Paper ID #16151Integrating STEM and Literacy through Engineering Design: Evaluationof Professional Development for Middle School Math and Science Teachers(Program/Curriculum Evaluation)Prof. Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University Reagan Curtis, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Psychology and chair of the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development at West Virginia University. He pursues a diverse research agenda in- cluding areas of interest in (a) the development of mathematical and scientific knowledge across the lifes- pan, (b) online delivery methods and pedagogical approaches to university instruction, and
Paper ID #37425Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through Culture-RelatedDesign in First-Year Engineering Curriculum: A Work in ProgressDr. Lisa K. Murray, Western New England University Lisa K. Murray is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice in the first-year engineering program at Western New England University (WNE). She currently serves as a co-advisor for the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) at WNE. She is an alumnus of WNE. She holds a BS in Biomedical Engineer- ing, Masters in Education and a Masters and PhD. in Engineering Management. Her research interests are in engineering education
Paper ID #42122Investigating the Effects of Prerequisite CS1 Options for a CS2 Course Throughan Analysis of Student Project Scores in CS2Dr. Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan Laura K. Alford is a Lecturer IV at the University of Michigan. She researches ways to use data-informed analysis of students’ performance and perceptions of classroom environment to support DEI-based curricula improvements.Dr. James A. Juett, University of Michigan James Juett is a member of the teaching faculty in CSE at the University of Michigan.Heather Rypkema, University of Michigan Heather Rypkema is Head of Learning Analytics at the
Exchange Quarterly, 16(4), 135-139.8. Flores, B. C., Swift, A., Brady, T., & Martinez, J. R. (2002). The effectiveness of an advisory board as a critical friend. 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, F1B11-15.9. Jones, J. W., & Fick, J. K.. (2016, November 3). Student Certification of a Campus Building through the USGBC LEED® Lab™ Program. Lecture presented at the 2016 ATMAE Conference, Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering, Orlando, FL.
students can transform into powerful learners through academic validation [25]. Thus,92 instructors can use teaching practices to transition their students’ fixed mindsets into growth mindsets.9394 Self-Efficacy (SE)95 Students with high levels of self-efficacy are less likely to drop out of college [26]. Self-efficacy is an96 aspect of social cognitive theory defined as “the exercise of human agency through people’s beliefs in 2 97 their capabilities to produce desired effects by their actions” [27]. As with growth mindset, self-efficacy 98 is domain-specific. Students may have high self-efficacy in one discipline that does not necessarily 99 transfer to a related discipline
in line with the NAE report on Changing the Conversation1.Programs and special efforts can be found in several areas, specifically targeting different goals suchas recruitment of a higher percentage of female students to the college, recruitment of a more evendistribution of female students across the various engineering disciplines and retention of femalestudents in engineering through joining a department (in their second year, normally) and graduation.The thought model used by the Women in Engineering Program at NC State is that of a journey,rather than a pipeline. In grades K-10, students must be interested in and informed aboutengineering, including the coursework that will be helpful for them to take in high school. In grades11 and 12
Paper ID #26879STEM Engagement through Mentoring: Motivations of STEM MentorsDr. Jerrod A. Henderson, University of Houston (CoE & CoT) Dr. Jerrod A. Henderson (”Dr. J”) is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Cullen College of Engi- neering at the University of Houston. He joined the University of Houston after six years as a chemical engineering faculty member at the University of Illinois. He has dedicated his career to increasing the number of students who are in the pipeline to pursue STEM careers. He believes that exposing students to STEM early will have a lasting impact upon their lives and academic
participation, motivation, and scaffold reflective and activelearning promptly. In addition, there needs to be a discussion on the extent to which theconceptual framework of professional development and its assessment needs to be constructedexternally (I.e., through a positivist lens) or varyingly by the participating individuals (I.e.,through an interpretivist lens). The engineering education community may therefore want tofurther explore the role of professional development training that transcends beyond graduationby considering how both curricular and co-curricular structures in engineering education can bemodified for learning based on students’ constraints, learning styles and needs.AcknowledgmentsWe would like to acknowledge the associate dean
Necessity of Canon 8 LanguageThe authors of Canon 8 developed and presented case studies to the ASCE board to illustrate theway the language of the canon and its specific guiding principles shape its application. Theopening paragraph of Canon 8 specifies the dimensions of identity under the purview of themandate. Furthermore, the three guiding principles (e.g. A-C) operationalize the way Canon 8can be applied. One case study presented below, illustrated the way guiding principle "C" isoperationalized through the experience of an ASCE member whose disability was overlooked inthe design of a parking lot. The member’s experience shows the way that the necessity of fairtreatment of all people goes beyond discriminatory interactions and extends to
- SUNY, Long Island, NY, November 13-15, 2008 with the purposeof examining curricular and technology issues. From these forums has emerged the upcoming"Manufacturing Education Transformation Summit 2009" 5 to be held at the University of Texas- Austin, June 16-19, 2009 with the purpose of expanding the group involved in the discussionsof manufacturing education. All of these activities have been tracked through a Wiki site 6, that isused by the group as a focal point for activity, and a place for others to contribute and steer theprocess.Manufacturing Education Leadership Forum: Vision for ProgressKey objectives of this Forum were to illuminate critical linkages among manufacturingeducation, a vibrant industrial sector and a healthy economy, and
pioneerism) experienced byunderrepresented minority (URM) faculty in STEM fields. Since no known articles have explored exclusively the personal and professionaluse of social media by URM faculty in engineering, this preliminary paper offers, viasurvey responses from a small sample of URM faculty in STEM, an initial glimpse ofcurrent practices and perceived barriers to social media use. It reports findings of anexploratory study that investigates avenues through which traditional facultyresponsibilities (i.e., teaching, research, and service) within STEM occur via social media(e.g., Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn) along with ways that URM faculty researchersare branding themselves across a variety of social media platforms. This study is
curriculum documents was revisited and used as thefoundation for a new document, Curriculum 2015 3. The current structure of this document isshown below. Part I - Surveying the landscape: What Industry Needs From Our Graduates Predicting the future through research Innovation in education K-12 recruiting and outreach Part II - Surveying the educational process: 2 year program issues and recommendations 4 year program issues and recommendations Graduate program issues and recommendations Part III - Goals and Strategies: The role of education in preparing for our future in manufacturing A plan to revitalize
women in engineering industry. (PhD), Purdue University.Ross, M. S., & Godwin, A. (2016). Engineering identity implications on the retention of Black women in engineering industry. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.Scott, A., Klein, F. K., & Onevokpuri, U. (2017). Tech leavers study. Retrieved from Kapor Center for Social Impact: http://www.kaporcenter.org/tech-leavers/Thomas, D. A., & Gabarro, J. J. (1999). Breaking through—the making of minority executives in corporate America. Brighton, MA: Harvard Business Review Press.Valantine, H. A., & Collins, F. S. (2015). National Institutes of Health addresses the science of diversity. Proceedings of the National
of advisor support and guidance was offered as a contributingmotive for 86% of the women who chose to leave science.5 Moreover, researchers have shownthat women who completed their graduate program late were three times more likely to reporthaving unsatisfactory advising experiences than women who received their degrees on time.6Late completers reported that their advisors thwarted their timely degree completion, while earlydegree completers expressed that advisors were instrumental to program advancement.6 Feelingsof being disregarded, disrespected, neglected, having lower professional self-efficacy, and a lackof knowledge about how to successfully progress through a degree program are commonlyreported among graduate students who express
undertaking an open ended preliminary investigationand design with the assistance of technical specialist advisors and a staff member as their nominalclient.The course structure is roughly based on the deliverables and project milestones associated with atypical consulting engineering project at the scheme assessment or preliminary design level,progressing from authoring a proposal for engineering services in response to a client project brief,through to final verbal presentations and a report on the team’s final design. The challenge froman instructional standpoint is taking this design process, which often takes many months (or years)for a professional engineering organisation to implement, and compressing it into a 12-weekcourse during the second
Paper ID #8221Fostering Creativity in Engineering Education through Experiential and Team-based LearningDr. Chehra Aboukinane Dr. Chehrazade Aboukinane is an adjunct professor at the Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine in Rabat, Morocco. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Biological Systems Engineering, master’s de- gree in Agricultural Engineering, and doctorate in Agricultural Education from Texas A&M University. Aboukinane worked for five years as an engineering consultant at Parsons Corporation before joining academia at El Akhawayn University and the Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine. She
female and male K-12 students: effects of a multimediaoverview on elementary, middle-, and high-school students,” European Journal of Engineering Education, 38(5),519-531, 2013.[18] S.L. Bem, “The Measurement of Psychological Androgyny,” Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,42(2), 155-163.[19] H.E.P. Cattell and A.D. Mead, “The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF),” in The SAGEHandbook of Personality Theory and Assessment: Volume 2 — Personality Measurement and Testing, London,2008.[20] J. Hogan and R. Hogan, “Big Five Personality Traits,” in Encyclopedia of Leadership, Thousand Oaks, 2004.[21] A. Tellegen and N.G. Waller, “Exploring Personality Through Test and Construction: Development of theMultidimensional Personality
head librarian. Thus, as the solo librarian, Iam tasked with liaison duties for all campus STEM communities, taking on a serious workload.While there is an acting head librarian, there duties are split with other liaison communities. Inaddition, the paraprofessional staff is made up of one library manager, three permanent librarysupervisors, and one contract library supervisor. Because this particular library has been closedfor renovations, staff have been asked to assist the circulation desks of other campus libraries(highlighting that staffing shortages plague the entire library system). One of the main challenges of hiring more librarians is that staffing is often beyond theindividual library’s control. Positions need to be justified
.8,23.This in itself is not a negative. However, the disparity in income and wealth betweenunderrepresented U.S. minorities and the majority could be addressed by higher incomesassociated with engineering24. It may be preferable to increase the percentage of U.S. citizensin this occupational field rather than filling the need through the hiring of non-U.S. citizens, anaction that is not possible in some sectors25.Black Engineers as the Focus of the StudyBoth blacks and Hispanics are underrepresented in engineering15,20. However, for this study thefocus was solely on black engineers. The basis of this delimiting was that the white majoritysees blacks differently than Hispanics26,27,28 , as well as the Blauner Hypothesis29. Hispanics areoften
through active participation) providescollege students an enhanced learning environment, as opposed to traditional learning methodsthat are mostly theoretical in nature, not realistic in application, and do not connect the variousaspects of a field of study (Burr 2001). Astin et al (2000) describes a longitudinal study of over22,000 undergraduate students in the United States and found that the most important factorsassociated with a positive service learning experience are the student’s degree of interest in thesubject matter, how the experience enhances the understanding of academic course materials,and if the service is viewed as a learning experience. Moreover, service learning is a corecomponent of many honors colleges housed in both public
developed with high school teachers.TechSTEP Our TechSTEP program follows a professional development model that engages high schoolteachers with the aim of giving them an opportunity to lead students through hands-onengineering projects. We refer to this professional development model as u-Discovery(Understanding through Discovery)5, and we propose that this model can be readily adapted byother universities interested in developing meaningful K12 relationships. Currently, TechSTEPhas three different projects which are rotated on a three-year cycle. Each project shares thecommon u-Discovery approach.The u-Discovery model consists of three phases, although there is considerable overlap amongthese phases:1. Initiate Understanding by leading the
a given countryor around the world must become part of the means to prepare the future manufacturingworkforce. Organizations such as SME, IMS and others should become change agentsand enable extensive global academic and industry collaboration, ongoing changes incurricular content to address the needs of industry, emphasis on learning over teaching,programs to develop a new generation entrepreneurs, and provisions for access tomanufacturing education at any time and anywhere. Beyond preparing a competentworkforce through the educational process outlined, the change agents must assume theresponsibilities in educating the public on the scope and the prospects of manufacturingin the future. They must also become the leading proponents to shape
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teachers and students.3 Considering engineering is a subject where a majorityof teachers have not received formal pedagogical or content training during their teacherpreparation program and have no prior experience being K-12 students of the subject, thebarriers they face approaching engineering professional development are arguably beyond that ofprofessional development in any other subject area. To shed light on what is needed toovercome these hurdles effectively, for truly sustaining change, it is important to closelyexamine the process and outcomes of successful cases of implementing engineering inelementary classes.Purdue University’s Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE) has beeninvolved in TPD for engineering since
Self- Contained, Shippable Outreach Experiments for Online Implementation in K-12 ClassroomsAbstractDue to COVID-19, more students are transitioning to online classrooms. This poses a problemfor STEM educators as students are limited in their ability to learn about the scientific process orscientific thinking through hands-on experimentation. Additionally, outreach programs that aredesigned to increase interest and participation in STEM face a challenge of not being able toenter the physical classroom for activities. To address these needs, a program was developed tocreate self-contained experimental kits that could be shipped to students’ homes. This allowsstudents to gain the same outreach experience that
project. He is interested in incorporating his teaching and versatile research experience in science to engage students in preparing them for the college and beyond. Page 22.1001.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Learning from a Teacher’s PerspectiveAbstract In recent years, enrollment in STEM related fields has steadily declined. To combat this,the INSPIRES curriculum (INcreasing Student Participation, Interest, and Recruitment inEngineering & Science) was developed with the goal to increase student motivation to learn byincorporating real world
, business,law, and medicine.Guidance counselors and teachers, specifically math and science, are key influencers of highschool students when making academic and career choices. In Texas, guidance counselors musthave a B.S. degree, three years of teaching experience, a M.S. degree in Counselor Education orCounselor Psychology, and certification as a “School Counselor” by the State Board forEducator Certification. Math and science teachers in Texas must have a B.S. degree from anaccredited college or university, complete teacher training through an approved program, andcomplete the subject and grade level appropriate teacher certification tests. To maintaincertification, guidance counselors must complete 200 hours of continuing education credits
time per week to discuss the projects’ progression. Overall, the 2009-2010 capstonesequence was a success for all involved. The 2010-2011 projects are underway and each teamhas completed their conceptual design reviews. During the conceptual design review, the facultymentors perceived an increase in the quality of student work as compared to 2009-2010.Bibliography1. Western Carolina University. (2003). A Regional Summit: Meeting Western North Carolina's Needs through Higher Education. Retrieved May 18, 2005 from http://www.wcu.edu/chancellor/Presentations/regional%20summit.htm2. Western Carolina University. (2010) Engagement at Western Carolina University. http://www.wcu.edu/5179.asp3. Sorien K. Schmidt Elizabeth A. Jordan
Paper ID #38036Introducing Engineering through the Sociotechnical Histories of EverydayTechnologiesDr. Sarvnaz Lotfi, Loyola University, Maryland Sarvnaz Lotfi holds a PhD in Science, Technology, and Society. Her historical research into R&D, busi- ness, and valuation as well as her commitment to radically rethinking STEM pedagogy draw inspiration from early-20th-century pragmatist philosopher and education reformer, John Dewey. She is currently a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at Loyola University Maryland where she teaches in the Departments of Engineering and Philosophy.Dr. Raenita A. Fenner, Loyola University, Maryland
ofengineering education. A systematic literature review guided by procedures set forth by theCentre for Reviews and Dissemination was conducted in the engineering education literature tosynthesize the findings. Based on an initial sample of papers (n = 36) a rubric was developed toidentify authenticity and authentic experiences in engineering education. Using the developedrubric, a total pool of 1,058 references was evaluated using the rubric with 88% to 100% inter-rater reliability for each category of authenticity. A frequency analysis of references revealed thatthe majority of work is seen in undergraduate education, and only 14 instances of authenticity inengineering education appeared at the K-12 level. The model of authenticity includes