to fulfillment of the necessary KSAs for responsible charge.Employers know there are gaps, especially in “professional skills” (communication, writing,ethical responsibilities, etc.) and wonder what to do about it. The CEBOK3 identifies each ofthese skills and defines the attributes that are gained through mentored experience and life-longself-development to fulfill them. What is needed is a program that translates the content of thePG, ME, and SD outcomes into a format that employers can understand and use to develop theirearly-career civil engineers. ASCE is currently developing such a program (described later in thispaper)These concerns are further exacerbated by shifts in workplace culture as workers demand moreflexible schedules and
women students’ sense of belonging in engineering. In addition to hiringmore women faculty, Ethiopian universities may want to infuse professional development effortsthat enhance ethics, professionalism, and democratic culture (especially for men students andmen faculty), this implies creating a harassment-free culture. Thus, the engineering college, theuniversity, and the government of Ethiopia may listen to the women students’ advice andrecommendations to improve women students’ sense of belonging to make engineering a saferand more inclusive space for all students.AcknowledgmentsMany thanks to the faculty: Drs. Brooke Coley, Debalina Maitra, and a graduate student, BalaVignesh Sundaram for insightful feedback that helps us to improve the
form the basis of the study results, as discussed in the next section.6.4 Ethical and Trustworthiness ConsiderationsEthical considerations were addressed by obtaining informed consent from the participants andensuring that they were aware of the purpose of the study, their rights as participants, and thepotential risks and benefits involved. Confidentiality and anonymity were maintained byassigning pseudonyms to the participants and storing their data securely.Trustworthiness considerations were addressed by conducting an interrater reliability test. Toenhance the dependability and consistency of the analysis, the researcher enlisted a second coderto code a portion of the data independently. The interrater reliability score of 87% was
4. Getting along with people who are different 3.50 5. Oral communication skills 3.55 6. Using technology and computer programs 3.58 7. Locating past research on a topic 3.57 8. Evaluating past research on a topic 3.63 9. Research design 3.70 10. Thinking creatively 3.73 11. Understanding the ethics of research 3.79 12. Data analysis 3.82 13. Data interpretation 3.86 14. Data entry 3.88 15. Formulating a hypothesis 3.91 16. Thinking like a scientist 4.07 17. Critical thinking 4.16As can be seen, there are a wide variety of student skills that can be improved throughparticipation in
’ pedagogical beliefs, beliefs aboutthemselves, and beliefs about technology in integrating technology into the K-12 curriculum[25], [26]. According to Margot & Kettler [27], while PreK-12 teachers valued STEM education,they reported challenges on the structural and institutional level, pedagogy, assessment, andconcerns over students. Yet such challenges can be overcome. Research has shown that preservice teachersbenefit from improved STEM engagement, especially emotional engagement, after participatingin the robotics unit in a teacher preparation course [28]. Practice integrating technology-relevantactivities using robots boosted participants’ confidence and knowledge (of teaching practice,safety, and ethical issues) and their likelihood
discussion ineducation, gaining strong arguments both for and against its inclusion in curriculum. Thoseopposed to extra credit cite ethical concerns related to grade inflation and question the utility ofproviding students with extra work that is not distributed as a traditional assignment. However,prior work has suggested that EC, when carefully designed, can have affordance such asmotivating additional learning. This paper seeks to extend the previous, quantitative findingsrelating to these parallel computing EC modules by investigating students’ motivations forcompleting or not completing the modules, as well as impacts on anxiety, effort, and learning. Indoing so we seek to understand the affordances and drawbacks of extra credit in an effort
aspects such as budgeting and scheduling. As part of the senior design sequence, students are introduced to various project management and engineering design tools, frameworks for engineering ethics, and technical standards and regulations. Teams are given frequent opportunities to hone their oral and written communication skills through team presentations and deliverables such as a project proposal, technical report, and final project report. Projects Day, the culminating event for senior design, is held at the end of the academic year. Teams showcase their projects through PowerPoint presentations, participate in a poster session, and demonstrate the prototypes of their solutions. Student
Outcome Learning Objective 1 Engineers work ethically and collaboratively Create solutions to complex real-world in diverse teams to solve different types of ill- problems using evidence-based decision defined problems using evidence-based making while working in inclusive and decision making effective teams 2 Engineers communicate effectively with Communicate effectively with technical and technical and non-technical audiences from non-technical audiences from diverse diverse backgrounds backgrounds 3 Successful students use a variety of strategies Create an
Engineering of interest.However, as this author has transitioned roles to a different institution, she considers that her roleis in transition to that of an outsider [24]. Throughout the analysis, she was mindful of thisposition and sought support through external perspectives as well as personal memoing toprovide ethical analysis. A hermeneutic approach [25] was also used to allow an awareness andbalance of interpreting without bias and in conjunction with her personal experiences. Thesecond author has extensive experience in mentorship, teaching, and research to support thisanalysis. The third author is an undergraduate engineering student in his junior year who isinterested in and understands the personal importance of mentorship. He is growing
Professor at George Mason University’s Department of Information Sciences and Technology. He earned his doctorate in Information Technology in 2003 from George Mason Univer- sity’s Volgenau School of Engineering (Fairfax, VA), and has since taught graduate courses there in big data analytics and ethics, operating systems, computer architecture and security, cloud computing, and electronic commerce. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Metacognition in Graduate Engineering Courses Larisa Olesova1, Duoduo Liao2, Ioulia Rytikova2, Mihai Boicu2, Harry Foxwell2 1
Science foundation ITIP (Integrative Themes in Physiology) project, thefollowing lessons could be drawn: Lesson 1: Many faculty are interested in improving their teaching Lesson 2: Lack of instructor time was a formidable obstacle to translating interest to action Lesson 3: Providing readily usable course materials did not facilitate instructional reform because the materials did not integrate easily into the existing courses Lesson 4: Departmental and institutional obstacles played a significant role in the failure of the site test phase of the ITIP project Lesson 5: Technological limitations and the cost of supplies can be obstacles to instructional innovation Lesson 6: Ethical requirements for conducting the ITIP project were
Engineering Education, vol. 84, no. 2, pp. 175-185, 1995, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1995.tb00164.x.[35] E. J. Guilbeau and V. B. Pizziconi, "Increasing Student Awareness of Ethical, Social, Legal, and Economic Implications of Technology," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 87, no. 1, pp. 35-45, 1998, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1998.tb00320.x.[36] A. Otieno, A. Azad, and R. Balamuralikrishna, "Creating a bridge to simulate simultaneous engineering experiences for senior undergraduate students," European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 181-189, 2006/05/01 2006, doi: 10.1080/03043790600567035.[37] R. M. Clark and S. J. Dickerson, "Assessing the Impact of Reflective Activities in Digital
, economic, and political—affect and are affected by the local identities and ethical choices of individuals and institutions. (2 items)For the learning outcomes measures, at the end of the course, we ask the students a set of 20questions with these instructions: Each college course you take may help you improve your abilities in a variety of areas. For example, some courses may improve your critical thinking skills; some may improve your communication skills; and some courses may not improve your abilities in any area at all. Please indicate how much your abilities have improved in the following areas AS A RESULT OF your enrollment in [Course Name]. We are interested only in the
, M. Hellstén and J. Malone, "Moving from interdisciplinary research to transdisciplinary educational ethics: Bridging epistemological differences in researching higher education internationalization(s)," European Educational Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 181- 199, 2018.[5] Association of American Colleges and Universities, "College Learning for the New Global Century: A report from the National Leadership Council for Liberal Education and America's Promise," Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC, 2007.[6] K. Tantawi, "Integration of End-of-Study Projects in Community College Mechatronics Education," in 2019 High Impact Practices in the States, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 2019.[7] S. Xefteris
acknowledgement of the importance of performance skillsthrough ABET requirements and the ASCE’s Code of Ethics. See Chowdhury and Murzi’s (2019)literature review for a more thorough account of the historical calls and strategies to incorporateperformance skills education into the engineering curriculum. Engineering educators and industry employers agree that graduates need communicationand interpersonal skills, collaborative and conflict management skills, and a cultural understanding(Seat et al., 2001) to function effectively as an engineer. What has also been agreed upon is thatsimply having a leadership program and/or incorporating teamwork into classes is not enough tosufficiently teach and develop these skills. Vik (2001) addressed this
and race the structure of U.S. engineering education,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 108, no. 1, pp. 13–31, Jan. 2019, doi: 10.1002/jee.20247.[18] K. J. Cross, K. B. H. Clancy, R. Mendenhall, P. Imoukhuede, and J. R. Amos, “The double bind of race and gender: A look into the experiences of women of color in engineering,” ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. Conf. Proc., vol. 2017-June, 2017, doi: 10.18260/1-2--28960.[19] C. G. P. Berdanier, X. Tang, and M. F. Cox, “Ethics and Sustainability in Global Contexts: Studying Engineering Student Perspectives Through Photoelicitation,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 107, no. 2, pp. 238–262, 2018, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20198.[20] K. Moore, W. R. Hargrove, N. R. Johnson, and F
College Community CollegeFigure 2: NYC LSAMP Scholars at the Senior College 36% 17% 9% 10% 2% 4% 4% 5% 5% 6% 1%NYC LSAMP MentorsNYC LSAMP Scholars work closely on research projects with their faculty mentors who arespecialists in their field of research. Nearly 54% of the scholars selected their mentors because ofthe impression left of the work done by the faculty mentors. Whereas, 17% selected their mentorbecause of the work ethics demonstrated by the mentor during research, 16% had taken somecourse in which the professor taught and decided to work
selection and design, equipment costs, operating costs, and profitabilityanalysis. It also includes considerations on public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global,cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors, making informed judgements andrecognizing ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations, as required byABET Student Outcomes 2 and 4 [14]. Students make final presentations of their projects to apanel of judges from industry and academia. Data on students’ characteristics for the diversityindex were collected from the instructors of the two parallel sections for the spring 2022 courseon 82 students and 14 projects, and for the summer 2022 course with 16 students and 3 projects.Judges used the rubric
research topics to aid in strategic decision making, andimpact services and reputational management.In its 2020 report, ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee summarized that majortrends include: learning analytics, the influence of machine learning and artificial intelligence ontechnology, the impact of big deals cancellations on open access and transformative publisheragreements, research data maturation and the ethical need to incorporate the GO FAIR Initiative,social justice roles including critical librarianship and critical pedagogy, incorporating increaseduse and licensing of streaming media, and finally, library space as a place for supporting studentwell-being [1]. Earlier in a 2017 environmental scan by the same team, the concept of
Mihai Boicu, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Information Technology at George Mason University, As- sociate Director of the Learning Agents Center (http://lac.gmu.edu), Directtor of Laboratory for Collec- tive Intelligence, Co-Director of Personalized Learning in Applied Information Technology Laboratory (http://plait.gmu.edu/).Harry J Foxwell, George Mason University Harry is currently Associate Professor at George Mason University’s Department of Information Sciences and Technology. He earned his doctorate in Information Technology in 2003 from George Mason Univer- sity’s Volgenau School of Engineering (Fairfax, VA), and has since taught graduate courses there in big data analytics and ethics, operating systems
Paper ID #37688Board 276: Enhancing Early Childhood Educators’ Knowledge of ComputerScience and Engineering Concepts to Spark Young Children’s EarlyInterest in STEM CareersDr. Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California Gisele Ragusa is a Professor of Engineering Education at the University of Southern California. She con- ducts research on college transitions and retention of underrepresented students in engineering, PreK-12 STEM Education, ethics, socially assistive robotics, and also research about engineering global prepared- ness.Lilian Leung, University of Southern Callifornia Lilian Leung is a program specialist
permission of the instruction (who isalso a co-PI on the grant team, as well as an expert in technical communication and datavisualization). Students designed data displays and visual arguments; engaged in iterative designpractices; and worked to solve real-world problems on data communications and visualization.Central to the course’s design was that students were trained in key rhetorical principles,including the understanding data visualization as a form of storytelling, information design asresponsive to a particular problem or context, and the strategies for developing effectivepresentations. Students were required to design polished, professional and ethical presentationsand reports; they read and write about visual-design best practices; and
may also miss outon considering the social, environmental, cultural, and ethical implications of their design. Incontrast, effectiveness is prioritized in DT by periodically testing prototypes with the users andother relevant stakeholders at various stages of the design process. Users can even be engageddirectly in the ideation processes and treated as “co-designers” / “co-creators” in the generationof design solutions.Therefore, it can be argued that engineering design is more efficient than design thinking, whiledesign thinking is more effective.3.6. Innovation and impactBoth frameworks mandate spending time on reflection and disagreement, and encourage thedesigner to embrace ambiguity that accompanies the diverging stages as doing so leads
future. Meanwhile, withChatGPT and other AI-generated content, online assessments must consider plagiarism detectionand student ethics education.Student Grades Comparison Over YearsBesides student perceptions, student learning is the goal and metric of the effectiveness ofadopting this approach. The student’s GPA (Grade Point Average) may be influenced by manyfactors beyond this approach of using multi-part problems with randomized parameterizations.As a coarse overview of student learning, the average GPAs from two courses in four years arecompared in Table 2 and Figure 18. The author did not teach other courses consistently to havecomparable data therefore only these two courses are presented. Note that FA21 is omitted as theauthor was on
the three topics mentioned above into architecture curricula can significantly enhance thequality of structures in earthquake-prone regions. Additionally, several specific subjects wereidentified as essential components of architects' training, including compliance with constructionstandards to ensure ethical work and the safety of human lives, practical application of seismictheory, and the design and construction of earthquake-resistant structures.For future work, it is recommended that similar studies be conducted in other countries with highseismicity to compare the specific needs and challenges in each region. In addition, furtherresearch should be conducted to determine how to effectively implement these topics inarchitectural curricula
critical role in sustaining thenation’s economic prosperity, security, and social well-being, engineering practice will bechallenged to shift from traditional problem solving and design skills toward more innovativesolutions imbedded in a complex array of social, environmental, cultural, and ethical issues”[29].Unfortunately, there has been a lack of attention to innovation in engineering education [7].Except for capstone projects in their senior year, engineering students are basically trained thatthere is one answer to each problem. Homework and exam problems all have a single correctsolution. Besides the fact that many real-world problems do not have a single answer, many real-world problems are not as well-defined as they are in the classroom
. The fall seminar will consist of social events, lectures, and hands-on activities;final group presentations (topics selected by scholars) will enhance teamwork andcommunication skills.Table 1. PWS First Semester Course Week Topic Week 1 Introduction/Surveys Week 2 Feelings of Belonging & Mindsets Week 3 How People Learn Week 4 Communication in the College Environment Week 5 Project Introduction Week 6 Invited Guest Speaker from local industry Week 7 Metacognition & Study Skills Week 8 Workplace Fundamentals / Project Review Week 9 Mindset & Response to Failure Week 10 Research & Ethics Week 11 Registration & Semester
inareas such as social and ethical considerations of engineering design.Although investigating student epistemology is important, there is still an open question aboutthe kinds of epistemology prevalent in the engineering curriculum itself. It is challenging tocapture in a coherent way the broad multidisciplinary field of engineering. Engineeringknowledge has many elements including “innovation, critical thinking, systems thinking,biology, mathematics, physical sciences, engineering sciences, problem solving, design, analysis,judgment, and communication” which are referred to below as the 2006 agenda elements [2, p.260]. As this list indicates, engineers must approach designs in diverse ways includingtheoretical principles, models, design codes
of California, Davis; Monica Cox,The Ohio State University; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Yvette Pearson, The University ofTexas at Dallas; Donna Riley, University of New Mexico; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Insituteof Technology.This work is supported by NSF’s Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education andHuman Resources Program (Grant award numbers: 2121326, 2121376, 2121429, and 2121436)and the Lafayette College Excel Scholars program.References[1] American Society of Civil Engineers, “Code of Ethics,” 2020.[2] “DEI Summit | Penn State Engineering.” https://www.engr.psu.edu/equity-inclusion/dei-summit-22.aspx (accessed Feb. 28, 2023).[3] Construction Inclusion Week, “CIW - About,” About Construction Inclusion Week, Feb.27
of a recent study revealed that highacademic rigor and exams were identified as the most common sources of stress amongengineering students [7]. On the other hand, personal stressors such as living away from home,peer pressure, health and financial worries should be taken into account [19]. The researchdiscovered that engineering students experiencing mental health problems are less likely to seeksupport for their mental health issues [20]. Stress and anxiety are prevalent among engineers [21]. This is a result of the nature ofengineering, characterized by its strictness, robustness, and a demanding work ethic [21]. Workpressure can have negative impacts on both physical and mental health of individuals [22].Similar to engineering