Figure 1. (a) (b) Figure 1. Evaluation of Field TripsOverall Workshop EvaluationStudents provided feedback on the last day of the workshop using the form shown in AppendixC. The results are shown in Fig. 2 below.While the results of Figure 2 agree with the earlier feedback shown in Table 2, the electricalengineering session was rated highest when compared with all other sessions and the field tripsare among the highly rated activities. Figure 2. End of Workshop Evaluation of all SessionsFollow Up AnalysisTo help us examine the success of STEM-SEP in recruiting students to Penn State, we took aclose look at the
rapidly declines oncethe semester begins, (b) negative affect remains worse than baseline throughout the semester, (c)students' weekly change in negative affect after the 4th week of the course may serve as the bestpredictor of their persistence and final grade in the course. These observations are generally truefor all students enrolled in Statics regardless of their final grade. The study is ongoing and willbe replicated in future studies to increase the relatively small samples size, which is the primarylimitation of the current findings.Keywordsaffect; emotion; engineering formation; motivation; persistence; research initiation; RIEF; self-efficacy; statics1. IntroductionThis paper presents initial findings of a study conducted to identify
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Combat Goals Shoots- station Trooper (parent) Robots and-Ladders (Kindermusik) (BotsIQ) game [11] (teacher) (parent) An interactive race Buoyancy involving balloon activity physics (parent) (community member) Live owl demonstration (Audubon Society) A hands-on kitchen science activity (parent)a. b. c.d. e. f. Figure 2: STEAM Night activities: a.) Fluid
” theoreticalframework through which dis/abled tertiary STEM student’s experiences can be examined. Inthis paper, we deductively map select experiences and conceptualizations of STEM graduatestudents to the first three axioms of the paint bucket dis/ability theoretical framework. The firstthree axioms state that dis/ability is: (1) temporary, episodic, transient, chronic, and permanentvariations in mental, emotional, and/or physical functioning or appearance that deviate fromsociety’s accepted norm; (2) the simultaneous (a) oppression of body/minds deviating from thenorm and the (b) physical, material, and psychological pain, desire, impact, and fear of having abody-mind that is labeled as deviating from society’s accepted norm; (3) existing within adiverse and
a lack of diversity in this course’s composition. B) Even distribution ofgenders with no students indicating LGBTQIA membership, indicating a further lack of diversityor a discomfort in responding positively. C) Small fraction of students reported being first-generation compared to the bulk of the student cohorts. D) Low representation of LGBTQIA-identifying students only in the second cohort. Despite providing an open response to furtherclarify, students provided no additional information. Less than 20% of each cohort contained minority groups underrepresented in the contextof entrepreneurship while gender identity was nearly evenly split with only three studentsidentifying as a member of the LGBTQIA community (Figure 2). A fraction
imperative to understand how deeply we may depend on this field, whichincludes a wide range of disciplines, to make the world work. It takes a creative and curiousengineer, one who truly notices the bridge between scientific methodologies and real-life Fig. 3: Schematic for the EKG circuit showing connections to the body. a) b) Fig. 4: (a) Block and connections diagram of the EKG circuit, (b) Built PCB of the EKG circuit used in the electrical engineering module.problems, to help advance the world. Thus, to develop professional skills, one must begin bykeenly observing the world around us. In the hopes of empowering future engineers to notice
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Bit (LSB) of the opcode governs theselection between two results within the same category (logic or arithmetic). In Fig. 2, theopcode is set to “11,” indicating the operation Y = A – B. Initially, the input B undergoes theconversion to its 2’s complement format, followed by addition to A, and the result is showcasedin the hex-display on the right. Modifying the opcode will accordingly reflect the correspondingresults. Opcode Operation 00 AND 01 OR
the attraction to the nucleus and the repulsion from non-valence electrons. More electronegative atoms have a higher Zeff. The Zeff values shown here are very rough approximations as the reality is more complex than a simple canceling out of charges from the nucleus and core electrons. (B) Even with noble gasses that have full valence shells, the electron density can shift slightly, resulting in weak bonds between atoms. This means that despite full valence shells, an electron near a noble gas still feels a slight attraction towards its nucleus. Since these bonds are so weak, noble gases only form liquids and solids at extremely low temperatures. Figure 2: Interface for drawing an interatomic potential and seeing the dynamics of the atoms
who did. This is especially prevalent on questions 2 and 4. It is possible thatstudents’ interactions with peers while playing the game helped them feel more confident in theirown abilities.Finally, to compare the PING-integrated game with a non-adaptive game, we measured theamount of time it took students to complete the game, shown in Figure 5(a). We also measuredthe number of steps students took to complete the game between the two game versions, shown inFigure 5(b). In this case, steps refers broadly to attempts on quizzes, retries on mini-games, andviewing help documentation. As shown, students in the PING-integrated game took less timeoverall to complete the game, even though the educational content was identical between the two
(s) B A, D, E, & F CLevel I – Have the students changed, or have I?Professor B was the only professor with less than or equal to six years of experience as anengineering professor. Professor B was initially hesitant to participate in this study, as they felttheir lack of experience would hinder their ability to acknowledge differences in their studentspre- and post-pandemic. They said: When COVID hit, I was only in my third semester teaching [second-year Mechanical Engineering course] … I was still learning and trying to optimize my class. For some of the changes [in students] I have noticed over the years, I would be tempted to attribute them mostly to my
Open-ended motivation for learning and success? Mixed-methods sequential explanatory design Figure 1. Research overviewResultsThis section presents the results associated with the responses of 57 STEM students at an MSI.The research used a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design to collect and analyzequantitative and qualitative data from students. The recorded data included a diverse studentgroup including (a) 38 students from CM, 13 students from CE, and 6 students from other STEMdegrees; (b) 39 males, 13 females, two non-binary/gender fluid, and three students who preferrednot to answer; (c) 29 international
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address theinvolved intricacies. In the following, we address important facets and interpretations of this casestudy.II. The Project Procedure and Method The full version of the shaft design assignment statement is available in Appendix A. Theclass was almost entirely composed of senior students with advanced footing in engineeringmechanics and materials. For our comparative analysis, we first asked the machine design classto develop a MATLAB code capable of taking user inputs such as mean torque (Tm), alternatingtorque (Ta), mean bending moment (Mm), alternating bending moment (Ma), choice of material,and safety factor (n) (Appendix B). The program was expected to return estimated shaftdimensions for selected material. Figure 1 provides a
, including interactive buttons and annotations, to the Blender modelusing Verge3D [7] that allows connection between HTML and Blender. This integrationenables users to manipulate animations and explore detailed information about the packettransfer process, leading to a more engaging and immersive experience. The system levelblock diagram is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: System overview diagram (Expanded version in Appendix B)Module development ● Blender (Animation)We created a 3D model that includes an animation depicting the transfer of packets from onePC to another, passing through various routers and switches, using Blender [5]. In addition toillustrating the fundamental topology of packet transportation, we incorporated differentcamera
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], the contribution of this paper is that the designed and developed display systemis larger-scale, scalable, and solar-powered, and provides multiple modes of functionality. Insummary, the novelties of our project include the renewable energy-based source of electricalpower, multiple modes of functionality, and the convenience of being light weighted andcontrolled through a web application.Electrical ComponentsIn this section, the electrical components used in this project are explained in detail, which aredemonstrated in Figure 2. (a) Solar panel (b) Addressable LEDs (c) Battery Cells (d) DC-DC Converter (e) Battery Management System
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-bus organization of a 16-bit data path with a four-wordregister file (REGS). Key registers include the program counter (PC), instruction register (IR),memory data register (MDR), and memory address register (MAR). Other components consistof the ALU, subroutine STACK, and a 4K word by 16-bit MEMORY. The complete data pathand memory map are shown in Figure 1. BUS A BUS B STACK BUS C 12 PC MEMORY IR 000
-Keywords -Future Work 5 mins 10 mins 50 mins 10 mins 5 mins Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Announcements In-class activity Learning Objectives Solving a problem in Research Process y groups B
between 1-12 minutes.It shows that the task A must be completed before task B can be started. It also shows that thetasks C, D, E, and F can be started simultaneously after the task B has been completed.Moreover, both tasks C and D must be completed before task G can start. The assembly linebalancing problem is one of assigning all the tasks required to a series of workstations so that thetime required to do the work at each station does not exceed the takt time, and at the same time.the unassigned (i.e., idle) time across all workstations is minimized. An additional considerationin designing the line is to assign the tasks as equitably as possible to the stations.This arrangement may be somewhat subjective but must be dictated by implied rules
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questions are presented in Table 4.Table 4 – Survey questions administered to participants. # Survey Questions and their Intended KSBA Model Elements SQ1 What ideas, concepts, knowledge, or facts have you learned? (K) SQ2 What skills have you developed? (S) How have some of your behaviors, habits, or practices changed, and/or what are SQ3 new ones that you have developed or adopted? (B) How have some of your attitudes or beliefs changed, and/or what are new ones SQ4 that you have developed or adopted? (A) Based on what you now know and have studied, how do you understand the idea SQ5 of Sustainability? (K) What
focused on the components and structures of a compelling story, exploring what constitutes a narrative's effectiveness (see Appendix B). Participants were given time to develop their stories, and then receive feedback on their draft stories from both peers and leaders associated with [Project]. Additionally, they were asked to consider how they intended to share their stories—whether through video recordings or anonymously. Participants took their stories home to further develop them after Workshop 2 (see Appendix E). They were asked to share their finalized stories within a week, including details on how they intended to share their narratives. Participants were compensated for the time that they spent developing their stories.DiscussionThe
2.9 Venezuelan 18 3.8 Other b 74 15.5 Race a Black/African American 15 3.2 Indigenous American 17 3.7 Indigenous Mexican 55 11.9 Middle Eastern/North African 12 2.6 White 343 73.9 Other c
align with ways to create engaging content, while pairingthe videos with a handout or example problem promote active learning [5]. In addition, the use ofstorytelling and thematic elements have been observed to appeal to student interest [6, 7]. Lastly,it was important to the team that, when possible, the engineering student actors explain the steeldesign concepts to demonstrate to viewers that mastery of these concepts are attainable at theirlevel.Video Development and TimelineThe following is an overview of the process used to develop the final videos: 1. Develop ideas for videos a. Identify basic topics in steel design, particularly difficult or confusing topics b. Determine suitable visual aids that could be used within