problemformat that was less constrained also offered the student a more genuine and creative engineeringexperience.The workshop leverages the LLP methodology to provide the students with an experientialengineering design learning experience. The LLP process forces the participants to formalize aseries of hypotheses [7] that are tested and refined based on feedback provided by possiblestakeholders and customers. Students test their ideas and modify their designs to reflect theirnewly gained knowledge. In this regard failure is an option. Failure of the student’s hypothesishappens on a routine basis and requires the student to go back to the drawing board, figurativelyand literally. These ‘failures’ are used as learning opportunities where the student’s
experience, theirsuperiors wanted the presentations to be standalone so that they could be saved for future referenceor shared with people not in attendance of the presentation.Resistance in Research Laboratories. In graduate laboratories, because there seemed to often beless structure in terms of presentation requirements, graduate students reported having freedomthat enabled the AE style. According to the surveys, advisors were receptive of the AE stylebecause they felt that it “told a good story” and was “easy to follow.” Being unique, the AE stylesatisfied one advisor’s quest for a way to make presentations more exciting. As Figure 5 reflects,though, resistance was faced when two advisors wished to see more information and data on slidesand
undergraduate materials engineering students, as well as any other studentsallowed by their programs to take unrestricted engineering electives. I selected the history ofmaterials because it was a topic that has always been of interest to me, and because it tied wellwith the long history of the places where we would be traveling. The course has now beenoffered three times (May 2012, 2015, 2016) with the course content being continuously revised.There is a particular focus throughout on metals and metals processing, which reflects both mypersonal background and an area of emphasis at my university. Although there is some emphasison German (and European) history, the content is generally global in scope.Course DescriptionThe primary text for the course
explain mathematical concepts improved greatly; - Different kind of understanding was required to teach a subject than to be in a class; - Students were asking challenging questions forcing the PLs to think deeply about the material.But also they gained/had - More confidence in their knowledge and skills related to course content, which reflected in other advanced courses they were taking while being PLs; - The opportunity to peer behind the curtain: find out what is means to teach “it has helped me foster a new appreciation for the work professors put in outside of class to prepare lecture and grade assignments”; - More creativity and engagement: a PL created a video on a topic that several students had
estimates of college-educated Americans who identify as LGBTQ (2.8%, [15]), but reflects trends where a largerproportion of young adults identifies as LGBTQ than in previous generations. 35% of thesample identifies as women, 64% as men, and around 1% as gender non-binary. We includegender non-binary respondents in the LGBTQ indicator but because of concerns aboutidentifiability of this small proportion, we do not include gender non-binary as a dichotomousindicator in the models nor provide the precise percent of the gender non-binary population inTable 1. As such, the category “woman” (which includes those who identify as cis-gender andtransgender women) is compared to both the categories of men (which includes cis-gender andtransgender men) and
/ or explanation; or (2) that’s all I can tell. And then this one Adding new ideas on a and this one seems equal” peer’s claim and/or “Yeah, so the max highest is iron explanation. and then the one is the second lower actually this one is max highest.” Expand (1) Reflecting on or “The melting point plus a greatest clarifying own claim; or (2) stretch expand” expanding/elaborating own “We do not know the exact claim by adding explanations temperature but you can get a and/or new information
reflected their enthusiasm for science andengineering (Intrinsic Psychological). For example, students commented: ‘My motivation for studying [BE] is that I have always had a passion for the biomedical side of science. I hope to do research in viruses and diseases to help better society.’ ‘I really like the idea of working with living systems using engineering, biology (my favorite science subject), and mathematics. I also like the thought of me in the future helping out the community by doing something I enjoy.’However, many students focused solely on their potential to positively impact the world. Thesesentiments
. Any opinions,findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authorsand do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.The authors also wish to acknowledge RCBC and RU personnel who have contributed to thecurrent effort and have helped to create and maintain a culture of innovation and excellence.Special thanks are given to RCBC’s President, Mr. Paul Drayton, and to the RCBC Board ofTrustees, as well as to RU’s President, Dr. Ali Houshmand, for their support of innovativeeducational endeavors. Additional thanks go to RCBC’s Workforce Development Institute, underthe leadership of Vice President Anna Payanzo Cotton, for their work in creating meaningfulemployment
level. Though it is oftenPrograms in engineering technology grant students a technical base education. However, it doesnot completely prepare students to handle the breadth of the material instructed in engineeringcourses. A Master’s degree offered in the engineering technology department will have to betailored to match qualifications the undergraduates while also meeting the changing demands ofand the progress of the industry .ConclusionThe researchers examined students’ responses and found that they reflect an overall positiveattitude toward their own education in the construction engineering technology program atFAMU. The student responses derived a reasonable assessment of overall student sentiment.The results indicated that the students
challenges cameradesigners. For example, normal glass appropriate for visible wavelengths tends to reflect ratherthan pass IR wavelengths, and normal camera imaging sensors (CMOS or CCD) have IR-blockingfilters to prevent saturation.21–23 This latter point is required because the silicon-based sensor ar-rays respond strongly to what are called the near-IR wavelengths, as can be seen in Figure 2. Theseand other challenges have been overcome by camera designers, and IR cameras are now availablethat combine reasonable price with acceptable image measurement quality. 10 km 10 m 10 mm 10 µm 10 nm 10 pm wavelength
step; the visualizationsdefined the pre-conditions before which a student can watch or run them, so that context is well-defined and not lost; and finally, the visualizations were organized to reflect the mentalorganization that the student is creating.The paper gives details about the visualization algorithms, the criteria for their selection andinclusion in the curriculum, the students’ immediate feedback, and survey results, taken by thestudents, that contrast the traditional ways of teaching CS and STEM concepts vs. the additionaluse of the developed visualizations. Our survey results shed light on whether visualizations makegood tools for teaching, and if they have an effect on the rate (how quickly) of learning.Conclusions and
gender as a predictor of the level-1 intercepts andslopes.MeasuresStudents participated in five online surveys throughout the fall semester. The first survey usedcomplete scales for all measures. The second, third, and fourth surveys contained short versionsof each scale. The fifth survey was comprised of short scales for the mindset measures and acomplete scale for engineering identity. Only the means of the short scales were used in theseanalyses.To measure engineering identity, items from Chemers’ science identity survey were adapted toengineers (Chemers et. al., 2010; Estrada et. al., 2011). The engineering identity measurecontained items such as, “Being an engineer is an important reflection of who I am.” Responsesranged from a scale of 1
groups. We found no significant differences acrossQuestions 1 and 4.Conclusions and ImplicationsOur data shows that participation in the Teaching Circle positively improves student evaluationscores for some questions, and it significantly improves them in some cases. In 5 of the 12questions analyzed, the intervention group showed positive improvement after participated in theTeaching Circle (Table 3). From our first analysis using linear regression, while the controlgroup had significantly decreasing scores before and after term 0 for two questions (Questions 15and 23), the intervention group did not reflect this decreasing trend in scores. In one other case,the Intervention After scores were significantly greater than those of the Control After
progress through theSTEM pipeline also depends on the types of opportunities, experiences, and support studentsreceive while in college (Chang, Eagan, Lin, & Hurtado, 2011; Espinosa, 2011). “Theeducational experience and the culture of the discipline (as reflected in the attitudes and practicesof faculty) make a much greater contribution to [STEM] attrition than the individualinadequacies of students or the appeal of other majors” (Chang, Sharkness, Hurtado, & Newman,2014). In addition to the academic and social supports deemed essential for studentpersistence and transfer, there appear to be some specific recommendations that encourageSTEM students in particular to persist, transfer, and ultimately complete a STEM degree
addition, mechanical engineering experiencehelped to take this project’s concept into completion. Utilizing the mechanical engineeringstudent’s experience with modeling and operations research, the group was able to modify theGridLab-D to model the experiment. As the nation’s only urban land-grant university, the University of the District of Columbia hasa special focus on urban sustainability, which is reflected in its curriculum and research focuses.The experience that these students brought to the framing of this project was integral to itssuccess. Collaboration through the capstone project allowed students to share the lessons they’velearned through their internships or research projects in a concrete manner. One student, who haddone
amount of feedback and comments were felt to be too low, which reflects the inabilityto motivate the peer review of the team submissions, and amount of coordination resources – forthe future iterations we need to either make sure more of the global coordination and exerciseevaluation is shared among the collaborating universities, or arrange more resources forcoordinating and managing the collaboration and technical implementation from CERN.Overall, the online platform testing with CBI 2 was a successful probe into the limits andpossibilities on how such platform can be used and is useful, and how the other elements of thecourse design can affect these limits. Enabling students to collaborate and learn in suchenvironment, and offering them the
of x, (b) Calculate 𝑍!" at 𝜆! /8 away from the load, (c)Calculate Γ! , (d) Calculate VSWR and (e) Calculate the transmitted power and reflected power as apercentage of incident power 𝑃!"Solution: (a) 𝑍! = 0, 𝑍! = 50 Ω. !! !!! Γ! = = -1 = 𝑒 !!"# => Γ! = 1 50 Ω 𝑍! !! !!! Φ = 180 ! !/! Applying this for 𝑉(𝑥) , we get ( 𝑉(𝑥) = 𝑉! (1 + Γ! )! − 4 𝑠𝑖𝑛! (𝛽𝑥
particular. Further,there are still few published studies that contribute in meaningful ways to our understanding ofhow to recruit and retain learners from diverse groups. We close by setting research agendas andavenues needed to understand and impact concerns over diversity and inclusion in engineering.Introduction and backgroundDespite myriad calls for and programs aiming to bring engineering into K-12 settings, progresshas been hampered by an already crowded curricular scope, comparatively limited resources forteacher professional development on teaching engineering practices, and a relatively sparseadoption of state standards that include engineering. In this metasynthesis, we reflect on pastfindings and contrast this with more recent
manufacturing. Students in Engineeringprograms have been very well versed in analysis, simulation, and abstract design. By themselveseach of these programs have strengths and weaknesses. However, when combining students fromboth of these program we develop teams that more closely reflect professional design teams. Theability to successfully implement complex design and build projects is enhanced.This paper outlines the design of a program at Western Carolina University (WCU) thatculminates with a senior capstone project for industry. Projects are done by teams of studentsmixed from the School disciplines of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electricaland Computer Engineering Technology, and Applied Systems Engineering Technology. A
engineering departments themselves remain pri-marily concerned with how design directly impacts their teaching and interactions with students.As architects, engineers, and planners for more than a dozen collegiate engineering-departmentbuildings in the past decade, SmithGroupJJR has helped develop a series of best practices re-lated to facility design in this new era. While not the only firm to explore them, SmithGroupJJRhas organized these new best practices into five distinct trends that encourage active participa-tion, collaboration, and even spontaneity, reflecting an underlying ethic of student engagementfrom the freshman level up. We present them here, provide real-world examples from Smith-GroupJJR’s portfolio, and also propose methods of
students haveperformed assignments in which each aspect individually presented the same level of challenge.Table 2 also details other aspects of experimental complexity that increased the challenge level ofthe experiments. One aspect of scaffolding was initial use of a DAQ system to record a singlesignal of data and later using the same system with modifications to record multiple signals ofdata. Another aspect of scaffolding was that measurements in early experiments could be recordedwithout an overall plan for the order in which they should occur. Experiment 3 introduced therequirement that the order in which data was collected must be decided in advance as data collectedout of order would not reflect the desired impact of hysteresis. Experiment
or reflections regarding competitiveness in thejob-market for recent graduates. Table 6 indicates the comments from respondents. Table 6. Comments regarding experience contributing to job-market competitiveness From my experience, there are many qualified candidates for a single position. On paper, most candidates will look the same. The difference comes when you are at an in-person interview and you must acknowledge something about yourself that makes you completely different from the other candidates; generally, this quality is not even related to work or academic experience. Should be able to frame a problem. No matter the position, being able to communicate well is critical, GPA can be used to thin a stack of resumes but I
determined.ALEKS Discussion:Figure 1 reflects a scatter plot that shows the relationship of the students’ average grade earnedbetween Calculus I, Physics I, and Statics courses and the associated ALEKS score. A point onthe scatter plot is determined by grade average (y-axis coordinate) and the ALEKS score (x-axiscoordinate). The trend line shows the tendency of the ALEKS score with a certain gradeoutcome.When comparing the individual class grades with the ALEKS score received, the graph showed agradual upward trend from lower scores to higher scores in relation to class grades. This is truefor each of the three classes. The three class grades where then averaged together and comparedto the ALEKS score. This trend line showed the students having the lower
Harvard’s Gender-Science IAT and were required to submit a form reflecting on taking the IAT (students did not submit the results from taking the IAT) 3. Implicit bias presentation: a lecture was given to all classes revisiting implicit bias, discussing why students took the IAT, showing interviews with women from industry, and suggesting possible ways to address implicit bias; students shared their own stories during lecture and via online formAlong with these implicit bias activities, we wanted to know how our students’ perceptions ofstereotyped traits, learning environment, and perceived abilities changed over the course of thesemester. Student cohorts can change drastically even from semester-to-semester, so it
and abandoned properties, and building on a sense of pride of place among the residents. Two undergraduate anthropology students studied, ethnographically, the interactions of the interns (e.g. Bernard 2011). They spent all 10 weeks observing the interns’ daily activities, participating in group events, conducting interviews, and analyzing interns’ periodic reflections. Two anthropology faculty met regularly with them. This paper principally relies on their anthropological analysis. This paper highlights some of the successes and challenges involved when the number of
hands-oninstruction to students on a variety of topics. Each week the program followed a similar pattern,involving a warm-up discussion about a professional from a STEM field, a thematic mainactivity, and a closing portion that encouraged review and reflection. At select points in theprogram, a field trip was incorporated that allowed students to visit university labs, sciencemuseums, or engineering open houses.SEBA Project OutcomesOver the course of the project multiple measures were used to assess student attitudes,engagement, and the overall impact that teaching assistants, parents, and mentors had onstudents’ perspective of STEM. Feedback about the program design, implementation, content,and outcomes was obtained from school staff, parents
goal of creating a matrix that could determine the optimal reuse option for a vacant lot in the Southeast neighborhood remained. The Tech Team was able to provide formal feedback regarding their experience with the VLO matrix through final project documents where they detailed the chain of events that led to the concept of the matrix and continued through the project’s completion. Similarly, students involved in the VLO matrix’s redefinition and expansion process over Summer 2016 were able to provide feedback on their work through reflections and project progress reports. In both
, the voltage across the resistor R2 is calculated as: (100𝐾) ∗ (5𝑉) 𝑉2 = = 4.16 𝑉 120𝐾The measured value was 4.088 V, which is about 1.7 percent deviation from the calculated value.The students were asked to reflect on the differences between the measured voltage and thecalculated one, and to give reasons for the discrepancy between the measured and calculatedvoltage. The measurements made by the students allowed them to have a deeper understandingof the Voltage divider rule. (a) (b)Figure 4: (a) Resistive Circuit (b) Voltmeter Readings of the
along threedimensions: Process, Project, and Reflection.With regard to the process we anticipate students will be able to: ● Describe the “lens” of one’s disciplinary framework ● Find, read, and incorporate information from across multiple disciplines ● Communicate one’s perspective and decision-making process to colleagues from other disciplinesWith regard to the project we anticipate students will be able to: ● Design and build a quadcopter using open source technology ● Plan and implement projects in an interdisciplinary team environmentWith regard to the reflection component of the course, we anticipate students will be able to: ● Articulate in verbal and written form the importance of interdisciplinary teams ● Identify
effect oftheir efforts. Often a true demographic of these students is not understood, leaving organizerswith generalizations based upon activities and interactions in the informal setting. Manysuccesses have been recorded and discussed at length11,13, without a great deal of differentiationof students based on gender, age, or ethnicities. All of them have been proven to influencechoice of major and extracurricular interests.Demographics. Some assert that the demographics of different STEM groups have changed dueto these efforts inside and outside of the formal school setting. However, the demographics havenot changed in ways that reflect current demographics of the population at large14. It is unclear ifthis is due to targeted or convenient