can be evaluated not only for their effect on STEM content learning, but also for 2their effect on student attitudes which can have longer-term effects on student career choice. 3Klopfer described six categories of attitudes relevant to science education goals: attitudestowards science and scientists, attitude towards inquiry, adoption of scientific attitudes likecuriosity and open-mindedness, enjoyment of science learning experiences, interest in scienceapart from learning experiences, and interest in a career in science.The 2000 report of the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st 4Century, Before it’s Too Late, noted the U.S.’s failure to
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the graded policy. Ifthe grading has little weight on writing an explanation, the students would simply ignore theverbal thinking aspect and just apply algorithm learning to get to the numerical answers asked inphysics questions. In a typical example where a block on a ramp is connected to a verticallyhanging block via a cord, the acceleration and tension can be calculated with algorithm learning.However, in a learning assessment in terms of verbal thoughts and writing skill, most of thestudents would fail to show in their writing that the acceleration answer must be less than 9.8m/s/s; and that the tension is the force that pulls up the block on the ramp and the same tensionprevents the vertically hanging block from free falling by acting as
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. While not a large problem in the past, students switching project teams after 1 or 2semesters caused disruption and shifted student workloads. The student preference form used isincluded in the Appendix A. Student teams were assigned, following preferences as much aspossible, during session 4. Table 5 – Engineering Projects 1 course content for Fall 2015 Session Topic Instructor(s) 1 Introduction, Safety and Security F/Y 2 Skills Inventory, Mission/Vision F/M 3 Team Organization M 4 Creative Problem Solving G 5 Design Specifications
. A key outcome of this research is a Framework of Professional Responsibilities toconsider how future research can examine student cognitions, behaviors, and dispositionsabout professional and ethical responsibilities. Components of the proposed framework havebeen previously described in the engineering education literature. For example, Gilbuena etal. (2015) described project management and timeline development as developed within acapstone project. However, the students’ discussion of professional and ethicalresponsibilities aligned most closely with Besterfield-Sacre et al.’s list of professional traits.Specifically, we identified self-management, task management, and team management as thekey components of students’ experience of
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potential areas of improvement.The remainder of this paper will summarize the physical models that were developed and utilizedin Spring 2015 to clarify challenging concepts in the introductory reinforced concrete coursetaught at the University of Illinois. The description for each physical model includes: targetconcept(s), suggested instructional activities, construction materials, as well as photographs. Thepaper will conclude with student feedback on the effectiveness of the models based on mid- andend-term course surveys. The overarching objective of this work is to provide other civilengineering educators with sample teaching tools to enhance students’ understanding ofreinforced concrete analysis/design theory and ability to visualize
affective outcomes wereinvestigated with the goal of predicting and improving engagement and connection tocommunity across a diverse range of institutions, students, teaching styles, and faculty. In theportion of the study discussed here, qualitative analysis of focus group data was used to identifydifferences in student perceptions of formal (in class) and informal (out of class) faculty supportby class size and institution type at five different institutions in engineering and computerscience majors.Research SettingThe five participating institutions in this study, described according to their Carnegieclassifications34, and their key characteristics as drawn from institutional data and missionstatements are as follows: HBCU (Masters S): A
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. Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University Cynthia C. Fry is a Senior Lecturer of Computer Science and the Director of the Computer Science Fel- lows program at Baylor University. She teaches a wide variety of engineering and computer science courses, deploys a series of faculty development seminars focused on Curiosity, Connections, and Cre- ating Value, and works collaboratively and remotely with a series of colleagues on the development of EML-based courses. She is a KEEN Fellow.Dr. Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University Ken Van Treuren is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at Baylor University. He received his B. S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
completion. The twotools were tested in various engineering courses and mixed results were found: While both toolswere adoptable, only the exam wrapper appeared to be efficacious in this study.Introduction Metacognition, which has as its simplest definition thinking about one’s thinking, is themodern term used to capture the processes that learners use to reflect upon and take actions toimprove their learning. The psychologist John Flavell1 introduced the term in the 1970’s whileadvancing research on the topic, but ideas about the usefulness of reflection in improvinglearning began much earlier, starting with John Dewey2. Both Piaget and Vygotsky – bothrecognized widely for their theories in education – wrote of the role of metacognition in
persistentstructure of the education system even though we were explicitly attempting to behavedifferently. As we, the faculty and students, began to recognize the structure we could let go ofthe problem and the solutions. However, this “letting go” had to occur repeatedly (almostweekly) as the issue continued to be bothersome to many of us.What are the cultural beliefs, values, and paradigms that are causing the problems of intransigentSTEM pedagogies that result in STEM cultures that are exclusive? We first note that “S” refersto the physical, or equivalently, the natural sciences; it excludes all other organized ways ofthinking, or “sciences.” Implicitly, natural sciences are prioritized over other “sciences.”The natural sciences derive knowledge through
tacit.Explicit knowledge is codified and captured in archives and databases in discrete words ornumbers. Tacit knowledge, on the other hand, provides the context for developing andunderstanding explicit knowledge [7]. Tacit knowledge is not codified and is, therefore,harder to communicate. The development of tacit knowledge is a continuous activity betweenindividuals sharing experiences for mutual understanding [6].Knowledge needs to be continuously created in order for it to be continuously shared.Nonaka [6] proposes that knowledge is created through the conversion between tacit andexplicit knowledge via four modes, referred to by the acronym SECI, in a continuous cycle:1) socialization (S) is creating tacit knowledge from other tacit knowledge through
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.2.2.1 Development Academic Partner and ActivitiesDistinguished faculty members from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and Virginia StateUniversity (a HBCU partner) have supported this project from the very beginning asDevelopment Academic Partners. Mutual interest is instrumental in this longstandingpartnership. The role of the academic development partner is well defined and involves thefollowing: Identifying at least one local industry partner involved in software development activities Working with assigned focus groups to critically review current course Developing six hours of course modules to address identified gaps in a content area familiar to the university program and its local industry partner(s
creativity and innovation. The instructordecides what should be learned based on their own paradigm of what a good engineer shouldknow, but this does not take into account the interests of the student or the ever-changing needsof the world. The underlying assumption of this predominant system is that human beings are notnatural learners and must be forced to learn through external behavioral motivations such asreward and punishment.A look through the literature shows that in the 1990’s, before No Child Left Behind (NCLB),there was much talk about grading and assessment, mostly related to standards-based grading.The discussion faded from view as the consequences of NCLB focused on the detrimental effectsof standardized testing. During these early
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. Analternative hypothesis is that there are more women and minorities starting civil or structuralengineering studies now than there were in the past, so the graduate student diversity willincrease as these students continue through the pipeline. However, nationwide data shows that, ifanything, women and minority representation among students in science and engineeringdisciplines has decreased slightly over the past 10 years2,5, making this hypothesis unlikely.Table 1. Demographic data obtained for university students and faculty in civil (C) and/or structural (S)engineering. FACULTY UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE STUDENTS
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allow as little as half a year. WhenEC 2000 abandoned credit-hour bean counting, the language shifted to require “adequateattention and time” for general education subjects (while retaining numerical requirements of ayear for fundamental science and math courses and a year and a half of engineering content).Nevertheless, regardless of whether one casts EC 2000’s advancements for liberal education ofengineers as meager, incremental, or transformative, there is no doubt that the current proposedchanges, by omitting the requirement of “adequate attention and time” for educational breadth,drops the floor on well-rounded education of engineers. This change threatens to send thecountry back not just 20 years to the 1990s before EC 2000, but more than
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2015 AIChE Annual Meeting.The survey was conducted via a web-based interface hosted by runningthe open-source software LimeSurvey (limesurvey.org). E-mail invitations to participate wereinitially sent to all 158 department chairs in the United States requesting participation from thefaculty members teaching the relevant course(s). A separate request was sent directly to theinstructors of record for process controls courses during the 2014-2015 academic year based oninformation posted online. From that population, 81 usable responses representing 77 institutionsin the United States were received for a 48.7% institutional response rate.Questions were composed in consultation amongst the authors and were intended to providesome continuity with