Paper ID #34235Measuring Awareness of Computational Thinking in Kuwaiti EducationalInstitutionsSafia Malallah, Kansas State University Safia Malallah is a web developer, artist, and Ph.D. candidate at Kansas State University. She obtained her master’s degree in computer science from Montana State University in 2017. Her research is centered around metamorphic testing in scientific software. Safia’s research interests expanded to include com- puter science education after observing the influence computer science has on her children. Her current research project is examining methods of teaching young children computational
Chair’s award for Rookie Researcher of the year in the Computer System Technology department. Dr. Sowells is the lead investigator of the Females in Technology (FiT) summer boot camp grant project for academically gifted low income rising senior and junior high girls for recruitment into the technology degree areas. She is also the co-PI of the Aggie STEM Minority Male Maker grant project focused on early exposure to technology to stimulate interest in technology of middle school minority males. Evelyn is not only outstanding in teaching and research, but also in service. She recently received the 2013 Chair’s Award for Outstanding Service in the Department of Computer System Technology and is a member of Upsilon Phi
practice [5, 13]. To enhance students’ employability skills, career identity and practice readiness; Green, Carbone, and Rayner (2019) argued for more flexible and accessible alternatives to the traditional curriculum [14]. Carbone et al. (2020) identified a range of programs and practices, in addition to placements and internships, including practicums, projects, field trips, and site visits within the plethora of activities that can be used to develop practice ready graduates by expanding students’ perceptions of their career and professional identity [13]. Another example of flexible and accessible alternatives is student organizations. Kurniawaran et al. (2020) argued the positive and significant impact of students
gathered through a survey conducted at the start of the semester indicated that morethan 50% of our incoming students have either completed AP Computer Science A or APComputer Science Principles or both, about 25% have taken another computer programmingcourse or learned programming through high school club activities, and only about 20% of ourstudents have no experience whatsoever. While this freshman level course does not require anyprior knowledge of programming basics, students having some background are at an advantagedue to their familiarity with the process of algorithmic thinking, and translation of an algorithmto a computer program. The primary objective of this research project was to determine theimpact of active learning on students
of nearly $2.4 B in maintenance and engineering over the next 20years; this translates into nearly 800,000 new and existing positions in these areas. Currently,while there is an increase in the number of certified airframe and powerplant technicians thisyear, there needs to be an increase of 37% to meet the projected demand [4].The need for increased diversity, especially in the aerospace industry, is needed because theindustry is becoming more global with increasing collaboration between countries andcompanies. This increased cooperation means requires greater diversity is needed to ensurepolicies, procedures, tools, and methods meet the needs of everyone involved. Diversity is alsogood for companies. Diversity in the workforce results in
Purdue University. Dr. Santiago has over 20 years of experience in academia and has been successful in obtaining funding and publishing for various research projects. She’s also the founder and advisor of the first ASEE student chapter in Puerto Rico. Her research interests include investigating students’ understanding of difficult concepts in engineering sciences, especially for underrepresented populations (Hispanic students). She has studied the effective- ness engineering concept inventories (Statics Concept Inventory - CATS and the Thermal and Transport Concept Inventory - TTCI) for diagnostic assessment and cultural differences among bilingual students. She has also contributed to the training and
capture the real problem when addressed from a multitude of viewpoints.Diverse designers provide diverse ideas to generate a variety of solutions. When the diversity ofthe designers is eliminated we risk the alienation of potential users and lose the intuitive interfacedesign. How can we produce effective user-product interaction or, more importantly, ensure ournext generations of designers are producing effective user-product interfaces?Background and Previous WorkThere have been a number of programs consciously reflecting on this need for developinggraduates who are aware and receptive to the needs of clients, users, and the general public. ThePicker Engineering Program at Smith College has implemented the TOYtech project into theircurriculum
involves the quantification and integration of human-centered considerations in engineering systems and/or the design process. Her research program has received funding from the National Science Foundation, Procter & Gamble, Air Force Office of Sci- entific Research, and many others. Her projects that involved the intersection of diversity and mechanical engineering have been featured in media sources including National Geographic, NBC’s Today Show, Essence Magazine, Reuters, National Public Radio and many others. A highly sought out role model for the younger generation, Dr. Reid Smith’s story about her double dutch jump rope invention is featured in two children’s books and was on the 2017 New York State English
collaboration of the program directors to postpone thebeginning of the Module's teaching towards the end of the semester gave us time to investigate,gather information, discuss, reflect, design, iterate and implement.ConclusionsA pilot program is essentially a validation instance that includes methodologies, facilitators'profiles, implementations, application of instruments, and results analysis. This program was thechallenge we faced in 2017. The Faculty Council presented the results to develop the project byincreasing the entrepreneurship and innovation seal to all students. It was necessary to adjustexpected learning, expand coverage, train teachers, among other actions, reaching 100% of thefirst semester students of the faculty nationwide in 2019
Assessments. Analysis of Arguments Constructed by 142 Freshman Only Mix of International First-Year Engineering Students Majors Journal of Science Addressing Electromagnetic Induction and Mathematics Problems Written Argumentation Across the Curriculum 173 Lower Division Mix of Communication Majors Computer Automatic Argument: Assessment of 30 Mixed Computer Applications in Final Project Reports of Computer Undergraduates Engineering Engineering Engineering Students. Education
Mahmoud, Wartburg College Murad is an Assistant Professor at the Engineering Science Department at Wartburg College. He has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Utah State University. Research interests include recruitment into STEM, diversity in STEM as well pedagogy and instruction.Prof. Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education Kurt Becker is the current director for the Center for Engineering Education Research (CEER) which examines innovative and effective engineering education practices as well as classroom technologies that advance learning and teaching in engineering. He is also working on National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects exploring engineering design thinking. His areas
autoethnographies on female faculty in academia are limited [2, 11]. This researchgathered autoethnographic stories from three female faculty members in engineering, the authorsof this paper, who had also experienced gender bias in their teaching. This was then organizedinto a ”collective autoethnography”. The analysis and writing-up of the project were alsocompleted by the authors. According to Ellis’s autoethnographic principles [8], stories are centralto this paper. The literature presented and the emotions evoked after the stories are told is all doneto change the understanding of what it means to be a female instructor in the engineeringclassroom.The three authors of this paper are early-career faculty in small teaching-focused institutions.Two of the
projects broadly to find a solution that will have the 0.534 greatest impact I seek input from those with a different perspective than me 0.693 I seek feedback and suggestions for personal improvement 0.690 When problem solving, I focus on the relationships between issues 0.693 Science 0.758 Design an experiment to answer a scientific question 0.733 Confidence Conduct an experiment on your own 0.754 Interpret experimental results 0.742
Boston, San Diego and finally Rochester, Kathy spent many years in the fitness industry while raising her daughter, wearing every hat from personal trainer and cycling instructor to owner and director of Cycledelic Indoor Cycling Studio. Kathy draws upon these many diverse career and life experiences while directing WE@RIT. In the spring of 2020, Kathy earned her Master of Science degree in Program Design, Analysis & Manage- ment through RIT’s School of Individualized Study, combining concentrations in Project Management, Analytics and Research, & Group Leadership and Development. An unabashed introvert, Kathy enjoys reading and spending time with her family, exploring the world of craft cocktails, and
. Another initiativeis the Leadership Alliance, a more comprehensive program that involves more than 30institutions of different types (Ghee et al. 2014). One of the key aspects of this consortium is 8-10 weeks of summer research experience. Students from member MSIs accepted for theexperience in a research institution carry out a research project, receive mentorship, and gainresearch and professional skills. These programs and other similar ones have the potential tobuild capacity for the transformation of higher education and the workforce. Similarly, theHBCU/MSI Research Summit has the potential for broadening participation by creating acontext in which initial encounters-- between students, and students and faculty-- may lead toresearch
Paper ID #28447Who benefits most from a holistic student support program in engineering?Dr. Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington Emily Knaphus-Soran is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) at the University of Washington. She works on the evaluation of several projects aimed at improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields. She also conducts research on the social- psychological and institutional forces that contribute to the persistence of race and class inequalities in the United States. Emily earned a PhD and MA in Sociology from the
positions such as Project Engineer, Lead University Recruiter, Logistics Engineer, Cost Engineer and Project Manager.Amy Marie Beebe, Women in Engineering Program Amy Beebe is the student program coordinator for the Women in Engineering Program (WEP) in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin whose mission is to recruit, retain and graduate more women to advance gender equity in engineering. As a program coordinator, Amy assists in coordinating programming for current students which includes the WEP Leadership Collaborative student organizations, WEP’s Peer Assistance Leaders and WEP Kinsolving Living Learning Community. In addition to current student programming, she coordinates
in the course or to make sure they can access course materials Using real world examples to illustrate course content Autonomy Assignments that ask students to express what they Competence have learned and what they still need to learn Work on group projects separately from the course Relatedness meetings Frequent quizzes or other assignments Competence Live sessions in which students can participate in Relatedness discussions Meeting in “breakout groups” during a live class Relatedness Breaking up class activities into shorter pieces than an Autonomy in-person course Table 1. Mapping of recommended online teaching practices to their primary associated
on the board. Confusion on the course Suggest next lecture reviewing project information and then project using a muddiest-point- minute-paper to identify remaining points of confusion. Suggest a rubric. Students concerned they don’t Point students to learning outcomes. Potentially go over know what the exam will be some high-level review of the course showing how the ideas like are connected and what you consider important. This focuses students' review efforts on what you think is important Homework is out of
Engineering. At LMU, her main research areas are divided along two avenues: (1) numerical simulations of earthquake source physics, which relates to her graduate work, and (2) developing, imple- menting, and assessing the effectiveness of educational interventions that support student persistence in STEM.Ms. Meredith Jane Richter, Loyola Marymount University Meredith Richter is a mechanical engineering undergraduate student at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. She is interested in peer-mentoring research because she is a female engineer striving to change the stigma and demographic makeup of STEM disciplines. She is currently involved in her senior design project, which focuses on using additive manufacturing
- University of Washington Emily Knaphus-Soran is a Research Associate at the Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) at the University of Washington. She works on the evaluation of several projects aimed at improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields. She also conducts research on the social- psychological and institutional forces that contribute to the persistence of race and class inequalities in the United States. Emily earned a PhD and MA in Sociology from the University of Washington, and a BA in Sociology from Smith College.Dr. Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University Donna Crystal Llewellyn received her BA (major in Mathematics and minor in Economics) with High Honors from
, Washington State University Charles (Chuck) Pezeshki is the Director of the Industrial Design Clinic in the School of MME at Wash- ington State University. The Industrial Design Clinic is the primary capstone vehicle for the School and focuses on industrially sponsored projects with hard deliverables that students must complete for gradua- tion. His research area is in knowledge construction as a function of social/relational organization. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Measuring the Factors Associated with Student Persistence in the Washington State STARS ProgramAbstractAs the state of Washington continues to face a shortage of qualified workers needed to fill
the distinction between collaborative learning on the one hand and cooperativelearning on the other (see, e.g., Olivares 2 ). Cooperative learning is group learning whose main goal is for everymember of the group to learn 3,4 . Our focus is on this type of learning. By contrast, the goal of collaborative learningis for the group to work together to solve a problem, complete a project, etc.; ensuring that each individual memberof the group learns some particular item of knowledge is secondary. We should also add that not all authors use thesedefinitions of cooperative and collaborative learning with some authors conflating the two and others interchangingthe two terms 5,2 . In any case, there seems to be consensus that there are two types of
understand the conditions that mayencourage engineering students to be more entrepreneurial and innovative. Among Epicenter’s severalresearch projects is an ongoing longitudinal survey study of the development of engineering students’career goals around innovation and engineering, referred to as the Engineering Majors Survey (EMS -2016). The EMS study follows a nationally representative sample of engineering students from theirundergraduate experiences through graduation and into the workplace (Gilmartin et al. 2017). Withinthis survey are measures of engineering task self-efficacy and innovation self-efficacy, as well as 39background learning experiences and extra-curricular activities spanning high school throughundergraduate education, which form
offer in case another one does notfollow. We found that those who listed ‘only job offer’ as an important factor in their jobdecision were less likely to be satisfied with their employed position. On the other hand,some listed ‘only job offer’ more positively, often as a result of securing their idealposition early in their search process or receiving a full-time offer following a prior workexperience. How are students being supported during the job search and negotiationprocess? A recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that engineering andarchitecture jobs are projected to increase only 3% between 2014 and 2024, which is thelowest increase of any job sector.17 Therefore, faculty and advisers can play anincreasingly
who needStatics. Flipped classes work best with teams of students who can attack a problem together.7 Weknow that about 3% of students at NCSU are nonresident aliens, many with English as a secondlanguage; language difficulties can can hinder the effectiveness of the group for the flippedclass.8 Returning students who are much older than their peers, parents with young children, andstudents with disabilities can struggle to succeed in a group of 19-year-olds. More than 55% ofour sophomores hold job; 81% of those work off campus.1 Students with social anxiety can alsostruggle.9This project sought to determine whether a student who was released from the need to come toclass could be just as effective as one who was forced to come to class and
engineers. In her courses, she employs active learning techniques and project-based learning. Her previous education research, also at Stanford, focused on the role of cultural capital in science education. Her current in- terests include the study of engineering students’ development of social responsibility and the impact of students’ backgrounds in their formation as engineers.Dr. Vibhuti Dave, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Vibhuti Dave joined Penn State Erie, The Behrend College as an Assistant Professor in the Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering program in Fall 2007. She received her undergraduate engineering degree in the field of Electronics and Communication from Nirma Institute of Technology, India in
paintactivity, the ambassador team seemed to recognize the possibility that the activity was toochallenging. The ambassador said “we realized that what we were thinking about was probably alot to ask for and just a lot of stuff to do and maybe a little bit too much at times.” Sub-theme: Consideration of technical constraints. Whereas sometimes the activitychoices seemed to be very open, one ambassador discussed the need to incorporate projects ortechnology that are peculiar to the institution. One ambassador explained that her group was“trying to expand on something that we had found but also tie it in with some of the projects thatwe do at [Institution] and some research in [Institution]. They were creating a small robot thatmoved around out of
from othercolleges are frequently enrolled. Although the course is intended for freshmen, it is equallyattended by sophomores, and juniors. Some senior and graduate students (primarily outside theCollege of Engineering) are also enrolled.The class is taught in a CLS with a maximum capacity of 260 students. Students are organized inround tables of up to six persons. Each table is equipped with 1-2 whiteboards and a tablenumber. An A-type whiteboard is also available per three tables. The space is further equippedwith over 20 screens placed around the room so that projected material is visible from everytable and angle. The CLS layout, as it is seen from the instructor’s station point of view, isshown in Figure 1.Fig. 1. Instructor view of the
engineering mathematics courses and continuing his dissertation research in cyber security for industrial control systems. In his teaching, Dr. Hieb focuses on innovative and effective use of tablets, digital ink, and other technology and is currently investigating the use of the flipped classroom model and collaborative learning. His research in cyber security for industrial control systems is focused on high assurance field devices using microkernel architectures.Mr. William B. Corley, University of Louisville William B. Corley, M.S., is the graduate research assistant on this project. He is an experimental psychol- ogy graduate student with the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at University of Louisville