constitutes as falling under the umbrella of STEM/STEAM. The loomingquestion remains: is STEM/STEAM education the representation of a vision whereindividuals can comprehend the how all STEM/STEAM subjects intertwine and thereforeshould there be more emphasis on integrating these subjects when taught?Looking to the New Generation Science Standards, it is possible to visualize efforts made toconnect the four or five core subjects. Still, curriculum today is based in the learning ofdiscrete areas, making the cross-disciplinary approach a challenge for current educators. Onthe other hand, according to the Federal Inventory of STEM education, 2011 [2], “Agenciesused different criteria for what to list as a “STEM education program.” Some agencies
included if empathy development was amajor component examined or considered in the research. Many that integrated empathy did notdirectly explore its growth or development, it was more of a component considered or as part ofthe curriculum rather than the goal of the research. For example, McDonald and Pan (2020)presented feedback from graduate students on ethical considerations for artificial intelligence[49]. While this work elicited insight into prompting consideration of bias and fairness, fosteringempathy was more of an indirect outcome than the phenomena of focus. Alternatively studiesconducted in other countries were excluded since the interpretation and assessment of empathymay vary by culture depending on the societal norms and preferences
Paper ID #28792A Design Thinking Approach to Increasing Student Efficacy in theInternship Search ProcessDr. Katherine McConnell, University of Colorado Boulder Katherine McConnell is a Senior Professional Development Advisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her work focuses on the integration of experiential learning, industry connections, and career-oriented education across the curriculum. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 A Design Thinking Approach to Increasing Student Efficacy in the
styles are an integral concept in modern educational theory and practice, encapsulatingthe diverse and individualized ways in which people absorb, process, and retain information. Theextensive body of academic literature, particularly in the realms of e-learning and adaptivelearning systems, provides a nuanced understanding of learning styles, especially when viewedthrough the lens of advanced techniques like machine learning and deep learning. Lester et al. [5]highlight the importance of analytics in education, emphasizing how understanding learningbehaviors and wants, which are pivotal elements of learning styles, can be enhanced through dataanalysis. This approach empowers educators to customize their teaching methods to align withvarious
Design Center (DC) Colorado in CU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from Louisiana State University, an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in education, both from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Knight’s research interests are in the areas of retention, program evaluation and teamwork practices in engineering educa- tion. His current duties include assessment, team development and education research for DC Colorado’s hands-on initiatives.Dr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi
, including theestablishment of personal relationships with students, the effective organization of course contentand class activities, strategies for motivating students, and the integration of course content withreal-world applications. During the lightning talk, we will share a comprehensive overview ofthe study's research findings as well as the importance of student-centered teaching practices inengineering education.Background and MotivationThe contemporary education of engineers remains a challenging domain, and a key area needingmore focus on identifying effective teaching practices, particularly in middle and upper-levelengineering classes. This lessons-learned paper, which emerged from an NSF-funded project(masked for review), explores
,whether that be in industry, academia, or clinical settings7,10,11.We propose to connect student learning to engineering practice by interweaving a grandchallenge problem throughout multiple courses and experiences in the curriculum. Byinterweaving the problem throughout the undergraduate curriculum beginning freshman year, wetreat student engagement and retention as a process instead of an event4. To implement thisconcept, we developed the Cancer Scholars Program (CSP), a challenge-inspired experiencefocused on an overarching societal problem: cancer. Traditionally, students learn engineeringskills in isolated coursework without a connection to real-world problems, facilitating loss ofinterest. Additionally, students are rarely exposed to co
' fathers graduated from college. Additional program detailscan be found in [8].End-of-Program Assessment The NSTI at CCSU program incorporates two surveys to assess program success and toimprove curriculum design: an opening survey and an end-of-program survey. Most questions inthe two surveys remain the same over time, ensuring consistence in program assessments. Theopening survey is conducted in the Monday morning before the program starts, and the end-of-program survey is right before a graduation ceremony in the State Department of Transportationheadquarters. Program director from the host university distributes and collects the surveyquestionnaires, ensuring each student has enough time to complete all questions. Six studentswere
previously participated, acted as peer-mentors for‘Juniors’. Findings from Year 3 saw an initial rise in ‘asked help’ and ‘intervened help’ instancesduring the earlier stages of the school year but later saw a decrease school year progressed asJunior students master M2 practices through guidance by Seniors. Our work, through thisEAGER, demonstrates an approach to providing a situated and scalable curriculum that modelspractices in real world industries and those that are yet to come.2 IntroductionMaking has the potential to expand students’ understanding of STEM topics [1], this throughdirect interaction with physical materials for personalized designs [2]. More-so, Making has thepotential to inspire the Maker Mindset in Makers, meaning that they
, designing solutions with communities rather than for communities.We propose that the HCD could facilitate a platform to buy-in for engineering educators withrespect to educational reform, and open up a broader space for thinking, dialogue, reflectivepractice, and innovation in teaching engineering.We plan to address the topic of engineering educational reform in India in partnership with NITRaipur, through an integrated, participatory, and iterative manner while: 1. understanding the culture, pedagogy, and students in engineering programs at NIT Raipur, 2. identifying significant barriers to adopting effective and / or innovative educational practices, as experienced by the engineering faculty of NIT Raipur, 3. understanding how these
., capstone design) of an engineering curriculum.10 Due to increasingrecognition of their benefits, professional development opportunities such as internships,undergraduate research, and co-op opportunities are becoming more common amongstengineering students. When compared to other majors, however, engineering students are lesslikely to participate in out-of-class activities.11 Out-of-class activities are defined as any activitythat occurs outside of the formal classroom, including curricular activities, co-curricularactivities, and extracurricular activities. Research in engineering education has shown that out-of-class activities are linked to numerous positive outcomes including students’ professional,intellectual, and leadership development, as
: 10.1177/0706743716686919.[39] M. A. Khan and L. S. Law, “An Integrative Approach to Curriculum Development in Higher Education in the USA: A Theoretical Framework,” IES, vol. 8, no. 3, p. p66, Feb. 2015, doi: 10.5539/ies.v8n3p66.[40] T. Simpson, “CPWR, Suicide Prevention Resources,” CPWR. https://www.cpwr.com/research/research-to-practice-r2p/r2p-library/other-resources-for- stakeholders/mental-health-addiction/suicide-prevention-resources/ (accessed Feb. 09, 2023).Appendix Stress evaluation and preliminary need assessment for mental health curricula in engineering educationDemographic Information:What is your age?○ Below 20○ 20-25○ 26-30○Above 30Gender:○ Female○ Male○ Transgender○ Non-/binary○ Prefer Not to
architecture. Forthe architecture students it was a first experience in having to request, manage andappropriately integrate outside technical knowledge into their design process, for theengineering students it was their first exposure to the design process and the multifacetedway their highly specific skills are deployed in a real world process. The teaching,evaluation and assessment of the courses represent an opportunity for educators to thinkabout the role of service learning in architecture and engineering education. The Bergcompelled students to integrate technology and structure in the design process, requiredstructural engineers to and as such can be seen as experiments in advancing designpedagogy.BackgroundDesign build, community service and
paper draws on a qualitative dataset of student responses to biweekly “reflection questions”integrated into routine course activity in a pilot implementation of a Wright State-likeEngineering Mathematics course. Alongside auto-ethnographic data from the course instructorand coordinator, this dataset illustrates the transformations involved in the scale-making process,and enables tracing the consequences of these transformations for the identities of people andsocial collectives involved in the course.IntroductionThis paper reports on the results of a study of an implementation of the Wright State Model forEngineering Mathematics at one university. Consistent with the LEES call for proposals, weadopt a human science theoretical approach to the
3 4 In order to develop leadership skills, technical skills and other essential soft skills requestedby industry, the program requires that the students attend a team building week during the summer,go to weekly workouts, develop and join leadership workshops, read leadership books, write bookreports, practice giving presentations, participate in a summer internship, take extra classesimportant to an engineering curriculum and maintain a 3.0 GPA. The results of all those activitiesare recorded and analyzed using a powerful tool called the Hoshin Kanri X-Matrix for strategicplanning to evaluate the success of the program and to teach
statisticallysignificant lower sense of belonging than their counterparts [18]. In response to these data, theEngineering & Design Department First Year Program (FYP) has recently implementedstrategies focused on supporting pre-major students, increasing student sense of belonging, andcreating inclusive work environments. Efforts have included updating the first year curriculum toincorporate social justice [19], integrating inclusive practices into the departmental makerspace[20] [21], creating a summer bridge program for engineering students [22], conducting researchon impacts of curricular and co-curricular changes on belonging and identity [23] [24] [25] [26],and this project, an National Science Foundation project which seeks to increase student sense
]. Purpose & Research QuestionAlthough past research has been conducted integrating intersectionality theory into research inSTEM disciplines and entrepreneurship respectfully, there is a gap in how experiences of raciallyminoritized populations in STEM entrepreneurship are studied. The goal of this study is tohighlight the importance of using intersectionality to examine the experiences of raciallyminoritized populations in STEM entrepreneurship. We seek to explore the following question:How are the experiences of racially minoritized populations in STEM entrepreneurship studied?In the following sections, we summarize how racially minoritized experiences in STEMentrepreneurship are studied, provide an overview of the frameworks being in
; and an understanding of the complex societal, global, andprofessional contexts in which engineering is practiced” [4]. ABET’s accreditation standardsrecognize the fundamental importance of these skills, many of which are learning outcomestied to the humanities.Finally, this exercise introduces the story of Ada Lovelace as a female role model and founder ofcomputer science. Psychologist Penelope Lockwood’s suggests that women benefit fromoutstanding female role models more so than men, for whom the gender of the role modeldoes not have an impact [19]. We therefore suggest that using Ada Lovelace as an historicalrole model in engineering curriculum can help engineering and science students revise
. Astatke played a leading role in the development and implementation of the first completely online un- dergraduate ECE program in the State of Maryland. He has published over 50 papers and presented his research work at regional, national and international conferences. He also runs several exciting summer camps geared towards middle school, high school, and community college students to expose and increase their interest in pursuing Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Dr. Astatke travels to Ethiopia every summer to provide training and guest lectures related to the use of the mobile laboratory technology and pedagogy to enhance the ECE curriculum at five different universities.Dr. Michael J
et al 11found that the variables contributing most to the likelihood of integrating technology werepositive experiences, comfort with the strategy, belief that the strategy was a valuableinstructional tool, and personal efficacy. Researchers have also highlighted the conflict ofintrinsic motivation with external costs as predictors of implementation.12, 13 Ertmer referred toexternal costs such as hardware and external support as first-order barriers, but found thatsecond-order barriers were more often the gatekeepers of implementation. Second order barriersinclude factors such as belief in success and confidence in the effectiveness of a strategy.In general, implementation of an educational reform often meets limited success for one or
like there are a lot of hidden curriculum in these spaces. Lot of things that aren't talked about, things that you're supposed to know. I'm using air quotes, information and knowledge [you] are supposed to have coming into these spaces that the vast majority of people don't. But if they learn it through mentors and champions in their role, people that take a liking to them and share the secret handbook with them as they go, right? And so for me, that was dumb. And so part of what became sort of like my North Star is if there's ever an opportunity for me to take the veil off of the system or share the handbook. That's what I wanna do. – Kim, African American• Commonly reported institutional shortcomings were (a
department, the curriculum studies. Consequently, students feel more engaged in theirof the first-year course entitled “Engineering Graphics education and this open the door to be more passionate aboutand Computing” has been changed through an addition their learning in universities [2].of a design project. This project is based on the Project-Based Service Learning (PBSL) is one of theEngineering without Borders (EWB) Challenge methodologies that have been used to apply the concept of(www.ewbchallenge.org) which lets the first-year service learning in which the students are assigned to workengineering students work on an international project, on a real
contribute meaningful insights into the effective integration of technology in education, aspiring to shape the future of STEM learning environments to be more engaging and accessible for all students.Comlan de Souza, California State University, FresnoKeith Collins Thompson, University of California MercedKhang Tran, California State University, FresnoYue Lei, University of California, MercedErica M Rutter, University of California, MercedDr. Lalita G Oka, California State University, Fresno Dr. Lalita Oka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering at the California State University, Fresno. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Geotechnical Engineering. Her research interests
. Consideration is given to the tolerances associated with the 3D printers, and studentsdesign interfaces with appropriate clearances in mind. Examples and demonstrations of 3Dprinted threaded fasteners, mating gears, and other interfacing components are used to help studentunderstanding of relevant clearances.Once satisfied with the individual components and the virtual integration, models are translatedinto a format suitable for the CAM tool. Students use the CAM tool to obtain an estimate ofmanufacturing time and material which are then used in calculating a cost estimate. After eachteam successfully completes a “milestone 1” design review, components are printed andassembled. Throughout the design process UGTAs serve as project managers, each
prefect researches.References[1] X. Liu, “An analysis of some concepts about general education,” Journal of Higher Education,vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 64-68, 2006.[2] L. Chen, “ Idea and Practice: Writing Seminar in Yale University,” International andComparative Education, no. 1, pp. 32-38, 2019.[3] Y. Han, “The General Education Curriculum Reform in Chinese Universities under theBackground of Internationalization,” Journal of National Academy of Education Administration,no. 11, pp. 32-37, 2017.[4] G. Xie, “Strengthening and Promoting General Education,” China University Teaching, no.3, pp. 71-73, 2008.[5] M. Li, “Reflection on the Philosophy and the Operational System of General Education inChinese Universities: 1995-2005,” vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 86-99
successful with mentors. Takaghaj2 described the impact of mentoring girls in STEM.Feldhaus3 describes a mentoring program, which involves under-represented mentors. Sarder4discusses the impact of a mentor in designing K12 curriculum. Rochefort5 describes a programthat used graduate students as mentors. Mentoring has been attempted in many places for a singleprogram. This paper describes an effort, which strives to increase the number of STEM mentorsacross many programs in a single community.The Wichita Coalition is comprised of individuals and organizations that are passionate about thefuture of our community. Wichita has a high concentration of STEM professionals (the 3rdhighest concentration of engineers in the nation, according to Forbes). In
, R., and Hirsch, J. (2020) “Integrating Sustainability into a Freshman Engineering Course Through an Institute–level Initiative: A Teaching–Learning Model with Authentic Activity and Context”. In Integrating sustainable development into the curriculum: vol.18. Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning Series. Patrick Blessinger (Ed). Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN: 9781787699427.[5] D. R. Krathwohl, "A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy: An Overview," Theory Into Practice, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 212-218, 2002/11/01 2002.[6] G. Ottinger, "Rupturing engineering education: Opportunities for transforming expert identities through community-based projects," 2011, pp. 229-247.[7] G. Trencher
to teach,especially in ways that capture students’ interest and attention. A variety of approaches areimplemented including dedicated courses inside and outside of engineering, as well as weavingethical case studies throughout the curriculum 3-5. Creative approaches to teaching engineeringethics including argumentation, eye-witness role playing, videos, engineering ethics lunches, andeven an engineering ethics board game have previously been presented 6-10. The objective of thisassignment was to combine the common practice of integrating an ethics unit into a first yearIntroduction to Engineering course with the innovation of a creative fiction assignment requiringthe students to generate and reflect upon an ethical dilemma of personal
. K. Schauer, A. Kohls, and K. Fu, “Push and pull: Exploring the engineering retentionproblem for underrepresented groups and gauging interest in interdisciplinary integration intoundergraduate curriculum,” in 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Baltimore,Maryland, June 2023.[10] J. Yang, J. D. Towles, S. Sheppard, and S. Atwood, “Internships’ impact on recognition forfirst-generation and/or low-income students,” in 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 2022.[11] A. Meador, “Examining recruitment and retention factors for minority STEM majorsthrough a stereotype threat lens,” School Science and Mathematics, vol. 118, no. 1-2, pp. 61–69,January 2018.[12] T. L. Strayhorn and R. M. Johnson, “What
, California State University, Los Angeles Jianyu Dong is a professor in electrical and computer engineering at CSULA. Her area of expertise is video compression/communication, multimedia networks, QoS, etc. As the PI of the NSF CCLI Project entitled ”Enhancing undergraduate computer networking curriculum using remote project-based learn- ing,” she works closely with colleagues from computer science to redesign the network curriculum to integrate project-based and inquiry-based learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Addressing the Learning Needs of Minority Students in Engineering through Participatory DesignAbstractThis paper provides