engineering from day one of their studies. They have a solidbackground in design, data analysis, report writing, teamwork, the appropriate use of softwarepackages (EXCEL, MathCAD) and problem solving. They also have been exposed tofundamental engineering principles in the settings of statics, circuits and thermodynamics.Salient features of the integrated curriculum are the reliance on active/cooperative learning andthe emphasis of connections across disciplinary boundaries. A formal reflection of the emphasison cross-disciplinary work is the fact that the co-requisite engineering and mathematics classesare considered a “block”. Students that are in the same section of the mathematics class are alsoin the same section of the co-requisite engineering
SE.Every viable, mission-oriented, business entity – e.g., services organizations, non-profits, et al –serves a purpose, has interfaces with external systems in its operating environment – e.g.,customers, suppliers, competitors, et al, and produces performance-based outcomes – e.g.systems, products, services, and behaviors – that are delivered to or sold in the marketplace forsome form of return on investment (ROI) or to provide service benefits. This view is reflective ofthe mindset that SE applies only to physical systems and products such as cell phones,computers, etc. without recognition that organizations are also systems that produce products andservices for both external and internal customers and users.To illustrate the two organizational
goals of the IPEC program is for the students to have a stronger comprehension ofmath, physics, and basic engineering concepts. Inasmuch as the program is designed for mutualreinforcement of the concepts being taught in these different domains, the goal was to increasestudent understanding within the various domains which might be reflected in grades. Significantvariation between the groups (F = 8.7947, p = .0002) was found when examining the cumulativeGPAs as of the end of the freshman year. The mean cumulative GPAs were 2.76, 3.07, and 2.20for the comparison group, the persisting IPEC students, and the switching IPEC studentsrespectively. These results suggest several things. One is that the students who left IPEC earlycontinued to experience
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now reflect theirindividual contributions; and 2) to foster better time management skills, reducing last-minutegroup efforts. Our findings suggest that including an individual portion in lab group assignmentspositively impacts students. The average scores for the individual contribution portion of the labreports were 92%. The approach was shown to increase accountability among individual membersof the lab groups, as students who self-identified as “waiting to the last minute” were shown tosubmit individual portions on time (75%). Furthermore, the early submission requirementencouraged effective time management across all students, exemplified by the on-time submissionrate of 94% on individual portions, thereby diminishing the
still exists and can be detected by other means. A model shows that gases are made from matter particles that are too small to see and are moving freely around in space can explain many observations, including the inflation and shape of a balloon; the effects of air on larger particles or objects.STEP 2. Identify the relevant performance expectations that you are working toward. 3-LS4-4–Populations live in a variety of habitats, and change in those habitats affects the organisms living there 5-ESS3-1–Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment. 3-5 ETS1-1–Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success
embrace its principles. Bordogna, Fromm, and Ernst,[5] for example, argue that“contextual understanding capability” is an important component of engineering innovation, and Page 22.430.2this growing recognition is reflected in the emphasis reports by the National Academy ofEngineers,[1,2] the National Science Foundation,[6] and the National Research Council[7] place oncontextual competence; in ABET‟s standards for engineering accreditation;[3] and in the growingbody of research literature that explores students‟ contextual understanding and ways toincorporate contextual competence into the engineering curriculum.Despite this increased national
responding that they ‘strongly disagree’ or ‘disagree’ that their resume isimpressive. This measure of competence more closely matches the data reflected in (Q3) aboutstudent sense of their computer science identity. We did not find any statistically significant dif-ferences between white and BIPOC students or men and women in 2019 or 2020. 1 (Strongly Disagree) 2 3 4 5 (Strongly Agree) 100 n = 35 n = 33 80 n = 30 n = 27 60% n = 39 n = 22 40
. Lessons Learned In preparing the tutorial, I reflected on the way I taught engineering economic analysis and acknowledged some significant changes needed to be made. Specifically, I realized the FE exam has been an excuse for not changing the content in EngEcon and how I taught it. I also concluded the content of my co-authored textbooks has been limited, based on my belief few who teach undergraduate students are willing to deviate significantly from how the course was taught when they took it as undergraduate students. As a result of my reflections, my future teaching (and book revisions) will address explicitly the four take-away messages cited in the summary and conclusions section of the tutorial: 1. All real-options analyses incorporate
and natural curiosity, rich, timely, usablefeedback coupled with occasions for active involvement in real-world tasks andoccasions for reflection, exercising higher-order abilities done with other people, [and]high challenge, low threat settings with practice and reinforcement.” [6]Specifically, over time, a number of outcomes have been associated with thedevelopment of learning communities. Retention has been significantly improved wherelearning communities have been formed. Higher academic achievement has also beenreported as a result of forming academic learning communities. In addition to thetraditional measure of GPA, student academic gains have been found in such areas asstudents’ ability to relate new ideas to prior knowledge, to
Figure 5. Base, sides, and top with their corresponding letters.Zero participants in either group successfully achieved Letter A and therefore the number of studentswith the overall correct assembly reflects the decision to negate Letter A. The results surroundingLetter A leads the authors to hypothesize about the difficulty of Letter A and will be addressed infuture work, since all students used butt joints as opposed to a tab and slot design. There is a cleardistinction between the control and experimental groups due to only half of the control groupachieving Letter B whereas the entire experimental group achieved Letter B. Therefore, the lessonabout construction lines could have allowed students to visualize and achieve Letter B more
indicators,and learning behaviors remain crucial. This aligns with the contemporary trend of personalizededucation, where data analytics informs decisions while acknowledging the uniqueness of eachstudent.The diverse methods for data collection and analysis also reflect the evolving landscape ofeducational technology. The utilization of Intelligent Tutoring Systems, online platforms, andprogramming tools showcase the integration of data-driven insights into the learning experience.However, as technology advances, ethical concerns regarding data privacy and algorithmic biasneed careful consideration to ensure equitable educational opportunities for all students.The identified research gaps, such as the need for cross-course validation and intelligent
]. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference ProceedingsAcknowledgmentSome of the data was processed by Tabo Chata and Glen Thompson, both graduates of PurdueUniversity Fort Wayne.This work is supported by NSF through NSF Award #1565066. However, the opinions expressedin this document are those of the authors and do not, necessarily, reflect those of the NationalScience Foundation (NSF).References[1] https://www.bls.gov/emp/graphics/stem-occupations.htm and https://www.bls.gov/ooh/[2] NEINDIANA.COM/RegionalProfile[3] Xue, Y. and Larson, R. C. (May 2015). STEM crisis or STEM surplus? Yes and yes. Monthly Labor Review. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://doi.org
protocol was organized into 3 parts: backgroundinformation; program experience; and DEI in practice (see Appendix A). Immediately after theinterviews, researchers created memos as a space for reflection and initial data analysis. Theresearch team completed two rounds of coding and refining the interview data [6]. During thefirst round of analysis, the first and second author individually coded each interview. The secondround of analysis consisted of the first and second author comparing and consolidating theircodes, which led to the creation of nine themes (Table 1). Table 1: Nine Themes What Mentorship Means to Program Goals
survey. Examining and coding the 392open-ended responses from students allowed for research analysis based on the frequency ofcodes. Reading all open-ended responses allowed for course development faculty reflection onhow the current peer mentors are, or are not, helping students develop confidence in their roles.AnalysisQuantitative Data. Given the constraint of not having a control group or pre-post scores forcomparison, we determined that the best way to analyze our data was descriptively. Ourquantitative data consisted of the frequencies for the five levels of our three Likert scale items.Thus, our analysis focused on calculations of central tendency and variation to report our datadescriptively.Qualitative Data. We analyzed our qualitative
worthy and valuablewill enable the researcher to motivate oneself, build passion, and make progress in the researchactivities. Often this mindset can be possessed by perceiving the research has novelty andinnovativeness. These are well reflected in the following statement by Shiva in the context ofproblem definition: “Therefore, I think that one of the first beliefs is that your research does matter. Maybe you might not have immediate success or immediate number of citations from that research or immediate results from that paper itself, but if you have a strong conviction that there is a research contribution here, that there is science in what you have done rather than just engineering, at that point, that kind of
finish should be as smooth and dense as possible to reflect sound wavesefficiently instead of absorbing them, but in the interest of time and for simple prototypicaltesting, it was decided that standard print quality would be sufficient. The device will be testedusing a speaker projecting sound waves in the frequency range of 600-2500Hz, which is a typicalrange for road traffic noise [12]. A small hole was left at the 240mm point of the resonator tubeto allow for the mounting of a piezoelectric cantilever beam for testing.Next, the piezoelectric beam was prepared and inserted into the device. This process began byfinding a small, very thin piece of metal to support the beam to ensure it did not break duringtesting due to the fragile nature of
papers published by the IRES student Alumni, patents granted, as well as researchawards, grants, and fellowships awarded to them. Table I summarizes these achievements. Table II expands upon the awards,grants, and fellowships, awarded to the 27 students since their participation within the IRES program. IV. A SSESSMENT RESULTS The following section are the results from the independent evaluator [13]. These results come from the pre-travel and post-travel questionnaire and interview questions given to an IRES Cohort of students who fully completed the program. It shouldbe noted that these results are reflective of a case study for the specific Cohort in the IRES project itself and cannot fully
navigation-based class project focused on principles of haptics and promotinginclusive design thinking. With that in mind, a number of design requirements had to be met forthe device. First, the design needed an easily changed component system for rapid adjustments,providing each student team with the ability to modify the HapConnect in their own fashion.With the condensed timeframe for the learning module, simple motor changes were desiredinstead of in-depth code adjustments to reflect physical changes to the device. The deviceadditionally needed to take up minimal arm space, conform tightly to the skin, and adjust forvariability in arm size in order to allow for direct skin contact of the vibration motors. Finally,remote communication between the
. Sherespected expertise. Not in a way that was defensive (maybe just a little), Carson wanted to proveherself; mostly to herself. She also very much enjoyed (often a bit surprised) when she wasrecognized by others for her work and her accomplishments. Finally, she was reflective, notnecessarily in a formal way, but still routinely reviewing what she was doing, why she was doingit and how she might get better.Exemplary quotes from different participants supporting theme two. “I did all sports and all that kind of stuff, and most of leadership was through that sportslens. And then in high school I picked up all the clubs, because for some reason my best friendand I thought the more bullet points on the resume would mean the better resume. I
news sources. Hammond is dedicated to diversity and equity, which is reflected in her publications, research, teaching, service, and mentoring. More at http://srl.tamu.edu and http://ieei.tamu.edu. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 An Insight into User Experiences of an Intelligent Tutoring System to Learn Sketching Skills Donna Jaison Dr. Hillary Merzdorf Lance White Dr. Kerrie Douglas Dr. Karan Watson P.E. Dr. Tracy HammondAbstractSketching is a valuable skill for many engineering students to support the development of variousauxiliary skills such as refined spatial visualization, problem-solving
wasbased on review of the materials included in the course notebook and course portfolio. Under thecoordination of the department chair, the program faculty members approved any major changesin the course content. The finalized changes were reflected in the course syllabus.The faculty members discussed the curriculum in departmental meetings or college meetings (forcommon courses in the college). Any curriculum changes wer reviewed and approved by the Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAcademic Policies and Curriculum Committees at the College and the
months into the first year of our work, we engaged in immediate one-on-one interviews tounderstand the group perspective of the situation.Arguably, the most important lesson we learned was that the RPP team members truly felt as iftheir voice was heard, reflected in our memos, and kept confidential. As we wrote the memos, wewere careful not to share who was quoted and the videos of the interviews were not sharedwidely. Developing this sense of anonymity created an environment where barriers weredismantled and the historical imbalances of power could be directly addressed.Zarch, McGill ASEE 20236 RecommendationsReflecting on our lessons learned and the literature about
overlapping view of dimensions working togethermore accurately reflects what these behaviors may look like in practice.Composite narratives as a way to bridge research and practiceIn addition to helping illustrate the dimensions of adaptability in an easier form for readers, thecomposite narratives developed as part of this work could be combined with probing questions tostimulate thinking, learning, and discussion related to adaptability in both academic andindustrial educational settings. These questions could include: (1) how would you react to thissituation, (2) what steps would you take in this situation, and (3) what would you do or say if yousaw this situation happen to someone else, as well as other questions more specific to theparticular