increasing behavior until the completion of the project.Additionally, the survey provided open-ended questions where students could identify the factorsthat affected the changes in their perceptions. This group was very satisfied with theirexperience and one stated that “…it got more exciting and we could see the project comingtogether.” This comment was shared by all 80% of this group. This is clearly reflected in theincreases in enthusiasm.Note that this student cohort was also included in the Alumni survey, as these students graduatedin the spring of 2019. Artifact Display Case, Project 1 7 Average Student Response
differently. When faced with a difficult problem, some children give up or displaypatterns of avoidance believing that they cannot solve the problem. Other children view theproblem as a challenge believing that they can solve it with enough time and effort (Dweck andReppucci, 1973; Dweck, 1986). Later, she studied the effect a child’s beliefs about themselveshad on a child’s goals using the model that a child who viewed their intelligence as a fixedquantity would choose goals that reflected that belief and a child who viewed their intelligenceas a changeable quantity would choose goals in accordance with that belief (Dweck and Leggett,1988). Dweck went on to label these mindsets “fixed” and “growth,” respectively (2008). Inadvocating for mindset
the environment that served toenable students’ perceptions of access ranged from effective signage above equipment andmachinery, to furniture that made the room both functional and comfortable. In addition tostructural features of the environment, aural characteristics such as music served to makespaces more inviting and “laid back,” as well as offered a buffer to the loud backdrop of themachines.More often, the data revealed the ways in which features of the space served as a barrier toaccess, including locked doors, cluttered and crowded rooms, and poor directional signage.Organization of the makerspaces in relation to one another prompted reflections on the impactof having equipment spread throughout multiple rooms and the inconvenience of
, erroneously, referenced only within the arts, yet itsdevelopment and nurturing is critical to the sciences as well. Unfortunately, rigid curricula, anover-emphasis on standardized testing, and increased identification and medication of studentswith ADHD all contribute to a decreases within several dimensions of creativity 1.Creativity and innovation, within a supportive structure, are requisite components for reliablydeveloping solutions to complex problems. This is true at an elementary level, but also as itapplies across the learning continuum and eventually, to the workplace 34. The role of individualcreativity is integral to organizational innovation and the highest levels of innovation occur whenthis relationship is symbiotic 38-41.Reflections
supplement details in the change ofparticipants’ perceptions appeared in Likert-type questions [42, 43].III. ResultsIn this section, we presented student responses on the pre-post surveys to reveal if the programmet the criteria for success intended for goals of the program. These would reflect any increasesthat favor pursuing graduate education.A. Impact of Program on Career GoalsFigure 1 shows students’ changes in their career goals after the REU programs by program andby total. The number of students that responded to the corresponding survey questions were intotal npre = 32 and npost = 28 (in AERO, npre = 12 and npost = 11; in MSEN, npre = 12 and npost = 11;and in IIT: npre = 8 and npost = 6). Figure 1 shows the percentages of each students in
survey with the Leadership Community in order tomeasure and document progress, satisfaction and outcomes for the LVCP community. At thetime the survey was administered, the participants had completed the facilitator training and haddeveloped the content of the Safe Zone level 1 and level 2 workshops. The results reflect theperceptions of the members of a Community of Practice in the early stages of development andwill provide an indication of the strength of the foundation of a sustainable community ofpractice capable of achieving individual and community goals.Of the original 20 members of the VCP, one was unable to attend the facilitator training ormeetings due to schedule conflicts, and two were PIs on the project. Links to the online
(guided) individual career plans. Research Symposium. Awards ceremony. @ TAMU Formal survey/interview evaluations (both internal & external). Reflection essay. Dinner. Post Database & mailing list setup. Scheduled periodic status-update for continued guidance on 1-year career objectives (for 1-year). Post opportunities. Strategies to get back on track (if needed). Extended Periodic contact (beyond 1-year). Posting opportunities. Track professional career progress. [Fall] Evaluator report. Discussion & intervention plans. Grad student team-management-training. [*TAMU College of Engineering (CoE) Undergraduate Summer Research Grants (USRG) activity][CoE deadline] [#Evaluation activity] [%Brown
develop effective latent variable model and instrument that reflects the factors of college students’ retention.Dr. Carol S Gattis, University of Arkansas Dr. Carol Gattis is the Associate Dean Emeritus of the Honors College and an adjunct Associate Pro- fessor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Her academic research focuses on STEM education, developing programs for the recruitment, retention and graduation of a diverse population of students, and infusing innovation into engineering curriculum. Carol is also a consultant specializing in new program development. She earned her bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineer- ing from the U of A and has served on the industrial
instruction, she spent twelve years teaching K-5 and enrichment at the elementary level. In 2010, Kara began teaching courses and supervising student teachers at ASU. Kara is TAP certified, an evaluation system designed to improve teaching effectiveness and student achievement. The TAP evaluation involves classroom observations, coaching, and feedback/reflection for professional growth. Kara has worked with 60+ student teachers in various subjects at the pre-K through 12th grade level, and conducted over 100 TAP classroom observations. Since the fall of 2016, Kara has been working with the JTFD Project, an NSF grant working to improve active learning in engineering education. She has completed 300 RTOP classroom
; this may suggest that students andfaculty have different ideas of what constitutes a critical thinking skill.(3) Faculty perceived students learning how to work independently as a much lower rate thanthe students themselves identified, likely reflecting what each group would consider to be“independent” work. Faculty also saw significantly less success by the students in learning howto conduct a research project (#6), which may indicate that the students are not fully sharing theirmentor’s vision of what is involved in conducting research at a high level. This is mirrored bybenefit #8, regarding a student’s research skills, which a much larger percentage of studentsthought was a benefit received in comparison to the percentage of faculty who
are opposed, there istension in the evaluative process.For the purposes of this study, we have chosen to observe students’ relationship to engineeringethics by looking at how they engage in ethical reflection as a team, in the situation of their Page 26.728.3actual project work. This is an alternative to the more common approach of focusing onindividual students and attempting to measure their understanding with an artificial instrument(such as a survey). We suggest that the dual-process account discussed above works as well forteams as for individuals. This study is thus firmly situated in the approach of “team cognition”(Salas & Fiore
delivery readiness. The PI then depositsthe finalized contents in a shareable media for delivery and dissemination. An iterative review method depicted Focus groups Decide on Active Learning Contents in Figure 2 is being used to ensure and Formats (case study, class exercise, or case study video) the modules reflect both academic research and industry best practices. The content development process PI & Co-PI refine Contents List
their curriculum, (2) both course and overall curriculum level assessments arepossible, where the assessment scores reflect the development on an absolute scale, and (3)instruments and rubrics can be upgraded over time to reflect the progress in the assessment ofspecific professional skills.The Model of Domain Learning (MDL) proposed by Alexander et al.1 is a learning theorycharacterized by the interrelations that exist between the learning-based constructs and theexperience-based stages in academic domains. In this study, the MDL based framework isapplied to develop assessment rubrics mapped to the interaction between the experience-basedstages and the learning-based components. The experience-based growth stages in ascendingorder of
Students specifically mentioned splitting up projects into pieces and never necessarilyworking together as a team. The delegation of tasks occurred in such a way that limitedteammate interactions. This reflects a lack of relatedness, neglecting the process of workingtogether to integrate individual aspects of the project and sharing knowledge. In essence, teammembers did not engage in teamwork; instead, they completed what amounts to individualprojects. In fact, the following student quotes depict teamwork as a last resort or even go as far asexpressing an interest in not working together at all. In some instances, groups assigned one specific team member the individual task of“putting all the pieces together.” Interestingly, in the quote
. For the studied group of engineering students, there are no significantcorrelations between Creativity Index and GPA or the Creativity Index and SAT scores,indicating that SAT scores and GPA are poor predictors of creativity. Because creative potentialis not reflected in the current evaluation methodology, the most creative engineering studentsmay not be at the top of their class, so their unique potential may be underappreciated inengineering programs. This observation indicates the urgent need to revisit the studentevaluation is performed in the current engineering education. Potentially low GPA of highlycreative engineering students may become an impediment for their recruitment for jobs that arehigh demand for creative ideas. The
literature [12-14], the conceptof shortage of time repeated throughout the interviews. A participant reflects on the lack of timeissue: I would say that the largest cost has been our individual time, the faculty members' individual time. Because it takes some time to think about your course syllabus in a different way, thinking about ... Because in the curriculum plan, it shows you ... or there's indications of what courses might be prerequisites. But then we had to go back and think about what topics within that course are the most relevant.Another participant recounts what resources could make more time possible: I think that there's probably something as a carrot and a stick to get faculty together to do
the effectiveness of the applied/active learning activities and to see ifthey correlate with an increase in later success in Engineering courses, we analyzed studentperformance in the Applied Mechanics I class. The current prerequisite to the AppliedMechanics I class is Physics for Engineers I. Before the redesign of Physics curriculum theprerequisite was PHYS 215, Engineering Physics I, which was a traditional Physics class. It washeavily oriented towards theory and the lab components were rather disjointed with thetheoretical learning activities. We compared the Applied Mechanics I class final grade pointaverage (which reflects all assignment grades, including homework, quizzes, and a total of threeexams) as a measure of the performance
problem, reconstructing the main problem, and performingindependent and collaborative studies, students then revisit the original problem with a renewedapproach, new knowledge, and skills (Savery & Duffy, 1995; Barrows, 2002). The action ofreconnecting to the problem with a constructive approach encourages students to take ownershipof their short- and long-term learning goals. As part of life-long learning skills, students developself-learning habits to understand the need for recognizing real-life problems, allocating time todo independent research and reflect upon findings (Hmelo-Silver, 2004; Hoidn & Kärkkäinen,2014).3.0 ENVIRONMENTS FOR FOSTERING EFFECTIVE CRITICAL THINKINGThe Environments for Fostering Effective Critical Thinking, or
can create online and Page 23.871.13dynamic course materials that can be updated easily and frequently as needed. The workpresented in this paper and the instruments described will also guide any systematic evaluation ofa pedagogical novelty on similar student learning outcomes.AcknowledgementThis material is supported by the National Science Foundation under TUES Phase-II Grantnumber 1022932. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendation presented are thoseof the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References1. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R., (2000). How people
Arizona State University. His research interests include social media, narrative storytelling, cyberlearn- ing, embodied mixed-media learning, affective computing, and instructional design. He holds a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Arizona State University and is a former middle/high school English teacher. His work is steeped in a multi-disciplinary background including education, design, filmmaking, music, programming, sociology, literature and journalism. He is a member of ASU’s Advancing Next Generation Learning Environments (ANGLE) and Reflective Living research groups.Dr. Sandra Houston, Arizona State University Dr. Sandra Houston is a member of the Geotechnical Engineering faculty in the School of
. Retrospective interviewing will occur immediately after the think-aloud to help participants reflect on and verbalize their thought processes during the think-aloud, drawing from both long-term and short-term memory (e.g., “Describe the process you used to think about the case”). In addition, interviews will include questions to clarify comments participants made during the process and to explicate how knowledge and experiences were used. Transcriptions will be examined using a constant comparison methodA3, with specific attention given to participants’ references to prior knowledge and experiences. Initially, each researcher will conduct an analysis of a single transcription, looking for evidence
for chondrogenicdifferentiation and whether these reflect the existence of origin-specific biological signatures. Students will design their experimental inquiries to determine how culture conditions altercell differentiation. Teams of 2-3 students will independently design and execute studies to testhow the following influences the formation of differentiated chondrocytes: 1) undifferentiatedcell types, and 2) addition of growth factors (e.g, transforming growth factor b (TGF-b) family,bone morphogenic protein (BMP) family, basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2), insulin-likegrowth factor-1, IGF-1). Students will assay cell viability, cell number and differentiation. Eachstudent team will assay differentiation by one of the following 1
course mainly included the introductory and essential robotics concepts for the teamdesigns: locomotion concepts, fixed and mobile robot kinematics, actuators and basic sensors.The course lecture and hands-on laboratory content reflected the IEEE Region-5 roboticscompetition guidelines, related project descriptions, hands-on design specifications, tasks,timeline, and a component list. High School Mentorship opportunities provided valuablerobotics and engineering design experiences for the robotics students who strengthened theirrobotics knowledge and skill sets to high school students for their high school level roboticscompetitions. Robotics-II course maintained the robot design continuity by requiring the sameteams from Robotics-I, with their
Lisa D. McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Assistant Department Head of Graduate Programs and co-Director of the VT Engineering Com- munication Center (VTECC). She received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Chicago and a c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Paper ID #10091B.A. in English from the University of Georgia. Her research interests include interdisciplinary collabora-tion, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supportedby the National Science Foundation include
disorders like narcolepsy, periodic limb movement disorder, hypersomnia, andsleep apnea. While a PSG provides valuable data to characterize sleep quality, the signal-acquisition technologies are obtrusive and not easily tolerated by children.6 The cost of the Page 24.374.2procedure and the necessary travel to a sleep laboratory also make it impractical for long-termsleep monitoring. For instance, biopotential measurements require wired electrodes in constantcontact with the skin. Oxygen saturation is typically measured with a bulky finger-clip sensor,although reflectance-mode sensors are becoming available. An unmet need remains for thedevelopment
necessarychanges to engineering curriculum to attract a more diverse student and practitioner population. Page 25.321.6Engineering IdentityThe construction of professional or personal identity is dynamic and multiple. In other words,identity reflects membership in many groups and changes over time. Socialization into aprofession may be done via many avenues. However, it is commonly suggested that havingexamples of people like oneself may be a strong contributor. In STEM fields with low femalemembership, this may hinder the entry and retention of females into engineering38–40.STEM study and work is perceived by students as more difficult than many social
Page 25.1351.8surprising that students in any semester do not have knowledge of the outcome coming in toEELE 201.Two-sample t-tests comparing the Fall 2011 student responses on the pre-survey to the responseson the post-survey produced significant results (post-survey responses being higher) for alloutcomes questions of interest (p < .05).All pre- and post- survey results (average survey responses) are shown in Table III below: Table III. Pre- and Post-Survey Results (Means) for Fall 2010 and Fall 2011 Learning Outcomes of InterestLearning Outcome: Please complete the followinganonymous survey by selecting the statement thatbest reflects your current knowledge in a given area. 1 = Strongly Disagree 2
diagrams. The current results also reflect earlier findings from58, in which the AA conditionperformed significantly better than the CC condition. Overall, these results support the notionthat abstract representations foster learning through allowing learners to focus on the underlyingstructure of the problem at hand, rather than the superficial elements of each individual problem.Thus, these learners do not observe worked-example problems considering, for example, abattery and a light bulb, rather noting that any type of voltage source and any type of electricaldevice could be present. Since these college students, although novices to electric circuitanalysis, have the requisite experience to know what objects can serve as electrical
as close as possible to those reported by the in-person group. 4. The students in the remote group perform at least as well as the in-person group in terms of understanding of the concepts related to databases as reflected by grades for the ISBL assignments.Statistical Comparisons and ResultsTable 2 provides the mean, median, and standard deviation of the outcomes measured in thisexperiment. The outcomes include average ISBL assignment grades, score for each motivationconstruct and the overall motivation, scores for experiential learning constructs environment andutility, self-assessment scores for each of the four database concepts and the averageself-assessment score over all concepts, and the SUS score. To compare the two
diverse levels ofcompetence learn from one another and their instructors. In a WisCom, learners collaborativelyfollow an inquiry cycle of learning challenges, exploration of possibilities and resources,continuous reflection, negotiation among fellow participants, and preservation of their new-found knowledge.We are applying this framework to generate a learning community among ECE students andinstructors [10]. Research shows that individuals in a shared academic community often interactthrough social media beyond their courses and become colleagues as they build their careers. Toremediate the lack of belonging that our Latinx ECE students feel, sociocultural learning theorieshave been proposed which frame the design, development, implementation