and how they're doing many things to try to make it more inclusive for us nonwhite individuals of the school... I think inclusive teaching includes making sure that examples you see in the classroom have our races introduced to these classes. So sort of making sure that we're heard as well, making sure the examples aren't only focused on white individuals. [Student 8 Interview]In addition, students voiced beliefs about the importance of seeing themselves reflected in theirpeers and faculty. They expressed that this fosters a sense of community among individuals whoshare similar backgrounds and perspectives. For instance, one student highlighted the importanceof female representation in STEM classes
),materials and manufacturing process energy assessment, and sustainable materials selection.Students dedicate significant time to sustainable design practices, utilizing tools like GaBi andCES EduPack for materials and processes selection, reflecting a deep integration of sustainabilityinto the design process.Systems Thinking:Systems thinking is integrated through activities like system mapping, where students identifypotential problems, needs, or opportunities for improvement or redesign. This approachencourages students to view products and their design challenges within the broader context oftheir environment, user interactions, and lifecycle.Creativity:Creativity is fostered through experiential activities that encourage brainstorming and
, engagement, and retentionof knowledge.Keywords: Visual Literacy, Educational Infographics, Cognitive Tools, Teacher Education,Engineering Education.IntroductionIn the digital era, the dynamics of how individuals’ access and process information have shifteddramatically. No longer are libraries the primary starting point for inquiries; instead, the ubiquityof internet access and advancements in mobile communication technology have made onlineplatforms, through search engines and web pages, the mainstay for acquiring up-to-dateinformation [1][2]. This evolution reflects the emergence of “digital citizens” who prioritizeconcise, visually appealing information formats over traditional text-heavy content, marking asignificant shift in information
share insights from the family narrative (synthesisof all the data generated from the family’s participation) and results of how the family enactedspecific engineering practices. Also, the authors will share a preliminary reflection on how thesepractices might serve as a vehicle to positively impact the sense of belonging of Blackengineering students.1 IntroductionThe academic success of Black students is linked to the familial cultural capital. The familymodel has been employed as a means of helping students adjust to the rigors of higher education[1]. Positive effects on academic accomplishment are produced when a child's academicendeavors are supported by their family [2]. Familial capital shows up in the form of motivatingthe student to
of Appearance and Reflected Appraisals forMixed-Race Identity: The Role of Consistent Inconsistent Racial Perception,” Sociology of Raceand Ethnicity, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 569–583, Oct. 2016.
representative of engineerseverywhere. Nevertheless, their insights are essential in understanding our institutional context,and can guide examination of other settings.Finally, all knowledge produced herein is inevitably affected by the positionalities of theresearchers, beginning with asking a question and continuing throughout the research process.Examination of the merits of this work should be done in understanding and interpretation ofthose positionalities.AcknowledgementsAny opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Theresearch team would like to thank the College of Engineering at New Mexico State
importance of creating theseopportunities for college retention.VII. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.DUE-1832553. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. The authors would like to acknowledge Jason Osei-Tutu, Dr. RuzicaTodorovic and Bridget O’ Connell for supporting our research and facilitating the Center ofExcellence for Engineering and Computer Science at Wilbur Wright College, City Colleges ofChicago. This research is derived from the research “Building Bridges into Engineering andComputer Science” that is approved by the City
both the regional military student support community andnationally.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.2045634. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of National Science Foundation.References[1] “2020 Demographics profile of the military community,” Department of Defense, 2020.[2] K. A. Holder, “Veterans who have served since 9/11 are more diverse,” United States Census Bureau. Accessed: Feb. 07, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2018/04/post-9-11-veterans.html[3] “VA College Toolkit, ‘Characteristics of Student Veterans
who struggle with spatial visualization may not want to identify themselves byasking “stupid” questions. The survey result shows that only 37% of the participants found thecoaching sessions helpful, which may reflect the coaching style differences. If the TA in aspecific section did not provide sufficient coaching, then the students may not have benefitedfrom it. To resolve this difference in the future, a detailed lesson plan for the coaching sessionincluding time allocation and common pitfalls prepared for the TAs will provide moreconsistency in coaching the students.4.3 Completion rates of assigned problemsThe licenses for access to the Spatial Vis™ software gave the engineering students full access toall the training modules and all the
positive feelings, stored knowledge, and stored values. We’reencouraged that the number of subscribers of our UDL nuggets increases over time, and theydo respond to the knowledge sharing and advertisement which suggest emerging personalinterest. As to the dramatic drop in open-rate in December through January is likely due to theincreased demand upon instructor’s attention at the end and beginning of semesters. We areeager to see what open rates we will see with a much larger audience after our Januaryincrease in subscribers. We will also be watching if the open-rate reflects the fluctuatingdemands on instructors’ time throughout the year.It has been reported previously that the lack of time and lack of awareness were among the topbarriers for
demographic data.AcknowledgmentsThis study is funded and supported by two sources, the National Science Foundation (NSF) andPurdue University. The study is based on work supported by the NSF under the Graduate ResearchFellowship Program (GRFP). The study was also supported by a Seed Grant for InnovativeApproaches to Enhancing Inclusive Excellence and Sense of Belonging through PurdueUniversity’s Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (ODIB). Any opinions, findings,conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect those of the NSF or Purdue University.References[1] National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
. Difficulty in Bottom Plate Assembly: • Code: DBA • Description: Explains difficulties faced in assembling the bottom plate, involving drilling and reconstruction. 7. Consistency and Mistakes as Learning: • Code: CAL • Description: Reflects on the importance of consistency, learning from mistakes, and the overall positive experience. 8. Servo Mount Plate Challenges: • Code: SMC • Description: Mentions challenges faced in designing the Servo Mount Plate, including issues with screw hole measurements. 9. Smooth Process for Robot Wheels: • Code: SWP • Description: Describes a smooth
and insights for the participants to consider whenworking with their students. Each session also included hands-on curriculum design time dedicatedto writing specific components of the curriculum modules. The workshops culminated with asharing session during which teachers could provide one another with feedback and suggestions.At the end of the summer program, the curriculum modules were submitted to the curriculumdevelopment expert assigned to this RET project for review. The expert reviewed the modules toensure that they aligned with program goals and state/national standards, reflected best practices,and utilized active, problem-based learning strategies to foster learner interest, engagement, andachievement. Lastly, continuous
metacognitive processes.Bielefeldt (2014) emphasizes that female students’ reflective essays have significantlyimpacted students’ own perception of engineering and the profession’s role within society. A second strand of scholarly work emphasizes the role of experiential learning throughsummer programs (Groppi & Tappero, 2015), student exchange programs (Fox et al., 2018),mentored grant-funded research projects (Espiritu et al., 2021; Perez & Plumlee, 2022), andinternships (National Academies, 2017). Groppi and Tappero (2015) analyze a team-basedsummer program on renewable energy (culminating in service-based learning projects) whichthey find serves to increase the retention rate of students from underrepresented minoritygroups as well
, N. (2013). “Quality in Interpretive Engineering Education Research: Reflections on an ExampleStudy,” doi: 10.1002/jee.20029.[16] Mamaril, Usher, E. L., Li, C. R., Economy, D. R., & Kennedy, M. S. (2016). Measuring Undergraduate Students’ Engineering Self-Efficacy:A Validation Study. Journal of Engineering Education (Washington, D.C.), 105(2), 366–395. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20121[17] Towle, E., Mann, J., Kinsey, B., O'Brien, E. J., Bauer, C. F., & Champoux, R. (2005). Assessing the self-efficacy and spatial ability ofengineering students from multiple disciplines. In Proceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference (pp. S2C-15). IEEE.[18] Kinsey, B., Towle, E., Hwang, G., O'Brien, E. J., & Bauer, C. F. (2006). The
analysis, risk assessment, uncertainty analysis, and reservoiroptimization plan. It also incorporates realistic economic, environmental, and sustainability aswell as other constraints associated with the reservoir and field following different industrystandards such as the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Society of PetroleumEngineers (SPE) standards. To reflect on this and show their awareness, the teams are required todevelop a plan that demonstrates how they will consider public health, safety, and welfare, aswell as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic aspects in their field developmentplan.The deliverables of this project are individual and team presentations as well as a final report.The individual presentation is
finalpresentation, reflecting the group dynamics seen within this part of the course and givingstudents fair and accurate scores for their involvement.4. ConclusionThis study introduces a method for educators to effectively evaluate students' behavior in thecontext of team projects, using data drawn from their activity on the 'Slack' messagingplatform and statistical techniques. By analyzing student posts on Slack, changes in student'MGUDS-S' global competence scores, and other data related to their communication andgroup activity, we were able to identify significant correlations between students'contributions, MGUDS-S scores, and group dynamics. We believe that our findingsunderscore the importance of recognizing individual contributions within group
students' confidence and engagement after they have completed the technicalportion. This strategic sequencing ensures that students' mental bandwidth is not overlytaxed at the beginning of the exam, allowing for a more accurate reflection of their attitudesand motivations towards the subject matter. Overall, this theory of change aims to optimizelearning effectiveness, minimize testing fatigue, and provide a comprehensive assessment ofstudent understanding and engagement in the rocketry course.MethodsResearcher PositionalityOur research team is a collaborative effort that includes one master’s student and a professorin aerospace engineering, and one experienced educator with expertise in outreach andeducational research. This introductory rocketry
recognize the ambassadors' development in highlyvalued skills in the workforce. This alignment not only underscores the practical value of theprogram in terms of career development but also integrates the program's objectives with broadereducational and professional standards.These badges symbolize achievement, acknowledging each ambassador's skills, training, andcontributions. These badges could be tiered, reflecting the increasing complexity and level ofinvolvement in the program – from basic awareness to advanced cybersecurity practices andleadership roles. There are several benefits to micro-credentials and digital badges, as outlinedbelow:1. Enhanced Career Opportunities: For student ambassadors, these digital badges and micro- credentials
methodin the post-workshop survey. Another limitation is in how the questions were worded in the post- workshop survey.The questions in the post-workshop survey were written to reflect the questions in the pre-workshop survey. However, the questions were not written such that an equitable statisticalcomparison could be made between the participants before the study and after the study. Thequestions in the post-workshop survey asked how participants felt that they improved in thedifferent categories, with the Likert scale ranging from no improvement to significantimprovement. What was needed instead was a question of direct comparison (i.e. during theworkshop, how productive did you feel?) and the same Likert scale as was used in the pre
is to determine whether or not the implementation of our new app willimprove rider experiences with the transit system. Additionally, the study would also look intoinsights on whether using SmartSAT app can increase the amount of people that took the publictransportation service.AcknowledgmentThis work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2131193. Any opinions,findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) anddo not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual-2nd Edition, http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/docs/tcrp100/Part4.pdf.[2] Smartphone Applications To Influence Travel
those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the National Science
freshman ECE students during their primaryintroduction to the discipline?AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation, specifically theDivision of Undergraduate Engineering in the Directorate for STEM Education, under Grant No.2020560. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material arethose of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] M. Prince, “Does active learning work? A review of the research,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 93, no. 3. pp. 223–231, 2004[2] S. Freeman, S.L. Eddy, M. McDonough, M.K. Smith, N. Okoroafor, H. Jordt, and M. P. Wenderoth, “Active learning increases
. Studentswere also asked to write a brief reflection on this project in their report conclusion and how thisexercise helps them be better engineers in the future.This project allowed students to grow in three aspects: applying theoretical knowledge to real-life designs, connecting with their community/client, and finding innovative solutions to ongoingproblems. It opened the door for students to research the effects of civil engineeringinfrastructure on communities and challenged them to be inquisitive about the diverse impacts ofevery future structure they design. Students were also taught to remedy problems created byprevious generations of engineers using an innovative and inclusive approach. Students wereassessed for their growth in EDI by
) develop strategies to besuccessful in computing, and iii) develop career plans and explore resources. To achieve theseobjectives, we designed a set of course-specific mentoring activities. In our initiative, we formeda group of mentors composed of successful alumni, graduate students, senior students, industrialpersonnel, and faculty of different races, genders, and ethnicities.We performed anonymous surveys, interviews, and reflections to answer our second researchquestion. We also analyzed students' course performance. Results show that mentoring improvesthe sense of belonging and confidence for both groups of students. Data also indicates first-yearstudents prefer mentoring to succeed academically (e.g., learning programming). On the otherhand
educational settings.The remainder of the manuscript is structured as follows. The following section describes the over-all study design, recruitment plan, and data collection and storage procedure. Next, we describethe building and usage of SAMCares. Finally, we provide potential challenges and limitations andend with concluding remarks.MethodsThe primary goal of this research is to investigate whether GenAI tools (especially text generationtools) can enhance students’ learning experience and consequently improve their academic perfor-mance. To create such a tool SAMCares that can address and adapt to the varied educational needsof students, reflecting our commitment to enhancing the quality and accessibility of learning ex-periences in higher
. conservation instead of how forests are preservation, and community managed. rights. Native The Created Native Rethinking how Native Native Mindset: Stewardship is about American Order (Christian American American Christians American giving. All people should have stewardship faith) communities have a culture of giving Christian housing, food, and clothes in the [30] in the United that reflects on their communities community. A
academic andprofessional progress of students enrolled in higher education and, therefore, exploring thecontributions of advising to the achievements of international students. This is part one of agreater study; hence, it requires interviewing more students and getting more insight into theseissues. Subsequent research should expand this study into further and deeper directions, hopingto provide detailed descriptions that capture the spaces between reflections to make strongerrecommendations to improve intercultural competency in academic advising.Bibliography[1]. C. W. Yao and L. M. Vital, “Reflexivity in international contexts: Implications for U.S.doctoral students international research preparation,” International Journal of Doctoral Studies
is primarily utilized to answer our research question. By comparing thepercentages of different survey categories, we provide evidence of the transformation of learnedknowledge into continuous practices, reflecting the threshold concept [17]’s transformative,(possibly) irreversible, and integrative nature.MethodThis study was part of a larger NSF-funded study examining the impact of the GAPS course indeveloping project management skills. Our previous efforts to assess the effectiveness of thecourse focused on disseminating surveys to students before and immediately after the course toevaluate students’ interests and knowledge regarding PM skills [4] [6]. Our findingsdemonstrated that students perceived the course to be useful in developing
exam problems. Reflecting on thebike frame project, the majority of students perceived the experience improved theirunderstanding of structural analysis and provided an opportunity to apply statics to real-worldscenarios. Taken together, these results suggest that the Wooden Bike Frame Challenge improvesstudent knowledge of advanced statics concepts, specifically structural analysis, and connectsthese concepts to real-world design scenarios.While it is not the first statics based PBL exercise, the Wooden Bike Frame Challenge is avaluable addition to the engineering education literature. Prior studies have presented PBLexercises that have students construct: (1) suspension systems modeling 2D and 3D particleequilibrium scenarios [1, 21]; (2