design the experiments.These grades reflect how grading was done on the project. If the students failed to develop acomprehensive experimental program for the project, the design portion of the grade was heavilyimpacted while the experimental procedure and data analysis and interpretation were notimpacted. Page 22.42.9Figure 1. ANOVA test results for students’ ability to design an experiment, conduct an experiment and, analyze and interpret data.Grades for the open-ended solar design project were also compared to the grades assigned to thefully structured/step-by-step laboratories assigned as part of the course. A
engineering design process in addition to listing them.At any rate, these observations can help improve the curriculum design process and theclassroom process to improve internalization or better learning.Perception of learning vs. results. The results show that students' perception about how muchthey learned do not always align with the picture emerging from their responses about theirunderstanding of concepts. However, their perceptions are correct because they reflect theirexperience. For example, most, students in Groups 1 and 2 learned about maglev transportationsystems for the first time this summer. For them this was a great learning experience. Thus,while their responses to specific questions showed they had difficulties grasping the
to group participants[29].Co-op work term reports from IEEQ participants fulfill a written requirement of the IEEQprogram and are submitted to the program director upon completion of the work term. Theydescribe the nature of the work carried out and are also a reflective account from the student’sperspective of how the term fulfilled their professional and personal goals. Four of the sixparticipants submitted co-op reports for our analysis. This study complied with the university’sethics review process ensuring respondents’ anonymity, confidentiality and opportunity towithdraw without penalty, and was approved by the university’s human ethics committee. Eachparticipant in the research group has been assigned a pseudonym. For the purposes of
mobile stations can be used anywhere in the world whereelectricity is available, making engineering education accessible to students without access tobenchtop measurement instrumentation. This might include junior-college students that wish toalign with university-level teaching efforts, or perhaps non-engineering students to whom facultywish to teach circuits principles but do not have the local laboratory resources to support.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National ScienceFoundation Course, Curriculum, & Laboratory Improvement Program underType I grant DUE–0942425. Opinions, findings, conclusions, orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and donot necessarily reflect the
which the serious students may develop a much deeper appreciation of the subjectmatter as well as the design and development process in a realistic environment. Equally important, itwould enhance their chances for receiving Research/ Teaching Assistantship or Full Scholarships ingraduate engineering programs. The following case studies reflect on the promising nature of thisapproach/model.VI - CASE STUDIES1. Universal Combined Stress Apparatus (UCSA) and an Example of Team WorkWhile most commercially available apparatuses provide data for a single type of load, no sucheducational apparatus for generation of (simultaneous) Combined Stresses existed. Creation ofsuch an apparatus would be a remarkable addition to the engineering laboratories at
directly from their interview transcripts. All of the full transcripts are available on thewebsite at http://clte.asu.edu/active under the “Participant Profiles” link.curriculum/writing to learn.9 These strategies fall under the general rubric of active learning.While many faculty use the terms active learning and cooperative learning interchangeably,Richard Felder draws an important distinction between the two: Active learning is anything in which students do anything in the classroom but watch me and listen to me—if I am the lecturer. They’re talking to each other. They’re writing things, reflecting, trying to solve problems…. they may be doing it individually, and they may be doing it together…. Cooperative learning is a
, there are two. This quarterlyprocess of preparation generally takes about two to three weeks to complete.The second step of the process involves customizing the templates for each individual classwithin each course. Requests have to be made to the local WebCT administration staff to getaccounts activated, development templates prepared, and student access completed. Dependingon the lag time between when a request is made and when it is completed, this process can takefrom one to three days per task. A typical quarter containing two classes can involve requests fortwenty to twenty-five classes, all of which need to be customized to reflect instructional teams,course times, and syllabi.The TELR intern and Information Associate perform weekly
% of the U.S. population, marking a substantialincrease from previous decades (U.S. Census Bureau, 2020). This demographic shift is driven byfactors such as immigration, higher birth rates among Hispanic communities, and naturalpopulation growth. The growth of the Hispanic population in the U.S. not only reflects thenation's increasing diversity but also has significant implications for various aspects of society,including education, the workforce, and political representation. As this trend continues, itunderscores the importance of addressing issues related to diversity, inclusion, and equitableaccess to opportunities to ensure that the changing demographics are accompanied by sharedprosperity and representation for all demographics of the
environments,universities in the US have increasingly prioritized equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI)initiatives, reflecting a broader societal commitment to equity and social justice [1]. Thisparadigm shift has prompted universities to engage in numerous initiatives aimed at creating amore inclusive environment for students. The benefits of EDI efforts in higher education arewell-documented, ranging from enhancing innovation to improved academic performance andretention rates among underrepresented student populations [2], [3]. As the US grapples withshifting notions of equity and justice, recent Supreme Court decisions in SFFA v. Harvard andSFFA v. UNC which have effectively eliminated affirmative action have added a significant layerof
survey on students' online collaborative experience are shown in Table 8. They demonstrate that the students in the groups (B, C, and D) with scaffolding generally had higher level of perception or collaboration activities than those in the control group (A) without scaffolding on online collaborative learning. However, students in the cognitive cooperation-scaffolding group (C) showed lower levels when they were asked “the members in my group collaborate with each other effectively, ” “It motivates me to learn through the use of online discussion,” and “Team online discussion makes me reflect on the course content in a deeper level”. This result is in accordance to the finding by Weinberger 24, i.e., students following the cognitive scaffolding
motivation. The students who enter the STEMAcademy reflect the diverse demographics of the area, which is a goal of the program.4The STEM Academy engages its students in challenging math, science, foreign language,computer science, and engineering design curricula. The structure of these high schoolengineering design courses is intended to develop the skills to be successful in a first-yearengineering program at the college level. Four years of fundamental engineering design coursesare required to earn a STEM Academy certificate at Skyline High School; each course isdesigned in collaboration with the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering andApplied Science.Students begin their engineering sequence with the Explorations in STEM
the fourlearning outcomes items and the three course impact items at least 67% of the students agreed orstrongly agreed with these items. In fact 67% agreed or strongly agreed with course impact item,I discovered that team work helps get assignments completed quicker than working alone.Additionally, 100% and 83% of the students agreed or strongly agreed with the item: As a resultof taking this class I have a better understanding of entrepreneurs, and this item: The use of ajournal in this course helped me to better assess my learning, respectively.The journal was provided to students in a 14-item Microsoft Word template to help students withtheir learning of the course content through reflection upon it. It requested reporting on suchitems as
a staged approach from software engineering is applicableto software testing, and shows that incremental development is not well supported on severalcurriculums. Martinez et al.11 present their experience with two reflection mechanisms: alearning journal used in a Software Testing course, and a two-part reflection questionnaireused in a Software Quality Assurance course. Smith et al.19 explain how they used peer re-views to teach software testing within a Data Structures course, by encouraging collabora-tion and competition among students.The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section 2 describes the context of the courses.Section 3 presents the labware used in the course. Section 4 mentions the implementationand assessment
different courses of the sametype. The lack of transfer is likely due to multiple factors. Students may have forgotten some of thematerial learned in a previous course; students may not perceive the connections; students may seethe connections but are unable to use the material in meaningful ways in a different context; or thepedagogical approach used by instructors may not be conducive to transfer.3Approaches used to facilitate transfer of learning include the use of reflective writings,contextualization of learning experiences, and application of learning to real life. Multiplestrategies have been suggested to encourage transfer 3: making the need for transfer of learningexplicit to students, advising students to take courses in the appropriate
according to somearticles in the literature, there have been changes in the definition of engineering over the yearsto reflect a simple fact that defining engineering is not as simple as it may look and sound [7].Recently, there are numerous calls to further modify the definition of engineering to be in linewith its continuing and systematic advancements as well as ever-changing societal norms andvalues. For instance, John Anderson in the Bridge: a National Academy of Engineers platformsuggested creating definitions with more “operational” key terms [8]. There are calls to includeother aspects in the definition of engineering like culture and ethnicity amongst other factors asstated in the 2020 virtual ASEE annual Conference [9].Steib records that
, connecting new information to prior knowledge, and refining problem-solving strategies.Additionally, Jones et al. [40] note that teachers often learn alongside their students, especially incollaborative and technology-driven contexts, where roles can shift, allowing students to becomethe teachers and teachers to become the learners. Hence, we decided to adopt this framework toexplore students’ perceptions of their faculty mentors' roles in an undergraduate researchenvironment, to determine if it reflects an engaged learning experience. For this study, we thusfocused on what the students said about their mentors and juxtaposed it against the indicators inthe framework.Table 1: Faculty Role for Engaged Learning (adopted from [40
is readily available” [22]. Making use of library resources thus has benefits tomany students beyond providing a no-cost IM source.There were two notable absences in the responses related to information sources for IMselection. No respondents mentioned using book reviews, in spite of this recommendation madein at least one STEM instructional guidebook [2]. Also, none of our respondents indicated thatlibrarians were a resource for selecting IM. This may reflect a belief that librarians do notprovide support or have expertise in this type of information search and evaluation. However,there are many efforts and studies in library and information science about supporting thecreation and use of OER [8], [23] and OA materials [24]. Several of our
, or design.Alex also shared going beyond to work as a designer to give critical feedback to others andbecome a facilitator in brainstorming and organizing review sessions with other team members.US-based students highlighted that the development of confidence and comfort in engaging withother disciplines was a significant aspect of these students’ shifts in mindset as a result ofpursuing interdisciplinary education. Emily reflected on this, stating, “So if you were to describeyourself as an interdisciplinary scholar, then you would be comfortable working with otherdisciplines”. Additionally, one U.S.-based student expressed the shift in self-identification as aninterdisciplinary researcher through working across bodies of knowledge. Ricardo
Virginia Tech. Prior to joining VT, Dr. Pitterson was a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University. She holds a PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University and othDr. Emily Dringenberg, The Ohio State University Dr. Dringenberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Ohio State University. She holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Kansas State ’08), a M.S. in Industrial Engineering (Purdue ’14) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Her current career purpose is to learn about and reveal beliefs that are widely-held as an implicit result of our socialization within systems of oppression so that she can embolden others to reflect on their assumptions and advance equity
ouruniversity being a second choice, so maybe we might be getting bumped up to a first choice with[changes to legislation] happening the way they’re happening.”We grouped responses from participants into the following subcategories: increase in usage ofstandardized testing; decrease in sense of belonging among students from minoritized groups;decrease in awareness of support for applying; and decrease in enrollment of students fromminoritized groups. We also add some further reflection on admissions.4.1.1 Increase in Requiring Standardized TestingParticipants mentioned several ways that their institutions attempt to lower obstacles to applyingfor admission, such as removing application fees and moving towards test-optional applications.However, Jean’s
, communication & use of media, assessment &evaluation, tolerance for ambiguity & uncertainty [10]; and interpersonal relations &collaboration [11]. A summary of survey development and its validation are discussed in thenext section. III. METHODSA. Survey development A comprehensive and systematic approach has been used to develop the surveys thataccurately reflect the research goals of this project. Although a detailed description andapproaches used for survey development and its validity assessment are available in Hang [8],we present a summary of the survey development process in this paper for continuity. The 3primary goal of the surveys is to
transitions in thiscollaborative autoethnography work.3. MethodsAutoethnography (AE) can be described as a study of the self, where the self acts as a window tothe world, society, or culture. AE, where the researcher acts as both participant and researcher,oftentimes gets critiqued for being self-absorbing and mere naval-gazing. To overcome thelimitation of AE, in Collaborative Autoethnography (CAE), a team of researchers workscollectively to collect, analyze, and interpret data to “gain a meaningful understanding ofsociocultural phenomena reflected in their autobiographical data” [11, p. 24]. By allowing eachresearcher to share their narrative in a way that resonates with others, collaborativeautoethnography is regarded as a transformative process
assessment form modeled off an employee appraisalform [19]. The assessment form (Appendix A) provided an opportunity for student reflection anddiscussion between the student and the advisor to ensure that the students perceived effort andachievements in each category matched the advisor’s assessment. Also, individual deliverables orgraded assignments were assigned to each student to provide a quantitative assessment of theABET student outcomes. A more in-depth description of the assignment of roles andresponsibilities and the qualitative and quantitative assessment of ABET student outcomes forthe Student Steel Bridge Team and the Concrete Canoe Team are provided below.Steel BridgeThe AISC SSBC inherently lends itself to achieving the ABET Student
, Alegra Eroy-Reveles5 American Society for Engineering Education National Conference 2024 Author NoteThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.2113355. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Josephl L. Henry,Department of Sociology, University of California Irvine, Email: Josephlh@uci.edu1 PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of California Irvine2 PhD Student in Mathematics and Science Education at the University of
educational and professional opportunities should reflect and support these values. Futureresearch on this topic could include power sharing structures and opportunities within SUCCs, thequantitative impact of an intervention program like DeSIRE on student academic outcomes or teacherretention rates, or community and parent perceptions of SUCCs (especially in conjunction with theservice mission of public universities).ConclusionThe purpose of this study was to understand how a school-university-community collaboration coulduse existing community assets to support the reduction of rural flight, or “brain drain,” by influencingstudent and teacher perceptions of local workforce opportunities. Through meaningful relationshipbuilding between various
6 5 1 0 0 engineering design and STEM Have students participate in hands- 7 5 0 0 0 on activities Engage and empower students in 8 4 0 0 0 enquiry-based learning Students work collaboratively on 7 5 0 0 0 group projects Engage students in open-ended problem solving with student peer 6 6 0 0 0 collaboration. Reflect on my teaching 5 4 3 0 0
create the SDC as an enabling learning environment to supportcollaborative learning and the CDIO activities in our curriculum. The SDC mustfacilitate community-building and team-building, and also support system-building aswell as active and hands-on learning, experimentation, and disciplinary laboratories. Ourstudy of literature on learning and learning environments19 reflected that much learningtakes place outside the classroom. As our students typically work at least 20 hours perweek due to family financial constraints, it is critical that we provide an excellentlearning environment that will best utilize the limited time they have on campus outsideof their formal classroom activities. Exit interviews of seniors suggested that somestudents
improvement of ourapproach for the Spring 2013 offering.1. IntroductionBeyond higher education, computer science has always been an interdisciplinary field. The vastmajority of software serves purposes outside of the pure field of computing, and thus, buildingsoftware has always involved software developers collaborating with customers who came froma wide range of fields. At the same time, this interdisciplinary nature of the field, best expressed as “we build softwarefor everyone’s needs”, finds scant reflection in computer science education. Traditionalundergraduate computer science (CS) curriculum emphasizes technical proficiency, problem-solving skills, and breadth within the field of computer science, leaving learning about the Proceedings
. But the“end of shopping” is certainly a teachable moment.All technologies have life cycles, even those intended for permanence, but how these life cyclesare described varies considerably. The differences among models of the PLC is one way ofcapturing how very differently people may view the same product. Products mean profits or jobsto some, pollution or unacceptable injury and death rates to others, bring great utility or pleasure,or are an intrusive and unwelcome presence in a household, community or nation.The benefit of this analysis is to explore how what we view as design knowledge is not onlyvariable in very significant ways but how those ways reflect different world views embedded indifferent social formations and different
leveraging institutional data to support reflective teaching practices. She has degrees in Electrical Engineering (B.S., M.Eng.) from the Ateneo de Davao University in Davao City, Philippines, where she previously held appointments as Assistant Professor and Department Chair for Electrical Engineering. She also previously served as Director for Communications and International Engagement at the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, Lecturer at the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University, and Assistant Professor at the Department of Integrated Engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech.Carol Geary, Virginia