insufficient training inprerequisite courses has contributed to the poor grades students receive in statics. Failure tofully understand these prerequisites plays a huge role in the high rate of D, F and W grades inthe course.Inconsistent Use of Available ResourcesThis theme reflects the instructors' perceptions of how students utilize the resources providedto assist them. The transcripts from the instructors revealed that students do not fully utilizethe available resources intended to help them understand the course material, whichcontributes to the high rates of D, F, and W grades. The instructors noted students' attendancein recitations and lectures and their willingness to take notes in class. Recitation sessionswere introduced to provide students
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inequality, ignoring communityquestions and concerns, or failing to consider the consequences of communities when assessingprogram success [14]. The research tested CC with 150 students in two US universities through asurvey consisting of 46 items that capture systems of oppression in civil engineering throughthree indicators (Critical Reflection: Perceived Inequality; Critical Reflection: Egalitarianism;and Critical Action: Sociopolitical Perception). The study highlighted that such an instrumentcan also be used to assess ABET SOs 2 and 4.Baideme et al. conducted an evaluation on how group learning impacted the curriculum andcourses across junior- and senior-level environmental engineering courses at 14 institutions,considering ABET SO 5 which
further tested for student motivation in the future.Maalouf and Putzeys (2020) blended multiple interventions focusing on learning withtechnology and conducted a hybrid classroom before the pandemic lockdown. The paper waswell structured and used a very consistent standardized language and presented every aspect ofits work in detail explaining how they conducted their intervention and why. Their outcomeswere similar to Davishahl et al. (2022) in the sense that despite its results lacking significance,the students’ written and surveyed responses showed a preference for new changes incomparison to other previous traditional courses.Goldberg et al. (2015) conducted a practice-based intervention focused on student reflection andself-regulation
only presented in English [7] and inaccurate assessment results that may artificiallylower GPAs [7], these factors generate a potential hardship and disadvantage in any STEM internshipapplication process.In attempts to remove these barriers, the traditional cover letter and resume application format were substitutedwith visual application requirements designed to reflect a candidates’ enthusiasm for STEM topics and aninsight into persistence and problem-solving abilities. Additionally, the PROPEL team created 1-2 min. videoswith host labs that relate the lab focus and the summer internship project. Applicants were asked to write a brief,250-word essay reflecting on a personal or academic challenge. This enabled the PROPEL applicationcommittee
by focusingon empathy and listening, exploring audience needs in a way that leads to sharply definedproblem statements. Through a process of divergent and convergent thinking, participants areasked to first generate lots of ideas and reflect on them with a group of peers, then narrow whatthey will write, say, or show, using quick sharing tools like storyboards or flow outlines andtesting both their messages and strategy. Then they give and receive critical feedback in realtime, allowing them to refine their approach and iterate through the process again until ready. Wefocus on practice for our trainees, emphasizing simple, memorable tools – the Elements – thatcan be applied at a variety of scales. A great illustration of this is a
theclosing of the university campus and makerspace. When classes resumed in-person, themakerspace did not return to pre-pandemic student usage levels. As a result of this down-time inworking with students, both students and university staff had the opportunity to re-designsystems, including hiring. This forced pause and reflection, while not ideal, was an importantlesson learned to remind staff to re-evaluate existing systems. This shift resulted in a staff thatwas close to pre-pandemic gender parity levels at the time of interviews in 2022. One female-identifying student staff member described the this as “a good thing, In engineering, I have faceddiscrimination, of course, just being one of the minority women. I know in petroleumengineering, we're
reached.IDP module has been modified significantly over the last several years based on feedback fromearly participants and our own growth in understanding student’s needs and challenges innavigating an interdisciplinary program. In the early offerings of the course, we introduced whatan IDP is, why it is important and how to use it to assess progress and plan for the future.Students fill an IDP template with help and feedback from the course instructor (and sometimestheir research advisors). Student feedback and reflections showed that students struggled withthe IDP exercise.The current implementation of the course spends three to four lectures that building up themotivation for IDP development. The first lecture gives an overall view of the
understanding of these students’ experiences. Todate, the research team has recruited and conducted Zoom interviews with 22 undergraduateengineering students from over 11 universities. The interviews consist of three major parts: 1)Students’ identity and impact on lives, 2) Engineering-related experiences, and 3) Reflection andGiving Back to the community. The details of the bigger project are described elsewhere [17]. 4We adopted narrative and discourse analysis techniques [18], [19] to construct narratives fromthe transcribed interviews. Constructed narratives centered around the final question of ourinterview protocol (i.e., “If you could tell
similardistricts.To accomplish the goal of including emergent bilingual students in engineering activities, we areemploying a design-based research approach with a participatory framework [3] to design,implement, and investigate a standards-aligned professional learning model for monolingualteachers. School leaders, principals, and teachers are working with the research team to co-construct and iterate a model of professional learning. This model introduces teaching toengineering design along with translanguaging (i.e., using all the linguistic resources in anylanguage that a student brings to the classroom within their engineering work). Our model alsoasks teachers to reflect on their language ideologies, or beliefs and conceptions of how languageis used in
research broadly focused on global issues related to sustainable waste management and plastic pollution. After earning her PhD 2021 from the University of Georgia, Amy developed skills in qualitative research methods in engineering education at Oregon State University. As part of this training, she used interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to examine engineering faculty well-being and collaborated on the development of a reflective tool for researchers to build skills in semi- and unstructured interviewing. Building on her postdoctoral training, Amy aims to merge her methodological interests to pursue research questions in the nexus of engineering education, sustainable development, and resilient
reflects the learning process [13], [14], [15]. Although the potential for STEMand music integration has long been recognized, the idea has been slow to become popular withmainstream audiences, such as school children in their classrooms. A previous experience by thisteam, supported by the National Science Foundation’s grant “Connecting STEM to Music andthe Physics of Sound Waves”, developed and implemented a set of activities geared towardsengaging underserved children in STEM through the connections with music. In it, members ofthis team visited 8th-grade classrooms and worked together with teachers, helping childrenexplore how physical objects and digital tools vibrate and create sound. The experience provedto greatly improve the children’s
indicate consistent use of digital Engineering Design ID Materials Process Log (EDPL) during implementation of 8th grade curricula, as suggested. Several teachers also observed using the EDPL with 6th and/or 7th grade classes as well. Teacher Interviews document teacher reflections on which stages of the EDP they Facilitation/Student found most challenging to facilitate. Challenges related to the Ideate and Engagement in Evaluate stages were most common. For example, Teacher 1 described Engineering Design students’ reluctance ideate and the challenge of facilitating iteration: Process “The biggest thing that they struggled with is the ideate
examining conceptual knowledge gains, affect, identity development, engineering judgment, and problem solving.Dr. Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan Aaron W. Johnson (he/him) is an Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department and a Core Faculty member of the Engineering Education Research Program at the University of Michigan. His lab’s design-based research focuses on how to re-contextualize engineering science engineering courses to better reflect and prepare students for the reality of ill-defined, sociotechnical engineering practice. Their current projects include studying and designing classroom interventions around macroethical issues in aerospace engineering and the productive beginnings of
serves as a learning tool forstudents, helping them to become more aware of their academic and professional strengths andweaknesses while supporting their efforts to identify strategies for expanding their knowledgeand improving their metacognitive skills.The method comprises several variants that reflect different educational settings. Currently, themethod includes EvaluateUR, EvaluateUR-CURE, and Evaluate-Compete(https://serc.carleton.edu/evaluateur). EvaluateUR, the initial variant of the method, wasdeveloped at SUNY Buffalo State University to provide feedback about student learningoutcomes from a summer research program with students conducting 8-10 weeks of independentresearch with mentoring provided by faculty. For more details about the
faculty and industry 100 sponsor) Project Charter 100 *Should be signed by your industry sponsor as commitment of resources toward your project and authorization of work. Methodology 150 Submit PowerPoint slides for Project Plan to Communication professor n/a Project Plan Presentation (Capstone & Communication faculty and industry 100 sponsor) Project Plan 200 Midterm Reflection 50 TOTAL TCMT631. Capstone I
of a shortanswer question in which students succinctly describe their post-graduation plans, a freeresponse question which asks students to reflect on their personal strategic focus as a member ofthe BME community, and a copy of their professional résumé at the time they were enrolled inthe course.To date, we have collected over 1000 individual student assignments between both courses andare currently in the process of pairing them so the same students can be tracked across the twotime points. In addition to the students’ assignments, we are also collecting information about thefirst position students attained post-graduation, if available, from public sources such asLinkedIn or the alumni directory. Once data from all three time points is
(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. Research work was conducted under institutional IRB protocols, IRB#2021-046(N).References[1] Fisher, F. T., & De Rosa, A. J. (2021, April), A review of Adaptive Expertise and its integration within undergraduate engineering curricula Paper presented at Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference, Virtual . 10.18260/1-2—36282[2] Peterson, P., & Fisher, F. (2001, June), A Tool To Measure Adaptive Expertise In Biomedical Engineering Students Paper presented at 2001 Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 10.18260/1-2--9908[3] Wineburg, S., Reading Abraham Lincoln: An expert/expert study in the interpretation of
promoting and assessing undergraduate learning. Susannah has taught classes in biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology as well as general biology, human biology and cancer biology for engineering and science students. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Engaging students in developing course improvements leads to both faculty and student insightsAbstract- Sometimes we learn new approaches to teaching from the occasional conversationwith colleagues, an article in a journal or attending a conference. In this article, I describeengaging students in reflecting on a past class, then suggesting new approaches to teaching thatthey feel would improve the
reviewing and discussing the Code of Ethics, students watch the documentary“The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley”. After viewing the documentary, the students areprovided writing prompts that encourage reflection on the ethical issues raised in the film.Additionally, students are encouraged to explore and compose their own reflections on ethicalconsiderations.Writing Prompts:1) Research what protections exist for whistleblowers and briefly describe them.Research the risks for whistleblowers and describe them. Knowing the level of protection andrisks for whistleblowers, would you choose to whistleblow if in an unethical situation? If youwere in the whistleblower’s shoes, how would you choose to whistleblow? What choices do youhave? Would
, to this room, today? February2023 CoNECD Conference 5My Results2016- Precipice ofPrivilege2020- I’mneurodivergentToday- I believe inequityFebruary2023 CoNECD 6Step One: Reflect Buildinselfreflectioninto yourdailyleadershippractice. Askyourself, “what”and“how”questions. Go forbetter: The dichotomyofright andwrongare not the onlysolutions, there is also better. Be onthe lookout fornewdata. February2023 CoNECD
. 11We hypothesize a theory of action for an ecological belonging intervention. 12 The intervention conveys the message thattypical adversity is normal and surmountable. Students form/in teams (10 min)(5 min) Independent reflective writing activity Introduction (5 min) Students listen to stories from previous students (10 min)“It can be easy to feel overwhelmed or to sometimes wonder to yourself ‘do I really belong
Director Harris onboardingin May 2022, he has redefined the DELTA as a BRIDGE program with an emphasis onsupporting students throughout their first year (not just two weeks in the summer).The above sample size focuses specifically on the Black/African-American populationwithin the College of Engineering, numbers reflecting first year students entering thecollege (on the left are those that participated in DELTA Bridge, on the right are thosethat did not). 13 Keys to Success
, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Linda Vanasupa is professor of materials engineering at Olin College. She also served as a professor at the California Polytechnic State University for 27 years. Her life’s work is focused on creating ways of learning engineering that honors the whole.Khalid Kadir, University of California, Berkeley ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 View from the Kaleidoscope: Conceptualizing antiracist priorities forengineering as a collective across vantagesIn this session entitled, “View from the Kaleidoscope: Conceptualizing antiracistpriorities for engineering as a collective across vantages,” we will reflect on theformative meeting of an advisory board of a
equipped with skills in constraint-based computer modeling to keepinnovating high level technology and systems [2]. As industries lean further into the world of 3Dmodeling, students need to learn how to effectively design in computer systems to communicatetheir visions. Therefore, universities need to keep up with the growing use of CAD and updatecurriculum to reflect the demands of industry including creative visualization skills,communication, and technical prowess [3].Experience is widely considered as the path to becoming an expert in any given field [4-6]. In thecase of CAD and more specifically modeling in CATIA, beginners start to build theirunderstanding of the program and the basic skills that go into 3D design. As these learners
semester by goingthrough this process and to provide a thoughtful conclusion on how this exercise can help themin the future. Reports were reviewed from four engineering communications sections, eachtaught by a different instructor, from the Fall 2023 semester for a total of 89 reports. Notes weretaken on anything that students indicated to be useful about the assignment, including things theylearned, applied, reflected on, etc.The secondary aims of the study will be addressed using quantitative data collected from first-year engineering students enrolled in the engineering communication course at *university*during the Fall 2021, Fall 2022, and Fall 2023 semesters. Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 gradesfrom the Teamwork Report assignment will be
research projects. We also explorewhether a dual advising structure with a research mentor and a communication teaching assistantenhances student’s self-efficacy in computing. For both of these questions, we define key variablesto quantify student mastery and their computational thinking using qualitative student feedbackand student reflection using GPT-3. We provide a reproducible blueprint for using large languagemodels in this task to assess student learning in other contexts as well. We also correlate our resultswith a pre- and post-course Likert survey to find significant factors that affect student self-efficacyand belonging in AI.With our course design and dual advising mentoring model, we find that students showed a sig-nificant
underscores the program's commitment to advancing STEAMeducation by empowering educators to inspire the next generation of innovators and problem-solvers in their classrooms and communities.Mobile Roadshow InitiativeThe AIR Program at Pittsburg State University is pioneering a mobile roadshow initiative toenhance access to its transformative workshops. Recognizing barriers to STEAM education, theprogram aims to bring robotics opportunities directly to underserved communities [3].This initiative offers condensed versions of the Summer Youth Workshops in a portable format,making STEAM learning more accessible to communities facing resource limitations orlogistical challenges. Beta-tested in October 2022, the roadshow concept reflects the
project, anticipated capstone specific products and deliverables, design and testingapproaches, timelines, and plans for demonstrating each of the ABET Student Outcomes. EPICScourse standard assessment practices applied to capstone projects include notebook documentationof work and accomplishments, weekly and summative reflections, design review presentations,transition documents, and peer evaluations. The notebook is filled with data on all the project-related activities the students are actively involved in, often with links to specific work artifacts,explanations of them, and concise narratives explaining the student's specific individualcontribution to them. The weekly and summative semester reflections ask students to write brieflyabout
. Engineering Design Process.PATHWAYS are thematically based curricular units reflecting categories of injustices that havegreat impact at the individual and community level which can also be connected to each other tohighlight systemic consequences. There are five PATHWAYS: Health, Traffic & Transportation,Economics, Gentrification, and Environment. The PATHWAYS have historical roots and policydecisions intended to sustain inequities which led to engineering artifacts that continue to haveimpact on students and communities today. One such example is the evolution of transportationsystems across the nation. The gentrification PATHWAY highlights a phenomenon that is a rippleeffect of redlining, which has connections to housing, schools, pollution