or science teachers) completeda total of 20 modules at the end of the three week Institute. The 5E Inquiry Model15 wasintegrated into an instructional design for teachers to follow in the module writing process.A typical day at the Institute started with a one-hour presentation by STEM experts with the goalbeing to share samples of STEM research in the world. STEM technology workshops based onWeb 2.0 technologies were another key component. Teacher participants were presented withspecific technologies for approximately two hours each morning. Afternoon professionaldevelopment sessions were devoted to teams working in separate spaces on their specificmodules, with hands-on support from the STEM graduate students and the science
and visualization, and engineering system dynamics. His work has been recognized with multiple best-paper awards. He conducts workshops in student team-building, team-formation and peer evaluation, in laboratory assessment, and in effective teaching. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Layton worked for twelve years in consulting engineering, culminating as a group head and a project manager. He is a guitarist and songwriter and a member of the rock band “Whisper Down”.Thomas Adams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Thomas M. Adams is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman
Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationinternet, and skills training for applications that range from word processing to spreadsheets tomathematical tools such as Matlab. While such a course was appropriate in the past, the currentcrop of entering freshman is increasingly savvy about the use of computers, the network and theInternet. Almost every student uses e-mail on a regular basis and has used word-processingsoftware for writing reports. In addition, there is an increasing cohort of students who have usedbasic spreadsheet functions and have basic programming skills.This change in the baseline of the entering freshman points to a need for a paradigm shift in
fundamental set of criteriaand deliverables, which include a grand challenge statement, a culminating activity/deliverable, aminimum of 3 assignments that apply the concepts of problem solving learned in module 1, oralpresentations, design and technical writing amongst others.Assessment and evaluation will be facilitated by surveys conducted of students and instructorsacross all sections to obtain feedback on the progress and efficacy of the course. Student-basedassessment shows that this course was beneficial toward student confidence in choice of majorand working knowledge of current events within that discipline. Instructor-based assessmentsshows that several improvements have to be made to better achieve the learning objectives of thecourse
Lockheed Martin [5] – “Generally speaking they're (engineering students) very well prepared in their own discipline. And also in the fundamentals, math or literature. If I broaden from the students I'm teaching, just to the general group of graduates in college today, I would say the principal shortcoming of the engineering students is a lack of breadth in terms of their ability to communicate in writing, verbally, [and] their lack of background in public policy issues, political science issues, those things that affect engineering. Just as the laws of physics affect engineering, so, too, do the laws of the land. And engineers and scientists. . .have generally been relatively inept at dealing with
opportunity for the engineeringtechnology community, at both the two- and four-year level, to work collectively to develop, incooperation with EBI, a national survey that can be used for benchmarking associate andbaccalaureate degree programs that are viewed as peers nationwide. The EBI has been in thebusiness of doing educational surveys for many years, primarily for the leading business schoolsin the country. Because they use a common survey tool for a large number of schools, a servicethey are able to offer client schools, in addition to the results of the type discussed here, is acomparison with up to five other schools offering similar programs. All results are displayed inconfidential mode so that no single schools identity is revealed. A
: Statistics educators broadly agree that “(a)nyserious discussion of statistical thinking must examine the role of 'variation'” [3]. In this work,we use the phrase “statistical variability” to refer to variability as it is viewed by statisticians: anubiquitous phenomenon to be directly studied and modeled.Despite its importance, prior failures in engineering can be traced to the neglect of variability [4].In the 1950s, design of aircraft for “the average man” led to uncontrollable aircraft [5]. At theheight of this issue, as many as 17 pilots crashed in a single day [6]. Similar issues persist inmodern engineering practice: As of writing, female passengers are crudely modeled as a scaledversion of the male median in automobile crash test practice [7
separating the technical skills versus the process related skills. (S4) Page 22.1543.10 We actually made a list on paper to write down what goes in each category … We split up our map into different areas of transferability. (S2) We decided to just get a bunch of colors and shapes and kind of throw them in the middle. (S6)Interestingly, several of the students commented that their process of making the map was areflection of their overall team process throughout the project: We each shouted different things at each other and said ok so what do we want to see, and then we just kind of went for it. … that
pattern among engineering students.However, it is possible that the MEAs did not require much iteration during solution.We also investigated the time that students allocated to different phases of a model building ex-ercise (namely, the initiation, problem solving and finishing phases). Generally speaking, weobserved that allocating equal amounts of time to each problem solving phase is most beneficial.Specifically, we observed that in general, the students who earned the higher grades devoted ap-proximately the same amount of time to each of these three phases: Understanding the problem and searching for a solution, Solving the problem, and Evaluating and writing up the results.These “balanced workers” who put more emphasis on the
(including how tofire a team member), and member roles. Examples of previous contracts are provided on whichto build. The very act of writing a team contract forces students to think about potentialproblems and their consequences. The contract is their first line of defense and helps them dealwith many problems internally. Since we have instituted the contract, team problems requiringinstructor intervention seem to have decreased.It is critical to quickly identify team problems which might adversely impact the team’sperformance and which might require instructor intervention. However, students are extremelyhesitant to report team problems to the instructor because they do not want to get their peers “in-trouble”. The team situation must usually be
-projects were designed to re-inforce active learning, enabling students to engage with the material through practical exercises.For instance, during the week on circuits and sensors, students built a light-dependent circuit. Thisapproach not only deepened students’ understanding of the current week’s IoT concept but also in-troduced skills that would be valuable in their semester projects and future personal IoT endeavors.A further example of a mini-project involved learning to read and write digital and analog valuesin a microcontroller, demonstrating the practical application of IoT concepts.This was a project-based class, but a few knowledge quizzes were given to test certain concepts,such as definitions, formulas, or engineering scenarios
: “That’s really not my job to be nice to you. I shouldn’t be mean, but… that shouldn’t be a primary criteria [sic] that you’re using … to evaluate me.” Theme 2: Is she good enough? Related to the above theme is what some participantsregard as an assumption that male faculty are good enough, as juxtaposed by an absence of suchan assumption for female faculty. Rather, some female STEM faculty feel as though they need toeither prove to colleagues that they’re good enough (i.e., that they are well within the regime ofcompetence within their respective communities of practice), or demonstrate achievement wellbeyond their male peers to be considered equally competent. Margaret and Carla articulatedthese views in the following interview excerpts
the exams(for retroactive analysis, we define “struggling” as students who accumulate fewer than 80% ofavailable course points). The two exams that we used (midterm and final, each worth 20% of astudent’s final grade) were considered to be the primary assessment of students’ individualunderstanding of course material, as the bulk of other course work is either done in groups, with apartner, or graded leniently (e.g. “for completion”).Faculty Workload: Writing Exams Is an Excessive Drain on Faculty TimeThis course is team-taught, and the faculty spend most of their time coordinating amongst eachother and the teaching assistants to ensure that we provide a consistent and inclusive teachingexperience across all of the various lectures and lab
detrimental to people and the larger environment.Another approach educators can take to encourage children to critically analyze technologycomes from the ‘critical text analysis’ (CTA) and ‘critical literacy’ traditions in literacy (i.e.,reading/writing) education.11 Advocates of CTA assert that it is imperative for individuals of allages to not only decode what they read, comprehend what they read, and consider text use andtheir purpose for reading, but also to ask questions about text positioning, i.e., to ask: ≠ How does this text position me, others, or reality? ≠ Does this text include or ignore my or others’ voice(s)? ≠ In whose interests has this text been written?12For example, elementary children have examined advertisements sent
applied solder toensure that it has not overflown, and at the same time, that it sufficiently covered the connectionarea. Kulkarni “felt sad and frustrated about missing the useful [soldering] repetition” throughoutthe course. She also reflected on the importance of soldering exposure, as a missed opportunityfor her, through her peers’ experiences in a lab that requires students to solder tens of LEDs tobuild an LED cube. She stated, “To some, the immense amount of soldering in this lab is one ofthe most memorable components of the class, for better or for worse… With the LED arrayproject, you're soldering repeatedly to learn the skill.” As a result of such exclusion due to theableist, primarily visual nature of lab tools, Kulkarni “focused much
Learning and Socialization: How is the student experience (at all levels) and knowledge of engineering design processes changed as a result of VIP involvement? What other skills and knowledge have they gained (technical skills, working within a team, communication, attitudes and interest in engineering, etc.) that may be attributed to the VIP experience? How do these coincide with faculty expectations of the student experience? If there are differences, what might explain them and how can the VIP program be improved? Student Mentoring Experiences: What expectations do students have regarding faculty and peer mentoring in the VIP environment? What types of mentoring exchange are considered to be most valuable with the VIP design team environment
computing and engineering students, wewill need to develop a research agenda that further elucidates this nascent area of study. Weparticularly expect that intentional work will be needed to uncover the as-yet poorly understoodecosystem surrounding TNB computing students, their advocates, and their allies. In particular,we see a clear need to understand intersections with race and disability, as the 2015 U.S.Transgender Survey showed that TNB people of color and people with disabilities had worseoutcomes than their already marginalized peers [3]. In order to be a force for change for thisgoal, we held a virtual workshop to develop a research agenda that includes TNB students inBPC/BPE for inclusive and intersectional policy, practices, and
cases hence the use of a collective case study design. Crowe et al. [17] were of theopinion that each individual case should be analyzed separately before conducting a cross-casecomparison to explore the similarities in their perceptions of self-assessment. Drawing on Croweet al. [17], the multiple data sets were coded separately and analyzed using the NVivo dataanalysis software. An inductive thematic analysis was conducted on both data sets. The finalcodebook was conceptualized using both the self-regulation theory [15] and the student self-assessment cycle [3]. The authors completed multiple iterations of coding and engaged in criticalreviews of codes by peer debriefers [16]. Thereafter, a cross-case comparison was conducted toexplore the
Paper ID #38654Board 88: Work in Progress: Impact of Electronics Design Experience onNon-majors’ Self-efficacy and IdentityTom J. Zajdel, Carnegie Mellon University Tom Zajdel is an Assistant Teaching Professor in electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Zajdel is interested in how students become motivated to study electronics and engineer- ing. He has taught circuits, amateur radio, introductory mechanics, technical writing, and engineering de- sign. Before joining CMU, Tom was a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University, where he worked on electrical sheep-herding of biological
domestic students, I shared their thoughts concerning the needs in teachingand learning in the zoom breakout room. With students, I discussed the challenges and benefitsof designing effective instruction for diverse student groups in a teaching and learningenvironment with both international and domestic students. After identifying the needs, andinstructional topic, I decided to develop an inclusive lesson for international graduate students.Then, I shared these ideas to be a base for the lesson topic with classmates.Step 2: I provided a pitch speech on a selected topic, “Traffic Signals Coordination along theStreet,” to my peers in the class. At this stage, I received feedback from classmates and courseprofessors.Step 3: I then designed a video
-engineering-through-responsible-innovation-and-critiques-of-engineering-culturesGibbs, J. (2010). Linda L. Putnam and Anne M. Nicotera, eds.: Building Theories of Organization: The Constitutive Role of Communication. Administrative Science Quarterly, 55(1), 159–161. https://doi.org/10.2189/asqu.2010.55.1.159Green, B. N., Johnson, C. D., & Adams, A. (2006). Writing narrative literature reviews for peer-reviewed journals: secrets of the trade. Journal of Chiropractic Medicine, 5(3), 101–117. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0899-3467(07)60142-6Irish, R., & Romkey, L. (2021). Using Actor Network Theory to Explore Sustainability Issues in an Engineering & Society Course. In Proceedings of the Canadian
of a class meeting was dedicated to solving these problems, in part, througha think-pair-share2 instructional approach. For think-pair-share, students were given 30 secondsto read the problem, 1 minute to think and discuss solutions to the problem with their peers, andseveral minutes to discuss the different solution strategies in the class as a whole. Students orallyshared with the class alternative ways to solve problems. Students completed four formativequizzes in class (consisting of FE-type problems) on material that had been covered up to thatpoint, as well as homework problem sets throughout the semester. The target exam, which willhenceforth be referred to as the mock-FE exam, was constructed by chemical engineering1 https
answered bythe researcher. The cadets were briefed on the observation exercise. This exercise requiredthem to log virtuous acts they observed during their everyday activities. This passive exercisedid not require any type of interaction on the part of the cadet. Cadets received a start and enddate for the observation exercise. The researcher answered all questions from the cadets.After the five-day observation exercise, a post survey was filled out and after-action review(AAR) questions were answered. The format of the AAR questions was free form andallowed cadets to write what they felt and provide feedback on how to improve the study (seeAAR Questions section). An AAR is conducted after events with the purpose of improvingfuture exercises.The
an introduction to engineering designcourse during the fall semester. This course consists of a twice-weekly, one-hour lecture and atwo-hour laboratory. The lecture on Monday mainly focuses on engineering topics related totwo interactive team projects. Guest lectures are presented on Wednesday. These lecturesrepresent the various engineering majors offered at Binghamton University. The laboratories aretaught by engineering instructors and graduate engineering students. Students are also requiredto take a weekly two-hour course with a focus on writing and oral presentations. The courseprovides instruction to students on how to write reports and present oral presentations regardingtheir projects. Both courses utilize undergraduate course
InquiryThroughout the larger effort described above, our team of five became acutely aware of thechallenges we faced as individuals and a collective in attempting to utilize design thinking in amore traditional engineering course design context. Certainly there were successes, inspiringmoments, and personal growth. There were also moments of doubt, conflict, and even despair aswe considered our experiences and the potential to expand those experiences to our peers. Thuswe decided to investigate the tensions we were experiencing in bringing design thinking to ourdistinct course design context.We utilized a collaborative inquiry [15] approach to investigate the tensions we experienced andhow they informed our application of design thinking in engineering
G141210 8 6 4 2 0 Agree Neutral Disagree I want to use Mastering in the rest of this course. I like the instant feedback on the Mastering platform. I like the fact that I am challenged in problems with different parameters from my peers to really show that I understand the concept and I can apply it. I love writing down my steps on paper while solving the problems on Mastering online. I feel that I can learn better (in the sense that I can solve harder problems or am aware of more knowledge points that I might have overlooked before) with more integration of Mastering into my course. I
additional experiencesto share during their capstone experiences. The resulting evidence of DT use was measured inthe final reports that senior students write at the end of their capstone experiences.MethodsBioengineering students who completed one of two elective courses in Biodesign and/orparticipated in a Summer Clinical Immersion were considered exposed to the intervention. TheBiodesign courses were new electives and we intended them to be open to many students. Assuch, they did not have extensive pre-requisites (Calculus II, Physics, and our Intro toEngineering course). The students who enrolled in these courses had an interest indesign/building devices, the class fit their schedule, or this was the one elective whose pre-requisites they met
@iupui.edu raj.s@austin.utexas.eduAbstractIn this full research paper, we aim to enhance the instructional delivery of the CIT 21400(Introduction to Data Management) course at IUPUI to improve students’ learning experience andto engage students better as they learn and apply the foundational database concepts. Introductoryprogramming courses such as database programming and design represent crucial milestones inIT education, as they reflect students' ability to solve problems and design appropriate solutions.But, for novice programmers learning SQL (Structured Query Language) programming andlogical database design concepts is a challenging task because while writing SQL programs,students not only have to apply
Summer 2022. After opening the DesignCube, students are able not only to access commontools and material for their prototyping activities, but they can also move freely from oneworkstation to another to engage, brainstorm and discuss with peers. There is also storage roomfor prototypes. Figure 10: Students inside Makerere DesignCubeFigures 10 and 11: Summer Program Participants with the DesignCubeStudents from both schools have had the opportunity to collaborate on biomedical designprojects in the Makerere DesignCube (Figure 10). Eight Duke students travelled to Makerere inSummer 2022 through a DukeEngage program, a service-learning program where