) engineering and entrepreneurship education; 2) the pedagogy of ePortfolios and reflective practice in higher education; and 3) reimagining the traditional academic transcript.Dr. Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University & SKG AnalysisDr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering education and work-practices, and applied finite element analysis. From 1999-2008 she served as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, leading the Foundation’s
pedagogical and curricular practices at the intersection with the issues of gender and diversity. Dr. Zastavker is currently working with Dr. Stolk on an NSF-supported project to understand students’ motivational attitudes in a variety of educational environments with the goal of improving learning opportunities for students and equipping faculty with the knowledge and skills necessary to create such opportunities. One of the founding faculty at Olin College, Dr. Zastavker has been engaged in development and implementation of project-based experiences in fields ranging from sci- ence to engineering and design to social sciences (e.g., Critical Reflective Writing; Teaching and Learning in Undergraduate Science and
Michael R. Levineand Last Best Chance, LLC, for the continuous support. 6. References[1] Online. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/[2] Dewitt, Tyler (2013) Ted Talks: Hey Science Teachers Make it FUN.http://www.ted.com/talks/tyler_dewitt_hey_science_teachers_make_it_fun.html , .[3] 2014 Reflections on Gamification for Learning.http://karlkapp.com/2014-reflections-on-gamification-for-learning/, . [Online; Acessed in 23-Jan-2015].[4] Gartner Reveals Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users for 2013 and Beyond.http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2211115. [Online; Acessed in 23-Jan-2015 ].[5] Anany Levitin and Maria Levitin. Algorithmic Puzzles. Oxford University Press, Great Britain. ISBN 978 019974044 4.[6] Understanding Poles and Zeros
personality, experiences, skills and values. This frame can provide insight into the ways that adult engineering students build their sense of professional identity through multiple modes. Successful development of an engineering identity is reflected by professional persistence. Work by Lichtenstein et al found that a minority percentage (42%) of seniors definitively planned on 12pursuing an engineering related career following graduation. Undergraduate engineering programs must try to do better to foster engineering identity development so that professional persistence is improved and the workforce is provided a steady stream of capable degreed engineers from a variety of
behind these hours is the amount ofhard work that the students undertake, the extent of learning that they gain through travelbut not by other means, and the course design that helps the students to achieve thelearning outcomes in the course syllabus effectively. Typically, a 3 credit course isoffered in a 16-week semester, but some universities may offer it in 10-week quarters. Atravel course of 10 days or 2 weeks is another point on the spectrum to compress thelearning time, by intensifying the learning through direct experiences, with the same oreven more contact hours. In reflection when we have experiences that if we were to learnabout something we have never seen or experienced, it takes lengthy descriptions,illustrations, metaphors, and
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designprocess, from opportunity identification to ideation to prototype testing, will reflect insights thatare both innovative and responsive to actual user needs and desires.9 To initiate this user-centered, empathetic design approach, students engage in anaccessibility simulation exercise on the first day of class designed to foster greater understandingof the everyday experiences of people with disabilities. In this exercise, students break intogroups and engage in multiple simulation activities including: 1. Mobility impairment in which students ambulate using either a wheelchair or a walker, 2. Dexterity impairment in which students place braces on both hands that limit range of motion, 3. Vision impairment in which students
simulations on theirown, whenever and wherever they wanted to do these. The students did like the portability ofthe myDAQ unit and were initially surprised by the number of features available in such a smallunit. A few students used the myDAQs to perform measurements in other courses. However,students’ comments for question 11 reflected the many issues that arose during the semester withthe myDAQs. Students felt that the NI myDAQ package was expensive (~$200), the softwarewas hard to install, the myDAQ was “buggy” and the measurement software crashed at times,and the myDAQ measurements were not always as reliable as the measurements performed withthe lab equipment. In the responses to question 12, a few students commented that they were ableto learn
. page to any appendices are included. adequate. is minimal. Summary or Conclusions Conclusions are well thought out, Generally, conclusions are Conclusions are inconsistent with Conclusions are inconsistent with data in report stated very well, and understandable consistent with data in report. data in report and reflect limited and reflect limited knowledge of report content. based on data presented. knowledge of report content.g.2. CPI #1: The student shall be able to present technical information in a logical manner and
Bloom’s Taxonomy Krupczak Proposed Remembering Survey Familiarity (knowing Understanding Focus content and context, understanding methods used) Applying Create/Apply Facility (applying, becoming comfortable) Analyzing Critique/Assess Fluency (critiquing, Evaluating Reflect appreciating
beam behavior. The survey givento the students after the late semester iteration asked the same basic questions with minorchanges in the wording to reflect the title of the assignment and the point in the semester it wasassigned. Results from the two key questions are shown in Figure 4 in comparison with resultsfrom the similar survey given at MSU. The two key questions for the second survey were: Did you find building a beam using the knowledge gained in the class valuable to your learning experience? Did HW 8 challenge you to think about wood beam behavior?All but two students either responded either “Agree” or “Strongly Agree” that the project addedvalue to the course or challenged them to think.The students at MSU were
(t) is the input force (N), (i.e., the swinging of the bell’s hammer), m is the mass (kg) ofthe device, and k (N/m) is the stiffness of the material. The variable x denotes the displacement.The natural frequency, in Hz, may be defined as (3)In Abaqus, a range of frequencies were selected as bounds which started at 300 Hz and ended at500Hz. The result equates to 371.21Hz, so the natural frequency happens at 371.21Hz. Incomparison, the FFT value of 360 Hz reflects 3% difference. Likely this difference is due tomodel simplifications for the bell which does not fully reflect complete geometry, noise in datacollection, etc. Figure 8: Solidworks
scenarios with low mobility. For stationary scenarios the positions of the transmitter andthe receiver are fixed and students can experiment with power attenuation measurements in orderto validate the appropriate wireless channel model. The experiment involves the following mainsteps, which allow the students to learn about the multipath propagation associated with wirelesschannels. With transmitter and receiver at close distance, the line of sight (LOS) path between transmitter and receiver corresponds to the dominant and the range equation is applicable for propagation modeling. Placing the transmitter and receiver further apart in an average size lab room, propagation modeling should include also reflections
observed were most certainlysignificant themselves as shown by the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test. As stated before, thequizzes were structured similarly to one another, but did not necessarily cover exactly the sameproblem topics or types in each of the three iterations. It is therefore possible that concepts moreeffectively learned in the classroom were more salient in Quiz 2 than either of the other twoquizzes.Additionally, the Wilcoxon test decisively shows that the quiz performance differences forstudents that received the intervention did not approach a point that was significant for Quizzes 1and 3, and there were several more cases where students did worse overall than better on theQuiz 3. This is also reflected in the general means for quiz
lecture. These laboratories of nomore than fifteen students were delivered by Learning Assistants, which were upper-levelundergraduate peer educators. To evaluate proficiency, a MATLAB post-test was delivered tostudents who were instructed through lecture only (“Lecture”) and those who were instructedwith the above changes (“Active”). A survey was also provided upon completion of the course tothe Active group for student reflection on their perceived software capability and the usefulnessof approaches. Post-test results suggest that the Active group was more proficient in MATLABthan the Lecture group. Survey results suggest that the Active group recognize they had notachieved expert use of the software but that they were likely to use it
system response to step inputs Reflect problems and situations students may N – realistic to apply PI control to a encounter in real life chemical process24,25, but entire lab does not revolve around a real life situation Be enjoyable, interactive, and promote active Y – hands on visual lab exercises and learning control design in simulation both provide interactive experiences Appeal to different types of learning styles Y – visual, kinesthetic, and read/write
approach mimics industry/job environment where students will have limitedtime to solve problems but still more than just one hour typically allowed in academia. Inaddition, additional stress induced by the presence of instructor is eliminated and reflects workenvironment in industry, as one would expect in most cases that supervisors would not bemonitoring employees as they solve problems. Although there may be occasions where studentswould have to solve problems quickly, one would not expect that to be applicable to cases whichwould require lengthy calculations which would be common for design problems involvingsystems dynamics.The students are asked to sign University Honors Code at the beginning of the semester. If thestudents do not sign the
0.05 isconsidered significant.Table 5. Parameter estimates β and their exponentiated values, and P-values for the effect ofsession, gender, and language spoken at home. Effects Estimate Exp.Estimate P.value Significance (Intercept) 0.45 1.61 3.2×10−3 Yes Gender 0.48 1.6 0.16×10−3 Yes Session Pre −0.61 0.54 0.81×10−5 Yes Session WB 0.26 1.3 0.97×10−3 Yes Language 0.41 1.5 6.4×10−3 YesTable 5 shows the parameter estimates and their exponentiated values, which reflects the
engineering, computer science, human factors,psychology, and aviation technology. In this paper, the inclusion of sustainability in the firstplace design packages from 2007 to 2017 is examined.This paper explores the topics of previous winning design packages, the departments of thefaculty advisors, and the inclusion of sustainability. Insights from students and faculty ofwinning teams are highlighted. Statistics are used to analyze trends. The trends in the winningteam proposals may reflect the level of importance of sustainability in industry and may supportthe need for explicitly including sustainability in courses in engineering and technology. Thelevel and type of sustainability analyses may inform future competition teams and may be usedby
experiments. There are two simple explanationsthat could account for this result. Either the undergraduate student assistants were too helpful inexplaining the process and assisting the CIM students in operating the 3D printers, or the CIMstudents are already so proficient in using FFF 3D printers that the use of DLP 3D printers did notpresent a significant gain in their proficiency. In the future, this question will be changed to onlyaddress DLP 3D printers and the student assistants will be instructed to help only when asked bythe CIM students.Question 5 of the survey was purposefully written in a positively biased form. It was not meant asan assessment tool but as a motivational tool. While self-reflections are important parts ofexperiential
activity and is presented in accurate ways. Inquiry Extent to which youth get to 2.28 4 direct their learning through use of scientific practices (including engineering design) in authentic ways Reflection Extent of youth opportunity to 2.03 3 reflect on their experiences, build new knowledge and discuss how what they learn in the current activity relates to prior knowledgeTable 2: Dimensions of Success Tool Comparative DataThe tool is not available publicly and requires an extensive training for its
the schedule.Student-Veterans’ Contributions to SuccessVeterans have unique qualities when compared to their non-veteran peers. These assets,according to Lord et al, are reflected by their “experience in planning, implementing, and leadingteams” [4]. Additionally, these traits are bolstered by other attributes typically held by veteranssuch as problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills [2], [5]. This indicates alikelihood that student-veterans are better equipped to navigate difficult projects pressured bytime and resource constraints. Student-veterans’ experience and problem-solving abilities makethem well-suited to technological projects and, more specifically, leadership roles within theseprogram types [5], [6]. For this
the syllabus. _____ 4. Worked Practice Problems for understanding, not just to complete them. _____ 5. Taught concepts to others. _____ 6. Asked Dr. Batson (in class or in his office) or a tutor for help when needed. _____ Total: _____ Figure 1. Questionnaire 1 completed by students after the first lecture on metacognition.Questionnaire 1 may also be considered an exam wrapper [8]. A commonly stated objective ofexam wrappers is that of personal reflection among the students, and most authors focus on thispurpose. The Center for
times: one at the beginning of theprofessional development program (fall 2016), and the other at the end of the semester after theworkshops (spring 2017). This study was framed by the following research question: To what extent are faculty beliefs about student-centered strategies reflected in instructional practices in the undergraduate engineering classroom?Literature ReviewStudent-Centered Teaching in EngineeringStudent-centered teaching, or active learning practices, engage key course concepts and materialin an adaptive and interactive manner. Scholars have conducted many empirical studies whichdemonstrate the effectiveness of student-centered teaching practices in higher education. Thesestudies have shown that student
mustfit the criteria established by the constraints of the system. Impractical solutions are notentertained other than to remove them from consideration. Continual reflection (e.g., “Am Icloser to solving the problem?”) guides all the remaining considerations. Pragmatism is forward-looking (what can and should be done) rather than focused on exploring the past. In this way, thepragmatic approach is direct and actionable; practitioners seek a direction and justification to thenext steps one should take.The theoretical frameworks most suited to the Lean LaunchPad®/Customer Discovery processare action research and design-based research (DBR). The practitioners and scholars engaging incustomer discovery, action research, or DBR are vested in the
3 during the periods. Them-POGIL laboratory practices require the students to work for meaningful learning activities bythe guided inquiry and thus, students think about what they are doing in the activity assigned.These positive attitudes for active learning environment reflected the effectiveness of learning invarious lab activities. The m-POGIL method expects students to use knowledge to solve any kindof problem. The average of learning outcomes increased from 67.0% to 92.9% during theperiods. The study reported an increased level in all areas surveyed and provided strongconfidence to use a proper skill level in practices with growth.In the results of the assessment and evaluation, the study found that the process cycle proposedin Figure
faculty to motivate them to continue to participate [21]. Facilitators must alsocontinually ask the reflective questions that will that will help maintain the focus and keep theseminars in the context of the Baylor University mission [19]. The research does support thatthere is a relationship between faculty attending development activities that focus on teaching andthe willingness of a faculty to use non-traditional teaching methods [20]. As long as the seminarsand workshops continue to fill a need, they will be a part of the ECS culture with improvementsand assessment to be made each semester.References[1] Pro Futuris, Baylor Univeristy, https://www.baylor.edu/profuturis/ accessed on January 31, 2018.[2] M. Khedkar, “Role of Universities in
technical writing through the use of laboratoryreports or term papers. These types of writing are able to highlight the technical writing style butoften lack the context of the professional work environment and its most common reasons forcommunication. Many employers within the co-op program at Grand Valley State Universityhave indicated that students could benefit from additional experience communicating their ideasin writing when proposing or justifying a project or change.In this case study, several members of a small curriculum development team reflect on theaffordances and constraints imposed by the decision to develop the academic component of onerequired co-op employment term (specifically the second of three) into a writing-intensive
. Black and D. Wiliam, “Assessment and classroom learning,” Assess. Educ. Princ. policy Pract., vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 7–74, 1998.[2] S. M. Brookhart, “Feedback that fits,” Engag. whole child Reflections best Pract. Learn. teaching, Leadersh., pp. 166–175, 2008.[3] K. E. Dunn and S. W. Mulvenon, “A critical review of research on formative assessment: The limited scientific evidence of the impact of formative assessment in education.,” Pract. Assessment, Res. Eval., vol. 14, no. 7, 2009.[4] H. Hattie, J., & Timperley, “The power of feedback,” Rev. Educ. Res., vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 81–112, 2007.[5] A. Kluger and A. DeNisi, “The effects of feedback interventions on performance: A historical review, a
with various activities in Strength of Material. We find that lab and quiz assignments, as wellas watching lab or lecture videos are items student spend most of their time engaging with (mean valuesare highest as reported in Table 1). For activities of reading the textbook, practicing on your own, andexploring the internet on the course topics are also activities reported by around 30% as being engaged with“very often”. On the other hand, optional problem sets and answering reflective questions, and the use ofonline forum, neither of which is graded or assessed in this course, are activities that majority of studentsreport “never” engaging with. Question: Out of all the time you spent on this course only during the