historically and intellectually rooted in the utilitarian ethics ofvalue free social sciences8. This epistemology presumes the possibility of objective, rationalchoices with respect to research ethics by: (i) safeguarding the rights and freedom of autonomousindividuals, and (ii) balancing the risks of research with external benefits5. These principles areembodied in IRB procedures through stipulations around informed consent, privacy andconfidentiality, and an assessment of risk to participants that is balanced against the benefits ofthe research. This view of the role of ethics in social research where “ethical ends [are] externalto scientific means”8 is at heart a research quality consideration in the positivist paradigm. Forexample, Christians8
to give many keynote addresses, including a Distinguished Lecture at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) 2014 Annual Conference. Dr. Atman joined the UW in 1998 after seven years on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on engineering education pedagogy, engineering design learning, assessing the consid- eration of context in engineering design, and understanding undergraduate engineering student pathways. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the ASEE. She was the recipient of the 2002 ASEE Chester F. Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education and the 2009 UW David B. Thorud Leadership Award. Dr. Atman holds a
, and Australasian Journals of EngineeringEducation, Advances in Engineering Education, and the proceedings for the annual nationalconferences of the American Society for Engineering Education and Frontiers in Education. Weused the search terms “critical race theory,” “colorblind,” “color-blind,” “funds of knowledge,”“community cultural wealth,” “race discrimination,” and “racism,” based on an assessment ofcontrolled search terms offered by Academic Service Premier and our expertise working in thefield. We included the specific theories of funds of knowledge and community cultural wealthbecause of how they derived from asset-based approaches to education through a CRT lens[20,38,40]. We decided to exclude the term “intersectionality” even
(i.e. voltmeter, caliper, 7 1 2 3 4 5 oscilloscope, etc.) during high school Chemistry, Biology or Physics laboratoryPage 13.1289.11Tinkering involvement self-reports provided the students with an opportunity to self assess theirtinkering involvement and their team interaction during each design project. Each respondentindicated what they personally accomplished with respect to tinkering tasks and how frequentlythey got involved with tinkering related tasks. This provided some insight into the teaminteraction of each project with respect to Bandura’s sources of self-efficacy. It also showed theimpact of
professional work – e.g., research decision-making, publication and representing findings to diverse audiences, collaboration and networking activities, strategies for linking research and practice, interdisciplinary practices with bridging communities or translating across disciplines, and epistemological and ontological assumptions embodied in these activities.Finally, course assessments were integrated into the reflective practice activities, inparticular the end-of-term reflective story. In the following section we describe studentlearning outcomes, using the communities of practice framework in Table 1 to organizeevidence of course impact.Evidence of course outcomes and opportunities for improvement
is that it is entirely self-assessed. That is, how is the determination of broad terms such as “intellectual contribution” and“prepared to defend” made and how could these terms be challenged? A type of flip responsewould be, “It all depends on the meaning of ‘intellectual contribution”. A more modern definition about an author was developed by the American Chemical Societyis that: “co-authors of a paper should be all those persons who have made significant scientificcontributions to the work reported and who share responsibility and accountability for theresults. Other contributions should be indicated in a footnote or an acknowledgement section. Anadministrative relationship to the investigation does not of itself qualify a person for
obviously, faculty consider the relative importance ofteaching, publishing, and garnering external funding in hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions.14Where graduate programs exist teaching obligations may be defined in terms of masters anddoctoral level students - more obviously compatible with one's research. If the institution invitesor allows this broader definition for the assessment of teaching, faculty are less likely to feelpressure to make undergraduate teaching a high priority. The realities of daily life forengineering faculty, like liberal arts faculty, do not lend themselves to a radical reconstruction oftheir educational activities.External Influences on the Institution Changing ABET requirements press engineering programs to
other things that make you happy. (Marcus) Competence, on the other hand, focuses on how students understand STEM concepts andknowledge beyond their performance in class. It considers their comprehension of STEM materialoutside of formal assessments. Elisa mentions, I would say that I do have a STEM identity, just because I have a very strong motivation to enter that field. And it kind of feels like, to me, that my whole life has led me on this path, not from anything special, but it just feels like it’s the best fit for me and the way I want to go about life. So it’s a very challenging and very time-consuming path, for sure. But I think it offers a lot in return for putting in all that effort. And it’s
Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez is an associate professor at Texas A & M University in the College of Education and Human Development in the department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture. In her research, she is interested in the assessing STEM interventions onDr. Rachelle M Pedersen, Texas A&M University Rachelle Pedersen is a Ph.D. student at Texas A&M studying Curriculum & Instruction (Emphasis in Engineering & Science Education). She has a Ph.D. and M.S. in Curriculum & Instruction from Texas A&M University and a B.S. in Engineering Science (Technology Education) from Colorado State University. Her research focuses on motivation and social influences (e.g. mentoring and identity development
, I took liberties to construct excitingopportunities that would allow me to learn and grow.To do so, I had to change advisors to find the right person to support my path, write essays tovalidate my efforts, and meet with administrators to get approval for unconventional approachesand opportunities. Most of my PhD professors approved requests to modify projects targetedtoward faculty preparation to be more entrepreneurial. For example, for the anchor course,Content Assessment and Pedagogy, instead of developing a detailed course syllabus (which wasthe assignment), I pitched an idea to my client to write new curricula that would go on to be myfirst product in a ~million-dollar portfolio for them. That's right! I got paid to do a
because C must either be 0 or 1; hence theTH22 gate is observable.3.4 Dual-Rail Combinational Circuit DesignThe design process for NCL combinational circuits is similar to Boolean circuits, where aKarnaugh map, or other simplification technique, can be utilized to determine the simplifiedsum-of-product (SOP) expressions for each output. However, SOP expressions for both thefunction’s 1 and 0 outputs are needed. The 0s refer to a signal’s rail0 and the 1s refer to a signal’srail1. After the expressions for the outputs have been obtained, an assessment must be made toensure that the circuit is input-complete, as discussed in Section 3.2. If not, the missing input(s)must be added to the appropriate product term(s). The output equations must then be
method of addressing the issue of variance reduction due to group evaluation inthis type of projects course is well treated by Earle and Wood12. To determine individual gradesfrom group efforts, they use a nomograph in conjunction with (a) student assigned values ofpercent contribution for each member of their own group, and (b) an overall team grade assignedby the instructor. This assumes, of course, that the students provide an honest assessment oftheir peers, and on the whole this would seem to be a reasonable assumption if it is done “in theblind”. To evaluate the initial project proposals, we used a similar concept but did not use thesame approach. We had the students rank the project proposal presentations and the instructorprovided his
AC 2011-2091: EXPLODING PIPELINES: MYTHOLOGICAL METAPHORSSTRUCTURING DIVERSITY-ORIENTED ENGINEERING EDUCATIONRESEARCH AGENDASAlice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Alice L. Pawley is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s Studies Program at Purdue University. She has a B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering from McGill University, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a Ph.D. minor in Women’s Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is Co-PI and Research Director of Purdue University’s ADVANCE program, and PI on the Assessing Sustainability Knowledge project. She runs the Research in Feminist
becometimeless and concrete, more easily identifiable and assessable, even long after they havebeen written. We also find it encouraging that a conversation occurred after the studentshad answered question three (responses 72 to 97): Although it was brief and inconclusive,it was impressive in light of the fact that it was the first day the students had used theThought Cloud and that both parties comprising the classroom culture were Page 23.940.14unaccustomed and perhaps uneasy with substantial discussion of physics concepts.Charles’ Use of the Thought CloudThe second time Charles used version 1 of the tool with his students, in late February, heprepared a
a closed-cellcomposition with lower thermal conductivity. The energy needed to produce these materialscreates initial embodied carbon. The embodied carbon content of insulation can vary widelydepending on the type. The wall for this study will use two inches of EPS (expanded polystyreneinsulation) Type 1 closed-cell rigid foam board with an R-value of 20 that has roughly 5.5pounds of CO2 per square foot of wall space [25]. Figure 3: Insulated Concrete Panel SectionThese tools were used to analyze the four different wall types based on concrete quantity,concrete carbon emissions, annual energy usage, annual utility costs, and annual energy carbonemissions. Along with these parameters, a life-cycle assessment of the