? race/ethnicity), conference information, and motivation for attending a non-technical conference. Selection of awardees wasB. Data Collection and Assessment Instruments student level-blind (graduate or undergraduate), race/ethnicity- This study presents data collected during a span of two years, blind, and based on responses to three questions: (1) Pleasewith four collection periods: Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring indicate why you would like to attend the conference(s), (2)2017, and Fall 2017. For each collection period, participants Please indicate how you plan to fully utilize the conference(s)completed an application form, conference pre-survey, and
reason to believe thatprefrontal cortex is not fully developed until at least age 25, calling further into question thevalue of undergraduate classroom assignments aimed at improving ethical judgments (e.g.,Aamodt & Wang 2008).25 In general there is reason for hope, as some assessment instrumentshave shown growth from educational interventions. We turn to this topic of assessment next.In terms of assessing how students perceive ethical and moral situations, one of the mostwidely-used instruments for measuring students’ ethical or moral reasoning is the DefiningIssues Test 2 (DIT-2),26,27 that was developed in the 1970’s and takes as its basis Kohlberg’sMoral Development Theory.28 The DIT-2 is administered by evaluating participant
mentoring of students, especially women and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE Fellow and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Highlights of Over a Decade of University/Community College PartnershipsAbstractIn 2002, an NSF sponsored (# 0123146) S-STEM academic scholarship program for upperdivision engineering and computer science (designated as ENGR) students materialized atArizona State University with about half of the students being transfer students. This directedattention to the need for more support for potential and actual transfer ENGR
larger mixed methods study that will inform policies for women faculty in engineering. Acknowledgement This material is based in part upon work supported by the National Science Foundationunder Grant Numbers 1535456 and 1712618. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation. References1. Bilimoria, D., Joy, S. & Liang, X. Breaking barriers and creating inclusiveness: Lessons of organizational transformation to advance women faculty in academic science and engineering. Hum. Resour. Manage. 47, 423–441 (2008
forintegrated STEM education in early childhood classrooms. Moreover, we will gather data oninteractions among members of the interdisciplinary design teams, and subject these data todiscourse analysis in order to observe the types and nature of interaction among ECE and ENGstudents. These data will be used to triangulate the results of the analysis of survey data and willsupport revisions and enhancements to learning opportunities afforded to students in futureofferings of these courses. References Bailey, R. (2007). Effects of industrial experience and coursework during sophomore andjunior years on student learning if engineering design. Journal of Mechanical Design, 129(4),662-667. Brophy, S
class, did not have any work experience.These numbers are important to show why it is essential to design the class with a focus onpractical applications, and structure the assignments with this focus, which we will discuss inmore detail below. Table 1 Learning Outcomes Covered by Each Assignment/Activity Targeted Learning Assignment/Activity Description Outcome(s) Case studies, quantitative problems, conceptual short Homework
acknowledge the contributions of our USD colleagues to this workincluding Drs. Samantha Breslin, Michelle Camacho, Diana Chen, Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick,Odesma Dalrymple, Laura Gelles, Ming Huang, Gordon Hoople, Imane Khalil, Alex Mejia,Breanne Przestrzelski, and Elizabeth Reddy. We thank our Advisory Board members, Drs. AlanCheville, Donna Riley, and Linda Vanasupa, for helping us to reimagine what we can do throughthis grant. Finally, we thank the students who have engaged with these activities and providedhelpful feedback.This work is supported by the National Science Foundation’s Revolutionizing Engineering andComputer Science Departments (RED) program through Award #1519453.References1 R. Olson, S. Lord, M. Camacho, M. Huang, L. Perry, B
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of prior studies of STEM identity. Asengineering identity frameworks are further refined we can start to investigate theongoing work of identity formation amongst individuals and groups, thus broadening ourunderstanding of what it means to be an engineer.AcknowledgementsThis research was funded by the National Science Foundation through grants #1636449and #1636404. The authors wish to thank department chairs, faculty members,instructors, and students who made the collection of this data possible. Any opinions,findings, and conclusions in this article are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect theviews of the National Science Foundation.ReferencesBlake-Beard, S., Bayne, M. L., Crosby, F. J., & Muller, C. B. (2011). Matching by race
and its resulting variables (roughness and rAVGCIR) byinvestigating relationships between the new experimental values and values of known relevancesuch as grade point average.Such computer-based assessments will prove to provide a more fair and equitable assessment ofdiverse student populations and their respective demographic subgroups. A better understandingof the individual components that comprise a student, especially when presented in a simple andeasily digestible manner, is surely to improve the instruction and learning experiences for allstudents.AcknowledgementsThis work is supported by NSF IUSE/PFE:RED - #1623141and covered under University ofIllinois IRB #14864.References[1] C. Ricketts and S. Wilks, "Improving student
fair was used to make families aware of the manySTEM resources in Boston as well as to pique their interest in STEM. Engaging families is apriority of the LSA in order to encourage parents to advocate for STEM offerings in schools, aswell as to encourage the parents, who are often very young, to consider STEM education andcareer pathways for themselves.Another key feature of this event was the participation of NSF S-STEM electrical engineeringscholars from Suffolk University, who are graduates of Boston Public High Schools and who arepredominantly students of color themselves. These students engaged the fair participants inhands-on experiments about energy and electricity and served as role models for the participantsand their families
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significant learningexperience not for the academic credits. Table 1 Senior Design Projects Completed at WIU School of Engineering Number of Number of Number of Senior Students in Experts Semester Senior Design Projects Sponsors Design Project Involved in Projects Team Project S'10 - F'10 Lincoln Electric Welder 1 1 8 John Deere F'10 - S'11 Transit Project 1
studentlearning, student satisfaction, or both: in-class group problem solving[1], peer instruction[2], theuse of workbooks[3], physical demonstrations[4], interactive online textbooks[5], body-centeredtalk[6], inverted or flipped classrooms[7], etc. However, recommendations are scarce on how tobest combine these innovative activities into one class: how do we begin to assemble the partsinto a whole? In the 2000’s Steif and Dollár[8] suggested and then later showed[9] that thecombination of in-class conceptual questions and hands-on physical demonstrations in a Staticsclass resulted in high learning gains. Researchers later developed[10] and found[11] thatsupplemental web-based content was also beneficial to student learning. However, whileconceptual
, but also to maintain pride in myself as my mother often encourages me to do.” Of important note, Scholar 1095’s mother passed away in November, 2014 and she currently has no family support structure or continued financial support. The program directors and directors of student support services are working closely with 1095 to ensure she receives strong support.” Scholar 1103 stated, “The price of college has put an increased financial burden on my family and me. With four younger siblings and my father being disabled with a lung condition these burdens are quite significant. I have coped with these financial pressures by striving to reduce costs, taking out loans when needed, and doing work on
existing, industry sponsored, multi-disciplinary capstone teamproject that is required of all students.In order to assess whether this approach can increase awareness in global cultures, the MGUDS-S formwhich assesses cross cultural diversity was used to assess cultural awareness and sensitivity. Ultimatelythis form is being used to evaluate whether the international senior capstone project approach can impacta change in cross cultural diversity. This study explores the existing differences in the populations thatinvolved in existing on-going multinational projects—projects with students from Germany and Poland.Furthermore this study also attempts to evaluate the response to this survey tool from a population ofexperienced business and technical
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gradingincentive that works well with students. Therefore, our proposed course structure used aneffective combination of group learning and specially prepared detailed course notes. After thefirst (background check) quiz the following e-mail (boxed below) was sent to the class givingstudents another opportunity to relearn the topics. The quiz 1 mentioned below was multiple-choice type. Many students would guess answers on such questions. But the condition forregrading such quizzes was they must learn the correct reason/s for each of the missed questionby reading notes, or by discussions with groupmates or others. This worked very well. In fact,our data shows a consistent interest among students. Further tracking some of the students fromFluids II to the
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across all engineering disciplines.Another avenue for future work is connecting our definitions to existing work. For example,Tomko et al.’s study (2021) identified key aspects of women’s pathways into universitymakerspaces, which also identified important themes of community and relationships [18]. Wewill also explore how our makerspace definitions can intersect with existing work on definingmore forms of participation in making to include more social practices (e.g., [9], [19]).ConclusionThe knowledge and collaborative assistance aspect of makerspaces, as evidenced by the frequentuse of terms like “people,” “know,” “go,” “things,” “stuff,” “help,” and “engineering” in bothmen’s and womxn’s text, suggests a common theme of individuals going to
change (reverse scored) 32. I like to work on problems that have clear solutions (reverse scored) 33. I prefer tasks that are well-defined (reverse scored) 34. I tend not to do something when I am unsure of the outcome (reverse scored)Aim and SignificanceThis research demonstrates the implementation of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in Statics andDynamics courses within the Mechanical Engineering program, typically taught during freshmanand junior years, respectively. The primary purpose of this endeavor is to address the challengesencountered by students in their initial year of engineering studies. Condoor, S., et al. [8],highlighted the difficulties students encounter when embarking on the Statics course, often the firstengineering
experience as an engineer and a mathematics teacher, he promotes the expansion of equitable and high-quality learning opportunities for both engineering and K–12 students through mathematical modeling. His research focuses on exploring the process of refining mathematical ideas and engineering concepts that engineering students develop while engaging in model development sequences built in real engineering contexts.Dr. Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Joel Alejandro (Alex) Mejia is an associate professor with joint appointment in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies and the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Mejiaˆa C™s
this degree program, were undergirded by the following theory of action:degree programs in social entrepreneurship are more successful when they have aninterdisciplinary focus, and they are guided by and supported by stakeholder engagement.The paper has delineated the theoretical commitments, the processes, and the major takeaways orlessons learned from this co-development process.referencesAlkire, L., Mooney, C., Gur, F. A., Kabadayi, S., Renko, M., & Vink, J. (2020). Transformativeservice research, service design, and social entrepreneurship: An interdisciplinary frameworkadvancing wellbeing and social impact. Journal of Service Management, 31(1), 24-50.Author (2022)Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2016). “Business Employment Dynamics