sign test wasperformed. However, before this test was conducted, the 92 participant observations were refinedto those that had a non-zero delta between their pre- and post-survey responses. While a zerodelta reflects no change for that participant on that item, a non-zero delta indicates a change inthe participant’s response from pre- to post-survey. A sign test was then performed using thenon-zero delta observations to identify any statistically significant differences for each surveyquestion. The test results revealed that there was a statistically significant change in participants’consideration of a manufacturing career, belief of job availability, view of the education levelneeded for these jobs, and perception of cleanliness. The
style: Sufficiency of Originality, Efficiency, and Rule/GroupConformity. These sub-factors are also normally distributed within the following theoreticalranges: SO (13–65), E (7–35), and R/G (12–60) [26, 27]. Sufficiency of Originality (SO)highlights differences between individuals in their preferred ways of generating and choosingideas. The more adaptive tend to generate more highly detailed ideas that remain more closelyconnected to the original constraints of a problem, while more innovative individuals tend togenerate ideas that challenge the problem definition and constraints. Efficiency (E) reflects anindividual’s preferred methods for managing and organizing ideas as they solve problems. Themore adaptive prefer to define problems and
Remarks d. Forward Work and Evaluator Conclusions 4. Conclusion 5. References 6. Appendix 1 Listing of Student Research Abstracts 7. Appendix 2 Program Evaluation Survey InstrumentsThe West Houston Science and Engineering Center The West Houston Center for Science & Engineering (WHC) is part of the HoustonCommunity College District (HCC), a designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), with anannual enrolment of 114,000, across a 630 square mile district service area [1]. For fall 2016,58% of the students were female, and the racial and ethnic demographics reflected 15% Asian,30% Black, 37% Hispanic and 14% White. In general, about 10% of the semester credit hourstudent population is
Paper ID #14486The History of the Engineering Libraries Division, Part 1 - 1893 to 1960Mr. Michael J White, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The History of the Engineering Libraries Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, Part 1: 1893-19601. IntroductionThe Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) of the American Society for Engineering Education(ASEE) will mark its fiftieth anniversary as a division in 2017. This important milestone is anappropriate time to reflect on the role and impact of librarians within ASEE and in engineeringeducation
quarter for theAdvocates and Allies group, targeting male faculty) may impact the latter, however. Meetingonce a quarter is beneficial in that it provides time to reflect on issues between meetings, but itmeans that participants will be exposed to new material at a slower pace (particularly given thatthe related workshops and distinguished lectures will likely cease with the end of this academicyear with the expiration of the grant). It is anticipated that project leaders will have to providemore assistance to the Advocates and Allies group until they develop a stronger understanding ofissues, resources, and potential projects.A mixture of quantitative and qualitative measures have been used to assess and evaluate theprogram, including an annual
also a driver of innovation13.As Bower and colleagues have suggested, strategy is often decided in a bottom-up fashion,reflected in the ways lower-level managers choose to allocate resources13. It is imperative that Page 26.1211.10managers at all levels are willing to make resource investments in technologies that develop intothe next disruptive discovery, staying true to the strategic goals of the research organization. As we have shown, several key themes have emerged over the years as scholars havesought to better understand innovation management. In the next section we describe OrganizedInnovation in detail as an overarching
participate reflected the demographic of the Faculty, a purelyserendipitous occurrence. Of the 22 participants there were five students who were not visibleminorities in engineering, nine students who appeared to be English dominant and seven whowere female. None of the teams investigated in this paper consist of all monolingual Englishspeakers, and only one team, Team 4, consisted of all domestic students. The language diversityof the teams was representative of the University’s (and in particular the Faculty’s) linguisticdiversity. Given the demographics of the teams and the student population in this course, theprobability of having teams volunteer that did not have similar diversity to the student body wasminimal. The students’ motivations for
. Additionally, it was found thatstudents did not want an easy course; they were aware of the challenges that lay ahead them asengineers. However, they did enjoy the excitement that the course added to their curriculum,while preparing them for their future career. The feedback reflected student’s interest in thecourse and reinforced the strong and positive elements of the course’s structure.Improving math skills, Providing community-based support system: Weatherton et al.30 tried toincrease retention by providing freshman students with academic support services in calculus andbasic mathematics. They studied the retention and performance of incoming freshmen that wereinvolved in one of four freshman interest groups (FIG), called FORCES (Focus on
15 10 5 0 Excel PYTHON MATLAB Excel and MATLAB Figure 7. Student submittal typesExample student realizations / spread sheet formThe students were instructed to keep the standard notation for four bar linkages shown in thelecture notes. Figure 8 shows the numbering conventions for a typical linkage, shown in the openposition [12]. A crossed or closed configuration would be realized with all links remaining at thesame lengths shown in Figure 6, with link 4 reflected across the horizontal axis with link 3 stillconnecting the ends of links 2 and 4. Figure 8. Link, angle
was always marked for grammatical errors, though grammar factored intogrades differently for each assignment. Students were graded for content and mechanics in paper1, whereas paper 2 was graded for content, persuasiveness, and a group’s ability to express itsideas clearly. In this way, Practical English departed from GE 3513, in which students’ gradesalways reflect their documents’ content, grammar, mechanics, and style.Minimizing grammar instruction was always my intent for Practical English. Students takingPractical English (similarly to those taking GE 3513) were expected to enter the class with basicgrammar and mechanics mastered; the purpose of this class was to teach students to applypreviously learned writing and grammar skills to
is surprisingly great – boys expressed a much higherexpectation of success, and girls continued to express uncertainty in their abilities, even afterscoring high on a test. Karp and Shakeshaft32 (1997) found that males dominate classroomconversation and are generally more confident in the classroom setting. This issue ofconfidence is a serious one, as confidence is often found to be precursor to achievement.The second theme that emerged from the interview results reflects issues of confidence andprogram choice. The interview subjects made interesting comments about why females arechoosing not to pursue engineering:“I was really worried about it in high school. I was good in english…I had good marks in
program were accepted and from which new studentswere accepted to participate in the program based on the same criteria used for the originalselection of participants.Internship OpportunityThis program provides a paid internship experience for 48 students following the completion ofthirty credit hours in a STEM related field. Internships were provided in companies not currentlyhiring interns from UMBC to increase internship support and encourage the involvement of morebusinesses with UMBC and CCBC. UMBC’s Shriver Center provided leadership for this portionof the project.Assessment and EvaluationThe outcomes for Objective 2 are reflected in student retention in STEM majors, grades, andcommitment to careers in STEM. Attitudes toward STEM were
were reading thechallenge to design a rake for a one-handed person, they were going through the needs of theuser and the process intuitively. However, this was difficult because they had to keep remindingthemselves that the rake was for one hand. “You have to put yourself in the mindset…one hand,one hand.” A female student shared that she experienced doing a project in high school thatinvolved using the engineering process and a male student agreed. However, they did not knowthey were actually using the engineering design process until they reflected upon this in this firstyear college course.Regarding how this project was most helpful to your learning, the project and the class in generalgave the students more confidence. “I learned how to
no longer ignore these interdisciplinaryaspects of education. They are definitely not peripheral; they are central to the educationalneeds of many engineers…the Goals Report, in its adherence to orthodoxy, does not dealeffectively with these emerging domains that embody many of the dominant engineeringchallenges of the future.” Government representatives emphasized the social role of engineeringin policy: “To put it bluntly, I see little in the Goals Report that reflects the current and growingrequirements of the nation or of the world for engineering talent. I see little that relates suchsocial requirements back into the requirements of the educational system.”The definition of engineering that emerges from that meeting has a dialectic
and interprets those experiences to help individuals make sense of theirown career decisions and experiences (Farmer, 199712; Peterson, Sampson, Reardon, & Lenz,199642; Tyson, 200145).The study of career development of women has become increasingly important, as thepercentage of the labor force that is female has increased (Gutek & Larwood, 198720). As morewomen enter the labor market, the focus has shifted from “women oriented toward homemakingversus careers” to “traditional versus nontraditional careers and identifying career patterns ofwomen” (Gutek & Larwood, 1987, p. 17820). This shift reflects the changing career expectationsof women in information technology. Women have entered the labor market in larger numberand are more
to more accurately reflect CFD process and capabilityand accuracy for specific student applications, including comparisons with AFD or EFDvalidation data. The evaluation confirmed that the implementation was worthwhile andpromising, but at same time indicated direction for improvements. (1) Use of differentspecialized CFD templates for each exercise implied different CFD process for each applicationand did not facilitate site testing. (2) Exercises lacked options and depth. (3) Overly automated. Page 9.450.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright
Education”the card they were holding to stand up as I went through the questions. This way the students were notreporting their own answers. The results were quite revealing. Of 54 students in the class: ! 42 said they would report ethical misconduct where they were employed ! 52 admitted to downloading music and not buying the CD ! 40 admitted to downloading movies ! 29 admitted to cheating on an exam or quiz ! 19 said they would report someone they knew was cheating on an examThe class was concluded with a short “quiz.” I asked each student to reflect and write down the twomore important things they learned from the discussion in class. A number of students were surprisedat how wide spread the