. Thestudy analyzed student performance and course evaluations from an introductory materialsscience and engineering course at a university in the Southeastern United States. Initial findingsindicated that the average exam scores between the traditional and flipped setups did not differsignificantly. Further examination of the exam results was conducted to identify areas of difficultyand develop an enhanced approach for delivering course material. Additionally, the studyassessed student satisfaction levels through analysis of course evaluation data.1. IntroductionEngineering education involves researching and establishing effective instructional methods inhigher education. In higher education, instructors often teach larger numbers of students than
part of the larger ACCESS in STEM programat the institution designed to support student pathways in STEM fields. The first offering of thecourse was successful and we present an outline of the course for possible adoption by otherinstitutions.IntroductionStudents with intersection identities are less likely to graduate with STEM degrees due to systembarriers in higher education [1], [2]. To address these barriers, institutions need to take a holisticapproach and recognize the strengths that economically disadvantaged students bring– shifting toan asset-based mindset [3]. Nationally, only 20% of undergraduate engineers and computerscientist degrees are awarded to women, and only 6% are women of color [4]. Black/AfricanAmerican, Hispanic, and
study was to introduce a conceptual framework forpedagogical content knowledge focusing on engineering integration. The components of EIPCKwere determined through a comprehensive review of prior literature on pedagogical contentknowledge. The resulting EIPCK framework has four domains (engineering content knowledge,general pedagogical knowledge, engineering integration pedagogical knowledge, and contextualknowledge) and five components (1- Knowledge of Orientation to Teaching Engineering, 2-Knowledge of Engineering Integration Curriculum, 3- Knowledge of Students' Understanding ofEngineering, 4- Knowledge of Engineering Teaching Strategy, and 5- Knowledge of Assessmentin Engineering). We hope that the EIPCK framework will contribute to future
paper describes a recently awarded project comprising the design andimplementation of a Sustainability Engineering (SE) Minor at UPRM. We propose a posterpresentation to discuss our SE Minor plan and collect data about people’s perceptions ofsustainability in engineering.1. IntroductionAddressing "Sustainability" is an overarching challenge for the 21st century, requiring engineersto play a critical role. In the US, undergraduate degree programs that directly attend tosustainability are of two types: (1) interdisciplinary programs that do not grant engineering degreesand (2) environmental engineering programs that are vital but do not entirely address the holisticnotion of sustainability. However, based on our reading of "Strengthening
. IntroductionStudents coming from low socioeconomic status (SES) families commonly face more challengesin achieving success than peers coming from higher SES groups [1]. Studies at both local andnational levels indicate that such challenges translate into detrimental factors affecting importantsuccess indicators such as retention, persistence, graduation rates, and limited post-graduationopportunities [2][3][4].The Program for Engineering Access, Retention, and LIATS Success (PEARLS) assessed theeffectiveness of an institutional intervention model seeking to increase the retention and successindicators of low-income, academically talented students (LIATS) in engineering programs.For the last four years, PEARLS has been implementing interventions to boost
authors hope thispilot project will serve as a framework for future collaborative engineering projects between SUand IAJES partners, expanding global educational opportunities for students and faculty.IntroductionThe professional world has become more globalized, increasing the need for students to bepolitically and culturally competent, adaptable, and able to solve problems creatively [1] [2].Global experiences have been shown to significantly improve workplace skills, includingincreased cultural awareness, improved understanding of global perspectives, and ability to workon diverse teams [3, 4]. Despite these benefits, STEM majors continue to be underrepresented inglobal programs [3]. Students face multiple barriers, including potential impacts
trainingsessions for writing center consultants. The quantitative assessment investigated (1) students’confidence in their writing skills from self-efficacy surveys gathered pre- and post- the modifiedassignment and (2) draft and revised writing samples from the intervention class and a control.For the quantitative analysis, we used paired t-tests to compare the pre- and post-self-efficacysurveys, and MANCOVA to compare the draft and final writing sample scores. The qualitativeassessment drew from students’ views on the intervention and course from reflection essays,analyzed for themes. Results for the intervention showed significantly improved self-efficacyscores in assignment content, as well as in higher and lower order writing skills. Assessedwriting
benefits of peer-enhanced learning, moredeveloped evaluative skills, a greater sense of belonging, improved self-efficacy beliefs, andhigher levels of intrinsic academic motivation. The merging of the two evidence-basedassessment approaches promises a scalable assessment modality hybridizing the pedagogicaldimensions of the former two assessment practices. Our study of students’ surveyed perceptionsabout peer oral exams offers perspectives on the qualities and potential role of peer oral exams ineducational practice and suggests directions for future educational research.IntroductionThe rapidly evolving professional ecosystem of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is placing highdemands on STEM education at an unprecedented rate [1], [2]. Principle
an overhang above a doorway. Foreach problem, three images of the scenario were developed: a photograph of the system (lowabstraction), a line drawing of the system (medium abstraction), and a line-drawn image of thesystem in which most details identifying it as a real-world object were removed (highabstraction). Figure 1 shows the images used at each level of abstraction for each of the threeproblems.Students in a first-year course, who had just learned to draw FBDs (the assessment was justprior to their first exam on the topic), and students in a third-year course, who wereexperienced with FBDs, were asked to draw FBDs for these problems. Each student populationwas randomly divided into three groups: A, B, and C. Each group saw each of the
topics of (i) biomimicry, (ii) electromagneticsensing, (iii) marine mammals, and (iv) unmanned undersea vehicles. Participating teachers (n = 21) identified themselves as either male (30%) or female (70%)and White (89%), Hispanic/Latino (9%), or American Indian/Alaska Native (1%) with five ormore years of STEM teaching experience (Table 1 below). They worked across New York Statein suburban (43%), rural (38%), or urban (19%) school districts, identified by teachers as suchbased on proximity to city centers. They were equally distributed across elementary, middle, andhigh school levels of education (n = 7 teachers per grade band). Importantly, all teachersidentified as “STEM teachers” who utilized interdisciplinary STEM instruction in
education and introductory software engineering education.Dr. Janie M Moore, Texas A&M University Dr. Janie McClurkin Moore is an Assistant Professor in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering De- partment at Texas A&M University in College Station. A native of Columbus, Ohio, she attended North Carolina A&T State University where she received a B.S. in Bio Environmental Engineering in 2006. She then began pursuing her graduate education at Purdue University in the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, completing her Ph.D. in 2015. Her primary research areas include 1) myco- toxin risk assessment and treatment in stored grains and 2) innovate instructional strategies for Biological and
verbal explanations of learning activities. Students' learning outcomes are mainlymeasured by exam performance. Students' perceptions were studied through both quantitativeLikert-scale questions and free-response to open-ended questions. 1. IntroductionIn the history of Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, one ofthe foundations for evidence-based pedagogy were models that derived from informationprocessing theory [1]-[2]. Although this theory had proposed active cognitive processes inmemory consolidation (e.g., elaborative rehearsal [1], central executive [2]) along with themultiple modules of memory (e.g., sensory memory, long-term memory), its implementation inclassroom settings often resulted in emphasis in
. 4MethodsOur primary research questions aim to answer the following questions: (1) Do oral examinationscause excessive stress to students in comparison to written examinations? (2) Whichdemographic of students are more likely to be stressed by oral exams? Thus, our surveys focusedon determining if excessive stress was experienced by the students.Participants: Data from 451 undergraduate students across six courses from two engineeringdepartments (Electrical Computer Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) havebeen collected for the analysis in this paper. Students were asked to fill out the post-classquestionnaire online on a voluntary basis and therefore the retention of the student responsesdiffered by the research topic and the time
Engineering Depart- ment at UC San Diego. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from UC Riverside in 2012 and holds M.S. degrees in mechanical and electrical engineer ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 The Impact of Oral Exams on Engineering Students’ Learning 1. IntroductionOur project, entitled “Improving the Conceptual Mastery of Engineering Students in HighEnrollment Engineering Courses through Oral Exams”, aims to advance the knowledge andunderstanding of the potential impact of oral exams on engineering students’ learning and theirlearning experience. Prior research suggests that the adaptive dialogic nature of oral exams haspotential benefits for both instructors and
the regular curriculum [1]. These programscome in two flavors: voluntary or required. Remedial programs that are required can enhanceparticipation but add stigma. For this reason, participation is often elective. However, when theseprograms are voluntary, they rely on students’ motivation, their beliefs about the usefulness andimpact on themselves as learners, and free time for engagement. In addition, early interventionprograms are often generic, i.e., not specific to a major. While having the potential to support abroad range of students this way, these generic programs are often avoided because studentsassume they will be irrelevant to their discipline [2]. As a result, they may not exhibit the desiredtransfer learning outcomes [3]. When
engineering organizations. Lessons from this studywill also guide other researchers who study similarly complex mental models in engineering.Keywords: ethics; engineering ethics; diversity; equity; inclusion; mental modelsIntroductionABET accredited engineering education programs require that students develop “informedjudgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic,environmental, and societal contexts” [1]. Yet there are numerous views regarding what ought tobe the aims of engineering education [2, 3] and which instructional approaches ought to beimplemented towards these aims [4, 5]. Similarly, ABET recently included Diversity, Equity,and Inclusion (DEI) in their general criteria for accredited programs [6
Bioinstrumentation LecturesIntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted higher education. The 2019–20 NationalPostsecondary Student Aid Study indicated that 84% of all undergraduates have experiencedsome of their classes moved online in Spring 2020. [1] Compared to in-person delivery, studentshave reported lower satisfaction level [2], lower motivation, [3], and lower engagement [4] withdistance delivery. Many institutions transitioned back to in-person delivery since Fall 2021,however, attendance and student engagement fell in our affiliated universities compared topre-pandemic levels. Revision to the curriculum, especially core courses with heavy lecturecontent, became necessary for retaining students. Problem-based learning (PBL) is astudent
the teacher. Furthermore, even if students gain new ideas from their peers’presentations, these insights cannot be capitalized on because sharing these examples culminatesthe project and the class moves on from the design project. Instead, our project is developing, refining, and testing a protocol in which studentsevaluate prior work to prime them for learning while designing, through what we call Learningby Evaluating (LbE) [1], [2]. This approach introduces two important changes to the currentlypracticed paradigm: 1) actively engaging students—in addition to the teacher—in the critiqueand evaluation process; and 2) performing this evaluation of example work prior to embarkingon a design task, as opposed to review at the end. In
projects and buildingparticipants’ confidence as educational researchers. This project was funded based on impactrather than knowledge generation; thus, this paper will report on the impacts of the ProQualInstitute in terms of participants served and evaluated outcomes and project team observations.The key evaluation questions we answered were: 1. To what extent did the project design and implement a high-quality and culturally responsive training program? 2. What knowledge and skills did participants gain because of participation in the ProQual Institute? 3. How could the ProQual Institute be built upon to improve participant outcomes?Background & Conceptual FrameworkThe target audiences for the ProQual Institute were STEM
University. Prior to working at Ohio State, Rachel worked in Residence Life at both Case Western Reserve University an ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Engagement in Practice: Better preparing students for community-engagedengineering by restructuring an academic program, minor and curriculum.BackgroundSeveral universities have developed courses guided by partnerships with communities andcommunity organizations. Students work with communities to define or implement solutions toperceived needs. These programs are often labeled service learning, community engagedlearning, and/or global service learning [1]. These programs are intended to build collaborationsbeyond the university and motivate students
and resultant projects have elevated the applied studentexperience to the neglect, or even detriment, of the served communities [1]. Projects of this typecan unintentionally become transactional in nature [2] by ignoring social injustices, reinforcingdeficiency-based community development ideals, and serving the academic calendar andstudents more than communities [3][4].In the simplified academic version of the design process, it is difficult to convey to students thecomplex context of stakeholder values and to incorporate social dynamics [5]. Student proposedsolutions tend to focus on purely technical aspects and struggle to integrate the complexcontextual elements [6]. Our model of engagement focuses on aligning values across
Groups (ARG) Model Buket D. Barkana1, Navarun Gupta1, Jungling Hu2, Ausif Mahmood3, Ioana Badara4 Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT 06604 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT 06604 23 Departments of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT 06604 4 School of Education, The University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT 06604Abstract:Our paper reports the self-evaluation of a research-based course taught in the School of Engineering at the Universityof Bridgeport. The University of Bridgeport received funding
it's going to leave a worse world for future generations. … now we're the tree, we're the whale.” - Justin Rosenstein in The Social Dilemma [1]The word “engineer” is derived from the Latin root word “ingenium,” which refers to “innatequalities, ability; inborn character” [2]. To engineer means to contrive or devise. Through anontological lens, every invention and technological advancement has inevitably shaped andreshaped the world. At the heart of this practice is the modern-day engineer whose role is tobridge the gap between what is and what could be. And so, engineers function as the manifestorsof the designed world. The praxis of engineering is giving birth to the seen, felt, and tangible inthe
situation, and more detailed housing situation.The pilot results of the EEHS provide detailed insight into the experiences and needs of studentsin STEM programs at MSIs and regionally serving institutions. The results may also be usefulwithin the contexts of a diverse range of institutions as they strive to serve students fromhistorically marginalized backgrounds.Keywords: Surveys, Climate, Belonging, LGBT+, Housing Insecurity, Minority-Serving InstitutionsIntroductionCalifornia State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) is a teaching-focused, public institutionof higher education located on the East side of Los Angeles. There are 23,298 undergraduate and3,734 graduate students enrolled at the university, as of April 2022 [1]. The function of
with robotics. The interactive project-based learning givesstudents an incentive to seek creative solutions to accomplishing project goals.1. IntroductionThis paper presents the project learning result of a laboratory course on robotics and automationintegrated with virtual reality (VR) in the Department of Engineering, Leadership, and Society atDrexel University. This course provides a requisite understanding of Internet-basedrobotics/automation/machine vision for students to progress to the advanced level in thecurriculum. The course also serves as a means for students to gain exposure to advanced industrialautomation concepts before partaking in their required senior design project. The course has anapplied learning focus, offering
the methodology used in this course redevelopment is to combine theory andpractice with modern tools to prepare the students to become better problem solvers and obtainpractical solutions to real life/simulated problems using a hands on, lab-project-based approach. 1. IntroductionOne of the key objectives in durable goods-manufacturing is to create faster industrial processesthroughput by eliminating the needs for off-line quality control and part inspection. Nowadays, asautomation, high performance machining and labor savings are introduced in machining of discretecomponent designing, prototyping and manufacturing, it is desirable to reduce the time and themanpower for inspection, and have an intelligent and real-time quality control of
, academic experiences.1. IntroductionSub-Saharan Africa (SSA), African American, Afro-Latino, Caribbean, etc., represent region-specific and different groups of Blacks with ethnically diverse cultures and experiences. Despitethe SSA students being among the least-represented international student groups in the U.S. [1],they represent the fastest-growing and highest-educated among Blacks in the U.S. [2]. Accordingto the Migration Policy Institute [2], more than 64% of SSA Blacks have college degrees ordegrees in STEM majors. Despite their accomplishments, this population is understudied inengineering education literature. In particular, Blacks born in West Africa (WAFR), who are themost represented and include Nigerians (the highest educated WAFR
microsystems. In 2005 he left JHUAPL for a fellowship with the National Academies and researched methods of increasing the number of women in engineering. Later that year, he briefly served as a mathematics instructor in Baltimore City High Schools. From 2005 through 2018, Dr. Berhane directed engineering recruitment and scholarship programs for the University of Maryland. He oversaw an increase in the admission of students of color and women during his tenure and supported initiatives that reduce the time to degree for transfers from Maryland community colleges. The broader implications of his research are informed by his comprehensive experiences as a college administrator. His areas of scholarly interest include: 1
, 2023 Instructor experiences teaching model-based systems engineering online modules to professional learnersIntroduction and Literature ReviewIn this work-in-progress paper, we examine the experiences of instructors when teaching onlineModel-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) modules to professional learners. We focused ononline learning modules because of their flexibility, which allows them to be used as an effectivestrategy for updating engineering curricula or to be used independently. Such flexibility isrepresented by the removal of geographical barriers in the way of educational opportunities andmaking course schedules more respectful of the learners’ time availability [1]–[3]. When itcomes to delivering