quantitative description of students’ community and belonging at IRE.1.1 Iron Range EngineeringIRE students complete lower-division coursework at community colleges around the nation [1]. Thenstudents join IRE for one semester on campus for preparation focused on developing students’professional, design, and technical skills. After this first semester, students earn their degree whileworking in a co-op and earning an engineering salary (average $21.5k per semester). Students remain fulltime students through the co-op based learning format by taking 1-credit hour technical competencies anddesign, seminar, and professionalism coursework, and earn course credit for coursework related to theirvaluable co-op experience by applying and further developing
’ identity development. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comContextualized Self-Regulated Learning: Chemical Engineering Students’ Learning Experiences in a Materials and Energy Balances CourseAbstractThe transition into an engineering discipline via introductory discipline-specific courses can bechallenging for many undergraduate students. These reasons include the demanding nature ofengineering coursework which can be exacerbated by the documented equity and inclusionissues. Chemical engineering students are often introduced to the curriculum through thematerials and energy balances (MEB) course. Because students
, then a quantitative description of students’ community and sense of belonging at IRE.1.1 Iron Range EngineeringIRE students complete lower-division coursework at community colleges around the nation [1]. Studentsthen join IRE for one semester, named Bell Academy, on campus; this semester is focused on developingstudents’ professional, design, and technical skills. After this first semester, students earn their degreewhile working in a co-op and earning an engineering salary (average $21.5k per semester). Studentsremain full-time students through the co-op based learning format by taking 1-credit hour technicalcompetencies and design, seminar, and professionalism coursework. They also earn course credit forcoursework related to their valuable
. Teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of engineering doctoral students for careers in academia and industry and the development of Page 23.557.1 engineering education assessment tools. She is a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career (CA- REER) award winner and is a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). c American Society
. Student persistence is facilitated by mentors [3], [4], [5], [6], rigorous curriculum, and multiple opportunities to engage in real-world work contexts. 3. STEM identity is created through real-world experience in and connections to the STEM workforce; STEM identity is a strong and leading indicator of retention and advancement in the STEM workforce [7]. 4. Experience with STEM innovation as an undergrad fosters entrepreneurship and innovation after graduation [8]. 5. International experience as an undergrad facilitates preparation for the global STEM workforce [9].project contextTIP enrolled undergraduate students in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department(ECE) at Texas Tech University (TTU). Funding
the entire curriculum that (1)reinforces student understanding and retention through reinforcement at short intervals, and (2)minimizes fading of conceptual knowledge due to extended disuse – as is often problematic inthe traditional ME curriculum.IntroductionHistorically, engineering education has followed a linear model in which engineering topics aretaught in separate, disconnected classes that “serially encapsulate” the course material in thestudents’ minds. In contrast, our newly developed first-year course sequence, funded by a CourseCurriculum and Laboratory Improvement Phase 1 Grant from the National Science Foundationtitled “Design-Based SPIRAL Learning Curriculum” (DUE-0837759), strives to integrate avariety of engineering topics in
, communication, team and leadershipskills; life-long learning; emphasis on the social, economic and environmental impacts ofengineering; systems thinking; and design and ethics22. A review of the literature finds a goodbody of work on related subject matter in engineering, such as ethics, sustainability and “globalengineering”, but nothing that covers the breadth of STSE.In a study on teaching practices, it’s critical to examine the literature on teacher identity in thehigher education context. While “teacher identity” is a well-established area of research in the K-12 literature, research is more limited in higher education. One model of university instructoridentity “as teachers” was proposed by Robertson23. This particular model focuses on
Education, 2024“Someone has invested in me to do this”: Supporting Low-Income Students to Persist in STEM through an NSF S-STEM grantThere have been numerous, widespread national efforts to address the challenge of a growingneed for STEM professionals. In a 2012 report, the President’s Council of Advisors on Scienceand Technology suggested that the United States needed to produce one million additionalcollege graduates in STEM fields by 2022 in order to keep up with the expected growth inSTEM positions [1]. Between 1970 and 2018, STEM occupations grew 79% [2] and areexpected to continue to grow 10.8% between 2021 and 2031 [3]. Evidence suggests that thenumber of STEM degrees is increasing, as is the diversity of those obtaining STEM
Paper ID #39174Applying STS to Engineering Education: A Comparative Study of STS Mi-norsProf. MC Forelle, University of Virginia MC Forelle is an assistant professor, teaching track, in Engineering & Society at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. Their work examines the intersection of law, technology, and culture, with particular interests in materiality, sustainability, and practices of resistance and change. Currently, they are developing a a book project that studies the technological challenges faced by users, tinkerers, and repair communities working to repair, maintain, and
understand STEMBegin community interaction Transfer content)at FCC + mentorship to CSU-F Figure 1. Theoretical frameworks guiding the ESP (Lave and Wenger, 1991 and Hazari et al., 2010).While students are developing their personal and social identities, they are also, at the same time,developing a STEM identity based on influencing components of performance, competence,interest and recognition developed through authentic STEM experiences [15].Engineering Scholars ProgramThe Engineering Scholars Program (ESP) CoP was established at Fresno City College through anNSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Paper ID #7033Pipeline for Progress: Multi-Level Institutional Collaboration for Engineer-ing EducationDr. Caye M Drapcho, Clemson University Dr. Caye Drapcho is an associate professor in the Biosystems Engineering program at Clemson Uni- versity in Clemson, SC. Her professional interests focus on development of sustainable bioprocesses for renewable energy production, and on secondary and university STEM education.Ms. Lib Crockett, Clemson University Ms. Crockett has a bachelor of arts degree in Psychology and a master’s of education in Counseling and Guidance Services, both earned at Clemson University. She was employed
andimportance of milestones in the Ph.D. program, it is imperative that engineering programs keeppreparation for milestones in mind when thinking about students’ transition into the program. The NSF-funded Dissertation Institute (DI) is one of few nationally-scaled examples inthe engineering community that is focused on graduate student success on a milestone (i.e. thedissertation proposal) (Hasbún et al., 2016; Miller et al., 2020). It is a one-week writingworkshop that gives Ph.D. students a secure place to support one another among like-mindedpeers while they modify their task assumptions about the dissertation and develop good habitsthat might lead to degree completion. Although this is an excellent resource for Ph.D. students at later
, "Ethics and the Development of Professional Identities of Engineering Students," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 94, no. 4, pp. 383-390, 2005.[28] National Science Foundation, NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING STATISTICS DIRECTORATE FOR SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES, "Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering," National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, 2019.[29] C. Rozek, Ramirez, Gerardo, R. Fine and S. L. Beilock, "Reducing socioeconomic disparities in the STEM pipeline through student emotion regulation," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , vol. 166, no. 5, pp. 1553-1558, 2019.[30] G. M. Bettencourt, C. A. Manly, E. Kimball and R. S. Wells
Program: Students’ PerspectivesAbstractEffective advising ensures students take the proper classes to stay on track for their graduation.For example, in an engineering curriculum, it is crucial that students maintain the propersequence of courses that results in the culmination of the program's required capstone designcourse(s). Any human error during the advising process can risk the disruption of the smoothprogression through the program for a student. Thus, a computerized web-based advising toolcan be highly useful to eliminate such human errors in identifying the most needed coursesduring an advising session. Currently, many advising tools are available through commercialbusinesses or developed by those working in the field of education. In
AC 2010-2311: TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY IN A K-5 TEACHERPREPARATION PROGRAMStephen O'Brien, The College of New Jersey Page 15.1194.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Technological literacy through a K-5 teacher preparation program IntroductionAttaining a certain level of technological literacy in our society is important for a variety ofreasons. In this extremely technologically-rich age, citizenry will need to participateeffectively in our democratic society on a variety of complex problems; such as globalwarming, energy supply, quick-paced biomedical advances, complicated healthcare reformand statistical-based arguments
integralcalculus, ordinary differential equations, chemistry, thermofluids, statistical process control, andengineering economics. Students’ written and oral communications skills are refined through atechnical composition course and through extensive writing and speaking activities in thetechnical courses. These same activities support the secondary objective of the BSEMETprogram, which is to prepare graduates for life-long learning once their formal education iscompleted.The Altoona College realizes that it is very important for its BSEMET degree students to beknowledgeable about information systems security since engineers are now expected to have atleast a basic understanding of current threats and how these threats affect product development,personal
research interests are centered on broadening participation of underrepresented minority students in STEM across all educational levels, mentoring experiences, community cultural wealth, and examining URM student’s STEM career decision- making process and STEM identity development.Dr. Dawn M. Horton, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Dawn Horton earned her first doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University in Education. Her dissertation, The Genetic Epistemology of the Human Genome Field, expanded her mentor Dr. Howie Gruber’s cognitive case study methodology to consider how an entire field develops new knowledge. Her second doctorate, from Montclair State University, focused on the differential effectiveness
capstone design project, but will help build their identity as engineers and better preparethem for professional practice 41, 42. Research points to several contributing factors which play arole in improving student learning during engineering design experiences, including the impactof active, project-based, and hands-on learning methodologies, and the development of a sense ofcommunity and a peer support network23, 43-45. Cooperative learning approaches that are hands-on and interactive are particularly appealing to underrepresented students 46-49. First-yearengineering design was highlighted as one of six key areas in engineering education innovationat the 2011 ASEE Annual Conference 50. Pioneered in the 1990’s and implemented in severalNSF
mentorship through research or intern experiences. Inaddition, while the engineering faculty teaching these courses may have developed effectivetechnical communication skills through practice, they have typically not undergone pedagogicaltraining in technical communication or technical writing. Recognizing the institution’s need given the lack of an official WAC program, inAY2020 the Writing Center Director initially launched an “Integrating Writing into STEM”faculty grant program. The program was based off the model described by S. Wilhout, “WACwithout a WAC Program, (p. 79 in Sustainable WAC)”[8]. Knowing that students needmeaningful writing experiences integrated into their college curriculums and that faculty do notalways intentionally
Babcock, Whatcom Community College Jason Babcock is the Director of the Learning Center at Whatcom Community College. Dr. Babcock earned his Ph.D. From the University of Washington in 2017. His teaching and research interests center on the development of STEM identity, and the negotiation of belonging by students holding identities traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields.Dr. Dan Hanley, Western Washington University Dan Hanley directs an educational research and evaluation team at Western Washington University. Over the past 15 years, Dan has developed and conducted studies and evaluations for numerous organizations, including the National Science Foundation, Washington State OSPI, Washington Student Achievement
quest for educational relevance inundergraduate engineering, are forcing colleges of engineering in the Region (the Arab GulfStates) to “rethink” engineering education and to undertake constructive steps towards reformingthe current system.The higher education arena interacts in a complex way with a variety of external partners whoserole, participation, and expertise must be harnessed to overcome the challenges ahead. The mostprominent partner of all is the pre-college community (elementary, intermediate, and primaryschools). Graduates of primary schools in the Region are the main pool for undergraduate studentbody. Concerned individuals - both administrators and faculty- recognize the need for some sortof a working relationship between the
-world engineering problems rarely have such tidyformulations, so to conflate this type of solution generation with a core identity as expert“problem solver” is analytically clumsy if not presumptuous. It also radically collapsesengineers’ imagination for the breadth and complexity of most problems worth solving and thecontextual sophistication needed to effectively navigate most real-world problems.To explore how engineering education can engage more holistic and complex problems byelevating problem framing as a precursor skillset to problem solving, we review a variety ofprovocations based on our experience in program and curriculum building throughsociotechnical integration in multiple academic initiatives within the Engineering, Design
employers don’t have adequate DEIframework to support students from “populations that are underrepresented in technology”, (Joy,2022). Growth Sector and the STEM Core Network have developed impactful relationships withvarious engineering and technology employers who lacked experience working directly withcommunity college students. While many of these employers had the best of intentions onsupporting community college students in their educational and career goals, many are unawareat some of the differences between the traditional undergraduate engineering or computer scienceintern (much closer to B.S. degree achievement, more technical coursework completed, moreknowledge of transit/housing options). Thus, Growth Sector and the STEM Core Network
Paper ID #45181Fostering an Inclusive Community Among Electrical Engineering Studentswith Mixed-Reality Technologies at a Hispanic-Serving InstitutionPreeti De Maurya, New Mexico State UniversityHilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, New Mexico State University Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre received an Ed.D. degree in Higher Education Leadership from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC), and an M.Sc. from the University of Technology of Compi`egne, France. She is now a researcher at New Mexico State University (NMSU). She focuses her research on qualitative studies addressing minority and underrepresented student
Paper ID #13267Does Student Crowdsourcing of Practice Questions and Animations Lead toGood Quality Materials?Dr. Alex Daniel Edgcomb, University of California, Riverside Alex Edgcomb finished his PhD in computer science at UC Riverside in 2014. Alex has continued work- ing as a research specialist at UC Riverside with his PhD advisor, studying the efficacy of web-native content for STEM education. Alex also works with Zyante, a startup that develops interactive, web-native textbooks in STEM.Joshua Sai Yuen, University of California, RIverside Graduate student at University of California, RiversideProf. Frank Vahid
of the draft objectives among program faculty and back-and-forth with the board, theProgram Educational Objectives were set as follows: (note the sub-bullets represent additionalguidance from the board members) The Energy Engineering program focuses on producing graduates who possess: 1. The necessary skills to be a valued individual and team contributor in a professional environment. a. To prepare students to meet this objective, the program should develop students with adaptability, client focus, integrity, ability to lead and motivate others, conflict management, ability to give and receive constructive criticism, and effective communication
finished, but I questioned whether there wouldbe time to return to these issues. In the end, I hoped that letting them continue to build mightleave opportunities for them to discuss and refine their ideas—about both engineering design andscience—and would better support them in seeing themselves as capable in doing engineering.Kristen’s Episode: Coming to consensus on furniture designIntroductionThis case describes instructional tensions I (Kristen, the first author) felt between supporting aclass’s stable framing as an engineering design community and pressing for students to try outparticular engineering design practices. The episode took place during a science methods coursefor graduate students in an elementary teacher education program at a
Paper ID #11425The Impact of Faculty Development Workshop on Students’ Understandingof Academic IntegrityMs. Kirsten S Hochstedt, Penn State University Kirsten Hochstedt is a graduate assistant at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Edu- cation. She received her M.S. in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in educational and psycholog- ical measurement at Penn State University and is currently a doctoral candidate in the same program. The primary focus of her research concerns assessing the response structure of test scores using item response theory methodology.Dr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State
experiences, community cultural wealth, and examining URM student’s STEM career decision- making process and STEM identity development.Karla Alejandra Ayala , University of Texas at El Paso Karla Ayala is currently an undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso. Karla strives to get a concentration in Computer Engineering to be at the forefront on the integration of hardware and software for future technologies that can better enhance the user experience. Currently she is an undergraduate Support Assistant at the Under Graduate Learning Center in UTEP; where Karla serves as the Gaia Maker Space training team-lead, providing software
Practical Wisdom (phronesis) is the integrated virtue, developed through experience and critical reflection, which enables us to perceive, know, desire and act with good sense. This includes discerning, deliberative action in situations where virtues collide. Flourishing Individuals and Society Figure 1: Adapted from The Jubilee Framework of the Building Blocks of Character [15].In the context of engineering education, a few publications have previously leveraged the JubileeFramework [3], [4], [30] – [31]. These character virtues can be mapped to the seven ABETstudent outcomes further clarifying their applicability in engineering (Table 1). Multiple virtuesmay map to multiple ABET outcomes and there is room