, including using accessible terms to describedivergent thinking, asking students to describe one example project they remembered well, andfocusing questions within one step of the project selected by the student as most relevant to theirexploration of alternatives. This iterative development of the protocol was successful in elicitingdivergent thinking experiences across their work.Introduction and BackgroundEngineers are expected to solve problems in innovative and novel ways as articulated by variousengineering education organizations [1], [2], which can be achieved by creatively approachingproblems. Creative thought includes both convergent and divergent thinking [3]. Engineeringstudents traditionally are taught problem-solving skills and
money on classes, but leaving their school without adegree or worthwhile certificate [1][2]. Students are presented with a large "buffet" of coursesbut receive inadequate guidance on which courses to take to meet their desired goal. In this"cafeteria" style of education, students may end up making wrong decisions about which coursesto take or even about which program to enter[3][4]. They may not know when to seek help orwhere to go for that help. As a result, many may leave college without completing a marketabledegree or transferring to a four-year school. In addition to leaving school without achieving acorrect end-goal, they may leave school in debt. A proposed solution to this problem is the “Guided Pathways” model of student support[5
DevelopmentIntroductionIn this paper, we describe the benefits of a virtual community of practice (VCoP) for engineeringeducation research (EER) faculty development. While we know that sustained engagement ofengineering faculty in EER creates synergies between EER and engineering education inpractice, which can support improved teaching in engineering [1], engineering faculty rarelyreceive formal training in EER. In an effort to assist research in the professional formation ofengineers (PFE), the National Science Foundation (NSF) has invested in the PFE: ResearchInitiation in Engineering Formation (RIEF) program since 2016 (previous awards were madethrough the Research Initiation Grants in Engineering Education program, abbreviated RIGEE).The RIEF program funds
are increasing in prevalence andseverity in recent years, and early research shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbatedthis crisis [1]. Additionally, some research has indicated that engineering students whoexperience mental health challenges are less likely to seek help for mental health concerns [2].Our previous research has described a culture of stress in engineering, where high stress levelsand poor mental health are expected or deemed as necessary for success by undergraduatestudents [3]. The goal of this project is to further understand undergraduate engineering students’experiences with mental health during their undergraduate degree programs in order to developand improve proactive trainings, policies, and interventions that
and develop the new laboratory and course “SolarPV Installation and Troubleshooting”. The new course is designed, developed, improved, andenhanced in close collaboration with industrial partners in order to prepare the students for theNorth American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP). In this paper, theequipment used in this new course as well as the course outline and laboratory experiments willbe presented and explained.IntroductionThe renewable energy share in the U.S. energy production market is growing rapidly, while thefossil energy share is declining [1], [2]. The energy generation growth of the individualrenewable energy technologies is depicted in Figure 1 for the time span of 1998-2017. Asindicated in this figure, the
, persistence, and achievement [1-3]. As a result of this research, engineeringprograms have been working to create curricula and develop cultures that encourage students tosee themselves as engineers. Additionally, building and maintaining a strong engineeringprofessional identity has been shown to help recruit and retain individuals from historicallyexcluded identities into engineering higher education and the engineering, science, andtechnology workforce [4-8]. The current analysis is situated in the final years of an NSF-fundedstudy grounded in the frameworks of PCIR identity [9] and social capital [10]. The larger studyfocuses on the professional identity of upper-year engineering students as they enter theworkforce, and the impacts of internship
findings presented in this paper may be used byinterested parties involved in STEM curriculum.IntroductionExperts agree that there is a growing need for cybersecurity professionals and universities across thecountry haven't caught up to the needs of the corporations. Against ever evolving cyber-threats the needto graduate students skilled in the concepts and technologies of Cybersecurity is becoming a criticalresponsibility of academic institutions in order to help preserve the sovereignty of the US and her allies.Universities are only beginning to catch up [1, 2].Security programs, security tracks and certificates in information security exist, but often these coursesare available only for computer science majors or majors in computer related
rural and reservation communities toconnect local funds of knowledge with classroom curriculum. The first summer professionaldevelopment focused on two items: (1) training elementary teachers and pre-service teachers inethnographic methods and photo journal elicitation, and (2) introducing teachers to differentways to integrate engineering instruction into their teaching. The current paper focuses on thesecond summer professional development phase. During this second professional developmentphase, which was designed to build upon the foundation built during the first summer, theemphasis was on supporting participating teachers’ development and implementation ofcommunity-focused engineering curricula. The second summer teacher
scores and student descriptionsof their math-related thoughts and experiences.Results & DiscussionTable 1 summarizes the demographic information and math progression and identity data of thescholars featured in this paper. Math identity change scores reflect scholars’ pre survey scoresubtracted from their post-survey score. The identity item used a 7- point scale, where 7 indicatesstrong agreement with the statement “I see myself as a math person.” Note that each scholar isgiven a number and will be referred to by that number in the remainder of the paper. For thosestudents who completed the MPA, the number of attempts to pass is indicated. All scholarsincluded in this paper were from the first two BEES cohorts, and each individual completed
course concepts prior to encountering them in subsequent "gateway"courses [1]. The term gateway is applied to those courses identified as critical to success in thatspecific engineering discipline. At UA the gateway courses in electrical/computer engineering,mechanical/aerospace engineering, and computer science are electric circuits (ECE 225), statics(AEM 201), and data structures/algorithms (CS 201), respectively. On a review of institutionaldata from 2010 to 2015, the rate of students earning grades of D, F, or withdrawing from thecourse (referred to as the DFW rate) for these gateway courses was: 15-20% for electricalcircuits, 25-35% for statics, and 45-50% for data structures/algorithms. To reduce the DFW ratein these courses, the LIA
Professor of Mathematics Education in the Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership Department at Binghamton University. Her research interests include (1) examining individual’s identity(ies) in one or more STEM disciplines, (2) understanding the role of making and tinkering in formal and informal learning environments, and (3) investigating family engagement in and interactions around STEM-related activities. Before joining BU, she completed a post-doctoral fellow ship at Indiana University-Bloomington. She earned a Ph.D. in mathematics education from Clemson UniversityAdam Maltese (Martha Lea and Bill Armstrong Chair for TeacherEducation) Professor in Science Education at Indiana University
Women of Color STEM’s College-Level Promotion of Education Award.Farzana Rahman Dr Farzana Rahman is an Associate Teaching Professor at the EECS department of Syracuse University. Her research spans the domains of mobile healthcare, healthcare data analytics, and pervasive health technologies. Broadly, my research focuses on integrating mobile and pervasive technologies in health and wellness environments to improve users’ quality of life, mental and physical wellbeing. My research also expands in the direction of mobile security, information and communication technology for development (ICT4D), broadening participation in CS/ IT discipline through the exploration of 1) discipline-based education research to inform
to ensure our nation’s economic non-CS students do not have the opportunity togrowth [1]. STEM occupations account for more than engage in science-based research for their capstone50% of the employment in major industries, which projects in data science. The number of coursesoutpaces the production of STEM degrees in America offered in the areas of computational science in STEM[2]. It is now abundantly clear that the economic disciplines is minimal, and mostly there is no datahealth of the nation depends on a robust infrastructure science courses offered in non-CS STEM programs.based on STEM foundations. Yet, we have a vast Also, enrollment in standard CS course sequencestalent pool
activities andsupports designed to increase student success, attitudes, workforce readiness, and STEM self-efficacy; and to ensure substantial student participation in project activities through a specialbadge system incentivizing participation using an online academic social networking platformcalled Course Networking (the CN). Through the CN, students at all three campusescommunicate with each other, building a community among the students at each campus.The Urban STEM Collaboratory project goals are to: 1. Increase at each institution the recruitment, retention, student success, and graduation rates of academically talented and financially needy undergraduate mathematical sciences and engineering majors; 2
: Opportunities and Obstacles to Bystander Intervention1. IntroductionResearch finds that harassment, incivility, and racialized microaggressions areacute in STEM fields and that these behaviors present an obstacle to the retentionand advancement of women.1 The National Academy of Sciences, among otherorganizations, recommends that organizations aggressively promote climate andcultural changes to expand women’s participation (National Academies of Sciencesand Medicine, 2018). Historically, however, most efforts to reduce harassment andother harmful practices, including legislation, reporting systems, and training, havefailed (Feldblum and Lipnic, 2016; Dobbin and Kalev, 2019; Tinkler, 2012).Bystander training, which gives participants skills to
as software packages that requirespecialized training but are at the same time more accessible than those used by programmersand software developers. A deeper understanding of the specific differences in how students[1]think about and motivate themselves to learn computational tools is valuable to improving ourteaching in this critical area.Previous work by the author with 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year students identified a great distribution instudent’s utility value and interest in using MATLAB within their major-specific courses [2], andthat these distributions were unaffected by student’s course grades or achievement of learningobjectives. Casual conversations with students who perceived MATLAB as not being usefulindicated they would not pursue
public schools comprising students with varying backgrounds,experiences, strengths, and needs, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)educators are key to integrating student interests with their lived experiences. In the currenttechnology-rich era, where every teenager has a phone glued to their hands, it has becomepertinent to design school-based educational activities that stimulate and build upon thoseinterests. Students’ motivation levels increase when they combine their experiences with learningactivities. Similarly, research indicates that integrating science, math, and engineering conceptspositively impacts student engagement with engineering design and skills [1]. Furthermore,students who receive authentic STEM
pathway, global affect, local affect, emotion, survey1 IntroductionWhile problem-solving is often thought of as a cognitive endeavor, the process also causesstudents to experience emotions [1], particularly when the problems are novel or challenging.Over the course of a problem, the series of emotions that a student experiences is referred to asan affective pathway; these pathways are intimately intertwined with the cognitive processes ofproblem-solving [2]–[4]. This work focuses on the development of a survey question that ourresearch team is developing to measure students’ affective pathways.Affective pathways are of significant interest to us as a result of their ability to influencestudents’ global affect (attitudes, self-concept
demonstrated by both quantitative and qualitative post-activitysurvey data. Interested readers are encouraged to download all materials associated with thisassignment via the provided Engineering Unleashed resource link.1. IntroductionHow to teach various aspects of the introductory programming course - commonly referred to as“CS1” - has been the subject of many papers for over 50 years [1]. While certain aspects haveevolved over time, such as advances in programming languages and software development tools,other aspects have remained the same, most notably the difficulty experienced by many inteaching their students problem solving and design skills [2]. Course assignments play asignificant role in the CS1 student’s experience, to the extent that
non-IVE teams from An-Najah.The evaluation in this study focused on (1) global competencies, (2) value of the experience, and(3) team dynamics.The influence of the experience on the global competencies of the students in IVE and non-IVEteams was assessed quantitatively and qualitatively using pre- and post-program surveys basedon the Stevens Initiative and RTI International’s Common Survey Items as well as survey itemsdeveloped for this IVE to measure whether the program promotes gender equity. The value ofthe project experience for all students (i.e., IVE and non-IVE) was evaluated using a mixedmethods assessment based on the “value-creation framework” of Wenger-Trayner et al. Fourcycles of the value-creation framework were included in this
project students presents a number of progresses on the attainment of the ABET StudentOutcomes. This paper reports the development and implementation aspects of this course.1. IntroductionIn Fall 2022, a required subtractive manufacturing course has been improved with a term projectfocused to service learning. The intention was to develop and implement practices tied to servicelearning and enhance the course students’ learning and success by implementing a servicelearning – focused term project. Service Learning is a teaching and learning approach thatconnects academic course to community-based problem solving practices [1]. Service Learninghas been proven as a successful student-centered learning activity in a high number ofEngineering and
affirming stories,but also institutionally realized leadership catalysts. By making four types of EL developmentcatalysts explicit, we provide engineering educators with authentic, industry-embeddednarratives to support their programing. This project is significant to the ASEE LEAD divisionbecause it provides us with a way of scaffolding leadership development opportunities for all ourstudents, even those who may resist the notion of engineering as a leadership profession.Keywords: career paths, engineering leadership, situated workplace learning, leadership narrativesIntroductionThe majority of engineers working in industry encounter supervisory or managerialresponsibilities within four years of graduation [1-4], yet research suggests that many of
introductory Thermodynamics course. Both sections received identical instructionfor the traditional presentation, but only one section was taught the new derivation during one classlecture period; the derivation was then referred to multiple times during subsequent conceptualdiscussions. Conceptual understanding of both sections was then compared using a second-lawconcept inventory, and a few supplemental questions. The experiment was repeated for two yearsduring the fall semesters of 2017 and 2018. The results are inconclusive; however, several positiveaspects have been described to encourage other instructors to perform similar experiments.Introduction: A new method of deriving the Clausius Inequality ds>dQ/T has been recentlyproposed [1], that
Paper ID #37415”Studies in the Strategies of Overcomers”: Literature Review of theExperiences of High-achieving Black Male Undergraduate EngineeringStudentsDr. Royce A. Francis, The George Washington University Dr. Royce Francis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Management and Sys- tems Engineering. His overall research vision is to conduct research, teaching, and service that facilitates sustainable habitation of the built environment. This vision involves three thrusts: 1.) infrastructure management, including sustainability, resilience, and risk analysis; 2.) regulatory risk assessment and
to support the use of multiple strategies to facilitate asense of community, comfort with active participation and knowledge of course material.However, there was variation in student perceptions by activity (socialization, GSRS, smallgroup collaboration) and by gender. Given their ease of use and potential to impact communitybuilding, learning, and comfort with active participation, a multi-pronged approach meritsconsideration in all graduate courses.IntroductionStudies of active learning in both graduate and undergraduate STEM courses have demonstrateda reduction of failure rates [1], [2], increased academic performance [3], [4], increased coursesatisfaction [5], and narrowed achievement gaps for students from minoritized groups in STEM[2
. PurposeThe work in progress paper presents the engineering design projects from e4usa that engagedSWDs as the stakeholders, and specifically focuses on the observations and experiences of e4usateachers, e4usa student teams, and the SWDs who served as the stakeholders and the educatorsthat support them. The logic model in Figure 1 further presents the desired outcomes ofeducators and students participating in design projects that engage SWDs. As mentioned, themission of e4usa is to increase engineering literacy for all and expand opportunities for thosetraditionally underserved and marginalized in engineering. Showcasing these unique engineeringdesign projects may help increase interest in engineering by all students, including those withdisabilities
failure 1. Prior empiricalwork in statistics education 2–4 and behavioral economics 5,6 has shown that people are highlybiased in their treatment of uncertainty. Engineering as a discipline has developed sophisticatedtools for identifying and reducing sources of uncertainty; for instance, the tools of statisticalprocess control 7,8. However, it is not clear how widely these tools are adopted in engineeringpractice, nor how widely the concepts of uncertainty are taught in engineering programs.There is reason to believe that uncertainty is not emphasized in engineers’ training. Modernengineering curricula heavily emphasize mathematics. For instance, the ABET criteria require 30credit hours of “college-level mathematics and basic science” and 45
form meaning for students. Thismethod allows for a nuanced narrative that breaches the traditional concerns ofresearch from generalization across cases to generalization within a case [1]. Creswelland Creswell describe autoethnography as a research methodology that analyzes aphenomenon through the use of self-narratives, which would otherwise remain “privateor buried [2].” Autoethnography has allowed me to use my personal experience inteaching, providing professional development, and mentoring teachers to provide aframework that can one day be the subject of more data-driven research [3]. As an educator with a decade of STEM curriculum writing and teachingexperience, I have had the opportunity to work in urban Title I schools as well
decades(2002 - 2022). The selected articles were read and coded based on the KIPPAS (Knowledge andUnderstanding, Inquiry Skills, Practical Skills, Perception, Analytical Skills, Social andScientific Communication) framework. The findings from this review suggest there is a need formore research into students' practical, inquiry, and analytical learning outcomes. This study alsoidentifies current practices and identifies gaps in the existing literature. The implication of thefindings for further research and practice were also discussed.Introduction Laboratory education is an important feature of the science curriculum at all levels ofeducation [1]. Experiments are essential to science learning because they are the avenue throughwhich students
students.David Zabner, Tufts UniversityDr. Jennifer Light Cross, Tufts University Dr. Jennifer Cross is a Research Assistant Professor at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Ed- ucation and Outreach. Her primary research interests include human-robot interaction focusing on the educational applications of robotics and the integration of engineering education with other disciplines.Dustin Ryan NadlerSteven V. CoxonKaren Engelkenjohn ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Conducting the Pilot Study of Integrating AI: An Experience Integrating Machine Learning into Upper Elementary Robotics Learning (Work in Progress)1. IntroductionArtificial