andcourse satisfaction and can work concurrently with self-reflection opportunities.Recent developments in the field suggest that incorporating positive psychology can enhancemore established practices and lead to student “flourishing.” Flourishing is defined as “growingvigorously; thriving; prosperous” and can be applied as a goal in a classroom setting through“teachers and students using their own strengths, seeing the strengths in others and mobilizinggroup-level strengths to achieve a common goal” [23]. When using common positivepsychology, or “the scientific study of human flourishing,” one study found the students in thecourse that integrated positive psychology in “required readings, writing assignments, andengaged learning activities” had
achieved when informed byethically motivated technology experts, including engineers, as injecting ethics into theformation of policy begins with those who write it. For these reasons, it would be valuable tounderstand the relationship between the variables that may influence a technology expert in theirpursuance of a policy career path, such as the development of their various identities (personaland social, engineering, and ethical identities) of these engineers. Discussions have taken placeregarding public policy engineering workforce expectations and development and the use ofthese various identities, particularly ethics identity, in establishing a policy career pathway forengineers. There is not an explicit connection between the influence of
differentfrom their advisor’s approach) for their thesis or dissertation projects. One additional purposethese graduate students had for searching was to more broadly find literature in their disciplinaryfield. This was especially the case for graduate students whose labs held journal clubs ormeetings where they were expected to regularly share and report out on current literature.The five faculty participants also had multiple reasons for searching the scholarly literature.Some were actively engaged in writing grant proposals and needed literature to demonstrate therelevance of their proposed projects. Faculty also searched the literature to keep tabs on whattheir academic competitors were doing, as well as to look for inspiration from peers in their
ofoutreach program goals, by setting a goal of the program to increase students’ level ofknowledge and clarity around the engineering domain and career trajectory. This wouldresult in a better student-field fit, thereby increasing the likelihood of continued participation inthe program. In addition, it could potentially decrease their likelihood of future attrition from ormigration within a four-year degree program. It can also help inform program activity design -for example including peer-connections and panel events to connect outreach programparticipants with current students and researchers from various engineering domains allied to theoutreach participants’ selected field of study. This provided the outreach program participantswith a richer
. Students will then be required to utilize themin their projects, and improvements can be suggested through the engineering test planintermediate deliverable.4. Instructing students on how to perform a peer-reviewed literature search.Currently, engineering students at SRU are only required to take Critical Reading and CriticalWriting, neither of which emphasize technical communication. As a result, class time will bededicated to instruction on how to properly conduct background research and write a literatureand patent search, class time will be dedicated to. The STEM librarian at SRU will join thecourse and highlight what resources are available to students, which sources are to be consideredreliable, and how to properly cite others’ work. An
instructions to serving as a facilitator and advisor, allowing students to work on challenges and failures on their own and with their peers. 2. Assessing the feasibility of implementing the curriculum in rural STEM classrooms: Teacher’s feedback during learning community sessions, interview and focus group responses, and responses to the Stages of Concern (SOC) questionnaire from the Concerns- Based Adoption Model (CBAM) suggest that teachers were engaged with the program and found the model usable and feasible to implement. 3. Collecting initial data on the program’s effects on the classroom environment and student’s engagement and interest in engineering: the researchers collected evidence on changes to
focused on youth with these identities.Search strategyWe used a standard systematic review approach following the PRISMA guidelines [23]. Wesearched three education-related databases: ERIC (EBSCO), Education Source, and AustralianEducation Index (also known as “International ERIC”). We composed a search string usingkeywords for concepts related to our objective (Table 1), and completed the search in December2023. We limited our search to 1993 onward, papers written in English, and peer-reviewedresearch work.Table 1: Search terms used. Search strings for each concept were combined with AND to createan overall search string. Note that listing “science” or “engineering” alone in the content conceptgave many extraneous results, so content and type
to understand and do well in thesubject (or competence and performance), and recognition by meaningful others (e.g., peers,instructors, family, etc.)[42], [43]. This framing is based on prior work in science education.Carlone and Johnson [44] developed a framework for science role identity from interviews withwomen of Color professionals that included performance, competence, and recognition. Later, intranslating this framework to undergraduate students in physics, Hazari and colleagues [45] addedinterest as an important facet of the student experience and developed quantitative measuresassociated with the four constructs. They found that for undergraduate students, performance andcompetence were not two separate factors but rather a single
"...reached out to himin the days following over email asking to set up a zoom meeting to discuss his experienceworking at [REDACTED] and how he entered the field of AI". The actions also included extrapreparations for activities such as the networking event "I printed up business cards to give awayat my poster. " In the final course reflections, there was evidence of students expanding theirunderstanding of professional options, and actions they had taken to pursue those opportunities"I’ve opened up my job searches...". In this assignment, one student also described how theyhelped peers during the semester "I was also able to help other students as I have alreadycompleted a master’s degree in the past."Additional themes emerged in the data. One
someone’s personhood before mentioning their disability (e.g., “person withdisabilities”). Identity-first language mentions the disability before the person (e.g., “disabledperson”) [17]. All authors identify as disabled and use both identity-first and person-first languagein their writing. However, it is also important to note that we both prefer identity-first language forourselves. We believe that using identity-first language is important to bring visibility to thedisability as an identity, build community, and seek needed resources. We ask that non-disabledpeople mirror and respect the identity labeling preferences of the disabled person or group thatthey are interacting with and/or communicating about. In this paper, we use person- and
oneself when faced with obstacles to determinehow she felt about a situation and what support there was to assist her: But yeah, being mindful and making time to be with myself, so that I'm checking in and also recognizing, "Okay, you're kind of drowning in this area. What's going on? Who is your support around you? What can they do? How can you reach out to them? And then, what can you now do for yourself?"Family Support/PeersMentees also report appreciating the ability to seek out family/peer support, and being able to be honestand transparent with their support networks. For example, Amy leaned into family for guidance: Yeah. Within my troubles, I go to my family first. I say, "Okay, I don't know what I'm
conferences and has been published in peer-reviewed journals. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Defining, Measuring, and Recording Professional Skills: An Explication of a Professional Skills Certification Framework and Assessment RubricAbstractThe lack of professional skills in engineers, a skill gap long recognized by employers, hascreated a demand for student development processes that facilitate the acquisition of technicaland professional skills. In contrast to typical course-based learning, technical and professionalskills are best acquired through experiential learning activities such as internships, researchprojects, and other co- and extra-curriculars. The purpose of this paper is to
write the same word (e.g.,“male”) for both their self-described gender and sexual identities. It is unclear whether thesestudents were indicating they were attracted to the same gender or if they misunderstood whatwe meant by “sexual identity.”The survey also asks if the student is “an active member or veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces,Reserves, or National Guard” and if they are a U.S. Citizen. These identities are particularlyinfluential in aerospace engineering because of the connections between the field and nationaldefense. It would not be surprising if military service were to, for example, influence students’perceptions on the MIC. Furthermore, many non-U.S. Citizens have difficulty securing a job inthe aerospace industry because of
: Statistics educators broadly agree that “(a)nyserious discussion of statistical thinking must examine the role of 'variation'” [3]. In this work,we use the phrase “statistical variability” to refer to variability as it is viewed by statisticians: anubiquitous phenomenon to be directly studied and modeled.Despite its importance, prior failures in engineering can be traced to the neglect of variability [4].In the 1950s, design of aircraft for “the average man” led to uncontrollable aircraft [5]. At theheight of this issue, as many as 17 pilots crashed in a single day [6]. Similar issues persist inmodern engineering practice: As of writing, female passengers are crudely modeled as a scaledversion of the male median in automobile crash test practice [7
applied solder toensure that it has not overflown, and at the same time, that it sufficiently covered the connectionarea. Kulkarni “felt sad and frustrated about missing the useful [soldering] repetition” throughoutthe course. She also reflected on the importance of soldering exposure, as a missed opportunityfor her, through her peers’ experiences in a lab that requires students to solder tens of LEDs tobuild an LED cube. She stated, “To some, the immense amount of soldering in this lab is one ofthe most memorable components of the class, for better or for worse… With the LED arrayproject, you're soldering repeatedly to learn the skill.” As a result of such exclusion due to theableist, primarily visual nature of lab tools, Kulkarni “focused much
success, such as navigating mentor-mentee relationships, sense of belonging, and findingsupport services, but additional opportunities exist to help prepare them for academicparticulars such as grant writing and publishing (RQ2)Navigating mentor-mentee relationshipsThe second highest average of the measures that were evaluated was the collection of questionssurrounding “Navigating future mentor-mentee relationships” (Fig 2). Alumni from theGradTrack program highlighted how their participation in GradTrack influenced how theyapproach mentoring during their time as a graduate student. Alumni said that GradTrackprovided them with a foundation to establish relationships with other mentees and mentors. Onealumnus who is now a mentor, mentioned the
undergraduates summarize thedetails of the team’s past progress and their future plans in a short write up which gets sent to theM.Eng. student(s). These informative reports help the M.Eng. students stay fully aware ofdetailed progress. The M.Eng. students then pass along the information along with theirconsiderations for timeline and resources to the project sponsors. Faculty are copied on theseregular communications, and students are given credit for completing and sending these reportson time. The undergraduate teams meet with a course instructor every two weeks for a 30-minutecheck-in meeting, which serves to monitor team progress and help students stay on track as thesemester progresses.M.Eng. Roles Throughout the course, M.Eng. students
America. He has published 7 books, and more than 300 peer- reviewed papers. His PhD students hold academic positions in the USA and in Europe, and senior technical positions in various US National Laboratories. Professor Abdallah is a senior member of IEEE and a recipient of the IEEE Millennium medal. He is also active in the IEEE Control Systems Society most recently serving as the general chair of the 2008 Conference of Decision and Control CDC 2008.Dr. Andrew Karl Koch, John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education Dr. Andrew K. Koch is the President and Chief Operating Officer of the non-profit John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education. A leading advocate for making
checked and categorized individually by the instructor.Prompting ChatGPT in this manner – with clear, specific, and explicit instructions – was foundto produce a high rate of accurate classifications. It would miss many responses that should havebeen sorted into one of the groups, but leaving any space for ChatGPT to make its owninterpretation led to many incorrect classifications. Through much trial and error, it wasdetermined that writing the prompt in such a way that does not allow ChatGPT to interpret orassume anything is the best way to avoid false positive or negatives.Using Warm-ups in classFor most classes, the answers to all warm-up questions were summarized on slides and shared atthe beginning of class, starting with the muddiest point
"Desirable Characteristics of DataRepositories for Federally Funded Research" [1], outlining a set of recommended features andqualities that are considered desirable for data repositories handling research data resulting fromfederally funded research. The document establishes a set of standards and guidelines to ensurethat data resulting from federally funded projects is preserved in repositories that effectivelymanage and disseminate it.On August 25, 2022, Dr. Alondra Nelson, then Acting Director of OSTP, issued a Memorandum[2] recommending that all federal agencies formulate new plans or update existing ones,outlining their approach to ensuring public access to peer-reviewed publications and the researchdata associated with federally funded
learning in the classroom with real-world experiences in thecommunity. Studying abroad provides students with opportunities to learn how to navigatedifferent cultures, work with diverse peers, and gain new perspectives and global awareness. TheMercer on Mission (MOM) program at Mercer University in Macon, GA bridges service-learning with short-term, faculty-led study abroad opportunities to provide transformativeexperiences for students through academic instruction, cultural immersion, applied research,meaningful service, and personal reflection. In this study, the MOM program was evaluated forits impact on student participants. Program evaluation included a holistic assessment of theprogram. Research goals included evaluation of effectiveness in
developingfoundational knowledge of engineering professions [7], which makes them an ideal time to helpstudents develop and test their hands-on skills and intuition in engineering design. By creatingmore opportunities for students to develop their engineering design technical skills throughhands-on learning experiences while working with their peers and developing importantprofessional skills, engineering educators can continue to help students develop and gainvaluable engineering design experience. This paper demonstrates a project designed to help ECEstudents gain such experience by working on a wireless sensor node project in their second yearof their program.3. BackgroundThe wireless sensor node project discussed in this paper was developed for a project
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, prior experience with coding was not assumed and pre-written codes were embedded in the curriculum unit. These block-based codes could be adaptedto specific design choices and student contexts. In an effort to develop a flexible curriculum tomeet a variety of student interests, multiple stress-related contexts (i.e., test anxiety, sports,gaming) were provided for students to choose.Researcher-Teacher PartnershipTwo teachers implemented the curriculum unit three days apart. They both participated in aweeklong curriculum-writing workshop during the summer, two months prior to implementingthe unit. During this workshop, the teachers role-played as students while the researchers (actingas the teachers) demonstrated a science-content focused
employ in the product development industry.Key practices that the instructors wanted to emphasize in the course included: research skills togain understanding of stakeholders, contexts, and constraints relevant to a problem; a focus onproblem finding & framing, rather than jumping right into a solution; developing divergentthinking to facilitate fluent and fruitful concept brainstorming; building communication skillsbeyond technical writing, to include visual communication and the importance of storytelling.This paper will share a review of literature relevant to factors surrounding a design mindset andhow a design mindset can impact design practice in the world of product development.Additionally, this paper will share benchmarking of best
are compared against the whole datasetto ensure that each theme works as it should.Phase 5. Refining, Defining, and Naming Themes: In Phase 5, themes are tested to ensure thatthey center meaning-making [12]. Themes must be sufficiently rich and informative to fullycapture the concepts they represent. Writing an abstract or definition for each theme can assist intheir elimination or retention [12]. After testing, themes are named using short phrases that evoketheir “meaning and analytic direction” [12].4. Results and Discussion4.1 Scoping ReviewAfter searching the two databases, 733 articles were found on Scopus and 397 articles were foundon Web of Science, for a total of 1,130 articles. After duplicate removal, 1,078 articles remained.The
exploratory, to elicit interesting and important patterns and build the foundation for futureinterviews. Key questions included: ● Why did you choose to enroll in an interdisciplinary graduate program? ● What were your expectations for interdisciplinary studies? ● How do you perceive working with peers from different disciplines? ● Can you discuss any courses that combine multiple disciplines, and how do they do so? ● In what ways do you think learning from other disciplines will influence your future career? ● How do you collaborate with other teammates on projects? ● What have you learned from this program so far, and what challenges have you encountered?The dataset for the current study consists of interviews with seven
, online asynchronous, and hybrid in-person and online [11]. Through theseprofessional development opportunities, each stakeholder can gain expertise in internationalrelations, educational development, and educational technologies [11]. Students who participatein virtual programs are active learners who perform meaningful activities and reflect on them [11].Through the COIL virtual framework, students can collaborate with peers from various culturalbackgrounds, connecting them to intercultural competencies and global awareness.One of the primary valuable pedagogies in COIL programming is the incorporation of contactsessions with students abroad [12]. Depending on the course, the content of these meetings canvary significantly. As Doscher explained
coaching for and by language teachers (e.g., peer coaching, critical friending in educational contexts). Ari has planned and facilitated language and literacy workshops and lectures, as well as curriculum development, in Ghana, Israel, Italy, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, and the USA. As a private person, Ari travels to the Israeli occupied West Bank of the Jordan river where he documents Israeli settlers who engage in violence, agricultural theft, intimidation, and threats. Ari’s videos, notes, and presence support a coalition of non-government organizations working in solidarity with Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley to prevent the destruction of Palestinian villages and to prevent the
inequities. In addition, she is interested in technology and how specific affordances can change the ways we collaborate, learn, read, and write. Teaching engineering communication allows her to apply this work as she coaches students through collaboration, design thinking, and design communication. She is part of a team of faculty innovators who originated Tandem (tandem.ai.umich.edu), a tool designed to help facilitate equitable and inclusive teamwork environments.Christopher Brooks, University of Michigan ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Analyzing Patterns of Pre-Semester Concerns in First-Year Engineering StudentsAbstractThis complete research