Paper ID #18517Unpacking Latent DiversityDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. She is the recipient
-yearretention of engineering undergraduate students to 78%, 68%, 62%, respectively, and 3) raise the6-year engineering undergraduate graduation rate to 54%. This STEP 1-B project funded by theNational Science Foundation has been piloted in three undergraduate engineering programs atTAMUK, particularly in the baccalaureate programs of mechanical, civil, and environmentalengineering. The incorporation of engineering design experiences across the undergraduatecurriculum has contributed to increased student retention and persistence to graduation within 6years. The CASCADE project has been implemented in three freshman courses (UNIV 1101,AEEN 1310, MEEN 1310), four sophomore courses (CEEN 2301, MEEN 2302, EVEN 2371,AEEN 1320), and five junior courses (CEEN
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placement scores of Group 1 unexpectedly decreased, which pose a new and interesting research question on the value of motivation that will be further studied and discussed separately. Group 1 and 3 are excluded from the analysis of the Engineering Summer Bridge results. ALEKS Math Semester(s) of No. of Students GPA Math SAT Fall 2019 Placement recommended Placement Pre- Pre- Post
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experiences of program participants. To address thisdeficit, in summer 2017, we conducted a pilot study in which we examined the experiences andattitudes of participants of the University of Michigan’s Wolverine Pathways (WP) program.Wolverine Pathways is an academic intervention program serving high school students frommetro Detroit. Specifically, the study population (n=14) consisted of 11th graders whoparticipated in a weeklong, engineering and healthcare focused summer camp held at the AnnArbor campus. In this research inquiry, we used an explanatory mixed methods approach tocollect quantitative data (pre- and post- surveys) and qualitative data (semi-structuredinterviews). Descriptive statistics were used to draw inferences from the data. Then
Group since 2010, working on a longitudinal study of over 200 graduate students in the life sciences.Her major research project, the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded ”FIRSTS (Foundation for Increasing and Retaining STEM Students) Program: A Bridge Program to Study the Development of Science Identities,” examines mentoring relationships, identity development, and the role of outside-of-college commitments in persistence among students coming to STEM majors with limited financial support.Dr. Christopher Wagner, The College of New Jersey Dr. Wagner is currently Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), where he has taught students at all levels of the curriculum
, theSBP objectives were to (1) increase motivation for engineering academic study, (2) reinforcepersonal commitment among students early in their engineering academic career to aid retention,(3) increase skill in areas with relevance to the study of Engineering, and (4) ensure effectivenessof programming to achieve these objectives amongst a primarily Hispanic/Latinx studentpopulation. In order to achieve these objectives, the program then selected the followingelements for implementation in the SBP:1) Introduce key skills necessary for engineering academic study.2) Introduce engineering design activities/skills, and a guided experience in a group design project as a precursor to student’s future capstone engineering design
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boundaries andcultural backgrounds, as well as across disciplines to successfully apply the results of basicresearch to long-standing global challenges such as epidemics, natural disasters and the searchfor alternative energy sources.”2 Clearly, the global preparedness of engineering students isbecoming an important educational outcome and is a natural extension to recent concerns by anumber of national commissions and scholars, who have also noted the impact of globalizationand the implication for continued U.S. economic leadership.3-5Hence, the purpose of our collaboration is to comprehensively study the various ways that wecan better educate globally prepared graduates given an already crowded curriculum.Specifically, we aim to better understand
capstone design project, but will help build their identity as engineers and better preparethem for professional practice 41, 42. Research points to several contributing factors which play arole in improving student learning during engineering design experiences, including the impactof active, project-based, and hands-on learning methodologies, and the development of a sense ofcommunity and a peer support network23, 43-45. Cooperative learning approaches that are hands-on and interactive are particularly appealing to underrepresented students 46-49. First-yearengineering design was highlighted as one of six key areas in engineering education innovationat the 2011 ASEE Annual Conference 50. Pioneered in the 1990’s and implemented in severalNSF
training that uses an entrepreneur- ship model to teach participants to achieve scalable sustainability in NSF-funded projects. Past projects include evaluation of an NSF-funded project to improve advising for engineering students at a major state university in California. Ms. Schiorring is the author and co-author of numerous papers and served as project lead on a major study of transfer in engineering. Ms. Schiorring holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Harvard University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Developing Resources to Support Comprehensive Transfer Engineering Curricula: Assessing the Effectiveness of a Hybrid
from FIU.Dr. Monique S. Ross, Florida International University Monique Ross, Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Sciences and STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University, designs research focused on broadening par- ticipation in computer science through the exploration of: 1) race, gender, and disciplinary identity; 2) discipline-based education research (with a focus on computer science and computer engineering courses) in order to inform pedagogical practices that garner interest and retain women (specifically Black and His- panic women) in computer-related engineering fields.Prof. Zahra Hazari, Florida International University Zahra Hazari is an Associate Professor
® students are learning in this three-year program entail skills that engineering studentsare exposed to in college; however, the Femineer® students are able to learn the curriculum throughhands-on experience and become confident in these skills before entering college. A pilot quantitative study was completed with the Creative Robotics curriculum with eightschools, 173 participants, in the 2016-2017 academic year. Some of the findings from this studyshowed that 92% of participants agreed or strongly agreed that they “enjoyed participating in theFemineer® Program” and 81% of participants agreed or strongly agreed that they “learned to solveengineering problems in the Femineer® Program.” With the Creative Robotics curriculum, 78% ofrespondents
employing quantitative methods are likely of most interest to practitioners who wouldwant to evaluate the effectiveness of this pedagogical approach before implementation in theclassroom. As a means of identifying future possible frameworks for further investigation on theimpact of peer coaching on female engineering students, this study explores the followingresearch questions: (1) How does student opinion about coaching transform through this class?(2) What new or revised perspectives do students gain, as both coach and coachee? (3) How doescoaching equip engineering women for the transition to the workforce? Findings indicate thatstudents’ initial apprehension about coaching progresses into recognition and experience ofbroad potential impact
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Paper ID #38906Research Data Sharing in Engineering: A Report on Faculty Practices andPreferences Prior to the Tri-Agency PolicyMs. Sarah Parker, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Sarah Parker is an engineering librarian at the University of British Columbia where she also received her MLIS in 2014. She regularly promotes and contributes to open scholarship activities at UBC and incorporates her interest in open science and using open resources into her teaching. In addition to her liaison role, she aids in graduate student programming for UBC’s Research Commons and co-teaches the Science and Technology Information
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- Engaged Educational Ecosystem," in American Society for Engineering Education proceedings: ASEE, 2020.[5] D. Wood, A. Gura, J. Brockman, A. Rayna Carolan-Silva, S. Boukdad, and J. C. Alarcon, "Informing Replication of the Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem Pilot," in American Society for Engineering Education proceedings, A. Genau Ed.: ASEE, 2019.[6] D. Wood, A. Gura, J. Brockman, and S. Alptekin, "Student Outcomes in Academic Community Engaged STEM projects with Multi-Dimensional Diversity.," in American Society for Engineering Education proceedings: ASEE, 2018.[7] G. Arastoopour, N. C. Chesler, and D. W. Shaffer, "Epistemic persistence: A simulation-based approach to increasing participation of women
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student from another institution, working under thesupervision of his doctoral advisor, joined this project as additional researcher. This student’sdissertation will study American Indian populations in an engineering education context,therefore this project serves as a pilot analysis that will inform his dissertation design. Anotherresearcher, who is a member of Diné community and graduated with her Bachelor’s degree inMay 2022—also joined this project. Both are working in conjunction with the first researcher,who provided them with the dataset from the original study after de-identifying it. This projectoffers significant guidelines for conducting SDA with marginalized populations, and engagesdeeply with emerging ethical questions, such as
underrepresented groups, is paramount to meet the needs of the currentand future generations1. Though the United States is in a demographic shift with an increasingpopulation of ethnic minorities, they remain heavily underrepresented in the science andengineering fields2. In order to decrease this gap within the growing population, the countrywould need to increase the number of underrepresented students pursuing engineering by three-fold1. Researchers suggest that one way to meet this demand and increase the pipeline of womenand minorities is to focus on K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)preparatory programs2. In fact, Arizona, the setting for this research study, has a large Latinxpopulation (30%) and offers an opportunity to
Education, 2021 Cultural dimensions in academic disciplines, a comparison between Ecuador and the United States of AmericaAbstractBroadening participation in engineering has been part of the engineering education researchagenda for years. We argue that if we can understand the traits of the different dimensions ofculture in engineering, we can identify potential solutions to broaden participation. In this study,we are comparing how engineering students from Ecuador and the United States characterizetheir culture orientation based on Hofstede´s cultural dimensions theory. Data were collectedwith engineering students at major polytechnic universities in Ecuador and the United States.The survey was translated into Spanish for the
STEM fields individually, relying onperformance-competency as an indicator for identity along with recognition and interest. Theirresearch acknowledged that recognition and interest can be difficult to define depending on astudent’s understanding of what is involved in STEM fields and students are not yet in careerpositions for professional recognition. As a result, performance-competency can capture bothability and perception of efficacy, and it is a predictor for better performance [11]. Additionally,greater STEM self-efficacy has been shown to predict improved STEM performance [1]. While some studies have separated engineering from other STEM fields for more specificunderstanding of the profession [45], [46], this paper also
with a specialization in electrical engineering from Roger Williams University. Her research interests include developing professional skills for engineering students and understanding mathematics barriers that exist within engineering.Ms. Katherine Drinkwater, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Katie Drinkwater is a recent graduate of Duke University with a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering. She is excited to begin working towards her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech in the Fall. Her interest in Engineering Education began through a project where she helped to design a makerspace inside a shipping container. Since then, she has explored design and engineering education through
and undergraduate mentees. Building upon the success of the pilot year ofthe program, this study formally examines the effectiveness of the GradTrack program in itssecond year.Specifically, this study aims to address two questions: A) Does the GradTrack Scholars Programprepare participating undergraduate students for graduate school? and B) Does GradTrack assistin the professional development and sense of belonging for graduate student mentors? Toevaluate these questions, this research paper uses pre- and post-event surveys and a focus groupof mentors from the 2022 GradTrack cohort. This paper will also discuss modifications madebetween the first two years of the program. The results of this assessment and ideas forimplementation across other
the systems development cycle. Despite thispotential, civil engineering education has much room for improvement in training students on thesocial implications of engineering works, particularly how engineering can shape socialvulnerability under climate change, natural hazards, and aging infrastructure, and on the powerstructures that contribute to the generation of systematic social injustices. This work-in-progresspresents the results of the first stage of a broader study aimed at developing curricularinterventions that build social justice awareness and compassion amongst students in the LylesSchool of Civil Engineering at Purdue University. We followed a convergent mixed methodsstudy (QUAN-qual), collecting quantitative and qualitative
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Paper ID #33791Professional Development of Secondary School STEM Educators inSub-Saharan Africa: A Systematized Literature ReviewMr. Moses Olayemi, Purdue University, West Lafayette Moses Olayemi is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He is passionate about the professional development of STEM educators as change agents in the educational landscape of Sub-Saharan Africa. He aspired to leverage research-based empirical evidence to influence education policies.Mr. Collins N. Vaye, Florida International University Collins N. Vaye is a first-generation graduate student and a