Conference Session

Design Tools and Skill Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annie Abell, Ohio State University; Kelly DeVore, Columbus College of Art and Design

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, design (commercial interiordesign, product design, graphic design), and the sciences alike. Traditionally, students in both engineeringand design were taught to repeat these steps or actions until proficiency is achieved. The outcome wasalways (quite often) fixed and had a set goal, not articulated by the user necessarily, but by the designer orengineer.Many descriptions or models of design processes that incorporate design thinking are general descriptionsor models, so that the process could be applied to any discipline, whether it is a classic design discipline(e.g., product design, interior design, etc.) or another discipline that engages in problem-solving activities(e.g., engineering disciplines, city planning, architecture, etc.). The

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Noemi V. Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University; Tanya Dugat Wickliff, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

were taught programminglanguages (or coding skills in a graphical and text-based languages) after some classes inalgorithmic thinking or planning your code with flow diagrams or pseudo-code beforecoding. 35% Female (%) 30% Male (%) 25% Total (%) 20% 15% 10% 5% 0%Figure 3. Contribution to the skills part of the student responses to their view of theirview of the engineering foundation course’s contribution.Typical answers for the contribution of engineering foundation course to their teamworkskill development include

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Douglas, University of Wisconsin Colleges Online

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

. Though some work remained with the projects to create a uniformlook and include text panels that matched the rest of the exhibit, the director was overall verypleased with the work done by the students.Developing service opportunities for the online students was a greater challenge, and a fairamount of time was spent determining how to incorporate service learning into an onlineenvironment. Ultimately, it was decided to take a student-led approach, where teams were givenan opportunity to develop and implement their own project ideas. As a back-up plan for thispilot, there were options for groups that were not able to come to a consensus. Of the projectgroups, two teams developed their own ideas (website for engineering students, STEM

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Rebecca Medina, Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

collaboration. Each side knows the other side well, including organizational structure andpeople. The partnership is mainly managed by the two authors of this paper, but many people inboth organizations are involved. At the University, an event planned with the BGCPC needs littleexplanation; at BGCPC, the University will often be suggested as a possible collaborator.University students and student groups have a ready partner for proposed activities without ourneeding to recruit partners.This continuity has the benefit that each partner has learned how to be flexible, responsive, andfluid but also consistent. We are willing to try new ways of delivering content (STEM Day hasevolved considerably), to admit mistakes, but to always assume that we will

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gilbert C Brunnhoeffer III P.E., Roger Williams University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

waiting for thatgiant payday. Given that each employee is likely to receive a pay raise at the end of a year, wealso introduce the concept of a widening pay gap due to the effect of compound interest. Thewhole example is geared towards explaining the time value of money and showing the studentshow to use simple arithmetic (not mathematics, such as present value and future value equations)to evaluate the economic worth of a dollar today and compare it to a dollar at a specific time inthe future. At the age of eighteen, five years in the future is an eternity so it takes some time fortheir personal time and planning horizon to stretch out five years.The key to introducing the concepts of engineering economic analysis is to lay out the

Conference Session

ETD Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soumitra Basu, Fitchburg State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

and organizations in the communities of interest  The curriculum contents need to be “forward looking” as well, since the purpose of the curriculum is to prepare students for the future, while learning from the pastInstitution:The curriculum contents must be aligned with the goals of the parent institution, and its strategicplan. This requirement has the highest priority. Therefore:  The program curriculum contents need to support the goals of the parent institution. This is a mandatory need  The program curriculum contents needs to keep sight of the strategic plan of the parent institutionAccreditation:The criterion laid out by accreditation bodies that relate to curriculum contents provides

Conference Session

Institutionalizing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Lague P.Eng., University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa; Richard Jean L'Abbé

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

students graduate with an entrepreneurial mind set that enable them to play leading roles in existing organizations or create their own jobs.Mr. Richard Jean L’Abb´e Retired past President and CEO of Med-Eng Systems Inc, a world leader in the design and production of protective ensembles and electronic equipment to safeguard against the effects of military and improvised explosive devices. Med-Eng equipment was trusted in over 120 Countries and Territories around the World. Mr. L’Abb´e, graduated from the University of Ottawa (Canada) in Mechanical Engineering (’79). He is a big proponent of Strategic Planning and Human Resource optimization. Constantly creative, and focused on solving the customer’s needs, Med-Eng

Conference Session

Pre-College: Teacher Impact on Student Mastery

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Steimle, University of Cincinnati; Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Helen Meyer, University of Cincinnati

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

challenges planned for their classrooms. While some of the supplies wereconsumables materials, teachers were also encouraged to use some of the supply budget topurchase equipment which could be used annually in their classrooms if they chose to repeat theengineering design challenges beyond their participation in the project. Generally speaking, two types of teachers applied to participate in CEEMS. The first typeconsists of enthusiastic teachers who love to learn and apply new strategies in their classrooms.However, this project also provided generous stipends to the participants, as well as scholarshipfunds to cover 20 graduate credit hours of coursework, which could be applied to a master’sdegree in Curriculum & Instruction at UC. As a

Conference Session

EET Papers 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William T. Evans PhD P.E., University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. The electrical parameters of the motor were calculated. Later, an encoderwas attached and control of the motor was coupled to the signal from the encoder.In the AC motor lab, an AC motor is planned using a coffee can and three-phase power wired tosix field coils. If properly constructed and wired, the coffee can will spin using the inducedvoltage from the three-phase coils on the face of the tin can. The rms voltage of the coils is 30VAC. In a future lab, the students may build an inverter and spin the same three-phase coffee-can motor using the same concepts as found in the original ac waveform but with variable speed.Summary:The “Motors” course needed to be changed but the manner in which the change came about wasnot expected. Examination

Conference Session

The Best in DEED

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Laura Mae Rosenbauer, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

nationwide surveys2,3 using many of the same questions and includingsome new categorical and open-ended response questions. Taken together, the results capturetrends over time and document strategies and changes in capstone design education across theUnited States.In addition to collecting longitudinal data, a logical extension of the capstone survey initiative isto collect data from other countries, to explore how capstone design education implementationvaries around the globe. Australia and New Zealand were chosen as the first countries in thissurvey expansion plan, in part to maximize geographic distance from the United States whileminimizing language barriers. Moreover, there is an existing body of work with reference toengineering capstone

Conference Session

Flexible Engineering Curricula

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leland Giovannelli, University of Colorado, Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

,the students yet remained receptive to them. Dr. Giovannelli credits this to that firstunthreatening text on day one: to Augustine’s observation of a silent reader.The Course Reader (Giovannelli, 2016) also provided a list of cultural dimensions (from GeerteHofstede, 2005), i.e., of over-arching cultural characteristics. These include, for example, how aculture deals with time or space; how a culture regards honor, power, or identity; whether themembers of a culture operate as a collective or as individuals; and to what extent the culturepractices long-term or short-term planning. Each week featured one specific cultural dimension,strategically paired with that week’s content.For example, the week on the Industrial Revolution featured the

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhihua Xu, University of Minesota Duluth; Victor Lai, University of Minnesota - Duluth; Ping Zhao, University of Minnesota Duluth

Tagged Divisions

Materials

processing and applications(performance) of metals, polymers, ceramics and composites.7-8 As one-semester courses, theseclasses do not discuss in-depth about thermal, electrical, optical and magnetic properties, ormodern materials such as semiconductors, biomaterials, and smart materials. Students areencouraged to engage in independent study of these topics if necessary to complete their groupprojects.In the first week of the semester, each group of three or four students is tasked to pick anyengineering material of their choice and submit an abstract consisting of a brief description of thematerial, and their plans to present this material to the class. Subsequently, students spend thenext eight weeks investigating their material of choice in

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meeko Oishi, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Victor Law, University of New Mexico

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

concepts students hold at agiven time, and are commonly used as a pre-course assessment to plan instruction, and as apre/post measure to assess the effectiveness of instruction [45-48].Traditionally, concept inventories are guided by the notion of the assessment triangle, aconceptual framework that includes cognition—what students know; observation—whatevidence we seek about their knowledge; and interpretation—how we interpret the evidenceabout their knowledge. Others expanded this notion into an assessment square focused on clearlydefining the construct of interest, the means to assess the construct, the observation or evidencecollected through that means, and the interpretation of the evidence collected [49, 50]. Theassessment square therefore

Conference Session

Integrating Additive Manufacturing Practices in Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar M. Eslami, Elizabeth City State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

manufactured the first 3Dprinted object in space9. In addition, the DoD tested printing drones while at sea on board theUSS Essex ship10. Digital plans of drones were transmitted by satellite link, and fed into the 3Dprinter by sailors. The crew then took the printed parts and assembled them, including electronicparts already on board. Furthermore, aerospace companies turn to additive manufacturing tomake lighter parts at a lower cost to reduce the weight11-12.MethodologyThe process of generating a 3D computer model and converting it to a CAD model for themanufacturing process is described below. The process starts with utilizing the laser scannerefficiently and accurately for scanning the part and creating point clouds to generate a 3Dcomputer model

Conference Session

The Best of First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy K. Lape, Harvey Mudd College; Lori Bassman, Harvey Mudd College; Christopher Clark, Harvey Mudd College; Albert Dato, Harvey Mudd College; Angela M. Lee, Harvey Mudd College; Matthew Spencer, Harvey Mudd College; Erik Spjut, Harvey Mudd College; Laura Palucki Blake, Harvey Mudd College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

coordinate data collection, interpretation and dissemination to support teaching and learning, planning and decision-making across the college. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 IntegratingTheoryandHands-OnPracticeUsingUnderwaterRoboticsinaMultidisciplinary IntroductoryEngineeringCourseAbstractThisCompleteEvidence-basedPracticepaperwillfocusonthedesign,implementation,andevaluationofamultidisciplinaryintroductoryengineeringcoursethatintegratestheoryandhands-onpracticearoundathemeofunderwaterrobotics.Thecourseisrequiredforallstudents(includingnon-engineeringmajors

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yosi Shibberu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

describes a mobile robot course in which students program basicbehaviors, e.g. wall following or obstacle avoidance. Berry also discusses possibilities forincluding higher level AI concepts and computer vision in future iterations of the course.Team teaching a coordinated deep learning course with a robotics course would requiresignificant planning and student cooperation between courses, but would likely have many of theadvantages described in the previous paragraph. Additional benefits to faculty could includeenhanced (multidisciplinary) collaboration and junior faculty mentorship 12 .A new generation of hardware like NVIDIA’s Jetson mobile deep learning card, combined withtransfer learning, could ease the burden of incorporating deep learning

Conference Session

Design and Making

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Vinson, Northwestern University; Pryce Davis, University of Nottingham; Reed Stevens, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to analyzethe downstream effects of technologies on unknown or silent users (Casper & Clarke 1998).These efforts can also be understood as a way of organizing others’ work (Suchman 2000),particularly when the users come from inside one’s own organization.In this paper we describe and analyze how early career engineers learn about users and theirneeds in the engineering workplace. We draw special attention to how users are conceptualizedduring product development and how notions of how users might employ technologies can shapedesigners’ plans. These data are part of a larger project that examines the workplace learning ofearly career engineers, and so several of our examples highlight the orientations early careerengineers hold toward

Conference Session

Innovative Course Structures and Learning Environments

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

extrinsic goal orientation, task value), expectancy (controlbeliefs about learning, self-efficacy), and affect (test anxiety). The learning strategies sectionmeasures cognitive (rehearsal, elaboration, organization, critical thinking), metacognitive(planning, monitoring, regulating), and resource management (time and studying environment,effort management, peer learning, help-seeking) strategies. Students responded to individualitems on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from “not at all true of me” (1 point) to “very true of me”(7 points). The scale score was computed by computing the mean of the items making up thescale. Some items were negatively worded, so scores were reversed before computing the meanscore for the scale.General Self-Efficacy (GSE

Conference Session

Best In DEED

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert P. Loweth, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan; Amy Hortop, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Ann Strehl, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

theirprototype but were not always intentional in how they planned or conducted their interactions.These three perspectives point to specific gaps in student knowledge related to user interactionsthat future design pedagogy might target to help students elicit requirements and solicit designfeedback from users more effectively.1. IntroductionThose who have a relationship of use with design solutions – defined as “users” – play animportant role in engineering design projects [1]. The use of any technology is defined by thosewho use that technology [2]–[7], and user acceptance strongly influences which technologiesbecome widely adopted [7]–[10]. Designers may interact with users for a number of reasons,such as to elicit user requirements or to solicit

Conference Session

Creating Impactful Learning Experiences for Engineering Leaders

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Michael Aucoin, Leading Edge Management, LLC; Dennis Arthur Conners

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development

how to identify and develop causal loops, I think I will find endless applications for their use.” • “This course challenged how I view organizations, particularly as it relates to assumptions and systems thinking. Great course. Tough course.” • “Really interesting content around Systems Thinking. This is a skill which I am going to make an effort to integrate into my practice of leadership over the next few weeks and months. I realize it is something I will have to practice developing, and I am going to try to do just that to make it a habit.” • “This course honestly could be offered in all degree plans because it's so significant to how we connect with other people.” • “The systems

Conference Session

The Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge, 3rd Edition: Preparing the Future Civil Engineer

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; Decker B. Hains, Western Michigan University; Audra N. Morse P.E., Michigan Technological University; Leslie Nolen CAE, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

these skills in a specific context. By applying teamwork and leadership skills in thesolution of civil engineering problems, civil engineers must then establish goals, plan tasks, andmeet objectives, thereby achieving the ABET General Criterion 3(5). The greatest gap, althoughstill considered minor, exists between the CEBOK3 and the CEPC. The CEPC only requirescivil engineers to explain the basic concepts of leadership, which is cognitively below the abilityto apply leadership, and does not include diversity and inclusion. The CEBOK3 also includesthe affective domain, which requires the civil engineer to demonstrate the skills to internalize orvalue the human experience. The authors’ opinion is that although important in a civilengineer’s

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 2: The Study of Identity in Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Tech; Ashish Agrawal, University of Cape Town; Jennifer M. Case, Virginia Tech; Kevin Krost, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

they will be exposed to and how this will shape their future career goals whileothers are content with just exploring the discipline until they make concrete decisions aboutwhere they will end up. Conversely, we have some students who are not able to articulate muchin this regard, and others who already have substantial identification with the disciplines.However, this discussion is very preliminary. Future research plans include continued analysis ofinterviews to explore what differences or similarities exist between students at our twoinstitutions and among the six programs of study. One key area of focus will be furtherexploration of participants’ familial background, first generation, socioeconomic status andcareer intentions as

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liesl Klein, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Greg J Strimel, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

items being planned and created in the 2 2 drawing. Other There are elements of creation in the drawing. 8 8Figure 2. The themes identified in the K-2 Draw-A-Manufacturer test results. The inner circleindicates if the theme was found in the pre or posttest, the middle circle refers to a main theme,and the outer-most circle refers to a sub-theme. The size of each section indicates the frequencyof that theme among all drawings within this data set.Figure 3. The themes identified in the 3-8 Draw-A-Manufacturer test results. The inner circleindicates if the theme was found in the pre or posttest, the middle circle refers to a main theme,and the outer-most circle refers

Conference Session

Engineering Design Process Activities with Secondary Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, Engineer Inc.; Sharon Liz Karackattu, Oak Hall School

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

(EIL) Rubric to evaluate whether existing sciencelesson plans available in online archival banks contained engineering concepts and problem-solving approaches. They argued that science teachers may not be equipped to identify or carryout engineering-based curricula on their own given lack of engineering exposure. So, the EILRubric provides teachers with a lesson assessment tool to evaluate the strengths and missedopportunities for teaching engineering in existing lessons [11].MethodsPedagogical FoundationBorrowing from Foster and from Peterman, et al. the idea to deliberately insert engineeringthinking into required high school science courses, a pedagogical and experiential foundation isneeded. We draw upon the Energy Engineering Laboratory

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2 - Design & Manufacturing Topics

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guthrie J. Boleneus, Eastern Washington University; Shannon M. Kellam; Jacob Stewart; Robert E. Gerlick, Eastern Washington University; B. Matthew Michaelis, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

inmany industries and a valuable skill for an engineer to possess.Integrating engineering learning into projects that benefit the community is rewarding on manylevels. Recipients get access to things that didn’t yet exist or they can’t afford while studentsdevelop new skills and gain valuable, resume building, experience. Further, students get realwork experience working with “clients” while wrestling with balancing function, durability,fabrication time, cost, scheduling, planning, communication, ergonomics, user experience, etc.Finally, service learning projects build and reinforce strong relationships between educators,their administration, and their communities. From our experience, ideal service projects are onesthat benefit the community or

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beata Johnson, Purdue University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Underrepresented Minority Engineering Students’ Professional Experiences with Cooperative Education: Perceived Benefits, Drawbacks, and Pathways to ParticipationAbstractThis study examines underrepresented minority students’ perceptions of cooperative educationprograms (co-ops), and how these perceptions (and other influences) are related to students’decisions about whether to participate in co-ops. This study also examines current co-opstudents’ experiences, including identified benefits and drawbacks of co-op participation. EightAfrican

Conference Session

The Best of First Year Programs: Best Paper Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado Boulder; Kenneth M. Anderson, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

practice forcore courses in the College of Engineering at CU Boulder. After they were enrolled, studentswere sent a message from the course instructor explaining why they were enrolled in the pilotEngineering Math course and the expected benefits of completing the course. The tone of themessaging was especially important for several reasons: the course was not included in anyengineering degree planning flowcharts, was not a required course for any engineering major,and required that students take Engineering Math in addition to Pre-Calculus their first semester.1 Of note, 10 years ago, CU Boulder’s engineering college did not offer a Pre-Calculus course. Studentswho were not deemed ready for Calc 1 were simply denied entrance into the college. Yet

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrett Thomas Burrows, University of Wyoming; Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Student

camps started.ResultsOnly two researchers received the opportunity to participate in this program, and unfortunately,this left us with an objectively small sample size. Other engineering students were spoken to in apublic setting, both former and current, on the potential benefits of the program.Both participants reported using skills learned during the program during their followingsemester at the university: Their 50 hours of coding experience was used to help sort data andconstruct graphs for classes. Their CAD experience came into play when they were able tomodel problems in an online space to assist in solving them. Their project oriented mind set gavethem an edge with planning and completing all assignments and projects on time

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 10: Understanding Student Experiences

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Behzad Beigpourian, Purdue University; Frank Luchini; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #25418Psychological Safety as an Effective Measurement in Engineering ClassroomsMr. Behzad Beigpourian, Purdue University Behzad Beigpourian is a Ph.D. student and Research Assistant in Engineering Education at Purdue Uni- versity. He earned his master’s in Structural Engineering from Shahid Chamran University in Iran, and his bachelor’s in Civil Technical Teacher from Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University in Iran, Tehran. He has been official Technical Teacher at Ministry of Education in Iran from 2007 to 2018, and received many certificate in education such as Educational Planning, Developing Research Report

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics II - Feel the Vibe

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kurt M. DeGoede, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

here, with tiered content – each topic buildingdirectly on the previous – setting up an assessment plan separating proficiency and mastery skillssets fosters improved student mastery of core principles across the entire sequence of topics.The increased success rate on the proficiency level work by the students is likely due to severalinterrelated causes, including shifted expectations and having the foundation necessary for thenext topic. Students appreciate the clearly defined expectations required for the proficiency levelcompetency (also access to a C-level grade). The instructor now also know precisely wherethese students have demonstrated competency at the end of a course. When competency inprocedural analysis is conflated with the