Page 24.674.5 Research 1 population but in a different year (2012). These students were provided with somewhat different prompts (see Instruments section) but the identical waste electronics article as the other two populations. However, students in this population were not required to use the article in their essays, but were given the freedom to draw on sources most appropriate to their argument as presented in the essay.In this pilot study, ten essays from each student population were randomly selected for analysis.A. Research QuestionsThree research questions were addressed in this pilot study.Research Question #1:What patterns of ethical literacy emerged in engineering student writing?This research question provides a
AC 2011-975: ENGINEERING FOR AMERICAN COMMUNITIES: EN-GAGING ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY ALTRU-ISTIC ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECTSMalinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder MALINDA SCHAEFER ZARSKE is a doctoral candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder in engi- neering education. Her research interests include engineering student learning, diversity and recruitment. Her current research is centered on the impacts of project-based service-learning on student identity, recruitment, and retention in engineering. She is a Co-Director of the Engineering for American Commu- nities student organization, on the development team as well as a content editor for the TeachEngineer- ing.org digital
. Thisdata suggests that topics students spent more hands-on time with resulted in better performance.IntroductionAccording to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the average person has 10 jobs by the age of 40[1]. This can be seen in Engineering and also reflected in what Engineering graduates are doingfive and ten years post degree[2], [3] . Further, nearly 25% of the Best Performing CEOs startedwith a B.S. in Engineering [4]. Industry continues to ask for more well-rounded competencies ofnew Engineers. The T-shaped engineer combines a depth of engineering technical knowledgewith broad knowledge across domains such as business, communications, entrepreneurship, andethics [2], [5]. Fostering 21st century skills ensures Engineers are equipped to
Paper ID #37989Board 94: Developing Support for Critical Citation Requirements forCivil and Environmental Engineering Graduate ResearchSarah Weiss, University of Maryland- College Park Sarah Weiss is a STEM and Open Science librarian at the University of Maryland - College Park. Her work includes liasonship to the Computer Science and Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies departments as well as departments in the College of Engineering. In addition she is involved the promotion of open science practices on campus. She has a MLIS as well as a bachelors of science in education from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
improvedgroup development skills and study skills, as reported by surveys of students, faculty, and staff,are the preliminary results of the program. Along with the detailed STSC description, a review ofthe current retention research and the educational philosophies and models used to design thecourse is included. Based upon the qualitative results from the pilot and first full-scale offering,improvements that will be made in the future are described.I. BackgroundFreshman year dropout rates over the period from 1983 – 2001 at two-year and four-year publicand private institutions have ranged anywhere from 26% to 46.9% [1]. Despite much effort
. Her research interests center on interdisciplinary learning and teaching, technology-integrated STEM teaching practices, and assessment development and validation in STEM education.Dr. Daniel S. Puperi, The University of Texas at Austin Daniel is an assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Uni- versity of Texas at Austin. Dan received a BS in aerospace engineering from Purdue University and then worked at NASA Johnson Space Center for 15 years before pursuing a PhD in Bioengineering from Rice University. In 2016, Dan graduated from Rice and began teaching four design/laboratory courses required for all undergraduate BME students at UT Austin.Thomas E. Lindsay, The University
towards thehighest level of quality within research projects. This paper presents the approach of how auniversity team (professor and graduate students) collaborated with the National Society of BlackEngineers (NSBE) to conduct a longitudinal analysis of a summer engineering program fundedthrough an Early CAREER faculty award from the National Science Foundation’s EngineeringEducation Broadening Participation (BPE) program. According to the literature, there is a greatneed for longitudinal analysis of STEM outreach programs, especially informal ones, and supportstudents from historically excluded backgrounds. This paper contributes to the academia-non-profit partnership literature within the context of longitudinal studies by mapping out the
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social sciences can and will directly impact their lives, bothas an engineering professional and in the ‘pure’ engineering design work.The last pillar of disengagement is the ideology of meritocracy. Meritocracy is “the belief thatsocial advancement structures in the United States are fair and just“ [11]. While several studieshave documented the impact of implicit bias contributing to a structural environment that is notfair or just, if engineering students are presented with these studies straight forth, the conflictbetween the structural impact of bias and engineering culture’s meritocracy can lead students toreject the studies based on identity-protective cognition [3]. Identity-protective cognition is whenan individual selectively interprets
engineeringeducation research to explore how engineering stakeholders conceptually understand or ‘cluster’ thegraduate attributes.In a large research university in Western Canada, an exploratory case study was designed with theoverarching objective to investigate whether the engineering programs in the Faculty of Engineeringemphasized the CEAB graduate attributes to reflect their reported importance by student, faculty andindustry member stakeholders. One purpose of the study was to determine how the CEAB graduateattributes cluster – or group – in practice for an Engineering-in-Training (EIT) at the beginning ofhis/her engineering career so that engineering education can be designed to more closely reflectengineering practice. In other words, when an engineer
project that have been coded for instances of integrative thinking.III. Portfolio to Professoriate: The P2P ProjectThis study is part of an NSF-funded project designed to encourage reflective practice in graduatestudents who are constructing professional identities as both researchers and educators. We havedeveloped a digital portfolio process, Portfolio to Professoriate (P2P), and assessment protocolthat guides students through building a portfolio and encourages their development of integrativethinking. P2P is a curriculum for graduate students in STEM, with an emphasis on engineeringstudents. As of this publication, the P2P curriculum has been piloted on five campuses underdifferent circumstances, using different incentives. The P2P
semesterincluded four engineering students, described in additional detail in the participants section, andtwo instructors. During the planning phases of this pilot, the research team conducted a literature reviewand found a significant amount of literature on learning in engineering coops and internships,often focused on professional skill development (e.g. communication, writing, teamwork) [8].Due to the focus of integrating engineering work and curriculum, the team also searched forliterature on technical learning in engineering coops and internships and was surprised to findsignificantly fewer publications in this area. In a search of ASEE Proceedings from 2000-2023,the authors found a single paper focused on technical learning, a study by
collaboration isneeded. Research Questions 1) How does applying CoP principles in graduate engineering courses impact student perceptions of class effectiveness and preparation for professional engineering work? 2) How do members of traditional engineering groups perceive the contributions of members of underrepresented groups in their CoPs, and (how) do they think about and act to build psychological safety in their CoPs? 3) How do academic CoPs function? What are some best practices, heuristics, and guidelines for effective academic CoPs? MethodsThis study was conducted in a large public research university in the Southeastern United Statesand
and challenges they perceive to negotiating this “dual” identity.Analysis of initial survey and focus group data indicates that students in this degree program doidentify as both engineers and teachers. Using a mixed-methods approach informed by currenteducation research—including quantitative and qualitative survey questions and small focusgroup analysis—we explore the ways in which students discovered the e+ teaching program andhow they envision integrating the two disciplines into careers. We are also interested in howengineering students incorporate what they learn in their engineering studies into the lesson plansthey design for secondary classroom students.BackgroundResearch on bringing engineering into the K-12 arena suggests that
education that contribute to student’s worseningmental health: the ubiquity of stress, professors not being sympathetic, certain exam formats, 5-year degreeprograms sold as 4-year programs, ties to the military and government, a culture of silence, and anenvironment dominated by men.Our own quantitative exploration of the relationship between engineering culture and help-seeking attitudesstarted with a pilot study of engineering undergraduates at two institutions (n=79) which helped frame thestudy discussed in this paper [42]. We found evidence of a negative correlation between student stigmaabout MHCs and help-seeking attitudes [42]. Elements of self-stigma did not correlate significantly withhelp-seeking attitudes, confirming that social-stigma
learningare collaborative learning, co-operative learning, and problem-based learning. Various studies,from using interactive, hands-on lessons and activities designed to teach research process toundergraduate engineering students 1 , to preparing manufacturing engineering students throughcompetitions, projects sponsored by industry, capstone projects, laboratory exercises or projectssimulating real-life scenarios 2 , have shown that active learning increases student performance inSTEM subjects.Critical thinking, identified by The U. S. Department of Labor as the raw material of a number ofkey workplace skills such as problem solving, decision making, organizational planning, and riskmanagement, is highly coveted by employers of engineering graduates
on social capital theory, belongingness, and engineeringrole identity. These theories shaped our data collection and analysis procedures.Social capital describes the resources that are cultivated or made available through socialnetworks. Following other scholarship in engineering education research on social capital [15]we focus on social capital at the individual level [16]. Each student brings with them a socialnetwork to their undergraduate studies, although the extent to which that network is equipped tosupport them through their engineering studies might be variable [17]. Lin distinguishes betweenthe availability, accessibility, and activation of resources in a social network [17]. The goal of theECE Discovery Studio peer leadership
often focuseson engineering in isolation from the larger socio-technical context that holds those skills together.A focus for these efforts is the piloting of a course introducing first-year students to engineeringas a socio-technical mode of engagement. The new course, taught within the structure of arequired “Introduction to Engineering” framework, develops a socio-technical concept oftechnology as a system and engineering as a multi-faceted (not strictly technical) activity. Thisfollows from innovations in engineering pedagogy from decades of STS scholarship, and fromthe emerging field of engineering studies scholarship. This paper discusses the unique features ofthis effort at a small liberal arts college, and concludes that the pilot
ResearchersAbstractThis pilot study explores engineering students' views on social responsibility in undergraduateresearch experiences. Participants displayed high concern for human welfare and safety butneeded more education and training to understand the importance of being socially responsiblescientists and engineers. To address this, the authors recommend incorporating a formalcurriculum to facilitate students' understanding and articulation of their views on socialresponsibility in science and engineering research. The authors provide suggested case studiesfor engineering educators to incorporate social responsibility topics into their curriculum,enabling students to learn and debate the ethical and social implications of their research,promoting critical
university. To evaluate effectiveness, a double-blind IRB-approved study has beenconducted in COP4331 involving 206 students. All enrolled participated identically, except fortheir assignment to either randomly-formed or intelligently-clustered remediation groups. At theend of the semester, all students completed an identical Final Exam to provide a basis by whichto compare their relative achievements. The data collected expounds upon the details of Auto-PLC’s impact towards achievement on a topic-specific basis. Additionally, learners’ perceptionsof digitized assessments and participation in recitation-based peer learning cohorts are discussed.1.0 MotivationThroughout the industrial practice and instructional roles across engineering and
registration; and 3) to motivate students to learnengineering concepts related to other fields by generating enough interest in the subject5, 6. Thepast research shows that motivating the students to learn in service courses is a challengebecause most students are unable to understand the link between the knowledge acquired in theservice courses and their majors7, 8.This longitudinal study was conducted on Electronic Instrumentation and Systems (EI&S)course, a typical service course offered by the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)department of a large Midwestern university. The objective was to explore and understand theroot causes of why students underperform in service courses. The research question formulatedfor the study was: “What are
2003, Hispanic Americans and AfricanAmericans comprised 6.2% and 7.9% respectively of those graduating with an undergraduateengineering degree from U.S. colleges7, while the general population of the U.S. is comprised ofapproximately 14% Hispanic Americans and 12% African Americans8. Moreover, Chubin et al9also reported that fewer than two in five (40%) minority first-year students who enterengineering graduate with an engineering degree. Clearly, diversity issues having to do withopportunities for underrepresented minority students are a major concern.However, racial/ethnic diversity was not chosen as a focus for this study simply in response tothe national concern. Focusing on African American and Hispanic American students isimportant and
College Rebecca Citrin is a presently employed as a Site/Civil Staff Engineer for Langan Engineering and Envi- ronmental Service. Rebecca graduated from Lafayette College in 2014 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering and a minor in Environmental Science. She previously worked with Lafayette College and North Carolina State University faculty members on an NSF funded education project. Rebecca has conducted research on various informal K – 12 engineering education projects and has worked on devel- oping assessment methods for these projects. Rebecca has also organized various student events such as the Lafayette College Engineering Brain Bowl and the Lafayette College STEM Camp, to both promote
answer the research question “What culturalfactors influence Muslim women’s occupational pursuit of computer science?”4. Methods This qualitative pilot study utilizes a case study approach through a small sample ofpeople’s experiences. Employing purposive sampling, four graduate Muslim female participantswere solicited from a large public university in Florida. All the participants were Ph.D. studentsmajoring in computer science and have been in the program for at least one year. Three out of fourstudents passed their qualification exams, two of them have also defended their proposals. Thefourth student was in her second year of the Ph.D. program and was taking courses to meet therequirements of the department for taking the qualifying
appropriate (e.g.,the type of uncertainty) and inappropriate (e.g., the size of the business) reasons to pursueeffectual or causal approaches.FES is targeted for use in engineering education and with engineering students. The instrumentuses a novel construction that employs the factorial survey technique 14 to empirically measure 1how students situate their decision making, rather than simply exploring their cognition withoutattention to context or within a single, typically entrepreneurial, situation, about which results aregeneralized.. This paper details the instrument’s intended use, a pilot study of the instruments’structure, sensitivity, and
engineering graduate student at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. Before returning to further his university education with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a serendipitous opportunity for graduate education at UNL, he served for the better part of a decade as a public-school educator, creating and implementing exploratory STEM activities as supplemental curriculum for K-8 students.Dr. Tareq Daher, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Tareq Daher graduated from the University of Mutah – Jordan with a B.S. in Computer Science with a focus on developing educational tools. He pursued a Master’s Degree in Educational Studies at the University of Nebraska -Lincoln (UNL). While pursing his Master Degree he worked as the
Paper ID #11532Qualitative Study of First-Generation Latinas: Understanding Motivationfor Choosing and Persisting in EngineeringDina Verdin, Purdue University Graduated with my B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from San Jose State University. Currently, I am a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her re- search focuses on increasing female enrollment in engineering, how students’ attitudes and beliefs affect their choices and their learning
campusculture [9], [10]. In these studies, campus culture considered (1) classroom experiences, (2)faculty-staff relationship, (3) institutional support services, (4) peer interactions, (5) studenteffort to learn, (6) goal development and management, and (7) institutional commitment. As aresult, we integrated these components of campus culture into our understanding of institutionalclimate to ground our data collection approach and provide a helpful framework for uncoveringways in which institutional climate can impact how a Black HBCU undergraduate engineering orcomputing student navigates their post-graduate planning and decision-making.Identity and SuccessUnderstanding how an institution’s culture and climate support students’ personal identities is
servedas a consulting engineer on several freeway projects statewide. She was awarded a Masters in PublicAdministration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government as a result of her passion forpublic policy and technical background. Ms. Reyes is the author and contributing writer of more than20 academic publications with an emphasis on the social and cultural pedagogies of minorities in STEMenvironments. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work-focused Experiential Learning to Increase STEM Student Retention and Graduation at Two-year Hispanic-serving InstitutionsAbstractWith support from the National Science Foundation’s Division of Undergraduate Education
alumni who graduated from programs that blend professional training withbroad studies in the liberal arts, we seldom hear students evaluate such integration-orientedprograms in their own terms: What do they expect from a more holistic model of engineeringeducation? In what ways do they find a more comprehensive learning experience empowering orconstraining? What do they appreciate the most about their programs? What changes do theywish to see? This paper looks into the “user experience” of educational initiatives that seek tobring together engineering and liberal learning.The analysis presented here draws partly upon my dissertation research, a cross-institutionalinvestigation of integrating engineering and liberal education. The dissertation