, students must first georeference the well location plan in the proper coordinate system inGIS, then create point features at each well location in order to calculate their coordinates. Also,as part of the first submittal students are required to do some research on the maximumcontaminant level (MCL) of benzene and toluene as well as the possible side effects of eachwhen humans are exposed. For the second submittal based on this project, students revisit the gasstation site but are now provided concentration data for the various contaminants from themonitoring wells. They are then required to input that data into the feature attributes at each welllocation, which is subsequently used to develop surfaces and contour lines reflective of
: Reflections of STEM Teachers on the Use of Teaching and Learning Tools. Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health. https://doi.org/10.21891/jeseh.711779Zhang, M., Zhang, Z., Chang, Y., Aziz, E. S., Esche, S., & Chassapis, C. (2018). Recent developments in game-based virtual reality educational laboratories using the microsoft kinect. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 13(1), 138–159. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v13i01.7773 Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Baylor University, Waco, TX Copyright © 2021, American Society for Engineering Education 15
27.98 −0.012 0.020 −0.003 Beta 2.67 2.68 0.003 −0.003 0.001 Figure 12: A table of statistics of the HMC posterior samples. We remark that all three methods produced means close to the nominal values of the parameters. However,the means produced by the Wasserstein metric (marked with ∗) may be a result of influence from the uniform priorused in the HMC sampling, and thus they may not accurately reflect the true expected value of the distribution.This is a consequence of the noise in the 1024-cluster EMD approximation as seen in Figures 6b and 7, which 14resulted in a high
Baylor University, Waco, TX Copyright © 2021, American Society for Engineering Education 7beliefs: 1) management had the expertise to figure out such things, and labor did not, and 2)workers would rather not work, so their motivation depended on either a reward or threat. Overthe coming decades, the human relations movement reflected the growing attention given to thepsychological and social needs of individuals in their work and how such attention producedimprovements in productivity. Into this context, Douglas McGregor34 proposed two contrastingbelief systems among managers. Theory X managers operate from the belief that people really donot want to work and therefore must be
presentations to • Project Team Protocol, including the class team member roles • Questions to ConsiderGuided Practice • Share the RET/REU project and experience with students * • The teacher will observe student teams as they work on the IoT project and answer questions and provide feedback • Implement accommodation strategies for IEP/504 Plan studentsLesson Closure • Reflection • EvaluationSummative/End Informal Assessment: of Lesson • Observation as students works on the project. Assessment • Debating pros and cons of IoT • Research
to spend a second week viewing their classmates’ videosand using the same discussion board to make comments, ask questions, etc.I was ultimately thrilled with the student output for this activity. While it was still meant to be arelatively casual assignment, adding the structure of a formal discussion board and extending thetime period improved the overall quality of student responses. Student reflections were robustand they often found links and made comparisons to other presented regulations. In severalinstances, something in the presentation triggered an interest and students would post additionalresources or interesting articles that they had found after watching their classmates’ video. Somesources provided conflicting information
conclusions in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of NewYork University.References[1] [Online]. https://www.abet.org/accreditation/what-is-accreditation/why-abet-accreditation- matters/ [Accessed in 2021.][2] Hossain, Hossain, and Kouar, "Optimizing assessment tasks for institutional and program- level accreditations: A case study of accreditation requirements of msche and abet," Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness, vol. 9, no. 1-2, pp. 96–120, 2019.[3] A. Hussain, T. Nizar, J. Nayfeh, and S. El-Nakla. "Undergraduate Engineering Program Evaluation, Assessment, and Continuous Improvement Process: A Case Study." In 2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference. 2020.[4] Accreditation Policy
“feel” for how things work, leading to better judgment andultimately more reliable design 1, 2. One set of viable instructional approaches widely used inmany professional schools of law, business, and medicine involves a shift away from contentcoverage and toward more active student inquiry through case- and problem-based learning 1, 3, 4Sarasin 5 reported that students vary in their ability to learn through sight, sound, touch, or somecombination of the three. The awareness of the different learning style has led researchers tousefully categorize students according to their preferences on a continuum from reflection toimpulsive action 6 or from concrete to abstract, and sequential to random 7. As Griggs 7 argues,centering the civil engineering
backgroundIn 2006, Jeannette Wing, at that time, head of the computer science department at Carnegie Mellon,promoted the term computation thinking (CT). She defined computational thinking as "a range ofmental tools that reflect the breadth of the field of computer science."[1] (p.33). In this same article,Wing invited the community to see CT not only as a set of skills concerning computer scientistsbut every professional.After 2006 a significant movement of supporters of CT started to look for a formal definition andcomposition of CT. In the last 14 years, over 20 definitions and frameworks for CT have beenproposed [2], [3]. Nevertheless, although there have been increasing efforts to compile a singledefinition, those were unsatisfactory[4]. It is the
then highlighted. Thisinformation grounds the research questions that were explored in this study.BackgroundWithin civil engineering, there is debate over the extent that a master’s degree or similar formalpost-baccalaureate education is necessary for professional practice. Reflective of this debate arechanges in ASCE’s Policy Statement 465 and the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge(CEBOK) over time [4,5,6], as well as changes in the National Council of Examiners forEngineering and Surveying (NCEES) model law. The current version of Policy 465 states:“ASCE believes that the most effective means of fulfilling the formal educational requirementsof the CEBOK is by completing a baccalaureate degree in civil engineering from an ABET-accredited
Yale University’s School of Management. [Statements attributed to Corinna Ward were not made in her capacity as an associate of Capital Group and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Capital Group or its affiliates.] American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A Comprehensive Review of US Minor Degrees in Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical Engineering and Unmanned Air SystemsAbstractThe demand for graduates with aerospace engineering skills is outpacing the annual number ofgraduates from US academic organizations. Minor degrees programs in aerospace engineering (orsimilarly titled) are less common than bachelor and postgraduate degree programs
- Feedback 3 10.7 Mixed design - Questionnaire 4 14.3 - Reflection reports 1 3.57 - Focus groups 1 3.57 - Game play log files 1 3.57 - Interviews 2 7.14 Game development - Questionnaire 2 7.14 - Experiments 3 10.7RQ5. What were the sampling methods and sample sizes used in the articles
]. In this capstone study, results show success when students applied thebasics notions of the BIM Execution Planning Guide [29] in setting up the team’s infrastructure.A reflective exercise of students first exploring the process generation then asking for faculty toreview the plans was more beneficial to their overall planning than providing immediate lecture-type instruction. Two key steps that all teams needed to develop and execute are listed below.Only file repository will be discussed in this paper as it is impacted by the team functionalitywhereas software workflows are primarily focused on technical usage of engineering software toget results from one platform to another. Defining the software workflows they plan to follow
. Participating faculty first attenda workshop to learn what elements of the classroom process they should focus on and how toprovide helpful observations to their colleagues. They meet in their groups after the classroomobservations have been made to debrief one another and then submit a reflection paper on theirexperiences to the project leadership team. The goal of the program is for faculty to be able toobserve and be observed by colleagues in a non-evaluative environment.The Peer Observation Program has been run three times (spring semesters of 2018, 2019 and2020) with the number of faculty participants at 11, 13 and 15, respectively.(c) SOS (Steering Online Success) STEMDuring spring 2020 the university, like most, transitioned to fully online
equity, which is reflected in her publications, research, teaching, service, and mentoring. More at http://srl.tamu.edu and http://ieei.tamu.edu.Samantha Ray, Texas A&M University Samantha Ray is a Computer Engineering PhD student at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on creating intelligent systems for tasks that require human-like levels of understanding. She has previously worked on human activity recognition (HAR) systems for promoting healthy habits and educational tools using sketch recognition and eye tracking.Dr. Paul Taele, Texas A&M University Paul Taele, PhD, is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A
opportunities for current students, and toopen up the pool of possible students interested in this field. Expanding educational opportunitiesby developing online delivery of wind energy graduate courses is one strategy to address muchneeded diversity in the field. Building upon the literature of previous successful consortiumdevelopment, a new replicable model for setting up a consortium was created, called the Rapidmodel, with the name reflecting the goal to implement a new consortium within one year.Researchers conducted a study to determine the effectiveness of the model, through observingprogram meetings, interviewing faculty, staff and administrators engaged in the consortiumdevelopment work, and examining course sharing outcomes. Researchers
those next in line to successfully compete for tenure-track facultylines are not receiving sufficient mentoring, the structural systems of power in higher educationare persisting. If this is the case, the call to action in diversifying the engineering professoriate isgoing unheard.Funding AcknowledgementThis research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Alliances for GraduateEducation and the Professoriate (AGEP; award numbers: 1821298, 1821019, 1821052, and1821008). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations are those of only theauthors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.ReferencesAllen-Ramdial, S.-A. A., & Campbell, A. G. (2014). Reimagining the pipeline: Advancing STEM diversity
haveunderscored the importance of individual-level psychological variables to diversity dynamics inorganizations as well [24].Such attitudes reflect individuals’ impressions and beliefs about people, objects, or issues [25]and are often deeply ingrained during early life and last throughout adulthood [26]. Connectingemployees’ attitudes about diversity to their prior socialization, Roberson et al. [22] state that,“[E]mployees not only bring their personal experiences with them but generational and historicalexperiences from their families and social groups” (p. 495). The attitudes that are more popularor carry more weight at a certain level, such as a nation, organization, or workgroup, thenbecomes that shared culture at that level [27], a phenomenon
, stereotype attitude, organizational culture, working environment, and jobrecruitment issues [6], [22]. Not only that, some studies on the women working in constructionshow that the majority of them work in secretarial or office positions than in the field [6], [13].Expanding further on issues of underrepresentation, in the study conducted by Fielden, et. al[13], it is reported that the construction industry has a poor image and the workers are consideredas ‘cowboys’ creating a macho stereotype. Sadly, the view of construction as a “man’s world” isstill reflected even in recent studies of women participation in construction [23]. Coupled withthat, women’s social image as being delicate and sensitive deters girls from considering pursuinga career in
men opt for technology [1]. Within different fields, thesegregation shows as differences in occupations, wages, and career paths. Research hasshown that the careers of women and men diverge upon labor market entry and continue todiverge along the career [2]. Much of the divergence reflects the horizontal segregation ineducational choices, but also the career paths of women and men with the same educationalbackground differ in many respects. This vertical segregation has not been studiedextensively in Finland. Understanding the gender differences is necessary to design effectivemeasures to reduce the vertical segregation and promote equality in the engineeringprofession.Horizontal and vertical gender segregationAll over the world, women and
’ Satisfaction and Academic Performance (GPA)? The Case of a Mid-Sized Public University,” Int. J. Bus. Adm., vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 1–10, 2014.[12] R. Darolia, “Working (and studying) day and night: Heterogeneous effects of working on the academic performance of full-time and part-time students,” Econ. Educ. Rev., vol. 38, pp. 38–50, 2014.[13] M. E. Canabal, “College student degree of participation in the labor force: Determinants and relationship to school performance.,” Coll. Stud. J., vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 597–605, 1998.[14] M. N. Giannakos, J. Krogstie, and N. Chrisochoides, “Reviewing the flipped classroom research: Reflections for computer science education,” Proc. - CSERC 2014 Comput. Sci. Educ. Res. Conf., pp
persistence. Developingwelcoming environments for students to build friendships, gain experience with research, andallowing them to present their research to others can all be beneficial. Going forward, weencourage educators to offer increased opportunities in alignment with the work described here,to foster student interest, and to broaden participation in graduate fields.AcknowledgementThis study is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation [CollaborativeResearch: Florida IT Pathways to Success (Flit-Path) NSF# 1643965, 1643931, 1643835]. Anyfindings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect theviews of the National Science Foundation.References[1] “Report - S&E Indicators 2018 | NSF
instructors adopted digital technologies “as a replacement forthe missing physical learning environments, with the learning process remaining the same. Thisresulted in ineffective learning when compared to traditional face-to-face learning environments”(p. 294). 82 students in the Qatar study participated in written reflections about their experiencesand eight students were interviewed. The students felt that the emergency remote learningenvironment needed to “be supported by teaching activities that involve more participationthrough interactive activities and teamwork” [15, p. 13]. Overall, the surveys and interviewsshowed that the quality of instruction suffered after the move to remote teaching in Spring 2020.MethodologyThe results in this paper
training of mathematics teachers that is at the core of this problem. Since enrollment at UIC, Janet had dedicated her studies and research efforts on Mathematics Socialization and identity amongst pre-service elementary teachers, an effort at understanding the reasons for lack of interest in the subject with a view to proffer solution and engender/motivate interest amongst this group that will eventually reflect in their classroom practices. She is currently a Graduate Assistant with UIC Engage, a commu- nity focused project that provides help for less-privileged students from K-8 in mathematics, reading and writing. She continues to work as a substitute teacher occasionally to keep abreast with current practices
capstone supporters hasdelivered a set of ideas, options, and solutions, and further built community.Many of the recommendations in the numbered list above can be adopted going forwardregardless of the course delivery mode, major, setting, or product form. In the abrupt transitionto virtual capstone conditions, capstone leaders and stakeholders made the pivot, demonstratedagile thinking, reflected on lessons learned, and have adeptly identified best practice for futurecapstone offerings. This work could not be accomplished without these dedicated and responsivepractitioners.REFERENCES[1] T. Vander Ark, “Remote Learning Could Be A Good Time For A Capstone Project,” Apr. 2020. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomvanderark/2020/04/02/remote-learning
, Microsoft, and others. Hammond holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and FTO (Finance Technology Option) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and four degrees from Columbia University: an M.S in Anthropology, an M.S. in Computer Science, a B.A. in Mathematics, and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Physics. Hammond advised 17 UG theses, 29 MS theses, and 10 Ph.D. dissertations. Hammond is the 2020 recipient of the TEES Faculty Fellows Award and the 2011 recipient of the Charles H. Barclay, Jr. ’45 Faculty Fellow Award. Hammond has been featured on the Discovery Channel and other news sources. Hammond is dedicated to diversity and equity, which is reflected in her publications, research, teaching, service, and
thecodebook, we finalized a codebook, based on the data collected, describing communication onvirtual teams experienced by a majority of participants (Table 2). The development andrefinement of the codebook is illustrated in Figure 2 from [15]. Figure 2: Illustration of the development and refinement of the codebook adapted from [15]Prior to analysis, the two members of the research team who lead the coding process (Researcher1 and Researcher 2) wrote positionality statements reflecting on their experiences working onteam projects. These statements were reviewed throughout the analysis process to encourage usto think about how our experiences might impact data analysis.Researcher 1My name is Nathaniel Blalock I am pursuing a degree in chemical and
. There is aseparable outcome one is trying to obtain or avoid, such as a reward or punishment. Commonexternal factors are grades or evaluations, which are metrics that have been constructed to“measure” a student’s success and serve as motivation for improvement. Another type ofexternal factor can be derived from another person, such as the opinion of a mentor, friend, orpeer. Intrinsic motivation comes from internal drives and is defined as doing an activity for itsinherent satisfaction [12]. These actions reflect ideas like core values, personal interests, andone's sense of morality. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation are considered to be part of the "locusof causality," meaning they are the perceived sources of motivation.The study of rural