this newly formed department he strives to creatively impact society through investigating the intersections of engineering, education, and social need through research on community engagement and collaborative processes within informal learning. He has obtained a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Drexel University, in Philadelphia, USA and served as a Postdoctoral Fulbright Scholar at the Escola Polit´ecnica da Universidade de S˜ao Paulo. Dr. Delaine is a co-founder and past president of the Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED) and has served two terms as an executive member of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) as a Vice President for Diversity &
chemistry sets, kitchen chemistry Took care of or trained an animal Planted seeds, watched plants grow, watched animal behavior, collected things in nature (e.g., butterflies, rocks) Observed or studied stars and other astronomical objects Participated in science groups/clubs/camps Participated in science/math competition(s) Read/Watched non-fiction science Read/Watched science fiction Played computer/video games Wrote computer programs or designed web pages Talked with friends or family about scienceTable 5. Students’ intensity of experience with out-of-school experiences with follow up Tukey’sHSD for significant differences between groups. Tukey’s HSD Outcome
students that consistently ratelow and others that consistently rate high. Additional analysis of groups of students in the upper andlower thirds or quartiles will be conducted in the future as part of our ongoing studies. Similarly, in astudy that clustered engineering students based on quantitative measure of non-cognitive factors,including engineering identity and belongingness, over 40% of the participants did not fit into clusters(Scheidt, Senkpeil, Chen, Godwin, and Berger, 2018). In Scheidt et al.’s study, engineering identity andbelongingness were 2 of just 5 factors (out of about 20 total factors analyzed) that drew distinctionsbetween clusters; in other words, engineering identity and belongingness are two of the most variedaffective
children go aboutsupporting their children 's engineering learning—especially given the upswing in the number ofchildren being homeschooled in the U.S. over the past decade [1] [2], which is expected tosteadily grow in the future. Thus, in this study we aim to investigate the role a homeschoolparent plays in their child’s engineering learning. Literature review In the last decade computers have become less of a cutting-edge technology and more ofa commonality in every household. The shift in technology from exciting innovation to pertinenttools requires more than the ability to use computers for work. In fact, it is becomingincreasingly pertinent for children to think like computer scientists and
and what response they receivedfrom their audience(s).The student writing projects were analyzed using discourse analysis 12 and multimodal analysis30,31 in order to examine how the students enacted positions through roles and relationships visa vithe reader, and the extent to which they were successful in their positioning (RQ1).We considered criteria for successful positioning in multiple ways. First, we asked ourselveswhether the authors actually positioned themselves as engineering researchers or engineers -what were the strategies they use, and did they appropriately signal membership in thatcommunity. For instance, scientists are expected to use the language of uncertainty and to avoidoverstating their claims when discussing the
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. Analternative hypothesis is that there are more women and minorities starting civil or structuralengineering studies now than there were in the past, so the graduate student diversity willincrease as these students continue through the pipeline. However, nationwide data shows that, ifanything, women and minority representation among students in science and engineeringdisciplines has decreased slightly over the past 10 years2,5, making this hypothesis unlikely.Table 1. Demographic data obtained for university students and faculty in civil (C) and/or structural (S)engineering. FACULTY UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE STUDENTS
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allow as little as half a year. WhenEC 2000 abandoned credit-hour bean counting, the language shifted to require “adequateattention and time” for general education subjects (while retaining numerical requirements of ayear for fundamental science and math courses and a year and a half of engineering content).Nevertheless, regardless of whether one casts EC 2000’s advancements for liberal education ofengineers as meager, incremental, or transformative, there is no doubt that the current proposedchanges, by omitting the requirement of “adequate attention and time” for educational breadth,drops the floor on well-rounded education of engineers. This change threatens to send thecountry back not just 20 years to the 1990s before EC 2000, but more than
completely different adhesive with a differentspecification (Table 5).Socially Situated ActivitiesAs shown in Table 6 in the Appendix, we identified six socially situated activities. Similar to theevaluative frameworks, we found that all of the socially situated activities we identified wereused by engineers from both disciplines. For example, these activities include troubleshootingroot cause(s) of failure and multimodal communication as shown in Figure 2.In discerning relationships between the three layers of literacy practices (i.e., genres,frameworks, and socially situated activities) shown in Figure 2, we noticed two things. First, thegenres that an engineer chose to engage with were mediated by the interpretive or evaluativeframework they were
inthis material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. The authors wish to thank the STRIDE team and the interview participantsfor their participation in the study.References[1] The United States Department of Education, “Stem 2026 A Vision for Innovation in Stem Education,” U.S. Dep. Educ. Work., p. 55, 2016.[2] D. P. Giddens, R. E. Borchelt, V. R. Carter, W. S. Hammack, L. H. Jamieson, J. H. Johnson, V. Kramer, P. J. Natale, D. a. Scheufele, and J. F. Sullivan, Changing the conversation: messages for improving public understanding of engineering. 2008.[3] N. S. Foundation, “Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2017
success in their chosen majors. Thisdecision was also a result of the authors’ interest on SVS literature and the successful experienceof offering a pilot face-to-face (FTF) training on campus to improve SVS for 6 talented, low-income students in an NSF S-STEM scholarship program in Spring ’14. Previous studies in theSVS subject [1], [2], [3] report that well-developed SVS lead to students’ success in Engineeringand Technology, Computer Science, Chemistry, Computer Aided Design and Mathematics.Bairaktarova et al. [4] mention that aptitude in spatial skills is gradually becoming a standardassessment of an individual’s likelihood to succeed as an engineer.Support from industry provided the funds needed to acquire training materials created by Sorby
autocoding. Every question that was analyzed exhibited an increase in positivesentiment, directly relating to the advantages the course has to offer. It is important to analyzeour results not only in isolation but also within the current landscape of literature. The ClinicalImmersion program developed by S. Stirling and M. Kotche [7] at the University of Illinois atChicago saw similar results and value in clinical observations. Similar to this study, B.Przestrzelski and J. DesJardins [2] at Clemson University found their clinical immersionprogram to be beneficial for preparing students for their senior design course. This study alsofound the class of students at the time of participation impacted the level of influence theprogram had, with graduate
, factualconsistency, and comprehensiveness. Coherence means the capability to summarize qualitativedata input into a coherent piece of information with cohesion. Factual consistency evaluateswhether each meaning unit in the summary is backed up by the qualitative data. Importantly, wealso added whether information found in the source qualitative data is represented in thesummary. Comprehensiveness evaluates the extent to which the summary reached thecomprehensiveness of the source qualitative data [6]. We dropped “harmfulness” from Tang et al.’s evaluation scheme since the data in this project does not have the clear physiological harms inthe biomedical studies. We adopted a 5-point Likert scale with 1 being “the least satisfied” and 5being “the most
Decision Short-Term Decision MakingNote. Adapted from Where to Go from Here? Toward a Model of 2-Year College Students’Postsecondary Pathway Selection,” by K.R. Wickersham, 2020, Community College Review,48(2), 107-132. MethodsThe current study forms part of a broader investigation into an S-STEM program designed toenhance the academic success of engineering transfer students transitioning from communitycolleges to bachelor's degree programs. This initiative aimed to establish stronger connectionsbetween two community colleges and a partnering 4-year institution. We employed a qualitativeresearch approach to examine the influence of the pre-transfer program, referred to as VirginiaTechs Network for
this differs from their understandingof education research through their next sentence: ”But education research is not that way, where there is always a correct answer.” - Participant 4Participant 4’s statement indicates how many graduate students in the ESED department use their linguistic capital fromtheir specific disciplines within education research. Similar to other graduate students within ESED, participant 4 brings theirdisciplinary expertise into the L&L space; which melds with the language from other STEM disciplines, resulting in a richmethod of communicating research to people in and outside of the space. In another statement, participant 4 also explains howthey value the linguistic capital others bring. ”It’s important
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