Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Improving Student Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Phil Dacunto, U.S. Military Academy; Andrew Joseph Ng, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

relies heavily upon the interpretation of results from direct, “embeddedindicators” such as homework assignments, exams, or portions thereof (Judd 2012, Shryock2008). If students perform well on an embedded indicator that maps to a course outcome, thisdirect evidence can bolster the conclusion that students have achieved the outcome. Indeed,ABET states that “effective assessment uses relevant direct, indirect, quantitative, and qualitativemeasures as appropriate to the outcome being measured” (ABET 2018).However, how do we define “good” performance on an embedded indicator, i.e., one that showsthe course as a whole has achieved the outcome? Certainly we can set some a priori standard forindividuals (for example, >70% of points earned on an

Conference Session

Project-Based, Inquiry Guided, and High Performance Learning Environments: Effective Approaches

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Ashfaq Ansery, Washington State University; Baba Abdul, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, and sharing leadership responsibilities. While there are websites that help with senior leveldesign team performance these are not usually used for courses offered earlier in the curriculum.In a recent offering of a junior level two-credit one-semester Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfercourse we asked students to use a team-centered website originally developed for senior levelintegrated design course assessment and learning. The process begins with joint development ofa team contract followed by team citizenship assessments for formative improvement of the teamprocess during the semester. Finally a summative aspect is added in which team members rateeach other on their contributions and achievements. The website provides the instructor a

Conference Session

Analysis of Effectiveness and Impacts of Graduate Programs: Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

in industry andacademia. As a university, we must develop engineering graduates who recognize the importanceof societal impact, are cognizant of ways to potentially achieve societal impact in the context oftheir technical expertise, and can effectively articulate their efforts in this arena [1]. There existfew courses that address these needs for graduate students and these have been aimed at thescientific disciplines such as biology and ecology or have focused on a particular activity such ascommunity engagement or informal science education [2,3]. Upon hearing about such a courseat the University of Florida developed by Prof. Bruce McFadden at a National Broader ImpactsSummit, the author was motivated to develop a course for engineering

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jie Sheng, University of Washington, Tacoma

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

prepare students for their future career by teaching them state-of-the-art tools and techniques; (3) how we continuously improve our teaching methods by considering ABETassessment criteria, students’ course evaluation/feedback, and changes in the students group caused byprogram’s expansion. The effectiveness of our teaching is supported and verified by students’ evaluations.I. IntroductionMicroprocessors/Microcontrollers (µPs/ µCs) are the brain of modern embedded digital systems and havebeen listed as one of the cores of almost all college-level engineering program curriculums. Teaching µPs/µCs has been widely discussed in literatures; it can be done in various ways depending on the group ofstudents. Examples include using FPGA to deliver the

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University; Briana B. Morrison, Southern Polytechnic State University; Fong K. Mak, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

instructor to keep an open mind while looking at assessment results so that shortcomings can be identified and corrected. The reflection section also provides the instructor the opportunity to document impressions regarding the effectiveness of instruction, acknowledging extenuating circumstances that might have affected student performance, and provide information regarding items currently not present in the current set of course outcomes.h. Proposed action items – The specification of proposed actions items for either course or curricular improvement begins the “closing the loop” process, as these items constitute the result of the instructor’s evaluation of the course. There are no restrictions as to what can be proposed; it could

Conference Session

Going Viral: Effective Instructional Techniques in an Online Environment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monique H. Head, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

M.S. in civil engineering in 2000 and 2002, respectively, from the University of Delaware. Page 25.1448.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Using Wikis to Facilitate Writing Research Abstracts in a Civil Engineering Graduate CourseAbstractThe objective of this study is to assess the impact of student performance and quality of writingresearch abstracts when using wikis to effectively engage students in a graduate course. Studentswill use wikis that are integrated within Blackboard to write an abstract for their project focusedon structural

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corinna Marie Fleischmann, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Brian Maggi, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Hudson V. Jackson, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

infrastructure resiliency, especially practical methods to improve community resiliency. • Discuss the Coast Guard’s initiatives and approach to reducing risk and ensuring that shore assets are resilient.Pedagogical Tools to Promote Student Learning and EngagementThe Coastal Resiliency course is structured to foster student focused learning by activelyengaging students through research of key issues of climate science and engineering adaptationto promote the development of information literacy skills. The interdisciplinary make-up of thestudents and term project requirements reinforce the development of teamwork, problem-solving,and communication skills. The in-class discussions and the team-based format of the courserequire students to

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corinna Marie Fleischmann P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Hudson V. Jackson P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Kassim M. Tarhini P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, Brian J. Maggi, Kassim Tarhini United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, CTAbstractFor both accreditation purposes and for student professional development, ensuring studentsdevelop professional skills is an integral part of an effective undergraduate engineering program.Engineering programs throughout the country have developed a variety of methods to hone theseprofessional skills, typically involving a capstone project experience. At our institution, theculminating design course has grown over the past 20 years and has developed into a capstoneprogram that delivers positive outcomes for both our students and stakeholders. A key emphasis ofour program is that students show the application of teamwork, leadership

Conference Session

Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Chen, Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

instructional consultants at the campus learning and teachingcenter on innovational ways to incorporate these new pedagogical designs as well as assessmenttools into the online learning management system. The remainder of this paper is structured as follows. We first introduce the context of our study,including student background and challenges. We then explain the detailed design andimplementation of the above-mentioned pedagogical strategies. The effectiveness of thesestrategies has been assessed through student participation and performance data over bothsemesters, as well as from student feedback throughout the semester. Finally, we summarize theeffort and discuss further improvement.2. Context of Study The probability course (ECE 30200) in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Renata A Revelo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Education, 2013 Improving Student Engagement Via Content PersonalizationIntroductionFor about ten years, the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign has offered a four-credit course each semester on digitalinformation technologies, ECE101: Exploring Digital Information Technology. This is a coursetailored towards students in non-STEM disciplines, such as economics, graphic design, politicalscience, theatre, accountancy, music performance, new media, and advertising. The coursesatisfies two general education requirements for these students.A general education course in engineering can be challenging to teach because non-engineeringstudents have widely-varying levels of scientific

Conference Session

Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Mironenko, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #36780Student Learning Outcomes in Two Fundamental ECE Courses withMulti-Modal Delivery During COVID ResponseProf. Olga Mironenko, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dr. Olga Mironenko is a Teaching Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She received a specialist degree in Physics from Omsk F.M. Dostoevsky State University, Russia in 2009, and she received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Delaware in 2020. Her current interests include improve- ment of introductory analog signal processing

Conference Session

Course Transformation in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Timothy Bretl, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

). American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020The Effects of Second-Chance Testing on Learning Outcomes in a First-Year STEM Course in EngineeringIntroductionStudents entering college in an engineering discipline often struggle in their first semesters.While the reasons for their difficulties may vary, it is often the summative course assessments(exams) that serve as the first “wake-up call.” Many under-performing students are suddenlyconvinced to reassess their approach to college-level studies. Increased frequency of assessmenthas been found to improve retention of the learning objectives [1, 2]. In our first-yearengineering course, ECE 110 Introduction to Electronics at the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gumaer

Session Number 1375 A Process for Improving Objective Examinations John A. Gumaer Northern Michigan UniversityAbstractA process is described to assist new engineering faculty in developing effective studentexaminations. This process can be applied in traditional classroom instruction or web-basedlearning settings. An effective examination begins with a set of measurable and observable testobjectives. These objectives are derived from course objectives or outcomes. The test objectivesshould be relevant to mastery of the course material. The cognitive skill level of the

Conference Session

Hey You: Effectively Engaging Students in the Classroom

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Laman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Irene B. Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

curriculum, an increased responsibility for self-directed learning is highly desirable. Students about to embark on a career must independently beable to meet professional development demands in a rapidly changing engineering environment.Students who arrive in class with assigned reading completed, notes reviewed, and prepared forclassroom activities are developing the ability to be self-directed learners. Limited classroomcontact time can be much more effectively utilized by focusing on concepts and applicationsidentified by students as needing further review and explanation. This paper describes changesimplemented to a Civil Engineering “Structural Design of Foundations” course at a Penn StateUniversity’s College of Engineering. These included

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Bellamy; Barry McNeill

Session 2513 Assessment For Improvement In The Classroom Barry McNeill, Lynn Bellamy Arizona State UniversityIntroductionMasaaki Imai, in his book Kaizen1, pointed out that unless a company continually strives toimprove the quality of their products, the products’ quality will decline over time, even if theproducts start out as first in class. The same is true for educational courses; unless wecontinually work at improving the quality of a course, the course’s quality (effectiveness) willdecline over time. The Second Law of

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott R Hamilton P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific; David A Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Tanya Kunberger P.E., University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

lack of validity of these practices. Walstad and Miller [4] conducted a nationalsurvey to examine grading policies and practices in core economics courses. The authors found“that there is a wide variety of grading policies used in principal courses and substantialdiscretion in how economics professors determine grades” [4].Walvoord and Anderson [5] identified the purposes of grading beyond just identifying the finalcourse grade. The authors suggest that using effective grading approaches and strategies can helpstudents acquire knowledge and skills, can motivate students to learn, and can be used byinstructors to communicate to students the importance of different elements of the course anddifferent skills developed. Kitsantas and Zimmerman [6

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3 – Course and Program Outcomes

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary David Asher, Colorado State University; Nicole L Ramo, Colorado State University; Thomas H. Bradley, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

applying SE to classassignments immediately after the SE lecture but may have lost confidence in applying SE by theend of the course. On the other hand, a student may not have used SE for their project, butrecognizes that it would have been better if they had. Either way, this disparity is interesting foreducators because this issue might be improved through more effective teaching. Labs, Homework, and/or Exam Prep Labs, Homework, and/or Exam Prep 10After Lecture Number of Responses 8 6 4 After 2 Lecture 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9End of Course 10 Number

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Mihir K. Das

Session 3557 Teaching Total Quality and Continuous Improvement Dr. Mihir K. Das California State University, Long BeachAbstractThe author discusses a novel course involving the Total Quality approach for achievingContinuous Improvement. Quality improvement in America is no longer a choice. In today’shighly competitive world, it is a matter of economic survival. Japan and European countrieshave created their industrial successes by adopting Total Quality Management (TQM) toreorganize and manage their organizations. The course provides a timely perspective tostudents on

Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch, West Texas A&M University; Rhonda B Dittfurth, West Texas A&M University; Freddie J Davis P.E., West Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 22.834.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Improving Engineering Students’ Perception of Technical Communication SkillsAbstractThe ABET 2000 Criterion 3g states that engineering programs must educate students with “an ability tocommunicate effectively.1” Surveys of engineering graduates and current students at West Texas A&M University(WTAMU) indicate that there is a desire on behalf of the students to experience more technical communicationopportunities within engineering coursework.Traditionally, written and oral communication instruction has been conducted in a formal setting within the requiredthree course sequence of ENGL 1301

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 7

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Lynn Orton P.E., University of Missouri, Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

review the new multi-dimensional evaluation measures. For the question on the challenges of the new evaluation measures, the faculty felt that the new questions were mostly “environmental” in nature and lacked technical aspects related to course objectives such as if the student felt they were able to improve their writing skills. However, the TFELT task force specifically sought to focus on classroom environment as student surveys responding to teaching provide student perceptions of their experiences in a class with a teacher, not actual measures of teaching [19-22]. Therefore, it seems there was a disconnect between the faculty’s previous experience and expectations with the SET that included a single global measure on teaching effectiveness

Conference Session

Using graphics in the rest of the engineering courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andy S Zhang, New York City College of Technology of CUNY; GAFFAR BARAKAT GAILANI, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Intradepartmental Collaboration to Improve the Quality of Engineering Drawings Created by Students in Senior Design ProjectAbstractThis paper discusses the collaboration of faculty members in the mechanical engineeringtechnology department to improve the quality of students’ design work in a senior designproject of the Machine Design class. A faculty member who taught Machine Design, acapstone course, collaborated with two faculty members who taught Advanced Solid Modeling,a feeder course for Machine Design. The collaboration originated from a review of studentsdesign work in the senior design project of the machine design class which indicated that manystudents who took three

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

Engineering course and the subsequent pilot field introduction of this course in a partnership between UMBC and Eastern Technical High School. • Expansion of the high school partnership with additional high schools. Page 9.710.2“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Education”It is the last of these activities, the high school level Introduction to Engineering course, thatbecame the second initiative for improving the Freshman Engineering Experience at UMBC.The First Initiative – Revision

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific Univ; Donald Peter

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

) homework scores and average final exam scoresfrom several courses for a few course offerings before and a few course offerings after switchingto self-graded homework in hopes of somewhat measuring an improvement in student learning.We found that homework scores increased roughly 5% and final exam scores increased roughly3%. We fully recognize, however, that these scores are dependent on many factors other thanstudent learning. Further, we present these data reluctantly because we made many otherchanges in the courses over the years and a sampling of just 20 students per course over just afew course offerings makes any trends highly suspect.Student comments from homework assignments about their errors and learning:Student reflections on their

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University; James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Shepherd, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Page 15.198.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Assessing Curriculum Improvement through Senior ProjectsAbstractSenior project and/or capstone design courses are intended to provide a culminating designexperience for students and to demonstrate their understanding of engineering knowledge andtheir ability to apply that knowledge to practical problems. It is expected that the quality andattributes of students’ senior design projects can be used as a good measure of determining howwell the curriculum prepares students to engage in engineering design as well as a measure offaculty teaching and student learning. This paper reports the results of a study designed to assesswhether the new computer engineering curriculum

Collection

2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

Sanish Rai, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

chemistryexperiments. Universities have recognized the importance of practical lab component for acomputer programming course and so most of the courses are accompanied by a separate lab hour.However, in many situations, these labs become just a place for students to write programs andsubmit for grading. There is much need to research and study on how to efficiently conduct acomputer programming lab.In literature, we find a handful of approaches done by various faculties to test various methods ofconducting programming labs in order to increase the lab hour effectiveness. In [1], the authorshave presented their work on using pair programming techniques to improve computer scienceexperience. It was observed that when students work in pairs, they had a more

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, USF

AC 2010-131: DOES COLLECTING HOMEWORK IMPROVE EXAMINATIONPERFORMANCE?Autar Kaw, University of South Florida Autar K Kaw is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher at the University of South Florida. He is the author of the textbook - Mechanics of Composite Materials, CRC-LLC Press. With major funding from National Science Foundation, he is developing award winning web-based resources for an undergraduate course in Numerical Methods. He is the recipient of the 2004 Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) & the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) Florida Professor of the Year and the 2003 American Society of

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

Vatsal Maru; Adam Lynch

ETD 365 Student Outcomes: Improved by External Assessments? Adam Carlton Lynch and Vatsal Kamleshbhai Maru Wichita State University/University of Texas at DallasAbstractBackgroundWe evaluated the effect of using a globally recognized professional certification exam as anexternal assessment of the effectiveness of an engineering course in addition to studentperception surveys of teaching effectiveness.Purpose/HypothesisTo identify the impact of knowledge of subject matter independent of the institution andinstructor by use of an external professional certification exam at the end of each

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Raj Desai, Midwestern State University

integrate both academically and socially into the collegiatesetting, building their STEM identities through meeting and interacting with future professors andpeers that may have similar career goals, allowing them to effectively create and integrate into asupportive community system2.High school students that take and complete rigorous coursework in STEM related fields are morelikely to pursue STEM degrees within a university setting despite race or gender, however in mostcases, female and/or ethnic minority students are not taking the courses at the same rates as non-minority students. High achievement in physics and calculus were often indicative of a successfulfuture in a STEM major. Our society will need to take bold steps to increase the

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Freeman, Valparaiso University; Peter Johnson, Valparaiso University; Kenneth Leitch, Valparaiso University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

schedule forced theinstructor to spend very little time on both the economics and ethics portions of thecourse. This meant that the instructor had to choose between covering less of these areasthan desired or to cover them too quickly for students to fully grasp. By moving materialto other courses, two weeks of instruction were added to both the ethics and economicsportions of the course (Appendix B- Fall 2005 Course Schedule). The expansion of theethics topic specifically has improved student performance in regard to course objectivesand departmental assessments.Results of Changes Made to GE 301 – Principles of Engineering PracticePreparation for ABET accreditation in 2004 brought to light the deficiency of ethicsinstruction in the GE 301 course

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin J. Neill, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Joanna F. DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

, R.C., & Kuo, L. (2007). Teaching and learning argumentation, The Elementary School Journal, 107(5), 449-472. 7. Caspersz, D.M., Wu, M., Skene, J. “Factors Influencing Effective Performance of University Student Teams,” in Proc. 26th Annual International HERDSA Conference, Christchurch, NZ, pp. N/A CD Rom. 8. Buckenmeyer, J.A. “Using teams for class activities: Making course/classroom teams work,” Journal of Education for Business, Vol. 76, No. 2, Nov. 2000, pp. 98-108. 9. E. Greco and J. Reasoner. (2010) Student Laboratory Skills and Knowledge Improved through Individual Lab Participation, Proc. ASEE Annual Conference, Lousiville, KY, June 2010. 10. R. Stout, J.A. Cannon-Bowers, and E