that serves as a blueprint for the learning experience for that day. The teacher handsthe document to the students, who then carry out the workshop. Importantly, the teacher’swriting does not explain or tell; rather, it poses one or more problems and a set of activities toaddress and explore those problems. In this way, the teacher communicates to the studentsthrough his writing, once again teaching with his mouth shut. The teacher’s presence is stillrequired during the workshop, since some supplemental oral communication and consultation isinevitably required. Conceptual workshops were frequently used to teach students systems-thinking and model-based reasoning as a fundamental engineering way of thinking, whereasopen-ended seminars were the
pedagogical and curricular practices at the intersection with the issues of gender and diversity. Dr. Zastavker is currently working with Dr. Stolk on an NSF-supported project to understand students’ motivational attitudes in a variety of educational environments with the goal of improving learning opportunities for students and equipping faculty with the knowledge and skills necessary to create such opportunities. One of the founding faculty at Olin College, Dr. Zastavker has been engaged in development and implementation of project-based experiences in fields ranging from sci- ence to engineering and design to social sciences (e.g., Critical Reflective Writing; Teaching and Learning in Undergraduate Science and
sawthe biggest reduction in credit hours included general education and “other courses.” Othercourses included a variety of topics such as free electives, additional civil engineering electives,technical writing, and ROTC.EAC-ABET CriteriaIn 2017, the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET approved changes toCriterion 3 and Criterion 5. The changes become effective during the 2019-2020 accreditationcycle. The Criterion 5 changes are notable. Rather than computing the required number of credithours of mathematics, natural science, and engineering topics as a percentage of a program’stotal number of credit hours required for a degree, the number of required credit hours is nowfixed. The new criteria require 30 credit hours of
reflecting on learning experiences and establishing a continuumin learning.Prior research has shown that journaling is an effective way of enabling students toreflect. Researchers trying to understand processes of reflection and the role of reflectionas an educational practice have used it effectively. A case in point is the work done byRichardson and Maltby with nursing students doing summer internships. They found that“The experience of diary writing is seen to promote both the qualities required forreflection, i.e. open-mindedness and motivation, and also the skills, i.e. self-awareness,description and observation, critical analysis and problem-solving, synthesis andevaluation” 15. By maintaining a daily reflection journal, students would have an
the fundamentals of certain industrial fields,instead focusing on cutting-edge technologies, assuming that students will learn thefundamentals of their field once they enter the workforce [34]. While this may be a safeassumption in the US or the UK, it is not always true in developing countries. Therefore, it isessential to consider simultaneously the knowledge students have, and the knowledge they maylack. Recognitions of prior learning are becoming increasingly common and influential,especially in developing countries [35].Research DesignThe Recognition of Prior Knowledge (RPK) assessment was designed first for the Zimbabweancontext and later customized for the Senegalese context, due to the nature of fundingopportunities. The RPK
. Goldieblox rests on the idea thatwomen have superior verbal abilities, but need special help to be good at building, whenshe writes on her website: “ By tapping into girls’ strong verbal skills, our story +construction set bolsters confidence in spatial skills while giving young inventors thetools they need to build and create amazing things.” 36 Researchers have demonstratedthat the notion of women as exceptional in verbal abilities is questionable. For example,looking at women and men, Hyde and Linn (1988) determined in their metanalysis that,“the magnitude of the sex difference in verbal ability is currently so small that it caneffectively be considered to be zero pg (64).” 40 Nevertheless, cognitive differences arewhat Goldieblox bring to the
mathematics aptitude measured using ACT and/or SAT Math scoresand not only enrolling in, but also performing well in advanced science (i.e. physics) andmathematics (i.e. calculus) courses in high school.1-3 Additionally self-efficacy, determinedfrom student survey responses to questions designed to gauge their confidence in theirquantitative abilities, parental educational attainment and geographic location (i.e. urban versusrural home) have been found to impact engineering student persistence and achievement. 4,5 Oneof the primary first year indicators is grade point average (GPA), which is indicative of students’quantitative and analytical capabilities, as first year engineering curricula are dominated bymathematics, science and fundamental
AC 2007-1234: SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? ENGINEERING STUDENTS'PERSISTENCE IS BASED ON LITTLE EXPERIENCE OR DATAGary Lichtenstein, Stanford University Gary Lichtenstein, Ed.D., is a Consulting Associate Professor of Engineering at Stanford University, specializing in quantitative and qualitative research methods. His areas of intellectual interest include engineering education, community-based research, and education evaluation and policy. His extensive teaching experience includes courses on qualitative research methods (for graduate students), and on writing and critical thinking (for students ranging from high school to professionals). He lives in southeast Utah. He can be contacted at
-in-college students become acclimated with the university setting and community priorto the start of their academic career. Students take non-credit courses in subjects that arehistorically challenging and required for first-year students, such as calculus, chemistry, andengineering fundamentals. Throughout the program, students also participate in informationalseminars presented by various offices on campus to understand the range of opportunities andresources available to them. In light of participation occurring prior to the official start of thesemester, the purpose of this paper is to explore the role of this program in shaping theexpectations that participating students have of the undergraduate engineering program. Toaddress this
first years. An example of a course that several students discussed as particularly challenging without prior high school coursework is Calculus II. For example, a student stated: “And I second what he said because if I hadn’t taken the AP calculus and physics inhigh school, then I feel like I would not have been prepared to face calculus and physics herebecause the difficulty is much more substantial here than it was in high school, for obviousreasons. And I feel as though without those AP courses, I probably wouldn’t be where I amright now. I probably would have dropped because the level of difficulty, understanding – theyseem to overcomplicate the fundamentals in terms of math and physics here” This sentiment went beyond math
Session #3650 “Research, Report Writing, and Representation”: The Most Viable 3Rs for Critical Thinking and Effective Communication Skills in SMET Education. By Christopher C. Ibeh Director, PSU/NSF-REU Program Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS 66762ABSTRACTThe use of research for the development of critical thinking and effective communication skills isa current trend in science, mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET) education. Thistrend is epitomized by the National Science Foundation (NSF
Using the Engineering Method To Research and Write about Corporate Practice: A Model for Teaching Engineering Ethics O. Christene Moore, Senior Lecturer Billy Vaughn Koen, Professor The University of Texas at AustinIntroduction The pressure to include, if not emphasize, the importance of ethics in the engineeringcurriculum is one of the most perplexing challenges facing engineering educators today. For onething, it is difficult to decide where exactly to put ethics in the curriculum. With courserequirements that are already bursting at the seams, it’s hard, as Michael Davis suggests in hisarticle “Teaching Ethics Across the
AC 2009-1488: ENGINEERING DESIGN OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AS ACONTEXT FOR MATH PHYSICS AND TECHNICAL WRITING IN A FRESHMANLEARNING-COMMUNITY COURSERobert Culbertson, Arizona State University Robert Culbertson, Associate Professor of Physics, is directing the Frets, Flutes, and Physics course and leading the development and teaching of the physics portion of the course. In addition to the science of sound, he has a deep interest in music appreciation and performance; he has played classical guitar and other stringed instruments for forty years. Prof. Culbertson works extensively with in-service science and math teachers. This includes leading the development a course in connecting physics, chemistry
AC 2008-1455: WRITING A BOOK ON THE ROLE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE INMANUFACTURING FOR INSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH: LESSONS LEARNEDRajiv Asthana, University of Wisconsin-Stout RAJIV ASTHANA, Ph.D. (1991, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, materials engineering), is a professor of Engineering and Technology and author or coauthor of three books, Materials Science in Manufacturing (Elsevier, 2006), Solidification Processing of Reinforced Metals (Trans Tech, 1998), and Atlas of Cast Metal-Matrix Composite Structures (Motor Transport Institute, Warsaw, 2007). He is the co-editor of special issues of Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science and Materials Science and Engineering A, associate
depth, and presentationskills, which we believe are crucial for producing successful and engaged alumni.In the current version of the capstone, computer science students in the GW B.S. program takean 8-credit one-year course sequence in senior design for their course requirements. In thiscourse, students must demonstrate working software containing a significant algorithmiccomponent developed by the student, and for an application that is new to the world. The coursefeatures many elements including: design and software engineering, writing for broad audiences,oral presentations, staged development of the student product, use of modern software tools, andcontact with alumni to bridge students towards their future work environments. The
Paper ID #29040Perspectives and practices of undergraduate/graduate teaching assistantson writing pedagogical knowledge and lab report evaluation inengineering laboratory coursesDr. Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver Dr. Dave (Dae-Wook) Kim is Associate Professor and Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. He has been very active in pedagogical research and undergraduate research projects, and his research interests include writing transfer of engineering students and writing pedagogy in engineering lab courses. His
theirknowledge. This student would receive less credit than a student who is not able to attempt theproblem at all.In addition, traditional multiple choice exams are not able to differentiate between conceptualand procedural errors [8, 9]. That is, students may arrive at a wrong answer for a number ofreasons. One student may not have any idea how to solve a particular problem while anotherknows how to solve the problem but makes a math error. Both students will not get the correctanswer and will be scored the same. Similarly, multiple choice exams cannot differentiatebetween different levels of misunderstanding [10]. On any particular question, a student withserious fundamental misunderstandings, a student with moderate understanding, and a studentwith
in progress.IntroductionThe goal for the library component of ENGL 3323 is to address the following: 1) Engineering faculty recognized that their students in ENGL 3323: Technical Writing needed an instructional component highlighting library resources because they were not locating the print and electronic resources that would yield the citations needed to round out the development of their papers. The same students displayed a deficiency in the skills needed to utilize the library effectively, specifically those pertaining to searching and using a variety of resources. The College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology enrolls 3,500 of the 23,000 students enrolled at
a rubric tousing the library effectively, writing skills. assess information literacy in the student reports she found a significant improvement in research, writing, and citing skills. Our study brought together several of these strands INTRODUCTION in utilizing a writing task on a current engineeringOur Fundamentals of Engineering Design (FED101) is a innovation within a hybrid online/face-to-face coursecourse that introduces incoming students to engineering environment. It was designed to familiarize
Paper ID #27378How Writing for the Public Provides Affordances and Constraints in Enact-ing Expert Identity for Undergraduate Engineering StudentsMathew D. Evans, Arizona State University Mathew D Evans is currently a doctoral candidate at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State UniversityDr. Michelle Jordan , Arizona State University Michelle Jordan is as associate professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State Uni- versity. She also serves as the Education Director for the QESST Engineering Research Center. Michelle’s program of research focuses on social interactions in collaborative
Paper ID #25501A Course in Best Practices in Scientific Writing and Oral Presentation in En-glish for Chinese Graduate Students in Engineering and the Life SciencesProf. John B. Troy, Northwestern University John B. Troy, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University, has a B.S. (1st class hon- ors) from the University of London, King’s College and a D.Phil. from the University of Sussex, both in the U.K. His research is within the broad area of Neural Engineering with focus on signal processing within the nervous system and the development of technology for neuroscience research and neuropros- thetics
difficult task but a foundational skill inengineering education. As the ABET outcome 3 stated, engineering graduates should be able tocommunicate effectively with a range of audiences [1]. Most US engineering laboratory coursesassign lab reports to improve students’ written communication skills and knowledge of writing inthe context of engineering. Indeed, engineering lab reports possess fundamental characteristics ofprofessional forms in engineering literacy. However, engineering undergraduates consistentlyface many challenges in producing satisfactory quality engineering lab reports [2-10].Writing is a complex task for students to combine multiple aspects of literacy at once. Often,undergraduates learn those aspects in their first-year
and integrating the professional, institutional, andpedagogical goals and expectations into a course is complex and becomes much more so whendeveloping and implementing curricula for first-year students. These students are not alwayscomfortable with problem posing situations, and as the tasks increase in complexity, so does thedifficulty in thinking and writing about those tasks. John Dewey’s claim still holds today, "much ofpresent education fails because it neglects this fundamental principle of the school as a form ofcommunity life." The establishment of "learning communities," has been one of the most importanteducational reforms to come about based on Dewey’s challenges.This study integrates the notion of a learning community with
Manufacturing (MMEM) at California State University Chico in 2015 as an Assistant Professor. Dr O’Connor teaches a myriad of courses including: Dynamics, Materials, Thermodynamics, Machine Design, and Vibrations. In addition, he is the faculty advisor to both Chico State Rocketry and SAE Mini Baja student clubs. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Switching Gears in Machine Design; A Focus Toward Technical Writing Skills in Lieu of a Hands-On Semester Design and Fabrication ProjectAbstractIn light of the recent global pandemic, many universities have decidedly transitioned to fullyonline. The obvious consequence being that technical hands-on
), who were responsible for responding to students’writing and facilitating weekly writing labs. Mentoring was provided by two graduate studentsfrom the WAE program—one from Physics who was also served as a returning course TA andone from Writing Studies—and by a technical research writer in the Physics department who is aformer English professor and writing program administrator with expertise in professional andtechnical writing pedagogy.II.2 Best Practices Promoted by Writing StudiesAs detailed in Yoritomo et al. [11], working with several decades of Writing Studies literaturethat defines writing as a sociocultural process, we have honed in on three fundamental principlesfor our needs-based intervention: “i) writing is a complex and social
(40% vs. 39%) and especially like peers in the other group (72%). These findings show thatwriting-to-learn with GIKS with immediate network feedback improves conceptual knowledgeas expected but at the cost of detail.Keywords: Writing to learn, conceptual knowledge, group networks, architectural engineering,quantify written work.Introduction Conceptual understanding of core engineering fundamentals enables engineers to predicthow a system will behave, to determine appropriate solutions for problems, to choose relevantprocesses for design, and to explain how the world around them works [1]. While conceptualunderstanding is key, newly entering college students and even recent graduates commonlymisperceive significant engineering concepts
Paper ID #33865Multidimensional Linguistic Analysis of Multiple Undergraduate WritingSamples Collected from Engineering Students in Entry-level LaboratoryCourses at Three UniversitiesDr. Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver Dr. Dave Kim is Professor and Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator in the School of Engineer- ing and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. His teaching and research have been in the areas of engineering materials, fracture mechanics, and manufacturing processes. In par- ticular, he has been very active in pedagogical research in the area of writing pedagogy of
ETD 505 Starting from Scratch: Designing an Engineering Ethics Course to Help Meet ABET Outcomes and the University of Washington’s “W” (Writing) Course Designation Mark A. Pagano, Lorne Arnold, and Heather Dillon University of Washington TacomaAbstractOne common experience for almost every engineering and engineering technology educator ishaving the opportunity to assist in preparing your home program for an upcoming ABET visit orfor some other form of internal university program review. This is a common shared experiencefor all of us; however, it is rarer when one
Paper ID #36941Board 205: A Web-Based Writing Exercise Employing Directed Line ofReasoning Feedback for a Course on Electric Circuit AnalysisProf. James P. Becker, Montana State University, BozemanDr. Douglas J. Hacker, University of Utah Dr. Hacker is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Educational Psychology and participated in both the Learning Sciences Program and the Reading and Literacy Program.Christine Johnson ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Web-Based Writing Exercises for a Course on Electric Circuit AnalysisAbstractThe use of writing-based exercises in a circuit analysis
AC 2009-961: "IT'S NOT MY JOB TO TEACH THEM HOW TO WRITE":FACILITATING THE DISCIPLINARY RHETORICAL SOCIALIZATION OFINTERNATIONAL ESL GRADUATE ASSISTANTS IN THE SCIENCES ANDENGINEERINGAshley Ater Kranov, Washington State University Dr. Ashley Ater Kranov is Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology at Washington State University(WSU). She specializes in outcomes assessment and faculty development. Dr. Ater Kranov is a leader in university and community internationalization efforts, including developing and assessing global competencies in faculty, staff, and students. The paper describing her collaborative work with faculty in the WSU College of Engineering