and asked to act as a consultant and interview their partner with thefollowing prompt, “How would you redesign the curricular collaboration experience for yourpartner?” Each person then interviewed their partner to gain insight to their needs. A second roundof interviews was conducted to dig deeper into the ideas developed in the first round. After theinterview, the individuals used their notes to define an actionable problem statement based on theneeds and insights collected in the interviews. The attendees then ideated by sketching five radicalways to solve their partner’s needs. The ideas were then shared with their partner to get feedback.The individuals then reflected and generated a sketch of a big idea solution to the need
emphasize ongoing, accountable action [58]. To be effective, allyship necessitatescontinuous self-reflection, an understanding of privilege, and active efforts to dismantleoppressive systems [58, 62-65]. Allyship has garnered increased attention in discussions oninequality and social justice [58, 64, 66]. It has evolved to include its application as a tool forpromoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in various contexts, from workplaces tohigher education institutions [52, 61, 67].In practice, allyship can help foster inclusive environments and reduce discrimination [67-68]. Itcan create a culture of respect, understanding, and belonging, especially when those in positionsof power actively support marginalized groups and advocate
rather than reflecting on the past 9 . There any many examples in the literatureof works using this method for centering the experiences of individuals with marginalized identi-ties 10,11,12 . In order to emphasize the need for this work, we have reviewed the literature to findexamples of lived experiences similar to ours to emphasize that these are not isolated incidencesof struggle. Doctoral education begins not with admission to a university, but instead application to pro-grams within that university according to their alignment with a student’s research interests. Oncematriculated into a graduate program, young academics bring diverse life experiences that mayconflict with the typical impression of who belongs. These feelings which have
veteran combat experience and employmentexpectations do not have a civilian corollary, as indicated in Table 1. These myths or stereotypesare sourced from known veteran stereotypes of veterans [8] and do not reflect the authors’perspectives.Table 1: Veteran and civilian-coded survey items Veteran Veteran-coded Civilian Civilian-coded Item Item 1 Veterans are more likely to suffer 13 Civilians are less likely to suffer from PTSD than civilians. from PTSD than veterans. 2 Veterans are more likely to be 14 Civilians are more likely to be educated than
another group of through breakout rooms. presentations until all teams have presented to every team. Self-reflection to a prompt (1 min.), Breakout rooms for each grouping paired discussion (2 min.), group 1-2-4-all and PollEv to help facilitate large [7] discussion (4 min.), report out to large group report out. group (5 min.). Each student provides peer feedback An online survey tool (e.g., Google
review. Researchers utilized a working definition of the term “workforce development” to refer to any program that was preparing students for the workforce. Additionally, to maintain a focused scope, only peer-reviewed journals and conference papers were included. However, in the future, we plan to examine all available sources of literature. Considering the shifts in the engineering workforce practices due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this literature search was limited to sources published post-2020. This timeframe was chosen to accurately reflect the current state and needs of the workforce, which has increasingly adopted hybrid and remote working modalities. Microsoft Teams (Version 1.6.00.35956) and Zotero (Version 6.0.30) were
bemulti-axis and must be completed in less than four hours including machine setup and cleanup.The designs created by the students are amazing – both in creativity and in challenge. A small setof the final projects are shown in Figure 8.Changing Curriculum Outcomes and Skills DevelopmentTo meet the changes brought on by incorporating the described technologies, the course outcomesfor MFGE 332 have evolved to suit. These are shown in Table 2. Notably, outcome 1 has beenchanged from “Generate programs for CNC machining using manual part programmingtechniques” to reflect the move away from manual programming to CAM programming. Inaddition, outcome 5 has been added to reflect the increased role that inspection plays in the courseto help students
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to be on the information seeking behaviors of professional engineers ratherthan academics (Leckie et al., 1996). Some of the observations of professional engineers’information seeking behaviors clearly reflects the needs of their particular workplace settings.For example, researchers found a strong preference for professional engineers to work in teamsbecause of the increased facilitation of verbal communication, the ability to develop networksbased on trusted information, and the opportunities for richer feedback and contextualization(Fidel & Green, 2004; Freund, 2015). Professional engineers also rely on text-based documentsas information sources depending on the task and their knowledge of available sources (Freund,2015). When asking
instructor's reflection on the overall EEE 4423 course experience.Student Exit Survey: The fundamental purpose of the exit survey was to record students’perspectives on lecture content, homework assignments, overall course experience, and thechallenges they encountered during the EEE 4423 course. The survey also aimed to assess theperceived difficulty of the workload and homework assignments. In the end, students self-assessed their current level of understanding of the 9 key concepts introduced in the course.Additionally, the survey aimed to identify any barriers that might have posed challenges tounderstanding these 9 key concepts of QIS.Student Exit Interview: Following this student exit survey, a 45-minute semi-structured interviewwas conducted
-generated codes. Recall is the percentage of human codes that themodel was able to generate correctly. The F1 score is the harmonic mean of the precision andrecall [1]. We also performed qualitative analysis for model-generated codes for ten testinstances for both thermodynamics datasets. We report the number of codes that are semanticallyrelevant to the student’s narrative but not an exact match under “misses but makes sense”),semantically irrelevant codes with “does not make sense,” and the number of codes missed bythe model with “code missed.”Researcher PositionalityOur strength as researchers improves as we acknowledge and reflect upon the backgrounds andexperiences of ourselves and others in our team [69]. As this project is a collaboration
15 , panel membersdeparted after having shared insightful reflections, recommendations for the future, andencouragements for next steps. Within the reflections shared, it was mentioned that several panelmembers appreciated the opportunity to increase their understanding of how the Federalgovernment works, thus demonstrating a desire for more active transparency when it comes toSTEM education policy for non-Federal stakeholders of STEM education. Among the panel’srecommendations provided, some that stood out were that Federal STEM efforts should 1. Ensure the inclusion of the multiple disciplines within STEM in future strategic plans and government programs. 2. Encourage the inclusion of STEM in reading and writing curricula. 3
overview ofeach faculty participant, of which six were female and the remaining 10 were male. Engineeringfaculty participants represented each of the core engineering disciplines, with ChemicalEngineering, and Mechanical Engineering each having three faculty participants, twoparticipants representing Civil Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, and theremaining six being from Engineering Technology and Systems related disciplines. Thisinformation coupled with the information in Table 1 demonstrates the diverse facultyperspectives reflected in this study with regards to gender, discipline, and years of teaching. Thelack of institutional diversity is identified as a limitation of this study.Table 1: Participant Information
interaction influences howwe may experience government policies and initiatives” [2]. GBA+ thus aligns with a context ofevolving social norms, the fight against inequalities, and the adoption of measures that reflect thediversity of experiences and the values of EDI. This intersectional lens acknowledges thatindividuals have different identities that influence their experiences differently [3].Intersectionality being at its core, this tool provides a broader understanding of specific needsand allows decision-makers to address them through adapted solutions.Therefore, GBA+ enables the development of more rigorous community-centred solutions toaddress EDI. Accordingly, this analytical tool can be applied in other contexts such asengineering design
be guided in a manner reflecting the present challenges of technologies witnessed in the industry.• Plan for a set of interactive sessions which would include the conduct of industry-led workshops, guest lectures, and virtual reality tours of energy facilities. All these engagements will bring the students and faculty up to speed with the current industry as well as develop practical understanding of renewable energy systems.• Create internships and co-op programs in partnership with industry Structures that will allow
institution’s goal of reaching R1 status (Ford, 2023; Weissman, 2023).The Carnegie Classification® is the leading framework for recognizing and describinginstitutional diversity in U.S. higher education. The Carnegie Commission on Higher Educationdeveloped the system in 1973 to support its research and policy analysis program. Derived fromempirical data on colleges and universities, the Carnegie Classification® was updated in 1976,1987, 1994, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2018, and 2021 to reflect changes among colleges anduniversities. The system includes any institution of higher education that conferred at least onedegree during 2019-20, as reported through the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
the GPCG and AC methods asshown in the histograms 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, exhibit distinct trends. Both Q1-GPCG and Q1-AChave approximately symmetrical feedback distributions with skewness values of 0.11, thoughQ1-AC has a slight bias towards higher ratings, and Q1-GPCG shows a neutral pattern. Incontrast, Q2-AC shows a skewness of -0.96, reflecting a strong preference for higher ratings,while Q2-GPCG, with a skewness of 0.96, tends towards lower ratings. Observation 1 The Additional Context(AC) method, providing course-relevant information, is better for generating feedback on project proposals as it not only offers feedback but also responds to questions regarding proposal rubrics related to the course, which cannot be answered by
low values correspond to ‘veryweak/unimportant/little’ and high values correspond to ‘very strong/important/much.’ Most ofthe participating students had no previous experience with research before the Fellowship, whichoffers an explanation for the increase in response for students’ general perception of themselvesas a researcher. Of the three blocks of interest, the lowest numerical responses (Likert responseoption 1-4) from students in the pre survey consistently came from questions in the “identity”section related to their identity as a researcher. Generally, in the post results the mean value ofresponses increased, but only about half of the respondents reflected a somewhat strong or better(Likert response options 5-7) relationship to the
practice with testing. Studentsparticipating in blocked practice had better practice performance, but those participating ininterleaved practice had better test performance in both trials. Interleaved practice helps studentsdiscriminate between various kinds of problems and learn the appropriate method for each one. Itrequires that students organize tasks and solution methods. Therefore, during interleaved practicestudents are practicing two things: the skill being taught as well as the skill of identifying whichsolution method should be used [5]. Interleaved practice naturally covaries with distributedpractice. Therefore, some of the benefits of interleaved practice may reflect the benefits ofdistributed practice, such as practice pulling from
Mindfulness Uniqueness MindfulnessIndicate how frequently or infrequently you currently have each experience. Pleaseanswer according to what really reflects your experience rather than what you thinkyour experience should be. Please treat each item separately from every
,possibly reflecting the multifaceted nature of educational environments, research designs, andmethods of inducing CF. This study aims to build on the foundation laid by previous research,offering new insights into the nuances of CF's effects in educational settings and its implicationsfor both theory and practice. The variability of results from studies of CF can be partially attributed to differences inresearch paradigms and how CF is induced. In the first paradigm, CF is induced through therepetition of different tasks. The impact of CF is then measured by comparing performance on thefirst task to later tasks. For example, Ackerman and Kanfer [12] examined the effects of CF bycomparing final scores on the SAT for groups who took the exam
, like, that’s exactlywhat we’re focusing on… but the numbers are kind of how we define it in our heads which canlead to assumptions.” (Female, white)“…then they tokenize you. So, it’s like they don’t actually stand in your corner, but they’ll useyour photo to be like we’re so cool and diverse.” (Female, Chinese Asian)The university culture towards failure further exacerbates the often-hidden inequities and stressesthat can lead to feeling left out at a technical university. Despite over 30 years of scholarshipexploring how failure can lead to supporting learning outcomes given chances for reflection,iteration, and post-failure educational support [9], students at Mines largely see themselves asfacing an institution that does not support failure
university undergraduate BME programs and the job market,” IEEE Pulse, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 42–45, 2015, doi: 10.1109/MPUL.2014.2386575.[4] J. Berglund, “The real world: BME graduates reflect on whether universities are providing adequate preparation for a career in industry,” IEEE Pulse, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 46–49, 2015, doi: 10.1109/MPUL.2014.2386631.[5] C. P. Rivera, A. Huang-Saad, C. S. E. Jamison, and A. Wang, “Preparing Early-career Biomedical Undergraduates Through Investigations of Stakeholder Needs: A Qualitative Analysis,” presented at the 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Jun. 2020. Accessed: Feb. 08, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/preparing-early- career
from the American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE) requires that curriculum include application of the “principles ofsustainability, risk, resilience, diversity, equity, and inclusion to civil engineering problems,”application of “an engineering code of ethics,” and application of “professional attitudes andresponsibilities of a civil engineer” [1]. The importance of these criteria is reflected directlywithin the preamble to ASCE’s Code of Ethics, which provides four fundamental principles forengineers to govern their professional careers, the first being to “create safe, resilient, andsustainable infrastructure” [2]. The importance of sustainability, both within civil engineeringeducation and the civil engineering profession, is well
Table 5: Stakeholder Requirementsstrategies, the MRC lab will cultivate an educational setting that prepares graduates to makemeaningful contributions as soon as they enter the workforce.This approach to the design, of the MRC Lab reflects a multidisciplinary perspective, integrat-ing aspects of mechatronics, robotics, and control to create a dynamic environment for learningand innovation. Here, students, researchers, and practitioners can engage in practical problem-solving, collaborate across disciplines, and develop new technologies and solutions focused onrobotic dexterity and precision.Furthermore, the Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) for the MRC Lab, as detailed in Table6, are defined and related to the stakeholder requirements. They are
education institutions, and the potentialimpacts of considering OR theories for engineering education.Introduction Resilience is a complex concept analyzed by the literature and can be defined as the“ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change”2. Since the COVID-19pandemic shocked the world, various research has been developed to understand and reflect onthis phenomenon. One scope of this research analyzes the educational context, and how highereducation institutions responded in their practices while learning about external shocks. Whilesome universities suffered from this unexpected disastrous scenario, some were sufficientlyprepared to smoothly pivot to the obligated online modality to learn and teach. This
-normed historical social practices that preserves the system of white supremacy”[33, p. 25]. Batty and Leyva, in their article “A Framework for Understanding Whiteness inMathematics Education'' explain that focusing on colorblindness changes the much-needed deepreflexive conversation on the way that “colorblind” systems and institutions hurt POC, to“supposedly non-racial arguments or proxies of student failure, uncaring parents, and devaluingof education, which leaves Whiteness invisible and allows those who assert it to defend theirviews in apparent nonracial ways” [49, p. 56]. Addressing colorblindness is regularly left up to the individual, which redirects theresponsibility away from the much-needed deep reflection of institutions. By
on them [35]. At their private,four-year liberal arts college, Zayn reflected on the experience of having a nonbinary professorto look up to: I was so excited when [the nonbinary faculty member] came here, and I got to take a class with them last semester. And it’s so nice just feeling like I see someone who is also nonbinary.The participant went on the say: It means a lot. Just because it’s like [nonbinary professor] [has] a very similar experience to me in that [they have] gone through the classes, [they] know what this field is like and how it’s very male dominated. But not just male dominated, but also very heteronormative and cisgendered.Due to the underrepresentation of nonbinary individuals in engineering