they have the interview with the professor.The interview with the professor involves a dialogue tree that allows the participant to choosehow they wish to respond in real-time in the conversation. This ability, coupled with theparticipant having Becky’s vantage and mirrored body movements, enables participants to feelmore immersed as the actual character. Although the evolution of conversation is dependentupon the selections of the participant, there are key statements made by the professor that areindependent of the participant’s response. These statements reflect what is constant in allinteractions. Specifically, all constants in the dialogue involve at least one of the followingconcepts—(P)rejudice, (R)acism, (I)mplicit bias, (S)exism, (M
workforce and empowering those interested in STEM, regardless of their background. Dr. Huderson was a 2015-2017 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science and Technology Policy (AAAS S&T) Fellow in the Engineering Education and Centers’ division (EEC) at the National Science Foundation, where she provided leadership on developing, coordinating, and im- plementing support for programs that foster an inclusive climate for pre-collegiate and collegiate STEM students. Currently Dr. Huderson serves as the Manager of Engineering Education at the American Soci- ety of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), where she is responsible for advancing and managing the research, development, promotion, implementation
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), andsupport that members of students’ community provide to aid them in their engineering coursework.Community networks encompass four subthemes: students’ family members, networks at work,neighborhood friends, and university friends. Each of the four subthemes prompted students toindicate to what extent the following statements were true using a 7-point anchored numeric scalefrom 0- “Not at all true” to 6- “Very True.” Sample items for each subtheme of communitynetworks include, “Friend(s) from my neighborhood have given me resources that helped me inmy engineering coursework,” “Friend(s) in my current school have given me resources that helpedme in my engineering coursework,” “Family member(s) have given me resources that helped mewith my
interviews. Through thisprocess, using our theoretical framework the codebook will be expanded, refined, compacted,and sub-categorized. After the refinement, the codebook will be reflected on paying particularattention to the differences between the first-year and senior level participants. These reflectionswill be used to determine how students’ beliefs affect their learning in order to generaterecommendations on improving engineering educational practices to increase retention andstudent learning.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.#1738209. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily
design and implementation ofcollaborative ill-structured tasks using a research-based framework that outlines the necessaryelements of such tasks: an introduction to the problem that provides context, a description of theproblem itself, the specific task(s) students are expected to achieve as a group, supplementarymaterial that provides information useful for solving the task, and scaffolding tools that studentscan use to develop plans, draw diagrams, and generate solutions [6]. This paper presents amethod to evaluate the design of ill-structured tasks in relation to the interaction processes thatstudents used in their groups. The paper showcases the use of our method by evaluating thedesign of one ill-structured task, and provides suggestions
various locations around theUnited States. The courses referenced by the surveyed instructors were primarily engineeringdesign-based project courses, but did also include other technical courses in engineering andcomputer science. Data Collection and Analysis: An open-ended survey was administered through the onlinesurveying tool Qualtrics. Each instructor was asked the following questions: 1. Please describe your implementation of standards-based grading in your course(s), including best practices. 2. Please describe any barriers or obstacles you have faced or currently face in your implementation of standards-based grading. 3. What benefits do you believe students gain from your course(s) using standards
majors in a service course will bepiloted based off of this first-year experience course project. Similar data will be collected tomeasure effectiveness.Bibliography[1] S. Lee, S. Kastner, and R. Walker. Engineering for The Future: Mississippi State University’s Cyber SummerPrograms. ASEE SE Annual Conference, 2016, in press at http://se.asee.org/.[2] D. Reese, T.J. Jankun-Kelly, L. Henderson, and S. Lee, “Impact on Retention from a Change in UndergraduateComputing Curricula,” in Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Cookeville, TN, 2013.[3] M. Biggers, A. Brauer, and T. Yilmaz. “Student perceptions of computer science: a retention study comparinggraduating seniors with CS leavers,” in Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE
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advisor (provide guidance in a non-typical technical topic). However,this project clearly showed the wide applicability of the engineering education that students havereceived during their coursework, and opened their eyes to a wider spectrum of possibilities.BackgroundCapstone Projects. Whenever the terms senior design project and capstone project are used, theclassical understanding will be for a project that is closely related to the field of study for the Page 26.710.2student(s), with the characteristic that the project will be as well closely related to the materialscovered in the main courses in the program. This understanding has been
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Paper ID #127225th Year Master’s Degree Program for Engineers: Preparing the Next Gener-ation of K-12 Technology, Engineering and Design Education Teachers (Workin Progress)Dr. Tameshia S. Ballard, North Carolina State University Dr. Tameshia Ballard is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of STEM Education within the College of Education and Director of Engineering Education within the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University. She earned a B.S. in Biological Engineering from North Carolina State Uni- versity and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Biological Systems Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic
exposed to basic concepts ofcomputation and computer programming, without having to go beyond the user friendly blocksbased interface. Figure 6 shows an arena for the maze-based educational game. Page 26.17.7 Figure 6: Maze-based Educational Game.Note that our proposed “gamification” of robot-programming satisfies several rules of goodgame design for learning. First, it provides the student an opportunity for active learning,wherein s/he learns the concepts of programming while trying to score points in the game. Evenas the student is engrossed in the game to score points, s/he is involuntarily learning andpracticing
. It is generally accepted thatattending classes is an important aspect of college experience.10Studies reveal that there is a relationship between absenteeism and student performance incourses9. The hypothesis that there is a strong relationship between class attendance and studentlearning has been investigated empirically in journals of higher education. It is not surprising thatmost studies have found an inverse relationship between being absent from the class and courseperformance10,11,12,13.Studies have been conducted on the inverse relationship between absenteeism and studentperformance in different courses at college level. As long back as in the 1970’s, Jenne14 found thatattendance played a major role in a health science course
blocks. One terminal blockcontains the connections (E, B, C) for a BJT. A second terminal block has connections (S, G, D)for a MOSFET. The third terminal block makes available ±15VDC that may be used assubstrate bias voltages when tracing the IV characteristics of MOSFETs that are part of transistorarrays (e.g., CD4007).Two switches determine the functional mode of the curve tracer (MOSFET vs BJT, andNPN/NMOS vs PNP/PMOS).Fig. 1. Curve tracer front-panel connections. The unit is presently configured to measure the I-Vcharacteristics of a PMOS device.Figure 2 is a block diagram of the curve tracer. We have a complete schematic diagram of thedevice, but it is not included here. The schematic was drawn in landscape mode on an 11”×17”sheet, and
faced.Capstone ExperienceThe objectives of the Capstone Experience, as given to the students, were 1. Choose a “real-life” leadership opportunity in an organization that you have the greatest personal interest (passion) in addressing 2. Describe the leadership opportunity (including aspects the organizational structure) 3. Describe the problem(s) that you will or must address in this role 4. Envision the organization in your ideal outcome(s) and describe 5. Explain your vision for solving the problem(s) by developing specific objectives 6. Create a strategic plan for achieving your vision including a. Communication strategy b. Delegation and empowerment of your followers c. Timeline for completion of your
professional engineers. The prevalence of unethical behaviors, such asplagiarism, among college students has increased significantly in the past 30 years10. Researchsuggests that science and technology students have the highest levels of cheating includingplagiarism10. University educators often debate whether plagiarism is committed willfully orunintentionally out of ignorance and research investigating this area appears equivocal.Therefore, we sought to investigate first-semester freshmen engineering students’ understandingof plagiarism at a science and technology university.Nearly 1,100 first year engineering students at a Missouri University of Science and Technology(Missouri S&T) completed an online survey and corresponding quiz designed to
subsetsdescribed in the Data and Design section. The results are presented in Table 3. Last Group MI Full Cohort Only Engineers Engineering Whole Space I(T;S) 0.111103 0.083926 0.087116 I(G;S) 0.031648 0.031923 0.031516 Did Not Graduate I(T;S) 0.14089 0.113506 0.102177 I(G;S) 0.031166 0.035844 0.035115 Graduated I(T;S) 0.028349 0.03692
. Additionalresearch of this novel finding should be performed, particularly with regard to the relationshipsbetween SES, first generation students, and self-efficacy. One recommendation for futureresearch is to modify the demographic portion of the survey instrument to include additionalquestions pertaining to respondent SES. More information will only help to clarify and possiblysupport this unique finding.Future studies should be conducted to confirm these findings as well as to identify additionallinks between personal characteristics and self-efficacy of community college engineeringstudents. One avenue for future research includes extending the study into a longitudinal studyto collect data over time. This study and Whannell et al.’s study had similar
applicability to underrepresented students. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 78 (2), 184-192. 4. Correll, J. S. (2001, May). Gender and the Career Choice Process: The Role of Biased Self-Assesments. American Journal of Sociology, 1691-1730. 5. Martin, P. J., Simmons, R. D., & Yu, L. S. (2013). The Role of Social Capital in the Experiences of Hispanic Women Engineering Majors. Journal of Engineering Education, 102 (2), 227-243. 6. Shehab, R. L., Murphy, T. J., Davidson, J., Foor, C. E., Reed-Rhoads, T., Trytten, D. A. & Walden, S. E. Page 26.1170.9 Academic Struggles and Strategies: How
the process of scoring resubmissions. Time savings can also be achieved by allowing students to continue from the point in a problem where their mistake occurred.Mastery grading on the whole can improve student learning, and if done correctly it can be aneasy way for new engineering educators to establish a fair system that encourages studentgrowth. It is hoped that the guidelines provided above can help new engineering educatorsseamlessly integrate this innovate method into their classrooms.References[1] M. Borrego, J. E. Froyd, and T. S. Hall, “Diffusion of Engineering Education Innovations: A Survey or Awareness and Adoption Rates in U.S. Engineering Departments,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 99, no. 3, pp. 185–207, Jul. 2010.[2] D
objectives “How often is there tension in your team caused byfor each of our roles.” member(s) not performing as well as expected?”“Team members seek solutions that will be good “I can rely on those with whom I work in this group.”for all of us.”Adapt Educate“Our team will re-establish coordination when “We work to improve and refine our existing knowledgethings go wrong.” and expertise.”“We regularly monitor how well we are meeting “We evaluate diverse options regarding the course ofour team goals.” the project.”“We seek to understand each other’s strengths “We use our opposing views as a learning
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