Paper ID #25418Psychological Safety as an Effective Measurement in Engineering ClassroomsMr. Behzad Beigpourian, Purdue University Behzad Beigpourian is a Ph.D. student and Research Assistant in Engineering Education at Purdue Uni- versity. He earned his master’s in Structural Engineering from Shahid Chamran University in Iran, and his bachelor’s in Civil Technical Teacher from Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University in Iran, Tehran. He has been official Technical Teacher at Ministry of Education in Iran from 2007 to 2018, and received many certificate in education such as Educational Planning, Developing Research Report
promoting access to and diversity in higher education and the academic profession. Demonstrated commitment to a diverse, non-traditional, first-generation student population. Table 5. Targeted Language in Qualifications Requirements Qualifications Type Targeted Language Personal Attributes or Prior Technical 'Power’ Skills Experience skills Access and accommodations 0 0 0 Commitment to underrepresented racial or 0 1 0 ethnic equity Desire for
) viewed as a socio- technical system, this course explores the relationship between responsible engineering and the development and maintenance of resiliency in communities that historically have been ignored or marginalized by engineers and the organizations that employ them. Through in-depth readings, class discussions and projects, students will 1) study and analyze different forms of responsibility in engineering and resiliency in complex communities like ASGM communities; 2) critically explore strengths and limitations of dominant methods in engineering problem solving, design, and research for working with these communities; 3) develop understandings of effective forms of responsible
effectivenessof the approach. We would like to track participants to see if the experience resulted in themjoining a STEM club in school or pursuing additional computing education in school. In 2020,we expect to offer one advanced computer science camps for elementary to middle school girls,and 4 day camps for elementary girls, in which we will implement and study this approach.Further, we want to develop a curriculum that can be easily used by others in similar informal orin formal learning environments to teach algorithmic thinking skills.References [1] L. Zimmermann and G. Sprung. 2008. Technology is Female: How Girls Can Be Motivated to Learn Programming and Take up Technical Studies through Adaptations of the Curriculum, Changes in
below theproficient level. However, despite the low levels of performance among those students inreading and writing, they reach better results in engineering and technology. During the2014 Technology & Engineering Literacy (TEL) assessment from NAEP, 73% of theELLs successfully demonstrated TEL-related skills on design choice based on knowingthe relevant requirements. These results suggest that engineering may provideaffordances for language learning. With the implementation of the Next Generation of Science Standards (NGSS),engineering design becomes part of what students need to know and be able to do in thescience classrooms. Educators now face the challenge of teaching their students aboutengineers’ ways of doing and knowing, which
agreement. We chose a nine-point Likert-type scale to increase the likelihood ofidentifying growth when utilizing constructs as part of an intervention (i.e., pre and post course).The following sub-sections describe each of the instruments and their associated constructs.Appendix A contains the complete survey with the exception of the DIT2 [14]Civic-Minded Graduate Scale (CMG)The Civic-Minded Graduate Scale [11] is a self-report instrument that includes four primarydomains or constructs. In turn, each domain includes one to three sub-domains or sub-constructs.The domains and sub-domains include: (1) Knowledge – Volunteer Opportunities, AcademicKnowledge and Technical Skills, and Contemporary Social Issues, (2) Skills – Listening,Diversity, and
% quiz score final exam scoreFigure 4 Average quiz and final exam scoresA survey was administered to receive feedback from the students about the online quizzes.Results are presented below. 14 of the 16 students said they would recommend using onlinequizzes in the future. Their advantage over homework overall was not as clear, but the feedbackis generally positive. Students did observe and appreciate the immediate feedback. Relative to handing in homework, the I received immediate feedback from the 1 2 online quizzes required less work for me online quizzes for specific answers Strongly disagree 0 Strongly disagree 0
Computer Science 19 Biology 3 General Engineering 1 Engineering 2 Architectural Engineering 6 Did Not Answer 3 Did Not Answer 1 Total 16 Total 71Preliminary ResultsThe preliminary research findings are presented in Table 3, where results are highlighted basedupon the following color grouping method: Items rated above 4.0 are highlighted dark gray anditems rated between 3.0 and 4.0 are highlighted light gray. As depicted, Group 1 (students) ratedQuestion 3 (i.e., Students lose
behavior is higher when one (an agent) perceives that other peoplewould recognize his or her behavior with lower possibility. The following formulademonstrates the equation: CUB≈ 𝑓([𝑃(𝑃𝐷𝑥 )]) where: CUB: Conducting Unethical Behavior Formula 1 P: Possibility PD: Perceived Disclosure of behavior xTo further clarify the mentioned theory, imagine Dr. Jefferson2, a general practitioner, whoworks in the Ministry of Health Affairs. Since the beginning of the project he has beenengaged with the business analysts team in development of a Fraud Detection System (FDS)as a "business person" to clarify system
integrated into web-based interactive textbooks and been viewed 30 million timesby over 500,000 students across 600 universities. The philosophy includes two general actions:Unveiling a complex concept, and visualizing a dynamic process. This paper describes thatanimation format philosophy, including pedagogical considerations made in designinganimations, multiple examples, and reasons for implementing an animation.1. IntroductionAnimations have increasingly been incorporated into learning materials to help explain difficultor hard-to-visualize concepts. Video-based animations have long been used to teach science andliberal arts topics [1][2][3], but as computer use has increased in classrooms, computer-basedanimations have been introduced to
that build on students’ oral and written communication skills. Thesecompanies also are willing to trade off some technical content to ensure students understand theimportance of, and gain experience working in, multicultural teams.Academic institutions not interested in this type of flexible plan degree still may be interested inreviewing these company-developed plans. Such a review would allow them to assess if theircurrent degree offerings include some of the common subjects identified by these companies.In closing, it is important to note that ABET accreditation has been considered, but at this timethere are no immediate plans to seek ABET accreditation. The logic behind that current decisionis as follows: 1) Thus far, no employer has asked
. Use comparative assessment methods and tools to demonstrate impact on student learning outcomes to gain further faculty buy-in and adoption. Establish an engagement plan to obtain support of local professional engineers who are needed to support student learning and provide much-needed context for student work. Develop mapping within the curriculum, to identify service-learning opportunities in other technical fields including Transportation, Environmental, and Structural.References[1] B. Bringle, and J., Hatcher, A Service-learning Curriculum for Faculty. The Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning, 2(1), 1995.[2] D. A. Kolb, “Experiential Learning: Experience as
9 million jobs between2014 and 2022 [1]. In fact, various computer and biomedical engineering fields are projected tohave more than four times the job growth by 2024 compared to the average growth for alloccupations [2]. The necessity for the United States to have a highly qualified STEM work forcehas created national educational initiatives, both secondary and post-secondary, to address theneed to increase the participation of underrepresented people in STEM-related fields. In fact, theU.S. Department of Education [3] outlined specific goals to increase the quality of education andsuccess of undergraduate students. These efforts have included strengthening secondary Careerand Technical Education (CTE) programs and preparing students to
semester course incorporated highertechnical training, the addition of drone training and a technical support staff member. Futuretrips will incorporate additional technology and build upon the base map that was developed. Itwill also incorporate training with community members to increase data collection throughoutthe year and to inspire ownership of the project and the results.IntroductionIt is widely accepted that service learning is an enhancement of academic learning throughcommunity engagement. The demonstrated benefits of service learning when combined withcoursework are significantly higher than the benefits of community service or volunteerismalone. As summarized by Meagan Vaughan and Janet Ellzey [1] “The reported benefits ofService
requirements.Within the Civil, Geological and Environmental programs, the decision was taken to requirestudents to complete an introductory AutoCAD course[1] at a neighboring technical institution aspart of their program. This was a reasonable measure for the interim but for the longer term, amore integrated offering was desired. A replacement course has now been developed and wasfirst offered in September 2016.The first year course taken by all engineering students in the college, and a prerequisite for thiscourse, includes the following topics: isometric and orthographic drawings and translations backand forth between the two, freehand sketching, section and auxiliary views, scaling anddimensioning, lettering, titles, borders, and interpretation of
Dabbawalla system, Boeing 787 Dreamliner production, and X-plane designcompetition.Case StudiesIn this course, several case studies are discussed in class lectures, and used in assignments and ina term project. The purpose of having multiple case studies is to offer SE students an effectiveway to understand global business and engineering operations, systems and engineering issues,and how market competitions influence systems design through real industry cases. Cases beingused in this course are listed as follows: 1. Boeing 787 Dreamliner production delay case 1,2 2. X-Plane (X-35/X-32) fighter design competition case 3 3. Mumbai India Dabbawalla system case 4 4. Apple Store case 5. iPhone/iPad value distribution case 6
. Additionally, this analysis supplies initialdata guiding OFDS and the CCEE department in addressing high priority needs for facultydevelopment in the following semester.Preliminary ResultsIn the survey, 13 of 25 participants reported previously attending faculty development and thatthey strongly believe faculty development is important for their professional growth (M=4.38with 5=strongly agree, 1=strongly disagree). General recommendations for faculty developmentfacilitation included providing valuable content with quality feedback, structured time, andaligning with faculty interests. Faculty also ranked different topics on a 5-point Likert scale with5 indicating “most interesting,” and 1 indicating “least interesting” within four focus areas:research
highlightseight elements and a range of factors that drive decision-making for university curriculum. TheAcademic Plan Model is an appropriate theoretical framing for our work given its applicability toall levels of a curriculum (e.g., a single class session, a full course, or a cluster of work) and its focuson decisions that shape curriculum planning and implementation. While the full Academic PlanModel includes external, institutional, and internal influences, we chose to scope our exploration to:1) the seven elements of the academic plan (Figure 1), and 2) a description of the educationalenvironment (Lattuca & Stark, 2009). For practical purposes, and based on the emergent narrativesshared during our collaborative inquiry process, we expanded the
-writing assignments wereintroduced to a large university’s upper-level industrial and systems engineering course onsupply chain system design and control. A careful investigation into the student perceptions ofthese poem-writing assignments shed light to the benefits of creating technical poems. There isevidence in the literature how technical poetry writing in STEM fields in general [4, 5, 6] andengineering in particular [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] contributes to a deeper conceptualunderstanding of technical models while simultaneously engaging students’ imagination andunorthodox thinking.Poetry writing in a technical course, i.e., technical poetry writing, is a form of creative learning.Creative learning is not simply memorizing
10 N/A** 16*Including 6 Administrators (Deans or Department Heads)**Not currently available. To protect the confidentiality of users, no demographics beyond faculty/staff/student. Book Club For the book club, the TLC used a book related to mental health and teaching calledMind over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge, writtenby Sarah Rose Cavanagh, senior associate director for teaching and learning at the Center forFaculty Excellence and associate professor of practice in psychology at Simmons University.The book club program was divided into three sessions to discuss different sections of thebook: (1) Crisis, Compassion, Challenge, (2) Bodies and Beliefs, and
professor in Mechanical Engineering at Marquette University. His research focuses on thermal radiation modeling, combustion modeling, and fundamental exploration of combustion-generated pollutants, particularly soot. He also works on community outreach activities on air pollution and air quality in collaboration with art museums and local community organizations. Besides his research on soot, radiation, and combustion, he maintains an active interest in the research on effective and emerging practices for engineering education.Lisa Chase, Marquette University Mx. Lisa Chase is the assistant director for engineering education programs at Marquette University. They hold an MA in history and an MA in education, they are
, instructorsdescribed how their AL identity had developed. I1 noted that they engaged in student-ledproblem-solving sessions during their own studies and hence had always seen the value in AL. I3described themselves as a physics education “guinea pig” as their mentor had been a physicseducation pioneer and they “grew up … surrounded by this movement.” I2 expressed the mostambivalence that AL resulted in improved student learning even though they had beenimplementing AL in recitations since nearly the beginning of their teaching career.When asked about the value of AL in general, and specifically group problem solving inrecitation, instructors all identified the development of student’s physics understanding as abenefit. I3 noted the importance of students
with a solution for a peer. This paper discusses an example for executing these MCNP demonstrations and provides preliminary assessment plan in improving student gains in understanding these topics. Key words: modeling & simulation, education research, nuclearIntroduction In 1996, The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) began holding newfaculty workshops to help new faculty “understand how to become more effective educators andsupport their quest to gain tenure.”1 The next year, Harvard University physicist Eric Mazur Page 24.1040.2published his manual on peer instruction and began a campaign to question
engineering solutions inglobal, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.” [1] While social justice (SJ) is notexplicitly mentioned, these concerns certainly fall under this criterion. The SJ principles ofequity, access, participation, and rights are relevant to both engineered works and theengineering education process itself. The 2017 update to the American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE) Code of Ethics added a requirement for engineers to “treat all persons fairlyand encourage equitable participation.” [2] While there have been strong proponents for theintegration of SJ into engineering education, e.g. [3-11], it is unclear whether or not these effortsare common. In addition, given the national spotlight on racism in 2020 [12-13], a number
categories (p-value = 0.68). Therefore, it is likely that the sponsorsource does not have an impact on student and team success with respect to grades.Regarding the TCP Evaluations, Figure 7 shows a screenshot of a portion of the Team sectionthat includes the questions evaluated for in this RQ2. For this analysis one of the internal teamsis missing due to an unknown technical error in the program archives. Therefore, in the contextof Table 1, the data represents one less internal project with three less students. Table 2 shows asummary of these results, and Figure 8 shows the data for each year. Student X1 Student Xn Figure 7: Portion of the Team
readiness, faculty skills, and industrial fundingto support academic experiences.IntroductionTeaching through experiential learning practice is a given for an Engineering Technology (ET)baccalaureate program, but experiential learning comes in many forms. It is also expected that anaccredited Engineering Technology (ET) baccalaureate program require capstone coursework asone of the ways to execute experiential learning. Since TC2K was implemented as the “new”wave of accreditation for ET programs at the turn of the century, ABET has required that ETprogram content be integrated within a capstone course that develops student competencies inapplying both technical and non-technical skills in solving problems [1]. This experientiallearning encounter
issues in society and our environment. Newer generations ofengineers are now required to bring not only technical skills and knowledge but also the capacityto work in multidisciplinary teams and make decisions using system-based perspectives (NAE,2005). The variety of scenarios and complex systems have traditionally been addressed bydifferent specializations in engineering and other related disciplines; however, rapidly changing,and emerging fields in engineering require a dynamic educational environment that can ensurethe workforce in the near future can respond to the challenges posed by diverse, complex newsocietal challenges. In that view, multidisciplinary engineering degrees offer a more rigorous,flexible, and mission-driven vehicle for
a racially, ethnically, culturally, and otherwise diverse student body. o Diversity statements should not be required by any institutions. o Diversity statements should not be required for positions where research in a technical field is a primary responsibility of the position. • Does your department require faculty applicants to submit diversity statements as part of their application packages? • Does your institution, college/school, or department provide guidance on evaluating applicants’ diversity statements?Table 1 summarizes the demographics of the 151 participants who responded to these items.The second phase was a phenomenological study. We invited survey
attributed to individuals with a certain adaptabilityprofile being drawn to a career in academia. Accounting for adaptability when considering theextent to which WATPS are used can enable more individualized support for instructors duringperiods of change.I. IntroductionInstructors are challenged to implement and sustain a wide array of teaching practices andstrategies (WATPS) in undergraduate courses because WATPS have been shown to improvestudents’ conceptual understanding, appeal to a diverse set of students, and increase persistencein engineering, especially among underrepresented groups [1], [2], [3], [4]. The adoption of aWATPS can produce more workforce ready engineers that innovate in creative ways. Engineersgraduating from universities
Paper ID #38423Integrating Entrepreneurial Mindset, Bio-design, and Art into a RapidPrototyping and Reverse Engineering CourseDr. Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University Arif Sirinterlikci is a University Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Robert Mor- ris University (RMU) School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science (SEMS). He holds BS and MS degrees, both in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in Turkey and his Ph.D. is in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Ohio State University. He has also been a Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE), awarded by the Society of