Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ahmad, Manufacturing Extension Partnership of Louisiana; Mike Wolff, Manufacturing Extension Partnership of Louisiana

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

students will be exposed to a wealth of University programs and services, including, but not limited to: engagement in student affairs, financial aid regulations, Department of Education compliance, and awareness of the numerous student organizations and activities at Northwestern State University. o ENGL 1010. COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC (ON-LINE). The short paper; rhetoric, with emphasis on writing. o MATH 1020. COLLEGE ALGEBRA. A graphing treatment of the essential topics of college algebra with emphasis on functions, graphing, and applications. o ADMT 1100. SAFETY CULTURE. Introduces the importance of cultivating daily safe work

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, Virginia Tech; Michael Alley, Virginia Tech; Pavlos Vlachos, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

differences between the pre and post results are also reported. Starting with the high school women, the questions showing the largest impact were theones in which the students were asked to assess engineering from the following perspectives(percent difference in parentheses): whether “engineers spend much time working alone” (22.8%), whether “engineering has a large impact on my daily life” (11.1 %), whether “engineers needto be good at communicating” (18.6 %), whether “engineers do boring things” (17.2 %), andwhether “engineers spend a lot of time working in groups” (12.9 %). These results show that thehigh school women had some preconceived stereotypes about engineers and the profession.Therefore, the research model experience and

Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Corey T. Schimpf, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (CoE)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Study Games?Videogames, like other popular media, can have an impact on individuals technological andengineering literacy. While there are many aspects of these literacies’ videogames could influence,this manuscript focuses on a subset based on the previous review of videogames and game-basedlearning. First, in terms of what games may offer as learning environment, the paper focuses ontechnological literacy capabilities (e.g., see [30]) and engineering literacy related to engineeringdesign processes or practices used therein. This most closely links with the formal system view ofgames [14] which covers the operational rules of the game and consequently what types ofcapabilities, skills, or practices an individual will need to engage in to

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Materials

engage prospective undergraduates. The discipline is an enabling one and one that has the potential to provide technological solutions to critical societal issues. This type of message needs to be used to excite students about opportunities in the field.”Materials Science has a long history paralleling the development of civilization2. In early stagesof human civilization, natural materials were developed into tools for survival. With the adventof metallic ages, humans utilized materials to make tools and ornaments that advanced livingconditions and allowed for advancement of knowledge. Critical to human advancement was theability of early people to select a material based on considerations of properties needed,availability

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts University; Kristen B Wendell, Tufts University; Greses Perez P.E., Tufts University; Fatima Rahman, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; L. Clara Mabour, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

speaking as central to the activities, so that students feel that they can draw on theirlanguage repertoires and cultural understandings to make sense of ideas and to find effectiveways to communicate them [5]. To bring their language, cultural, and historical knowledges intoclassroom activities, students need to be given opportunities to engage in text or with others inthe dominant language and their home language [6].To ensure students’ critical tech journalism pieces are authentically meaningful to thecommunity, the unit focuses on climate tech, an emerging area of STEM that groups togethertechnologies that study or mitigate the impacts of climate change. These technologies arebecoming ubiquitous, directly impact communities, and yet, as with

Conference Session

Studies of Classroom Assessment: Exam Wrappers, Equitable Grading, Test Anxiety, and Use of Reflection

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Mangum, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

six capstone courses. Due to COVID-19 andclassroom-size limitations, only the sections taught by the authors were asked verbally to complete thesurvey, which negatively impacted response rate and biased it towards students in the specificationsgrading sections. Overall, we received 50 students' responses and removed three students as non-responsive (e.g., responded with all 1s in under a minute) for a final response count of 47 (24%). Of the47, 21 were enrolled in the specifications grading Capstone and 26 were in traditionally graded Capstonecourses. Four of the responses were not enrolled in the technical communications course. We received22 responses to the optional open-ended comment question.Quantitative resultsAs this is a work in

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

presented”. The paper is presented in two parts. The firstsets out the case student teaching in Engineering and technological Literacy. The secondoutlines a minimalist curriculum that is supported by classroom action research undertakenby student teachers. It is preceded by its own introduction. Part IIntroductionIn 2010 James Trevelyan argued on the basis of studies of the work that engineers do that theengineering curriculum required to pay more attention to the development of what wererecently called “soft skills” in the US and are now known as “professional skills”, as forexample communication and the ability to perform effectively in teams. He noted thatengineering courses that taught communication

Conference Session

Tools to Enhance Student Learning of Undergraduate Engineering Content

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matias Alonso Piña, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Isabel Hilliger P.E., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Jorge A. Baier, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Constanza Melian, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chilev; Cristian Ruz, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Tomás Andrés González, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Harris, R. J. Witt, R. Rice, and S. Sheppard, “Connecting for success; The impact of student-to-other closeness on performance in large-scale engineering classes,” ASEE Annual Conf. Expo. Conf. Proc., vol. 2016-June, 2016, doi: 10.18260/p.26568.[6] J. Gillett-Swan, “The Challenges of Online Learning: Supporting and Engaging the Isolated Learner,” J. Learn. Des., vol. 10, no. 1, p. 20, 2017, doi: 10.5204/jld.v9i3.293.[7] E. R. Kahu and K. Nelson, “Student engagement in the educational interface: understanding the mechanisms of student success,” High. Educ. Res. Dev., vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 58–71, 2018, doi: 10.1080/07294360.2017.1344197.[8] W. F. W. Yaacob, S. A. M. Nasir, W. F. W. Yaacob, and N. M. Sobri

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Helen Qammr; H. Michael Cheung; Edward Evans; Rex Ramsier; Francis Broadway

impact,geographical location, intellectual property, aesthetics, public opinion, and time. Theengineering design team must decide how to utilize its resources in order to provide asolution or recommendation that satisfies these types of constraints. The steps in theengineering team design process include forming a balanced team, establishing acommunication plan that facilitates reaching consensus, setting a detailed project workplan, utilizing resources effectively to stay on track, and communicating the results in oraland written format.III. PurposeNewman, Ridenour, Newman, and DeMarco (2003), when establishing a typology ofresearch purposes, posit the purpose of research directs the study more so than theresearch question. Therefore the

Conference Session

Integrity and the Problem of Cheating

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

ethical requirements of the engineering field.Research has focused on looking at different approaches for helping students learn about ethicsin engineering. For example, the literature describes topics/modules related to ethics that havebeen incorporated into existing courses (such as Bielefeldt4 and Vigeant et al.5); the creation andimplementation of engineering ethics courses (such as Brown & Pfile6 , and Trice7); and the useof innovative techniques, such as learning about ethics through “virtual worlds”8 or through anethics challenge game9. In addition, the impact of “out-of-classroom experiences” on ethicaldevelopment has been discussed10.It would appear that engineering education is being proactive about preparing students to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tommaso A. Vannelli, Whatcom Community College; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Michael Jason Babcock, Whatcom Community College; Dan Hanley, Western Washington University; Ed Harri, Whatcom Community College

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Dissertation, 2013.[23 S. Glynn and T. J. Koballa, "Motivation to learn in college science," in Handbook of] college science teaching, J. Mintzes and W. Leonard, Eds., Arlington,VA, National Science Teachers Association Press, 2006, p. 25–32.[24 S. Hurtado and D. Carter, "Effects of College Transition and Perceptions of the Campus] Racial Climate on Latino College Students' Sense of Belonging," Sociology of Education, vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 324-345, 1997.[25 "A Matter of Degrees: Engaging Practices, Engaging Students. High-Impact Practices for] Community College Student Engagement," CCCSE (Center for Community College Student Engagement), 2013.

Conference Session

Dimensions of Engineering Literacy and Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

asked, some interviewresults with selected members of engineering and design students and faculty. In addition thepaper presents the trends and significances of results and how they can relate to the effectivenessof the notions of technological and engineering literacy in the education communities that theseideas meant to affect.Introduction and Motivation: Reflections on local and national level challengesThe growth in technological literacy efforts that were initiated with two major publicationsTechnically Speaking and Tech Tally [1,2] have brought about many interesting programs anddevelopments in technological literacy. Schools nationally and internationally have developedclasses and programs in the area of technological literacy

Conference Session

Creating a Supportive and Nurturing Academic Culture

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph F. Mirabelli, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Allyson Jo Barlow, University of Nevada, Reno; Evan Ko, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

multiple identity dimensions. Her research interests include diversity and inclusion in STEM, intersectionality, teamwork and communication skills, assessment, and identity construction. Her teaching philosophy focuses on student centered approaches such as culturally relevant pedagogy. Dr. Cross’ complimentary professional activities promote inclusive excellence through collaboration.Prof. Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Karin Jensen, Ph.D. is a Teaching Assistant Professor in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include student mental health and wellness, engineering stu- dent career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University; Jessica Rosenberg, George Mason University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

encourage active learning, as well asconcerns about engaging reluctant students in group work. Participants also discussed reducingclass size to increase one-on-one interactions between teaching staff and students. The CS CCTcommitted to continue strategizing in their weekly meetings.For math and physics, the reflection and replanning workshops helped CCT members appreciatethe impact of their teaching change efforts. The workshops also gave members a chance tobrainstorm collectively about what they wanted to tackle in the coming year. For CS, theworkshop provided an opportunity for brainstorming about how their introductory courses can berestructured to center active learning. For all CCTs, efforts will continue via regular CCTmeetings and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Ruth Young M.Ed, University of Texas, Austin; Margo Cousins, University of Texas at Austin; Laura Suggs, University of Texas, Austin; Mia K. Markey, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #18075Developing Science Communication Skills as a Part of a Summer ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates (REU) ProgramMs. Stephanie Ruth Young M.Ed, University of Texas, Austin Stephanie Young is a doctoral student in educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on educational pathways to STEM careers, underrepresented minorities and females in STEM, and psychosocial influences on STEM learning. In her time at the University of Texas, she has worked with the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Biomedical Engineering on under- graduate student education initiatives

Conference Session

The Best of First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darlee Gerrard, University of Toronto; Kirstin Newfield, University of Toronto; Narges Balouchestani Asli, University of Toronto; Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

emergence of several categories, some more dominantand impactful to first-year student workload and perceptions of difficulty than others. Thesecategories, in decreasing order of prevalence include: Time, Volume, Course and ProgramContent, Transition, Instruction, Communication, and Expectations. From here, the observationsclearly suggest that students tend to think of their time spent and volume of work completed onan activity significantly more often than references to instructions, modes of delivery, quality ofinstruction, and the expectations of the instructor.IntroductionEngineers understand stress and strain as deforming forces acting on an object. These forces canchange the object’s shape, sometimes irreversibly so. We use the metaphor of

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aminul Karim; Yakov Cherner; Ahmed Khan

exhibit hands-on, analytical, problem solving,expert thinking, and complex communication skills.To address these changing needs, it is imperative that new technological tools and teachingmethodologies be incorporated in the curricula so that students can acquire Digital-age literacyfor becoming life-long learners. However, incorporation and implementation of state-of-arttechnological tools requires considerable investment of time and financial resources. Keepingcurricula and lab resources current with respect to the fast pace of technological advances in thefield is another challenge for facultyEducators can address these challenges by using the simulation and virtual experiments. With theavailability of broadband technologies, which offer high

Conference Session

Data Analytics in Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hon Jie Teo, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

threads are focused on the needs of thecommunity member who initiates the thread (author) rather than the community member whosubsequently participates in the discussion (participant), a bidirectional edge between the authorand participant is indicative of a more engaged community activity. In the context of this study,this analysis can be facilitated by comparing the number of A-type motifs to B-type motifswhereby bidirectional ties in A-type motifs are indicative of more engaged levels of interaction.In tune with the call for more rigorous online assessment approaches in engineering education5,network motif analysis offers a network perspective beyond educational research methodologiesthat focus on student self-perceptions and measurements

Conference Session

DSAI Technical Session 5: Educational Technology and Innovative Tools

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brainerd Prince, Plaksha University; Siddharth Siddharth, Plaksha University; Subham Jalan; Hibah Ihsan Muhammad, Plaksha University, Punjab; Chaitanya Modi

Tagged Divisions

Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) Constituent Committee

conveyed verbally but in a face-to-faceconversation, body language and facial expressions can have an incredible impact on how thatinformation is interpreted.Unfortunately, students in engineering schools frequently prioritize technical knowledge over thesubtleties of nonverbal communication [5]. This oversight may make it more difficult for them towork across disciplinary and cultural borders. Additionally, according to a study conducted byVilasini and Paul, students from rural backgrounds face barriers such as lack of resources andlimited access to communication coaches, which hinder their speaking skills and confidence [6].Unfortunately, students in engineering schools frequently prioritize technical knowledge over thesubtleties of nonverbal

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Selen Güler, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sriram Mohan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

(cultural)In the following section, we start by presenting how CoP leadership impacts resourcemobilization. We then describe how change teams employ each means of access to mobilizeresources for their changemaking efforts.How CoP Leadership Moderates Resource MobilizationCoP leadership employs various pedagogical techniques to moderate the mobilization ofresources during the community of practice meetings. We find that their techniques impact thestructure of the conversation, how participants engage with the subjects and each other, and howthey connect to external resources.To facilitate the change-focused conversations, CoP leadership employs rehashing and repetition,probes silent teams to share out, supports reflection exercises and the

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Williams, CEG-IST Universidade de Lisboa; Jose Figueiredo, IST, Universidade de Lisboa

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

- mation Systems design”, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, MBA in Information Management at UCP (Portuguese Catholic University - Lisbon), Engineer Degree in Electronics and Digital Systems (Coim- bra University). Current Professor at the Engineering and Management Department of IST (Engineering school of Universidade de Lisboa) c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering practice as an emerging field of inquiry: a historical overviewAbstract:Perception of the nature of engineering practice is an aspect of technology literacy of directinterest to engineering educators, one that impacts a variety of actors: potential and presentengineering students

Conference Session

Changing How We Pursue Change

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Daiki Hiramori, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

Association[1], the U.S. society has made a series of economic, sociopolitical, and moral decisions that havehad a cumulative impact on communities of color, particularly Black, Indigenous, andHispanic/Latinx communities. When we see differences in academic outcomes between Whitestudents and students of color, it is not an indication of an “achievement gap,” but rather anindication of the debt owed to groups that have been racially subjugated since the early days ofpublic education. By shifting focus away from discussions of why students of color are failingwithin the dominant paradigm and toward ways that the dominant paradigm fails students ofcolor, Ladson-Billings and other Critical Race scholars challenge us to expand our thinkingabout the

Conference Session

Studies of Classroom Assessment: Exam Wrappers, Equitable Grading, Test Anxiety, and Use of Reflection

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kenya Z. Mejia, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

questionscontributing to the validated survey. We have reduced the number of questions from 72 to 16, asdescribed by four factors: Engineering Self, Course Understandings, Areas for Growth, andSocial Impact. We report data on inter-item reliability and concurrent validity. The contributionof this work is evidence of preliminary validation for a survey that will allow the engineeringcommunity to learn more about what students learn from doing reflection activities and whatsettings or types of activities lead to specific characteristics of learning.IntroductionReflection activities, or activities that invite students to pause, step “out,” and create knowledge,as a teaching and learning tool in engineering education has continued to gain traction, given

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Rocio C Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Alexandra Sharpe, American Society for Engineering Education; Rossen Tsanov, American Society for Engineering Education; Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan; Tom J Waidzunas, Temple University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

crucial role in advancing this project.  8. References[1] S. Farrell, E. A. Cech, R. Chavela, A. Minerick, and T. J. Waidzunas, "ASEE Safe Zone Workshops and Virtual Community of Practice to Promote LGBTQ Equality in Engineering," in Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2016.[2] President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, "Engage to excel: producing one million additional college graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics."[3] E. T. Pascarella and P. T. Terenzini, How college affects students: A third decade of research. vol. 2. San Francisco: Josey Bass, 2005.[4] E. T. Pascarella and P. T. Terenzini

Collection

2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

Authors

Tak Cheung; Vazgen Shekoyan; Kimberly Anne Riegel; Rex Taibu; Dimitrios S. Kokkinos, Queensborough Community College

undergraduate at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Her research interests focus on the area of the physics of sound particularly related to noise control using computational and numerical simulations.Dr. Rex Taibu Dr. Rex Taibu has taught studio physics classes for several years. His teaching experience has shaped his research focus. Currently, Dr. Taibu is actively engaged in 1) promoting scientific inquiry attitudes in students through designing, implementing, and assessing in- novative inquiry based physics labs. 2) conducting research regarding the role of language in conceptual understanding. 3) exploring cosmic rays (detection, data collection, and analysis). c American Society for

Conference Session

Student Perceptions of Self-efficacy, Success, and Identity

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hindolo Michael Kamanda, University of Georgia; Davis George Anderson Wilson, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; James L. Huff, Harding University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

contribute to students’ stress andanxiety, and have been shown to impact achievement and retention. This study uses ethnographicmethods to investigate how expectations are socially constructed in engineering programs andhow students’ come to internalize these expectations. Data was collected in ten focus groupswith a total of 38 participants at two universities with different institutional characteristics. Thequalitative analysis drew on constant comparative methods and proceeded from topic coding ofsources of expectations to interpretive coding of mechanisms in which students internalizedexperiences. More specifically, sources of expectations were identified as academics, superiors,peers, extra-curricular, and from outside the major. The rich

Conference Session

Improving Presentation Skills Through Summer Research and Ambassador Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Necia Werner, Carnegie Mellon University; Joanna Dickert, Carnegie Mellon University; Nisha Shanmugaraj, Carnegie Mellon University ; Kevin G. Monahan, Carnegie Mellon University; Stephanie Wallach, Carnegie Mellon University; Jennifer Keating, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

and motivation are strengthened when they engage in scaffolded learningactivities for which they can get immediate practice and feedback, and can see immediatetransfer potential to their other academic and professional activities.At Carnegie Mellon University, one such activity in which many students are engaged in acombination of technical and professional communication skills is undergraduate research. Eachyear, students receive support from our undergraduate research office and other sponsoredsources to conduct research, either as individuals or in collaboration with faculty sponsors. Ourlargest campus unit, the College of Engineering, represents a substantive percentage of thosestudents who have an undergraduate research experience

Conference Session

We Love our MOMs (Mechanics of Materials)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Rodriguez, University of Texas at Austin

for reducing the challenges of taking an online course inEnglish, so that they can focus on learning the course material.The effectiveness of the developed instructional approach was assessed by measuring studentparticipation at each live Q&A session, completeness of submitted homework (historically verylow), student polling (before, during, after), and student performance (midterm and final examgrades). The results show increased levels of student engagement at the live Q&A sessions byusing a chat forum and largely due to student polling. By using more tools, like polling, theresults are promising for addressing passive learning behavior observed in EFL students. Studentperformance results showed a positive improvement between

Conference Session

Understanding Students' Authentic and Reflective Experiences of Ethics Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

agents in undergraduate education [13]. By servingas role models, deciding the topics taught in their courses, and communicating the norms andvalues of engineering, faculty members can exert influence on the ways in which studentsunderstand the role of ESI and their responsibility as engineers. As a result, it is important forfaculty to be aware of their role in socialization. By including ESI in their courses throughout thedegree program, contextualizing the ethical and societal impacts of engineering, and conveyingthe responsibilities of the profession, faculty communicate that ethics are an integral part ofengineering.Future WorkThis exploratory study investigated the factors that influenced students’ understanding of the roleof ESI in being

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Molly M. Gribb; Elisabeth M. Alford

in creating writing-related activities that would serve thebroader goals of the course: helping students succeed and stay in engineering. These newlistening, reading, writing and oral communications assignments introduce freshmen to theexcitement of engineering and help them envision themselves as engineers. Many of theassignments focus on the relevance of science and math to the challenging and creative work ofengineering.This paper explains a sequence of communications assignments that encourage critical thinkingand reflection about the intellectual and practical dimensions of engineering. The first group ofassignments integrates practice in Internet searching, listening, note taking, responsive writing,reading and academic writing as