panels to reduce their carbon footprint. The teams worked together to make their sites aestheticallyappealing and conducive to low-impact, sustainable development while also serving as an economic boom to the city.Key components of the class were team member evaluations and personal reflection essays. Students were requiredto evaluate themselves and their peers to assess the success of the teams. This helps students be accountable to theirpeers across disciplines. Additionally, reflection questions were posed to the students throughout the course toconsider potential project challenges, evaluate successes, and propose alternative approaches for the future. The paper“Measuring the Impacts of Project-Based Service Learning” by Paterson, Swan, and
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (UMHB) was redesignedfor the Fall 2022 semester to improve student engagement and retention in the engineering program.The course design centered around an individual design project, with supporting modules to preparestudents for the project. Student feedback (in the form of student reflections) provided insight intohow students interacted with the project. Despite being an individual project, many students describedcommunity building that occurred through collaboration. Students also described a sense ofaccomplishment from completing a difficult, open-ended design problem. The redesigned course hasbeen offered in two semesters (Fall 2022, Fall 2023), and the retention rates for students enrolled inthese courses
1 Hands-on Experiential Learning Modules for Engineering Mechanics (Work-in-progress) Mohammad Shafinul Haque, Anthony Battistini, Soyoon Kum, Azize Akçayoğlu, William Kitch David L. Hirschfeld Department of Engineering Angelo State University AbstractExperiential learning includes concrete experience (CE), reflective observation (RO), abstractconceptualization (AC), and active experimentation (AE) modules to form a complete learningcycle. It promotes active learning and can significantly improve comprehension of engineeringmechanics problems. This paper
provides the REPs with masterydigital badges. The curriculum guides REPs on utilizing mentoring as a leadership developmenttool that helps navigate career advancement in their respective engineering fields. Integrated intoeach of the three courses are best-practices designed to positively influence the development of aself-directed learning mindset and building leadership capacity among REPs as future engineeringleaders.Mentors often cite the ability to increase their professional skills as personal benefits gainedthrough the mentoring process, stating that serving as mentors caused them to reflect on andsharpen their own skills, including coaching, communicating, and introspection.2 We report on ourongoing efforts to scale a novel leadership
screening survey. Approximately 70instructor survey respondents have shared their personal experience and perceptions around non-traditional modes of teaching over a series of three semi-structured interviews. Specifically,participants were prompted to reflect on contextual barriers and affordances that impact theirdecision-making processes around active student engagement in the classroom. The second effortconsists of a mentoring component in which participating faculty are continuously engaged inthe innovation and development processes tied to EBIP-implementation in the classroom. Thiscollaborative development has created a supportive space in which faculty are encouraged to testnew EBIPs in their courses and reflect on the challenges and
student reflections (n = 4,238) collected by the cooperative education office ata large Midwest public university to identify substantive themes and form an interview protocolto explore the two constructs of interest. We used descriptive analyses with closed-ended responsesin the reflections and inductive coding with the open-ended responses. After extracting relevantinsights from the reflections, the next phase will employ a phenomenographic lens to pinpoint howcollege and cooperative education (co-op) experiences influence engineering students'professional identities and career goals. We plan to conduct interviews with approximately 15students. We expect that by identifying ways to better align team-based activities with real-worldteamwork
found videos to be an effective andefficient way to share material that would allow any instructor to teach the module with limitedtraining. The first video was a short summary of Module 1 outlining teamwork skills, the stagesof team formation, and a team charter. The video helped students recall the information theylearned the previous year and linked it to Module 2.Before the second video, the class engaged in a discussion prompted by the question: “Whatfactors affect effective team communication?” This encouraged individual reflection and primedthe students to learn more about communication. The ten-minute video developed by Dr. CarlosCorleto, a member of our team, was then shown. Dr. Corleto shared that the number one reasonteams fail is
and practice, and design to establish knowledgebase in system thinking concepts and tools. Course grading includes reflections and analyses,system component maps, and a final project, an integrated system map. The evaluation resultsthrough the four (4) cohorts show that student ratings about their perceived ability to performFEW systems tasks improved from the beginning to the end of the course, from ‘somewhat able’to ‘very able.’ Students rated most course activities as “very useful”.IntroductionSystems thinking is an approach for examining complex events and systems in a holistic way [1].Its origin dates back thousands of years ago to indigenous cultures [2], and it is a framework forbetter understanding linkages and connections between
local community while producing experiences and artifacts that allow us to developengineering education theory [12].MethodsIn this work, we borrow from aspects of autoethnography as a methodology for analyzing ourself-reflections [13], video, survey responses, and field notes. We reviewed these data sources forevidence of refinement of practice and the ideology of engineering education graduate studentsand researchers. We borrow from aspects of autoethnography and thematic analysis. However,our analysis is broad at this stage. We use aspects of thematic analysis to look for commonoccurrences across our work and artifacts [14]. In this section, we will briefly describe each ofthe research studies we have done, the types of data we collected for
dyslexia, dysgraphia,dyspraxia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and challenges related to executivefunctioning are among the factors that can create substantial barriers for students. These barriersare particularly pronounced in students with average to above-average intelligence, where thereexists a stark contrast between their understanding of complex technical material and their abilityto articulate this knowledge through writing. These challenges often result in written assignmentsthat fail to truly represent the student's level of comprehension and analytical abilities, therebynot reflecting their true potential or depth of understanding. Recognizing and addressing thediverse needs of neurodiverse students is crucial in
these five reflections were collected, ateam of six researchers reviewed the five reflections, using manual preliminary coding methods[10] to take notes of words, phrases, or ideas that emerged. The group then met together todiscuss their takeaways. This led to coding the findings into categorical themes of the roles alearning coach takes on to be successful. While these methods were fairly informal, this is afoundation for future research directions that will evaluate the approaches and outcomes of thelearning coach to student relationships in both qualitative and quantitative ways.ParticipantsSome demographic information relating to the five facilitators who provided written reflectionson their experience as learning coaches is reflected in
deliverables reflecting a partial recognition or incompletehandling of ethical dimensions, and those that submitted deliverables reflecting thorough navigationof ethical dimensions. These performance observations were possible because the activity involvedmaking resource choices linked to ethical implications, resulting in certain materials’ use (orabsence) evident in teams’ physical deliverables. Students’ post-activity reflections, submitted afterthey participated in an activity debrief, included indications of intended learning in a majority ofcases (83% of submittals) based upon a rubric. Drawing from activity observations and reflections,we discuss how teams’ ethical decision making appears to have been strained by various intendedpressures
]. Subsequently, this pedagogical PDprogram was adapted for engineering GTAs, with an aim to enhance and support theirprofessional learning. For clarity, we use “PD program” throughout to refer to the programoffered to engineering GTAs that engaged them in professional learning about postsecondaryengineering pedagogy.This study was structured to investigate the GTA participants’ experiences and development inthe PD program intended to provide GTA opportunities to actively learn and reflect onpedagogical concepts and approaches as a community. This study was structured to investigatethe participants’ experiences in this program. The specific research questions that guided thisstudy were: ● What features and content of the program did GTA participants
, gender and sexuality studies(WGSS) or ethnic studies empowers minoritized engineering students to develop criticalconsciousness relative to the culture of engineering. Our work investigates the influence of twosuch courses on student attitudes and motivation by gathering both qualitative and quantitativedata from students in two STEM-themed courses in WGSS and ethnic studies, “Gender andSTEM” and “Race and Technology.” We argue that in these courses students acquire skills thatenable them to critically reflect on both the socially constructed nature of STEM and on thehistorical patterns within engineering culture that exacerbate existing inequities and injusticedespite claims of “neutral” objectivity. In preliminary data, students report that
approaches they used. For instance, the instructors faced aninteraction barrier—sources of resistance to initiating a student-instructor interaction, such as alack of instructor self-confidence or student reticence. We illustrate challenges instructors facedand their approaches to resolve them through reflective episodes from the instructors. Ouraudience is twofold: Education researchers will find new lines of investigation for future work onstudios, while early instructors will learn how to get started with teaching in studios.IntroductionStudio instruction is a useful active learning alternative to passive approaches, such as purelecture. Drawing on a tradition from architecture and the fine arts [1], studio instructionde-emphasizes the instructor
professional developmentstreams, and a resolute approach to Scaffolding Instruction that leads to mastery in the student's area offocus. The last two components provide feedback and reflection: Assessment of Performance Learningquantifies students' progress, and Reflection and Evaluation, where improvement opportunities help thestudent to develop further. Incorporating personalization at every touchpoint of a graduate student'sacademic journey creates an authentic, customized, student-centered approach to graduate education.This paper describes the model, the literature behind its development, and the assessments used to guidestudents.IntroductionGraduate STEM training and career preparation has historically followed a "one size fits all" approach
byfostering a sense of belonging in the classroom, providing authentic engineering experiences, andproviding opportunities for mentorship. Surveys and a reflection exercise were used to capturethe student experience. Outcomes demonstrated that students thought the final project allowedthem to practice “doing engineering,” and reported that the instructor sharing about her journeythrough engineering and hearing about their peer’s experiences were impactful on their sense ofbelonging. Students reported the impact of sharing the reflection results as itself being impactfulon their sense of belonging as well. This work shows the impact on belonging of fosteringconnections for students- among each other, with faculty, and with professionals in the field
are“intentionally designed with organic elements” [10, p. 854]. Through articulating and embodyinga philosophy, and through forming a web of relationships, a CoT supports its members to engagein critical reflection and develop a plan of action to change systems in their institutional contexts.In this paper, we analyze our case study as an example of a community of transformation andwill use this term when referring specifically to this community. However, since CoTs aresituated within the scholarly lineage of CoPs and share many important features, we also drawupon literature about CoPs more broadly to understand the structures and interactions in thisCoT.Structure, Agency, and TransformationWhy have efforts to create pervasive changes in
, and meet objectives.These emphasize ethics and values of students as crucial to earning an engineering degree.However, at many schools these discussions are saved for specific courses on ethics or designrather than intentional integration across the degree. This paper explores the intentional andexplicit inclusion of character and virtue building in the context of a traditional chemicalengineering course during the sophomore year.Student taking their first chemical engineering specific course, Introduction to ChemicalEngineering Processes, were asked to reflect throughout the semester on the importance ofvirtue/character in their development as a chemical engineer. These reflections were graded workwithin the class and either replaced or
upon completing the two-semester capstone sequence. Next, the instructors identifiedlearning outcomes, which describe what the students would be expected to know or formally do.This effort was followed by identifying assessment techniques and filling in the course's content.Key aspects of the design mindset which were infused in this new course included: beinginquisitive and open, being empathetic to others’ needs, being accepting of ambiguity,questioning critically, and a proclivity to taking purposeful action.The two instructors involved in this redesign both have experience in the industry of productdesign and development, and aimed to structure the course and project path to reflect many ofthe practices that designers and engineers might
self-care. Students were asked to reflect in the middle of the quarter on if their plan was being followed, and to perform adjustments if necessary.(22) 4 b) “Reflection leadership assignment” which consisted of five reflection questions: (i) describe their long-term goals (>10 years), (ii) list the most important and least important personal values, (iii) describe ineffective leadership habits that were presented and discussed in class, and how they could overcome such habits, (iv) identifying major successes and failures in the next month as well as five years, and (v) describe leadership roles along with a
community engagement programs for understanding the value propositionfor each stakeholder group. Such investigations can help researchers and practitioners betteroptimize programs to more closely meet their full potential.IntroductionLeading institutions in engineering education have been focusing on integrating experientiallearning into the undergraduate experience in recent years [1], which is a pedagogy that involveseducators purposefully engaging learners in direct experience and focused reflection [2]. Onesubset of the experiential learning approach is community-engaged learning, which is intended toincorporate the five elements of engagement, academic connection, reciprocal partnerships, mutuallearning, and reflection [3]. In engineering
discipline-based educational research, including design self-efficacy, project-based learning, critical reflection in ethics, and high-impact practices.Lauren Christopher, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Dr. Lauren Christopher attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she received her S. B. and S. M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1982, specializing in digital signal processing and chip design. She worked at RCAˆa C™s David SaChristine Krull, Indiana University-Purdue University IndianapolisEric W Adams, Indiana University-Purdue University IndianapolisShahrzad Ghadiri, Indiana University - Purdue University IndianapolisRichard Vernal Sullivan, Indiana University-Purdue University
Technical Educators Board of Directors and currently serves on the Texoma Workforce Board of Directors. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Effect of organizational changes on student retention and engagementAbstractEngineering and computer science disciplines remain substantially under-represented inHispanic, African American and women students. Relative to the population demographicsreflecting approximately 50% women, 60% white non Hispanic/Latinx, 13% African American,19% Hispanic and 1.3% Native American, engineering demographics reflect under-representation. While recent trends reflect significant gains, women remain under-represented inengineering. Based on the ASEE EDMS system, in
appearance whereby the closer an individual is to thecenter of the wheel, the more privilege they are likely to have [17].Reid guided the graduate student mentors through an AWoP reflection exercise after the 2023SIRI session concluded. Students had to choose the identities that resonated with them the mostand then reflect on whether their life experiences aligned with the categories described.Students then had to consider alignments with people with identities different from their ownand those indicated in the AWoP. We asked the students to reflect on the exercise andcomment on how the Academic Wheel of Privilege can help graduate students engage withundergraduates as mentors.Several researchers have used the AWoP as a tool – to determine
researchuniversities seeking federal funding often led to RCR education being housed in legal orcompliance divisions, such as ethics and compliance offices, research divisions, such as grantdevelopment offices, or STEM academic units, such as schools of engineering or medicine(Geller, Boyce, Ford, & Sugarman, 2010). As Resnick (2014) argues, this institutionalbifurcation between the traditional teaching of ethics in the humanities to instill understandingand promote critical reflection, and the emphasis within the sciences to govern behaviors viaresearch conduct and professional codes creates problems when assessing ethics education.The emphasis on institutional factors in ethics education in this paper can be seen as a responseto a small but consistent
and other learning activities in engineeringcourses. In recruiting interview participants, we strategically oversampled for marginalizedracial/ethnic and gender identities to ensure diverse perspectives. During the interview process,we observed that student participants reflected on their strengths and connected them to theirwork in and beyond engineering courses, suggesting the potential of APPI to be used both as anasset-based pedagogical intervention and as a research method for collaborative sense-makingwith students about their experiences. We believe that students were able to better recognize andactivate their assets because of APPI’s roots in social constructivism, which enables participantsto engage in collective inquiry and dialogue
researchers applied their methods to the formation of small (threeperson) teams of business students who worked on short-term class projects. Their results werepromising enough to invite applications in other academic disciplines.This paper presents an “academic practice / design intervention” that adapts and extends thework of Lane and Pearlstein to engineering capstone design team formation. It adopts theirapproach of incorporating both student and instructor perspectives in the team formation process.It extends their work by adding an experiential activity that offers insight into potential teamdynamics. It also incorporates a reflective exercise that guides students toward more holisticteammate preferences.The impact of this new team formation
education; infrastructure; sustainable design; and clean, renewable energy. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work-In-Progress: Application of Employee Appraisal Forms to Facilitate Assessment of Student Outcomes in the Engineering Capstone CourseAbstractA critical component of educating civil engineering students and preparing graduates to enterprofessional practice is the engineering capstone course. This paper describes a work-in-progress to evaluate the use of employee appraisal forms to facilitate self-reflection andcounseling as a metacognitive strategy in engineering education. The authors have developed a“capstone support form” that mimics an employee evaluation report support form
Paper ID #42666Board 362: Reimagining Civil Engineering Graduate Programs: A Research-to-PracticeApproach for Shaping Future Transportation EngineersMrs. Brittany Lynn Butler-Morton, Rowan UniversityDarby Rose Riley, Rowan University Darby Riley is a doctoral student of engineering education at Rowan University. She has a special interest in issues of diversity and inclusion, especially as they relate to disability and accessibility of education. Her current research is focused on the adoption of pedagogy innovations by instructors, specifically the use of reflections and application of the entrepreneurial mindset. Her