’ programs.DiscussionThe self-efficacy survey findings suggest that students increased their engineering skills whileusing the kits to complete their space ‘missions’, which was also reflected by the student teams’final presentations successfully demonstrating their completed nano-satellite systems operationand capabilities. To further understand the findings, word clouds (Figure 8) were created fromstudents’ responses to the open-ended survey questions in order to get a general impression ofhow students felt the kits and tools engaged them in their learning experiences. Figure 8: Pre-course (left) and post-course (right) word cloud of student responses to the question “How do you think the nano-satellite kit will support/supported your learning?”The pre
or service) in novel ways, or seeing new ways to improve existingproducts or services. They are centrally about identifying or generating new (and perhapsvaluable) ideas, and all skew towards the fuzzy frontend of design and venture creation, thougharguably with more intentionality than the ISE item of “Asking a lot of questions.” We also seethat the ESE items not included either reflect personality traits (e.g., persist under adversity) ormoving an idea beyond its initial stages into a full-fledged business plan. 11From the ten items (five from ESE and five related to ISE) we identified six to bring together asour new Embracing New Ideas
question. One of the student comments was “It made me reflect on problems I face in myown life and have the opportunity to ‘fix’ them with the applications of class content.” Anotherstudent observed that “This experiment really taught me to look at all the energy consumption Iuse on a daily basis, and how I can change that with the knowledge from lab.” Figure 5. Distribution of Ratings (Sample Size was 43)Future WorkAlthough the module worked well, there are some changes that could be made to address theissues that were identified. For example, it might be useful to encourage students to choose adevice that provides a bit of a challenge. One possibility is to require that the students turn in aproposal that describes the
woman (she/her) Engineering Yes Dr. O Black woman (she/her) Engineering Yes Dr. Wu Black woman (she/her) Natural Science YesData AnalysisThe data was analyzed using a general inductive analytic plan, meaning we analyzed theinterviews in line with the conceptual framework and study’s objectives [63], [64]. The first stepof the data analysis involved reading through the transcripts so the lead researcher couldfamiliarize themselves with the data. Next, the lead researcher identified significant statements ineach of the interviews pertaining to codes reflective of the Collins’ [11] domains of powerframework. The interpersonal domain code was created to describe when a participantmentioned
, College Station, Texas 77843; Telephone: 979-845-2716; email:cstanley@tamu.edu and Reuben May, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 3120 LincolnHall, Urbana, Illinois, 61801; email: rabm@illinois.edu, faculty, staff, and campus coordinatorsat every four universities for their assistance with this research. Any opinions andrecommendations expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of theNational Science Foundation (NSF). The authors thank correspondence concerning this articleshould be addressed to América Soto-Arzat, Texas A&M University, 4351 TAMU 2935Research Parkway, Suite #311 College Station TX 77843-4351; email: americaarzat@tamu.eduand/or Jennifer Ackerman, Texas A&M University, office address, and
completing freshman andsophomore level math, physics and engineering courses in order to complete their Bachelor’sdegree, with the majority of students transferring to the University of Washington (all 3campuses, which includes UWT). The pandemic has led to a decline in enrollment andpersistence of engineering degree seekers as the number of students facing financial pressures towork and support family increased. Additionally, mental health related issues, which are knownto disproportionately affect low-income students, spiked, further exacerbating the challenges thatthese students were facing. This reflects trends at the national level that show a decrease instudents’ financial security and well-being as indicated by employment status
. For instance, one formerchair who is in a management position at their firm explains: By people who don't dislike the mission of SE3, I feel like it's well regarded. I feel like it's been a really beneficial experience for me. I have reflected on [how] I focused a lot on that for many years, at the expense of like a technical committee, right? I could have been doing code development or seismology committee or whatever--more traditional and male-dominated committees or professional development activities. [There are] pros and cons for both paths, for sure. But I don't feel like people dismiss SE3. I feel like if anything, it's been gaining more and more notoriety over time.This comes from an engineer
. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Surveying the Cultural Assets of Engineering Students: An Exploratory Quantitative StudyAbstractThe cultural assets that engineering learners use to meet coursework demands and navigateengineering programs can be invisible to engineering educators. To examine these cultural assetsof engineering learners, a quantitative instrument was designed using Community CulturalWealth (CCW) as a theoretical lens. It was distributed as part of a tri-campus study. CCW theorydelineates six forms of cultural capital that reflect the assets and resources people accumulatethrough their ways of living. These forms include aspirational, linguistic, familial, social,navigational, and
the quote from themovie Cool Hand Luke: “What we've got here is failure to communicate [1], [2]." The luridheadline reflects ongoing debate in STEM classrooms on what credence should be given toteacher and student expectations and how to reconcile them when they are at odds. Ubiquitousstudent surveys lack scientific rigor and provide limited insight on teaching effectiveness andhow to improve student outcomes. A teacher may have happy, inspired students and angry,frustrated students in the same classroom. We seek to understand why this is so and what wouldhave helped the struggling teacher and students. Students need help learning difficult subjectmatter. Teachers need help understanding their students’ needs and guidance on best
when Rensselaer was accredited (Figure1). Additional accreditations progressed at a rate of approximately one every three years until1990, after which an average of 2.5 accreditations were added per year. Two of the EnvE PUIswere accredited prior to 1990 – Cal Poly Obispo (1971) and Cal Poly Humboldt (1981) – whilethe remaining six were accredited after, reflecting the overall increased accreditation rate.Bucknell and Central State received accreditation most recently in 2017.One may assume from the history of the disciplines that institutions with both EnvE and CivEprograms had the CivE program first. This is correct for four of the five EnvE/CivE PUIs –Bucknell, West Point, PUPR, and UW-Platteville. Bucknell has the longest period of
in understanding potentially unaddressed historical and contemporary flooding issues, andprovide potential solutions for mitigation efforts to solve problems. It was necessary tophysically travel to these locations to ensure participation. For more details on the study, pleasereview the Appendix.Student post-assessment activitiesApproximately six months after the completion of the flood study, the students were invited toparticipate in post-assessment activities. These activities were conducted between mid-Octoberand mid-November 2022. Two instruments were distributed to the students. First, an anonymoussurvey in Qualtrics consisting of a series of 25 questions that reflected on the overall studentexperience such as hiring, training, and the
exaggerate these existing stereotypes and biasesassociated with minoritized racial/ethnic identities. Classes that help participants develop ascientific identity, for example, could encourage interest in STEM career paths (Maton et al.,2016). Similarly, educational programs could improve the level of social support available toSTEM academics from minoritized racial/ethnic groups. When experiencing conflict betweenracial/ethnic and science identity (McCoy et al., 2015), the need for social support becomesparticularly important (Harper, 2012; Ong et al., 2018). The Need for an Intersectional ApproachAn "intersectional" approach to the study of social identities reflects the need to explore in-depththe experiences of
participants fluent in her three major spokenlanguages are represented in the study. The analyzed data for this study include surveys, in-personand virtual classroom observations, teacher reflection journals, classroom artifacts, school policydocuments, and semi-structured interviews with 37 engineering faculty members, 2 provosts, 5engineering college deans, and 2 students. The findings reveal a strong leaning for analogies andproverbs as analogical bridges engineering instructors in this context used when traditionalexperiments, classroom demonstrations, or local educational resources failed. Nuances ofculturally-relevant teacher conceptions are discussed in light of CRP: using proverbs to buildcognitive reasoning in Nigerian engineering classrooms
, 63% minored in Math, CS and/or arelated discipline. Some respondents indicated that they had earned two or more minors intargeted programs. 11% of respondents had earned a Masters in Math, CS or a related discipline.Analysis of survey questions yielded the following results:Respondents were given a checkbox question with a list of statements, and asked to check allthat apply:Question: What did you think of your PESP experience? Check all that apply.Responses: The following are the 5 most endorsed statements out of 16 statements. Thestatements that were endorsed by the 102 respondents are reflected in percentages of respondentsbelow. 1. PESP was fun–selected by 84% of respondents 2. PESP gave me insight into the types of problems that
interface or application. Thus, Python, with strong compact ability across this area, is mostrequired. Fortran is second on the list mainly due to its efficiency in math calculation, whichmade it suitable to simulate large physical systems, and the existence of legacy code in theindustry practice. In short, while policy and investment fuse the growth of the electric power industry, theworkforce, however, is facing growing skills shortages [5, 6]. On the other hand, academicshave seen the need to renew the power system engineering curriculum and attempts to integrateup-to-date knowledge into the curriculum are reflected in the literature [30, 31, 34, 39, 40, 42-44].4.3 Soft Skills The resulting ranking of soft skills extracted from the job ads
selecting items from the MCA that aligned with targeted five out of sixcompetencies and created additional items to reflect the content in the online module [17]. Asmentioned earlier, Young and Stormes (2020) discussed a unique mentor program at CSULB asa two-semester operation. In the first semester, faculty mentors attended a 10-week hybrid-training format with one in-person meeting and 8-week online sessions focusing on the learningobjectives of the EM curriculum. In the second semester, the mentors would practice their skillswith students in mentor-related projects. Based on the learning goals of the tailored EM trainingand the critical aspects of the mentor-mentee compacts from the projects, the researchers selectedand modified items in each
round of interviews was scheduled to take place in the spring of 2020. Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, and the abrupt switch to online learning in March of 2020, data collectionfor the first cohort was delayed until mid-summer. We also needed to update IRB protocols toinclude remote interviews as well as update the interview protocol to ask about any positive andnegative experiences the students had due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, weinterviewed cohort 2 (AY 2020-2021) in the spring of 2021. We then interviewed students fromcohort 1 (AY 2019-2020) in the fall of 2021. Although these students were entering their thirdyear of college (typically junior level), we used the same protocol and asked them to reflect ontheir first year. Finally
interviews contained seven questions intended to allow instructors to reflect upon andsuggest improvements for anchor deployment: 1. How many anchored lessons did you offer in your course this semester? 2. What did a typical anchor look like in your course? 3. How difficult was it to add anchored lessons into your existing curriculum? 4. What were some challenges you faced when implementing anchored lessons? 5. How did you perceive the students’ opinions of the anchored lessons? (i.e., Did they seem to like the content? Did they ask good questions? Were they attentive?) 6. Do you feel that the anchored lessons added positive value to your class? In what way? 7. Any suggestions on how to improve anchors in future semesters
relative to their peers - reflecting opportunity gaps but notdeficits in capability. To normalize each applicant, students summarize their skills and interestsin an application consisting of demographic information, short answers, and eight 200-500 wordessays. The essays focus on the lived experiences of each student, offering students an opportunityto demonstrate their qualifications for the CIRCUIT program in their (1) potential for leadership 3 Table 1: A summary of the CIRCUIT pillars and benefits to stakeholdersPillar Description Student Benefit Nation BenefitHolistic Student selection Critical enabler for Evidence-driven
authors acknowledge partial support of this research from the National Science Foundation In-novations in Graduate Education in Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering under Grant No. #2105701.Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.The authors thank Prof. Susan Tripathy and Prof. Trina Kershaw for providing valuable resources ontechnical communication and teamwork during the IGE workshops. R EFERENCES [1] E. F. Barkley, K. P. Cross, and C. H. Major, Collaborative learning techniques: A handbook for college faculty. John Wiley & Sons, 2014. [2] M. Dollinger, J
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, that access to supportive networks, such as mentors andpeers, can provide encouragement and help women navigate the challenges ofstudying and working in STEM fields.Since the interviewees are students at an advanced university in Kazakhstan, the learningenvironment is substantially competitive, especially for undergraduate students. It also leadsto toxicity as was mentioned by some respondents. Moreover, the presence of a gender gapand the absence of women in both classrooms and faculty reflect on female students in STEM(Q32, 33, 34). “There are few girls in CS. Male peers usually group together, while girls stay alone. It was difficult for me to find female friends from CS, all my friends are from different majors. Moreover, at
studytime solving textbook problems [1, 2]. In undergraduate engineering courses, most of thesetextbook problems (and course assessments designed by instructors to include these textbookproblems either verbatim or a variation of these problems) are designed to evaluate the ability ofstudents to recall facts and basic concepts, and apply these concepts in various contexts to solvenumerical problems (Please refer to Tables A.1 and A.2 for sample questions). Students mightdevelop problem-solving skills, partially through pattern-based recognition, by completing theseassignments and also be able to achieve good grades in the course. However, these grades (andoverall GPAs) are often not an accurate reflection of their understanding of