Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom (1675)

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Deborah M. Mechtel, United States Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators (NEE)

percentage of students that considered cooperative learning a positive experience declinedbetween the mid-semester and end-of-semester evaluation. Their mutual assessment results alsodeclined as shown in Table 2. Some students noted that their experience was not positive largelybecause of interpersonal conflicts in the group. Optimizing the membership of all groups isn’tpossible. Still, mixing students with different levels of experience and GPA appeared to beeffective. “B” students with prior experience worked well with “A” students that has noprevious experience. It is interesting to note that some “A” students with and without experiencehad difficulty working together. “A” students with or without experience and “C –D” studentswith or with out

Conference Session

Promotion and Tenure

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

James R. Alexander, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Donald D. Harter, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Jerry W. Samples, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators (NEE)

Session 2275 Getting a Good Start on Tenure the First Year Jerry Samples, James R. Alexander, Donald D. Harter University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstract:Six years to tenure seems like an eternity until the last year approaches and much is yet to beaccomplished. A sudden surge of activity at the end of the tenure trek is “normal”, as most newprofessors spend too much time getting started. This is especially so when there is a researchprogram that must be established before the refereed papers can be produced. And, of coursethere is the teaching aspect of tenure. In teaching colleges the