Paper ID #34693Work in Progress: Assessment of Reflective Thinking in GraduateEngineering Students: Human and Machine MethodsDr. Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University Roman Taraban is Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Texas Tech University. He received his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Carnegie Mellon University. His interests are in how undergraduate students learn, and especially, in critical thinking and how students draw meaningful con- nections in traditional college content materials.Dr. Micah Iserman, Texas Tech University Interested in language use, mental representation, and social
education, including how to support engineering students in reflecting on experience, how to help engineering educators make effective teach- ing decisions, and the application of ideas from complexity science to the challenges of engineering education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Creating capacity to explore what students learn from reflection activities: Validating the knowledge gain surveyAbstractThis paper reports on the methodological process of validating a survey instrument to measurestudent learning from reflection activities. Reflection is thought to be a helpful teaching andlearning tool. In engineering education
in reflective learning and personal self reflection in engineering classes in addition to her passion for engineering ethics and conceptual learning.Nozomi Nishimura, Cornell UniversityProf. Isaac Smith, Brigham Young UniversityDr. David M. Small, Cornell University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Enhancing the teaching of research ethics through encounters with patients and reflectionIntroductionResponsible conduct of research is a major element of all engineering disciplines but is especiallyimportant in biomedical engineering. Recently, there has been a movement toward more stringentresearch ethics practices due to
learning, and engineering communi- cation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 I Wish I Would Have Known Engineering Student's Reflections on Challenges and Support Experienced in Graduate ProgramsAbstractThe purpose of this research paper is to characterize the experiences of engineering doctoralstudents as they reflect upon what they wish they had known before beginning their program.Engineering graduate enrollment rates have been declining over the past few years, while studentwell-being issues are rising. This work is part of an overarching investigation examining thephenomenon of
Paper ID #28461A Reflective Evaluation of a Pre-College Engineering Curriculum toPromote Inclusion in Informal Learning EnvironmentsMrs. Kayla R. Maxey, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Kayla is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research interest includes the influence of informal engineering learning experiences on diverse students’ attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions of engineering, and the relationship between students’ interests and the practices and cultures of engineering. Her current work at the FACE lab is on teaching strategies
2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Managing Students’ Learning through Reflection on Doing through a Self-Tutoring System Yifan Zhou, Yanwei Sun, Zachary Ball, Zhenjun Ming, Janet K. Allen, Farrokh Mistree School of Computer Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of technology, China/School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of technology, China/Mechanical Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University, USA/School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of technology, China/Systems Realization
Paper ID #35477First-Year Engineering Students’ Reflections: Plans in Response toPerceived Performance on Course Learning ObjectivesKayla Ney, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Biological Systems Engineering Kayla is a Master’s student in Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a focus in engineering education. She received her B.S. in Biological Systems Engineering at UNL and is currently pursuing an M.S. in BSE. Her current research is investigating antioxidant microparticles for the mitigation of low back pain. As an undergraduate, Kayla conducted data analysis under Dr. Diefes
individual’s decision-making in the face of discrete moral or ethical quandaries. Yet,prior scholarship by Joseph Herkert [2] suggests there is a multi-layered set of ethical obligationsthat range for microethics––or individual decisions––to macroethics, which reflect theprofessional society’s values and ethical obligations. Macroethical dilemmas result in the“problem of many hands”, as described by van der Poel and Royakkers [3]. This brings to lightthe notion that individuals or even large organizations are not solely responsible for engineeringprocesses and uncertain outcomes. For it is clear that no individual or discrete organization hascomplete control and authority for the complex socio-technical innovation process from designto implementation
recommendations 10expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation. 9. REFERENCES[1] L. M. Nguyen, C. Poleacovschi, K. M. Faust, K. Padgett-Walsh, S. G. Feinstein and C. Rutherford, "Conceptualizing a Theory of Ethical Behavior in Engineering," in American Society For Engineering Education , Virtual, 2020.[2] L. M. Nguyen, C. Poleacovschi, K. Faust, K. Padgett-Walsh, S. Feinstein, C. Rutherford and M. LaPatin, "The Culture of Disengagement in Engineering Education Revealed through the COVID-19 Pandemic," in Engineering Project Organization Conference, Virtual
(Year 3), and repeat surveys and interviews during their eighth semester(Year 4) [26]. The survey included eight measures which reflect a wide variety ofcomplementary constructs and measurement domains, including both general and engineering-specific measures [26]. The semi-structured interviews are the focus of this paper and thus theinterview protocol will be discussed in more depth in the following section. Results from thisstudy have been previously published and include quantitative analysis of the initial and mid-point surveys, thematic qualitative analysis of the initial interviews, and qualitative analysis of asingle construct, such as moral disengagement [27-32]. An extensive analysis of our longitudinalquantitative data over the three
students’understanding of the role of ethics and societal impacts (ESI) in engineering. Socializationdescribes the process of learning the skills and values required for membership in a group. Thisresearch paper draws on data from three focus groups that were conducted with a total of 26undergraduate engineering students at three U.S. universities. The students were enrolled inengineering courses with ESI content, and the focus groups included discussion of the specificcourse that was being studied by the research team as a potential exemplar of ESI instruction andof students’ broader exposure to ESI inside and outside the classroom. In all three courses, thestudents were seniors and thus could reflect on their undergraduate experience. The focus groupswere
in this article.Dr. Marie Stettler Kleine’s research on humanitarian and integrated engineering programsinspired her reflection on how different forms of contextualization and the vocabulary used todescribe them signal different ways to best teach engineers. Her graduate training in science andtechnology studies and human-centered design prepared her to see that these forms ofcontextualization are much more nuanced than using particular language, but this varyinglanguage fundamentally changes the engineering pedagogy in practice. She continues tointerrogate why and how engineering educators learn from other disciplines to explicitlyprioritize contextualization.For Dr. Kari Zacharias, this project has been an opportunity to reflect on the
previous funded research has explored the effects of implicit bias on ethical decision making in the engineering classroom.Dr. Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He earned his BS from Worces- ter Polytechnic Institute (92) and his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (98). He has pub- lished two books, ”Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics” and ”Interpreting Diffuse Reflectance and Transmittance.” He has also published papers on effective use of simulation in engineer- ing, teaching design and engineering economics, and assessment of student learning.Dr. Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut Daniel Burkey is the Associate
Paper ID #34247Role of Reflection in Service Learning-based Engineering Programs: ACross-cultural Exploratory and Comparative Case Study in India and theUSAMr. Srinivas Mohan Dustker, Purdue University, West Lafayette Srinivas Dustker is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He received his B.E. in Industrial Engineering and Management from B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India and his M.S. in Industrial and Operations Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.Mr. Bandi Surendra Reddy, Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management Surendra Bandi has been with Hyderabad
Paper ID #33808Student Reflections on Sustainability and Empathy: The Outcomes of aSustainability Workshop in First-year Design CoursesMr. Rohan Prabhu, Pennsylvania State University Rohan Prabhu is a PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Penn State with a doctoral minor in Psychology. He holds a master’s degree in Engineering Design and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. His research interests are to study designers’ use of design for additive manufacturing in their creative problem-solving process. He is also studying the development of effective educational interventions on design for additive
Award for Women in Engineering Education in 2016. Dr. Davis received a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Loyola University, New Orleans in 1985 and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette in 1987 and 1990, respectively. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Examining the Efficacy of Exam Wrappers in a Computer Science CourseAbstract (Evidence-based Practice)An exam wrapper is a guided reflection activity that students undertake following an exam.Students are typically asked to reflect on their preparation, performance, and plans for preparingfor the next exam. The
5 Diversity and Inclusion in CBE Curriculum First‐Year Courses Introduction to Chemical Introduction to MATLAB and Biological for Chemical and Engineering Biological Engineers Implicit Bias Theatre Regular Gender‐Pay Reflection Activity Troupe Surveys Gap Coding Questions on Assignments ResultsWeber and Atadero. 2020 Annual CoNECD Conference
during an event designed to disrupt the educational enterprise [11]. TheCOVID-19 pandemic thus provides an opportunity to investigate dimensions of engineeringculture during a crisis, which can open new avenues for conversations about equity andaccessibility in engineering by identifying which aspects of culture are most and least amenableto change. In other words, disasters can help uncover ‘what really matters’ and potentially offer anew avenue for cultural change.This paper and its larger research project aim to capture student experiences and reflections, intheir own words, in order to understand how dimensions of engineering culture interacted withpractices in engineering education during COVID-19. This research project will then allow
education within the U.S.As evidenced by these programs, sociotechnical thinking is gradually emerging as an importanttheme within engineering education. More faculty are seeking to implement these concepts intheir classrooms. In this paper, we therefore seek to share insight from our team’s experienceswith sociotechnical integrations and our perceptions of the impacts of these integrations on ourstudents, including how we can use our experiences for formative classroom purposes.This paper presents the results of a qualitative analysis of faculty reflection logs written by twoinstructors who implemented sociotechnical thinking in their classrooms. As has been argued byBrent and Felder, writing and thinking, as is required for these logs, provokes
optical systems as well as their applicability for the detection offlow patterns. Experimental SystemA measurement system was developed and built for the measuring of flow patterns using opticalsystems (both hydraulic and electronic). The hydraulic system—shown in Figure 1—consists of avertical test tube, two optical measurement systems (reflective and passing), air pressure and flowmeters, and an air compressor. The electronic system consists of a computer-aided data acquisitionsystem (CADAS) and a prototyping board with a Wheatstone bridge, which is interfaced to NIELVIS using a digital oscilloscope. Experimental research was conducted using two differentoptical measurement systems (translucent and
practicesand shift institutional culture, the research team hosted a symposium focused on theimportance of teaching at the core of an institution. The attendees included 98 STEMfaculty from several universities all interested in the topic of reflective teaching. Many ofthe participants had been trained in evidence-based instructional practices and faculty peerobservation. A survey of participants asked these faculty to reflect on the idea of a T1classification and how it might be framed in the broader conversation about enhancingSTEM teaching. The survey responses were grouped based on change quadrants. Theresponses indicated alignment around reflective teaching, inclusive classroom practices,and recognition of excellence in pedagogy.Introduction and
understanding of global and societal contexts in orderto solve some of the grand challenges facing humanity. This task is made no less difficult by thenecessity of multidisciplinary teams, diverse stakeholders, and innovative communicationmethods in an increasingly complex world. This vision for a modern engineer is reflected in the2004 and 2005 National Academies publications of “The Engineer of 2020” [1] and “Educatingthe Engineer of 2020” [2]. For historical context, Figure 1 showcases the call for action assummarized in the Grinter Report of 1955 [3] to the call of action as summarized in the Engineerof 2020 reports of 2004 and 2005. Ultimately, all of these reports (starting in 1955) urged for amore well-rounded engineer. The Engineer of 2020
. He received a BSE in biomedical engineering from the University of Michigan in 2018. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Assessing and Communicating Professional Competency Development through Experiential LearningThis is a work-in-progress paper submitted to the ASEE Cooperative & Experiential EducationDivision.AbstractA new experiential learning initiative at a large R1 institution seeks to provide students with aframework to intentionally explore learning opportunities, meaningfully engage in experiences,iteratively reflect on their learning, and clearly communicate their development of one or morekey professional competencies
withunsustainable packaging, conduct and report on research that examines sustainability and ethicalproblems related to the selected packaging, and redesign the packaging, solving the identifiedproblems. They also participate in groups to peer review other students’ reports. This module isimplemented in a junior level communication, design, and engineering core course in theDepartment of Human Centered Design & Engineering in the College of Engineering at theUniversity of Washington. Outcomes were qualitatively assessed by examining samples ofstudents’ reports versus requirements and students’ reflections on the module and reportassignment. Outcomes have been positive and reveal that students gain an understanding ofsustainable and ethical design
Midwest Section Conferencein student learning and teaching styles. There needs to be an understanding of the variouslearning styles in order to apply the appropriate teaching style. The Felder and Silverman modelof learning styles and Kolb’s learning styles will be presented below. The Felder and Silverman model learning styles include active or reflective, sensing orintuitive, visual or verbal, and sequential or global. All learners fall into one of the two styles ineach category. For instance, a student could be an active, sensing, visual, sequential learner.The Index of Learning Styles (ILS) provides a scale for each one of these 4 categories, wheredepending upon the students’ responses, the ILS will indicate how much a student may be
sociotechnical nature of design to identify underlying principles that inform andguide best practices for teaching design and operationalizing humanistic purposes in engineeringeducation. Opportunities exist particularly in the open-ended, ill-defined, reflective, and socialnature of design. Leveraging these in teaching practices and curriculum promotes a broad andwell-rounded education that inspires and enables a creative and productive life, and that isnecessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context. Assuch, design provides a unique opportunity to incorporate and promote the underlyinghumanistic qualities that operationalize humanistic purposes in engineering curricula.IntroductionPeters c.f. [1] developed