the students and so were the topics and materials covered in class. Communication andimplementation need improvement. Additionally, the experience of working in teams helpedstudents engage with their peers. This is often a challenge in a class of 120 students, but students Page 25.1082.6were able to communicate effectively with their teammates during the course of their project. AverageProjectHas working on this project helped you understand the basic concepts and issues in distribution
understanding of “minority” status as that which is sociallyconstructed in specific societal contexts [2]. Microaggressions in general are deniable acts ofracism or sexism that reinforce pathological stereotypes and inequitable social norms [3]. Wewant to investigate how minoritized engineering students understand microaggressions and howtheir experiences with microaggressions affect their experience in engineering programs. Because the disengagement of engineers from public welfare considerations perpetuatesunequal structures and practices for disadvantaged groups within that public[4], we want to moveaway from a Eurocentric perspective to focus on the views of minoritized engineering on the roleof sociopolitical engagement within engineering
AC 2012-3051: HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT: CHANG-ING THE NAME OF THE FIELD TO IMPROVE AWARENESSProf. Barbara Christe, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Barbara Christe is an Associate Professor and Program Director for biomedical engineering technology at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. Prior to teaching, Christe was a Clinical Engineer at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, Conn. She holds a biomedical engineer- ing master’s degree from Rensselaer, Hartford, and a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Marquette University. She is actively engaged in the recruitment and retention of students in the BMET field.Prof. Steven J. Yelton P.E
a worldwide concern because of the shortage of professionals in STEM fields. Whilethere is a high need for computer professionals in industry, enrollment in computing programs hasnot kept pace with that demand. This is further exacerbated when the data is disaggregated on thebasis of race and gender. Exploring patterns regarding race/ethnicity and gender can helpeducation researchers and the computing community to reveal the hidden stories that help themprovide guidelines, strategies, and/or mechanisms that lead to enhancing the persistence ofunderrepresented minority students in these fields. This study was conducted using a subset of alongitudinal database - Multiple-Institution Database for Investigating Engineering
geotechnical design report, which provided them an excellentopportunity to develop their communications skills.To encourage students to think about the material in greater detail and provide a goodopportunity to integrate what they were being taught into other areas, students were asked tokeep a weekly journal. They were asked to reflect on each exam, project, and weeklyassignments. At the end of each lesson, the One-Minute Paper5 was used to monitor studentlearning and address students’ misconceptions and preconceptions. Students were typicallyasked to write a concise summary of the presented topic, write an exam question for the topic, oranswer a big-picture question from the material that was presented in the current or previouslesson in 60
) An ability to communicate effectively reports (written). Engineering ethics case studies discussions/reports to de- (H) The broad education necessary to understand termine student understanding of the impact of security the impact of engineering solutions... vulnerabilities and fixes The project literature search and reading assignment de- (I) A recognition of the needs for, and ability to scribed in Table 1 each require an engagement with exist- engage in
first-year and8 senior students were selected to engage in a think aloud protocol during the problem-solving task based on their spatial visualization skill levels (high vs. low). The think aloudprotocol was used to assign pre-defined codes for design activity for each of the 17participants.Through analysis of these codes, results indicated that there is an association between thespatial skills of students and the design processes/actions that they employ. These insightswill be discussed relative to their potential influence on engineering education, specifically indeveloping design capability. Key words: Spatial skills, problem solving, creativity, design, mixed methodIntroductionIn today’s global market, the workforce trained in
AC 2011-1659: PEER-LED SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION IN AN NSFSTEP PROJECT: THE EEES EXPERIENCEColleen A. McDonough, Michigan State University Colleen A. McDonough is a graduate research assistant at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University. She is the coordinator of two component projects of a National Science Foundation grant focusing on retention issues and engaging early engineering students, and also serves as an academic advisor. McDonough earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from William Smith College and a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. She is currently a third year doctoral student in the Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education program at
workshop on High Impact Practices (HIP) in STEMInstruction. The leader and three members of the planning team were STEER personnel. Duringthe workshop, 120 faculty rotated between sessions focusing on collaborative learning,undergraduate research, internships, community engagement and study abroad. A secondworkshop is in planning for 2019. It will have five workshops on additional HIPS that were notcovered in 2018 and will have two plenary addresses by Nobel Laureate Dr. Carl Wieman.EvaluationProject evaluation is conducted by Horizon, Inc., which provides substantial formative feedbackto the STEER leadership team. Members of the evaluation team observe workshops, trainingevents, retreats, leadership meetings and the annual advisory board meeting
engineering, and the importance of various forms ofcommunication in the profession [12]. Based on student feedback, some of the seminars wererevised to be more engaging and efficient in communicating the learning objectives for the Fall2024 cohort. During their second year, Mechanical Engineering students are also required to take anengineering dynamics course. Students from other departments like Civil Engineering andBiomedical Engineering enroll in this dynamics course as part of their major. Pursuant to thisresearch, a project has been incorporated into a section of the dynamics course offered in theSpring 2024 semester. For this project, students engage with open-ended modeling problems(OEMPs) during the courses’ associated discussion
ignored, part of our academic community. Thispaper directs attention to two engineering students who matriculated in the same engineeringprogram at the same institution and seeks to highlight the importance and significance of placeand space on transgender and gender non-conforming undergraduate engineering experiences, aswell as the struggles that result from combating the depoliticization of engineering culture. Thedepoliticization of engineering culture and its negative impact on students with politicizedidentities have been documented [4], [5], [6]. One of the most significant findings from previousphases of this research is that each student’s identity, location, political worldview, and supportsystem influenced widely different experiences
students’ SL skills and better prepare themfor careers in the construction industry. In the long-term, a more SL Built Environmentworkforce will have improved abilities and be better prepared to make evidence-based decisionsthat will transform global built environments.IntroductionUndergraduate education should provide students with knowledge and experiences that willshape their capability and confidence in scientific reasoning and making evidence-baseddecisions that will advance progress made by organizations engaged in engineering,construction, infrastructure, and the built environment [1- 4]. The United States is one of thenations that believes that it is important for its leaders and citizens to be scientifically literate. Ascientifically
themodules into the course. This has been done through formative evaluationsin which we collected data on students’ performance and perceptions over several semesters.These data were collected to investigate the impact of these changes on students’ learning, as wellas to gain insight into students’ experiences and perceptions. Interviews were conducted with thestudents to garner feedback about the integration of CBI modules and students’ perceptions of themodules’ effectiveness for learning and achievement in the course. This paper describes interviewdata and outlines a tentative analysis of the data. The data suggested that students had mixedexperiences and perceptions because (a) they found the pedagogical approach of requiring the useof these CBI
proposal preparation and forming partnerships for collaborative projects.6. Conduct outreach activities to promote the concept of green transportation:The CAAT outreach activities include: Annual conferences to promote the CAAT, its activities, and technology developments. Summer academies for K-12 students to introduce advanced automotive technologies. Workshops and seminars for first responders, industry professionals, and the general public to expose the technologies and related impacts to key groups. Presentations at industry and educational symposia to promote the awareness and use of the CAAT resource. University Bound program to encourage transferring from community colleges to four year universities7. Coordinate
movers, we are working with a growing,core group of forward-looking individuals. Ask the now hopefully-committed movers to, in turn,communicate with and engage the movables, possibly following the cascade concept describedbelow. Identifying and focusing on movers (or acceptors) was used in developing and beginningto implement the BOK. Invest 80 percent 10% Movers of your effort here Then ask movers to 80% Movables engage the movables Make minimal 10
attitudes ofsome comments made during discussions. Too many sites in a collaborative teachingeffort may actually work against participation for reasons beyond content or interest, butsimply overwhelming the communication possibilities. We learned that you must beprepared beyond the conventional preparations for a class, since keeping studentsengaged is critical to the course if interactivity is an objective. We learned paradoxicallythat a course of this nature needs to have considerable structure so that communicationswill have the effect of being natural. We learned that students who take an online coursebehave much like those on-campus only the effects of this behavior are more noticeablesince engaging them is more challenging from a distance. It
Directorate. During the 2006-2007 academic year, Barbara was a part-time visiting professor in Purdue University’s Engineering Education Department. Her research interests focus primarily on understanding and assessing engineering student learning, including recent work developing concept inventories for engineering topics with colleagues from CSM and Purdue. She has participated in a number of curriculum innovation projects and has been active in the engineering education and assessment communities. Barbara is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), currently serving as the Chair of the International Advisory Committee of ASEE. She is also a member of the Advisory
interventions. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology: 1-16.25. Shell, D.F., Husman, J., Turner, J.E., Cliffel, D.M., Nath, I., & Sweany, N. (2005). The impact of computer supported collaborative learning communities on high school students' knowledge building, strategic learning, and perceptions of the classroom. Journal of Educational Computing Research. 33(3), 327-349.26. Summers, J.J., Gorin, J.S., Beretvas, S.N., & Svinicki, M.D. (2005). Evaluating collaborative learning and community. The Journal of Experimental Education. 73(3), 165-188.27. Ku, H.-Y., Tseng, H.W., & Akarasriworn, C. (2013). Collaboration factors, teamwork satisfaction, and
synthesis. (2) In a traditional engineeringcurriculum, the integration of coursework from multiple subjects is often inadequate [4]. As aresult, students may know subjects well, but may or may not develop the ability to apply their Page 24.506.2subject-specific knowledge into a design context.In recent years, project-based learning has been used in many universities such as Purdue’sEngineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) [5], Georgia Tech’s Learning by DesignTM[6] , Stanford’s P5BL Lab [7], PjBL across the UK[8] and so on. Research suggests that project-based learning encourages collaborative work [2], enhances students’ motivation [2, 9
well-rounded team.6 They are: leader, team player,researcher, expert, planner, creative, and communicator. Our students need to become aware oftheir team member type and how this impacts the team in order to be more productive to apotential employer. At Baylor University, neither team types nor team member types are coveredanywhere in the curriculum.Why Work on Teams?There are distinct advantages to working in and on teams. West lists a number of advantages, afew of which are listed below:7 1. Teams are the best way to enact organizational strategies. 2. Teams enable organizations to develop and deliver products and services quickly and cost effectively. 3. Teams enable organizations to learn more effectively. 4
precise technical detailswith effective communication. Writing an effective laboratory report necessitates mastery ofseveral interconnected skills, including comprehension of the experimental process, critical datainterpretation, and organization of findings into a coherent narrative. Laboratory reports facilitatea deeper understanding of the scientific method by prompting students to engage critically withexperimental design, data collection, and result interpretation.Technical writing is an important talent for engineers and scientists because it bridges the gapbetween technical knowledge and successful communication. Laboratory reports, a staple ofengineering education, provide an organized environment for students to develop and hone
Studio 5000 Logix Designer) and can share programfiles between them. Between the two software packages industry relevant training is achieved.The lab activities are broken into labs with multiple exercises so that students can complete themin small segments. The labs start with introducing communication and networking conceptsneeded to support the subsequent training, then progresses to show how to access data fromsensors. Sensor data is evaluated in several formats that require various degrees of mathematicaland digital number processing. Also, for advanced students, analysis of error sources andcorrection processing are investigated to more accurately and precisely present data.Lab activities based on the predefined project files give training
instead of being passivelisteners. Active learning is defined in [13] as “any instructional method that engages students inthe learning process.” The motivation comes from educational experience when students dealwith active learning and reflection [14-15]. However, traditional engineering education involveslistening to lectures, completing homework, taking exams, and receiving feedback after gradingis done. This education model may adversely affect the students’ active participation.The utilization of information and communication technologies in engineering education canallow students to be active learners by letting them control how, when, and where they studydepending on their learning needs and styles [16]. Therefore, engineering education
organizations were already conducting longitudinal studies to measure their progress in these areas, we would have no reason to worry. We know, however, that’s rarely the case. A 1980 study by the ACSA, Tracking Study of Architecture Graduates, revealed almost identical concerns, as did the 1996 Building Community report as well as others before and after. None of these studies concluded that education is hopelessly flawed, but instead, that there is ample room for improvement on all fronts—if we do, in fact, agree that these are crucial skill sets needed to operate in the design and construction industries.”2Previous studies by one of our authors have found that architecture students value technicalcompetency
experiences moreparadigms have been proposed to improve engineering engaging and motivating for students [3, 4, 5]. There areeducation, such as the use of “hands-on” tools to change benefits of having portable hands-on learning equipment.the learning style in the engineering classroom to more Among the benefits are improved student engagement [6, 7,engaging teaching pedagogies. An approach that is being 8], and improved student learning [9]. In addition, theused to engage and retain electrical and computer usage of portable equipment allows the hands-on activitiesengineering students is the Analog Discovery board (ADB). to be adaptable to traditional lecture courses [4, 10, 11
' perspectives on being active and participatory duringclass. Based on a content analysis of the collected 70 responses, the vast majority of surveys had a positiveperspective on class participation. The most frequently-stated aspect of this positive experience for studentswas the in-class problem solving, practice, application, requests to think, and other activities, as stated by77% of respondents. Thirty-four (34) students noted the ability to being engaged and communicate withother students and/or the instructor during class as a positive experience. Finally, fourteen percent (14%)of responses stated the following as positive aspects of this teaching approach: repetition or reinforcementof material, sometimes aid memory or clarify difficult
typically required to take at least 10 engineering science courses. Therefore, we can estimatea typical engineering student spends 720 hours working on these type of problem sets duringtheir undergraduate career. Yet, there is little research about how students are learning whileworking on these problem sets. The first author of this paper has addressed this in her prior work,and this study of open-ended modeling problems is derived from her findings [1]. Examiningstudents working on homework in control systems and fluid mechanics courses, she foundstudents are mostly engaged in conversations to get their homework done instead ofconversations to build knowledge about disciplinary concepts. We as a research team areinterested in designing and
with negative emotions (e.g., stress, isolation, and frustration) within their firstsemester of coursework.When participants progressed into their second year, they became more accepting of theiridentities and positions as engineers and experienced more positive emotions. During this year,all three participants were involved in extracurricular activities and credited these socialactivities as a key experience to transition away from the stress of their freshman year.During their third year, most student experiences were aligned with positive emotions as theywere engaging with and enjoying the professional and academic sphere of engineering. For twoparticipants, this was an internship experience in which students received on the job training
differences are very scattered and that overall redesignchanges are not per see answering the different needs of the students at the same time. This isof course a very challenging conclusion for redesigners trying to cope with studentdifferences. Changes should be such that they are good for the most needed students, but alsofor all the others.In this study, considerable differences on how needs are (not) addressed by the educationalmethods used and how this affects engagement and evaluation of the course, deep learningand motivation were discussed. In accordance with current literature, this study stresses theimportance of understanding the differences in students’ learning needs as a way to promotedeep learning [5,6,9]. Making changes in the
been exposed to EM via the e-learning modules integrated into theircourses as we began that effort in the earlier academic years. The overall comparison showedthat, on average, the seniors obtained higher values than our first-year students. In 2019, wepresented results for 24 students who had completed the survey instrument during their first-year(entry) and at the end of their senior-year (exit). The pre-and post- longitudinal comparisonindicated a growth in mindset over the span of the students’ four academic years.At present, the University of New Haven is vested in faculty development efforts to improvefaculty engagement with practices that promote growth of EM of engineering and computerscience students. With an aim to measure the