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Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, University of Kentucky; Carissa B. Schutzman, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati; Keren Mabisi; Apala Biswas, University of Cincinnati

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the transferrable skills course in their resume andprovided examples of how they had demonstrated skill attainment: “I'm looking for a job rightnow, and I was able to list that as I was trained. It’s been extremely helpful.” Another Cohort 1student commented that the transferable skills and the interdisciplinary aspect of the NRT hadprompted a conversation in which a potential employer emphasized the need for such skills:“He's just like ‘that's really major right now that you already understand trying to connect withother people from different backgrounds and different perspectives to work together to try to getsomething done’.” When Cohort 1 students were prompted to reflect on what additional supportsto promote development in inter

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). We expect thatour work will inform future efforts to moderate behaviors and team dynamics throughinterventions such as conflict management and self-advocacy.AcknowledgmentsThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation’s Research Initiation inEngineering Formation (RIEF) program under Grant No. 2106322. Any opinions, findings,conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of NSF. We also acknowledge the work of Ana Biviano, a graduateresearcher on this project. We thank anonymous reviewers to an earlier draft of this manuscript.References 5Aragon O., Pietri E. and Powell B. (2023) Gender bias in teaching

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Endeavour staff was experiencing in and out of the classroom. Also, the researchers felt thatthe high frequency of the survey delivery (five times over the two-year period of the program)was leading the students to not reflect on the survey questions as deeply as was desired sincethey had seen the questions so many times before. Therefore, modifications were continuouslybeing made to the original study design with the first three cohorts (e.g., a shift to focus groupsas opposed to Liker-scale surveys). Although the initial survey data would still prove useful forachieving specific aim 3 (an engagement dashboard), engagement measures have since moved tomore qualitative methods of data collection [8]. Work is still being done by the staff to pull in

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Jennifer Cromley, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign; Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan

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(grant number2034800). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. The authors thank our project evaluator Dr. Elizabeth Litzler and advisory boardmember Diana Gonzalez for their support and guidance on this project. The authors also thankthe Year 2 participants for supporting this work by sharing their experiences in our survey.References[1] T. M. Evans, L. Bira, J. Beltran-Gastelum, L. T. Weiss, and N. L. Vanderford, “Evidence for a mental health crisis in graduate education,” The FASEB Journal, vol. 36, pp. 282- 284, 2018.[2] A. K. Flatt, “A Suffering Generation: Six factors

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John K. Wagner, University of New Mexico; Lizandra C. Godwin, University of New Mexico; Magda Hinojosa, Arizona State University; Nadia Singh, University of Oregon; Elizabeth A. Wentz, Arizona State University; Benjamin Jose Aleman, University of Oregon; Mala Htun, University of New Mexico

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in the Journals: Publication Patterns in Political Science,” PS: Political Science & Politics, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 433–447, Apr. 2017, doi: 10.1017/S1049096516002985.[22] P. Chakravartty, R. Kuo, V. Grubbs, and C. McIlwain, “#CommunicationSoWhite,” Journal of Communication, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 254–266, Apr. 2018, doi: 10.1093/joc/jqy003.[23] L. Urrieta, L. Méndez, and E. Rodríguez, “‘A moving target’: a critical race analysis of Latina/o faculty experiences, perspectives, and reflections on the tenure and promotion process,” International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 1149–1168, Nov. 2015, doi: 10.1080/09518398.2014.974715.[24] A. A. Berhe et al., “Scientists from

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Donald W. Mueller Jr. P.E., Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Josue Njock Libii, Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Donna Dea Holland, Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Omonowo David Momoh, Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Peter A Ng, Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Reynaldo Pablo; Suleiman A. Ashur, Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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this paper are those of the authors and do not, necessarily, reflect those of the National ScienceFoundation (NSF).References[1] J. Njock Libii, “Building an Infrastructure to Enhance and Sustain the Success of STEM Majors Who are Commuting Students,” presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 2018. 10.18260/1-2. Paper# 30128.[2] Indiana Commission for Higher Education College Completion Reports, 2022. [online] https://www.in.gov/che/files/2022_College_Completion_Report_10_03_2022.pdf.[3] National Center for Education Statistics, “Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates,” Condition of Education. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences

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Todd Freeborn, The University of Alabama; Claire Major, The University of Alabama; Miriam E. Sweeney; Debra Moehle McCallum, The University of Alabama; Sarah T Dunlap, The University of Alabama

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EPRA evaluates theirattitudes to social responsibility. But our analysis has a current gap in that we have not yetassessed differences in student work displaying their ethical reasoning on the problems of thecourse. The use of the PM evaluations will address this gap and evaluate ethical achievement onthe specific projects the courses were designed to prepare them for.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation, specifically theDivision of Undergraduate Engineering in the Directorate for STEM Education, under Grant No.2020560. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material arethose of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National

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Eakalak Khan; Sayeda Ummeh Masrura; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Om Prakash Yadav, North Carolina A&T State University

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ability to interact effectivelywith people from different cultural backgrounds were measured using a standardized surveyinstrument. Participants reported an increase in their average research competency ratings aftercompleting the program, as indicated by the survey findings. Those improvements cut acrossdemographics such as gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and school type.Acknowledgments: This work was supported by the National Science Foundation’s InternationalExperience for Students (IRES) Site grant. (Grant Numbers: OISE# 1952490-TAMU, 2208801-NCAT,and 195249-UNLV). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations presented are those of theauthors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation

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S. Monisha Pulimood, The College of New Jersey; Kim E. Pearson, The College of New Jersey; Diane C. Bates, The College of New Jersey

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similarpattern to the ToSLS, so there is no reason to suggest that the decline is due to the ToSLS itself.In addition, grades for students in these classes serve as an objective measure that most studentsare learning this material, they are just not translating this learning to their performance on post-tests.5. CONCLUSIONWe conclude that students, both STEM and non-STEM, indicate that their scientific skills andknowledge increase over the course of a semester in which they participate in a CAB project.This is reflected in the high pass rates of students enrolled in all of these classes, whichobjectively assess (through a variety of means) that students have learned the assigned material.The anomalous findings from the ToSLS and the Alternative SL

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Morgan M. Fong, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign; Liia Butler, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign; Abdussalam Alawini, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign; Mariana Silva, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign

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these face-to-face strategies should be translated into a web-based environment[24, 25].We have implemented collaborative learning activities in our courses using the group features inPrairieLearn while encouraging students to use the POGIL roles of Recorder, Manager, andReflector. The Recorder is the main “driver” who enters most of the answers in PrairieLearn. TheReflector completes a survey at the end of each activity, reflecting on the group’s interaction andhow the activity itself helped their learning. The Manager coordinates team’s efforts, making sureeveryone is contributing and following along. Currently these roles are encouraged, but notenforced by the system. Members of each group are required to alternate in these roles such

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Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon J Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jesse Herrera

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receivingscholarship through the NSF award and through the CARA donor, which currently have GPArequirements of 2.5/4.0 and 3.0/4.0, respectively. A main goal of the Spring 2022 semester willalso be to create more group cohesion between the 22 scholars and to engage scholars to be moreactive participants in the workshops, events, and on campus.AcknowledgementsPartial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation Scholarships inScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S STEM) program under Award No.2028340. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References1. Bailey, T.R., K.L

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Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Douglas Edward Pruim; Deana Lucas; Todd Kelley, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Jung Joo Sohn, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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program based on the continuous collection of data from a variety ofsources. These sources included interviews from a mixture of stakeholders (instructors, administrators,students, alumni, and advisors), pre-post-retrospective surveys from students within the program, studentwork, and reflections from an embedded ethnographer. The analyzed data includes interviews from 30students, 20 alumni, and 14 faculty/administrators/advisors as well as over 241 pre/post/retrospectivesurvey responses. The data from these sources were analyzed and reviewed by the cross-college facultyfor refinements to the model at the end of each academic year as well as for identifying institutionalbarriers toward, and strategies for, transdisciplinary programming. As a

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thestudy groups, and three of the five achieved the required C to continue on to the next course in the EEsequence. However, for the Scholars who did not achieve a C, the PI ran a mini-course after the semesterended, to raise their skill levels to C level. Out of the two, one was able to continue to the next course,while it was recommended to the other, that he change his major to a two-year electrical technologymajor, which he eventually did. It should be noted that the student who did not achieve the skills neededto continue in the major, also scored very poorly on our department’s math pre-Calculus assessment tests,even though he scored at least a C in Pre-Calculus, Calculus I and Calculus II, which indicates that gradesdo not always reflect

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Katrina J. Donovan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon J Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Stuart D. Kellogg P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; William Cross, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra M. Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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glaze that solely used materials from the Black Hills, as it added additional creative andtechnical challenges to overcome.The scientific and creativity rubric that was used to for the MET 352 competition can be seen inTable 2. The students were evaluated by program faculty and the AIR. The students also receiveddirect feedback (comments) from the evaluators.Spring 2022 MET 352– Results and Lessons LearnedThe A+E team goal for the MET 352 course was to have the student teams design and produce(formulate, fire, glaze) a unique ceramic body. In that regard, the design goal for MET 352 was asuccess as all teams successfully designed and fabricated prototypes. One point of reflection forthe PIs after the term was complete was the reproducibility or

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Sabahattin Gokhan Ozden, Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Ashkan Negahban, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend ; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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with less difficulty and workload, even though they were told all choiceshad similar workload and difficulty. Understanding what groups of students feel stressed whenchoosing from multiple options can help design strategies to minimize such negative effects ofassignment choice.We hope that the findings presented in this paper help educators with proper implementation ofISBL and decision-making related to offering context choice to their students.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.2000599 (ECR program). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions, or recommendations expressedin this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the

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Erica Cline; Menaka Abraham; Sarah Alaei; Heather Dillon, University of Washington, Tacoma; Joyce Dinglasan-Panlilio; Jutta Beneken Heller; Zaher Kmail; Seung-Jin Lee, University of Washington, Tacoma; Eva Yihua Ma; Marc Nahmani; Amanda K Sesko; Ka Yee Yeung

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components wereapproved by the UW Institutional Review Board.Here we focus on institutional data and student outcomes from the first four years of the programfor computer science and engineering students or pre-majors. A more in-depth analysis of surveyand interview responses and outcomes for students who are pursuing all STEM majors in theprogram will be published elsewhere.Program OutcomesStudents in the ACCESS in STEM program generally reflect the diverse composition of thestudent body at UWT, with 74% First Gen, 31% URMs, and 11% veterans or military dependents(Table 2). Although female and non-binary students are still underrepresented compared to theoverall campus population, at 27% they show much greater representation than the

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situation to do a recommendation. I think if I was just being like, "Wow, you can go do it. This is a reasonable time." I think I'd be 13 seconds.Participant 2.7’s analysis of the Cup Stacking question forced us to reflect on the task’s value asa means to measure normative behavior: While the other questions have fairly unambiguousconsequences since they affect the decision-maker individual alone, the Cup Stacking questionasks one to consider how a different person will react. Since it is not reasonable to expect that allpersons will react in the same way to an identical response, our inequality-based coding schemeis not appropriate for this question.DiscussionThis project seeks to understand how engineers reason under variability: cases