students feel valued and respected. This includes active learning style classroom activities to foster open and respectful discussions [16 - 18], encouraging active participation from all students, and being mindful of cultural sensitivity and bias in engineering classrooms. • Curriculum Development: Ensuring that the course curriculum is inclusive and reflects the diverse perspectives and experiences of all students [19] through incorporating diverse case studies, examples, and readings into course materials including lectures and design challenges. • Student Recruitment: Active recruitment of a diverse student body to participate in the course, including students from underrepresented groups in
. Then the complete rough draft undergoes peer review, followed by student reflectionon that process before the final paper is submitted. Finally, students end each semester by writinga reflective paper in which they examine their own work.Argument and AnalysisThe CU Denver Composition program describes this outcome thus: “Students write persuasivelyand analytically. Student writing contains convincing arguments and is supported with evidence”[14]. The traditional culmination of a composition class is the researched argument—a 10-pagepaper arguing for a particular point, usually on a topic of current political import. While this doesdevelop key communication skills, such as persuasiveness and the ability to support claims withevidence, it often
further evaluate the impact of quizzes on grades, we compare grades based on solelyindividual efforts such as exams and quizzes, while excluding homework and laboratoryassignments from the calculations. By the authors’ observations, homework assignments may notalways provide an accurate reflection of a student’s knowledge or performance, as students oftenseek assistance from others or even may copy answers from peers or online sources. Althoughlabs are relatively more representative of a student’s individual effort, students still receivesignificant help with them.For this comparison, we calculate the grade with quizzes by re-scaling both quizzes and exams, sothat the total adds up to 100%. We consider eleven quizzes contributing 20%, three
interview process, whichcould decrease their success during official interviews.Some CS departments and institutions have identified the need to educate and prepare theirstudents for technical interviews. Yet, there exists a greater disparity for awareness andpreparation when observing many other CS departments and institutions. This disparityrepresents an opportunity to promote the importance and need for technical interview preparationand awareness across the CS spectrum and academy.The nature of this article is to provide a survey of literature reflecting current efforts pertaining totechnical interview preparation initiatives and overall awareness in CS curriculums, CSdepartments, and institutions at large. Key findings reveal that more
those who would have struggled more in their absence.Following the Fall 2022 quarter, a survey was given to the SS students to provide feedback ontheir perception of the SI sessions. Nineteen of the twenty-four responded. While a more in depthlook at the survey is planned for the future, an initial review of the feedback indicates allrespondents viewed the SI sessions as beneficial to their overall course grades in math andengineering. They also had unanimous positive reflections on the community building aspects ofthe SI sessions. Some sample responses to the prompt “Do you think the community buildingaspect of the SUCCESS Scholars Program helped your performance in the math and engineeringclasses? Explain” are: “I do because it helps me
comment shows an example of an aspect of financial literacy that our undergraduate students may need help to improve their personal finance and money management skills. • When students were asked about cash flow and net worth from a business perspective for Learning Module 2, students were able to identify strategies that could result in greater income in a particular scenario. For example, a student proposed a low interest loan to improve the security system of the business after merchandise was stolen. Another student reflected that it was better to look for lower cost options or to rent another studio for the business instead of lowering the quality of the product being sold. Another
professor of engineering and a professor ofcommunication, working in tandem to provide comprehensive, industry-reflective designexperience to students over the course of a year. In the course students work in teams to deliverprogress reports and presentations on a design they formulate and build at facilities available oncampus. Their progress presentations and reports are modeled after those seen in industry.In Fall of 2021 two of this paper’s authors sought to mirror this paired instruction in the students’first year. They created a “cornerstone” course by combining an early curriculum CAD designcourse, EGR 201, with a technical writing course, COM 221 [1]. The two courses werescheduled back to back on MWF, which created a 2 hour and 40-minute
Delta emergedseveral years after the Crooked Creek flood. The primary idea for this project was to utilize localtimber resources and set up a plant for prefabricating trusses which could then be used insurrounding communities to facilitate building and address severe housing shortages.One participant in the project whose background is in economics and is not a builder or designer,reflected on the promising outlook. So, we did the feasibility, we worked on the business plan with the [name of organization]. Everything was going forward and they [had several] groups doing the retrofit design for building in Bethel [where the integrated truss plant was to be set up]. That would become the truss plant. They were also in talks
integrates culturally reflective mentoring and professional development specificallydesigned for Black, Latinx, and Indigenous Ph.D. students. This holistic graduate studentdevelopment model includes academic and professional skill-building for STEM careersalongside targeted support for pursuing fellowship opportunities, including the NSF GraduateResearch Fellowship.The theoretical framework for our model is based on social cognitive career theory (Lent et al.,1986). This is foundational to our program because it builds on the idea that the higher theperceived self-efficacy to fulfill educational requirements and occupational roles, the wider thecareer options people will seriously consider pursuing (Lent et al., 2004; Lent et al., 2010). Thegreater
all of our students across the four courses. In a social and political environment thatincreasingly pushed and continues to push for a “return to normal” and reverting to practices thatwere prevalent prior to the start of the Covid-19 pandemic [23], we intended to design aclassroom that would make participation accessible to all students while still meeting courseobjectives. In our assessment of these courses, our personal reflections and indications fromstudent performances and grades reflect that our version of the courses still met establishedlearning objectives and taught students the key skills they needed to get from these courses. Insuch a light, we evaluate the success or failure of our HyFlex modalities. The first and perhaps
Science and Policy Studies at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in economics and a Master’s in statistics. His research interests are in applied econometrics, technology and development, program evaluation, and higher education. In teaching and learning, he is interested in student motivation, experiential learning, and critical reflection to promote active and more intentional learning. Previously, Somasse was a senior economist statistician at the Central Bank of West African States.Dr. Robert Krueger, Worcester Polytechnic Institute ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Improving the Experiences and Retention of Black Students in STEM
, instructors and researchers found that students feel lessstress or anxiety during timed assessments [7], and they appreciate the opportunities to reattemptthe concepts, without being penalized for early mistakes. Instructors also feel that their gradesare a better reflection of students' actual learning [1].Purpose and research questionsIn light of the importance of helping students succeed in this class, which sets the foundation forfuture courses, and the benefit that alternative grading systems can help students reduce theirstress levels and focus on learning, the author has implemented the mastery grading approach inher Calculus I class, described below. The following questions guided this pilot study: 1. How, if at all, do student
40% female students. These percentages areindicative of gender at birth; other gender-related terms [24] and discussion may be relevant butare outside of the scope here.In total, 60,000 completed animation views were analyzed. Animation view time accounts for thetime that a student watches all steps in an animation, e.g., four steps in Figure 1. After the actionsof an individual animation step are complete, a student may pause and reflect or immediatelyclick to start the next step. We investigate the animation view times for the first time a studentwatches each animation. Re-watching an animation or intermediate steps in an animation beforecompleting an animation view can occur but are not investigated further. A limitation of the
National Science Foundation (NSF). Asthe most diverse representation across Black engineering graduate students was desired, snowballsampling was followed. In total, 33 Community Members representing 11 institutions and diverse types(PWIs, HBCUs, International) were represented. Community members were compensated with a $100Amazon gift card. Narrative interviews composed of a narration and conversational phase were conductedand ranged from 1.5-2 hours in duration. Interviews prompted Community Members to reflect on theirexperiences navigating engineering paying special attention to any aspects uniquely correlated with theiridentity. Interview Protocol The initial prompt used was, “We are hoping
workplace. Figure 2.d. shows that students considered that working in thelaboratory helped them the most to develop teamwork skills. Responses included the followingcomments: “We fell into our natural group roles”, “My work was valued”, “I have been able towork with peers who have different strengths, and we learned to use our strengths to completethe lab.”Figure 2.e, shows that challenges this semester were tied to academics and life balance. Asignificant number of responses reflected on the difficulties of developing healthy study habits.Students usually have to balance their academic load, roles in other social clubs, work, personallife, etc. However, although challenges pointed to the academic topics, figure 2.f. shows thatstudents felt they
does not require additional interpretation (e.g., the submission date of an assignment, the grade obtained) (4) reflects the working pattern of the student during the assignment lifetime (from the moment it is published until the moment is no longer accepted – with a due date somewhere in between).One way to obtain procrastination information satisfying the above criteria is to design a short testassignment (i.e., 10 – 15 minutes in duration) that can be taken an unlimited number of times orhave multiple submissions (each submission constitutes an attempt for the student). The questionsmust be randomly selected from a large pool, so it will not allow direct replication of results in anew attempt. Analyzing the attempts and
) helped them to gain a stronger understandingof engineering vibration, b) provided a more realistic engineering experience than the averageassignment in their program of study, and c) caused them to think and reflect more about thetopic. Responses were a little lower on questions 4 and 5 referring to the Microphone Lab. Isuspect this is because acoustics wasn’t expressly covered in the course textbook and this mayhave felt outside of the mainstream discussion. It may also have been that coins may have feltless appropriate for an engineering assignment to the students. Having them record the responseof a motor or something mechanical may improve the response on this lab.Table 1: Summary of student response to smartphone-based lab assignments
their thinking using a variety of representations(mathematical, symbolic, pictorial, and concrete). This study adds to the empirical research onthe role of representations and tools used in learning and practice in engineering, an area of needin the field [12].MethodologyThis study used semi-structured interviews with statics students in their last week of a 10-weekquarter. Ten students engaged in hour-long interviews that included reflective prompts abouttheir experiences in the statics course and STEM more broadly, as well as a series of three tasksfocused on spherical angles, coordinate direction angles, and angles between 3D vectors. In eachtask the relevant calculations were provided, and the prompts asked students to consider how onevalue
3.70Team effectiveness characteristicsThe percentage of responses of the participants on team effectiveness is presented in Table2a-c. The majority, 62.97%, strongly agreed that clear objectives are established for teamactivities. Moreover, 51.85% strongly agreed that the team members are supportive of eachother, and 40.74% agreed that the team members feel fully utilized. In summary, the resultsshowed that larger percentages of the respondents agreed with all of the items. Additionally,it was observed that the highest percentage of disagreement in some items was 7.41% andoccurred under “The team often reflects on how well they achieve the objectives” and “theteam is involved in creating task objectives.”Table 2a: Percent Responses of the
what the other students was saying Measure the active I listened carefully and understood other students’ questions, listening comments, and feedback I was able to reflect and judge what other students was saying I feel motivated to share information with the other student on my group Measure the I tried to be active in asking and talking to the students during the communication process The communication between students was clear I pointed possible alternatives to choose a solution Measure
,prototyping, test and measurement, and process iteration. This would allow a multidisciplinaryteam of engineering undergraduates to have more experience of design with iterative steps thanis possible in the collection of separate prerequisite courses. They would also be able to havemore authentic experiences of project reporting with periodic reviews or quick poster snapshots(sessions where posters that reflect project status at key points are presented) as well as having towork with integration of hardware and software systems. All these elements are intended tobetter prepare students for the follow-on senior design (capstone) course, where the projects aremore complex and more open-ended. Therefore, the longer-term research goal of this effort is
year replication, however, we breakout replication sites with onlydescriptive statistics.Replication SitesThe C-EEEM replication, as noted, focuses on cities in the Midwest. In part, replication siteswere chosen for similarities to the pilot site region, such as a decline in population in the 20thcentury. Challenges aside, these cities offer corresponding opportunities [18]. Louisville is aspecial case; despite is losing population each decade from the 1970s on, a county merger in2003 nearly doubled the population of the city for the following census. Otherwise, as withSouth Bend and Youngstown, it has disinvested neighborhoods in its urban area and populationdemographics reflecting a high number of those underrepresented in STEM fields
)represent a unique yet understudied student group that comprises substantial numbers of thosehistorically underrepresented and underserved in STEM (i.e., due to race, ethnicity, gender, socialclass, ability, orientation, etc.). The individual diversity reflected by SVSMs, as well as theirtechnical interests, leadership and teamwork skills, maturity, life experience, and self-discipline,highlight SVSM as promising candidates for helping the field of engineering meet 21st centurySTEM workforce diversity goals [1,2].Project Goals and Work PlanThe overall goal of this NSF CAREER project is to advance full participation of SVSM within higherengineering education and the engineering workforce via two complementary work streams: aresearch plan and an
areas since this promotes theirscientific and technological advancement. It is well established that several factors areassociated with attracting and retaining students in the STEM fields, including an affinitywith the discipline, a sense of belonging, interest in the field, self-efficacy, and prioreducational experiences, among others [1, 2]. One indicator of academic progressioncommonly used in educational management is the student retention rate. Academicprogression reflects the ability of the educational institution to achieve the retention of itsstudents. High retention rates imply good institutional management, low dropout rates, and,consequently, positive economic benefits for the families of students and the State itself [3,4].Beyond
validating them in engineering capstone projects. By validating the relationship between faculty's effective communication and motivation, we might be able to understand their relationship to capstone design projects' outcomes. As a result of assessing the relationship between Project Management and Team culture and how they were affecting the capstone projects at Rowan University in 2019, we concluded that the capstone projects in completion might be affected by the faculty's effective communication, hence, affecting student's motivation[12]. Consequently, the current study was applied to validate if faculty's effective communication directly affects students' motivation, which in turn is reflected in the student's capstone project completion
National Science Foundation projects in the engineering education realm, researching engineering career trajectories, student motivation, and learning. Sreyoshi has been recognized as a Fellow at the Academy for Teaching Excellence at Virginia Tech (VTGrATE) and a Fellow at the Global Perspectives Program (GPP) and was inducted to the Yale Bouchet Honor Society during her time at Virginia Tech. She has also been honored as an Engaged Ad- vocate in 2022 and an Emerging Leader in Technology (New ELiTE) in 2021 by the Society of Women Engineers. Views expressed in this paper are the author’s own, and do not necessarily reflect those of organizations she is associated with. Learn more about Sreyoshi’s impact
interface is illustrated in Figure 3, where it is possible tosee some of the taxonomy ratings related to adoption of the resource such as ease ofimplementation or type of instrument. Figure 3. Example of the type of filtered data in the database.ResultsThe final taxonomy used for the intake form and the website is given in Table 2. The taxonomyrepresents the final organizational structure of assessment tools for EM that we developed andthe structure is reflected in the web-based tool currently under development.Table 2. Taxonomy for the organization of assessment tools for EM. Taxonomy Options Description Category Scale Classroom, Classroom is focused on
improved with effort (i.e., is not seen as inherent talent) and then wrote about how this type ofmindset can apply to their own life [12, 13]. For example, in Fink et al. [12], chemistryundergraduate students completed reflections describing how the growth mindset articles couldbe useful for their upcoming exams. Students’ responses were qualitatively coded to identifythemes, with results highlighting the strategies that students had developed as a result of theintervention [12]. This type of qualitative coding is important because it allows us to understandhow students incorporated the intervention’s message into their personal lives. However, there islimited research that explains the extent to which these responses are directly related
6 29Survey participants 20 17 16 53a) Demographics of participating facultyOf the total 99 CSU engineering faculty/lecturers who attended these mentoring events, fifty-three responded to the post event survey and are reflected in the following analysis. Figure 1shows the respondent demographics based on gender and US born (USB) versus FB/FT status.Note that while FB and FT status are separate identities, all but one FB respondent were also FT.Similarly, all but one USB respondent were entirely US trained. Therefore, the four possiblecombinations of birth location and training location are reduced to USB and FB/FT, in whichparticipants who had either FB or FT status
index according to the specific situation of the coursetaught. In this way, the specific situation can be handled flexibly, and the teachingsituation of the course can be intuitively understood.The evaluation indexes and methods should be selected according to the curriculumobjectives. In the construction process of evaluation contents and evaluation system, itis necessary to consider whether indicators are easy to obtain fully. Evaluators mustknow how to judge and give opinions based on fundamental indicators and evaluationcontents. Establishing the evaluation index system should comprehensively reflect thevarious dimensions of the course effect of engineering ethics education. According tothe training objectives and talent training needs of