Laboratories at a Doctoral/Research University. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Vol. 41, No. 3.7. Roehrig, G.H. & Luft, J.A. (2003). Graduate Teaching Assistants and Inquiry-Based Instruction: Implications for Graduate Teaching Assistant Training. Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 80, No.10.8. Shannon, D.M., Twale, D.J., & Moore, M.S. (1998). TA Teaching Effectiveness: The Impact of Training and Teaching Experience. The Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 69, No. 4.9. Verleger, M.A., & Diefes-Dux, H.A. (2013). A Teaching Assistant Training Protocol for Improving Feedback on Open-Ended Engineering Problems in Large Classes. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: Atlanta, GA.10. Krueger, R. A., & Casey, M. A. (2009
describe the course content with little attention paid to the process ofdeveloping such courses. While these are no doubt helpful for others trying to develop similarcourses, what we report here comes from systematically collected data that included informationabout how a faculty member incorporated advice about developing courses, selected labs for thecourse, and got those labs ready for student use, a research approach we hope to see more often.Course development funding arrived in early 2007. Because this left too little time to workthrough bureaucratic approvals for an undergraduate course before fall, a special-topics,graduate-level course could be offered in the spring-summer session (lasting seven weeks fromroughly early May through late
education institutions, and the potentialimpacts of considering OR theories for engineering education.Introduction Resilience is a complex concept analyzed by the literature and can be defined as the“ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change”2. Since the COVID-19pandemic shocked the world, various research has been developed to understand and reflect onthis phenomenon. One scope of this research analyzes the educational context, and how highereducation institutions responded in their practices while learning about external shocks. Whilesome universities suffered from this unexpected disastrous scenario, some were sufficientlyprepared to smoothly pivot to the obligated online modality to learn and teach. This
University, SCAbstractIt is vital to guarantee that engineering graduates have learned essential skills required to excel ina dynamic technological landscape. Today the proliferation of low-cost, high-speed computingdevices offer opportunities for design and control of systems with varying levels of complexity.What this means in practice is that engineers increasingly need expert knowledge of variouscomputer systems and software. Computing expertise once considered arcane must now becomecommonplace. We develop a novel Machine Learning (ML) course, designed for allundergraduate engineering majors with appropriate programming and mathematics background,to take as an elective in their junior or senior year. The course introduces deep learning
Paper ID #25962Board 12: CAREER: Characterizing Latent Diversity Among a NationalSample of First-Year Engineering StudentsDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S
21 Century, Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter st Economic Future. Washington, D.C., National Academies Press (2005). 4. Duderstadt, J. J., Engineering for a Changing World: A Roadmap to the Future of Engineering Practice, Research, and Education. Ann Arbor, Michigan, University of Michigan Press, (2007). 5. Boyer, E. , Reinventing Undergraduate Education (The Boyer Commission Report). New York: Carnegie Foundation (2001). 6. Clough, G. W. (Chair), The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. National Academy of
success or failure for graduates when they enter theworkforce. As an example, project management skills are often neglected in an engineering orscience curriculum, requiring additional training for those engineers who end up in managementpositions. Skills such as the ability to lead and work effectively as a member of a team arefrequently identified as critical to the success of an engineer, but typically are lacking in newengineering graduates. 1 This article presents some information on impact of the NSF S-STEMon development of students’ professional skills.IntroductionSoft skills are important components of both industry and organizations. While soft skills aremajor components of industry core requirements, the students attending higher
students in the United Statesare not fully aware of the STEM career opportunities available to them [3]. Furthermore, persistence inSTEM college majors is influenced by factors such as high school performance in math and science, resultsfrom STEM placement exams, the aspiration to pursue graduate degrees and a strong sense of self-efficacyin STEM fields [4]. Outreach events promoting STEM fields for K-12 students come in many differentforms [5]. Age-appropriate activities have been proven to benefit students at all educational stages, oftenencouraging interest in STEM-related careers and are effective in raising awareness [6]. This paper focuseson one such level-appropriate activity that would help impact students’ perspectives on STEM
programs for KUSU graduates at Syracuse University, and professionaldevelopment workshops for teachers in Kenya. The interventions were based on quantitativeresearch studies conducted to determine where they would be most appropriate. The KUSUpartnership was structured on design-based research (DBR) methods framework. Figure 4describes the design-based research process. 12 Analysis of Development of Iterative practical solutions Reflection to cycles of problems by informed by
Native or Indigenous person h. *A Latinx person i. *A person with a disability j. *A person without a disabilityConstruct 5: DEI Policies and Practices in Computing1. *The Supreme Court is considering if college admissions policies that consider race should be allowed. Some people support these policies, while others are against them. Do you support or oppose considering race in the college admissions process?2. *Many university computing departments and companies have programs designed for Black, Native, and Latinx students and graduates (e.g., mentoring, pre-college programs, and affinity groups). Some people think these create more diversity. Do you agree?3. *Many universities created institutional anti-racism programs and
learn which best practices could be applied to CUBE Consulting.At the end of their first semester, CUBE’s consultants elected Bakies as the new President,recognizing her leadership skills and international experiences were a perfect fit for the role.Over the next year, CUBE Consulting expanded both their student body and internationalconnections. They established three new, technically demanding consulting projects to supportthe local community. In the fall of 2013, student consultants worked with a local sustainabletechnology start-up, research professors making an “agri-pulp” paper product, and website andcontent development for an iFoundry project. These projects exposed students to an array ofpractical challenges they had not previously
, problem-solving,design, project execution and management skills to real-life civil and environmental engineeringproblems. The capstone experience has morphed over the past 20 years from a single projectcompleted by the entire graduating class in small teams to multiple projects with separatestakeholders for each capstone team. The current structure is a two-course sequence thatincorporates several pedagogical approaches to help students apply and hone their professionalskills. Standardized or common grading rubrics, guidance, and assessment tools have beendeveloped and used uniformly by all capstone groups under the direction of faculty advisors and acourse coordinator. These guidelines include mandatory weekly progress meetings with
and Y. Amannejad, “Evidence-based Best Practices for First-year Blended Learning Implementation,” in Proceedings of 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 24-27, 2018.[9] H. Chang, F. W. Ngunjiri, and K. C. Hernandez. 2016. Collaborative Autoethnography. NY, NY: Routledge.[10] R. McCord, C. Hixson, E. L. Ingram, and L. D. McNair. 2014. Graduate student and faculty member: An exploration of career and personal decisions. In Proceedings of the 121st ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Indianapolis, IN.[11] J. S. Cicek, P. K. Sheridan, L. A. Kuley, and R. Paul. (2017). Through ‘Collaborative Autoethnography’ Researchers Explore Their Role as Participants in Characterizing the Identities of
approaches can reduce inequities by valuing progress and learn- ing, though barriers may still arise if students lack access to resources (including time and confidence).Overall, these grading systems share the goal of fostering a deeper, more meaningful educationalexperience, with ongoing research and case studies contributing to best practices for their imple-mentation. It is also noteworthy that this is not a one-size-fits-all approach, and faculty at specificinstitutions are subject to unique constraints on a case-by-case basis. Our institution enforces someunique constraints that are discussed as applicable. Furthermore, neither of the authors had anyexpertise in alternative grading and we consider this initial attempt a pilot upon
neverhappened. While at UM I initially taught a variety of chemical engineering courses, includingsenior plant design, reactor design, and unit operations laboratories. Later I taught college-levelcomputing courses including introductory freshman computing and graduate courses in scientificvisualization and virtual reality programming. I also conducted research, in conjunction withH. Scott Fogler, into the use and development of virtual reality for chemical engineeringeducation. This research was conducted with undergraduate student programmers, and produceda number of virtual-reality based educational modules. Papers were written predominantly forASEE and AIChE annual conferences[1-3], plus a few journal articles[4-6
Paper ID #41920Board 432: Work in Progress: Immersive, Hands-On, and Interactive QuantumInformation Science and Technology: Empowering Undergraduate Studentsin Quantum ComputingMr. Syed Hassan Tanvir, University of Florida Syed Hassan Tanvir is a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education at the University of Florida. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a Master’s in Software Engineering. His research is focused on investigating the factors that influence engineering undergraduate enrollment, retention, graduation, and dropout. For his Ph.D., he plans to incorporate stealth assessment techniques to foster
well-rounded team.6 They are: leader, team player,researcher, expert, planner, creative, and communicator. Our students need to become aware oftheir team member type and how this impacts the team in order to be more productive to apotential employer. At Baylor University, neither team types nor team member types are coveredanywhere in the curriculum.Why Work on Teams?There are distinct advantages to working in and on teams. West lists a number of advantages, afew of which are listed below:7 1. Teams are the best way to enact organizational strategies. 2. Teams enable organizations to develop and deliver products and services quickly and cost effectively. 3. Teams enable organizations to learn more effectively. 4
the STEP and IAC programs have not providedsignificant input to this program other than sources for ideas and best-practices. Page 13.1022.8 Input Activities Output Outcomes Impact RW-E Vision Design Instructional Short Term: Energy and ES NSF Funds Instructional Materials • Expanded and Emphasis: materials • UPT and GTA enhanced • Attracts under University staff Training freshman Apply Innovative
Engineering and Management from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Her educational research interests are focused on improving construction management education.Dr. Ross A. Perkins, Boise State University Dr. Perkins is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Technology at Boise State Uni- versity, where he also serves as the coordinator of the department’s Ed.D. program. His research inter- ests include the diffusion and adoption of technologies and innovations for education, mobile learning, instructional design for distance education in STEM and other disciplines, and ICT integration in devel- oping nations. He is the Co-PI on two grants funded by the National Science Foundation
ownership of a research project, all in a matter of ten weeks.While those of us who run the program felt that the absence of some of the program componentsreduced the quality of the experience for the students, their overall assessment of the programand of the impact on their skills was very good as can be seen in Table 1 which, for conciseness,shows a subset of the exit survey responses on a scale of 1 to 5. The comment below summarizesthe student experience. I am so thankful and grateful towards all the time and effort the OU staff took in order to make sure that we students had the best time in the program we could. The schedule planning of all the various events we [sic] really nice along with asking our opinions if more
useof various technologies and contemporary assessment methods. Via student self-reported data, itwas also shown that the general competency areas of design, problem-solving, communication,and group/teamwork were improved. A second cohort of students will take the same gateway experience in the Fall of 2024 whichwill provide a larger and more powerful sample for analysis. Additionally, the authors arerequesting historical data concerning assessments (e.g., CLOs), documentation (syllabi,schedules, etc.), grades (e.g., DFWI), and retention rates from the four precedingENGT18000/181000 courses in an attempt to better justify and understand the impacts of thetransformation. All conclusions will be further explored in follow-up research along
,and employing predictive analytics. Major goals of the project included developing expertise inusing a student dashboard and integrating student data, with the potential broad impact ofinforming the STEM community of best practices for timely interventions, improving retentionand graduation rates, and facilitating career development. The Navigate platform is used for predictive analytics and to track and document ECS Scholarprogress toward achieving benchmark goals in the areas of retention, graduation rates,internships, undergraduate research experiences, and job placement. The use of predictiveanalytics has significant potential for helping students arrive at successful outcomes. However, itis an assumption of this project that the
-9830.2006.tb00885.x[5] M. Prince, “Does active learning work? A review of the research,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 223-231, 2004. doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2004.tb00809.x[6] L. D. Feisel, and A. J. Rosa, “The role of the laboratory in undergraduate engineering education,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 121-130, 2005. doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00833.x[7] A. Cheville, “Designing Successful Design Projects,” presented at ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, Kentucky, 2010.[8] A. Shekar, “Project-based Learning in Engineering Design Education: Sharing Best Practices,” presented at ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis
compound. For example, funded research is needed so undergraduateshave a reason to be on campus during the summer to take a class. The reverse perspective is thata relevant class is needed to make the research more appealing. Another example is there needsto be enough undergraduates interested in an area to support graduate student research (enoughgraduates are also needed to guide undergraduates). Any of these areas decreasing below acritical mass could, in turn, negatively impact other areas and upset the program’s balance.Obstacle 2-The “Real World”: A concern for some students is what they are doing in collegedoesn’t apply to the “real world”. This idea is often supported by friends, family, and those witha job in the “real world
. HEAT aims to examine the impact of this combined mentoring model on theoutcome of its scholars. We report positive impacts of this model on student academicperformance as assessed by rates of retention and 4-year college matriculation in engineeringdisciplines: 90% of the scholars remain in the program, have graduated with an A.S. inEngineering, and/or working in engineering. Here, we examine the HEAT Scholars’ perceptionabout the program. HEAT Scholars have reported that the combined mentoring model is themost valuable aspect of the program. Altogether, HEAT serves as a model for improvingengineering / STEM education outcomes and enhancing socio-economic mobility amongunderserved communities for adoption by other community colleges and 4-year
Frances Britt, Eileen Britt is a Clinical Psychologist and member of the Motivational Interviewing (MI) Network of Trainers, an international collective of MI trainers and researchers who promote excellence in the practice and training of MI. Eileen teaches MI at the University of Canterbury on the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology programme, as well two postgraduate papers on MI within Health Sciences, and has experience in providing MI training to a range of health practitioners. She has been involved in a recent project training MI to staff from the College of Engineering at the University of Canterbury. American c Society for Engineering
Educationhaving a set agenda for each discussion meeting. Additionally, more time could be spentexploring current research to build experience connecting available research findings withteaching practice.V. Example Active Learning Modules Developed by StudentsThe following is a list of some of the modules developed by students in the course. Theplanning of these modules typically took less than 5 hours. • Role-playing to learn about transportation safety. Roles included: urban planner, bicyclists, drivers, environmentalists, construction contractors and historians, with the "teacher" playing the expert role of transportation engineer. While senior design students may practice their skills on this type of problem, role
. Example 2: An instrument question designed to test social impact understandingThe ethics of engineering and its impact on society are an important part of cognitivedevelopment and enculturation. While the distractors in Example 2 have degrees of correctness,the best answer is the life-saving advantage of automated technology to society.Implementation of Position-of-Stress SurveysThe second major research result from year two is the implementation of a quantitative three-question survey administered to students as they complete activities that are judged to bepositions of academic stress. The goal was identification of student cohorts that were gaining,losing, or remaining the same in confidence about major choice as they study
will bring new excitement toeducation by introducing reconfigurable electronics with a new world of possibilities for studentprojects, such as robot competitions, video game design, embedded systems and more. Finally,the project will develop industry, K-12 and university partnerships to facilitate pathways tocareers in the exciting field of reconfigurable electronics for first-generation, minority and otherunder-served populations, including veterans. In summary, this project will provide the trainingand educational resources and promote best practices for community college, university, andhigh school instructors to enable them to teach new hardware technologies to a broad range ofstudents, including those who have not previously had access to
narratives shared by the four practitioners may provide insight on best practices to delivereffective, inclusive, and equitable educational content when virtual implementation is used as themethod of delivery in STEM programming for the historically excluded.LimitationsThe practices and methods discussed in this paper are subject to some limitations. The virtualprograms hosted by the practitioners were specifically designed for women students, faculty, andstaff, as well as racially and ethnically diverse middle school, high school and entering first yearcollege students. The paper reflects the experiences of four practitioners employed at the samehistorically White, tier 1 research institution in the Midwest during a single program year.Moreover