Theory (ELT). Experiential learning was introduced byJohn Dewey in 1938, and later refined by Kurt Lewin and David Kolb. Dewey describedlearning as a process of participating in an activity, reflecting on that experience and later usingthe conclusions when doing other activities.3 Lewin, a social psychologist, believed that thechallenge of modern education was how to implement “concrete experience” based on Dewey’sprocess.4 Kolb unified the process in 1984 as the “Experiential Learning Cycle”, which connectsthe four actions of learning.4 Kolb’s cycle depicts experience explained by reflection, reflectioncreating new concepts, and new concepts used to plan new experiences. He refers to the cycle asconcrete experience (CE), reflective observation
problem solving and design exercises. Students also learn about teamwork and leadership through group activities. • Future Engineers. This eight-‐day program has been structured exclusively for high performing students in grades 10 and 11 and is intended to promote engineering as discipline of choice as those students begin thinking about plans for university studies. In addition to hands-‐on engineering design activities and team projects, including computer aided design and 3D printing, participants are introduced to engineering disciplines along with advanced math and sciences, and
(grade level) of the student and any disabilities students may have that would impact theircapacity to participate fully or meaningfully in the flipped classroom environment. Student maturity and motivation is also a consistent topic in the responses regardingappropriateness for all learners. Some of the concern was specifically directed at middle and highschool students. However, others were more general and were related to students having the self-discipline to properly engage with the out-of-class work. This is addressed by many whoresponded yes, but qualified their response by stating that proper planning and supports shouldbe in place for the flipped classroom model to be effective. The preference of students was stated several
note that this type of course is not intended as an open elective, but instead as a finalcourse for the completion of a minor in the sciences. Thus, students would likely already haverelationships established with the faculty with whom they will conduct research. Often, theprocess of planning out a project will take place over a semester preceding the research courseitself (for example in Physics, while a student is still taking modern physics). Since researchprojects typically take quite some time to actually start up, this lead in time is essential to getdocuments, papers and sourcing established. Student groups (anywhere from 1-5 students) aretypically identified and formed before the beginning of the research semester. These groups
, Charlie was a fac- ulty member and former chair in the Department of Construction Management and Engineering at North Dakota State University in Fargo. Dr. McIntyre’s current research includes sustainable construction / green building and pedagogical activ- ities involving active learning. Since 2010, he has co-chaired the ”ACCE Industry Advisory Board (IAB) Event” planning committee. As an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education, he is the current Zone III Chair and serves on the ASEE Board of Directors. Dr. McIntyre is an ASEE Fellow.Ms. Tiffany Erin Whinery, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis Tiffany Whinery is a Graduate Research Assistant at the STEM Education Research
- sigh has considerable professional experience. She has worked at various consulting engineering firms on projects that ranged from bridge design and analysis, to large-scale building design and construction. Vassigh has a Master’s of Architecture, a Master’s of Urban Planning and a Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering from University at Buffalo, the State University of New York.Hadi AlhaffarAlbert John Elias IV, Aberrate LLCMs. Giovanna Gallardo, Florida International University Graduate Assistant c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Learning Building Sciences in Virtual EnvironmentsAbstractThis paper presents an interdisciplinary research project engaging students
,engineering management, and chemistry departments as well as the university’s Nanofabricationand Imaging Center. Over three years, twenty-six students have been selected for theNanotechnology Fellows Program, and their majors span seven disciplines. Table 1 provides asummary of the program participation by gender and undergraduate major.This paper reports on the program’s evolution over the course of three years as well as thepositive impacts on students’ academic and professional careers. Formative and summativeevaluation tools were developed by program evaluators in the Office of Academic Planning andAssessment and psychology department; the tools include student feedback analysis, focusgroups, and surveys. The evaluation results from the first
experiences that are relevant to the current technicaldevelopment. Teachers receive an immersive experience working alongside faculty andgraduate students as well as undergraduate students participating as part of the NSF REUSite: Internet of Things [14].Running Head: Project CoMET RETProject goals and objectivesThe Research Experience for Teachers (RET) site program was developed to involve 10 teachersover 8 weeks in summer with 1 week in the following year. This model, used in Year One, wasadjusted in Year Two to involve 12 teachers for 6 weeks with the follow-on training untouched.Teachers are selected to develop RET inspired lesson plans, which they implement in theirclassroom the following school year. Recruitment includes mailings (electronic
, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr Wendy C. Newstetter is theAssistant Dean for Educational Research and Innovation in the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech.Prof. Colin Potts, Georgia Institute of Technology Colin Potts is Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Professor of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. As Vice Provost he is responsible for academic support, career advising, the integration of curricular and co-curricular programs, community engagement, curricular planning and the Honors Program. His research areas are requirements engineering, software privacy, and professional ethics.Ellen Zegura, Georgia Institute of Technology Ellen Zegura is the Stephen Fleming
orientations are similar in both content and structure [11].However, the events are held separately to better address the diverse needs of the participants[12]. The inclusive teaching session has evolved since its inception in response to theuniversity’s strategic plan for diversity, equity, and inclusion in 2016 [13], and it varies due toCRLT Players’ schedule constraints. However, the goals are the same regardless of the format.After attending the inclusive teaching session, participants should be able to: ● increase their awareness of the impact of diversity, equity, and inclusion in engineering, ● examine a range of scenarios highlighting problematic classroom environments, ● reflect on the impact of student and instructor social identities
lessons in other classes as desired. For instance, themodule on project management could be inserted in a design class or ethics moduleadded to any engineering course. Sharing with other instructors within the sameinstitution is readily accommodated through features of the learning management system.A final culminating module inserted at the completion of the course encourages studentsto reflect on what they have learned and plan for continuing growth in broad, “T-shaped”skills. Learning objectives are as follows: 1. Revisit your individual strengths andweaknesses. 2. Prepare a plan for lifelong learning growth. The content and activitiesassociated with this module typically include: • Readings exploring the value of lifelong learning and
sustainability b. Evaluate a product/ engineering system’s environmental impacts using Life Cycle Assessment c. Design/ redesign a product/ engineering system to using the engineering principles to improve environmental impactsThe achievement of these goals was assessed through students’ self-evaluations and analysis ofstudents’ coursework. In addition, the objectives are also planned to be assessed throughstudents’ capstone senior projects. But at the time of creation of this work-in-progress paper, thestudents who took this course have not worked on their senior project yet, as a result, this part ofthe assessment is planned to be conducted once the students worked on their senior projects. Toextend and complete this work-in-progress, it
, an ideal institution would provide asmuch access and training for that tool, etc. as possible. Students must be prepared for theworkforce as it is today, not as it was 10 years ago.Educators should seek to create useful access points to learning wherever possible. Many accesspoints can be reused, and often the time input for the professor is mostly up front with long-termbenefits. This is true for online content like videos and notes, hands-on project plans, group-workactivities, interactive practice problem sets and exams (created through Typeform, Classmarker,the institution’s own site, etc.), and other access points devised by educators.Examples of Access Points to Learning (List not exhaustive): ● Class time ● Homework ● Textbooks
offering of the course, thestudent population was expanded greatly to include almost 200 MS and PhD students from manyof the Schools at SJTU. In this 2018 offering a large faculty team was established to providetutorials to groups of roughly 12 students to supplement the lecture component delivered by theU.S. professor. Student and faculty reviews of the course have been mostly positive and manyimportant lessons have been learnt through the experience. The most critical of these lessons arebeing incorporated into a revised plan for the course when it is offered next in 2019. It is feltthat our experience should be of interest to others contemplating the challenges of preparing non-native English speakers for the engineering profession in this
a better understanding of faculty approaches to teaching within the school ofengineering and the related impacts on student learning. We also plan to consult facultythroughout the toolkit development process to co-design a readily adoptable product. We shareour approach as a methodological contribution to toolkit design by aligning espoused advice,best practices, and perspectives from the lived experience of students who are minoritized in thesystem.For the first stage of developing an inclusive teaching toolkit, the authors obtained copies of aninstitutional instructor’s guide that is distributed annually to all engineering faculty. Wereviewed the existing guidelines and contrasted them against high-impact practices related toinclusive
beneficial because they help you:-make strategic decisions, plan programming, and identify gaps in the programming,-clarify and quickly communicate your plan,-demonstrate to stakeholders you have thought things through, and-make the case for funding. 4When working in the area of DEI in particular, developing a clear plan for yourinitiative and identifying intended outcomes can hold you accountable to yourvision for change and help you demonstrate that you’re doing what you hoped.For example, say you have a Bridge program for first generation students inengineering. Hopefully you have an intention behind this program, likely toimprove students self-efficacy and/or
, this grant plans to provide academic support likementoring, undergraduate research opportunity, and career/professional development activities toenhance student success, degree completion, proper employment and/or continuation to graduateschool. The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of scholarships and variousproject activities on retention, success, and graduation of minority African-American students inengineering & technology [8]-[12]. The institutional data required for this analysis are obtainedfrom AAMU Office of Institutional Planning & Research (AAMU Fact Book) [13].2. Support Systems and InterventionsThe overall goal of this project is to increase the success of low income academically talentedminority
frompartner schools, who embarked on a dual enrollment program. The program adopted a holisticapproach, combining interactive activities to foster a college-bound mindset while enablingstudents to earn high school and college credits. Throughout their participation, students receivedcomprehensive support services, encompassing academic advising, tutoring, and social support.ROPES outlined several vital objectives, including promoting student success and enhancingworkforce readiness, engaging students in experiential activities, providing customizable careerexploration plans, and integrating social and emotional learning strategies.The program closely aligns with Rowan University's commitment to accessibility, affordability,and the state plan's
(74%), and, to a lesser extent, technical work (45%). This patternhighlights the relative benefits of capstones for developing professional skills beyondstrengthening the technical core knowledge taught in other coursework.3 Context: Capstones at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)In the turmoil and social upheaval of 1960s, a group of faculty at WPI pioneered a substantialchange to education at WPI. At that time, education at WPI gave students little room to becreative as every student was given a prescriptive curriculum that had to be strictly followed.Engineering instruction did not include social paradigms and challenges of the time. The Plan,adopted by the faculty in April 1970, brought radical change to education at WPI. The Planwould
actively involved inguiding them throughout their research journeys and future academic plans. However,participants also articulated a need for incorporating more professional development activities inthis program, especially in preparation for graduate or professional school.In terms of program implementation, the program’s staff experienced administrative challengeswhen compensating participants and with low levels of involvement from faculty mentors in thementorship workshops facilitated by the program staff. Despite these challenges, participantsremained enthusiastic and reported minimal disruptions in their research experiences as they alsoexpressed appreciation for the transparency of the program's staff in addressing and
Doctoral Female Middle Eastern Yes Mike ENG Doctoral Male Latin* Yes Summer ENG Doctoral Female Latin* Yes Mother Tricia ENG Undergraduate Female White Yes Autism 11/6/2024 | © Justin C. Major, Ph.D. | 6We were surprised to find that many of the students we interviewed were engineering orcomputing – not something we planned. A subset of 10 fit this category and are the focusof our presentation. As you can see, we have 10 participants, mostly in engineering
., the PI hasreceived money to oversee the conduct of a research project.Individual Development Plan (IDP): A career planning process to help graduate students explore theirinterests, values, and skills. An IDP helps graduate students decide how to invest their attention.Paper: A document that describes a research project in detail, including information about related prior work,the research methods used, the results obtained, and the interpretation of the results. When a paper is beingdeveloped it is often called a “manuscript.” Before a paper is published, it undergoes peer-review in whichother expert researchers provide critical feedback.PI: A principal investigator or PI is the lead researcher of a project. Graduate students often refer to
Paper ID #37386Case Study: International Summer Research Programming ExperiencesSponsored by TAMUS LSAMPDr. Michael D. Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC Michael Preuss, EdD, is the Co-founder and Lead Consultant for Exquiri Consulting, LLC. His primary focus is providing assistance to grant project teams in planning and development, through external evalu- ation, and as publication support. Most of his work involves STEM education and advancement projects and is completed for Minority-Serving Institutions. He also conducts research regarding higher education focused on the needs and interests of underserved populations and
degrees, and the Bachelor degree inMultidisciplinary Technology. In order to advise a student graduating with an InterdisciplinaryDegree, the faculty must have a full, joint, or courtesy appointment with the Department ofMultidisciplinary Engineering.Step Three: Involve the appropriate voices to get a preliminary understanding of what the PhD, MS,and DEng degree plans would look like. If degrees are going to be grantable in the topic of engineering education, it is important toestablish what an acceptable degree plan would look like. There were numerous questions raisedabout the efficacy of the plan: ● What types of applicants would be admitted to the program? ● Would graduate students be required to have an undergraduate degree in
Paper ID #23041An Experiential Learning Framework for Improving Engineering Design,Build, and Test CoursesMr. Jackson Lyall Autrey, University of Oklahoma Jackson Autrey is a Master of Science student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and is currently involved with research into assessment methods and pedagogy in engineer- ing design education. Following completion of his Master’s degree, Jackson plans to pursue a PhD. in Engineering with a focus on engineering education.Ms. Shalaka Subhash
eight forming components of theAfghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS): 2008 -2013. The specific strategy forhigher education is described as follows (Babury & Hayward, 2014): “Improving the quantity and quality aspects to satisfy the demand for the market based economy with skilled professionals. This will involve increasing the capacity to accommodate more qualified students, together with an improvement in the quality of higher education by improving the number and quality of lecturers and offering a greater variety of courses. There are plans to provide universities with greater autonomy (p. 5).”In Afghanistan the way people can receive higher education falls into one of the following
3yield, or minimizing environmental impact can be formulated and explored to identify optimal designtargets. While Horwich et al. focuses on the cultivation and harvest of Eichhornia crassipes (waterhyacinth), a completely different crop type from microgreens, the approach and analysis presented intheir work is of significant utility to the instant study. The modeling and analysis techniques presentedin the subsequent section as part of our analysis of the technical feasibility and economic viability ofbroccoli microgreen production is inspired by their work. Process Description and AnalysisA baseline areal space floor plan for microgreen cultivation is shown in Figure 1. Included in thisrepresentation is shelving
apprenticeship allowsstudents to conduct research in various STEM related topics on a college campus under thementorship of college students. The program is geared towards underserved andunderrepresented groups that may have fewer science and engineering opportunities in their area.Every college campus has mentors that oversee the apprentices’ day to day progress on a STEMrelated research project developed by the mentors. The program sought to train the mentors torun a research project by identifying a topic, setting the parameters, and managing the project.The NMT campus mentors focused on a research topic related to robotics. These mentors hadfour weeks before the apprentices came onto the campus to plan how to assist the apprentices infinishing a
praxis a realcomponent in our course design process. The course ran as asuccessful pilot in spring 2021 with 11 students.[SLIDE 7]In summer 2021, GEER worked with CEED to support a virtualcampus for 105 high school girls from North Africa, the Middle Eastand Central Asia as part of the TechGirls program funded by theU.S. State Department and administered by Legacy International,a third party non-profit organization.This began out of systematic strategic planning around seekingexternal grants for online learning between CEED and GEER. Weessentially began exploring how to pilot online learning activitiesthat would be cohort-based and delivered as modules in theCanvas LMS (spring 2021) around a small grant proposal. Whilethat external grant was not
staff and families throughout the planning, implementation, and analysis phases of theREACH-ECE project and used a variety of strategies to ensure that the activities and researchmethods supported an equitable vision of STEM education, including collecting and analyzingdata in the language of participants with a bilingual and bicultural research team, using strength-based approaches to conceptualizing and supporting family engineering engagement, andensuring that community partners and families were meaningful collaborators in the researchprocess [40], [41].The primary design-based research study in REACH-ECE involved three mini-cycles of activitytesting that were focused on exploring a broad research question: How do the elements