AC 2009-191: BEYOND ANECDOTES: HOW TO ASSESS WHAT GOES ON INYOUR CLASSESKathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin KATHY J. SCHMIDT is the Director of the Faculty Innovation Center for the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. The FIC’s mission is to provide faculty with effective instructional tools and strategies. In this position, she promotes the School's commitment to finding ways to enrich teaching and learning. She works in all aspects of education including design and development, faculty training, learner support, and evaluation.Mia Markey, University of Texas, Austin MIA K. MARKEY is an Associate Professor in The University of Texas Department of
Paper ID #33109Building Research Skills through Being a Peer ReviewerDr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, and the Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education. Her research focuses on the interactions between student mo- tivation and their learning experiences. Her projects focus on student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, development of problem solving skills, self-regulated learn- ing, and epistemic beliefs. She earned a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S
up from pre-primary and primary, through secondary, and on tohigher education and that this necessarily impacts how engineering can effectively be taught atdifferent levels.5 We are more concerned with how the misalignment between K-12 anduniversity engineering programs epitomizes broader struggles over representations of whatengineering work actually entails and devising educational programs to prepare for it.Ultimately, we take the successes of K-12 engineering programs in baiting students—and the(i) This qualification notwithstanding, we do claim that some of the major players in engineering recruitment, at alllevels, knowingly and deliberately convey a highly selective, “glossy” image of both engineering education and
spectrum of learning and research work beyond theirdisciplinary domain. In this paper, we will discuss the three following primary areas: 1) the workof these 12 REU fellows that contributed to the development of the present LEWAS lab, 2) theinterdisciplinary experience gained by these undergraduates by working in the LEWAS lab, and3) the lessons learned from the authors though their experiences assisting the REU fellows intheir research work.Background of the LEWAS lab The LEWAS lab has a field site (Figure 1), which is located at the outlet of a small creek(Webb Branch) that flows through the Virginia Tech campus8. This stream joins a water qualityimpaired stream Stroubles Creek9. The Webb Branch was chosen as the site of the lab because
Paper ID #33697Faculty Development and Instructional Design Through a Quality MattersTool for Online and Hybrid Course AssessmentDr. Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel Alyson G. Eggleston is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Fine Arts, and Communica- tions at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, where she teaches STEM-focused technical writing and communication, writing-intensive courses for international students, and linguistics. She re- ceived her PhD from Purdue University in Linguistics, and she has a BA and MA in English with concen- trations in TESOL and writing pedagogy from
AC 2010-328: SHOWCASING AND SUPPORTING ENGINEERING FACULTYENGAGED IN TEACHING INNOVATION THROUGH A NEW SYMPOSIUMElizabeth Cady, National Academy of EngineeringNorman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering Page 15.1064.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Showcasing and Supporting Engineering Faculty Engaged in Teaching Innovation through a New SymposiumIn spring 2009, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) received funding from theO’Donnell Foundation in order to strengthen the engineering and innovation capacity of thenation by catalyzing a vibrant community of emerging engineering education leaders. The NAEchose to
). Fostering specific dispositions of Critical Thinking for student engagement in engineering. 2019 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), EDUCON2019 IEEE Proceedings. [12] Clemente, V., Vieira, R. and Tschimmel, K. A learning toolkit to promote creative and critical thinking in product design and development through Design Thinking. In Engineering Education (CISPEE), 2016 2nd International Conference of the Portuguese Society, 2012. pp. 1-6. [13] Rawat, K. J., Qazi, W., & Hamid, S. Creativity and education. Academic Research International, 2012. 2(2), p. 264. [14] Allen, M. J. "Using Rubrics to Grade, Assess, and Improve Student Learning." Strengthening Our Roots: Quality, Opportunity
-7 The research work of Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith provides aparticularly useful framework for effective teamwork in multiple disciplines, and it has beenapplied extensively to teamwork in engineering education. We present these five characteristicshere, as they have been applied to collaborative learning in engineering student teamwork:—Promotive interactionMembers do real work, usually face to face. Forming groups with similar availability for workoutside of class is one technique to support promotive interaction.—Positive interdependenceThe team focuses on a common goal or single product, with complementary contributions.Positive interdependence can be promoted through role-taking, and “jigsaw” activities in whichstudents
(1), pp. 4044. 13 Lewis, K., MooreRusso, D. A., Ashour, O. M., Simpson, T. W., Okudan Kremer, G. E., Neumeyer, X., McKenna, A. F., & Chen, W. (2011, June). “Teaching the Global, Economic, Environmental, and Societal Foundations of Engineering Design through Product Archaeology.” Proceedings of 2011 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. https://peer.asee.org/18983. 14 Lewis, K., MooreRusso, D. A., Okudan Kremer, G. E., Tucker, C., Simpson, T. W., Zappe, S. E., McKenna, A. F., Carberry, A. R., Chen, W., Gatchell, D. W., Shooter, S. B., Paretti, M. C., McNair, L. D., & Williams, C. B. (2013, June). “The Development of Product Archaeology as a Platform for Contextualizing Engineering Design.” Proceedings of 2013 ASEE
, Sept. 19, 1882.20. T. A. Edison, “Filament for Incandescent Electric Lamps,” U.S. Patent 1,163,329, Dec. 7, 1915.21. M. Josephson, Edison: a biorgraphy. New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 1959, ch. 10, pp 175-204.22. N. Tesla, “My Inventions: 1. My Early Life,” Electrical Experimenter, pp. 669-697 and 743-747, Feb. 191923. D. G. Reinertsen, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development. Celeritas Publishing, Redondo Beach, CA, 2009.24. K. Beck, et al. (2016, Feb 1). Manifesto for Agile Software Development [Online]. Available: http://www.agilemanifesto.org/25. M. Kennaley, SDLC 3.0: Beyond a Tacit Understanding of Agile, Towards the Next Generation of Software Engineering. Fourth
global issues such as those pertaining to sustainability.Dr. Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University Prof. Melani Plett is a Professor in Electrical Engineering at Seattle Pacific University. She has over sev- enteen years of experience in teaching a variety of engineering undergraduate students (freshman through senior) and has participated in several engineering education research projects, with a focus how faculty can best facilitate student learning.Prof. Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rebecca A. Bates received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington in 2004. She also received the M.T.S. degree from Harvard Divinity School in 1993. She is currently a
others’ ideas, beliefs and opinions: keep an open mind. 11. Value the person: respect individual differences. 12. Empower others: demonstrate trust. 13. Be sensitive to others: sympathize and empathize.Benefits of Civility“Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.”7 “You don’t have to join anything, there’s noinitiation, there’s no fee. It’s simply what is expected of us,” according to Chuck Hughes,Executive Director of the Gary (Indiana) Chamber of Commerce.5 “Individuals feel valued andpowerful when (they are) respected.”12 People have a better sense about themselves and otherswhen they are treated in a respectful, professional and courteous manner.The benefits of civility extend beyond academia and the workplace. Civility can have a
. Joachim Walther, University of Georgia Dr. Walther is an assistant professor of engineering education research at the University of Georgia (UGA). He is a director of the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), an interdisciplinary research group with members from engineering, art, educational psychology and social work. His research interests range from the role of empathy in engineering students’ professional formation, the role of reflection in engineering learning, and interpretive research methodologies in the emerging field of engineering education research. His teaching focuses on innovative approaches to introducing systems thinking and
AC 2012-4440: FOSTERING EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARN-ING IN A COLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGDr. W. Vincent Wilding P.E., Brigham Young University W. Vincent Wilding is professor of chemical engineering, 1994-present, Brigham Young University. He worked for Wiltec Research Company, Inc., 1985-1994, and has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering, Rice University, 1985, and a B.S. in chemical engineering, Brigham Young University, 1981.Prof. James K. Archibald, Brigham Young University James K. Archibald received a B.S. degree in mathematics from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, in 1981, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1983 and 1987, respectively. Since 1987, he
Paper ID #19944Profiles of Participation Outcomes in Faculty Learning CommunitiesDaria Gerasimova, George Mason UniversityDr. Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University Margret Hjalmarson is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University and currently a Program Officer in the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Infor- mal Settings at the National Science Foundation. Her research interests include engineering education, mathematics education, faculty development and mathematics teacher leadership.Prof. Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University Jill Nelson is an associate
AC 2011-135: DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES FOR NEW ENGI-NEERING AND MATH EDUCATORSRobert M. Brooks, Temple University Dr. Robert M. Brooks is an associate professor in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University. He is a registered professional engineer in PA and a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. His research interests are Civil Engineering Materials, Transportation Engineering, and Engineering Education.Jyothsna K S, Department of English, St.Joseph’s College, Bangalore Secured a gold Medal for the highest aggregate marks in the Post Graduate English Literature Course at St.Joseph’s College (Autonomous). Working for the Department of English, St.Joseph’s College for
course description in the catalog says: A problem-solving introduction and thorough exploration of word processing, spreadsheet management, data analysis, graphical display of data, and multimedia presentations. The problem-solving approach also aids students in their specific majors through software applications requiring major-specific professional communication skills in written, graphical, and presentation forms.Before doing the course transformation, the course objective was written as follows: Effectively use Microsoft Word for professional word processing and written technical communication. Effectively use Microsoft Excel for spreadsheet data creation, data organization, numeric
infusion of new ideas and initiatives aligned with thecollege and university’s strategic vision for STEM education and research. Faculty advancementis a joint effort, required college level leadership and commitment through the provision ofresources and permanent dedicated personnel. In this instance, the quest for faculty success isthe overarching driving force, promoting a faculty community connected across all ranks, andworking together to lift each other higher in the academy.References[1] Gillespie, K. J., Robertson, D. L., and Associates (2010). A guide to faculty development. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.[2] Camblin, L. D. Jr., & Steger, J. A. (2000). Rethinking faculty development. Higher Education, 39, 1-18.[3] Felder, R., and Brent, R
on campus, while schools witha bottom-up governance model are likely to have a greater number of committees andopportunities for service.Professional Service:Professional service activities generally look beyond the confines of a university to theengineering profession as a whole (or have a discipline-specific focus). The types of activitiesincluded in this category include serving as a reviewer for conference and journal papers andgrant proposals, serving as a journal editor or assistant editor, organizing conferences, serving asan officer in a professional organization (including local chapter officers and division officers),being a ABET program evaluator, and serving on committees of professional societies.Community Service:Community
. European Journal of Engineering Education, 31(01), 35–42.12. Geisinger, B. N., & Raman, D. R. (2013). Why they leave: Understanding student attrition from engineering majors. International Journal of Engineering Education, 29(4), 914.13. Godwin, A., & Potvin, G. (2015). Fostering female belongingness in engineering through the lens of critical engineering agency. International Journal of Engineering Education, 31(4), 938-952.14. Pierrakos, O., Beam, T. K., Constantz, J., Johri, A., & Anderson, R. (2009, October). On the development of a professional identity: Engineering persisters vs engineering switchers. In Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009. FIE'09. 39th IEEE (pp. 1-6). IEEE.15. Seymour, E. H., &
include plans to useexperiments or case studies from your research in your lesson plans, as well as the use ofinterested students from your courses as undergraduate research assistants. NSFencourages the use of undergraduates in research, and offers supplemental funding to theCAREER grant to support this activity through the Research Experiences forUndergraduates (REU) program.8 NSF also encourages visits to foreign researchfacilities, and collaboration with foreign institutions in research and educationalactivities. In addition, partnerships with industry, national laboratories, and K-12 schoolsare considered good examples of activities that can integrate research and education. Asyou think about integrating research and education, it can be
Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis. Dr. Haungs spe- cializes in game design, web development, and cloud computing. He is the developer of PolyXpress (http://mhaungs.github.io/PolyXpress) – a system that allows for the writing and sharing of location-based stories. Dr. Haungs has also been actively involved in curriculum development and undergraduate edu- cation. Through industry sponsorship, he has led several K-12 outreach programs to inform and inspire both students and teachers about opportunities in computer science. Recently, Dr. Haungs took on the position of Co-Director of the Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies (LAES) program. LAES is a new, multidiscisplinary degree offered
is a work in progress and this papersummarizes the current status of the project.Diffusion of Innovations In the book Diffusion of Innovations , the author Everett Rogers [4, page 5] states thatdiffusion “is a kind of social change, defined as the process by which alteration occurs in thestructure and function of a social system.” Furthermore, diffusion is defined as “the process bywhich an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members ofa social system.” The four main elements that influence the spread of a new idea are, accordingto Rogers: the innovation, communication channels, time, and a social system. These fourelements are found in every diffusion program. The SFIP incorporates these elements
AC 2012-2979: CRITICAL THINKING: A PEDAGOGICAL INSTRUMENTFOR NEW ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE EDUCATORSDr. Robert M. Brooks, Temple University Robert Brooks is an Associate Professor of civil engineering at Temple University. He is a Fellow of ASCE. His research interests are engineering education, civil engineering materials, and transportation engineering.Jyothsna K. S., Jyothsna K. S., Department of English, St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore, secured a Gold Medal for the highest aggregate marks in the Post Graduate English Literature course at St. Joseph’s College (au- tonomous). K. S. has been working for the Department of English, St. Joseph’s College for almost two years now, teaching both undergraduate and
(McGuire &Reger, 2003). Therefore, it can be advantageous to have a broader conceptualization ofmentoring. Lottero-Perdue and Fifield (2010) present a conceptual framework for facultymentoring in higher education composed of five dimensions: 1) intended beneficiaries, 2) locusof control, 3) relationship characteristics, 4) topics, and 5) actions. Because there is a need formentoring across all stages of a faculty career, and across multiple aspects of faculty life, usingthis type of broad conceptualization can support explorations of mentoring structures beyond thetraditional intradepartmental faculty pairs.Kram (1985) defines mentoring as having two fundamental components: 1) career support and 2)psychosocial (i.e., personal and emotional
response to human actions, to include hand-sketchedproducts. [2]PhET is a comprehensive online math and science (it has grown well beyond just physicsconcepts) simulation tool, with development driven by education research, that provides real-time visual responses resultant of student input. Launched in 2002 by the University of Coloradoat Boulder, PhET has become a standard tool for instructors in grades 6-12, as well as a supportfor students in early college courses. Students may experiment with activities ranging frombuilding electrical circuits to magnetism to molecular interaction. PhET is an engaging onlineenvironment with a game-like foundation.Mechanix provides significant support for one of the more time-intensive homework/gradingcourses
the course and stopworking prior to the completing R4. These students are also assigned a value of 1. Thus the MoSfor each student starts with a value of 0 that linearly approaches 1 until they complete (or fail tocomplete) the course. This metric addresses the fundamental risk that leaving even small tasks tothe last minute can lead to failure. It does not account for the difference between a studentmethodically progressing through the units and one who completes the majority near the end ofthe semester.Pacing Metric(s) - Pacing metrics discern between early and later procrastination by looking atthe completion dates for intermediary milestones as well as the date a student completes the lastunit. This strategy allows insight into general
the third year status of the SFIP program. The SFIP, as implied by its name, focuses its faculty development effort during thesummer (the entire month of June), while the faculty members are free from the regular duties ofa typical semester. Funding is addressed through a grant from the US Department of Educationwhich provides to each participating faculty member a $7,500 summer stipend, a $2,500 budgetto purchase educational materials, and a $2,000 travel budget to be used for additionalprofessional development. The stipend provides an incentive to ensure that the faculty willconcentrate their efforts only on course innovations during the month of June (no summerteaching or research), and that the faculty will commit to the
web-based environment [5] which was another challenge I facedbecause I originally created instructions that could be explained in face-to-face interaction,instead of finding a way to make them self-explanatory. Literature also mentioned that faculty“struggle with a lack of support and/or resources to design appropriate materials [6].” In thisregard, I must add that my home institution through the UFIT Center of Instructional Technologyprovides such support. However, faculty do not use their services as they should, maybe in part,as it was my case, ignorance of its existence because I was a new faculty member.Course re-design mediated by the instructional designerThe instructional designer (ID) has been crucial in the transformation of the
engineering education research community around research quality in qualitative or interpretive approaches. Through this CAREER-funded project, I will make a significant contribution to the theoretical methodological foundation necessary to promote the broad adoption, rigorous implementation, and wider acceptance of interpretive research methods within and beyond the engineering education community. [20] 5 The long-term goal of this CAREER development plan is to establish an integrated, evidence-based program of research and education centered on how people develop model-based reasoning through authentic