write values on the cars. Several examples of Play-Doh trains constructed by students are shown in Figure 1. 3. Manipulation (20 minutes): Students are guided through a series of operations on their trains, simulating common linked list operations: • Insertion: Adding a new car to the beginning, middle, or end of the train. • Deletion: Removing a car from the beginning, middle, or end of the train. • Traversal: Following the links (toothpicks) from the head of the train to the end, simulating the traversal of the linked list. 4. Discussion and Reflection (10 minutes): Students engage in a guided discussion, reflecting on their observations and drawing connections between the Play-Doh
of the Centaur V upper stage. The instrumentation on Centaur V is essential tomeasuring stress, strain, and other mechanical factors during testing to ensure the system canperform as expected during a launch. Most of the testing done follows a general testing process.This process consists of designing, fabricating, instrumenting, creating a test setup, constructingthe database, writing a Test Procedure Sheet, and running the actual test. A specific test was adog bone test, which was designed to focus stress on the middle portion of the sample. This “dogbone” test used methods that correlate directly with larger-scale structural tests, such as thoseconducted on Centaur V. These smaller tests serve as a cost-effective and reliable method
topics and activities that are part of other SEED program elements and build relationships of peer support in a community of practice environment.Training for Faculty Mentors. Faculty members who are mentoring SEED scholars participated in an eight-hour mentoring training course before they started meeting with students. This training was open to other engineering and engineering technology faculty members to expand the impact of the program and in case there would be a need for additional faculty mentors of SEED Scholars.Student Mentoring. As soon as a student is selected as a SEED scholarship recipient or guest scholar, a faculty member from the engineering major that the student is planning to pursue is assigned as their SEED
related foci. Encouragingly, PSTs came to recognize sustainability in terms ofenvironmental stewardship and social responsibility, consistent with the EOP framework (TheLemelson Foundation, 2022) and as emphasized in the stories. When writing the stories, wehighlighted what motivates sustainable engineers to carry out their work (Gottschall, 2012; Raoet al., 2020). PSTs also formed more detailed understandings of sustainability (Gannon et al.,2022), gained related self-efficacy (Menon et al., 2024), and planned to use stories in their ownfuture classrooms. The stories supported PSTs’ disciplinary literacy (Silvestri et al., 2021).Our work thus far indicates promising areas for further exploration and scaling up. As wecontinue to implement the
holds a B.S. in Biological Engineering from the same institution, where she developed a strong interest in inclusive teaching practices and STEM outreach. Her research focuses on accessibility and the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in engineering, informed by her personal experiences with chronic illness. She has eight years of research experience in biomaterials and pharmaceuticals, with publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at national conferences. Peterson has also served in multiple teaching assistant roles and is committed to engaging students through creative methods such as visual tools, humor, and analogies. She is an active member of the Society of Women Engineers and a
collect for pursuing or obtaining a STEMdegree under an LSAMP fellowship have moved them upward in the socioeconomic status ladder.More of them have medical insurance (18.75% better than before), and the participants perceivetheir socioeconomic status as better than before they started working with their highest STEMeducation degree. While the researcher is still working on the qualitative part of the data, mostparticipants mentioned their perception of moving upward compared with their peers who did notpursue STEM degrees or did not have LSAMP support. 3Study 2 split the results of the student transcripts into four subgroups: the students who
repetition, social cognitivetheory considers the agency of the student and the social aspects of learning. The primaryassumption of SCT is that students are active participants in the learning process, acquiring anddisplaying knowledge, skills, and behaviors that align with their goals through a process calledtriadic reciprocal causation, illustrated in figure 1. In this process, according to SCT, the three factors to consider are the students’ goals andvalues, their behavior (in this case an indicator of their knowledge) and their environment, whichincludes not only the classroom and their available tools, but student peers and their instructors.Through group activities using the hardware we have dubbed desktop learning modules, orDLMs
says,” Leah explains. Despite excelling academically,her visa status has restricted her access to internships, jobs, and other professional opportunitiesthat her peers take for granted. “It’s hard to hear everyone else doing all these things that I’mlegally not allowed to do. It’s a constant reminder of what I’m up against.” Leah reflects on the challenges of finding community within the Middle Eastern diasporain the U.S. She notes the heightened fear of visibility due to political tensions and the potentialconsequences of being associated with student organizations affiliated with her home country.“There’s always this undercurrent of fear. Even if you’re just gathering to eat snacks from backhome, you’re wondering if it’s too extreme
semesterincluded four engineering students, described in additional detail in the participants section, andtwo instructors. During the planning phases of this pilot, the research team conducted a literature reviewand found a significant amount of literature on learning in engineering coops and internships,often focused on professional skill development (e.g. communication, writing, teamwork) [8].Due to the focus of integrating engineering work and curriculum, the team also searched forliterature on technical learning in engineering coops and internships and was surprised to findsignificantly fewer publications in this area. In a search of ASEE Proceedings from 2000-2023,the authors found a single paper focused on technical learning, a study by
seniordesign project team struggling with interpersonal conflicts and miscommunication during a peerassessment session, which led to unresolved tensions and stalled progress on their websiteredesign project for a local non-profit. The case highlights challenges in team dynamics,including feedback mismanagement and differing conflict styles. After reading the case studentswere required to write a 300–500-word essay, to analyze the conflict, identify the styles anddynamics involved, and propose strategies for resolution. The goal of the reflection is to assessthe students in terms of their understanding of the module’s concepts and their practicalapplication in resolving conflicts. Students answer the following reflection questions: • Why are things
utilize sensors to 'see' their environment and adeptly navigateobstacles. Figure 3: mBot platform used in the workshop activities.The activity was divided into four different tasks to make sure students could independentlyprogress on the different tasks at their own pace. Hands out were provided with clear instructionson the steps and on how to use block coding to perform the required tasks. • Task 1 Start up!: The first activity consisted in connecting the mBot to the laptop via USB and connect it the desktop • Task 2 Obstacle Avoidance: Students started writing the code to enable mBot to move forward, to stop for 2 seconds when an obstacle was at distance less than 20 centimeters and move backwards
finally resignedly accepted ownership of the new DEI design course, due to beingthe instructor most consistently assigned to teach it. She decided to completely redesign thecourse to deliberately separate the technical and social elements. Diana writes about this process: A history of poor student evaluations has led us to be less bold with these justice topics than they deserve. We have developed a hesitance towards highlighting the justice focus of this course, and rather ‘trick’ students into thinking the course is more technically focused by couching these topics within the premise of user- centered design… The line that we toe is convincing students that the course content is valuable to them while not
improve students’ learning outcomes at scale,improve diversity within STEM disciplines, reduce failure rates, and support skilldevelopment [1], [8]–[12]. Active learning involves engaging students directly in the learningprocess through activities and discussions, rather than passively listening to a lecture. Itemphasizes higher-order thinking and often includes collaborative exercises such as problem-solving, peer teaching, and group work [13] and can vary widely, from brief interactiveactivities within lectures to entirely problem-based learning courses [14]. This method iscontrasted with traditional lecture-based instruction by encouraging students to activelyparticipate and reflect on their learning. By involving students in active
contributions of microfluidic systems in the visual system. She received the 2023 AIMBE Professional Impact Award for the inclusion of Health Disparities within under/graduate training and was honored as the 2024 Plenary Speaker to the BMES Council of Chairs for integration of health disparities in Biomedical Engineering curricula. She is an executive committee member for the Rutgers Connection Network that develops inclusive forms of peer mentoring for mid-career faculty as well as new faculty.Kelsey Watts, University of Virginia Kelsey Watts is a postdoc at the University of Virginia in Biomedical Engineering. She is committed to developing more inclusive teaching and research practices
culturalexpectations within East-Asian communities. These experiences offer a nuancedperspective on participants' challenges, enabling an empathetic and culturallysensitive approach.My position as both a researcher and an insider enables me to build rapport and trustwith participants, fostering a safe and open environment for sharing authenticexperiences. At the same time, I am critically aware that my positionality mightinfluence how I interpret and represent their narratives. To actively address potentialbiases, I will employ several strategies. First, I will maintain a reflexive journal todocument my assumptions, emotional responses, and potential influences on theresearch process. Second, I will seek regular feedback from peers, mentors, andadvisors who
(WIP) paper, we propose investigating why students who initiallyindicate interest in STEM are not enrolling in a STEM major using a detailed interview protocoland an analysis of enrollment data.At our small liberal-arts college, students declare a major in their second year. However, in thesummer preceding their arrival they declare academic interests and are matched to advisors in thedisciplines they self-selected. Throughout their first year, students take a common first-yearseminar, a first-year writing course (of their selection), and STEM students take 1-3 introductorySTEM courses. Several years of data shows that a large proportion of the students who initiallyexpressed interest in STEM declare a non-STEM major in their second year. We
these three individuals, as appropriate, to reach saturation of our themes.Analysis Procedures. Coding of data was conducted in a first round of open coding, usinggerund codes to describe mechanisms of identity development and contextual codes to describeelements of faculty development environments. Author B and Author C coded the data in thisphase with peer debriefing after each code was applied to build strong consensus on which codeswere emerging from the data and to ensure interrater reliability moving forward. A second roundof coding was then conducted with the final set of codes to apply them to the full dataset.Axial coding was begun in a third round to form an initial framework for this paper. We plan tore-examine the framework and
refine ideas through observation. Their drawings reveal a cognitive process thatmerged visual thinking with tactile engagement. Later artists, such as Vincent van Gogh andEdvard Munch, engaged in repetitive and expressive mark-making that mirrored their emotionalstates. For them, sketching became a means of reflection and emotional processing. In bothtraditions, the act of drawing or writing by hand created a bridge between physical action andmental focus. This integration of hand movement, attention, and emotion represents an embodiedform of cognition—one that supports clarity, emotional regulation, and creative insight.MethodsTo address our research questions, we identified three sets of keywords and conducted searchesusing IEEE Xplore, SCOPUS
and digital engineering notebooks play vital roles in pre-collegeengineering education by enabling students to document their design processes and reflect ontheir progress. Physical notebooks have long been favored for their simplicity and ability tosupport cognitive engagement through writing and sketching, which research shows enhancesmemory retention and understanding [4]. They are also accessible and affordable, making them apractical option in schools with limited digital resources. Despite advancements in digitaltechnology, many students and professionals still opt for the physical notebook format due to itsease of access and use without having to deal with the complexities of accessing expensiveequipment (hardware and software) and
Paper ID #48943BOARD # 213: Perspectives of Junior Scholars: Calculus Learning Outcomesfrom Middle School Students After Use of an Educational Video Game (Workin Progress)Alex Gonce, Texas A&M University Alex Gonce is an undergraduate researcher at the LIVE Lab at Texas A&M University, where they study Computer Engineering with a minor in Neuroscience. They have worked at the lab for over a year, leading a research team and collaborating on multiple projects focused on gamification in education. In addition to their research, they serve as a Peer Teacher for the College of Engineering, where they support instruction
-term goals in their professional career. This tool has been adapted for use in the educationalsetting in a faculty mentoring capacity. The ET program advisors assign the freshman or transferS-STEM student scholars with faculty mentors to match their area of research interest. Thefaculty mentors meet with the students a minimum of three to four times a year to review theirIDP, make suggestions, and provide input for reaching their goals. The goals of the IDP processare to; develop a deeper more meaningful relationship between advisor and student, reflect anddevelop a strategy for the scholar’s educational and career, and manage expectations and identifyopportunities. In the initial meeting there are several prompts for the student to write
methodologies that have been conductedregarding the professional development of secondary school STEM educators in sub-SaharanAfrica. We limited our review to articles that were peer-reviewed within the past 60 years.Twenty-three articles satisfied our inclusion and exclusion criteria and formed the primarystudies for the synthesis. Based on our findings, we discussed how the lens of STEM teacherPD has tended to focus on numbers rather than the quality of pedagogical instructionalpractice. Our study also revealed that the recruitment of participants of the PD interventions,more often than not, failed to cater to the gender diversity of teachers in the respectivesettings. Recommendations offered by teacher trainers and researchers analyzed
of hands-on experimentallearning within the classroom supported by use of the AD-Board as well as more real-worldexamples. Instructor demonstration of use, both in how to use the tool and in exemplifyingdiscussions of real world problems increased from “occasionally” to “often”. Similarly,independent use in class increased from “occasionally” to “occasionally/often” as didcooperative work with 2 or more peers (a change from “occasionally” to “often”). Work with onepeer in the classroom remained at “most of the time”. Use of ADB as a support to autonomouslearning, either as a required effort via homework or as a volunteer effort, remained the same forindependent use; student reported only “rare” or “occasional” out-of-class use by
,” “relatable” and“engaging” (p. 196) [44]. Students in a social science department in the U.K. described viewingtheir TAs as near-peers and therefore more approachable and better positioned to providestudents with support and advice [8]. In a study of students in inquiry-based chemistry courses,Wheeler et al. [18] found significant correlations between student perceptions of TAs (as “moresupportive,” “more interactive,” “asked thoughtful questions”) and student-reported learninggains. Similarly, Trenshaw et al. [17] posited that “students take motivational cues from theTA,” (p. 1202) with students reporting higher motivation in a second-year engineering coursewhen they perceived their TA as caring about their learning. A TA’s sense of self-efficacy
culturaldisciplines.”4 Cultural capital takes shape in three forms. Those forms include: incorporated,objectivized and institutionalized. Using Yosso’s model for cultural wealth to acknowledge thestrengths of communities of color, we note that cultural capital includes supporting one’saspirations (Aspirational), honoring language differences (Linguistic), valuing formal andinformal family structures (Familial), appreciating and facilitating connections to peers and othercommunities (Social), maneuvering within institutional environments with faculty(Navigational), and appreciating needs to be involved with issues of social justice (Resistant).All of these forms of cultural capital can be acknowledged and supported within a counter spaceor a healthy academic
descriptor for supervision and mentoring. A largeproportion of interview responses referred to interactions with other people that were closelyrelated to supervision in the sense that the interview subject was relying on other people toperform some work or provide information. The term ‘coordination’ seemed moreappropriate and general than supervision as most of the people were not subordinates of therespondent. Instead they were clients, peers, people in other parts of the same organization,superiors, contractors, and outsiders. These were mostly one-on-one situations and mostreferences were in response to questions unrelated to supervision.Willing cooperation also seemed to be important. An insightful first-hand comment about C.Y. O’Connor, the
short profiles ofeach participant to elevate their unique stories and identities; the profiles were approved by theparticipants. Each chose a pseudonym for the study and some details about them are excludedintentionally to protect their privacy.Student ProfilesEsperanzaEsperanza was a sophomore student in the winter of 2022. She identifies as Christian, cis-gendered,female, heterosexual, and as multiracial and Hispanic but does not speak Spanish. Esperanza wasdiagnosed with a physical disability that causes nerve pain that impacts her hands and feet, whichaffects her ability to walk, write, and do lab work and results in physical exhaustion that requires her torest to recuperate. She also is affected by asthma and anxiety. She chose not to
promote the application of theoretical concepts.4. To provide students with the ability to find solutions to the problems and to enhance theircritical reasoning needed to choose the appropriate solution in accordance with specific criteria.5. To enhance other competencies within the engineering, such as: the ability to write goodtechnical reports and to make presentations, project management and economics, and team-work.Having defined the course objectives, goals and outcomes, based on the available educationalresources and support, the instructor have to select the most suitable methods to obtain thesegoals and outcomes. PjBL and PBL methods were chosen because it prompts the students toencounter the core concepts and principles, while managing
intellectual development, require use of institutional resourceslike machine shops or labs, and encourage networking with peers and professors. Long-termprojects particularly affect the network strand because students collaborate for a long time.Therefore, this work hypothesized that interventions that enhanced students’ experience of thenetwork strand would bolster their engineering identities. The following subsections describeliterature on factors that are salient to the network strand of engineering identity: team formingstrategies (section 2.2), goal orientation within teams (section 2.3), and positive interactionsbetween team members (section 2.4).2.1 Long-Term Group ProjectsColbeck et. al [4] interviewed students who had completed a first-year
Access (including obtaining current business cards from companies atcareer fairs), writing thank you notes to companies who support SWE, and compiling andtransmitting the corporate brochure to all companies in the database during the summer.The Academic Director contacts companies and individuals that are interested in sponsoring aSWE scholarship, creates and distributes scholarship applications to SWE members, oversees theselection of scholarship recipients, solicits nominations, selects, and distributes quarterly the“Most Active SWE Member” scholarship, solicits nominations and selects the “Most SupportiveProfessor” Award, maintains the test bank, and organizes study groups and peer tutoring formembers.There are two Evening with Industry (EWI