quickly, a modified problem was provided that forced the students toredesign their solutions. Student attitudes to the design problem solution process were assessedthough direct observations during the activity, and written reflective responses afterwards. Theresults indicate that most students were enthusiastic about developing their own in the scienceclassroom. An interesting aspect of this study is that it was conducted in four single gendereighth-grade classrooms: two classes of males and two of females. Classroom dynamics to theactivity were affected by the student demographics. Thus, this study contributes to ourunderstanding of male and female students’ creativity and approach to design processes.BackgroundMiddle school students do not
development of the instrument. Example 1 below (Mitchell, 2007) is taken from theseries of questions designed to assess students’ understanding of the effect of surfaceproperties on radiation. Page 14.469.6Example 1:Radiation Question: Phase 1 A person walks toward two diffuse, gray surfaces that are maintained at 1000K (see figure below). Surface 1 has an emittance of 0.95. Surface 2 has a reflectance of 0.95. Surface 1 T=1000K Surface 2 Emittance = 0.95 T=1000K Reflectance = 0.95Question 7. Which statement is true? a) The person will feel warmer
Trustees Outstanding Scholar Award. Page 14.458.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Developing Students’ Abilities in Technical Leadership: The Rose-Hulman Leadership AcademyIntroductionThe importance of leadership skills for engineers is reflected in the addition of “leadership” tothe institutional student learning outcomes of our college. In recognition of that importance, theRose-Hulman Leadership Academy was created to help develop leadership confidence instudents with untapped leadership potential. This paper provides an overview of the objectivesof the Leadership Academy, the curriculum
disciplines, fourcandidate standard models were identified: 1. The Technology Survey Course. 2. The Technology Focus or Topics Course. 3. The Technology Creation Course (Design Course). 4. The Technology Critique, Assess, Reflect, or Connect Course.The technology survey courses offer a broad overview of a number of areas of engineering andtechnology. The technology or topics or focus course is narrower in scope and develops onewell-defined area. The engineering design course, or technology creation, places an emphasis onthe engineering design process to develop technological solutions to problems. The last model toemerge is concerned with assessing technological impacts, connecting technologicaldevelopments to other areas of society
group processing. Team time isstructured so that students have time to reflect on group dynamics and interpersonalfactors that influence successful project completion. This focus helps reinforce the teamtime and develop and solidify skills in working with technical teams.This study was designed to explore the ways in which students perceive team experiencesand the impact of these experiences on attitudes toward teamwork and its relevance toengineering. It is not unusual for students to express uncertainty about working on teamsor to question the necessity of group projects. It is widely recognized that the skillsgained from working on teams are important for engineers to possess. Therefore, it isessential that students not only gain these
women’s roles are alsoaddressed in the course through selection of speakers with a variety of personal/professional lifesolutions as well as supporting materials from the USU ADVANCE Institutional TransformationAward. To overcome the small number of freshmen women interested in engineering, data fromthe Women’s Experiences in College Engineering project is shared to help the studentsunderstand their feelings are typically aligned with a larger body of female students across thecountry. Student reflections acquired through required essay questions and examinations arepresented to help understand whether their career choices are influenced by conservativeattitudes toward family and women’s roles. Preliminary retention data is
include reflective statements with their portfolio artifacts. This process ofself-evaluation leads to a higher quality of education2. The ultimate goal of the educationalportfolio is to provide a record of the student’s educational history that emphasizes the learningoutcomes of the student above and beyond the actual diploma while giving the student a greatersense of accomplishment. Traditionally, these portfolios have been paper-based with artifacts stored in folders,binders or other suitable container. With the wide spread use of computers and other technology,the evolution of portfolios from an all-paper to an all-digital format seems natural. Electronicportfolios are still in the early stages of development but many advances have
the researchers to see which students were comfortable inidentifying as artistic. From these results, we were able to further discern characteristics of the‘artistic’ students from their answers to the previous star questionnaire both from the start andend of the semester.In addition to the survey questions, the students also were tasked with a reflection on the processof designing a Christmas ornament through sketching and then with CAD, which resulted in 3Dprinted physical objects. The open-ended reflections shed light on how the students approachedthe process of design and what they wish they had focused on more. Through this study, weaimed to gather a better understanding of the artistic profiles of first-year engineering studentsand will
training concurrent with the first term that they teach.Since the seminar occurs during their teaching activity it is based on reflection in action andreflection on action. While this work has helped align GTAs and LAs to our intent in studiopractices, this work is complex and we are seeking ways to further develop this knowledge andskill.PLC Work Around Inclusive Teaming. During the 2017-18 academic year, School facultymembers (all of whom will have completed the DPD Academy), will come together in aProfessional Learning Community (PLC). PLCs are collegial groups that provide teachers acrossdisciplines facilitated opportunities for extensive inquiry-based faculty development around afocal point. This group’s focal point will be the design of
observed that students are often unable to see a broader perspectiveof why they are studying various topics and required classes. Students seem to be less able tomake the connections that they need to make between the different classes and disciplines. Thispaper discusses a computer technology curriculum and its weaknesses, subsequent changes thatwere implemented with a program overhaul, and an assessment plan that was devised todetermine if those changes were effective towards meeting the learning goals.The changing expectations of both students and their future employers motivated us toreexamine and overhaul the way we teach computer technology. We revised our student learningoutcomes to better reflect industry needs and to make assessment more
this model in the compressible flowclass with examples, students’ reflections and feedback. Students found this model to bedifferent and more effective than traditional graduate classes and were able to connect,apply, understand and appreciate the relationship between the complex mathematicalequations and the real-life applications. It was also found that creating a portfolio takes moretime and effort when compared to traditional exam based class and the workload might needto be reduced.I. Introduction Preparing graduate students to be successful in all aspects of their career has remained avelleity for many years in academia. Recent study finds that the perceptions of the students in theircompetence in the workforce does not align with
decision matrix poster focusing on one user perspective from the three designs documented in the previous assignment (group gallery walk, stakeholder randomly assigned).Assessment and analysis methods. The project was qualitatively assessed through analysis ofreflections collected over two years from the faculty teaching the course, the graduate teachingassistant, a community volunteer who organizes mobile produce markets for the local foodbank,and undergraduate student participants. What follows is in their own words. 23. ResultsFaculty reflections. I wanted to introduce more active learning to a course that is traditionallytaught via lecture, and was encouraged by my participation in a
theme that emerged involved the impact of training on presentation and communicationtechniques. This theme included reflections on how the participants changed their presentation orhow they communicated with the public. Some examples of this theme included participantstalking about how they planned their presentation or how their presentations andcommunications were received by the public. “I was thinking about a slide presentation. But after Monday’s training I realized that’s probably not a good idea.” – Alena “I definitely was trying to think about how to engage in a way that makes people think about their personal lives, and examples, and pull in some of those pieces.” – Kacey “So I decided to put up 4 pictures
; apply engineering principles to multiple open-ended problems; and use reflection andmetacognition as ways to promote technical knowledge transfer [12].Professional learning happens across multiple domains. Professional responsibility is modeledand practiced throughout as timeliness, respect, appropriate dress, appropriate language are allmade explicit with continuous feedback coming from faculty and staff. Teamwork skills areprovided in seminars and practiced in design teams. Multiple workshops per week address topicssuch as: inclusion, ethical action, leadership, reflection, management, happiness, life-workbalance, overcoming adversity, and communication. Each week during the EDP students writethree one-page learning journal entries, most of
immediate human situations in a personal way [10]’. The diverger learning style isbest fulfilled by the practice reflective observation where they focus on the understanding ofideas and situations by observing and describing them [10]. During the abstractconceptualization, stage assimilators can focus on using logic, ideas, and concepts to understandthe topic [10]. Finally, the convergers learning style is best fulfilled by active experimentationfocusing on activity influencing the situation and emphasizes practicing application [10]. WhileKolb’s experiential learning cycle is shown in four defined learning stages, it is assumed thatmost learners learn in more than one way and can be fulfilled by more than one stage of thecycle
this paper.Keywords: Teaching Evaluation, Active Learning, Faculty experiences, COPUS, Studentlearning, Faculty Development The Use of Peer-Observation Protocols in STEM EducationClassroom observation instruments provide a structure for peer-observation of teaching. Similarto end-of-term student course evaluations, peer observation data can play a critical role inproviding faculty with feedback on their teaching methods, communication, active learningtechniques, and student engagement. Furthermore, observation data can provide a basis forinformed critical self-reflection that may prompt positive changes not only at the instructor levelbut also at departmental, college and institutional levels (Smith, Jones, Gilbert, & Wieman(2013
scholarship, the Corcoran award for best article in the journal Chemical Engineering Education (twice), and the Martin award for best paper in the ChE Division at the ASEE Annual Meeting.Dr. Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He earned his BS from Worces- ter Polytechnic Institute (92) and his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (98). He has pub- lished two books, ”Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics” and ”Interpreting Diffuse Reflectance and Transmittance.” He has also published papers on effective use of simulation in engineer- ing, teaching design and engineering economics, and assessment of student learning.Dr. Laura P. Ford
(referred to as “interventions” in the research questions). Thus, ourpreliminary findings are related to the first part of research questions one and four and researchquestion two. We will focus on three qualitative measures: teacher pre-academic year interviews,observations of classroom activities, and student reflections of the classroom activities.Preliminary Findings. Because our research is in early stages, our analysis and findings to datehave focused on helping us revise, adapt and improve our classroom activities and relationshipswithin our developing partnership. We are analyzing data by summarizing notes and throughformal coding process. Overall we are taking an approach consistent with Miles and Huberman(1994) [18].Teacher Interviews
convergent validity testing between the results and the systems thinking construct.Reflective NarrativeDescription: Students will provide open-ended reflections after each Think Aloud activity and onereport on systems thinking and its implications on project management and engineered systems atthe end of the course. A. The open-ended reflections focus on how the student engaged and learned in the course. It encourages students to recognize positive, negative and neutral aspects of the task(s). B. The report challenges students to determine whether they perceive a benefit of systems thinking in engineering and must support their position. Any individual adjustments made between the pre- and post- knowledge survey is
. CN supports all common browsers and platforms, and is also accessible throughiOS and Android Apps.Although CN includes many of the features of a traditional learning management system (LMS),CN offers several unique benefits, and is quite distinct from typical LMS systems such as Canvasand Blackboard. It is notable that the CN interface highlights student contributions, rather thanfaculty-defined course structure. The bulk of the screen “real estate” is devoted to a running listof students’ posts and reflections on posts. The appearance is similar to a Facebook “wall.”Students and faculty can post freely to this area in a number of formats, including “posts,”“polls,” and “reflections” on previous input. Posts may include images, videos, links
Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Successes and challenges in supporting undergraduate peer educators to notice and respond to equity considerations within design teamsAbstractWe describe and analyze our efforts to support Learning Assistants (LAs)—undergraduate peereducators who simultaneously take a 3-credit pedagogy course—in fostering equitable teamdynamics and collaboration within a project-based engineering design course. Tonso andothers have shown that (a) inequities can “live” in mundane interactions such as those amongstudents within design teams and (b) those inequities both reflect and (re)produce broadercultural patterns and narratives (e.g. Wolfe & Powell, 2009; Tonso, 1996, 2006a, 2006b;McLoughlin, 2005). LAs could
represents a cross-disciplinary effort between engineeringand humanities, but it differs from other similar efforts in terms of content and focus [3]. Thiscourse prioritizes familiarity with engineering content and technical style, while also invitingengineering students to reflect upon, evaluate, and defend their organizational, design, andwriting decisions.Implementing a STEM-specific technical writing course also provides students with theopportunity to further engage with their disciplines and the opportunity improve upon any(accurate or inaccurate) negative self-perceptions of general written and verbal ability [2].Goldsmith and Willey note in another study note that if sustainable writing practices were to besuccessfully introduced into
reflect onperformance early in the course would improve student outcomes. In particular, we examinedcounterfactual thoughts, thoughts about “what might have been.” These thoughts contribute tocausal reasoning and play an important role in making plans for the future. Additionally, weexamined behavioral intentions, specific plans for future actions in the course, which researchhas also shown improves student outcomes.After the first exam in a large-enrollment class taken by first-year engineering majors, 290students were randomly assigned to either generate counterfactuals about what they personallycould have done differently that would have resulting in doing better on the exam (vs. describetheir actual performance) and to either generate
facing ourteaching faculty. In consultation with other teaching faculty and with the encouragement fromour dean, we created a learning community for this group, where its share problems, ideas, andresources in order to increase competence and satisfaction in their work.1An explanation of our use of the term “teaching faculty” may be helpful at the outset of thispaper. The literature is inconsistent in its nomenclature for instructors who are hired primarily orexclusively to teach classes. The primary terms used (“adjunct,” “contingent,” and “non-tenure-track”) convey a sense of marginalization and distance from the core operations of institutions ofhigher education. Our decision to use the term “teaching faculty” in this paper reflects our
continue to meet the needs of theconstruction industry. The paper outlines the current state of practice in the industry regardinggraphic communication and presents the results of a survey of 22 contractors. The results arecompared with previous work in this area.1,2 The results and analysis reveal that the needs of theindustry are still fluid dues to changes in graphic software capabilities, and that continuedupdating of the curriculum is necessary to reflect this.The Importance of Graphic Communication in ConstructionOn all construction projects the contract comprises of both written and graphic information forboth the engineering/architectural, procurement, and construction phases, among others.3 Projectdocumentation during construction
the key mathematical thinking skills. It is the ability to create mathematicalrepresentations of the problem at hand. In fact mathematical modeling tasks are often thought tobe the best mechanisms by which students can develop confidence with solving ill-structuredproblems[2]. This research will contribute to the body of knowledge around how students usemathematical thinking to solve engineering problems. After independently completing a 3 hourdesign task students were invited to reflect on their beliefs, attitudes and perception ofmathematical and design thinking through a semi-structured interview. In this paper, our intentis to explore their responses and understand how students perceive their abilities and the enablingand hindering
the LL on the IUPUI campus. Once a student has compiled enough experience, he or she willbe assigned an external project or internship for an outside organization [5]. Every week studentsare required to attend project status meetings and compose reflective journal entries. At theconclusion of the semester, the student provides his or her reflective documentation along with aproject presentation, poster, work report, and documentation of all project work for futurestudent reference [6].According to the US Department of Labor [7], the recent college graduate unemployment rate isnear 13.5%. This number is quite staggering given the amount of time, effort, and financialresources students put into a college education. An article in the Wall Street
passiveobserver or blaming circumstance doesn’t help one’s situation and that shying away fromchallenges (avoidant-performance orientation) won’t lead to growth. This section was alsointended for students to reflect and think critically about their current mindset and approach tolearning, and identify areas where they can improve. This section supports the notion that onecan change their mindset by highlighting scientific evidence from the fields of neuroplasticityand epigenetics. The inner engineering section relates closely to the ideas of mindfulness. It highlightedthe importance of closely monitoring one’s thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations throughmetacognitive monitoring. The researcher discussed how prevalent the mind wandering
learning gains in a course in physiology forengineers [7]. Since these learning gains represent only one way to evaluate outcomes, they donot necessarily reflect other aspects of the classroom such as learner satisfaction or quality ofstudent-faculty interactions. The goal of this study was to ask whether a blended learningenvironment based on low-stakes formative assessments improves students’ satisfaction with thelearning environment and quality of student-faculty interactions.Research MethodsCourse descriptionsTwo sections of a sophomore-level physiology course in biomedical engineering were taught inthe same semester by two different instructors, as reported previously [7]. Both sections requiredreading assignments from the Guyton and Hall
(NU), it was time for more concentrated reflection on the neweducational landscape we had created. As educators in general, we have worked to make theclassroom more than a “square” by venturing outside its traditional boundaries in order tobecome more effective and to retain students in our discipline on a genuine level. In makingthese incremental –and occasionally radical– adjustments in our course formats, it is alsoessential to continually evaluate the suitability of each of the activities and components of ourcourses in terms of learning effectiveness and the level of interest and engagement on the part ofthe students; this is to ensure that the modifications that have been made are worthwhile. We alsoneed to consider that just because we