,” Review of educational Research, vol. 68, no. 3, pp. 249-276, 1998. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS [12] A. M. Langan, C. P. Wheater, E. M. Shaw, B. J. Haines,This material is based upon work supported by a Miller Grant W. R. Cullen, J. C. Boyle, D. Penney, J. A. Oldekop, C. Ashcroft, and L. Lockey, “Peer Assessment of Oralfrom Iowa State University. Presentations: Effects of Student Gender, University
exciting activities. The pictures of the schools we have visited and the children, withdemonstrations and activities focus on explaining the consent, doing the activities it spreads awareness of STEMengineering process, design, and methodology. The main in the elementary level education system.goal of these activities is to introduce both boys and girlsinto engineering and eliminate the preconceived notions of B. A Typical Engineers on Wheels Tripthe difficulties encountered within engineering. In hopes thatsome of the young students will see that a career in In order for a visit to be successful, the Engineers onengineering can be obtained by anyone with an interest and Wheels
Paper ID #213792018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Why inclusion programs are beneficial to students with disabilities and howuniversities can help: perspectives of students with disabilitiesMs. Meenakshi Manas Das, Mississippi State University Meenakshi Das is a junior computer science student at Mississippi State University and has an active interest in Accessibility in tech.Dr. Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University Sarah Lee joined the faculty at Mississippi State University after a 19 year information technology career at FedEx
strong pre-college background inmath and science, so many students from low-income backgrounds enter collegeunderprepared to begin engineering curriculums. When coupled with a lack of familiarity with theculture of higher education and rising tuition costs, the result is a much higher attrition rate forthese students. Ohland et al. (2012) found that economically disadvantaged studentsmatriculate and graduate from engineering programs at lower rates than students fromhigher-income backgrounds.In this paper, we will discuss a model for improving the inclusion and retention ofhighly-motivated but underprepared students in engineering. Evidence from the EngineeringGoldShirt Program at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU-B) and the Washington
-studentrelationships, benefits of underrepresented student organizations, problems with advising, lackof communication of School of Engineering policies, procedures, and initiatives, and finally,excessive expectations of student organizations to improve the student experience.The six recommendations of the report highlighted concrete steps the school could enact toimprove the environment for all students. 1. Create a Center for Engineering Diversity – dedicated to working with minority engineering students. The goals of the center would include: a. Increase the diversity of students who apply, enroll, and graduate from the School of Engineering, b. Increase awareness of engineering careers by underrepresented groups
Paper ID #241982018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29A Systemic Approach to Recruiting and Retaining Women in UndergraduateComputingDr. Gretchen Achenbach, National Center for Women and Information Technology Gretchen Achenbach is a research scientist in the Department of Engineering and Society at the Uni- versity of Virginia and with the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). She earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her interests focus on the communication of scientific information and
professionals and action researchers successfully draw out narratives and stories from underrepresented groups who may be reluctant to share their experiences? What are some best practices for sharing results from a project that investigates these experiences in depth? How can the results of qualitative research best inform practice and policy as it relates to underrepresented groups? Share advantages and limitations of qualitative methods for academic affairs professionals and others. Share multiple methods for recruiting small sample interview participants. Provide methods for eliciting narratives from underrepresented groups Practice applying innovative data collection techniques to your
fellow of the ASEE and IEEE and is active in the engineering education community including serving as General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference, on the FIE Steering Committee, and as President of the IEEE Education Society for 2009-2010. She is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Edu- cation. She and her coauthors were awarded the 2011 Wickenden Award for the best paper in the Journal of Engineering Education and the 2011 Best Paper Award for the IEEE Transactions on Education. In Spring 2012, Dr. Lord spent a sabbatical at Southeast University in Nanjing, China teaching and doing research.Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering
Paper ID #242602018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29First-Year Experience (FYrE@ECST): Pre-Physics Course (WIP)Ni Li, California State University Los AngelesDr. Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles Menezes is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering Department at CalStateLA. His specialization is in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering. Since becoming part of the faculty in 2009, Menezes has also focused on improving student success and has led a number of engineering education projects. He is currently the PI
Paper ID #242722018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29On Becoming a ”Transfer Institution”: Research on a Community Collegethat Supports Diverse Black Students in their Transfer AspirationsDr. Bruk T Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park Dr. Bruk T. Berhane received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Mary- land in 2003, after which he was hired by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) where he worked on nanotechnology. In 2005 he left JHU/APL for a fellowship with the
experiencescontributed to understanding how we might think to make the teaching of engineering, andspecifically problem definition, in K-12 settings more inclusive. Overall, these findings add tothe growing conversation inclusive classroom environments, that make more explicit connectionbetween youths’ out of school knowledge and practices in school settings.Works Cited[1] S. Sismondo, An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, 2 edition. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.[2] G. Goggin, Cell Phone Culture: Mobile Technology in Everyday Life. Routledge, 2012.[3] B. Latour and S. Woolgar, Laboratory Life: The Social Construction of Scientific Facts. Sage, 1986.[4] C. L. Dym, A. M. Agogino, O. Eris, D. D. Frey, and L
identity and improved 21st Century skills? b) Is there adifference in outcomes for girls in a mixed gender environment versus an all-girls environment?LITERATURE REVIEWIn order to develop a contextual framework for the research, the authors conducted a review ofthe current literature. Areas of interest included: the theoretical pros and cons of single-sexlearning environments, the efficacy of informal STEM outreach programs in increasing STEMinterest or STEM identity, and the importance of the development of 21st Century learning skillsin today’s educational paradigm.Single-gender education pros/consThe literature related to the effect of single-gender education is conflicting. While many of thestudies show some type of positive outcome for women
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in their undergraduate career. STEM programs shouldconsider the intersectionality of their women participants and how to foster their voices ofpositive change through analysis of disenfranchised experiences at the university and withinsociety.A WiSE approach: Examining how service-learning impacts first-year women in STEM 15 ReferencesBeede, D., Julian, T., Langdon, D., McKittrick, G., Khan, B., & Doms, M. (2011). Women in STEM: A gender gap to innovation (ESA Issue Brief No. #04–11). U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration.Britt, L. L. (2012). Why we use service-learning: A report outline a typology of three approaches to this form of
recruitment and retention” was revealed in a total of 3different reports and called upon various stakeholders, as seen in Appendix B, Table B5.Next, the list of recommendations was printed and clustered to identify emergent themes. Thefirst round of coding was done by one researcher. Two researchers then reviewed thepreliminary codes to identify larger themes and reach agreement on the sorting and clustering.Next, the themes for the recommendations were applied to the Excel sheet to search for anyrelationships that may exist between themes, stakeholders, and/or decades. Table 1: Codebook with descriptions and examples of codes. Codebook Code Description
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Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Edu- cation. She and her coauthors were awarded the 2011 Wickenden Award for the best paper in the Journal of Engineering Education and the 2011 Best Paper Award for the IEEE Transactions on Education. In Spring 2012, Dr. Lord spent a sabbatical at Southeast University in Nanjing, China teaching and doing research.Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Joyce B. Main is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Michelle M
examining issues of social justice and educational equity. Currently, she is on a research team examining the impacts of an out-of-school STEM summer program for racially underrepresented youth.Dr. Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech Dr. Walter Lee is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education and the assistant director for research in the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED), both at Virginia Tech.Dr. David B Knight, Virginia Tech David Knight is Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in the De- partment of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He is also Director of International Engagement in Engineering Education and affiliate faculty with
Affairs and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Boston College. Kathleen worked for five years as the assistant director of Northeastern’s ADVANCE Office of Faculty Development and now serves as the manager of human resources and faculty affairs in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern University. Kathleen is pursuing a doctorate in education, concentrating in organizational leadership studies and focuses her research on career development.Dr. Carol B. Muller, Stanford University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Paper ID #24237 Carol B. Muller is
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, and number of tweets.AnalysisEven though our intent in this proposed work is to undertake research which is exploratory andrisky, to test the viability of our approach we conducted a preliminary analysis. Exploratoryresearch questions that guided the preliminary study included: a) Participation: Who are the mostactive users in terms of follower count in the ILookLikeAnEngineer (ILLAE) dataset? Who arethe most active users in terms of tweet count? Where are the tweets coming from? b) Discourse:What are the most frequent hashtags and their associated themes? c) Interaction: What is a patternof user interaction and its dynamics? In the following sections we present the detailed analysis ofthese inquiries.ParticipationUser analysis:To understand
Paper ID #243032018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Peer Leadership and Mentoring in Engineering: A potential path for chang-ing organizational culture to positively impact diversity, equity and inclusionDr. Paula Lynn Rees, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Paula L. Sturdevant Rees is Assistant Dean for Diversity in the College of Engineering at UMass Amherst. As Director of Diversity Programs, Dr. Rees works with students, faculty and staff to provide exceptional education and professional growth opportunities for under-represented students in
,support, and retain those who are from the underrepresented groups. However, even withincreased recruitment, those from underrepresented groups still make up incredibly smallpercentages of the engineering workforce (U.S. Department of Education, 2016).There are many reasons why, once recruited into engineering, diverse talent does not persist(Seron, Silbey, Cech, & Rubineau, 2016; Singh et al. 2014). For example, several researchershave documented dysfunctional team behaviors that are particularly problematic for femaleengineers, such as: (a) men relegating women to helping roles (Seron, Silbey, Cech, & Rubineau,2016), (b) men creating team environments in which women do not speaking up when they are inthe minority (Dasgupta, Scircle &
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Paper ID #242412018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Erasing a Gender Gap in Performance in a Multidisciplinary IntroductoryEngineering CourseDr. Nancy K Lape, Harvey Mudd College Nancy K. Lape is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Harvey Mudd College. Her previous re- search in engineering education examined the effectiveness of flipped classrooms as compared to more ”traditional” active learning in a controlled study. In addition to educational research, she also runs un- dergraduate research programs in gas separation membranes and