, Focus Group* *Phase 2 To test how student learning is impacted by the OWLS, the qualitative pretest andposttest survey questions focus on students’ perceived learning. Surveys are commonly used inqualitative research within engineering education to assess participants through the use of openended questions52. The open ended questions seek to gain a greater insight into what componentsor features of the OWLS helped the students to learn most effectively, or which componentswere not effective in the minds of the students. For example, a question asks, “Was the OWLS avaluable tool for learning in this course? If so, how?” This question and others seek to explainthe reasons behind the trends that are observed in the
Exposition, June 24 – 27, 2007.10 R.M. Felder and L.K. Silverman, “Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education”, Engr. Education, 78(7), 674 (1988).11 L. S. Vygotsky, Mind in Society, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA (1978).12 C. Quintana, B. Reiser, E. Davis, J. Krajcik, E. Fretz, R.G. Duncan, E. Kyza, D. Edelson, and E. Soloway, “A Scaffolding Design Framework for Software to Support Science Inquiry”, Journal of the Learning Sciences, 13, 337 (2004).13 M. Guzdial, “Software-Realized Scaffolding to Facilitate Programming for Science Learning”, Interactive Learning Environments, 4, 1 (1994).14 A. Bandura, “Self-Efficacy: Toward a Unifying Theory of Behavioral Change
Paper ID #13026Assessing the Ethical Development of Students in an Undergraduate Civil En-gineering Course using a Standardized InstrumentDr. Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University Donald D. Carpenter, PhD, PE, LEED AP is Professor of Civil Engineering at Lawrence Technological University where he teaches courses on ethics/professionalism and water resources. Dr. Carpenter has served as the University Director of Assessment and the founding Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning. He conducts funded pedagogical research and development projects, has published numerous engineering education papers
Bransford, J.D, A.L. Brown, R.R. Cocking, (eds.) 2000. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition , Washington DC: The National Academies Press. (accessed 5/8/12)9 McCain, T., 2005. Teaching for Tomorrow: Teaching Content and Problem-solving Skills. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.10 National Research Council, 2011. Promising Practices in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education: Summary of Two Workshops. Natalie Nielsen, Rapporteur. Planning Committee on Evidence on Selected Innovations in Undergraduate STEM Education. Board on Science Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press
Paper ID #13548Converting a Traditional Engineering Technology Program to a Competency-Based, Self-Paced, Open-Entry/Open-Exit FormatDr. Eric A. Roe, Polk State College Dr. Eric A. Roe has extensive experience in creating high-performance, high profile programs, and col- laborative partnerships to make workforce education and training relevant for employers and the economy through systemic reforms which align competencies with talent development pathways. He is currently the Executive Director of the Cockrell School of Engineering’s Center for Lifelong En- gineering Education (CLEE) at the University of Texas at Austin
Paper ID #13603Examining the use of engineering internship workplace competency assess-ments for continuous improvementDr. Mark A. Laingen, Illinois State University Mark is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology at Illinois State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Agricultural Technologies from Iowa State University. Mark currently sits on the board for the Illinois Drafting Educators Assocciation (IDEA), and the ISU Department of Technology Curriculum Committee. Mark’s research interests include 3-Dimensional Visualization & Solid Modeling, Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, Additive
Paper ID #13579Finite Element Method as a Useful Modern Engineering Tool to EnhanceLearning of Deformation ConceptsDr. Qin Ma, walla walla university Dr. Qin Ma is a tenured professor at Edward F. Cross School of Engineering, Walla Walla University, WA, USA. He has been active in using finite element methods in his research and teaching for more than fifteen years.Prof. Louie L Yaw, Walla Walla University Currently Professor of Civil Engineering at Walla Walla University. Undergraduate degree in Civil engi- neering Walla Walla College in 1992. Masters in structural engineering from UC Davis 1996 and PhD from UC Davis in
Paper ID #12329The Summer Undergraduate Research Bridge Experience for CommunityCollege Students: Providing Connections from Community College to theFour-Year InstitutionMs. Jeanne R. Garland, New Mexico State University Jeanne Garland has worked at New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation (New Mexico AMP) since August 2002. She received the B.A. from Baylor University and the M.A. from NMSU in English, with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Professional Communication. She worked for the College of Engineering’s Engineering Research Center (ERC) as Technical Writer, then was employed at Arizona State University (ASU) for
Paper ID #13145Refinement of a Concept Inventory to Assess Conceptual Understanding inCivil Engineering Fluid MechanicsDr. Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina Dr. Mary Katherine Watson is currently an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel. Prior to joining the faculty at The Citadel, Dr. Watson earned her PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology. She also has BS and MS degrees in Biosystems Engineering from Clemson University. Dr. Watson’s research interests are in the areas of engineering education and
activities and interactive exercises c. Materials that participants can take with them d. Practical application for teachers and outreach staffParticipants in this workshop will explore a number of strategies for actively engagingelementary age youth and their parents in authentic engineering practices and real-world designchallenges. Learning objectives for the session are: • Understand Engineering concepts, practices, and habits of mind as well as their value to young learners • Understand the important role that parents and other caregivers play in fostering engineering habits of mind and other critical thinking skills in early learners • Personally experience authentic engineering concepts, practices
benefits of engineering classroom demonstrations allfound positive results.5, 6, 7 It is clear that hands-on activities and interesting demonstrations can Page 26.33.2improve student learning as well as increase retention in engineering programs. Since topics in Fluid Mechanics can be seem quite abstract in students’ minds, it seems tobe a course that could especially benefit from the introduction of classroom demonstrations.Educators from several universities have posted lists of fluid mechanics demonstrations on-line,and some of these demonstrations have been used in the author’s classroom.8, 9, 10 The purpose ofthis paper is to present
and Senior Design Lead (President and Vice-President) have regular meetings withhim. Some team members reported they had never seen him interact with the team. The FSAEteam describes their team advisor as “hands-off”, but that he is always available for technical orpersonal disputes. Several members reported how he helped the team respond to some personnelissues. The officers meet with the advisor routinely and he attends some meetings.Missed opportunities for team membersEngineering design-build teams seem to be ideal opportunities for students to develop andpractice the skills and habits of mind essential to being a successful engineer. Indeed most of theteam members interviewed cited technical skills and experiences as among the most
Paper ID #11425The Impact of Faculty Development Workshop on Students’ Understandingof Academic IntegrityMs. Kirsten S Hochstedt, Penn State University Kirsten Hochstedt is a graduate assistant at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Edu- cation. She received her M.S. in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in educational and psycholog- ical measurement at Penn State University and is currently a doctoral candidate in the same program. The primary focus of her research concerns assessing the response structure of test scores using item response theory methodology.Dr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State
education from the University of Delaware and an M.S. in environmentalscience and management from the University of Rhode Island.3) WORKSHOP INFORMATIONProposed Title:Why Do You Think So? Asking Effective Questions in Engineering ActivitiesAbstract: Please provide a concise description that includes the workshop’s learning objectives(maximum 750 characters). The abstract is used on the ASEE website, program materials, andotherK-12 Workshop promotional activities.Developing engineering habits of mind in students requires that teachers ask effective questionsthat encourage students to think critically about their designs and persevere through failure. Inthis activity, participants will observe and analyze the process
the pre-K – 12 pipelines. Over 60 ETKs have beendeveloped and used in classrooms throughout the US and abroad.By the end of the workshop, participants will be introduced to engineering habits of mind, theengineering design process, and the educational promise and strength found in aninterdisciplinary approach to STEM subjects; be able to identify methods for integratingengineering design, social science, and humanities into STEM studies; and gain experience inusing interdisciplinary design activities to promote the development of creativity, systemsthinking, collaboration, and communication. Participants will have the opportunity to workthrough design activities from Surf's Up and Movers and Shakers ETKs. The activities includestories from
likely to recognize them in this context.Situated cognition offers an explanation for each of these possibilities. The engineers were asked Page 26.1236.8to take the CI without using reference material to help them remember how to use concepts ifthey felt they needed it or in order to verify that their answers were correct before submittingthem. The theory of the extended mind is an important piece to situated cognition and mayexplain why asking engineers to not use reference materials could cause them to not performwell on the inventories. The extended mind is a theory that claims that the boundaries of acognitive system lie outside of the
entrepreneurial activities? 3. For engineering alumni who have been entrepreneurs in the past, what activities led them to either become more entrepreneurially-minded or divert to a non- entrepreneurial career path?The participants in this study were 484 alumni who received their undergraduate engineeringdegrees in 2007 from four different universities in the United States. Our research aims to helpengineering educators understand the factors that promote and contribute to entrepreneurialpursuits among engineering alumni. In addition, by identifying what factors or circumstancesinfluence entrepreneurial activities, engineering schools may design programs and identifypotential opportunities for intervention.1
, habits of mind andpractices used by engineers, or is demonstrative of work in specific engineering fields.i At leastone of those must be within the first four listed, below; i.e., do not only check “other”. Check allthat apply: Use of an engineering design process that has at least one iteration/improvement Attention to specific engineering habits of mind Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering careers or fields related to the lesson/activity Other (please describe below)Provide a description of how you will explicitly address these aspects of authentic engineering inyour workshop (maximum 2,000
“Authentic Engineering: Representing & Emphasizing the E in STEM” Presented by Dassault Systems Saturday, June 13, 2015 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. Sheraton Seattle | Seattle | WAAuthentic Engineering Connection. Identify and describe how you will explicitly address theways in which your lesson or activity is representative of the processes, habits of mind andpractices used by engineers, or is demonstrative of work in specific engineering fields.i At leastone of those must be within the first four listed, below; i.e., do not only check “other”. Check allthat apply: Use of an engineering design process that
(KernEntrepreneurial Engineering Network) philosophy there is momentum to push engineeringeducation further by fostering an entrepreneurial mindset in young engineers. At Western NewEngland University the first year engineering program has been revamped using a combinationof elements including entrepreneurially minded learning (EML), Problem Based Learning (PBL),Active Collaborative Learning (ACL) and a design framework based on the "living with the lab"program developed at Louisiana Tech University.The First Year Engineering program at Western New England University spans four commoncourses for all engineering majors. This work focuses on two courses, the Introduction toEngineering course, a four credit course offered in the first semester and the Data
notyet been completed; we are in the midst of collecting data for the semester. Our initial resultsshow that conative understanding increases satisfaction and confidence, which we hypothesizewill lead to improved retention. This paper summarizes the conative interventions in engineering,the research methods, and preliminary results.IntroductionIn engineering advanced cognitive skills are highly valued and consistently rewarded. However,the mind consists of three separate domains: cognitive, affective and conative (Hilgard 1980 andTallon 1997). By focusing only on one of the three, students who don’t fit the typical mold mayfeel marginalized and discouraged from completing an engineering degree. We suspect that byexploring this idea we may
the processes, habits of mind andpractices used by engineers, or is demonstrative of work in specific engineering fields.i At leastone of those must be within the first four listed, below; i.e., do not only check “other”. Check allthat apply: X Use of an engineering design process that has at least one iteration/improvement Attention to specific engineering habits of mind X Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering careers or fields related to the lesson/activity Other (please describe below)Provide a description of how you will explicitly address these aspects of authentic engineering inyour workshop
Empirical StudyIntroductionIndian engineering education system is one of the colossal educational systems. As per the AllIndia Council of Technical Education (AICTE) report of 2012-13, it has 3,384 colleges admitting1.63 Million students1. The system has almost no attrition and is graduating more or less theentire intake. The study of Blom and Saeki2 shows that 64% of employers are only somewhatsatisfied or worse with the current engineering graduate skills. Earlier, NASSCOM andMcKinsey report (2005)3 had found that 75% of engineering graduates are not employable bymultinational companies. A recent report by Aspiring Mind found that there is a drop inemployability in all roles and at all locations. It has noted that the decrease in employability
balanced influx has created issues of high attrition within engineering schoolsacross the country. Possibly, administrators keep this imbalance in mind as universities enroll farmore students in their freshman engineering courses than will graduate from these programs.Despite this, nearly all future projections call for an increase in the number of students trained inthe STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields, particularly engineering.Even with this growing spotlight, however, studies have still shown how the number of studentsentering college as STEM majors has actually declined in recent years.2 This issue of lowmatriculation combined with growing national attention thus results in a need to place higherpriority on the
with measuring how cultural programs andexperiences contribute to positive changes in students’ abilities to work and thrive in diverseenvironments. Global competency can be defined broadly as “having an open mind whileactively seeking to understand cultural norms and expectations of others, leveraging this gainedknowledge to interact, communicate and work effectively outside one’s environment”1.Measuring global competency levels before and after participation in cultural programs maytherefore be a potentially effective method for measuring changes in students’ ability to work ina global environment. Currently, studies on engineering students’ baseline global competencylevels are few at the undergraduate level. This research fills this gap
upgradeable as one of the functionalities, which could involve both a conventionalengineering thinking and a sustainability mind set. Another example in this case was related tothe concerns on operation and maintenance.Decision making was critical in engineering design and needs to be addressed in this module.The inclusion of the sustainability criteria or indicators was valuable, but the correspondingdecision making became more challenging. The related multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA)method for various engineering applications was still an active research area due to itsmultidisciplinary nature15. Our goal of including the MCDA section in the module was toemphasis the importance of selecting and weighting different kinds of criteria in a
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Engineering Connection. Identify and describe how you will explicitly address theways in which your lesson or activity is representative of the processes, habits of mind andpractices used by engineers, or is demonstrative of work in specific engineering fields.i At leastone of those must be within the first four listed, below; i.e., do not only check “other”. Check allthat apply: Use of an engineering design process that has at least one iteration/improvement Attention to specific engineering habits of mind Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering careers or fields related to the lesson/activity
curricula are most effective in generating an impact on retention in UG- engineering students by non-traditional groups? • How do we classify students studying entrepreneurship into archetypes based on their expression of how, why, and when it fits into their career trajectory? • Are active student entrepreneurs a distinct population from entrepreneurially-minded students or pre- entrepreneurs?Students’ Career Beyond
. Support at that level made it a fundraising priority inthe college and the first course was offered within one year. That support was essential to theprogram’s development and implementation.Institutional mission and contextThe vision for this program is rooted in the Jesuit mission of the institution, which names “thedevelopment of leadership expressed in service to others…for the common benefit of the humancommunity” as one of its four pillars.[6] In addition, the charisms found in the Jesuit’s historyvalue educating the whole person – mind and heart. The call for the type of engineer and leaderthe university hopes to graduate is clear. As a result, the models of leadership chosen to guidethe program and student participants are rooted in this