peers, students wouldexperience less peer support, this research question sought to explore whether this was indeedthe case. If students report less peer support in remote settings, we can likely attribute suchreductions, in whole or in part, to the reduced opportunities for peer-to-peer interactions. If,however, students report more peer support, no differences in peer support, or inconsistent levelsof support between the two settings, then we must look at other possible causes to explain thesedifferences. One potentially important influence on perceptions of peer support could be a shiftin student expectations. In the process of adjusting to remote learning, students’ expectations forthe type and amount of peer support they might receive may
Underlying Educational InterventionsThe Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at theNational Academy of Engineering has developed a web-based database that summarizes theavailable research on educational interventions designed to enhance student learning, retention,and professional success (see www.PR2OVE-IT.org -- Peer Reviewed Research OfferingValidation of Effective and Innovative Teaching). The website is similar to the U.S. Departmentof Education’s What Works Clearinghouse (http://www.whatworks.ed.gov/>), except thatPR2OVE-IT does not engage in extensive pre-screening of papers for rigor. Rather, we leavejudgments of rigor up to individual users of the system and focus instead on summarizing theresults of
Paper ID #36451”The only difference is now it counts:” Exploring the Role of a SummerBridge Program in Shaping Student Expectations of EngineeringTaylor Y. Johnson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Taylor Y. Johnson is a graduate student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education, where she serves as a graduate research assistant. Taylor earned her Bachelor’s from The University of Texas at Austin in Biomedical Engineering. She was previously a member of the student support staff for the Virginia Tech Center for the Enhancement of Engineering
graduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech (PhD) and Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia (UVa). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 From website to work environment: Exploring minority undergraduate engineering students’ conceptualizations of engineering careers at national laboratoriesAbstract Within engineering education, there have been rising calls for more research on thetransitional period students face leading up to graduation (e.g., post-graduation planning) andmoving into the next phase of their career. This study seeks to complement existing research byexploring the experience of students as they seek to make sense of engineering career
research varies fordifferent groups of students.ResultsSurvey RespondentsThe Undergraduate Research Experiences Survey (URES) was administered to allundergraduate students enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at UVA.The response rate was 28% (n = 769). Respondents were evenly divided among class yearsand representative of the school’s demographic makeup with respect to age, genderidentification, race, ethnicity, first-generation status, and distribution of students amongmajors. In addition to their primary majors, 3% of respondents were completing a secondengineering major, 9% had a second major outside engineering, and 38% had at least oneminor. Most students (67%) planned to pursue a job as an engineer after graduation
hard data from their own students. Therefore, the goals of the workshop design were to guide North Carolina A&T faculty in gaining: 1) an understanding of three findings from a large-scale study of the engineering student experience; 2) an awareness of the types of decisions explicitly and implicitly made in teaching; and 3) an appreciation of the implications of research findings for their own teaching. In an effort to promote faculty buy-in for the workshop, several months before the scheduled event the entire faculty was introduced to the agenda of the planned workshop which consisted of a presentation of findings, followed by general discussion and small group work to explore
of New Mexico. Her research interests focus on computer-supported collaborative learning, learning sciences, online learning, and educational equity for multicultural/multiethnic education.Dr. Pil Kang, University of New Mexico Sung ”Pil” Kang is an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. His academic interests include change management, change model validation, and mindset evolution. He may be reached at pilkang@unm.eduKristen Ferris, University of New Mexico Kristen Ferris is a doctoral student at the University of New Mexico’s Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences program. Her research interests include change management and organizational citi- zenship behavior. She also is staff at
practices that might result in specific undergraduate student learningoutcomes. The search was not limited to engineering student outcomes. Our search revealed acombination of anecdotal evidence, reports on the results of “trial and error”, multiple calls forchange, and a little research evidence. In particular, six published sources 50-55of effectiveteaching and learning practices were uncovered that explored alternative methods for education;only one 51 of these was specific to engineering education. We consider these reports Page 9.873.3foundational because they present practical recommendations; other findings of the
and tabulates the information as a qualityimprovement process. Both the Office of Admissions and the College of Engineering use thisinformation.Engineering Day Activity DescriptionsEach Department in the College of Engineering is responsible for planning and executing theirown activities during the Exploration Days. However, the Departments work closely withrepresentative from the Office of Admissions on scheduling and number of students to beserviced. Faculty are assisted by current undergraduate, and in some cases graduate, students inconducting the activities. Table 2 provided brief descriptions of several of the activitiesconducted during the events. This section provides additional details of some of the activities ineach discipline to
building models differ from organizational development models for many reasons, and especially because they aim to address agendas of the various organizations involved. While employees (ideally) collaborate toward the organizations' mission, stakeholders generally have different organizational missions and often have very different reasons for collaborating on any given effort. Researchers concur that the first step in cultivating collaboration among government, business, environmental advocates, and affected communities is to acknowledge and respect distinct, and sometimes contradictory, attitudes, beliefs, and values among these groups14,15. Many studies offer models and lessons for effective
research and teaching as an invited participant of the 2016 National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium and 2016 New Faculty Fellow for the Frontiers in Engineering Education Annual Conference. She also was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow for her work on female empowerment in engineering which won the National Association for Research in Science Teaching 2015 Outstanding Doctoral Research Award.Dr. Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech Tripp Shealy is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Exploring Gender Differences in Students’ Sustainability Beliefs in
assisting these team-based projects, we found thatthe students enjoyed and benefited from both individual and group consultations with thelibrarians.4 The design project requires in-depth research on the topic that the students havechosen for their group project. Students work in groups of four to six, collaborating on variousfacets of the project topic.Because of the complex nature of the freshman design projects, students consult manyinformation resources available from the library to find what they are looking for. They often felta need to consult with the librarians in order to utilize the available resources more efficiently.During such consultations, librarians and students explore fundamental engineering resources,such as encyclopedias
beendesigned to provide such PD to prepare teachers to use mechatronics, robotics, andentrepreneurship to connect science and math with students’ contemporary interests. EffectiveSTEM PD supports transfer of training by immersing participants in content knowledge, allowsmodeling and practice of desired skills, promotes collaboration, and lasts for sufficient duration tohandle the cognitive demands of new learning [14-18]. These research-based practices of effectivePD have been adopted and embedded in a PLC [19], which, as a combination, has been shown toengage teachers in applying PD effectively to the classroom.PBL can be effectively explored using the exciting fields of mechatronics (synergistic integrationof mechanical engineering, control theory
AbstractGovernmental and nongovernmental agencies nationwide anticipate an ever-increasingworkforce demand due to the inevitable retiring of our current “baby boomer” population. In thepast, several initiatives to meet workforce demand through cooperative educational model wereshort lived. The reasons for discontinuation of such programs can be attributed to either lack ofplanning or not enough success compared to the anticipated level of success from the program.In this paper, authors explain how a Modified Apprenticeship Program (MAP) tailored to meetthe needs of local industries can be sustained without expending a large amount of resources.The example for this case is ‘Advanced Manufacturing Technician’ (AMT). Several years agoNorthwestern State
University of Alabama. She has experi- ence working with many industries such as automotive, chemical distribution etc. on transportation and operations management projects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain management and logistics focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are integral part of her service-learning based logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineering education and learning sciences with a focus on how to engage students better to prepare their minds for the future. Her other research interests include empirical studies to
their schoolterms. Also, different disciplines were asked to discuss which skills they found their specificprogram gave more or less focus to, to understand the underlying theme of the program.3. Results3.1 Mechanical engineering focus group This focus group consisted of 5 upper year students. 3 participants had completed theco-op program through the school and the other 2 did internships external to the school. Onlyone student applied and got their position through the co-op portal, while the other studentsusing their personal connections. The reasons for not participating are not explored in thisgroup. Regarding work fields, multiple students mentioned the heavy focus on research anddata analysis during their work term. There was also
. He teaches undergraduate design, thermo- dynamics, and engineering experimentation and is the faculty adviser to both the Formula SAE Team (Cooper Motorsports) and Pi Tau Sigma Honor Society.Mr. Estuardo Rodas, Cooper Union Estuardo Rodas is Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Cooper Union for the Advance- ment of Science & Art where he is also Project Coordinator of the Mechanical Engineering Lab. He is adviser for Cooper’s Formula SAE team and a Lead Instructor for the summer STEM program for high school students. Among his other projects, Prof. Rodas designed the Ike Heller Center for Integrated Manufacturing and Robotics at Brooklyn Tech, collaborated in construction and design of the
, M., Teaching Problem Solving Through Cooperative Grouping. Part 2: Designing Problems and Structuring Groups. American Journal of Physics, 1992. 60(7): p. 8.6. Kolodner, J.L., et al., Problem-Based Learning Meets Case-Based Reasoning in the Middle-School Science Classroom: Putting Learning by Design™ Into Practice. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2003. 12(4): p. 54.7. Lesh, R., and Harel, G., Problem Solving, Modeling, and Local Conceptual Development. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 2003. 5(2/3): p. 33.8. Becker, H.J., Internet Use by Teachers: Conditions of Professional Use and Teacher-Directed Student Use, 1999, Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations
Build/Prototyping Brainstorming Prioritize/Select Items Fig.1. Cyclic Design Model Based on this typical design process model, we want to explore how technology students caneffectively learn from and collaborate with design students. Mattessich and Monsey’s survey incollaboration literature [25] has drawn a clear distinction among cooperation, coordination, andcollaboration. Cooperation is the informal relationship without a clearly defined commonmission, structure, or effort. Coordination shares the understanding of compatible missions, butauthority still rests within the
Institute of Technology 7 /Western Carolina University 8 AbstractThis is the fourth paper in the special panel session of the National Collaborative Task Force onEngineering Graduate Education Reform to ensure a strong U.S. engineering workforce forcompetitiveness. Whereas research cultures have been built into the nation’s schools of engineering toenhance the educational experience of research-oriented graduate students, it is now evident that acomplementary but different culture is needed also to make professionally oriented engineering graduateeducation more relevant to the needs of industry and to further the advanced professional education of themajority of the nation’s engineers who are pursuing
Assistant Professor in Mathematics at Navajo Technical University (NTU) as well as the Program Advisor for the Mathematics Program at NTU. His current research focuses on technology-enhanced active learning in college mathematics for tribal students. He works developing lessons and curriculum to promote students’ interests in learning mathematics. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses about mathematics. He received his doctoral degree in the Science, Technol- ogy, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Strand of Teaching Learning and Culture Program at The University of Texas at El Paso in 2014 under the mentoring of Dr. Judith Munter.Alice Carron, Blue Marble Institute of Space Science Alice Carron is a Science
teamwork, communication, data analysis and problem solving [16].Additionally, a recent review of international literature identifying skills needed by graduate andfuture engineers found teamwork and communication skills to be among the top five mostemphasized skills [17]. Despite the body of evidence that should inspire engineering and other STEM faculty toincorporate collaborative activities in their courses, lasting changes in teaching practice havebeen slow to take place [2], [18]. Fairweather [2] noted that faculty perceive curricular changewill take valuable time away from research activities critical to promotion and tenure. This is notnecessarily the case, as barriers to change for STEM faculty have been researched and
, G. (2005, June). A Qualitative Investigation Of A First Year Engineering Service Learning Program. In 2005 Annual Conference (pp. 10-77). 12. Main, J. B., Johnson, B. N., Ramirez, N. M., Ebrahiminejad, H., Ohland, M. W., & Groll, E. A. (2020). A case for disaggregating engineering majors in engineering education research: The relationship between co- op participation and student academic outcomes. International Journal of Engineering Education, 36(1), 170-185. 13. Raelin, J. A., Bailey, M., Hamann, J., Pendleton, L., Raelin, J., Reisberg, R., & Whitman, D. (2011). The effect of cooperative education on change in self-efficacy among undergraduate students: Introducing work self-efficacy
2014 Jacobs Excellence in Education Award, 2002 Jacobs Innovation Grant, 2003 Distinguished Teacher Award, and 2012 Inaugural Distin- guished Award for Excellence in the category Inspiration through Leadership. Moreover, he is a recipient of 2014-2015 University Distinguished Teaching Award at NYU. His scholarly activities have included 3 edited books, 8 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 59 journal articles, and 133 conference pa- pers. He has mentored 1 B.S., 21 M.S., and 4 Ph.D. thesis students; 38 undergraduate research students and 11 undergraduate senior design project teams; over 400 K-12 teachers and 100 high school student researchers; and 18 undergraduate GK-12 Fellows and 59 graduate GK-12 Fellows
research on adultlearners suggests that increased learning gains can be achieved when instruction is designed withstudents’ learning styles in mind [1]-[6]. In addition, several practitioners within the domain ofphysics, as well as engineering education, have noted the importance of teaching with learningstyles in mind [7]-[14]. Furthermore, attention to learning styles and learner diversity has beenshown to increase student interest and motivation to learn. The particular population of students that encompasses the focus of this paper is non-sciencemajors taking introductory physics at American University. Most students take this introductorycourse to satisfy the university’s General Education requirements for graduation. Because thebackgrounds
seminarseries for the fall 2021 semester, which will be offered under liberal arts, engineering, andagricultural/consumer sciences rubrics to bring together graduate students around weekly topicsof interest to the Working Group faculty members. Working through the Illinois Global Institute,a home department was identified to coordinate concurrent sections of the seminar in each ofthree colleges of the university, and Working Group members obtained course approvals tocreate concurrently meeting sections of the seminar. Using this process, no one college or schoolis the seminar host, eliminating a sense of primacy among student registrants. Working Groupfaculty will take turns lining up topics and presenters in a mini-roundtable fashion for theseminar
Paper ID #12565Problematizing Best Practices for Pairing in K-12 Student Design TeamsMs. Gina M Quan, University of Maryland, College Park Gina Quan is a doctoral candidate in Physics Education Research at the University of Maryland, Col- lege Park. She graduated in 2012 with a B.A. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include understanding community and identity formation, unpacking students’ re- lationships to design, and cultivating institutional change. Ms. Quan is also a founding member of the Access Network, a research-practice community dedicated to fostering supportive
serious about their learning andcareer goals but who, for some reason, chose to opt out of engineering).Tobias assertsthat many traditional science courses suffer from lack of community( both betweenthe instructor and the students and among the students themselves) and that manystudents desire this relationship and become more successful learners when itprevails in the classroom. She further states that many students would respond betterto science if interactive and cooperative modes of learning replace the competitiveenvironment that is sometimes present in science and engineering classes. (29)VII. Build Trust with Students: Underlying all significant learning is the element oftrust. Trust between teachers and their students is the affective
engineering and develop a passion for the engineering profession. Therefore, ethics,along with communication and other “non-technical” skills, are integrated into these introductory 2classes. It is natural for instructors to assess how students perceive ethics before and after ethicsmodules. Second, an increasingly number of engineering education researchers take a moreholistic approach to understanding how engineering students develop their moral identity andmoral reasoning skills across their four-year learning experience. Their longitudinal studies oftenneed to start with surveying first-year students and collecting baseline data.Freyne, Abulencia
Paper ID #18746Engineering Leadership in a Chinese Industrial Context: An Exploration us-ing the Four Capabilities ModelDr. Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Jiabin Zhu is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong Uni- versity. Her primary research interests relate to the assessment of teaching and learning in engineering, cognitive development of graduate and undergraduate students, and global engineering. She received her Ph.D. from the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University in 2013.Miss Hu Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Yu Hu is a graduate student at the