the proven benefits of educational escape rooms with a novel virtual approach,our study aims to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on innovative teaching methodsin chemical engineering education. We seek to demonstrate how technology can be leveraged tocreate relatively simple, engaging, cost-effective, and scalable educational experiences that fosterthe development of crucial engineering skills.MethodsLiterature Review: • Conducted a comprehensive review of peer-reviewed articles on educational
Studies. She has served as Chair of her department and Associate Dean for Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty. Dr. Peele-Eady’s research examines African American students’ learning and identity formation and, more broadly, the social, cultural, and linguistic contexts of teaching and learning. Her publications appear in several peer-reviewed journals and edited books, including the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, the Anthropology and Education Quarterly, and the Handbook of the Cultural Foundations of Learning.Prof. Tahira Reid, Penn State University Dr. Tahira Reid Smith (publishes under ”Reid”) is a Professor at Pennsylvania State University in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Design
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respective major. The forms could be different, such as writing essays or even anethics code of conduct; analyzing case studies and presenting the results electronically; creating finalsolutions such as programs, drawings, diagrams, information systems, websites, etc.; and using softwareproducts or integrated packages and CASE tools. This type of project has been broadly explored byinstructors.[4, 5, 10] The feedback obtained from former students shows how useful these projects are andthey should be considered as an important part of the students’ academic work. 3Research-Oriented ProjectsThe second type of projects, the research-oriented
same resources as do wealthy schools. This isanother instance of institutionalized racism that is generally invisible to those who benefit. For example,at a recent Science Olympiad here at NJIT, I helped run the “Write It, Do It” competition, where one teammember, in a separate room, sees an object built of Knex™ and writes directions to recreate it. Thedisassembled Knex™ and directions are then brought to the next room, where the other team memberassembles it. As I was speaking to the kids who were waiting for directions, I discovered that most ofthem from the wealthy neighborhoods had been practicing with Knex™ for months whereas none of thestudents from the poorer neighborhoods had practiced with Knex™. Thus, the outcome of this contest
and practices; and• Build on teachers' current classroom experiences, as well as new ideas.Our current professional development efforts seek to improve and enhance teacher skills and knowledgein the content areas and in the implementation of standards-based lesson plans that include the assessmentand documentation of students’ achievement of those standards in their lessons. Our endeavors includethe preferred practices described for professional development, where we:1) Focus on planning and instructional needs, while extending the model over time as new skills are practiced in the classroom; and2) Create a peer learning community to assist teachers with planning and implementing curriculum.Peer-learning communities motivate teachers to
, deliverables four and five focused on instructor and peer feedback basedon the teams' oral presentations and written technical reports.Table 1. Design project deliverables. Expected No. Main Tasks Representations • Look for literature on the design of bulk fuel facilities. • Written language • Identify the project stakeholders. 1 • List legal, technical, and social/environmental requirements. • Identify potential trade-offs for the requirements. • Write a problem statement
time to add new ideas or projects [8]. Theyfound that fewer than 25% of the sampled classroom-specific resources could be completed inone class period or less. There appears to be a need in the engineering education community forshorter EML activities that enhance students' abilities to learn and engage with technical content.Active learning is described in different ways, and some of them include: a) “..anything thatinvolves students in doing things and thinking about the things they are doing”, b) “involvesproviding opportunities for students to meaningfully talk and listen, write, read and reflect on thecontent ideas, issues and concerns of an academic subject”, c) “increasing of studentparticipation or ‘interactivity’, for the purpose of
National University of Quilmes in Argentina, and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of America in Colombia.Siqing Wei Siqing Wei received B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education program at Purdue University. After years of experience serving as a peer teacher and a graduate teaching assistant in first-year engineering courses, he has been a research assistant at CATME research group studying multicultural team dynamics and outcomes. The research interests span how cultural diversity impacts teamwork and how to help students improve intercultural competency and teamwork competency by interventions, counseling
compared to men. Conversely, while Pell-eligible students also respondedfavorably to the module, they expressed significantly less agreement that the experiencesolidified their choice of studying engineering as compared to their non-Pell-eligible peers. Allgroups indicated that “interesting work” was most important to them in career selection and that“doing something impactful that helps others” was their favorite part of toy adaptation.Interestingly, we observed statistically significant connections between career interests andlaboratory interests, wherein students who selected the technical, hands-on aspects of toyadaptation as most enjoyable were more likely to select “interesting work” as their mostimportant career consideration. Ultimately
relevant to the coursetopic but focus discussion on societal impact.Nevertheless, implementing social justice into courses and curriculum cannot be done in avacuum. The classroom climate can dictate whether these changes will be successful or not.There are some strategies that can help in cultivating the environment necessary for productiveengagement with social justice concepts. Inclusive teaching practices can set the tone forconversations about ARDEI in the classroom. Incorporating strategies such as Universal Designfor Learning (UDL), diverse perspectives and course materials, and peer learning activities helpmake the classroom climate accessible to all learners [24]. In addition, having instructorsreflecting on their own identities and biases
models in how we address such challenges. Thefocus and the mission of capstone leaders is to maintain the quality of project deliverables andthe integrity of client/sponsor relationships while still offering the capstone experience andmeeting program and ABET Objectives.In many ways this is a chance to be creative, embrace the currently evolving and newly emergingtechnologies, and rethink some legacy protocols. Vander Ark (2020) notes “Large integratedprojects build agency—the knowledge and confidence that you can contribute.” [1] Theseprojects teach project management, research, problem solving, writing, and presentation skills.Team projects develop collaboration skills and learners will have the opportunity to gainexperience in remote working
faculty than those without faculty mentors [5].However, undergraduates themselves may participate as mentors in other contexts, such as in K-12 STEM outreach programs.Few studies have specifically examined benefits to undergraduate student mentors. Surveys byMonk et al. [14] found that mentors improved their science communication skills and foundmentoring high school students to be a rewarding experience. Lim et al. [6] corroborated theseresults, finding that undergraduate peer mentors gained interpersonal and teaching skills. Arecent study by Huvard et al. [16] examined undergraduate mentors across peer inreach and K-12outreach programs, and found that in both programs, mentors “demonstrated evidence ofstrengthened metacognition and science
ways to incorporate input from all team members. Later in the semester, students learn about the performance management process, including completing self- and peer evaluations to provide constructive feedback on individual and team performance improvement. Peer review results are factored into students’ grades. ● Risk Management—Students learn the importance of hazard identification, risk analysis- informed prioritization, and decision making that enhance design robustness, tools, and processes including a Risk Management Plan and a Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA). Students then apply the teachings to develop their own Risk Management Plan, FMEA, and preliminary Verification and
the fourth year of the program, a new course that enabled fourth-year students to simulate thepractice of a project manager was thought to be a great idea. In this way, the idea of project Page 13.673.2teams formed by first-year students and led by a more experienced student, not a course peer,could be put into practice. This asymmetric team setup has eventually proved to be an excellentlaboratory to develop personal competences such as leadership.3Leadership development has ultimately come to our attention as a natural evolutionary step inour efforts to improve the effectiveness of PMP students. The education part of the PMP coursewas
most participants.Challenges in NGSS-plus-5E Implementation: One of the most significant aspects of NGSS isthat the PEs require integration of the three dimensions [17]. We found that both the facilitatorsand teachers struggled in many ways due to the rigor required by the standards, as illustrated inTable 2. Social capital [31] generated through peer support was found to be quite helpful inovercoming these challenges.Incorporating ‘old’ lessons: After receiving the initial NGSS-plus-5E one-day workshop, thefacilitators strategized for creating new lessons by using their previously designed robotics lessons(aligned to the Common Core Standards) and “trying to fit them” to the new NGSS-plus-5E lessontemplate. They had difficulty in identifying
aswell as to allow faculty to provide feedback on their growth. In addition to reflective writing,students sketched in their journals. Sketches could be ideas for their project or as responses to theweekly questions. In addition to encouraging reflective growth, these activities were designed tohelp students become comfortable with the basic skills, like sketching, required to implementdesign thinking. Notably, some student disciplines were relatively unfamiliar with narrativereflection while others rarely sketch as part of their work.The first iteration of the course was offered as a special topics course in each discipline and crosslisted through Interprofessional Education at James Madison University. Biology and healthscience students did
formed for each project and comprised of students selected on the basis of theirknowledge, grades and interest. The students are expected to work as a cohesive team with theopportunity to become team leaders and learn to communicate effectively and efficiently amongthe team members, peers, and sponsors. During these two semesters, SDP students also attempt toparticipate in design competitions and entrepreneurial projects. The course also emphasizesacquiring non-technical professional skills besides the engineering concepts; such as professionalcode of conduct, report writing, and team management which are very critical in today’s emergingglobal economies for a successful engineering career.At the end of the school year, the capstone design
., in Cognitive Developmental Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin, and an M.S. in Computer Science from FIU.Dr. Ingrid A. Buckley, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. Ingrid Buckley is an Assistant Professor in the Software Engineering Department at Florida Gulf Coast University. She holds a PhD (2012) in Computer Science from Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Buckley’s research interests include software engineering education, fault tolerant system design, cybersecurity and secure software development. She has authored several peer-reviewed conference and journal papers. She has received grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Cyber Florida. She collaborates with researchers at other
andtheir social circles. A recent study of faculty participants at three private large, geographicallydiverse research-intensive universities indicates that female students in the sciences are lesslikely to be hired and are viewed as less competent than their male peers when applying for labmanager positions.24 In a randomized double-blind study, student application materials for a labmanager position were randomly assigned a female or male name. Science faculty fromresearch-intensive universities rated the male applicant as “significantly more competent andhirable than the (identical) female applicant.”24 The faculty reviewers also indicated a higherstarting salary and more career mentoring for the male applicant, and gender of the
adaptedintervention rather than a researcher. In delivering the intervention, instructors also engage withstudents about their struggles and challenges while supporting peer discussion around overcomingadversity.The ecological intervention establishes a classroom norm for a) adversity in the course as commonand normal and b) struggles with adversity in the course tend to be surmountable with time andappropriate effort. Instructors deliver the intervention in five parts in one class period: 1)instructors verbally normalize adversity in college, surmountability of adversity, and adversityspecific to the course; 2) students reflect and write down challenges they experience in college andhow they change with time; 3) instructors present first-person narratives
should be housed. Additionally,several senior administrators unfamiliar with engineering education did not understand why theCollege of Engineering would house engineering education instead of the College of Education andHuman Development. Providing examples of other peer institutions such as Purdue University andVirginia Tech, both of which house their engineering education departments in the College of Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Baylor University, Waco, TX Copyright 2021, American Society for Engineering Education 3Engineering, set a precedent for Texas A&M University
-motivated project management, and teamwork andcommunication (both amongst their peers and with faculty and graduate students). The projectstructure is consistent with research by the National Academy of Engineering, which emphasizescreativity, practical ingenuity, leadership, and management, in addition to strong analytical skillsas some of the primary characteristics required for successful engineers of the future [12]. FIREproject teams require a minimum of two first-year researchers to facilitate teamwork andcollaboration and to provide students with a peer with whom they can collaborate withoutreservations of seniority. These collaborative teams are intended to not only foster the leadershipand management skills emphasized by the NAE but also
), requiring a classroom of its own to cover adequately. • Exam Feedback (1-2 times per quarter). Summative assessment comprised one or two 50- minute exams and a final exam. The students received detailed feedback from the instructor on their midterms, but (other than the final) had little opportunity to revise their thinking and be reaccredited.As the instructor of this course in 2012~2016, the author of this paper documented 4 notableobservations at our annual peer review meetings about Chem E 325 under a traditional lecture-homework format:1) Contact time was a bottleneck. Compared to our transport sequence (which naturally devotes a large fraction of lecture time to the mechanics of problem solving), Chem E 325 introduces a wider
rigorous and aligned with developmentalgoals. They also added a scientific writing course to support students as they prepare for thisassessment, which transformed “a one-time, individual performance of expertise into a collectivecapacity building process” [6].This ‘collective capacity building process’ presented in the second IGEN case study highlightsthe role of constructive alignment in meaningful and equitable assessment. Though in principleconstructive alignment of teaching and learning activities† supports the use of ‘performanceassessments’ such as oral qualifying exams or the preparation of a realistic grant proposal tomeasure student knowledge [13], this relies on transparency in the alignment between thelearning process students
-student partnershipsembolden students to read and write (both code and written word) with computer science,science and technology studies, and anti-racist feminist studies. Ultimately, the author outlinesthe importance for computing education researchers and practitioners to draw upon the field’sinterdisciplinarity to center justice within computing education research.2. Literature ReviewCritiques of how computer science educators have approached equity are especially relevantbecause of the national scale, funding, and deployment of computer science education initiatives.Although national initiatives (e.g., CSforAll) orient their missions around the language of equity,access, and (under)representation, these initiatives tend to have
activities is provided for the course instructor. More information aboutEvaluateUR and EvaluateUR-CURE are found at http://serc.carleton.edu/evaluateur.Table 1. EvaluateUR-CURE Outcomes Outcome Categories Outcome Components Communication • Uses and understands professional and discipline-specific language • Expresses ideas orally in an organized, clear, and concise manner • Writes clearly and concisely using correct grammar, spelling, syntax, and sentence structure Creativity • Shows ability to approach problems from different perspectives