Century skills survey. The engineering design portfolio assessment(EDPA) includes an electronic log to document students’ progress through the stages of theengineering design process. The survey is designed to measure critical thinking, leadership,communication, and collaboration, and teamwork.Background: The Maker Movement and High School Technology EducationThe ‘maker movement’ is defined by Adweek as the umbrella term for independent inventors,designers, and tinkerers 4, and is viewed by Time magazine as a driver for innovation 5. Thismovement, which started in the 1990’s, embodies a reversion from the theoretical to thepractical, using one’s hands to physically make and build things for the purpose of solving newproblems, solving old problems
leave the field, postgraduation.23 This results in fewer women in the engineering workforce and in the academy.Since the 1970’s there has been an increase in women in the STEM workforce, but this growthhas slowed somewhat since the 1990’s. In 2011 women’s employment in STEM was 27% (downfrom 34% in 1990) with women most underrepresented in engineering at 13% (this number roseto 15% by 2013).16,27Compared to white men, women faculty are less likely to work at prestigious universities orresearch universities, and more likely to hold assistant-professor, associate professor, and non-tenure track positions.14,30 In fact, in 2011 only 9% of full professors in engineering werewomen.17 In regards to academic commercialization this is especially
design.1 Thereintroduction of modern day senior capstone design in the 1980’s and 1990’s served to bring thepractical application of technical topics back to university level engineering.2,3 It was recentlyidentified that corporations also yearned for students entering industry to have a greaterunderstanding of problem solving, critical thinking, and presentation and communication skills.4Senior capstone design serves as a transition from compartmentalized learning experienced inintroductory level engineering courses to the design and application desired by students enteringindustry. Further, it provides students the opportunity to work on a project where they can bothaddress both technical requirements and learn how to manage projects.5 Prior
school students participated in a week-long summer camp thatfocused on electrical and computer engineering (ECE) concepts and practices. The five-daysummer camp consisted of hands-on activities, tours of different laboratories in ECE disciplines,and a group project that spanned the whole week where students built circuits using theSparkFun Inventor’s kit. During the group activity, the students were organized into eightgroups, and each group was mentored by an undergraduate mentor who facilitated thecollaborative hands-on activities. The middle school students completed validated and reliablepre and post-surveys adapted from the Student Attitudes Toward STEM (S-STEM) Survey andthe Group Work Skills Questionnaire Manual. The S-STEM survey is
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needed to wait for students to log into the online class before starting the practice.Author 3 noted that being able to move the time of the mediation to better fit in the coursematerial for the day was advantageous. Additionally, Author 3 noticed that different classsections had different preferences. For example, Author 3’s morning class section liked havingthe practice early during class (e.g., at the beginning), while the afternoon class section liked thepractices later in the class session, especially on Friday (e.g., at the end of class). Lastly, it is ofnote that Author 2 thought a five-minute practice might be too long for an online course,especially when done daily, but the same duration worked well for the in-person course,according to
ReviewA brief review of literature on the incorporation of curricula related to DEI and the assessmentmethods utilized was conducted. These treatments ranged from separate courses related to DEI[3], activities embedded into first-year courses [4,5,6], design courses and design experiences[3,6,7], and embedded activities across multiple courses within the curricula [6,7]. The methodsutilized to assess the impact of DEI curricula were survey instruments using a Likert scale. Theseinstruments varied in breadth and degree of validation. The short form of the Miville-GuzmanUniversality Diversity Scale (M-GUDS-S) [8] was considered to be too general and not directlyapplicable to the engineering profession. Even the short form has 42 items in the survey
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purpose.Acknowledgment: “This material is based upon work supported by the National ScienceFoundation under Grant EEC-BPE 2135080” Disclaimer: Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.”References[1] National Science Board, Science and Engineering Indicators 2020. Arlington: National SciBoard. Available: https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299268&org=NSB.[2] E.L Kryst, S Kotok and A. Hagedorn, Pursuing higher education in rural Pennsylvaniaschools: Shaping the college path. The Rural Educator, pp. 1 – 11, Winter 2018.[3] G. Saw, C. N. Chang, and H. Y. Chan, Cross-sectional and longitudinal
(Bahia), Brazil” in the Proceedings of the 2019 ASEE Annual Conference, Paper ID 26202,Tampa, June, 2019.[10] Building Better Bridges into STEM: A Synthesis of 25 Years of Literature on STEMSummer Bridge Programs. Michael Ashley,† Katelyn M. Cooper,† Jacqueline M. Cala, and SaraE. Brownell*CBE Life Sci Educ December 1, 2017 16:es3. DOI:10.1187/cbe.17-05-0085[11] Merriweather, S. Lamm, H. Walton, S. Butler-Purry, K. Rausch Jr., J. Harris, K . TAMUSLSAMP Project: 25 Years of Success - Finding and Implementing Best Practices for URMSTEM StudentsAmerican Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #18491[12] Pando, M. Suarez, L. Rodriguez-Marek, A. Loree Dika, S. Wartman, J. Asimaki, D. Cox, B.A Bridge To The Doctoral Program Strategy For
tosynthesize knowledge across multiple domains, modes of inquiry, historical periods, andperspectives, as well as the ability to identify linkages between existing knowledge and newinformation. Individuals who engage in integrative thinking are able to transfer knowledgewithin and beyond their current contexts. We collected two things to assess the above objectivesbroadly for the University: 1. Student scores on the element(s) of the assignment aligned with integrative thinking (scored using the rubric developed in collaboration with faculty teaching integrative thinking courses provided in Appendix A). 2. Students’ perceptions of their own integrative thinking skills collected via a survey administered by OPA later in the
development of a low-cost cold storage system to provide farmers with more control over the delivery of fresh produceto market, increasing income through more effective market timing. The second addressed foodloss in the red chili supply chain through implementation of a system to dry chilies at the primarylevel of farming. These projects became two of the six offered in ME 170’s inaugural year.Project continuityWhile continuity/longevity was not a specific criterion for initial project selection, each teamdeveloped specific parameters for future work as part of their final deliverables. In parallel, theteaching team worked closely with the Precourt Institute and the Haas Center to identifyopportunities for students to continue their work through
did notparticipate in the program. Evaluation data also indicated that students were highly satisfied withthe shadowing experiences. More research is needed to examine how the social cognitive factorssuch as coping, efficacy and outcome expectations are working to influence students’ outcomes.References[1] R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, and G. Hackett, “Toward a unified social cognitive theory ofcareer/academic interest, choice and performance,” Journal of Vocational Behavior, vol. 45, pp. 79-122,1994.[2] R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, and G. Hackett, “Contextual supports and barriers to career choice: A socialcognitive analysis,” Journal of Counseling Psychology, vol. 47, pp. 36-49, 2000.[3] H. B. Sheu, R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, M. J. Miller, K. D
furtherexpand the PBH implementation by increasing the number of project-based activities and makingthe PBH assignments a required course activity in the next semester and continue to evaluate thestudent performances. The preliminary data obtained in this study from the first round of PBHimplementation is encouraging considering these experiments were devised and completed bythe students using simple objects and items while in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Theauthors will continue their efforts in improving the PBH implementation process in future studiesthrough the above mentioned measures to enhance student learning and student success rates inthe Dynamics course.References[1] S. A. Ambrose, M. W. Bridges, M. DiPietro, M. C. Lovett, and M. K
supplement or complementhome household assets within the classroom. Additionally, future research shouldexamine whether the effect of educational assets extends to other educational contextsfocusing on numeracy across the globe. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 35169References[1] Uwezo. (2017). Are Our Children Learning? Lessons from Uwezo learning assessments from 2011 to 2015. Twaweza.[2] Heyneman, S., & Loxley, W. (1983). The effect of primary school quality on academic achievement across twenty nine high and low income countries (No. REP268; pp. 1–37). The World Bank.http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en
2000” Technical Communication Quarterly, 10(2), 2001, pp. 149-soft skill information would have been better served earlier 167.in their engineering coursework, and that they did not see a [12] Burrows, A. C., & Harkness, S. S. “Experiencing action evaluation’sreason for it so late in the graduation requirements. The first cyclic process: partnering conflict, reflection, andauthor was discouraged that the student group did not make action” Educational Action Research, 24(4), 2016, pp. 460-478.a connection with future engineering positions and projects
Paper ID #20898High School ACT Math Scores: Why and How Do We Use Them?Dr. Sungwon Steven Kim, Minnesota State University, Mankato Dr. Sungwon S. Kim joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at MSU Mankato in January of 2011. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University (2008), working in the area of synthesizing carbon nanotubes, his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), working in the area of designing and analyzing double spiral heat exchangers, and his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Korea University (2000
and teaching, 21st century learning skills, using technologyin the classroom, and STEM career awareness (The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation,2012b). The Teaching Design, Engineering and Technology (DET) survey measures teacherperceptions and familiarity with these subjects and perceived barriers to teaching these topics.The DET survey has 40 questions using a 5 point Likert scale (Tao, Purzer, & Cardella, 2011).TRAILS students are being surveyed to assess interest and confidence in learning STEMsubjects as measured by the Students Attitudes Toward STEM Survey (S-STEM) for middle andhigh school students (Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, 2012a). Student participantsare surveyed in both the experimental and comparison
educational partners; 2. Consideration of applicant’s letter(s) of recommendation; 3. Consideration of applicant’s statement describing the reason for his/her interest in participation in this program, in addition to his/her commitment to seeing this program through the summer and into the classrooms; 4. Consideration of applicant’s mentoring history in the classroom, including developing innovative teaching methods in STEM fields, leadership in after-school STEM activities, encouragement of students to participate in external outreach programs (for in-service teachers only). 5. Additional consideration of GPA (>3.0) for pre-service teachers, their extracurricular
academic performance. Thepercentile of students from each academic program participating in the honors program isshown in Table 1.In light of the above success, a second program using a similar model was established. TheSchool of Engineering has an S-STEM grant which is currently in its final year ofadministration to support scholarships for females, minorities and economically challengedstudents. The activities produced for this cohort have been singled out by the students andthrough program assessment as being impactful for student success to aid them in maintainingthe grade point averages to keep their scholarships (> 2.5 for freshman; >3.0 all years after). Table 1. Percentage of Honors Students in Each Discipline from 2006-20161
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, while Dr. Ahmed Faheem instructs Materials and Pavement relatedcourses. Table 2. Integration of SHRP2 Products in Other Three Institutions CEE course Level Instructor(s) Temple University (TU) Transportation Engineering Materials Senior\Graduate Structural Design of Pavements Senior\Graduate Ahmed Faheem Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Senior\Graduate Villanova University (VU) Introduction to Transportation Engineering Sophomore Engineering Economics Junior Seri Park Transportation systems Design Senior West Virginia University (WVU) Urban Transportation
student learning and professional formation that are well-recognized inengineering education.Additionally, when we understand shame as an internal experience of individuals related to socialconnection, we can see compelling threads of this phenomenon in engineering education research. Forexample, Foor et al.’s ethnography highlights Inez’s painful experience of desiring acceptance by otherengineering students.13 Additionally, in their grounded-theory study on help-seeking behaviors, Herringand Walther highlight how several participants avoided seeking help in classes. As voiced by one of theirparticipants, “I’m thinking about what they think about me, and I don’t want to be thought of as that guythat’s behind or that guy that’s a little bit
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fostering supportive communities in undergraduate physics departments.Dr. Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park Chandra Turpen is a Research Assistant Professor in the Physics Education Research Group at the Uni- versity of Maryland, College Park”s Department of Physics. She completed her PhD in Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder specializing in Physics Education Research. Chandra’s work involves designing and researching contexts for learning within higher education. In her research, Chandra draws from the perspectives of anthropology, cultural psychology, and the learning sciences. Through in-situ studies of classroom and institutional practice, Chandra focuses on the role of culture
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% 20% 10% 0% S T E M ET Overall Percentage 26% 10% 56% 2% 6% Figure 4. Engineering Technology Majors vs. STEM MajorsFigure 5 shows the ethnic diversity within STEM majors, noting overall percentages within eachSTEM category. Relative to one another, white students are most prevalent in STEM with aslightly higher percentage of black students in Technology as compared to the other STEMmajors. 80.00% 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00