supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.DRL- 1543175. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. 14The PictureSTEM curriculum that was implemented as part of this study was developed byTamara Moore, Kristina Tank, Elizabeth Gajdzik (and everyone else…). We would also like toacknowledge the other members of this project team who contributed to the design of this studyand collection of the data: Sean Brophy, Annwesa Dasgupta, Elizabeth Gajdzik, Morgan Hynes,Tony Lowe, Tamara Moore, Muhsin Menekse
at Duke University than they were about being successful inthe engineering industry after graduation. As was reflected in the open-ended responses fromSurvey 1 and Survey 3, participants in the focus group also listed math as their most difficultSTEM course. As far as their opinions on the Engineering Design and Communication course,students had a positive experience to date in the class. They appreciated learning a quantitativeapproach to choosing a design solution as well as the unique opportunities the course providedwhich they might not find elsewhere at Duke. Students elaborated on learning the engineeringdesign process, saying the process is different than expected as it took much more time than theythought would be necessary for
inthis material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. The authors wish to thank the STRIDE team and the interview participantsfor their participation in the study.References[1] The United States Department of Education, “Stem 2026 A Vision for Innovation in Stem Education,” U.S. Dep. Educ. Work., p. 55, 2016.[2] D. P. Giddens, R. E. Borchelt, V. R. Carter, W. S. Hammack, L. H. Jamieson, J. H. Johnson, V. Kramer, P. J. Natale, D. a. Scheufele, and J. F. Sullivan, Changing the conversation: messages for improving public understanding of engineering. 2008.[3] N. S. Foundation, “Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2017
on a Google sheet that the instructor manages.Tasks include grading daily quizzes, running critique workshops of three to six students, gradingmajor assignments, and special assignments, such as creating a format template in MicrosoftWord for the proposal.Background: Rather than having students bring drafts to class for on-the-spot critiquing,the course runs more formal critiquing based on the Iowa Writers Workshop One feature that distinguishes the course is the course’s peer critiquing, which follows theIowa Writers’ Workshop for creative writing [11]. In this approach, the students submit theirassignment excerpts at least two days before the workshop so that the peers and often a mentorhave the chance to read, reflect, edit, and
to working as a civilengineer requires passing two exams (FE and PE) and M/30 that other engineeringdisciplines do not require. So more clear communication on these issues is important.Clearly outlining the necessity for requiring an M/30 prior to professional licensure will beimportant. The reasons that students used in their writings may provide insight into thearguments that they found most compelling. It is important that this message comes fromindustry and practicing engineers rather than academia. A number of the seniors usedlanguage that reflected their belief that the M/30 requirement was motivated by greedyuniversities. Some students proposed changes in the BS degree or changes in the PE examthat could ensure competency. There
tofirst reflect upon and identify HC and then to respond and react to HC from an emotional, self-efficacy, and self-advocacy standpoint.C. Preliminary considerations for appropriate interventions for HC in engineeringRecent literature has indicated that when engineering educators and students fail to recognize thepersistence of a cultural influence in engineering education, undesirable consequences can result[51]. For example, a lack of culturally-responsive and holistic curricular content may limit students'understanding of their future professional roles [52], which may hinder students’ sense of"ownership" (i.e., self-efficacy) of their professional actions and beliefs [53], [54]. In addition, a lackof social capital for underrepresented groups
style: Sufficiency of Originality, Efficiency, and Rule/GroupConformity. These sub-factors are also normally distributed within the following theoreticalranges: SO (13–65), E (7–35), and R/G (12–60) [26, 27]. Sufficiency of Originality (SO)highlights differences between individuals in their preferred ways of generating and choosingideas. The more adaptive tend to generate more highly detailed ideas that remain more closelyconnected to the original constraints of a problem, while more innovative individuals tend togenerate ideas that challenge the problem definition and constraints. Efficiency (E) reflects anindividual’s preferred methods for managing and organizing ideas as they solve problems. Themore adaptive prefer to define problems and
Remarks d. Forward Work and Evaluator Conclusions 4. Conclusion 5. References 6. Appendix 1 Listing of Student Research Abstracts 7. Appendix 2 Program Evaluation Survey InstrumentsThe West Houston Science and Engineering Center The West Houston Center for Science & Engineering (WHC) is part of the HoustonCommunity College District (HCC), a designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), with anannual enrolment of 114,000, across a 630 square mile district service area [1]. For fall 2016,58% of the students were female, and the racial and ethnic demographics reflected 15% Asian,30% Black, 37% Hispanic and 14% White. In general, about 10% of the semester credit hourstudent population is
15 10 5 0 Excel PYTHON MATLAB Excel and MATLAB Figure 7. Student submittal typesExample student realizations / spread sheet formThe students were instructed to keep the standard notation for four bar linkages shown in thelecture notes. Figure 8 shows the numbering conventions for a typical linkage, shown in the openposition [12]. A crossed or closed configuration would be realized with all links remaining at thesame lengths shown in Figure 6, with link 4 reflected across the horizontal axis with link 3 stillconnecting the ends of links 2 and 4. Figure 8. Link, angle