with linked assessments–an essential part of our regular teaching practice. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education: JMBE, 2010. 11(2): p. 123.48. Libarkin, J., et al., Revisiting the geoscience concept inventory: A call to the community. GSA Today, 2011. 21(8): p. 26-28.49. Shavelson, R.J., et al., Evaluating new approaches to assessing learning. Retrieved October, 2003. 21: p. 2003.50. Ayala, C.C., et al. Investigating the cognitive validity of science performance assessment with think alouds: Technical aspects. in annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. 2002.51. Reed-Rhoads, T. and P. Imbrie, 1 Concept Inventories in Engineering Education. 2008.52
engineering to be more realistic and inclusive. Dr. Dringenberg is also interested in neuroscience, growth mindset, engi- neering ethics, and race and gender in engineering. In general, she is always excited to learn new things and work with motivated individuals from diverse backgrounds to improve the experiences of people at any level in engineering education.Dr. Stephen Secules, Purdue University, West Lafayette Stephen received a PhD in education at the University of Maryland researching engineering education. He has a prior academic and professional background in engineering, having worked professionally as an acoustical engineer. He has taught an introduction to engineering to undergraduate engineers and to
engineering design principles toconsider implications for a new definition of leadership mindset enveloped in the phenomenaof innovation. Responses were coded for presence or absence of the following themes andimagery. Table 1 features story examples for coded elements:Achievement Motivation: depicting the need to strive for personal achievements [13], diligentin work effort and high performance, setting goals and objectives for success and milestonesfor creative construction [14, 15, 16].Innovation: includes themes and images that represents intrigue regarding the generation ofnew approaches [20, 21, 22]. Naturally, there exists overlaps in achievement motivation andinnovation given visionaries often gain from a sense of excelling; however
whatthey have learned. For submission, students took screenshots of the IDE and serial monitor andanswered conceptual questions about what was happening.Another challenge faced was that coding took much longer than anticipated for students to learn.They frequently had to go back to previous assignments to remember how to code some partsince the exercises in the assignments were short tutorials where we outlined the general stepsneeded. This ties in observations that students tend to copy and paste code from tutorials withoutreally understanding how to write that code from scratch [4].Other challenges observed from Terms 1-2 is that if students get off to a bad start with coding,they may never attempt it. Some students took a hands off approach to
, bioelectromagnetics, education in general, and pedagogy for modern-day literacy, such as scientific, environmental, and global literacy. Dr. Nair chaired the national Global Learning Leadership Council of the American Association of Col- leges & Universities (AAC&U) from 2010 to 2013 and is currently a member of the Global Advisory Committee. She is also on the advisory panel of the Center for Engineering, Ethics & Society (CEES) of the National Academy of Engineering. She advises several universities and colleges on incorporat- ing global and environmental literacy throughout the curriculum. She has served on numerous national committees including National Science Foundation’s Committee on Equal Opportunities in
of this paper is organized as follows. First, courses used in this work are introduced.Next, the detailed course modules are described. Then the methods of assessment are introduced.Finally the assessment results in each course are presented and discussed, and the conclusionsare summarized.BSME Courses ModifiedThis work focuses on two BSME core courses: Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics. Aportion of the BSME curriculum is shown in Figure 1 to illustrate the locations of these courses.Also shown in the curriculum are free-choice technical electives. One of the participating facultywas also assigned to teach two technical elective courses (Introduction to Thermal Systems andApplied Thermodynamics). Having already developed materials for
Reflected on the source of Applied divergent- Applied an ideation Thinking component of work creativity (nurture vs. convergent thinking technique to generate creatively nature) process to converge on a solutions (Ask-Ask-Ask (TC) solution method, Fishbone Diagram or Mind Mapping method) Made an argument for Provided a non-technical Clearly stated a value Provided a clear path to
interest o Activities to manage a large class – considering the completely different background of our students o Discussion-with data if possible – about the type of students that we have in our classes – considering technical background o Discussion on how to decrease DFW rates in Gateway courses. Overall, this is a great workshop; all topics are important. However, I would spend more time describing the course syllabus (structure, policies and general recommendations), ASAP, scholastic dishonesty and disability services. UTSA offers Blackboard and iCLicker workshops throughout the semester and new faculty should attend those Expand coverage of
thequalitative research tradition 9,10, its goals and objectives, and common terminology. Thisintroduction to qualitative research is important for understanding the terminology and overallstructure of my work. For example, my choice of first person, active voice, use of the terms like“thick” and “rich,” and inclusion of participant quotes may be awkward for those familiar withresearch in traditional science or engineering fields. A glossary of key, qualitative researchterms can be found in Table 1.Educational research generally follows one of three main methodological traditions: quantitative,qualitative, and mixed methods research 9. Quantitative researchers often utilize surveys or othernumerical measures to make inferences or identify correlations
) among other skills.Environmental engineering education is well positioned to provide students with opportunities totake a global approach to environmental problems. Study abroad experiences are known toprovide cultural immersion that exposes students to different social situations, and when relatedto the students’ academic program, these experiences provide technical diversity, or differentways to handle professional situations, that otherwise would not be experienced in the classroomor home institution (Downey et al., 2006; Lucena et al., 2008). International research and studyabroad experiences result in the development of the individual’s global engagement as well ascareer choices and technical knowledge (Page et al., 2009). Coupling the
changed how products are built. Products can now becustomized to meet the unique demands of the consumer. Automobiles, for example, were onceassembled to be identical, whereas now customers are able to purchase cars online, select from apallet of colors, and install unique features and equipment, whereby no two of the same product,make, or model are identical [1].While both types of manufacturing remain essential to the industry, advanced manufacturing hascreated a need for technicians with new skillsets. Technologies such as 3D printing, the Internetof Things (IoT), nanotechnology, cloud computing, augmented reality, and next-level robotics,have made a home in advanced manufacturing, resulting in increased speed, customization,precision, and
FSAE spaceframe chassis design generally. The results may be used to prioritize strategies for the FSAEchassis design process.In Vehicle Design I, students practice the vehicle design process by designing a vehicle for aparticular market. For fall 2017, the focus was for each student to design an FSAE vehicle.Student learning outcomes for Vehicle Design I are listed in Table 1 below: Table 1. Vehicle Design I Student Learning Outcomes Student Learning Outcome: Assessment 1. Demonstrate an understanding of tire Students calculate lateral loads and tire grip forces and characteristics. with respect to normal force and slip angle. 2. Demonstrate the ability to design
. Literature ReviewMakerspacesEngineering industry demands have evolved requiring those in the profession to possess acomprehensive set of skills that involve more than technical competence alone [3]. These recentand persistent industry demands coupled with the availability of affordable prototypingequipment have spurred the growth of makerspaces [4]. Specifically, in higher education, formerPresident Obama’s support to foster a generation of makers has catalyzed hundreds ofuniversities to make institutional commitments to promoting the maker culture, commonlydemonstrated in the enhancement or establishment of university-affiliated makerspaces [3].Making is widely embraced for the informal, hands-on, iterative, collaborative experiences inbuilding
. Tohelp frame a course of action at an institutional level, we must address a fundamentalquestion: Amidst continually decreasing budgets for public higher education, how can werespond to a growing need to educate future engineering leaders by: 1. increasing and diversifying our enrollments, Page 23.847.3 2. expanding our curriculum beyond familiar terrain of technical expertise to engage cross-disciplinary synergies we don’t yet fully understand, 3. shifting our pedagogical framework to be more effective, current
2014.Nuclear-Pumped Laser (NPL) technology was a part of the strategic defense initiative (SDI)program in the 1980’s. NPLs have since faded from the United States research agenda but theyremain an active part of the research agenda in other countries, notably in Russia and othernations in the former Soviet Union as well as China [1] which has a cooperative agreement withRussia [2]. The reason for this broad interest in the technology is that a NPL can scale to highpower/energy levels (potentially up to 100 MW Continuous Wave (CW) beam power). Militaryapplications have historically dominated the NPL research agenda. However, there aresignificant humanitarian applications for high power/energy lasers. For example a high powerCW NPL would have
interdisciplinary education. Findings RQ 1: How do graduate engineering and design students commonly conceptualize interdisciplinary education across two universities? Our results indicate that graduate students from the U.S. and Finland institutions conceptualized interdisciplinary education through various themes, with some of the themes strongly prevalent in both contexts and some only on one of them. Yet, the recognised themes can be generally grouped into four key categories that all are visible in both contexts: interdisciplinary learning, interdisciplinary practice, impact-making, and identity (re)construction. While there are nuances in how students described these aspects
marginalized groups.In Section 1 of this paper, we introduce Seattle University and our previous work. Following, inSection 2, we review relevant literature. In Section 3, we first present the results of focus groupsconducted with students from a variety of backgrounds and experiences such as transfer students,female-identifying students, URM women, URM men, international students, and students whohave either switched out of an engineering program or have a GPA that put them at risk to notcomplete an engineering degree. The focus groups confirmed the results of the survey: studentsfrom marginalized groups experience bias and microaggressions from other students and faculty.Combining past analysis and the new focus group results, we identified two
metacognition and technical cooperation interventions.Additionally, Szabo found that the most common categories were representation and technicalcooperation types. Finally, the intervention types that were the least common were application,social, and student agency, with little evidence of their effectiveness [21]. This literature reviewdemonstrates that computing educational interventions, and the study of their effectiveness,focus more on the metacognitive aspects of pedagogy rather than social constructivist aspects.Szabo’s systematic literature review did not focus on pedagogical effectiveness with anintersectionality lens; it provided a solid overview of “generally” effective CER interventions.The absence of attention to intersectionality in this
priorgenerations could not imagine. The current generation of students will do the same as disruptivetechnologies change the problems they tackle and the technologies they use. To avoidobsolescence, new graduates need to become lifelong learners and continuously learn suchcompetencies as design thinking, systems thinking, strategic thinking, and teamwork.Kuh (2008) identified “helping America’s extraordinarily diverse students reap the fullbenefits— economic, civic, and personal—of their studies in college” as “what is arguably themost important challenge in higher education today” (p. 1). Preparation of students to enter theprofessional workforce has traditionally emphasized the development of technical skills.However, studies have shown that when some
embedded. Evidence of gendered and race-baseddiscrimination is particularly robust, indicating that women and faculty of color experience arange of overt and covert inequities throughout their professional careers when compared to menand white faculty respectively [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20].Covert inequities and microaggressions as they play out in 2020 in colleges and universities inthe U.S. are often very difficult to address because they are subtle, even invisible (especially tothe often well-intended perpetrator); other equities are still far from subtle. In STEM fields,gendered discrimination issues have often been described with the “leaky pipeline” metaphor:women leave STEM fields in greater
., Brown, S. D., & Hackett, G. (1994). Toward a unifying social cognitive theory of career and academic interest, choice, and performance. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 45(1), 79–122. https://doi.org/10.1006/jvbe.1994.1027Lewis, J.A., & Neville, H. A. (2015). Construction and initial validation of the gendered racial microaggressions scale for black women. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 62(2), 289-302.Malcom, L. E., & Malcom, S. M. (2011). The double bind: The next generation. Harvard Educational Review, 81(2), 162-171, 388-389.EMPOWERING STEM PERSISTENCE AMONG GRADUATE WOMEN 20Moody, A.T. & Lewis, J.A. (2019). Gendered racial microaggressions and
faculty, a pattern emerged ofseveral different categories of courses and teaching issues. This is not a full evaluation ofindividual teachers as described by Little, Goe and Bell [1], but rather defined categories ofteaching as a functional approach to considering how the center interacts with many facultyacross the college. The types of interactions with faculty and the needed support generally matchthe categories. We formalized these categories into a teaching pyramid that defined sixcategories or levels of teaching. Interventions and support are described for each level. Byspecifying levels in terms of skills and student engagement, we explicitly support a growthmindset for teaching as faculty can learn and improve and up levels. Finally, the
programs, but the current published literature concerning these types ofprograms is lacking [1]. This study analyzes the Integrated Design Engineering (IDE) program atthe University of Colorado Boulder, one such multidisciplinary program. Quantitative surveydata and qualitative focus group data from the students in IDE are obtained and analyzed todetermine the value of these programs, as well as improvements that can be made. The results ofthe surveys and focus groups show that multidisciplinary engineering programs are in factvaluable in recruiting and retaining engineering students. These programs attract students whoare well-rounded, have many interests, are collaborative, and are looking for versatility in futurecareers. The program is able to
questionnaire. However, as the third internship requires students to work as industrialengineers, we evaluate advanced learning outcomes such as design and management abilities.We also evaluate some learning outcomes in all three internships, such as professional ethicsand communication. Table 1 presents some aspects of each internship’s evaluation.Table 1 - Internship evaluation General ability Internship Internship Internship Learning Outcome or skill 1 2 3 Ability to join work teams X X X Teamwork
true community between the twoinstitutions, strengthen the existing partnerships, and build lasting foundations for long-termsuccess. Project evaluation efforts are rooted in the concept of “self-authorship,” which is theability to define one’s own beliefs and create one’s own identity. We will examine how changesto their environment (e.g., moving from natural science to data science, moving from an HBCUto a PWI) impact students’ understanding of themselves and their professional identities.Introduction and Problem StatementBy many estimates, more than a quintillion bytes of data are created every day [1]. This is theequivalent of generating 2-3 hours of high quality video (about 130 megabytes) for every personon earth – every single day – and
, January 2015, pp. 43-694. A. R. Bielefeldt, K. Paterson, C. Swan Measuring the value added from service learning in project- based engineering education. International Journal of Engineering Education, 26(3), 2010, pp. 535- 546.5. O. Pierrakos, R. Nagel, E. Pappas, J. Nagel, T. Moran, E. Barrella, E., et al. . A mixedmethods study of cognitive and affective learning during a sophomore design problembased service learning experience. International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Special Edition(Fall), 2013, pp. 1-28.6. K. Litchfield, A. Javernick‐Will, and A. Maul. "Technical and professional skills of engineers involved and not involved in engineering service." Journal of Engineering Education 105.1, 2016, pp. 70-97
faculty, however it was noticed that more mentors do not automatically reduce theinstructor of record’s workload. The current approach relies on three instructors that focus ontheir areas of expertise by having separate course sections. While constant collaboration andcalibration of the assessment is necessary, the focused work, while still enabling an amplevariety of projects, is proving to be sustainable and effective.The paper quantifies instructor workload, coordination challenges, student feedback, projectdiversity, and assessment and evaluation characteristics of the different instructional modelsbased on data collected over the past 6 years, and can help inform the suitability of teachingmodality choices.1. IntroductionCapstone courses
journals over the past 10 years to better understand the nature of this work. In our research we consider the content of existing conversations, what is missing from this discourse, and areas for further research.Introduction “As a broader awareness of, interest in, and a professional desire (and often a personal desire) for a more equitable, accessible and just world increases, some in the sciences struggle to incorporate these social developments into their research and teaching. Science librarianship can be similarly removed from this discourse.” - Bussmann et al, 2020, “Science Librarianship and Social Justice: Part One Foundational Concepts” [1]How are STEM librarians engaging with DEI principles and the
University pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and is expected to graduate in May 2022. His research interests focus around the study of spatial ability with an emphasis on identifying patterns of spatial strategies and measuring spatial ability in blind and low vision populations.Gary M Timko (Research Assocaite)Natalie L ShaheenWade H Goodridge (Associate Professor) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comIntroductionSpatial ability can be defined as the measure of a cognitive ability to generate, retain, retrieve,and transform well-structured visual images [1]. Various constructs of spatial
aggregating them into different sorting groups. 5. Assessing trends in responses by discipline or association with other responses.Survey Results In this paper, a second, subsequent survey was deployed (Table 2) with a range of collectedresponses generated from the first survey. Based on the data collected from Fall 2021 and Fall 2022 careerfair surveys, this section of the paper presents a key summary of results. Specifically, the data presentedhere allows for the identification of AEC industry characteristics of students' success deemed important tointerdisciplinary learning.Survey 1: Fall 2021 Survey Table 3 provides a summary breakdown of company recruitment across disciplines of graduates.When examining the data, there is a