activity, I spent time looking ahead and/or making plansPreference ● This activity required me to write ● This activity allowed me to present my thinking in more than just a written format ● This activity caused me to go out of my comfort zone ● This activity was completed in small groups ● This activity required me to work individually ● This reflection felt pretty structured ● This activity required me to use skills that I do not normally use ● This activity allowed me to express my reflection using my personal strengths in communicationPrivacy ● I had to share my experiences with educators for this reflection activity ● I had to share my experiences with peers for this reflection activity ● I had to share
, similar to an exam. The students spend the class period solving theproblem and do peer grading at the end (to familiarize them with the grading rubric). Theproblem is the same level of difficulty as the module assessment, so it serves as practice (hencethe name ‘rehearsal’). The rehearsal exam environment is the same as recitation—theinstructional staff are all there, students work in groups, and students can use their notes andexamples.The last 10 minutes of the rehearsal exam period are spent peer grading another student’srehearsal exam. The students exchange exams with their peers and grade while the instructordiscusses the solution to the problem. The students are given guidance on how to grade the exam.The peer grading is an important
motivation and engagement as well as increased retention rates and academic performance [3-5].Research indicates that females and underrepresented students (URM) have a lack of sense of belonging inSTEM departments and in engineering, specifically [6-9]. Studies suggest that students’ sense of belongingcan be positively impacted through interpersonal and academic validation which increases with positiveclassroom climate, appreciation of diversity, faculty connection, peer relationships, and growth mindset [10-12]. A work-in-progress paper has been previously published and includes a full literature review related tothis research project [13].This research study took place at Western Washington University (WWU), a public master’s-grantinginstitution
University Dr. Stephanie Wendt is an Associate Professor at Tennessee Tech University. She teaches undergradu- ate science methods and field experience courses to elementary pre-service teachers. She also teaches graduate courses in science methods, learning theory, grant writing, and educational technology. She is a member of the Tennessee Science Education Leadership Association (TNSELA) and Tennessee Science Teachers Association (TSTA), and is a former representative of the Board of Directors for TSTA. Dr. Wendt also serves as a reviewer for NSTA’s peer-reviewed journal Science and Children. She participates in leading professional development for K-12 educators pertaining to science education at the state and
descriptive statistics to understand patterns in graduate programs, job titles, andindustry sectors. We found that even when positions did not include “engineer” in the job title,many alumni remained in engineering-related sectors or reported that their positions were relatedto engineering. We also leveraged Sankey diagrams to represent the “flow” of individuals acrossdifferent positions. These diagrams revealed the breadth of career pathways, with alumni movinginto and out of engineering positions. Second, we performed a content analysis on write-inresponses in which alumni expanded upon their survey answers. Within the interpretive limits ofthe data, we observed two general ways in which alumni framed their careers. In “positive”presentations
have creative skill and to get the attention of the students involves simpledrawing periods where students are asked to draw anything that comes to their minds at amoment’s notice. Usually the faster the better because they don’t have to fall into the feeling thateverything must be perfect. It really shocks the class to see all the material that is produced bytheir “creative” peers. Students are then asked to write a piece of poetry on a topic of theirchoice. If help is needed, they are given ample examples of verse that they could mimic orinvestigated. If asked why this exercise has any value to them as engineers, it is easy to respond.Investigating text helps one to look in a different way at what you want or need to say. Taking atopic and
thecomputer science, art, and English departments, begin designed an interdisciplinary project-based computing curriculum that uses Hummingbird Robot Kits to bring merge creative art andexpression through writing with engineering design [16]. With the Hummingbird kits used in agender-specific informal learning activities, learners use art and other supplies to create the‘shell’ for a robot that they later program.The Bulldog Bytes summer camp program at Mississippi State University is an important link inthe MS Alliance for Women in Computing that places particular emphasis on increasing thenumber of women on computing pathways. Established in 2013 with funding from the NationalCenter for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT), the program has
. PHASE2 PHASE1 PHASE3 Quantitaitve PHASE4: PHASE5: Delphimethod (electronic Qualitative (electronic (interview): Grounded Instrument questionnaire): questionnaire): Student& Theory Development Student& Industry Faculty FacultyFigure 1: Study designData collection for Phases 1-3 is complete. Phase 4, the focus of this paper, is ongoing at thetime of writing. The preliminary grounded theory model has been developed and will bedescribed. Phase 5 is ongoing during
iterative reflection, shared learning and Figure 1. Structure of workshop activities discussion. a. Reflective Activity on Participants’ Own College Experience At the beginning of the workshop, we asked the participants to take several minutes to write a reflection of their own educational experience. The goal in this exercise was two-fold: 1) to allow instructors to remember their own experiences or difficulties in maneuvering the educational system and 2) to recognize that their experience may be dramatically different than their current students. Reflection has been used in educational settings for decades as a way to solidify information, but reflection on the part of the instructors is less common. There are
available for students, a course contribution project was introduced in aheat and mass transfer course. This project required students to find potentially fun and effectivemeans to communicate topics related to the course subject matter, with the project deliverablesproviding new learning tools that could be used to help other students learn. Students were given several potential project types to select from: writing sample examproblems, for which both problem statements and solutions were required; producing a 5-minutevideo; writing and drawing a 10-page comic; or developing an experimental module that could bereplicated by other students. Students also developed their own original projects, includingcomputer simulations and board games
of one being a peer reviewed publication. Citations are appropriately used and formatted.The above example is the only institution that didn’t use their capstone design to measure 3.g.Another institution used the VALUE rubric for Oral and Written Communication to assess 3.g),(Cooney [19] maps all of the VALUE rubrics to ETAC student outcomes) which contains anoutcome “Sources and Evidence” with a rubric description at the ‘proficient’ level of Demonstrates skillful use and citing of high-quality, credible, relevant sources to develop ideas that are appropriate for the discipline and genre of the writing. [20]This institution also indicated that they had an embedded information literacy outcome, The ability
software results, selection of superior design through NABC approach, AutoCAD drawings for the selected design, and conclusions. The proposal was assessed through evaluation rubrics. Table 3 illustrates the rubrics. 16% scored at least 90% and 42% scored 75% to 90% as well as 60% to 75%.5- Peer evaluation- 5%: team members were asked to evaluate their peers through rubrics on different skills such as working with others, attitude, time management, quality of work, contributions, and problem solving. The students were asked to submit their peer evaluation twice, one in the middle and the other at the end of the project. Appendix 6 shows the rubrics. 90% scored at least 90% and 10% below 60%.6- Presentation- 15%: each company was
at Urbana- Champaign and a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin.Mr. Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Michael Alley is a professor of teaching for engineering communications at Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Writing (Springer, 2018) and The Craft of Scientific Presentations (Springer-Verlag, 2013). He is also founder of the popular websites Writing as an Engineer or Scientist (www.craftofscientificwriting.com) and the Assertion-Evidence Approach (www.assertion- evidence.com). American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020Work In Progress (WIP): A Systematic Review of
environmental science. Field trips are established in each of these courses withthe now peer leaders demonstrating field collection methods and aiding students to create their own research projectsand posters for the course. The peer leaders may continue to work for the program all the way through to theirgraduation. As of the writing of this paper, four students from the first year of the grant have graduated and twohave moved on to graduate school at this university and two have entered their careers in environmental science andengineering.Other activities that the former summer bridge student interns carry out during the spring and fall semesters includeresearch in the university labs, internships in other research programs, more community outreach
and reflection upon the incident. While the primary intent of the CIAin the context of the IGERT program was to build cultural competence through reflective criticalthinking, the tool supported the building of trust, respect and understanding among the group,which is often the result of peer-supported CISD. [15]Background Information on Sustainability CIACIA-Sustainability Framework: Within the IGERT program, this technique was adopted in orderto help the students understand the complex, intersectional challenges associated with theelectronics life cycle during their trip abroad to India. The structure of the CIA that was utilizedfor this can be found in the Supplemental Information to this document. They include: Section1) Account of the
the terms equity and equality. The students then engage in adata interpretation activity—we give them a packet of graphs that show representation in STEMalong various dimensions (race, gender, LGBTQ+ identification), and ask them to first considerwhat information they can gather from the graph and then what it means. They work together insmall groups on this activity, and then report out to the whole class about interesting things theydiscovered. Next, we conduct a notecard activity where every student writes an answer to thequestion, “(Why) does representation in STEM matter?” on a 3x5 index card. They trade cardstwice with random peers such that they end up with an anonymous student’s notecard. We thenuse this to facilitate a class-wide
distant universities introduces logistical and programmatic challenges that need tobe addressed to ensure a high-quality program.Several examples of multi-campus REU programs appear in the literature (e.g., TheoreticallyInteresting Molecules (TIM) Consortium [4], National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network(NNIN) [5], Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) [6], Rosetta Commons [7],and Engineering Research Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSystems (WIMS ERC)) [8]. Aprior study of the Rosetta Commons, a multi-campus computational biology REU, found itmatched outcomes for community, scientific identity, scientific self-efficacy, and intention topursue a science research-related career when compared to two single-campus life
with just themselves. Therefore, having to collaborate across three institutionsand two countries presented some new challenges, which the guidelines addressed. Over thetime that the authors have collaborated, they have worked wholly or in part on several proposalsand peer reviewed collaborations.Guidelines for CollaborationProtection of Ideas and Intellectual ContributionThis collaboration should represent a safe space where ideas can be freely shared and respected.Therefore, it is critical that the ideas generated by individuals (aka idea owners) are protectedand used only with explicit permission ● Ideas or intellectual contribution shared by one collaborator cannot be used by another collaborator without explicit permission from the
Paper ID #30239Assessing Department of Defense Demand for Veterans During and AfterDegree CompletionDr. Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel Alyson G. Eggleston is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Fine Arts, and Communica- tions at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, where she teaches STEM-focused technical writing and communication, writing-intensive courses for international students, and linguistics. She re- ceived her PhD from Purdue University in Linguistics, and she has a BA and MA in English with concen- trations in TESOL and writing pedagogy from Youngstown State University. Her
currently working towards incorporating writing assignments that enhance students’ critical thinking capabilities. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Assessment of Gregorc Style DelineatorsAbstract Anthony F. Gregorc is a phenomenological researcher who is internationally recognizedfor his work in learning styles. In 1969, with the introduction of his Energic Model of Styles,researchers were provided with a valuable tool for helping individuals gain a betterunderstanding of Self and others. This work evolved into the Mind Styles Model in 1984.Gregorc Style Delineator is based upon a psychologically-formulated matrix of four descriptivewords. Gregorc indicates that there are
technical learning [1][2], however in most cases where fiction is used, it supports professional learning in areas likeethics. In this paper, the authors go beyond the presentation of a case study where literature wasused to frame and guide discussions around ethics in an engineering course by coding studentartifacts for values. Specifically, the student engineers participating in a seminar course wererequired to read and reflect in writing on Prey by Michael Crichton [3]. To set the stage for thiscase, some of the moral philosophy arguments around the use of fiction are discussedculminating in the conclusion that fiction is an appropriate tool in the teaching of ethics. Then,we will examine how literature has been broadly used in technical courses
higher education works. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2016.[17] M. K. Vetter, L. A. Schreiner, E. J. McIntosh, and J. P. Dugan, “Leveraging the quantity and quality of co-curricular involvement expereinces to promote student thriving,” J. Campus Act. Pract. Scholarsh., vol. 1, no. 1, p. 39, 2019.[18] B. N. Green, C. D. Johnson, and A. Adams, “Writing narrative literature reviews for peer- reviewed journals: Secrets of the trade,” J. Chiropr. Med., vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 101–117, Sep. 2006.[19] J. E. Froyd, P. C. Wankat, and K. A. Smith, “Five major shifts in 100 years of engineering education,” Proc. IEEE, vol. 100, no. SPL CONTENT, pp. 1344–1360, 2012.[20] L. R. Lattuca, P. T. Terenzini, and J. F. Volkwein
. Purposivesampling of students who remained on campus was used for the interviews to ensure theirperspective was captured by the researchers.Results show a significant number of students, regardless of where they spent the break, studiedinefficiently during the break from school, which is reflected in their academic performance; andstudents who remained on campus while most of their peers left, found the time lonely andlargely unproductive.IntroductionAlthough a fall break has become the norm for many universities in Canada, little research hasbeen conducted to determine the impact of fall breaks on students, whether it is an evaluation asto whether the stated goals of the break – which typically focus on stress and mental health [1] –are being met, or
notetaking as “a personalized, engaging method to spicing up your mundanenotes”, which correlated to her interview note of everyone having a unique “notetaking style.” Indescribing her artifact, Emily also noted the influence of her peers on her learning during theseminar. This artifact highlights Emily’s change of sentiment towards visual notetaking, fromconsidering her notes messy and never going back to review her notes prior to the seminar todescribing visual notetaking as “creative, rewarding, efficient.”Yifan was a second-year pre-science major student. Prior to the seminar, Yifan considered herselfa visual person, who learned information through writing instead of reading. She was interestedin the research process of visual design and saw the
contribute to students’ stress andanxiety, and have been shown to impact achievement and retention. This study uses ethnographicmethods to investigate how expectations are socially constructed in engineering programs andhow students’ come to internalize these expectations. Data was collected in ten focus groupswith a total of 38 participants at two universities with different institutional characteristics. Thequalitative analysis drew on constant comparative methods and proceeded from topic coding ofsources of expectations to interpretive coding of mechanisms in which students internalizedexperiences. More specifically, sources of expectations were identified as academics, superiors,peers, extra-curricular, and from outside the major. The rich
HyperactivityDisorder (ADHD) possess significant creative and risk-taking potential, they have remainedhighly underrepresented in engineering programs. Past studies have indicated that students withADHD have an extremely high risk of academic failure and dropout, and are more than twice aslikely than their peers without ADHD to leave university. Traditional engineering programs arefailing to attract and retain neurodiverse learners, and thus do not benefit from these students’high potential for creative thinking. The disconnect between the traditional educationenvironment and the abilities of students with ADHD is not unique to higher education. In fact,high school students with ADHD have significantly lower GPAs and are over eight times morelikely to drop out
standards, financial management, business conduct, leadership,communication, etc…. Early in the semester, the students were asked to update, peer review, andsubmit copies of their resume as an assignment. Under the auspices of “another resume exercise,”in opening to a lecture on diversity and inclusion, the author provided each student in attendanceone of two resumes. The resumes, provided in Appendices A & B, were developed to reflectexperiences familiar to students at the author’s institution, and were identical with the exceptionof utilizing a traditionally female vice traditionally male first name. The resumes were distributedto students in attendance randomly. Students were given approximately 5-10 minutes to reviewthe resume then, using
students without early exposure to real-worldapplications of their major, that give positive insight into potential careers, do not always connectwith upper-classmen to use as successful peer role models. This research has shown that accessto peer role models increases academic persistence [1], [2]. It has also been shown that retentionof URM and women is increased through project-based learning or experiential learningpedagogies and techniques[3]-[9].Moreover, URM students often have a limited perspective of their contributions to improvingtechnology due to social issues such as a lack of exposure to engineering and science professionsand having personal role models in their local community who are scientists or engineers.Furthermore, when URM
exam. As there is no BAEN specific exam, the‘Other Disciplines’ exam is used here as a stand in; however, BAEN students have been knownto excel at other FE discipline exams [12].Results The 10 Learning Outcome (LO) areas identified were: 1. Engineering Core + Foundation: 4. Professional and Technical as defined above Writing/Communication 2. System Design Theory and 5. Macro- and Microbiology, Practice: defining structure, Physiology architecture, and data of a system 6. Economics and Optimization to satisfy specified requirements 7. Electronics
1 Code Hardening: Development of a Reverse Software Engineering Project Cynthia C. Fry, Zachary Steudel Department of Computer Science Baylor University AbstractIn CSI 2334, “Introduction to Computer Systems,” we introduce a group project to the studentswhose purpose is to simulate a team project on the job. Group projects are used very frequently toprovide a similar learning environment which capitalizes on the benefits of peer-to-peer instruction,or cooperative learning. In this group project, students