-regulate bymaintaining a common in-class schedule and suggested due dates.There are, however, several potential issues related to a flexible deadline approach. The first isthe planning fallacy, where learners underestimate the time it takes to complete a task [3]. Ifflexible deadlines are in place, students may not undertake the requisite self-regulating strategiesin order to complete the assignments. Another potential issue with relaxed deadlines is thetendency for students to mass (cram) their work in very few study episodes just before thetasks(s) are due. Citing several works, Fulton et al. [3] note that distribution of practice (i.e.,more frequent deadlines) results in better performance across a wide range of tasks.In our experience
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easier to bear. Growing a cohort offaculty and staff who understand the challenges has been paramount to the success of theprogram and is reflected in positive feedback from course evaluations. The main categories thatreceived increasingly positive feedback as the program grew were: Quality of instruction Quality, clarity, and ease of understanding materials Preparedness of instructors Quality and number of group exercises; and use of technology.Bibliography[1] Springer, M. L., Terruso, L., Speer, M., Ekeocha, Z., Byrn, S., & Clase, K. (2016). Administering a U.S. Based M.S. Degree in Kilimanjaro, Africa –A Global Benchmarking in Regulatory Science. ASEE 2016 Annual Conference Proceedings. New Orleans, LA.[2
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their own work resides in their own investment and dedication, c) Leadership skills and team management 4) Participants have a change in their behavior and attitude towards learning understanding that learning is more than pass a test, is the path to develop their own personality, exploring their strong capacities as well as improving those that they are not so strong.It is important to note that is the believe of the instructional team implementing both programs,that the success to accomplish the outcomes mentioned above relies in the fact that theinstructors became mentors, developing a strong personal relation between each participant andthe mentor/s. The teens are in need of strong role models that also are available
concernsand better manage their life-work-study balance for the five cohorts that have been supported bythis NSF S-STEM program. Student demographics are summarized along with graduation rates.A description of the support activities is provided and their contribution to retaining students inengineering is discussed. The value of the financial support and ASPIRE related activities isassessed using a survey and student reflections. The paper concludes with lessons learnedthrough implementation of this program.BackgroundBeginning in fall 2012, the University of New Haven has offered financial support toacademically promising sophomore and junior engineering and computer science studentsthrough A Scholarship Program to Increase Retention in Engineering
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updated in the future, it is important that thistake place using rigorous methodologies that take into account changes in the breath and depth ofcivil engineering knowledge. The widest possible input should be sought from stakeholderswithin the academic, practicing and government civil engineering communities. There is hardlya more significant set of documents to define and defend the civil engineering profession in achanging world.References[1] S. Lester, “On professions and being a professional,” Stan Lester Developments, Taonton,UK, devmts.org.uk, 2015.[2] E. Hoyle and P. D. John, Professional Knowledge and Professional Practice, London, UK:Cassell, 1995.[3] ASCE, “Policy statement 465 – academic prerequisites for licensure and
of improv-inspired games used in the class 1. No-Um Speech Purpose - Requires active listening to teammates, using their ideas without hesitation;requires that students begin giving a solution without forethought to the outcome. Gameplay- A team stands in a line in front of class and gives a speech on an impromptutopic. The topic could be related to course content. One person from the team begins speaking,and must continue talking without pause or saying a crutch word like um, uh, like, etc. As soonas the player says one of these words or pauses for > 1 s, a bell is rung and the next teammatemust immediately pick up where the previous teammate left off. The answer must continue, as ifa single person was saying the answer
deliverables comprise the designing of biomedical products. For example, to improvepediatric surgical outcomes, and based upon the needs analysis performed by a local pediatric surgeonin Nigeria, an Infant Warming Device for regulating temperature during pediatric surgeries has beendesigned, prototyped, and tested under laboratory conditions - it is currently being prepared for clinicaltesting. The warmer came about as a result of identifying problems and challenges being experiencedin Nigerian Hospitals by Nigerian doctors and has been developed by an international team of facultyand students from all four universities. In addition to the infant warmer, engineering, medical, andbusiness faculty in Nigeria have worked with colleagues from the US and S
Data Scientist’s Skill-Set(s)Once the talent gap in the area of data science & analytics has been identified, and many expertpredictions about the near-to-intermediate future about the continued growth in demand for therelated skills, and once the institutions of higher education in the US (as well as many globally)have taken a notice, the next question is: what are the actual, concrete key skills and knowledgethat the next-generation data scientists and analysts should have, in order to fill that gap mosteffectively? This, too, turns out to be a multi-faceted, complex question.We will briefly summarize below our own experience, stemming cf. from i) working as aSenior/Principal Data Scientist in industry (cf. high-tech/Silicon Valley) and
. Authentic inquiry focuses on student-centeredinvestigations/research/projects based on contextually-grounded real-world problems. The authors werespecifically interested in the types of projects students select, the number of students working in each typeof project, and the alignment of self-identified project types with project deliverables.Problem, Purpose, and Research QuestionIn STEM education there has been a push, starting within K12 in the 1990’s, from lecture, to hands-on, toinquiry, to authentic science learning (see literature review). While this pedagogical shift, based on priorresearch, is currently accepted at the K12 level, faculty at the university level still generally rely ontraditional lecture formats. The problem at the
arts-based methodologies will benefit the fieldof engineering education by providing researchers with a unique perspective into participants’thought processes and beliefs.References[1] S. Song and A. M. Agogino, “Insights on designers’ sketching activities in new product design teams,” in ASME 2004 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, 2004, no. September, pp. 351–360.[2] E. S. Ferguson, “Engineering and the Mind’s Eye,” in Engineering and the Mind’s Eye, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1993, pp. 75–113.[3] K. L. Tonso, “Engineering identity,” Cambridge handbook of engineering education research, pp. 267–282, 2014.[4] J. P. Gee, “Identity
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in any mechanical engineering program across theworld. This paper presents three different approaches taken by faculty at three different regionaluniversities in the United States with similar small class size, low student-teacher ratio, andcomparable cost of attendance. We examine the pedagogical approach, course content, desiredoutcomes, and assessment of outcomes at three different universities to identify the desiredbalance between traditional, analysis-based outcomes and those targeted towards practice-basedskills.IntroductionA course in the design of machine elements has been a part of most mechanical engineeringcurricula since the 1950’s. The content of this course has its roots in academic research in solidmechanics, mechanisms and
of faculty in the establishment of MEERCat and how faculty-led researchprojects can contribute to informing both policy and practice at the department level. Thenarratives provided details on the history behind the development of these research projects, thelarge data collection efforts involved, and the collaborations inside the University that help theprojects function smoothly. Faculty who engage in course innovation or education research canuse this paper as a case study of how to get actively and collectively involved in influencingdepartment-level practices at their respective institutions.References[1] J. L. Melsa, S. A. Rajala, and J. P. Mohsen, “Creating a Culture for Scholarly and Systematic Innovation in Engineering Education
redesigned advising process based on such feedback; we focused on ourEngineering Leadership program. The criteria for this selection was: 1) the cohorts within theprogram were well identified and documented, 2) the program was smaller (80 students) and newermaking it more flexible to adapt 3) the advisor(s)/faculty wanted to move to a three-pillar modelwhich focused on a) advising, b) mentoring, and c) professional development.A team involving four students from varying classifications, along with a student from a differentdepartment/college, was brought in to conduct focus groups around the challenges of the currentadvising process. Based on such, the team was re-aligned with the goal of conducting addition focusgroups of students about what type
Bachman who was a senior student in METprogram at Purdue Polytechnic Kokomo. The author of this paper would like to express his gratitude toMr. Dennis Carter, lab technician at Purdue Polytechnic Kokomo, for helping in setting up part of theexperiments conducted in this study. Funding was made available by Purdue Polytechnic to supportmaterials and equipment purchase needed for this project.References[1] M. Mujahid, P. Gandhidasan, S. Rehman, and L.M. Al-Hadhrami, “A review on desiccant based evaporative cooling systems,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 45, pp. 145–159, Feb. 2015.[2] D. Dougan, and L. Damiano, “CO2-based demand control ventilation – Do risks outweigh potential rewards?,” ASHRAE Journal, vol. 46(10), pp. 47
industry standards through theireducation [2].The ACCE standards, before the change to Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) were developed inthe 1990’s and were periodically revised and updated. A three-level structure (curriculumcategories, core subject matter & fundamental topical content) for setting the standards for thecurriculum content came into force in 2002 following almost 10 years of committee work [11].That curriculum standards were prescriptive that required a minimum number of credit hours tobe taught in specific core subject matter and all fundamental topical content to be covered.Within each curriculum category, there was a specific core subject matter that has to be includedin the curriculum. In most cases, a minimum number of
-relatedpositions [7]. Similarly, business ethics arose from philosophers’ interest in understanding whatconstitutes right and wrong behavior in the context of competitive financial transactions [8]. As aprogram of inquiry, some have dated the historical roots of business ethics to the mid 1970’s,when the first academic conference in business ethics was held [9]. Indeed, some of the samephilosophers interested in applied and practical ethics crossed contextual boundaries, applyingthe same structures of thought to several disciplinary realms. Bioethicist Tom Beauchamp is agood example of such cross-overs, having published one of the earliest anthologies in businessethics [10] just a few years after publishing his major work in bioethics.The same holds for
andreferential language to communicate conceptual understandings. Finally, the holistic applicationof rubrics to interview data allowed for understandings of the engineering design process to beexpressed in multiple ways: both implicit and explicit understandings could be expressed byparticipants and then scored by analysts’ application of the rubrics to each participant’s interviewas a whole.References[1] E. P. Douglas, S. S. Jordan, M. Lande, and A. E. Bumbaco, “Artifact elicitation as a method of qualitative inquiry in engineering education,” in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, WA, USA, June 2015.[2] Engineering Accreditation Commission. “Criteria for accrediting engineering programs,” Accreditation Board for
programs tend to focus on leadership asa set of skills or experiences bolted onto a traditional engineering education with limited formalevidence of the impact these experiences have on student development.The purpose of this study is to test the effect of experiences engineering students have in leadershiproles on their perceived gains in leadership skills, using a national dataset. The framework guidingthis study is a model for engineering leadership identity constructed from Lave and Wenger’scommunities of practice model and Komives et al.’s model for leadership identity development(LID) which recognizes that the engineering formation process is, at its core, an identitydevelopment process. Engineering leadership is theorized to develop from
assurance in online learning,” Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 11-24, 2014. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.24059/olj.v17i4.402. [Accessed Jan. 4, 2018].[3] B. Brown, S. E. Eaton, D. M. Jacobsen, S. Roy and S. Friesen, “Instructional design collaboration: A professional learning and growth experience,” MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 439-452, Sept. 2013. [Online]. Available: http://jolt.merlot.org/vol9no3/brown_0913.htm. [Accessed Jan. 10, 2018].[4] I. T. Chao, T. Saj and D. Hamilton, “Using collaborative course development to achieve online course quality standards,” The International Review of Research in Open and