Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 27

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aturika Bhatnagar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jeffrey Stransky, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

researchers have contributed to the literature on ESE by developing instruments to measurevarious aspects of the ESE [13], [14]. These instruments have been used to study how ESE predictsentrepreneurial intentions among various group of students and business professionals. Using theseinstruments, ESE has been explored across undergraduate and graduate levels of education, amongbusiness professionals at various stages their business ventures [15]–[17], and betweenentrepreneurs from non-entrepreneurs [9], [13], [14]. Overall, researchers have identified ESE asa domain specific construct in relation to the belief or confidence one holds in performing differententrepreneurial tasks. Researchers assert that ESE is multi-dimensional which consists of

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 16: Faculty Development and Teaching Contexts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

settingup linkages with industry which often leads to employment opportunities for graduates, co-opactivities, and potential development of collaborative research programs. Unfortunately, adjunctsare marginalized by the academic systems in place today; and their contributions to the academicprocess are undervalued. Next, the paper reports on the success story of an adjunct, a practitionerwith good credentials, who “teamed-up” with a “full-time” faculty, in an attempt to bring thepractice to 4thyear students in a geotechnical/ foundation engineering class. The success achievedin meeting course objectives, was attributed, in large measure, to proper planning andcoordination that preceded course delivery. Plus, the willingness, experience and

Conference Session

Motivation, Attitudes, and Beliefs

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bashirah Ibrahim, Ohio State University; Peter Rogers, Ohio State University; Denny C. Davis, Ohio State University; Lin Ding, Ohio State University; Kaycee Ash, Ohio State University

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Educational Research and Methods

instruments for assessing engineeringstudents’ motivational attitudes and behaviors in their capstone design course. Motivation plays akey role in engineering practice, particularly with respect to students’ efficiency andeffectiveness as well as their readiness to engage in teamwork either in the capstone course or theworkplace. The 2013 ASEE report on Transforming Undergraduate Education of Engineers hasidentified fifteen personal and professional abilities to be developed in engineering graduates,one of which is motivation. Prior research by the authors confirmed and prioritized the need forprofessional skills which should be developed in capstone design courses—those which areusually not effectively developed in engineering graduates. Assessing

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 26

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushant Makarand Padhye, University of Cincinnati; David Reeping, University of Cincinnati; Nahal Rashedi , University of Cincinnati

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

designpatterns can lead to a range of student outcomes – such as graduation rates. This analyticalpossibility bridges research interests on persistence and student success with administrativebenchmarking, leading to the study of curricular design patterns being a fruitful area of inquiry. Research AimsWe posed the following research question: “What are the common and uncommon curriculardesign patterns in degree programs across the United States for mechanical, electrical, civil,industrial, and chemical engineering?” As part of this effort, we leverage a new (soon to be)public dataset of curricular requirements for engineering programs linked to a large populardataset for studying engineering student trajectories

Conference Session

Open-Ended Problems and Student Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Rosa Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-1521: COMPARISON OF INSTRUCTOR PERCEPTIONS ANDSTUDENT REFLECTIONS ON MODEL ELICITING ACTIVITIESNora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh Nora Siewiorek is a graduate student in the Administrative and Policy Studies department in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh where she also received her MS in Information Science. Her research interests include: engineering education and educational assessment and evaluation. Her K-12 outreach activities are organizing a local science fair and a hands on workshop in nanotechnology. Her other research interests are: higher education administration, comparative and international education.Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Larry J. Shuman is

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russ Pimmel, University of Alabama; Roger K. Seals, Louisiana State University; Stephanie M. Beard, Louisiana State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Academy’s reports on the Engineer of 2020 described the changesin the knowledge and skills that graduates will need.20, 21 Ultimately, significant changewill involve adjustments in the complex higher education enterprise and will have to dealwith the widely accepted research-based faculty reward structure and the community’slimited understanding of cultural factors and change processes.3, 10, 23 Significant reformwill require a better understanding of these factors but, in the end, all approaches will relyon effective strategies for changing the way faculty members approach their teaching. Itis not clear that the current professional development models for accomplishing this willbe adequate to enable the substantial changes in attitude, knowledge

Conference Session

Faculty Perspectives of Active Learning, Inequity, and Curricular Change

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Allison Van Beek, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

classroomspace designers. Studies typically compare traditional to active strategies but a comparisonbetween implementations of active learning strategies will help researchers understand how thechange in instructional techniques and space affordances is changing STEM education and whattypes of classroom space work best [5]. Turpen and Finkelstein [6] note that while teachingobservation protocols are being adapted to new forms of pedagogy, including active learningtechniques, not enough has been done to document education practices and what work has beendone focuses too narrowly on certain parameters (e.g., reformed or not reformed, studentcentered or not student centered).As more classrooms are renovated, or built, to support active learning, more

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Kathleen Gygi, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 11.1446.2of their peers. To date, our research on this educational innovation has focused on theintertwined activities of exploring the learning outcomes associated with participation2 and theprocesses associated with participation3. This current study is focused on that latter activity.In alignment with the ideas above, we are interested in ETPP as a learning event—in how theindividual and social processes associated with building a teaching portfolio can lead toadvancement of teaching knowledge and ability. At the same time, we recognize that we arehelping graduate students create materials that can help them become more competitive on thejob market.Over time, we have collected evidence suggesting that the peer review periods may

Conference Session

Engineering Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew Aldeman, Illinois State University; Theodore J. Branoff, Illinois State University

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Educational Research and Methods

evidence that student ratings of instructionare impacted by the gender [19, 20, 21, 22], race [23, 24, 25], and age [26, 27] of the instructor.It is worth noting that researchers associated with IDEA refute several of these latter studies bynoting that some of them used controlled experiments with fictional instructors to determine howpotential students would rate the hypothetical instructors, and not all of the studies used studentratings of instruction of actual courses. The fact remains that there is considerable disagreementabout whether these intrinsic characteristics of the instructor have an effect on the students’ratings of their instruction. Another factor that the IDEA survey does not control for is the instructional mode of

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 17: Student Cognitive Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allyson Jo Barlow, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #26984Work in Progress: Measuring Student Cognitive Engagement Using the ICAPFramework In and Outside of the ClassroomMrs. Allyson Jo Barlow, Oregon State University Ally Barlow is a graduate from LeTourneau University where she studied Water Resources in Civil En- gineering. She is currently fusing her technical background with her passion for education in pursuing a doctoral degree in Civil Engineering while conducting research in Engineering Education at Oregon State University. Her research interests include student engagement, instrument development, and adoption of teaching best practices in engineering

Conference Session

Student Success III: Affect and Attitudes

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Charles Kim, Bucknell University; Erin Jablonski, Bucknell University

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Educational Research and Methods

alsonoted a need for comparable situations with analogous activities with high and low interest sothey can be distinguished (4). Investigations of motivation and interest need to occur in variedcourses or classroom settings to provide further insights.Purpose of the StudyThe purpose of this exploratory research was to investigate how intrinsic and extrinsicmotivation, as articulated by Self-Determination Theory(7), and curiosity were differentiallyimpacted by engineering undergraduates’ participation in two contrasting courses, an IDEASstudio course and a self-selected comparison course (designated as Course X). For the purposesof this study, amotivation, two measures of extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, andcuriosity (operationalized as

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caleb H Farny, Boston University; Sean B Andersson, Boston University

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Educational Research and Methods

mechanical engineering (Stanford University, 1995), and a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering (University of Maryland, College Park, 2003). He has worked at AlliedSignal Aerospace and Aeroviron- ment, Inc. and is currently an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering and of systems engineering with Boston University. His research interests include systems and control theory with applications in scanning probe microscopy, dynamics in molecular systems, and robotics. Page 23.134.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Achieving Coherent and Interactive

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 25

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jordan Nickel, University of Waterloo; Gregory Litster, University of Toronto; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo; Carol Hulls P.Eng., University of Waterloo

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #41621Student Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Engineering Design in Work-IntegratedLearning ContextsMr. Jordan Nickel, University of Waterloo Jordan Nickel is a graduate of the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on requirement conflicts and trade-offs in design.Mr. Gregory Litster, University of Toronto Greg Litster is a PhD student in Engineering Education at the University of Toronto in the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice. He received his MASc degree in Management Sciences (2022) and a BKI degree (2020), both from

Conference Session

Pre-College: Fundamental Research in Engineering Education (2)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University, Teacher Education and Leadership; Jared W. Garlick, Utah State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Paper ID #19549Content Analysis of Middle School Students’ Argumentation in EngineeringDr. Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University, Teacher Education and Leadership Amy Wilson-Lopez is an associate professor at Utah State University who studies literacy-infused engi- neering.Jared W. Garlick, Utah State University Jared Garlick is a Graduate Student in the Secondary Education Master’s of Education (MEd) program through the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services. Research interests include argumentation in science and engineering and the benefit they play in developing literacy in specific content areas

Conference Session

Engineering Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan Ph.D., Boise State University; Patricia Pyke, Boise State University; Susan Shadle Ph.D., Boise State University; R. Eric Landrum, Boise State University

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Educational Research and Methods

forengineering and computer science graduates, began focusing heavily on student successinitiatives in 2004 with support from the Engineering Schools of the West Initiative, through theWilliam and Flora Hewlett Foundation. This first wave of initiatives was critically assessed, andengineering student success became a focal point for the CoE. Internal research conducted underthis grant exposed numerous roadblocks that impeded students' academic success. In 2010,another large grant, funded through the National Science Foundation Science Talent ExpansionProgram (STEP), was awarded to increase the numbers of students graduating with STEMdegrees. This grant engaged an interdisciplinary, cross-college team of STEM educatorspassionate about continuous

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland

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Educational Research and Methods

accessed by only a smallproportion of engineering academics. What is lacking in the literature is theinvestigation of strategies to lead and encourage research-focussed academics to gainexpertise in these matters. The overarching aim of this research project is to find themost effective strategies for encouraging such research-focussed (and occasionallyreluctant) academic staff to adopt theoretically based pedagogical approaches in theirteaching practice, to ensure verifiable graduate outcomes.IntroductionHow can academics in a research university be led to acquire, use and valuetheoretically based pedagogical practices, to ensure verifiable graduate outcomes?This question is especially relevant in engineering education where teaching haslargely

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 21

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University ; Paul J. Thomas, Purdue University; Owura Kuffuor, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #41945Intercultural Attitudes and Behaviors as Exhibited by Cybersecurity StudentsDr. Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University Aparajita Jaiswal is an Intercultural Research Specialist with CILMAR, Purdue University. Her research endeavors revolve around exploring strategies for seamlessly integrating intercultural learning into both regular curriculum and study abroad programs. Aparajita actively engages in offering guidance in developing research studies, curriculum enhancements, and assessment methods pertaining to integration and cultivation of intercultural competence. Her expertise extends to facilitating

Conference Session

New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari L. Jordan, Ohio State University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Susan L. Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2012-3317: PILOT INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE ”SENSE OF BE-LONGING” OF MINORITIES IN ENGINEERINGKari L. Jordan, Ohio State University A Detroit native, Kari L. Jordan received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering at Michigan Technological University and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in engineering education at the Ohio State Univer- sity. She is a former GEM Doctoral Fellow and King-Chavez-Parks Future Faculty Fellow. Her research experience includes engineering for sustainability, and she is currently studying engineering self-efficacy of minority students at predominantly white institutions.Dr. Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University Sheryl Sorby is Visiting Professor in the Engineering Education and

Conference Session

Literature and Research Perspectives on Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University; Brett Tallman P.E., Montana State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development

peripheral participationin engineering communities of practice in ways that promote students’ leadership development.Specifically, undertaking leadership roles in curricular and co-curricular engineering activitiesdevelops students’ sense of engineering leadership identity, which results in their recognition ofgains in different leadership skills.The data for this study come from the 2015 administration of the National Survey of StudentEngagement (NSSE), overseen by the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University.The NSSE is administered to a random sample of first- and fourth-year students, and focuses oncurricular and co-curricular student engagement. In 2015, NSSE included a pilot module to assessleadership experiences at 21

Conference Session

Understanding the Discipline of Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wajid Hussain; William G. Spady, International Network for OBE

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

, EvalTools R 6 for faculty, E learning with EvalTools R 6 for students, ABET accreditation process. He is Digital Integrated Quality Management Systems Expert for Automated Academic Student Outcomes based Assessments Methodology specializing in EvalTools R 6 by MAKTEAM Inc.Dr. William G. Spady, International Network for OBE Dr. Spady has been a leading pioneer in Outcome Based thinking and implementation for 45 years. As a Ph.D. graduate of the U. of Chicago in 1967, he was introduced to the seminal work of Benjamin Bloom in 1968 and transformed its fundamentals into a comprehensive paradigm-shifting system of educational transformation that he has shared through his 8 books, dozens of published papers, and countless pre

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 6

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qin Liu, University of Toronto; Greg Evans P.Eng., University of Toronto; Oliver Pan, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #42487Engineering Students’ Engagement and Learning Outcomes: A TypologicalApproachDr. Qin Liu, University of Toronto Dr. Qin Liu is Senior Research Associate with the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada. Her research interests include engineering students’ learning experiences, competency development, and career development; student data analytics; and scholarship of teaching and learning.Dr. Greg Evans P.Eng., University of Toronto GREG EVANS PhD, P.Eng, FCEA, FAAAS is the Director of the Institute

Conference Session

Approaches to Curriculum and Policy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Afroditi Vennie Filippas, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rebecca Segal, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Alen Docef, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Educational Research and Methods

Commonwealth University Dr. Rebecca Segal is an Associate Professor where she pursues research in the area of mathematical bi- ology and is the Graduate Program Director in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Rebecca Segal received her A.B. in Mathematics from Bryn Mawr College. She went on to earn her Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from North Carolina State Univer- sity. She completed a research post-doc at CIIT Centers for Health Research in Research Triangle Park, NC. She then was a Teaching Fellow at University of Bristol, England. Since 2006, Dr. Segal has been a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 18

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mario Bonilla; Miguel Santiago Valarezo; Miguel Andres Guerra, Universidad San Francisco de Quito

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

]. Research indicates that theenhancement in student performance observed in both Singapore and the United States correlateswith the increase in the frequency of homework assignments [45]. The students' perceptions ofsignificant learning gains, which are positively associated with improved examination results, areinfluenced by their thorough comprehension of the subject matter and the tasks they havecompleted throughout the semester [46]. They elucidate that within this pedagogical approach, aself-reported study style, intelligence, attitude, time commitments, and homework complexitysignificantly influenced whether students' completion of assigned homework impacted theiracademic performance [47,48]. They stress the significance of aligning homework

Conference Session

Pre-College: Fundamental Research in Engineering Education (2)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

that these activities support positive learning.In addition, it is important that engineering not be misrepresented, especially as no agreed upondefinition for engineering in K-12 exists. (Sources for vetted definitions include NAE 2009 andNAE 2017.)Another motivation for this study is to examine whether there are elements and approaches thateducation trained classroom teachers include in activities that are substantially different fromthose of engineering educators and/or university science/math education faculty and/or STEMprofessionals. If so, do these elements imply any disconnect between the authors of activities andthe classroom? If activities that are being prepared and proliferated are lacking in one or morerespects, they are unlikely

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junaid A. Siddiqui, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

, empiricism, rationalism, reductionism and later post-positivism were on the rise14,15 and this paradigm underlies the theories and research ondiffusion16. Diffusion research historically grew within cultural anthropology and culturalgeography. It was later adopted with pragmatic interests in areas such as agriculture businessstudies, education, political science and rural sociology to study how communities and societiescan be brought around to adopt innovations17 and how various factors influence the process of Page 23.1171.3diffusion.Rogers’s book on Diffusion of Innovations18 is the most comprehensive synthesis on the traditionof diffusion research

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 7

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mac Joseph Gray, Duke University; Rabih Younes, Duke University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

, instructors can speak with at-riskstudents and discuss ways to improve. The student grades and discussion boardparticipation datasets are gathered from a graduate-level Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE) course at Duke University. Various classical machine learningmodels are explored, with random forest yielding the highest accuracy. This randomforest model, trained on discussion forum participation data, surpasses other similarlytrained state-of-the-art models. Furthermore, related research attempts theclassification problem of predicting what discrete letter grade a student will earn [1].This is not an accurate representation of a student’s performance, and therefore, weattempt the regression problem of predicting the exact percentage a

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Barry, University Massachusetts Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2009-2160: SERVICE-LEARNING IN ENGINEERING SCIENCE COURSES:DOES IT WORK?John Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Professor, Mechanical EngineeringCarol Barry, University Massachusetts Lowell Professor, Plastics EngineeringLinda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Service-Learning Coordinator, College of EngineeringManuel Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Doctoral Research Assistant, Renewable Energy Engineering Page 14.1055.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Service-Learning in Engineering Science Courses: Does It Work?Keywords: service-learning, faculty development, citizen

Conference Session

Contextual Competencies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E. Canney, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-3889: A MODEL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALAND PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENGINEERSNathan E. Canney, University of Colorado, Boulder Nathan Canney received bachelor’s degrees from Seattle University in civil engineering and applied math- ematics. After graduation, he worked for Magnusson Klemencic Associates in Seattle, Wash., as a Struc- tural Engineer on high-rise residential buildings. Canney returned to school at Stanford University for a master’s degree and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Colorado, Boulder, in civil engineering, with an engineering education research focus.Dr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 18

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Kane, Utah State University; Marlee Jacobs, Utah State University; Rosemary Yahne, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #41738Work in Progress: Assessing the Reliability of the Tactile Mental Cutting TestWhen Sampling Engineering Statics Students’ Spatial AbilityDaniel Kane, Utah State University Daniel Kane is a graduate student at Utah State University pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education with a concurrent master’s degree in Civil Engineering. 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.Marlee Jacobs, Utah State UniversityRosemary Yahne, Utah State University Rosemary Yahne is

Conference Session

Engineering Cultures and Identity

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

?" David Foster Wallace, and others This research proposes to study the production of an educational problem: that ofstudents deemed “not cut out for” undergraduate engineering. To understand the struggles ofstudents and create a system that produces successful, not failing, students is at the heart of mucheducational research. But there are different ways of doing research, and they differ in the extentto which they treat the “problem” as the phenomenon of interest. Our research attempts to take afamiliar educational problem and to grapple with it in an unusual way, by focusing on the manymechanisms by which the problem is culturally produced. Invoking the word “culture” here could conjure for readers something other than weintend