Paper ID #44329Appreciative Inquiry as an Intervention for Equity-Centered EngineeringEducation Research and PraxisAnn Shivers-McNair, University of Arizona Ann Shivers-McNair is associate professor and director of professional and technical writing in the Department of English and affiliated faculty in the School of Information at the University of Arizona, on the lands of the Tohono O’odham and Pascua Yaqui.Gimantha N. Perera, North Carolina State University Gimantha Perera is a Sri Lankan born researcher and educator from NC State University. He was inspired to be an engineer by his maternal grandfather Anil, who
telecommunications chairholder at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, and director of CONNECT – the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Future Communications and Network. DaSilva is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for his contributions to cognitive networking and to resource management in wireless networks. He pioneered the application of game theory to analyze and design wireless networks, authoring the first book on the topic. He is also responsible for seminal work on cognitive networking and spectrum and network sharing. He has authored two books, more than 300 peer-reviewed papers, and is a frequent keynote speaker and invited lecturer around the world. He has also been an IEEE
complex engineering problems, as well aspresentations and intensive technical writing. We conducted comparative surveys of teachers andstudents at a medium-sized liberal arts university in the Midwestern U.S. The results showed thatsolving real-life problems and teamwork skills are the strongest motivators for students. Thesefindings aligned with teachers’ perceptions of what motivated their students in this course.Furthermore, we found some interesting differences in some of the motivations based on gender,race, and student GPA. We hope our results inform more effective design in first-yearengineering design courses in liberal arts universities and further improve student retention andgraduation rates. We also intend to use this pilot study for
part of the course, students formed groups to lead specific HODA forthe other students. The HODA are peer-to-peer interactions where the roles of specific studentschange between participant and leader throughout the semester. To lead the discovery activitiesin class, the student teams were instructed to follow the five steps shown in Figure 1. In addition,the students developed and agreed to a simple list of rules for participating in all the HODA; theprimary rule is to listen to the leaders and play the game. Each of the five steps is expanded inthe next sections of the paper. Assessment of student learning was primarily through the studentreflections presented in the student written feedback and student leader report
students still do not yet experience full access to information inpostsecondary education that is equal to that of their hearing peers. Many existing anddeveloping technologies have significant potential to serve as effective “access technologies” forDHH people.Access technologies refer to technologies or devices that can be utilized by DHH students toassist them in acquiring or sharing information, communicating, or otherwise participating ineducational opportunities, including classroom, online learning, and laboratory experiences, aswell as educational experiences taking place outside of the classroom. To address the uniquechallenges of utilizing or adapting new technologies for use in postsecondary educationalsettings, Rochester Institute of
summer internship position or taking summer courses to ensure their timelytransfer.The ASPIRES Summer Group Internship Program is a ten-week program for sophomorestudents who have no previous research experience and have at least one more year of courses tocomplete at Cañada College before transferring to a four-year university. In addition to allowingstudents to participate in the program as part-time interns, the group setting wherein studentswork with their peers and faculty they know will give students the supportive learningenvironment needed to succeed in their first internship experience. A collaborative learningenvironment has been shown to positively impact minority students—improving cognitivedevelopment2 and reducing students’ feeling
funding participation from external sources. He has been directing/co-directing an NSF/Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site on interdisciplinary water sciences and engineering at VT since 2007. This site has 95 alumni to date. He also leads an NSF/Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site on interdisciplinary water research and have 10 alumni. He also leads an NSF-funded cybersecurity education project and serves as a co-PI on two International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) projects funded by the NSF. He has published over 90 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 An Interdisciplinary RET Program
of stipend provided,comparing research topics at the different institutions and by the dates that they receive theiroffers on.All REU sites provide students with hands-on research opportunities with faculty mentorship [1].Most sites offer a variety of research training programs and technical seminars (e.g., [2]) andtraining in technical writing (e.g., [5]). Sites are also required to offer training in research ethics[1]. Many sites also provide training about how to select and apply to graduate school (e.g., [5]),for students who choose to pursue further education. However, even with all of these programs(some of which may be offered outside of normal work hours), the bulk of student time at REUsites is spent on research activities.2.2
by not only my Black peers, but myself included. This led me topivot to pursuing Engineering Education for my PhD, in hopes that it would be a betterexperience and I could make a change in the field.Immediately coming into graduate school, I soon realized that graduate engineering educationcan be incredibly isolating as a Black woman and full of multifaceted challenges, which can be abarrier for students who want to make changes in higher education. In my first year, I wasinvolved in writing a white paper that led to the restructuring of my department’s Equity andInclusion committee, and served as a graduate representative for the subsequent year. Afterserving on the Equity and Inclusion committee, I became involved in other roles that
Academic Integrity ViolationsThe vast majority of actionable academic integrity reports can be grouped into two categories; (1)using a cell phone or smartwatch during an exam or (2) bringing course material into the lab eitherin the form of a cheat sheet or written on their body. However, we have also seen other studentbehaviors develop which have required us to institute new exam policies. Restrictions regardingwhen students could begin writing on their scratch paper is a good example of a policy changethat occurred in response to student behavior. Until recently, students were allowed to write ontheir scratch paper as soon as they were seated in the lab, a policy based on the assumption thatonce in the lab any information that was written on the
interested in partnering with EngineeringMomentum to offer summer internships to both university students and early-stage communitycollege students interested in engineering.Engineering Momentum valued a collaboration with SPUR—benefitting from its expertise andtrack record of opening new pathways for qualified interns—which would allow communitycollege students to enter the program. Engineering Momentum placed 20 community collegestudents in 2023 through SPUR. Another 10 students interned at the University of ColoradoDenver, and five community college students interned at Lockheed Martin.Engineering Momentum research internships included mentoring from the professor, graduatestudents, and peer-to-peer collaboration between two- and four-year
to all STEM Coreparticipants across the network. The series incorporates multiple workshops focusing on STEMresume writing (plus follow-up 1-on-1 resume writing sessions), LinkedIn workshops forstudents to create and update resumes and profiles specifically for STEM employers.Additionally, students participate in sessions with a STEM Diversity Specialist around DEIcareer readiness strategies. Using research and insight from top employers, the STEM Coreprogram works to dismantle career readiness challenges that impact diverse students frompursuing and/or persisting in STEM-based careers and to excel while job searching.Overall, the STEM Core Internship Development Series works to equip staff and students withspecific techniques and tips to be
the product owner. • Weekly sub-goals are based on the software requirements document, but minor changes can be made as issues are encountered during implementation. • Written assignments (beyond the design specification) are technical and non-technical, such as broad reflection essays.Assessment is based on performance on presentations and writing activities, and the deliverableis a final project presentation. Providing a complete product is expected but not a majority oftheir grade. The following changes are suggested for a more inquiry-based experience forstudents: • The premise of the project is a vague question or obstacle to the state of the art. • Students are required to have an authentic project by
in the junior/senior design clinic as well as teaches graduate-level engineering communication courses. Her research involves engineering commu- nication, technical communication pedagogy, and knowledge transfer. She has published and presented widely including work in the Journal of Engineering Education, the Journal of STEM Education: Innova- tions and Research, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Technical Communication and Technical Communication Quarterly. Julie has a PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication from New Mexico State University, an MA in English with Technical Writing Emphasis from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
may be associated with tenure promotion aspectssuch as grant writing, publication demands, travel, or establishing collaborative efforts acrossacademia. Additional factors are based on personal experiences, attitudes, and perceptions thatlimit awareness of the value and need to engage in responsive forms of mentorship.II. PROPOSED WORKTherefore, having a greater impact on undergraduate student success demands for engineeringfaculty members to engage in [quality] mentorship roles rather than advising roles. In this study,the authors have developed a mentorship model which allows faculty members to establish aconsistent rapport to become an instrumental and psychosocial support to shape student outcomes.The proposed model identifies four key
computational problem into manageable sub-problems. • Write an algorithm to solve a specific problem, and then translate that algorithm into a program in a specific programming language (Python). • Reason about solution’s performance and measure its efficiency. • Write clear, concise documentation for their code and develop tests to verify proper program operation.The second aim is to explore the breadth of Computer Science as a discipline and how it exists inthe world: • Reason how computational tools, and computational thinking, are used to solve problems in a diverse set of application areas. • Explain the basic theory and organization of a computer system, basic operation of modern software tools (e.g
anengineering degree and write a reflective comprehensive report at the end of the course.Previously published results reported a positive impact on first-year engineering studentretention and performance after the first year of implementation of the DYP program. The resultsof the four-year longitudinal study confirm an increase in overall GPA and persistence for thefirst-year, but more remarkably it shows that the DYP program has a long term sustainable effecton student success. Results show statistically significant differences in GPA and persistence ratesbetween the DYP cohort and control cohort for all years. The DYP cohort showed higher overallGPAs: +0.53 year one, +0.33 year two, +0.31 year three and +0.26 year four (p<0.001, exceptfor year
CodingBat and supports C/C++, Java, Python, and Ruby.Python Classroom Response System: Another example of utilizing a web-based codingenvironment is the Python Classroom Response System (PCRS) described in [13]. The idea andmotivation behind the tool is to facilitate the method of Peer Instruction in a programming class.The instructor can create programming assignments and test cases built around expectedmisconceptions in order to observe student problems during class in real time so as to directly beable to address these. PCRS is written in Python and is designed for the Python programminglanguage. A support for C has been established and a support for Java and SQL are indevelopment.BlueJ: The BlueJ system [6] is a free, integrated Java
done ingroups during lab sessions and it is the writing of the lab reports that is done outside of the lab.However, in lecture courses, which constitute the vast majority of credit hours (about 95% in thefour ABET accredited engineering programs in our college), students are not ordinarily requiredto work in groups. In the case of commuter students, where other life commitments are such thatthey must spend limited time on campus outside of scheduled classes, using lecture assignmentsas a means to give students an opportunity to work together presents a good opportunity forcommunity building. Our experience is that, if the groups are small, three to four members, andample time is allowed between the date when work is assigned and the date when
why contracting and goal setting in the forming stage iscrucial. In addition, instructors can reduce the extent of social loafing by communicating thatteam participation is mandatory and specifying how each individual’s contribution will bemeasured25, 26, 28. Examples of how to measure individual performance include peer evaluation,specific task designation and measurement, and instructor observation. In addition, teammembers are more likely to be motivated to contribute when their contribution is unique2, 25, 26.This can be accomplished by assigning specific roles2 or emphasizing diversity of thought andexperience within each team25, 26.Defining roles during the formation phase can help the team clarify responsibilities and preventconflict29
, 4year summer program that provides academic training, mentorship, and hands-on experience formiddle and high school students that are interested in pursuing STEM careers. A series of newcourses that are to be offered as standardized courses at participating TexPREP institutionsthroughout the state are being developed by undergraduate engineering students.Nine undergraduate students majoring in mechanical and civil engineering and computer sciencewere hired to write the TexPREP course curriculum with the idea that students would be able todevelop course content that the participants could easily relate to. Following development of thecurriculum, undergraduate students actively participated in the implementation and reviewprocess. The primary
the important homework/practice problems with realworld examples. The summary video helped instructors spend more time on working out theproblems and examples in class. (2) The summary video could also help students who want toreview the material covered in class at home and practice. Moreover, these videos were availablefor students who miss a class to go back and review what was covered in class and be up to speedfor the next lecture. (3) The concept was different from a traditional all-online course whichprovided videos of full lectures online and did not provide opportunities for students to interactwith the instructors and peers in class. In this method, the instructors spent more time on workingproblems and quizzes during normal
Paper ID #15771Engineering Ambassadors Network (EAN): Goals, Successes, and Challengesin Growing the EANMs. Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network Christine Haas brings ten years of experience working in marketing and communications with a focus on the science and engineering fields. She’s held positions as the director of marketing for Drexel’s College of Engineering and director of operations for Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Engineering. Now, as CEO of Christine Haas Consulting, LLC, Christine travels around the world teaching courses to scientists and engineers on presentations and technical writing. She
nationally with an award for excellence in promoting professionalism, ethics, and licensure in the curriculum; • Our program leading to the Bachelor of Arts in Engineering Studies has, since 1970, prepared its graduates to be “technological integrators;” many work as engineers, and many others work in public policy, business, education, medicine, and law. Required coursework includes some fundamental engineering courses, some translational courses in engineering economics and engineering policy, and a sequence of courses in engineering studies – typically seminar-style, discussion- and writing-intensive courses that ask students to consider the history of technology, interrogate the
their own with little parental guidance. Orientationprograms at most universities have grown, specifically to help students cope with these newexperiences and expectations.Gunn [1] reports on the value of scavenger hunts at the University of Michigan. Their studentshave opportunities for campus-wide scavenger hunts as well as in-building College ofEngineering scavenger hunts. The latter provide an opportunity for new students to feel part oftheir new environment, overcome isolation, and begin interacting with peers and faculty.Grey et al [2] describe the development and implementation of a scavenger hunt for First YearEngineering Orientation. Lindsay et al [3] follow this up with an evaluation of student exitsurvey responses after participating
participants use their work for the Solar House as their capstone project. His research interests are in the area of optoelectronic devices, based on wide bandgap semiconductors and organic materials with an emphasis on nanostructures and nanoscale architecture. He has about 100 peer-reviewed publications.Terence C. Ahern, West Virginia University Terence C. Ahern is an Associate Professor Instructional Design and Technology at West Virginia Univer- sity and coordinates the program in Instructional Design and Technology in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development. His research interests are in the use of instructional technology on- line. Dr. Ahern has published extensively in the areas of distance education
, whereas a ques-tionnaire for critical thinking was utilized to identify the critical thinking skills of thestudents. Another crucial factor assisting students to be engaged during the learning andimproving their skills is a challenging feature of the course assignments. Especially inhigher education, challenge-based learning (CBL) has been highlighted and definedas a multidisciplinary teaching and learning approach that encourages students toleverage technology to solve real-world problems. So, it has some common featuressuch as being collaborative and hands-on with peers, teachers, and experts in theircommunities. Problem-based learning (PBL) is a variation of CBL with less opengeneral problems and students don’t need to formulate the
1310The content that was added to the curriculum during the course redesign included: • A tour of UMHB engineering facilities. During the second week of classes, the students took a tour of the Engineering Design Building, including the Maker Space. Students talked with the maker space supervisor to discuss how they could use the maker space to build their projects. • A module on the engineering design process. Before the students were given their project definition, students spent two classes learning about the engineering design process (research, ideation, design selection, prototyping, testing, iteration) to understand how they should approach the design project. • A module on technical writing
professor access to students of anymajor on campus and the students can stay with the VIP team for multiple semesters. VIP teamstypically have 10 to 20 students. The Electronic ARTrium VIP team is co-instructed by Prof.Weitnauer and Dr. Thomas Martin, Chief Scientist of the Electro-optics Systems Laboratory atthe Georgia Tech Research Institute. Enrollments in the Electronic ARTrium team since itsinception to the time of this writing have been 22, 15, 21, and 24, for Fall 2021, Spring 2022,Fall 2022, and Spring 2023. Many if not all the computer science (CS) students on the VIP teamwere using VIP to satisfy their junior capstone design requirement, but this is transparent to theVIP instructors. Engineering students also have the option to use VIP
engineers capable of solving the grand challenges this new century brings.Reviewing the LiteratureStudent engagement theory pioneer Alexander Astin hypothesized that the more involved astudent is socially and academically in college, the more he or she will learn due to increases inmotivation and interaction with faculty, fellow students, and other campus activities. 4,5,6Unfortunately Astin found that choosing an engineering major had “negative effects on a varietyof satisfaction outcomes: faculty, quality of instruction, Student Life, opportunities to takeinterdisciplinary courses, … the overall college experience, … writing skills, listening skills,[and] Cultural Awareness.”6 He did find that engineering majors reported the highest growth