capstone course(s) focus on achieving a blend of these skillsapplied to the real-world sustainability issues. The final output of the capstone project, a projectreport will specifically highlight how the 3 Es were addressed and met. Upon appropriatereviews by the university faculty, the report is ready for submission to the sponsor forimplementation. The capstone projects are generally done in student teams of 3.Capstone Project FrameworkUniversity has a unique model for adult education. Regular courses are taught at the rate of onecourse at a time over a 4-week period. The program is accredited and approved by WesternAssociation of Schools and Colleges (WASC) for both onsite and online offerings. As eachprogram course string starts, a student
be earned. A Team Battle is an activelearning exercise designed by the instructor that involves group problem solving and has beenused successfully by the instructor in the past for a different flipped course [2]. In this course, theinstructor split the class randomly into teams of four, provided each team with two problemsrelated to the week's topic, then had students work in pairs to solve the problems. When a teambelieved they solved both problems correctly, one representative wrote the team name on thewhiteboard and the instructor checked their answers. If one or both answers are wrong, the teamwas given a three-minute timeout in which they could continue to work on the incorrectproblem(s) but could not write their team name on the board
new team membershave been able to productively contribute.As with the design-based research approach, we will continue to iterate on our design, to bettertest ways to help team members value each other’s assets.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.EEC #1544233. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] S. Harvey, “A different perspective: The multiple effects of deep level diversity on group creativity,” J. Exp. Soc. Psychol., vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 822–832, 2013.[2] J. A. Mejia, A. Wilson-Lopez, C. E. Hailey, I
, J. (2015, June),Creating Inclusive Environments in First-year Engineering Classes to Support Student Retentionand Learning Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle,Washington. 10.18260/p.23757 https://peer.asee.org/23757[5] Brewer, M., & Sochacka, N., & Walther, J. (2015, June), Into the Pipeline: A FreshmanStudent's Experiences of Stories Told About Engineering Paper presented at 2015 ASEE AnnualConference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24355 https://peer.asee.org/24355[6] Walden, S. E., & Foor, C. E., & Pan, R., & Shehab, R. L., & Trytten, D. A. (2015, June),Leadership, Management, and Diversity: Missed Opportunities Within Student DesignCompetition Teams Paper
gender identity, race, national origin, ethnicity, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation, or family, marital, or economic status. a. Engineers shall conduct themselves in a manner in which all persons are treated with dignity, respect, and fairness. b. Engineers shall not engage in discrimination or harassment in connection with their professional activities. c. Engineers shall consider the diversity of the community, and shall endeavor in good faith to include diverse perspectives, in the planning and performance of their professional services [1].Prior to Canon 8's adoption
, and that this contributes to broader racial and gender inequalities in pay, prestige andpower. “[S]cience degrees and occupations are associated with greater prestige and rewards thanany other field of study. In a technologically advanced society, the status and power of those inscience makes them the new elite” [29, p. 113]. Therefore, it is imperative that science andengineering disciplines are equally accessible to all, regardless of race or gender. The politicalnature of social justice arguments makes them uncommon in a discipline that prefers to maintainits objectivity [30]. However, the “equality case” for diversity is the only argument that takesinto account pre-existing power structures that reproduce racial and gender inequalities
than the SEI (i.e., fewer experts per department over shorter durations), and amplifiesthe impact of the experts by building intellectual communities around course transformation atmultiple levels. The University of Kansas launched its adaptation of the embedded expert model in the2013-2014 academic year, beginning in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) andexpanding in 2014-2015 into the School of Engineering. The embedded experts are postdoctoralscholars with Ph.D.’s in the discipline that are hired by a unit (department or school) for threeyears to collaborate with faculty members on the incorporation of student-centered, active andcollaborative teaching practices into four-to-five undergraduate courses. To date we have
we observed, and was not part of our plannedintervention, yet aligned to it. Students were open to the approach, and the new team membershave been able to productively contribute.As with the design-based research approach, we will continue to iterate on our design, to bettertest ways to help team members value each other’s assets.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.EEC #1544233. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] S. Harvey, “A different perspective: The multiple effects of deep level diversity on group
whichparts in Figure 1, above, are beneficial or limiting in developing technical writing skills. Thesurvey is currently being administered to BME students who have completed at least one of thesix laboratory courses offered. Table 1: Survey questions measuring features in the writing cycle Category Survey Question(s) Response options are 4-point Likert scales unless indicated otherwise by [ ] Student Writing Process What part(s) was most/least helpful [Fig 2 selection] What part(s) were confusing or misleading [Fig 2 selection] Writing, revising, and resubmitting reports did/did not improve
Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Broadening Participation in Engineering by Enhancing Community College to University Partnerships: Findings from a Tri-Institutional NSF Grant Partnership Project Funded by National Science Foundation - Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (S-STEM)Community colleges are often touted as cost-effective gateways to four-year universities foracademically-talented, low-income students. However, there is room for four-year institutions toplay a much more actively engaged role in turning this promise into reality. Funded through theNational Science Foundation
learning [2-6]. Failure to createan inclusive environment for minority students affects both minority and majority students, andthere is compelling evidence that diversity among students and faculty is crucially important tothe intellectual and social development of all students [7-9]. The benefits of diversity extendwell beyond the university years: research suggests that improving diversity in a workforce canhave positive effects on innovation and productivity [10]. Given the need to increase our STEMworkforce to remain competitive in a global economy, efforts must be made to attract and retaintalented individuals to STEM disciplines and professions. To this end, increasing diversity inScience and Engineering (S&E) has become a national
. Methods Student(s) Clicker ABCD Internet / Proposed raise voting App based method: LaserPerformance Criteria hand(s) cards pointersEasy and quick hardware/ x x xsoftware set-upLow cost of setup and use x x xLow usage burden for x x xstudentsLow/no learning curve for x x xadoption by facultyZero potential for technical x
as compared to first-year students. The lower expectation of seniorstudents suggest that engineering instructors should consider ways to engage upper level studentsin creative behaviors. Future research includes a longitudinal study to examine how creative self-concept changes in progression through the engineering curriculum.Introduction The concept of creativity has been an important research topic since the 1950’s and1960’s.1 Educators and scholars with diverse domains of expertise have studied creativity, theskills associated with creativity, and techniques to increase creativity in their respective fields.2-6However, even in the field of psychology, where the most research pertaining to the topic hasbeen produced, researchers
, underrepresented minoritiescomprised 33.2 % of the U.S. college age population, 26.2 % of undergraduate enrollment, and17.7 % of those earning science and engineering (S&E) bachelor’s degrees. In graduate school,underrepresented minorities comprise 17.7 percent of overall enrollment but are awarded just14.6 % of S&E master’s and 5.4 % of S&E doctorate degrees, with a progressive loss ofrepresentation as one proceeds up the academic ladder [5].Researchers offer many explanations for the persistent achievement gaps while recognizing thatthere are many interrelated factors. They agree that family and community differences, schoolcontext, low expectations, and lack of exposure to role models, information about careeropportunities, and advanced
outcome; (c) We tested and evaluated the possibility of hardware and software secure system co- design teaching and research integration; (d) Using the experience gained, lessons learnt for developing a respective multi-disciplinary laboratory for both research and teaching of hardware/software security (this is partly done and will be a future-work as step-forward for hands-on experiments); and (e) Inter- and intra-university research collaborations were initiated and will be pursued to ensure delivering an expanded set of outcomes for the integration.References[1] S. Ravi, P. C. Kocher, R. B. Lee, G. McGraw, and A. Raghunathan, “Security as a new dimension in embeddedsystem design,” in Proc. Design Automation
literature on effectiveness of information techonology in education.J. Eng. Educ. 89, 33–37 (2000).7. Podolefsky, N. S., Perkins, K. K. & Adams, W. K. Factors promoting engaged exploration with computersimulations. Phys. Rev. Spec. Top. Phys. Educ. Res. 6, 020117 (2010).8. Rieber, L. P., Tzeng, S. C. & Tribble, K. Discovery learning, representation, and explanation within a computer-based simulation: finding the right mix. Learn. Instr. 14, 307–323 (2004).9. Bodemer, D., Ploetzner, R., Bruchmuller, K. & Hacker, S. Supporting learning with interactive multimediathrough active integration of representations. Instr. Sci. 33, 73–95 (2005
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. National Science Foundation through grant numbers 1347417,1347482, 1347580, 1347718, and 1500309. The opinions are those of the authors and do notnecessarily represent the National Science Foundation. The authors would like to thank theinstructors and students who agreed to be part of the pilot study, as well as project advisoryboard members.References 1. Freeman, S., Eddy, S. L., McDonough, M., Smith, M. K., Okoroafor, N., Jordt, H., & Wenderoth, M. P. (2014). Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(23), 8410-8415. 2. Finelli, C. J., Richardson, K. M., & Daly, S. R. (2013). Factors that influence faculty
civilengineering faculty have sought to develop their program appropriately along a set of commonlyaccepted educational taxonomies; that is, Bloom’s Taxonomy. These widely known taxonomiesare based on the seminal work of the 1950’s educational committee chaired by Benjamin Bloom.The committee established a set of taxonomies in three domains of learning: cognitive, affectiveand psychomotor. The cognitive domain taxonomy is widely accepted in many fields and hasbeen identified as, “arguably one of the most influential education monographs of the past halfcentury.”3 The taxonomies are a language that describes the progressive development of anindividual in each domain and are defined as follows:4 Cognitive: of, relating to, being, or involving
the early 2000’s, but the problems were often posed as already defined tasks, that while open-ended in possible solutions, provided the students all of the outside information that they need to develop the model. In practice, we have found that when working on MEAs, students often misunderstand the problem or the client’s needs and wants early in the problem-solving cycle. The three activities presented here are MEAs that have been modified to better scaffold the problem-defining phase of the design cycle and to support students in developing problem-scoping skills. Activity Summaries
Engineering (GARDE) Program under grants CBET–1067740 and UNS–1512564. Opinions, findings, conclusions, orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the NSF. All student work/images presented in this paper were included withthe written permission of the associated students.References[1] National Instruments. "NI ELVIS," 2019, http://www.ni.com/en-us/shop/select/ni-elvis.[2] National Instruments. "LabVIEW," 2019, http://www.ni.com/en-us/shop/select/labview.[3] National Instruments. "myDAQ Student Data Acquisition Device," 2019, https://www.ni.com/en- us/shop/select/mydaq-student-data-acquisition-device.[4] National Instruments. "myRIO Student Embedded Device," 2019
to tell where an output originated withoutcontext; fortunately, the utterance “I had a thought” communicates clearly the idea originatedwith S1. Considering S2’s response in line two it is evident that there is some confusion on theusefulness of differentials, making the discussion inherently valuable. S1: I had a thought. Are we going to have differential temperature within the differential length? S2: I’m not sure…why we need a derivative this way? This [current equation] seems accurate, because… S1: If you have a differential length are you concerned with the temperature within that…at that length? Because this temperature is dependent on the length, right? So, I guess it’ll be just dT/dl…but then… S3
byadaptation.In an ideal setting, participants in a transdisciplinary project would have immediate feedback onthe effects of their actions. They would then adapt through small-scale experimentation and learnfrom the results [33]. For example, in the theoretical project on water catchment, participantsmay have a theory that water features with sustainable gardens would lead to greater sense ofcommunity and less crime. This theory could be tested with a prototype project and inquiry intochanges into the sense of community. The feedback would lead to further adjustments. Assuggested by Waddock et al.’s [9], an adaptive evaluation framework would adhere to theheuristics to “prioritize learning in the context of constant change,...work with co-evolution
. • Successfully demonstrated how strategic financing of the project can ultimately provide the village with household lighting and charging capabilities and an electrified water pumping system that will cost less than current household lighting practices.The project succeeded in its goal of developing an electric grid that is truly affordable for adeveloping community. This case study can be adapted as a template for grid designs fordeveloping areas, and can be expanded in future works to explore additional topics such as loadgrowth, Single Wire Earth Return, urban communities, and more advanced financial analysis. V. REFERENCES[1] S. Chowdhury and H. Patel, "Review of Technical and Economic Challenges for Implementing Rural
did somelevel of mental manipulation of the object to get the answer. Guessing categorizes responses thatused the word ‘guess’ or explained that the student arrived at a conclusion by chance or withoutshowing evidence of deliberate reasoning. Guiding rule describes when the student(s) used astandard or criterion to judge which option is likely to be the answer, for example, studentresponses that involved the use of if-then logic (“if…then…”) or stating a specific criterion thatled to the answer (“whatever is…is the answer”). Intuition describes students’ responses inwhich the word “intuition” was used or the response showed that the student came to anunderstanding of the answer immediately without the need of conscious reasoning. Process
Game 2. Apply team communication strategies 1. Explain concepts of project scheduling Project Virtual 2. Create project management https://psu.box.com/s/79h0o2y Management Construction Desktop plans osbb25bk1ggzionus9o5mzdgk Lecture Topic Simulator 4 3. Evaluate scheduling choices and factors
* Pacific Islander Test Anxiety 0.013 0.005 0.008 ** Engineering GPA Female or Gender Non- 0.007 0.003 0.036 * Binary Native Hawaiian or Other 0.055 0.029 0.057 n/s Pacific Islander Mathematics GPA 0.149 0.049 0.002 ** Test Anxiety 0.010 0.004 0.017 * Mathematics GPA Female or Gender Non- 0.047 0.016 0.004 ** Binary Native Hawaiian or Other 0.368 0.142 0.009 ** Pacific Islander Test Anxiety 0.065 0.016
identity. Given thelow rates of participation in co-curricular activities during the freshman year, efforts should beconcentrated on increasing participation in activities that may benefit students most, such asparticipating in engineering student organizations. The findings presented are part of a largerproject supported by the NSF under Grant No. 1504741.References[1] National Academy of Engineering, “Understanding the Educational and Career Pathways of Engineers,” The National Academies Press, Washington, DC, USA, 2018, doi:10.17226/25284.[2] S. L. Rodriguez, C. Lu, & M. Bartlett, “Engineering identity development: A review of the higher education literature,” International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science
selected, the outcomesmay have been different.AcknowledgementsThis research is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF-DUE-0302542) and is partof the on-going efforts of the Center for Assessment of Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics at the Colorado School of Mines (see http://www.mines.edu/research/ca-stem/). Page 13.1238.13References1. Cooper, S., Dann, W., & Moskal, B. Java-Based Animation in Building viRtual Worlds for Object-orientedprogramming in Community colleges. NSF-DUE-0302542.2. Walker, Leslie., “Recognize Me?”, The Washington Post Online, accessed 2006,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006