structure the meaning of the song. In the CS0 course, Python lists, dicts, and stringoperations are reviewed. In the CS1 course, we review the construction and freeing of memorywhen building singly and doubly linked lists in C++. And in the CS2 course, we review the lists,trees, queues, stacks, heaps, STL, and graph data structures covered in the class.The lyrics of Superstition also reflect the recursive case and base case of the groove flow. Whenhe is playing the “recursive case: groove, repetitive measures, he lists common superstitions.“Very superstitious, Writing's on the wall / Very superstitious, Ladders bout' to fall.” But whenhe plays the “base case” groove, he implores with the listener to not fall for superstitions. As hesings “when you
-Saharan Africa” and (C) “I understand how to designwith the cultural setting in mind, and I am comfortable working on design projects for settingswith varying resources.” All questions show significance between the means of pre- and post-workshop responses, Mann-Whitney U-test, p<0.001.Students were also encouraged to answer open-ended questions to reflect on their experiences ina survey. These responses from October 2022 are compiled in Figure 3. A wide range of gainedskills were reported amongst participants, with 20% saying they gained experience in theiterative engineering process; this result is in conjunction with increased mindfulness of globalcommunities, where 18% of students were more conscious of end-user populations, and 14
complete two separate follow-up assessments; the first was offered on the same day asthe workshop (comprehensive assessment test or CAT0), and the second was a voluntaryopportunity to reflect on the Best, Worst, and ways to Improve the workshopadministered as part of follow-up to the workshop.The purpose of this paper is to share:1) details of the workshop, which may be replicated by others;2) results of the analysis of the RAT, CAT0, and additional follow-up data; and3) suggestions for applying the lessons learned in this preconference workshop to aneducational module that could be used to introduce Boyer’s Model and careercartography to graduate students as well as early and midcareer faculty of environmentalengineering.MethodsWorkshop content
responsive classroom, a key component is student assessment and feedback. The curriculumdeveloper integrated proven teaching strategies to ensure the camp instructor allowed students to reflect,assess understanding of concepts at checkpoints, and obtain feedback. Formative and summativeassessments were used throughout the program to assess student knowledge and comprehension. Examplesof formative assessments incorporated in each lesson included low-stakes quizzes, student polls, and exittickets. Participants also engaged in open-ended discussions with peers to help increase comprehension oflearned concepts and encourage critical thinking.At the end of the program, summative assessments given to participants included a cumulative activity anda final
progress in engineering. Byacknowledging and addressing these barriers, we can create a more inclusive and supportiveenvironment that facilitates equal opportunities for women in engineering and fosters a morediverse and innovative workforce. This systematized review highlights the significant challenges faced by Arab women inengineering. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of addressing these challenges to promotegender equality and encourage women to pursue and remain in STEM careers.Strategies for Promoting Women's Participation in Engineering in the Arab World: Achieving gender parity in engineering is crucial for creating a more inclusive and diverseengineering workforce that reflects the full range of talent and
attention to whetherconcepts could validly fit in other locations than is reflected in a primary map. Should a primarymap control for this, this adapted traditional scoring method would likely be an effective scoringmethod. C. Categorical The adapted categorical scoring method has little differences from the originalcategorical scoring method which comes with some concerns in the fill-in format. This methodwas time consuming both in categorizing the concepts generally, and in interpreting participantintent for categorization in the context of each specific map. A scorer using this method shouldhave clear understanding of the topic and its underlying concepts. On top of the more rigor required to assess a map categorically, some
% 90% Palm Beach Broward Figure 9. State College Participants DemographicsIV. 4 - State College Transfer Students’ Performance to FAUThis section reports findings on the performance of state college transfer students who enrolled atFAU. Table 6 and Figure 10 reveal that overall performance, as reflected in student GPA, waspositive for students who came to FAU from both state colleges. The data were drawn from thefirst three HSI cohort participant groups at each College. Table 6 - Summary- State College Students who Graduated from FAU State College Students Completed # of Number of Credits at State Overall FAU
could not.AcknowledgementsThis work was made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF # 2100560,2015688, 2015741, 2015909). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation. This work was also made possible by the NSF Summer ResearchProgram at University of Nebraska-Lincoln (NSF # 1950597) and the mentorship I received.References[1] K. Beddoes, "Selling policy short? Faculty perspectives on the role of policy in addressing women’s underrepresentation in engineering education," Studies in Higher Education, vol. 43, no. 9, pp. 1561-1572, 2018.[2] M. R. Riney and J. Froeschle
either Discord or a Google account.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under the NSFEAGER Grant DUE-1745922. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions, or recommendationsexpressed in this paper are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science Foundation. The authors extend their gratitude to all interview participantswho allowed us to add their narratives to this study. The authors also extend their appreciation tothe anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful comments and feedback.References[1] C. Hodges, S. Moore, B. Lockee, T. Trust, and A. Bond, “The Difference Between Emergency Remote Teaching and Online Learning,” Educase Review, no. 27
category, as well as some representative statements pulled fromthe transcripts. Note that some students’ answers may have included aspects of more than onecategory.Based on these categorizations, 40% (2/5) of students were able to express an answer thatindicated that they not only made some observations relevant to the main concept during theactivity but were also able to make a cognitive connection between those concepts andapplications involving real structural systems. However, as was more clearly explained in theiranswers to the indirect questions, the students possessed at least some prior conceptualunderstanding, so their answers do not exclusively reflect what was gained during the activity.The indirect assessment question results in Table
were facilitated synchronously.One reason to pursue synchronous remote instruction is that not having mandatory class periodscan be hard for students to navigate [3]. In both remote and in-person, a variety of instructionalmethods can be employed during synchronous instruction to increase student motivation andenhance learning, many of which focus on “active learning”. This author embraces Bonwell andEison’s [5] definition of active learning as “anything that involves students doing things andthinking about the things they are doing.” As Prince [6] concludes from his wide literaturereview, even brief activities introduced into lectures can increase learning. Short discussionbreaks [7], pauses for reflection [8] and any small activity that
the deployment of the solar panel array at 500 meters above ground, at T+112 seconds. Bottom pictures compare the 48-minute period of the payload in the shade with the following period with full sunlight, with the solar panel array reflecting sunlight minutes before balloon separation.Results The results from the Arduino Mega and Teensy microcontrollers were labeled in theGraphs 3 to 6, detailing the measurements from altitude, outside temperature, voltage, and currentthroughout the flight. Only one data file, with an equivalent amount of data logs, for the Teensytesting unit was written throughout the entire flight, meaning this unit has not shut down once andhas also sent all its data to the Arduino Mega unit
reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation. The preliminary stages of this work were supported by funds fromthe Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost at The Pennsylvania State University aspart of the university’s strategic seed grant program related to transforming education. We wouldalso like to thank David Sturrock, Senior Fellow at Simio LLC, for valuable conversations, andYihang Hua, an undergraduate researcher at Penn State University, who assisted in developingthe ISBL modules and associated simulation models used in this paper.References[1] S. G. Ozden, O. M. Ashour, and A. Negahban, “Novel simulation-based learning modules for teaching database concepts,” ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. Conf. Proc. 2020, doi
reach a goal. So the mindset was different. I learned a lot more in these two months than I did in my classes. It was a different kind of pressure. I wasn’t learning things to memorize them, I had to learn them to produce things on my own.”AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation, specifically theREU program of the Division of Engineering Education and Centers, under Grant No. 1852161.Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] Pariyothorn, M, Autenrieth, R.L, “Strategic use of summer undergraduate research
, skills, or “tips” related to technical writing and communication ingeneral, e.g., the order that sections of a report should be written, the appropriate types ofvisual aids for various situations, and a specified checklist of questions that the writer of acertain report or section should ask him or herself at different stages of the writingprocess. All of the workshop PowerPoint slides are made available to students on theWriting Center web site. In addition to the slides, several instructional handouts and tipsheets are also posted on line. The various writing samples and graphics discussedduring the final third of each workshop are taken from previous student work in thecapstone design course. The writing samples and graphics generally reflect
graded individually. Reflections on the CourseThe ME Lab course is a very time intensive course for both professor and student. At thebeginning of the course, students are asked to write a lab report each week and they oftenfeel this is excessive. Because of the individual nature of assessment, this is a necessityas students must be evaluated on their written communication ability. At the beginningof the course skill levels in the area of writing are varied, however, by the end of thecourse marked improvement is shown and students have confidence in their abilities.These communication skills are often not appreciated until the student enters theworkplace. Several student comments sum up the experience:“I learned more
“Verbal Exam Expectations” document thatlists all the learning outcomes of the course (e.g., Describe the Materials Paradigm and itsimportance; Draw reduced-sphere unit cell models of SC, BCC, FCC crystal structures;Calculate engineering stress and strain from an applied force and initial and final dimensions).Throughout the course, students practice these learning outcomes and receive feedback from theinstructor through formative assessments such as homework problems, quizzes, conceptualdescribe and define sheets, reflective learning journals, and a DLA. During the last class session,students review the Verbal Exam Expectations document as preparation for the oral exam. Thelearning outcomes that are directly related to the five FPs and a few
’ programs.DiscussionThe self-efficacy survey findings suggest that students increased their engineering skills whileusing the kits to complete their space ‘missions’, which was also reflected by the student teams’final presentations successfully demonstrating their completed nano-satellite systems operationand capabilities. To further understand the findings, word clouds (Figure 8) were created fromstudents’ responses to the open-ended survey questions in order to get a general impression ofhow students felt the kits and tools engaged them in their learning experiences. Figure 8: Pre-course (left) and post-course (right) word cloud of student responses to the question “How do you think the nano-satellite kit will support/supported your learning?”The pre
or service) in novel ways, or seeing new ways to improve existingproducts or services. They are centrally about identifying or generating new (and perhapsvaluable) ideas, and all skew towards the fuzzy frontend of design and venture creation, thougharguably with more intentionality than the ISE item of “Asking a lot of questions.” We also seethat the ESE items not included either reflect personality traits (e.g., persist under adversity) ormoving an idea beyond its initial stages into a full-fledged business plan. 11From the ten items (five from ESE and five related to ISE) we identified six to bring together asour new Embracing New Ideas
question. One of the student comments was “It made me reflect on problems I face in myown life and have the opportunity to ‘fix’ them with the applications of class content.” Anotherstudent observed that “This experiment really taught me to look at all the energy consumption Iuse on a daily basis, and how I can change that with the knowledge from lab.” Figure 5. Distribution of Ratings (Sample Size was 43)Future WorkAlthough the module worked well, there are some changes that could be made to address theissues that were identified. For example, it might be useful to encourage students to choose adevice that provides a bit of a challenge. One possibility is to require that the students turn in aproposal that describes the
Britannica," E. o. Encyclopaedia, Ed., ed.[8] R. G. Boone, Education in the United States: Its history from the earliest settlements. D. Appleton, 1889.[9] S. V. Rensselaer, "Stephen Van Rensselaer's letter to Samuel Blatchford, Nov. 5, 1824," ed. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824.[10] M. E. Sunderland, "Educating the post-Fukushima nuclear engineer," in Reflections on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident: Springer, Cham, 2015, pp. 341-352.[11] D. Park and R. Brickman, "How Should We Think About It?," in The How and the Why: Princeton University Press, 1988, pp. 32-53.[12] J. D. Trimmer, "The present situation in quantum mechanics: A translation of Schrödinger's" Cat Paradox" paper," Proceedings of
3METHODOLOGYThe performance characteristics of a system could be evaluated rather tediously using queuingsystem theory expressed in mathematical constructs for an identified customer, service systems,channel configuration and resources arrival mechanisms. This could lead to complex recursive,analytical model derivations that may be difficult to solve numerically. The mathematical modelcould admit an arrival distribution and a service distribution for entities. To get around themathematical tedium, a simulation design and analysis could be deployed to enable estimation ofthe measures of performance or measures of effectiveness (MOP / MOE) for the system beingmodeled. To study the complexity of the manufacturing system, under study to reflect thedynamic
opportunities for students to create solutions toengineering design challenges. As described by Haynie [3], the tools/equipment in today’s P-12engineering education labs may appear much smaller and safer than the behemoth industrialmachines found in shop classes during the manual arts and industrial arts eras; however, moderntools/equipment can be just as dangerous if not used properly. As P-12 educators seek to provideincreased opportunities to engage students in engineering design experiences and develop a moretechnologically and engineering literate society [4], safety must remain at the core of allengineering education instructional efforts [1]. This is reflected in the current P-12 engineeringeducation standards [4], Standards for Technological
futureimprovement of the UIC model adopted in the IAPhD Project.Regional and national R&D in high-level talent training in JapanJapan’s UIC supporting initiatives reflected the importance of small firms in R&D. Thecountry’s UICs did not develop as rapidly as those of the U.S. and other European countries,possibly due to the lack of funding for small firms with R&D energy [13]-[14]. Since smallfirms usually face resource constraints [15], innovation initiatives constantly monitor theirperformance to provide the necessary support [16]. It is suggested that small firms benefit fromUIC regarding its characteristics related to practical goals and productization [17]. Japan hasalso emphasized on high-level talent training to stimulate both national
, several ofour middle years major-required courses, and a new third-year course designed for students whoexpect to graduate within the next year [29]. The first-year course introduces students toprinciples of reflection as a building block of SDL, in addition to design thinking, and thebiomedical engineering (BME) field. In the middle years’ courses, students engage in signaturelearning experiences that foster their entrepreneurial mindset and encourage them to integratewhat they are learning with some of their prior extra- and co-curricular experiences. In their thirdyear, students complete a new, major-required course entitled The Art of Telling Your Story thatacts as a type of capstone experience in this vertically integrated curriculum.The
. The earlier in their education engineers are exposed to the layers ofabstraction associated with the leaps from experiment to project and product, the more theywill be able to advance not only their own craft, but the field altogether. The stakeholders whobenefit from a self-reflective engineering force will live comfortably and sustainably, so longas engineers are equipped to recognize all the abstract constraints they face in the design oftheir processes and products.Frameworks like Engineering for One Planet help offset the simple unfathomability ofchallenges on time scales incomprehensible to engineers and their stakeholders today. EOP inparticular takes advantage of the logical conclusion of engineering fields undergoing‘expansive
guide students to an appropriateproblem-solving strategy, encouraging discussion and peer instruction. Though some SRSs allowfor direct numerical response, Plickers questions are limited to multiply choice numerical answeroptions. Peer Instruction provides an opportunity for stronger students to encourage and guideothers to the correct answer. To the degree the Peer Instruction pedagogy is used, students aregiven a great deal of autonomy over a good grade as they experience relatedness and developtheir personal competence.Student PerspectivesThe authors have been collecting student survey data (often using Plickers) from 2016 to 2021.The following data reflect survey results from over 700 students in 38 course sections taught bythree faculty
study must be viewed along with the threats tovalidity that are inherent in all studies based on retrospective survey questions. We do not knowhow students interpreted the survey questions, nor how accurately their responses match theirtrue feelings. Multiple questions related to when they started college which was 12 weeks tothree years prior to taking the survey. We fully understand that their responses might have beeninfluenced by their experiences and might not reflect what they were truly looking forward to orconcerned about when they first started college. When reviewing the comparisons between thefirst-year students and upper-level students, one must also consider that students who weredismissed from the college of engineering due to
choose which motivation assignments or quizzes they complete out of a pool of Class assignments and quizzes format More hands on/lab-based classes Encourage students to have their cameras on during were better than turning them more class into theory-based classes Zoom fatigue- students get burnt out fasterSome papers we reviewed noted a negative parallel between the emergency online learning shiftand student motivation levels that our research also reflected. As stated by Vielma and Brey [3],students who faced self-motivation issues typically were affected by one or more of thefollowing