peer and /or instructor facilitated discussion, in and out of the classroom as well as online. Service-learning thus challenges students to apply their learning, to evaluate their owneffectiveness and that of the individuals and organizations with whom they work, and to setpersonal development goals. It requires that they interact with a diverse range of people otherthan their instructors and fellow students and that they take on often unfamiliar and high-responsibility level roles. It gives them opportunities to work in teams, to write, to present topublic as well as academic audiences, to make connections between their studies and the rest oftheir lives, and to develop their critical thinking abilities. It exposes them directly to issues
from different countries by comparingstatistics such as graduation rates, etc. Such direct comparisons may be too simplistic. Otherfactors, i.e., social, economic, political, etc., must be considered. For example, Thai students maybe under more pressure to conform and graduate with their peers within four years in the field Page 9.985.8they had first chosen while American students may not be subjected to such pressure. As a result, “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”the American students
Beliefs 213 4.23 9 10 23 52 119 Supervisors 213 3.62 16 13 57 78 49 Public Laws 210 3.43 22 23 64 44 57 Customers/Clients 209 3.39 20 30 53 60 46 Peers 213 3.38 16 24 76 56 41 Company Policies 213 3.30 13 36 72 59 33 Profession 213 3.17 25 30 67 66 25 Design Codes 207 3.14 31 30 59 53
Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 3268or paper" (p. 326). They also note that, given the popularity of this technique, it's quitesurprising that they could only find thirty controlled experiments of hypermedia that made use ofobjective outcomes. Further, they suggest that the lack of supporting evidence for the efficacy ofhypermedia is most likely partly due to flaws in experimental design. In a similarlycomprehensive assessment of the existing literature, Tergan echoed their sentiment, writing that"…because of inherent shortcomings in design and research the potential ofhypertext
all members is required to complete a project effectively. 9. Foundations in technical report writing. An effort coordinated with the English Technical Department. Reports 10. Foundations in preparing and presenting information in oral presentations. Oral Briefings 11. A Tool: Foundations in using the USAFANet and the WWW. Computer Nets 12. A Tool: Slide and figure preparation using MS-PowerPoint. PowerPoint 13. A Tool: Foundations in using MS-Excel to create and use spreadsheets to catalog data Spreadsheets and to make calculations.from the instructor’s suggestions for improvement. We have found that the feedback sheetimproves student
realization ofplace and develop future direction. Additionally, the work of Arthur Chickering (1969)has provided a theoretical framework for these objectives and, together with institutionalexperience, has provided an increased awareness that engaging students from multipleperspectives is more often than not responsible for helping students develop academicallyand socially.Success as a college student requires development of a strong personal network ofsupport, connection among peers and purposeful awareness of their course of study.Studies of how college effects students by Pascarella and Terenzini (1991) offer citationafter citation as to the value and importance of the concept of mentorship, i.e., connectionto faculty, staff, students and others
involvement in an engineeringcurriculum. They are listed in no particular order and we make no claim that this list isexhaustive. The authors welcome information on similar programs.• University of Rhode Island’s The International Engineering Program1Rhode Island’s rationale statement expresses the need for US engineers to be able to “workwith peers and partners who view the world through differing cultural lenses,” and the dangerof Americans not being able to meet “the qualifications of positions in global firms.” TheRhode Island program in German, French and Spanish is a five-year dual degree program inboth engineering and language study. A corporate internship in Europe or Latin America is arequirement for the program. Rhode Island has developed
presentation. Animportant strategy to enforce rehearsing involved pairing students to peer-evaluate theirpresentations prior to final delivery. This was in addition to a short animated video ‘Get Preparedto Present Well’ produced specifically for the course, along with a check list, to emphasize thekey techniques. A pre- and post-survey was conducted to benchmark presentation skills anddetermine how regimented rehearsing affected their delivery. When rehearsed, the studentsclearly saw an improvement in their performances and as a result developed a strongappreciation for the importance of practicing. However, the study also identified that when theassignment is demanding and time is limited, practice is first to be sacrificed.IntroductionABET
criteria. We elected not to have all teams develop the same app, but to let the teamscollaboratively define their own apps. In doing so the teams spent the initial part of the projectwriting their own user stories. One member of the team was appointed Product Owner to resolveproposed feature conflicts. This activity allowed everyone to participate in the writing andestimation of user stories. We included the initial development of user stories and Android bootcamp as Iteration Zero activities, with the exit criteria from Iteration Zero being that there wouldbe sufficient work defined to support the start of Sprint 1. Page 22.1712.5The instructor
. Fahien Award, the John Wiley Premier Award for Engineering Education Courseware, NCSU Fac- ulty Advising Award, National Effective Teaching Institute Fellow, NCSU Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award, George H. Blessis Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award, ASEE Southeastern Section New Teacher Award, and ASEE-ERM Apprentice Faculty Grant Award. Bullard’s research interests lie in the area of educational scholarship, including teaching and advising effectiveness, academic integrity, process design instruction, and the integration of writing, speaking, and computing within the curriculum.Prof. Penny M. Knoll, Montana State University Penny Knoll is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for the undergraduate
rankings. For the Team Draft 2and Team Final Response, teams revisit their procedure (using peer and instructor feedback) andwork with the larger historical data set.As with any MEA, students are not specifically instructed to use particular mathematical orstatistical methods. For discussion purposes here, Table 1 provides summary statistics of thedata to demonstrate what the student teams should have noticed about the data and referred towhen developing their own data sets to further test their mathematical models. Given the dataprovided at Draft 1, the student teams should have concluded that the mean alone cannot be usedto differentiate the shipping companies. The means are all within about 0.1 minutes (not enoughto make a practical difference
the range of inquiry-based approaches that have been developed for physics education including Physics by Inquiry, PeerInstruction, Real Time Physics, Tools for Scientific thinking and workshop Physics. Prince and Felder(2006, 2007) provide extensive evidence that a variety of inquiry-based instructional methods areeffective for promoting conceptual understanding as well as additional educational outcomes. Theframework adopted for the activities presented in this study drew heavily on the Workshop Physicsmodel, the defining elements of which (Laws et al., 1999) are shown in Table 1. Table 1: Elements of Inquiry-Based Activity Modules (Laws et al 1999) (a) Use peer instruction and collaborative work
teachers through the proposal process, conducted proposal-writing workshops; Co-facilitator (2004), Boston East Pipeline Network; and Alumni, Lead Boston 2004 (The National Conference for Community and Justice). She won the 2006 Northeastern University Aspiration Award, and was recognized at the 2003 Northeastern University Reception honoring Principal Investigators that obtained funding in excess of $1 million over a five-year period.Daniel Sullivan, Northeastern University Daniel Sullivan has a B.S. in civil engineering and has worked for the Center for STEM Education since 2010.Ms. Lauren Horn, Northeastern UniversityDr. Charles A. Dimarzio, Northeastern University
initiatives encompass peer mentorship, professional development, and family friendlypolicies.As TCNJ is in the 3rd year of this 3-year NSF funded ADVANCE PAID grant, this paper willdiscuss the implementation of the program initiatives and success and challenges learned indetail.Equity Assessment InitiativeFaculty Database A longitudinal faculty database was constructed in coordination with Human Resources,The Center for Institutional Research and Academic Affairs. Original HR data containedincorrect information and lacked promotion data. In analysis of the data, only faculty hired after1990 were included. The reason for excluding pre-1990 data is that standards for promotionchanged at around this time period. Faculty hired after 1990 were
was reduced to approximately one-fifth the normal time, allowingthe instructor to work directly with student groups as they developed questions.Organization of any class into a cooperative learning situation can be accomplished by followingthe example of others who have developed methods that help avoid many pitfalls and establisheffective learning systems. Felder and Brents’ workshop notebook on effective teachingcontains many guidelines and references that describe active learning and cooperative learningtechniques2. Among the most important organizational aspects are:1. A statement of course objectives (what students should be able to do as a result of the class)2. An explanation of teams, team member responsibilities, and peer
engineering education. Through these research topics, Raissa has been publishing papers for peer-reviewed journal and conference proceedings. Also, she is part of Dr. Siyuan Song’s research lab, the Safety Automation and Visualization Environment (SAVE) Laboratory, which integrates technologies and education themes to improve building performance and safety engineering.Dr. Siyuan Song, The University of Alabama Dr. Siyuan Song is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental engineering at the University of Alabama. Her research interests include Occupational Safety and Health, Training and Workforce Development, Engineering Education, Building Information Modeling, Machine Learning
underrepresented students from yourschool/program for this field trip? he writes:“I believe more than underrepresented students wanted to attend the trip, but were saddened tohear it was targeted towards these populations which they did not identify with. If possible,multiple trips per school year (perhaps one fall, one spring) would help bring in more students. Itis difficult to comment on benefiting underrepresented students, as Duke (as are most colleges) isexpensive. Some students were attending simply to see what college life was like, while othersmay be specifically thinking about Duke as their post-secondary education. I believe those thatidentified as underrepresented students still found enjoyment and a ‘place’ with Duke, but morecommentary on
Paper ID #42678Board 282: Finding Meaning in Makerspaces: Exploring How Gender InfluencesMakerspace Definitions Among First-Year Engineering StudentsDr. Hannah Budinoff, The University of Arizona Hannah Budinoff is an Assistant Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. Her research interests include additive manufacturing, geometric manufacturability analysis, design for manufacturing, and engineering education.Ann Shivers-McNair, University of Arizona Ann Shivers-McNair is associate professor and director of professional and technical writing in the Department of English and affiliated
who engage in CER. Intersections with class andparenting have been discussed. We have also gained knowledge on positive experiences andcontributions URMWF make in environmental engineering, including from those who haveearned promotion to full professor and served in leadership roles including department chairs anddeans while also helping marginalized communities through their work. This evidence-basedapproach promotes a new lens in EnvE and CER peer reviewed literature to bolster the case forchange and provide examples of support.A2. Collaboratively coached cohortsThese cohorts are bringing together early-career scholars (assistant professors and post-doctoralscholars) from historically excluded groups to support each other. The first cohort
DE1-SoC Terasic FPGA boards through the RemoteHub Lab (RHLab) [12] . Figure 1 illustrates the setup of the remote lab, which features 36 FPGAboards accessible remotely via a web browser. This lab is integrated into the LabsLand globalnetwork of remote laboratories [27]. The students had also participated in a prior survey [26].The study was approved as an exempt study under IRB ID MOD00017662. (a) Structures that house DE1-SoC boards.Focus Groups DetailsFive focus group sessions were organized online via Zoom to explore topics related to equitableaccess. Each session followed a structured format, with the same set of questions posed to (b) Web-based Code editor where students write and synthesize their
opportunities on campus. More than half of the students who completethe program continue to an intensive, upper-division research training program at CSULB. Earlyintervention program has resulted in significant growth for student trainees in several key areas,including their sense of belonging to the BUILD Program, their interest in science and research,and their understanding of the skills required for conducting research (such as scientific writing,oral presentation, and data analysis). Comparisons between students who continued to upper-division research training and those who did not showed that those who continued reported higherlevels of science and research interests, regardless of when they were surveyed. They alsodemonstrated a more
prepare students to not only work effectively with other disciplines, but actually thrive in this role. • Ongoing group process facilitation including peer-coaching during laboratory sessions.The developed biomedical instrumentation laboratory, including laboratory procedures andmanuals will be made available to community colleges partnering with Drexel University andalso to middle and high schools participating in activities organized by the Drexel’s faculty.Specifically, the hands-on laboratory- and project-based courses described below will be offeredto the students of Burlington County College (BCC), Delaware County Community College(DCCC), Montgomery County Community College (MCCC), Community College ofPhiladelphia (CCP), and
disciplines are not obviously aligned. The common engineeringteaching paradigm divides complex problems into many pieces which students are then taught tosolve independently, all the while anticipating that eventually, they will “be able to develop asolution by combining them…Eventually...the effort involved in learning about the small piecesis so overwhelming that we can longer synthesize the original problem–the parts become moreimportant than the whole.”1 Further, the engineering curricular focus on solving “one problem ata time,” assuming a singular answer or solution, stands in direct contrast to “the history ofmodern technology and society in all its vital messy complexity.”2 As Charles Vest, formerPresident of MIT writes, “There are two
understanding as well as additional educational outcomes. Theframework adopted for the activities presented in this study drew heavily on the Workshop Physicsmodel, the defining elements of which (Laws et al., 1999) are shown in Table 1. Table 1: Elements of Inquiry-Based Activity Modules (Laws et al 1999) (a) Use peer instruction and collaborative work (b) Use activity-based guided-inquiry curricular materials (c) Use a learning cycle beginning with predictions (d) Emphasize conceptual understanding (e) Let the physical world be the authority (f) Evaluate student understanding (g) Make appropriate use of technology
learning outcomesevaluated via student feedback questionnaires, peer reviews, supervisor comments and employersurveys. The student feedback questionnaire was administered pre- and post- in a design projectclass. Sustainability learning outcomes were assessed based on the relative importance studentsassigned sustainability between the pre- and post-questionnaires to the other factors involved inproject implementation. The peer reviews included sustainability as a measurement of projectachievement – reinforcing students’ belief in sustainability issues18.The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has developed a university level course forsustainability education with a goal of integrating environmental, social, and economicsustainable
number of factors that determine a student’s problem solving success and final homework scores in these courses. For example, the homework scores also reflect knowledge of the subject, mathematical accuracy, and help from peers. Other factors from the study environment to the attitude of the teacher impact problem solving success, but they were not considered. The focus here is on a single factor (persistence, quantified by time) and its relationship to problem solving success. Clearly, more data is needed to make any definitive conclusions, but the data presented here suggest, at most, a weak correlation between persistence and problem solving success. 2. The overestimation/over-reporting of the time
’ peers; Beliefs concerning the nature of professional engineering work; The social status of the engineering profession. This has a wider dimension which embeds the social as well as industry evaluation of engineering as an occupational group and touches upon issues of professional autonomy, social orientation and inclusion of ethics in the course of professional practice; Knowledge base and intellectual abilities required prior to undertaking studies in engineering; and Teaching and Learning in schools and faculties of engineering. Prospective students often rely on indirect information from their peers, friends and siblings who are or have studied engineering. These opinions are influenced by engineering academic beliefs and perceptions of
meetcertain criteria. To do so, there is a formal assessment procedure. ≠ All senior projects in the College of Engineering are presented in a public forum during the Spring semester of each year. ≠ The students prepare and present the results of their projects. ≠ The audience consists of students (peers), faculty, members of the College and Departmental industrial advisory boards, and any other interested parties. ≠ After the formal presentation and question and answer period, the attendees are requested to complete an assessment form for each project. The form includes questions on content, visual aids, the presenter’s delivery, the presentation mechanism, responses to
communication is frequently is used to convey ideas and project results. Reports, proposals, andproject results are transmitted to others in written form. These documents must be clear, concise, anderror free because there is no opportunity for immediate response from the reader. Oral presentations toan audience of peers and superiors also must be clear, concise and error free. In addition, key ideas mustbe presented visually in such a way that a knowledgeable audience can follow them without prior study.The effective engineer-leader must continually strive to improve both written and oral communicationskills.Two-way communication is much more commonly encountered in day-to-day activities. Here, of course,there is an opportunity for verbal exchange of
inSTOMP to their peers, it should be noted that most of the teachers reported initiating theirinvolvement in STOMP themselves based on their perceived lack of confidence with, orknowledge of engineering and technology content. This was supported by teacher statementslike: “I did not feel as confident in teaching engineering and technology as other science topics. My coworker suggested contacting you.” “…we are supposed to teach engineering concepts according to my school district, but we have been given hardly any training!!”A comparison group would provide deeper insight into the impacts of STOMP.Bibliography1. Portsmore, M., Rogers, C., & Pickering, M. (2003). STOMP: Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship