Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Shannon Davis, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Patricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

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Minorities in Engineering

LeadershipDuring the ECAP Peer Mentoring and Leadership program ECAP freshmen and sophomores arementored; juniors and seniors serve as mentors. The freshman year is the most important in termsof retention, because 57% of all students who leave from 4-year institutions do so within theirfirst year.13 Major causes of students leaving include academic and adjustment difficulties,incongruence and isolation.13 Programs for retention must address the holistic freshmanexperience, since over half of freshman drop outs leave because of their first-year collegeexperience, not their academics.14 Student support during the transition to college is the primeinfluence on whether a student stays or leaves.15 As a support mechanism, successful peermentoring can

Conference Session

Integrating Teaching Assistants, Tenure-track, and Non-tenure-track Faculty into a Cohesive Department

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Jackie Greene, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering

introductory engineering course required by multiple programs in the College ofEngineering [Kunberger and Geiger, 2015, Kunberger, Geiger and Reycraft, 2016]. One aspect,the addition of Mentor TAs, was intended to develop informal near-peer mentor experiences,considered a “practice-based” mentoring initiative [Packard, 2016]. These students would servenot only as a traditional TA in providing feedback on course deliverables, but would also serveas a mentor within this first course in engineering in order to increase retention and promote amore inclusive culture in the college.The most recent evolution of the introductory engineering course added a summer trainingworkshop for course Mentor TAs. This 30-hour workshop took place over a one-week period

Conference Session

Social Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Urmi Ghosh-Dastidar, New York City College of Technology and the City University of New York; Diana Samaroo, New York City College of Technology and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York; Armando Dominguez Solis; Sandie Han, New York City College of Technology

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

currently working on writing a book chapter for Algebraic and Combinatorial Computational Biology, an Elseiver publication. Additionally, Prof. Ghosh-Dastidar has extensive experience mentoring more than thirty students through different programs such as the NYC-AMP program, City Tech’s Emerging Scholar Program, and MAA NREUP grants.Dr. Diana Samaroo, NYC College of Technology and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York Diana Samaroo is an Associate Professor and Chair of Chemistry Department at NYC College of Technol- ogy, CUNY. Her pedagogical research is the area of peer led team learning in Chemistry and integrating STEM into curricula. With a background in biochemistry, her research interests are in the

Conference Session

Postcard Session: Experiential Learning as a High-Impact Student Experience

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Schultz, Brigham Young University; Aaron R. Hawkins, Brigham Young University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Fellow of the IEEE and the OSA and currently the Vice President for Publications for the IEEE Photonics Society. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Intensive Mentoring and Micro-Electronics Research for Students in Engineering (IMMERSE)AbstractThis paper describes an undergraduate research program called IMMERSE that has beenimplemented in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Brigham YoungUniversity. Approximately 50 students per year participate along with 12 faculty members. Theobjectives of the IMMERSE program are to prepare student to continue on to graduate schooland to enable students to publish their research in peer-reviewed venues

Conference Session

FPD7 - Global Warming & Sustainability for First-Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Friess; Carol Briam, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University; Linda Thompson, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University; Hemdeep Dulthummon, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University

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First-Year Programs

multinational teams that in the context of the 2007 Dubai AirShow explored different branches of the industry with regards to environmental policies andstrategies. These branches included the airlines, airports, manufacturers, and regulatoryagencies. In addition, a series of workshops on research skills, presentation skills,professional communication and behavior, were offered to prepare the students both for asuccessful experience at the Air Show and to assist them in presenting their findings in aclosing presentation to their peers, a faculty panel, and industry representatives.The results assessment was initially constructed on the assumption that the student motivationto participate in the project would be strong, because a portion of the grade for

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cordon, University of Idaho; Barbara Williams, University of Idaho; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Donald Elger, University of Idaho

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First-Year Programs

, for students who are just learning these processes, auniversal model may not be the best way to build performance skills. This work was undertakento help novices understand unique characteristics of each process and the circumstances underwhich each process is most effective and efficient. This paper examines two tools that werecreated to build this understanding: (i) a matrix analyzing the similarities and differences amongthe processes and (ii) a graphical presentation highlighting key skills that are hypothesized foreach process. Effectiveness of the two tools was evaluated in a freshman design course whereteams of five students work on a six-week design mini-project. Data collected included notes bythe instructor, observations by peer

Conference Session

Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Mark Pullen

simple and robust, functioning in almost any Internet environment • To be accepted, the system must make online teaching and learning easyScalable network delivery: In 2001 our laboratory took on the challenge of creating a solutionthat meets this challenge. We have created Network EducationWare (NEW) primarily fromopen-source software that is available with no license fee to all. The tools with which we startedwere created for use with Internet multicasting5, where one station sends an identical message tomany others. This approach is sometimes called peer-to-peer operation because all computershave identical ability to send to each other. It offers a simple model for scaling to large numbersof participants and has attracted talented

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

rewarded forbeing competitive, getting the right answer, and getting higher grades than most of theirclassmates. However, in courses where team performance becomes part of the evaluation process,the student must master an entirely different set of abilities that demonstrate knowledge by [3]: (1) Help team members and cooperating in a group; (2) Helping to plan; (3) Pacing and scheduling projects; (4) Getting peer and teacher feedback on work; and (5) Teaching classmates. Therefore, learning teamwork skills may be difficult for engineering students. The shiftfrom the traditional system of education to one based on groups and student participation alsoredefines what a good student does, which can threaten and raise the

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Feland

student teams. The peer assessment appears in the figure below: Page 7.275.8 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Please write the names of all of your team members, INCLUDING YOURSELF, and rate the degree to which each member fulfilled his/her responsibilities in completing the homework assignments. Sign your name at the bottom. The possible ratings are as follows: Excellent Consistently went above and beyond, tutored teammates, and routinely went above and beyond the basic team

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Giersch, Broad-based Knowledge; Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Elizabeth Nilsen, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

faculty development, community building, peer review of learning materials, and dissemination of educational innovation. She is PI for the project ”Learning from the Best: How Award Winning Courseware has Impacted Engineering Education.” This research focuses on determining how high quality courseware is being disseminated and how it is impacting the culture of engineering education as measured by changes in student learning, teaching practices, and the careers of the authors of these materials.Elizabeth Nilsen, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) Elizabeth Nilsen is Senior Program Officer for Epicenter at NCIIA. Her professional focus is on the de- velopment and growth of STEM and

Conference Session

Inclusive Leadership: A Panel Discussion

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Volpe, University of Florida; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida; Sara Valentina Rojas

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

, writing, andcommunication skills that are vital to successful careers in science and engineering [29].Student participation in REU programs was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and raisedconcerns related to REU learning outcomes. Several REU programs over the past few years wereheld remotely or virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Research on the impacts of virtual orremote REU programs is limited. One study by Nyarko and colleagues highlighted how, despitechallenges encountered during a virtual REU, students demonstrated gains in knowledge,confidence, and communication skills [30]. Even as many REUs return to in-person experiences,research into the impacts of virtual or remote REUSs can be useful as developers and hosts ofREUs and other

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Mansour Karkoub; Chun-Lin Yang; Wael Karkoub; Moutafa Raslan

undergraduate cross-class researchproject (UCCRP) which relies on hands-on projects that students can work on throughout their4–6 years of undergraduate studies with a mixture of students from all undergraduate levels andmentored by peers, TAs, and instructors. The UCCRP was successfully implemented at Texas A&MUniversity at Qatar and the details of one project and its results are delineated here. Student self-assessment, competency based assessment, and the “structure of the observed learning outcome(SOLO)” ­technique are used to assess the level of attainment of the intended learning outcomes (ILOs).Key words: Experiential Learning, Project Based Learning, Achievement Goal Orientation Theory,Outcome Based Learning, Undergraduate Research

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

David Reeping; Lisa McNair

undergraduate cross-class researchproject (UCCRP) which relies on hands-on projects that students can work on throughout their4–6 years of undergraduate studies with a mixture of students from all undergraduate levels andmentored by peers, TAs, and instructors. The UCCRP was successfully implemented at Texas A&MUniversity at Qatar and the details of one project and its results are delineated here. Student self-assessment, competency based assessment, and the “structure of the observed learning outcome(SOLO)” ­technique are used to assess the level of attainment of the intended learning outcomes (ILOs).Key words: Experiential Learning, Project Based Learning, Achievement Goal Orientation Theory,Outcome Based Learning, Undergraduate Research

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Frederick Paige, Virginia Tech; Philip J. Parker, P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

approach.We have hired a digital marketing agency that specializes in website design and social media,and content marketing to begin work on some of these recommendations.Team Science TrainingAs interdisciplinary science continues to expand, scientists are increasingly working in largerand more diverse teams [3]. This particular team participated in the Teaming Readiness Survey,which evaluates a team's performance across key competencies. The survey feedback indicatedthat the team values the diversity of knowledge and experience among its members, with allmembers reporting that they learn from each other. Additionally, team members expressedfeeling respected by their peers and energized by their conversations and teamwork, as well as bythe project's

Collection

2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

Sanish Rai, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

it immediately thus not causing grading bottlenecks at theend of the lab. Furthermore, the implementation of approaches such as peer-programming couldreduce the grading time using this method significantly.ConclusionIn this work, immediate one-on-one grading feedback methodology was implemented inIntroductory computer science programming labs. The method showed improved experience instudent's programming learning and communication skills compared with the traditional methodof grading and writing comments online for students to receive at a later time. This method allowedstudents to reflect immediately on their code and improve it, as well as learn better ways of writingcode. Students also practiced communicating their source code and

Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Francis Peloubet; Eakalak Khan; G. Padmanabhan

civilengineering areas to the capstone class. They also prepare technical report writing requirementsfor their respective areas and post the information on the course NDSU Blackboard web site. Since the NDSU CE curriculum includes the five basic CE technical areas, five-memberstudent design teams are created where each student team member has selected their first orsecond CE area of interest. Each team selects a team member to act as team leader and anassistant team leader. Teams select a CE task leader and assistant task leader for each CEtechnical area. This process simulates the assignment of a project within an engineering designfirm to a team of engineers within the firm by the firm’s principles. After the project scope hasbeen defined, each team

Conference Session

Design in the BME curriculum

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kay C. Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Alan Chiu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renee D. Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A. House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

also report initial quantitative data on theacademic hardiness of the biomedical engineering students: Were these students measurablymore ‘academically hardy’ than other incoming engineering students? Did the repeated exposureto open-ended problem-solving situations measurably increase these biomedical engineeringstudents’ academic hardiness? Finally, we will present a comparison of the academicperformance of students who participated in this new curriculum with students who did not.IntroductionThe engineering design studio was created by a group of faculty who wanted to integrate design,writing, professional responsibility, and engineering topics into a multidisciplinary studio setting.Traditionally design studios are associated with

Conference Session

Engineers and Communities: Critical Reflections of Challenges, Opportunities, and Practices of Engaging Each Other

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

related to social justice [3] [4]. Not all approaches toengineering support these outcomes. For example, writing about “engineering mindsets,” DonnaRiley suggests that the ways many engineers work to solve problems may serve to reproduceinequities [5]. The mindsets she describes are particularly troublesome when they preventengineers from taking ideas or perspectives different than their own seriously.As educators, we are particularly concerned about how privileging their own knowledge andexpertise at the expense of others may foreclose opportunities for future engineers to engagemeaningfully with stakeholders. In this paper, we will refer to the stubborn idea that technologyor technical knowledge alone can be used to identify and solve real

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Professional Skill Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle E. Jarvie-Eggart, Michigan Technological University; Laura Kasson Fiss, Michigan Technological University; Karla Saari Kitalong, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

performance in engineering programs. Toaid in the retention and success of all students, many first year programs have special classes forstudents who many need additional math skill development. Math skills are recognized as essential tothe success of future engineers. However, other skills are integral to the engineering career path.Within industry, it is communication skills that often make or break careers. Technically capableengineers will find their careers stagnating without well-developed communication skills, which are anessential part of engineering work. In fact, it has been shown that engineers spend over half theirworking days (55-60%) communicating both orally and in writing [1]. When engineers were surveyedabout the most important

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paulina Z. Sidwell, McLennan Community College

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Engineering Economy

students, in teams, were asked to answer questions about how to handle renovation expenses. The students had to write a report and do a presentation while abroad. b. Videologs: The students were tasked with recording 1 to 2 minute long educational videos of various locations we visited. The objective of this project was to encourage students to research the places we were going to in advance. They had to prepare and memorize a script prior to departure, and film at the location using a GoPro camera. The students were told to briefly comment on something interesting, engineering-wise and/or engineering-economics-wise. After the students

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University

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Environmental Engineering

) Division. His research over past 10 years has resulted in national and international recognition, industry collaborations, 5 patents/patent appli- cations and over 75 scholarly publications in highly regarded discipline specific journals, peer-reviewed conference proceedings and invited book chapters. He is a scientific and technical reviewer for over 50 in- ternational journals, book publishers, and several funding agencies. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of New Mexico. His research interests include water and wastewater treatment, bioelectro- chemical systems, desalination, algae, biofuels, and sustainability. He enjoys teaching and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in research

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

importantly, they all have the same goal: to learn howto do research. Second, at “brown-bag” lunch meetings, each REU student would present abouttheir project, progress, and difficulties. Third, they were required to write a paper step-by-stepthroughout the summer, including the literature review, conducting the experiments, performingdata analysis, and writing the conclusions. Last, they were required to (1) create a poster tosummarize their work, (2) present their findings at both a university-wide poster session and anengineering-oriented poster session, and (3) respond to their peers’ questions about their projects.In addition to working on a research project, participants would also attend workshops and fieldtrips related to imaging technology

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Birmingham, Grove City College

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Women in Engineering

. Page 12.1014.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Leaving Tenure Behind: Lessons LearnedIntroductionThe goal of many Ph.D. engineering graduates who aspire to an academic position is to land atenure-track job at a large research university. Certainly, this was my goal – I had been trained ata large engineering research institution (ERI), and was unaware of that the majority ofengineering colleges in the U.S. were smaller, undergraduate-focused engineering teachinginstitutions (ETI). Indeed, when I was considering whether or not to pursue an academic careerafter graduating, I was encouraged by my Ph.D. advisor and student peers to apply only to thetop-ranked research universities. I also assumed that a tenure

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt A. Thoroughman, Washington University; Alessandra Hruschka, Washington University in St.Louis; Patricia Widder, Washington University in St. Louis

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

pre-professional identity within engineering.Here we introduce foundations to an entrepreneurial mindset to freshmen and sophomores viaonline modules, which we developed and piloted this academic year. We have previously built aone-credit, online, pass/fail course, Engineering Virtual Studio (EVS), that builds understandingacross foundational coursework and into real-world relevance through discussions with peers andupperclassman mentors. Our new Entrepreneurial KEEN Modules integrate into EVSinvestigations into market and society driven problems, to which students explore solutions inconsultation with campus and local experts, all in an integrative context. This instills a mindsetof problem establishment and problem solving as cornerstones

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis; Elizabeth Petry; James Fuller

” Session 1606At the University of Hartford’s Ward College AET program:• Design is introduced early in the program and integrated throughout the curriculum. Every semester has a design studio course.• Increased exposure to practice is provided through industry-in-the-classroom activities.• Increased emphasis is placed on communication, both oral and written. Requirements are integrated throughout the curriculum.At the University of Hartford, students are often challenged with "real" projects. Whenpossible proposed sites are accessible for student visits. Students present their solutionsand are critiqued by their peers, faculty, local professionals, and invited guests. Othermembers of the College and University community are present as well

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

N. W. Scott; B. J. Stone

firstdiscussed and it is concluded that such applets should encompass what has been found to beuseful in previous non-WWW platforms. Thus animation and the ability to vary parametersare a prime consideration. However the ability to animate some shapes on a computer screencan be abused; a static diagram is open to misinterperetation and a moving diagram even moreso. Each new animation has to be thoroughly tested and revised to ensure that students learnwhat was intended. The latter part of the paper gives helpful hints on writing Java appletswhich include animations.1. IntroductionIn a companion paper [1 - in these proceedings] a description is given of the current state ofteaching vibration via the WWW. A comprehensive set of WWW notes, animations

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Sima Parisay

enhancinglearning.I have selected to upgrade a course, Operations Research I, which I have taught for several years.This is a senior level course that covers Linear, Integer, and Goal programming as well asTransportation techniques. The course is being offered in a ten-week quarter system. At thetime I started this experiment, I had some students who had neither used email nor searched theInternet. Some students had problems with required background knowledge and skills, such asmathematical techniques, writing, communication, and computer technology. I started withidentifying the most important objectives that were critical for our students’ needs. Theseobjectives were based on the objectives of the department, the requirements by employers, andthe criteria

Conference Session

Developments in BME Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hatice O. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University

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Biomedical

the college Information Technology and Engineering Computer Services (ITECS),Academic Affairs and the college assessment committee, and it demonstrates a wider collegecommitment to supporting and enhancing assessment processes. The purpose of the programassessment tool and database is to provide a 'one-stop' destination through which faculty cancreate assessment matrices and tasks, enter assessment data, generate results, interpret findingsand write reports. Overall, it is a tool to manage the assessment processes of each engineeringprogram. Also, administrators are able to monitor the progress of individual programs againsttheir assessment plans.Throughout the development of the tool, the authors of this paper had bi-weekly meetings withthe

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca L. Sala, Baker College; Tom Spendlove, Baker College, Flint; James Riddell, Baker College, Flint

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Mechanical Engineering

. Students will have to select a topic they Page 22.252.3consider relevant, and write a short paper discussing this topic.c) Class Discussions.This assignment also serves the purpose of increasing student knowledge of contemporaryissues, through learning from peers, and discussing various points of view on the same issue.Students will each be given about five minutes to present the topic they chose for their WrittenAssignment to the class. In five minutes students will have to present the topic, answer questionsfrom classmates, and debate their point of view.d) Rubric.The rubric will be used to evaluate students’ answers to the Two-Question Survey

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Cindy Finelli

typical type of engineering quiz consists of a series of problems for the student to solve. Forexample, consider a traditional quiz problem in an introductory signals and systems course: • [10 points] Compute the convolution between {u(t) – u(t–4)} and u(t–3).The student is required to recall the formula for convolution and to work through the details ofthe problem. This type of problem is often presented in a timed situation with little opportunityfor the student to reflect on his or her knowledge base.In this study, the standard quiz was modified by including a preliminary exercise (Part A) inwhich the student demonstrated his or her knowledge about the concept by writing as much asthey knew about the given topic. After this part was