KnowledgeFigure 1. The frequency of teachers coded responses to our free-response items associated withteaching the CCSS-Math and NGSS practices.When asked to rate their level of knowledge of the practices of the CCSS-Math and the NGSS(on a 10 point Likert-like Scale), the participants indicated moderate knowledge of the CCSS-Math practices (M = 5.67, DS = 2.22) and relatively low levels of knowledge of the NGSSpractices (M = 2.62, SD = 2.00). When we compared the participants’ answers rating their levelof knowledge of the practices to the their responses to our item asking the participants to explainthe practices, we revealed alignment between their rated knowledge of the NGSS practices, asboth the coded answers and self-report answers were reflective
Methodology This study was designed as a first phase to study the effectiveness of teaching engineeringethics at the University. Later areas of study will build on this study and may include alongitudinal study and expansion to other institutions.Design This study was a non-experimental between-subjects non-equivalent groups design. Thisstudy was designed to compare the moral judgment of engineering students who are justbeginning their studies at the University with those who are completing their studies. The studydesign was approved by the University’s Ethics in Research Committee (EIRC).Hypothesis The University’s teaching of engineering ethics increases students’ engineering moraljudgment as reflected in scores on the Engineering
0.783 for Section 002.This is likely due to the makeup of students in each section and the time difference betweenwhen the two sections met for class. The lower performing section was the earlier 8 AM classwhen more students were apt to miss class, show up late, and be less engaged during the classlectures. The importance of the difference between the two sections is reflected in the unevendistribution of homework assignments. The section that performed better was assessed twicewith paper homework while the section that performed worse was assessed twice withWeBWorK homework. This would indicate the difference between paper-based homework andWeBWorK-based homework may be larger than directly indicated by the score averages weobtained. If only
be sought out to serve asthe basis of comparison for future studies.AcknowledgementsFunding for this study was provided by the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) EngineeringClub. The authors also thank the support from the VMI ASME student chapter. Page 26.249.8Bibliography 1. Bairaktarova, D., Pilotte, M., Evangelou, D., Cox, M.F. (2013) Examining Reflections of Current Engineering Students on Educational Outreach. Proceedings of the 2014 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, June 23-26, 2013. 2. Salzman, N., Ricco, G.D., Ohland, M.W. (2014). Pre-College Engineering Participation Among First
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; and3) a small group cohort experience that emphasizes reflective and experiential learning through smallgroup team building, but also includes social activities. The BUILD program began in the summer of2006 and has continued uninterrupted to the present.The success of the BUILD program has fueled the initiative. BUILD cohorts consistently have higheraverage first term GPAs, high school GPA averages, and average SAT scores compared to the Universityaverages (The first-year retention rates for BUILD cohorts increased from 89% for the (2006 cohort) to ahigh of 95% (2012 cohort). This compared to the University rates which increased from 79% for the(2006 cohort) to a high of 81% for the (2012 cohort), with a high of 81% also occurring for the Fall
ensure teams are inclusive and diverse. With a clearmessage delivered from the leadership, student, experiential-learning, engineering competitionteams can become early incubators of the diversity and inclusion ideals that are promoted byindustry.AcknowledgmentThe authors gratefully acknowledge the funding that makes this work possible from the NationalScience Foundation's Directorate of Undergraduate Education's STEM Talent ExpansionProgram Grant No. DUE-1068453. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation.Bibliography1. National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
to succeed.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported by a National Science Foundation grant (#1203206) to the NationalCenter for Women and Information Technology, and a National Science Foundation grant(#062444) for Project PRiSE. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendationsexpressed in this paper are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Page 26.328.16Science Foundation.References1. The White House. (2011). Women and girls in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp-women-girls-stem-november2011.pdf2
development. This paper is based upon worksupported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1037655. Any opinions,findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors anddo not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Page 26.335.14Bibliography1. Paretti, M., Howe, S., Blair, S., Rogers, P., Kanai, J., Stanfill, R. K., and Livesay, G. (2012) “Capstone Design Hub: Building the Capstone Design Community,” Proceedings of the 2012 American Society for Engineering Education Conference.2. WordPress. (2015) https://wordpress.com/ Accessed March 2015.3. Kline, W
this subscale. Furthermoreincreasing the awareness of engineering students to experiences in other cultures andunderstanding how these experiences may impact growth in their own lives could stimulatediscussion and reflection. American Professional Group Difference Diversity of Contact 19.77 26.27 6.50 Relative Appreciation 22.11 24.73 2.62 Emotional Comfort 25.36 24.91 -0.45 Table 8 A comparison of American undergraduate student attitudes to attitudes from a group of global professionals
of effective ideas.AcknowledgmentsThe authors acknowledge the support provided by the National Science Foundation NSF EEC1025155/1338383. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References1. Kim JW, Tsenn J, Durand F, et al. Does the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Hurt Engineering Creativity and Design Self-Efficacy? Journal of Engineering Education. in preparation.2. Fabien Durand MEH, Joanna Tsenn, Erin McTigue, Daniel A. McAdams, Julie S. Linsey. Teaching Students to Innovate: Evaluating Methods for Bioinspired design and Their Impact on Design Self Efficacy IDETC
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student biases and misconceptions areexposed and a broader perspective is gained of the world in which we live and work [2, 3, 4, 5]. Inrecent years there has been a significant increase in the number of engineering-specificinternational programs reflecting the increasing globalization of the engineering enterprise.As engineering educators one might ask if engineering students learn differently on study abroadprograms than do students in other majors? And, if so, what implication does this have indeveloping and conducting these programs? The field of international education has, for sometime, sought to find ways to adequately assess international programs [3]. There is a consensus inmuch of the literature that studying abroad can have a positive
. Page 26.381.7Student performance on a graphics exam in a first-year engineering course required by allengineering majors at Michigan Tech was compared for students taking the PSVT:R on paperand through the LMS to determine if there was a difference in spatial ability between thesegroups. In the first-year engineering course, ENG1101, approximately five 1.5 hour classsessions are spent on sketching topics, followed by an exam. The graphics topics covered in thiscourse include isometric and oblique sketching, orthographic projections of normal, inclined, andcurved surfaces, rotations, reflections, and planes of symmetry. Students scoring 60% or belowon the PSVT paper and LMS versions were excluded from this analysis because they wererequired to
the assigned programming projectswere slightly more substantial. Exam metrics reflected this change in emphasis as well. Studentswere more capable of generating global beam stiffness matrices by hand (87%), and slightly morefamiliar with shape functions (70%). However, nearly half of students could not answer a con-ceptual question regarding the difference between a finite element and continuous solution for anelastic bar.It should be noted that both class sizes were small (11 and 15), and that there were differences inexpectations in each group. In 2013, the students were nearer completion of the degree, with moreexperience from upper level courses with a significant programming component. Specifically,45% of the 2013 cohort had taken two or
collaborativeeducational approaches.Lattuca and Stark’s academic planning model refer to these requirements as purposes andcontent. Additional considerations we took into account that are well reflected in the academicplanning model are instructional resources and processes, both of which were importantconsiderations in our program, especially considering the special issues associated with growinga new program where student enrollment is relatively low. For example, new program had topromote hands-on approaches in courses and outside the university to make it an active anddynamic learning experience. Lectures and in-class assignments had to be supported by Page
Out of Poverty as a starting point for the discussion, it focused on creating awareness about the global challenges our society is facing and how to potentially solve them using appropriate and sustainable technologies. The course cut across many technical and non-technical disciplines.In addition, students earned credit for SPA 310: Field Workshop - Cultural visit to Spain orHispanic America. In this parallel course students explored the language and culture of Chile anda variety of important cultural products, practices and perspectives in Chile while also takingtheir Spanish language skills further. They completed a photo-journalistic blog, reacted toothers’ blog entries and created an audio-visual reflection piece. Learning outcomes
than perfect grammar and syntax. Studentsneed to know whether their discussions should primarily reflect ideas from lectures and readings,or if they are encouraged to question statements by others or to share their own opinions orexperiences.Another recommendation from the instructional designer was to provide more structured Page 19.32.9interactions with students before initiating the term project. It was recommended that teamsshould be formed earlier in the semester. Each team could be responsible for an activity such asanswering the “questions of the week” and posting their group responses. This would serve twopurposes: it would make sure
– Spreadsheet-Based Table Used to Show Answers During Calculation PeriodThe joist geometry and numerical parameters used by students in the analysis were chosen by theinstructors to provide specific results that maximize educational benefits. Material failurestresses are established to be different values for tension and compression members, though theyare not varied as a function of member length for compression members. This simple approachallows for a brief qualitative discussion about the differences between tension- and compression-related member behaviors, since students have not yet learned about Euler buckling.Furthermore, a higher factory of safety is used for compression members than for tensionmembers to reflect the higher potential
. 2.9 4.0 4.9 4.2 The quizzes count as an appropriate part of my overall 2.3 3.4 4.2 4.2 course grade. My quiz grades reflect my general understanding of what I get out of 2.5 2.2 3.4 3.7 watching the lecture videos.The manner in which lecture quizzes have been implemented, and the defined purposes forwhich they are used, have evolved over the different inverted class offerings since 2012. In theoriginal inverted course in Spring 2012 and then in the following Spring 2013 offering, quizzeswere given at the beginning of the class meeting that followed the lecture viewing period.Quizzes could only be taken once, they
. Budget reflects materials, COTS parts, and custom parts described in the oral presentation Score Definition: 0.0: Nonexistent 0.5: Inadequate 1.0: Developing 1.5: Adequate 2.0: Good 9. Quality and readability of the overhead slides 10. Quality of oral presentation delivery (each team member must speak at least once) TOTAL SCORE (sum of all scores):
identifying solutions and troubleshootingproblems, (c) Self-monitor skills and reflect upon self-progress, (d) Focus on accuracy and needsinstead of speed, (e) Be organized and systematic while working and communicating, (f) Be Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova Universityflexible and adaptable to changes and challenges, (g) Draw on existing solutions, and (h) Drawon self-knowledge and objectively assess the quality and accuracy of work.Communication and collaboration skillsFor the purpose of this paper, the communication and collaboration were defined within twocategories; collaboration with customers outside the engineering field and collaboration withinteam members. These skills, extracted from the P21
, findings, conclusions, and/or recommendationsexpressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the NSF’s views.Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityVI. References1. Driskell, J. E. & Salas, E. (1992) Collective behavior and team performance. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 34(3), 277-288.2. Alexander, P. A., Murphy, K. P., Woods, B. S., et al. (1997) College instruction and concomitant change in students’ knowledge, interest, and strategy use: A study of domain learning. Contemporary Educational Psychology 22, 125-146.3. Kulturel-Konak, S., Konak, A., Okudan Kremer, G., & Esparragoza, I. (2014
157% Dec 330 369 534 718 218% Total 2229 2598 3614 4862 218%Written information was collected from the learning teams twice a semester along with a finalevaluation. All students were asked to turn in two reflection papers, one at four weeks in and thesecond one at 11 weeks. The questions asked on the first paper were the following: Please write in a few sentences about your biggest challenges to date concerning adjusting to the University. Describe the positive experiences you have had and what has helped you to adjust. Please describe your comfort level with your course work to date. What courses have been the most difficult and what courses do you feel you need further
capability.”During the final interview with Team 1, another student stated: “I mean, there was some stuff that [the lab] kind of thought of late, [features] that they sort of thought about and they wanted added in… they didn't really tell us about [the features] until way into the designing process.”These thoughts were reflected in the students’ post-course surveys. For example, one Team 1student added a caveat to their pre-course response about how stakeholders should have aprominent role during design: “Stakeholders should have a large role but they also need to understand the entire design process and know what kind of limitations there are.”The same Team 1 student also changed their pre-course response to Question 4
have not chosen a career in IT were invited to participate ina focus group for one-to-one interviews, where young women reflected on the reasonsbehind their decision not to continue in IT. Here we present qualitative results of thesurvey.MethodologyFor the follow up survey we utilized the database of clients who enrolled inextracurricular courses in IT from Unium. We have been provided with data going backto 2007. From the broad range of educational courses offered by Unium we have focusedonly on those that are IT-related, namely: Web-design, computer flash graphics, andprogramming in C/C++. We limited the selection pool to over 900 pupils satisfying thosecriteria, including 142 girls.We aimed to form a group of 8-10 young women for a focus
based on the particular device, regardless of the order in which theywere detected. The instruments’ data collected by the python programs were stored in a local MySQLdatabase on the Raspberry Pi. This local database on the Raspberry Pi had seven data tables; twofor the acoustic Doppler current profiler, four for the weather transmitter and one for the waterquality Sonde. Some instruments used multiple tables to store data in a way that reflected howdata was retrieved from them. All of the tables in the local database had an index column thatserved as the primary key, a column with time stamps from the system time and columns of datavalues. The data values were stored as floating point numbers to preserve precision.6.0 System
fall 2014. Page 26.712.11Preparation of a research manuscript is a challenging experience that requires a lot of trainingand practice. In fall 2013, nine of the ten engineering students were able to individually generatea full research manuscript. However, skill level varied significantly. The results in Table 1indicate that overall, all papers matched expectations, with most values above 3.0. Allmanuscripts included reference lists, but the sources of information were not consistently cited,which is reflected in the score (3.33) in the analysis level. Analysis of results could have beenstrengthened by the use of existing knowledge to support
better than satisfactory ratings, respectively. Having limited number of offcampus bus services at SIUE was reflected on the survey as poor. The program coordinator atSIUE brought the issue to the attention of student affairs office to remedy the situation. The localmunicipality now offers improved services, especially on Sundays. Table I - Service component survey results1-not important, 2-important, 3-very important, 1-not satisfied, 2-satisfied, 3-very satisfied Rank Aspect Importance Satisfaction 1 Friendliness and helpfulness of the program coordinator at ITU 2.88 1.63 2 Friendliness and helpfulness of the program