students improved their post – assessment scores compared totheir pre-assessment scores, data analyses – descriptive and inferential statistics wereperformed, using the raw scores found in the Watson-Glaser Manual for a small collegein the Northeast geared toward early entry. Key words: Critical Thinking; STEM Education and Minorities Page 12.1221.3 Page 2 RE-ENGINEERING ENGINEERING: TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO THINK CRITICALLYIntroduction Growing interest and concern around the quality and effectiveness of collegesand universities regarding new measures of student
students who used the manual inits initial form. The concluding section offers encouragement to other faculty and students whomay be in similar situations, as well as suggestions to avoid some of the missteps by the authors.IntroductionThe setting for this project was a satellite (referred to as Statewide) campus of Purdue’s Collegeof Technology. Life is a lot different away from the main campus. While Statewide professorstypically have fewer committee assignments and teach smaller classes, they have otherchallenges: They teach more classes, advise students, and have responsibilities to perform highschool and/or industry engagement. Moreover, graduate assistants are not available, andtechnician support is sometimes less effective. These
will certainly find the quickest and easiest waythrough or around that obstacle. It is our job as engineering educators to ensure that Homeworkis not the goal, but a means to the end of mastering the skills required for the practice ofengineering. Access to Chegg® is not good or bad, but it is real. Faculty can hold onto our oldmodels and fight access to these resources under rules of ethics or other means, or they canaccept the existence of the new tools and build better educational models for the 21st century.Chegg® may have broken the old way of homework, but it could end up pushing faculty toward abetter system.ProblemThe following analysis is based on 2011, 2012, and 2016 engineering dynamics course offerings.In 2011/12, labeled the Pre
archival role, and they serve as a mechanism for the rapiddissemination of information. The guidance provided authors by the discipline and the journalfacilitate the scientific journal’s archival and dissemination roles. Thus the ultimateresponsibility for the production of a high quality manuscript and one that is worthy of editor andreviewer time rests with the author and their ability to comply with the guidance provided them.In this paper, we attempted to share with readers, in particular engineering faculty within the firstseveral years of their initial teaching appointment, suggestions for negotiating the journalpublication process. At the very least, complying with the guidance facilitates the storage andretrieval of new knowledge. In this
developed by a structured process, which includes educationalmethodologies.[23] This can be a concern in typical courses with full to overflowing syllabi.Where can a teacher find room to teach the mechanics of a learning tool when there is barelyenough time to cover the required subject mater? The author suggests that if a teacher is trying tochange student behavior, there must be a valid educational reason for wanting to do so. If thereis justifiable reason, then we should expect to have to spend time to accomplish it. The authorfeels it is better to take that time and achieve deeper learning though a new methodology,possibly at the expense of a topic, than to just go along with methods that might cover all thetopics but only achieve surface
analyzing this data after the semester had concluded.Thus, while it may be understandable that an undergraduate assistant might be hesitant to presentan error to faculty, none of the 75 graders using this answer key reported a suspected error to theappropriate faculty.A number of additional issues are best understood by looking at specific examples of studentwork. Three examples of student work are shown in Figure 4, along with the equations for thelines of best-fit that each student had determined in previous steps and the marks assigned byboth the first author and by the official undergraduate grader. Student A: Student B: Student C: y=0.2956x+0.1089 y=0.2939x+0.1339
also addanother concern for the faculty teaching in a distance education environment, i.e., students mayhave fears of losing partial credit in an online multiple-choice exam. The asynchronous andeconomical advantages of distance education and learning that make offering and taking themvery popular force the profession to re-examine, re-organize, and re-engineer some of the exam-related issues that otherwise don’t exist.The use of online-based, “honest, open book, open mind” approach is being recognized in theliterature as a potential method of examination for distance courses in the faculties ofengineering, science, and technology1,3. Faculty may have to develop new methodologies, andstructure or restructure their course differently to
only bythe course instructor. Students often need to be trusted not to abuse these resources. In thisnetworked age, it has become trivial to find the answers to the exact questions online. Onlinebooksellers and file-sharing services make it much easier for students to get their hands onsolution manuals, and web forums like Cramster enable students to share exercises and answersfrom any textbook.While some textbook publishers have created online systems to mitigate cheating by deliveringdifferent parametrized problems to each student,2 new instructors are faced with the challenge ofhow to respond to this issue in their own classes. The purpose of this study was to explore how
Paper ID #27072Improving Creative Thinking in Engineering Students Through Art Appre-ciationPatricia Caratozzolo, School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico Patricia Caratozzolo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She received the Ph.D. degree from the Uni- versitat Polit´ecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, in 2003. Since 2005 she has been a member of the faculty of Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe, where she is Assistant Professor of Power Energy Systems in the Mechatronics and Sustainable Development Department. She is leading different projects in the area of educational
determine whether there are differencesbetween female students advised by male faculty and female students advised by female faculty,as well whether there are differences between male students advised by male faculty and malestudents advised by female faculty.Since discovering correlates with graduation probabilities and academic career aspirations are ofprimary concern, the survey includes questions on student perspectives on faculty advising inthese areas. Respondents indicated whether their faculty advisor encouraged them to finish thedissertation as quickly as possible; to polish the dissertation, even if it delays completing thedegree; or to publish the results of their dissertation studies in peer-reviewed journals, even if itdelays
, there had not been an university-wide discussion. Amajor impetus behind the initiative described in this paper was to intentionally unite theserelated elements through creating an innovation ecosystem. An innovation ecosystem isthe result of interactions between diverse stakeholders in a community with a vision ofachieving goals through innovation or targeted creativity. Toward this end, facultyleaders in innovation from diverse disciplines gathered in a workshop to explore tactics tonurture, support and promote these activities and new initiatives. Specifically, this groupof faculty from engineering, management, arts, humanities and social sciences met to: 1. Build an awareness of all of the diverse activities and identify how they tie into
Industrial EngineersYesenia Cruz, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Yesenia Cruz is a graduate student working at the International Service Systems Research Lab in issues of complex systems for disaster relief. She is president of the Student chapter of INFORMS at the UPRM.Marta Rosa, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Marta Rosa is a 4th year Industrial Engineering student at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez and is part of a group of undergrads that participates in opportunities for research at the IE department. Marta is a member of IIE.Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Dr. Alexandra Medina-Borja is an assistant professor at the University of Puerto Rico at
explore these perceptions to understand the reasons behind the lowrate of implementation in engineering programs. In addition, concerns about tool andtechnology issues and their applicability to engineering distance education could play arole. Therefore, the following research questions are proposed to investigate faculty andstudent perceptions of online education: 1. What are the perceptions of engineering faculty and students about online engineering courses? 2. What are the perceptions of engineering faculty and students about different technologies and educational methods employed in engineering courses delivered online?MethodData was collected via an online survey delivered to a convenience sample of
mean directing students to apps or websites thatstudents can use to do research, practice drills of key concepts, and communicate with teachersand fellow students.iAt the higher education level there have also been a number of studies on strategies to bringstudents’ devices into the arsenal of learning tools.ii The EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Page 24.986.2Research recently completed an extensive report on important BYOE (bring your owneverything) IT issues in higher education and recommended practices for managing theseissues.iii They concluded that device proliferation is growing at a “manic” pace, and that while itis manageable with proper IT
], [7], [9]. Few students(or university administrators) are excited about upgrades to clicker systems and eventualobsolescence [16], [27].Even if instructors choose a BYOD SRS, students may encounter various hurdles includingsecurity and privacy issues, as well as potential subscription costs [13], [21]. Registration andconnecting a student’s account to a particular class can be cumbersome [5]. Most of thesesystems require some sort of personal device. This can create accessibility concerns for studentsthat might not have or cannot afford a compatible device [13].Students can also struggle in various conceptual ways when interacting with an SRS. Manystudents are prone to testing anxiety and grade concerns, particularly when SRSs are used
variety of engineering undergraduate students (freshman through senior) and has participated in several engineering education research projects, with a focus how faculty can best facilitate student learning.Dr. Nanette M Veilleux, Simmons College Nanette Veilleux is a Professor and Director of the Computer Science and Informatics Program at Sim- mons College, Boston, MA. Her research interests include pedagogy in STEM disciplines, particularly with respect to women students and computational linguistics where she investigates the use of intonation in human speech. Page 26.854.1
Enhanced Watershed Assessment System (LEWAS) Lab for more than three years. His dissertation research involves the development and classroom integration of the Online Wa- tershed Learning System (OWLS), a guided, open-ended learning environment that is driven by HTML5 (http://www.lewas.centers.vt.edu/dataviewer/) and serves as a user interface to the LEWAS Lab. Prior to his time at Virginia Tech, he has a background in remote sensing, data analysis and signal processing from his time at the University of New Hampshire, where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering.Darren K Maczka, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Darren Maczka is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education
a recency weighting or a threshold aggregation approach, begs additional study. Preliminary work suggests that standards-based grading in general produces an increase in student self-efficacy and motivation [17], but the underlying driver of this effect has not yet been attributed to any particular element of the assessment approach. 8) Novice practitioners may feel more comfortable using an even-weighted numerical aggregation approach, at least during early implementations of standards-based grading, until underlying structural issues can be resolved (such as an underassessed objective) and the faculty member better understands how to deploy and navigate the standards- based approach.References
. Page 13.1085.2around an average of 27 students per workshop. Both lectures and workshops were deliveredonce a week. While lectures were 50 minutes and were typically taught by faculty, workshopswere typically taught by graduate teaching assistants (GTA’s) and were 110 minutes long2.Within the context of this paper, the faculty leading lectures are called instructors, and GTA’sleading workshops are called workshop leaders.In general, lectures followed an instructor-based lecturing instructional style, and mainly focusedon introducing students to the new topics being taught and providing them with the broaderpicture of why the topics taught are important to them as engineers. On the other hand,workshops followed a student-based active learning
tired of being passive.• Class dynamics and ethos: o Do the students already tend to work in groups? Do these groups work reasonably smoothly or are there an unusual number of conflicted relationships present? If the class tends to be conflicted or lacks social skills, cooperative learning may be all the more needed, but additional time would be required for group selection and class processing. o While most students are oriented towards personal achievement, to what extent do they value, for example, social and environmental issues? Service learning may be more indicated where socio-environmental concerns are lacking, but its implementation would likely require
now completing our second year of teaching, and feedback (anecdotal and/orquantitative from anonymous end-of-semester student feedback, classroom experiences, andsupervisor auditing/feedback) is positive thus far. We believe that new and old instructors alikecan benefit through review of these observations and discussion of the dilemmas and questionsthat are raised.The rest of the paper is organized topically. After introducing the general theme of the paper, aterse background briefly orients the reader to the Faculty Orientation offered to all instructors atthe Air Force Academy and the unique Air Force-specific issues which may or may not skewsome of our observations. After that, the paper presents each observation one at a time
AC 2008-2574: TIPPING THE SCALES: FINDING THE MOST EFFECTIVEBALANCE BETWEEN LECTURE VERSUS ACTIVE LEARNING ACROSSACADEMIC LEVELS IN ENGINEERINGBeverly Jaeger, Northeastern University Dr. Beverly Jaeger is a member of Northeastern University’s Gateway Team, a group of faculty expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University. The focus of this team is on providing a consistent, comprehensive, and constructive educational experience that endorses the student-centered and professionally-oriented mission of Northeastern University. Teaching across all academic levels, she is also affiliated with the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at
Page 15.578.2is a crucial issue to the faculty. This process can be quite challenging at times particularly forthe faculty that do not have any prior experience with teaching online courses. Psychologicalsetbacks and barriers among undergraduate engineering students add another concern for thefaculty, i.e., students may have fears of losing partial credit in an online multiple-choiceassessment. The asynchronous and economical advantages of distance education and learningthat make offering and taking them very popular force the engineering education profession tore-examine, re-organize, and re-engineer some of the assessment-related issues that otherwisedon’t exist.The use of online-based, “honest, open book, open mind” approach is being
direct instruction to be more effectivethan learner-centered practices4. With this in mind, new faculty in particular should be concerned Page 26.1727.2about these student perceptions and preferences – they will drive important factors such asmotivation and willingness to work hard for an unknown professor5,6.One of the first (and daunting) tasks of a new educator is the planning of a course. It is temptingto sit down and create one’s syllabus in a linear manner, only considering the content at hand andthe calendar of the term. However, to have a truly successful course, the educator shouldapproach this task as a design task – one is designing
applied to human medicine. The SBES combines resources of twomajor universities to create an ideal venue for this new educational initiative. The school isadministered jointly by Virginia Tech College of Engineering, the Wake Forest UniversitySchool of Medicine, and the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine andfocuses on collaborative research and educational opportunities for faculty and students on bothcampuses.2The SBES graduate programs enable students to earn M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in BiomedicalEngineering, a joint M.D./Ph.D. degree through the Wake Forest University School of Medicine,and a joint D.V.M./Ph.D. degree through the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of VeterinaryMedicine. The mission of the SBES is “to
AC 2011-1252: TECHNIQUES FROM WORKSHOPS ON TEACHING: IM-PLEMENTING THE CONCEPTS AND EVALUATING OUR APPROACHESMichael Foster, George Fox University Michael Foster received a B.S. in engineering from Messiah College and M.S. and Ph.D degrees in me- chanical engineering from Drexel University. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Mechanical En- gineering at George Fox University. His research interests include control systems education and ther- mal/fluid science applications.Justin R. Vander Werff, Dordt College Justin Vander Werff joined Dordt’s engineering faculty in the summer of 2008. He is a licensed pro- fessional engineer (P.E.) in Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, and Missouri. He has taught Structural Analysis, Soil
Hailey, Associate Dean in the College of Engineering,Christine Hult, Associate Dean in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, RobertSchmidt, Associate Professor in Environment and Society, and Kim Sullivan, AssociateProfessor in Biology. Mary Feng serves as the ADVANCE project leader. Ryan Dupont is theleader of the Science and Engineering Recruitment Team (SERT).Initial ConditionsAs the ADVANCE team developed the Utah State ADVANCE project, we realized that weneeded to know the local issues concerning recruitment and retention that were important towomen faculty in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) at UtahState. In 2002 and 2003, the ADVANCE team interviewed current and recent women faculty(n = 42
(CE) Department at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Dr. Santiago has a combined experience of over 20 years in the areas of water quality, water treatment and wastewater treatment in Puerto Rico (PR), New Mexico and Texas. Dr. Santiago is passionate about providing experiential learning opportunities to both undergraduate and graduate students locally, regionally and internationally with a focus on Hispanic and female students. She is currently Co-PI of UTEP’s NSF-AGEP program focusing on fostering Hispanic doctoral students for academic careers; the Department of Education’s (DoE) STEMGROW Program and DoE’s Program YES SHE CAN. With support from the Center for Faculty Leadership and Development, she
inclusion: Women and minorities in engineering, Handbook of Engineering Education Research ed. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, Ch. 17, 2014.[2] A. L. Pawley, "Universalized narratives: Patterns in how faculty members define “engineering”," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 98, pp. 309-319, 2009.[3] D. Riley, "Employing liberative pedagogies in engineering education," Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 137-158, 2003.[4] D. Riley, "Engineering and social justice," Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, and Society, vol. 3, pp. 1-152, 2008.[5] ABET. (2017, February 04). Criteria for accrediting engineering programs 2016-2017. Available
criteria were not met, faculty were understandablymuch less enthusiastic. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationTherefore, as part of a planning process to develop an infrastructure and curriculum for thebroader integration of service learning in the mechanical engineering department, we sought tobetter understand faculty knowledge of, enthusiasm for, and concerns about service learning. Inpart, we needed this information to create a tailored educational workshop on service learning forthe faculty. To this end, structured interviews were conducted to gain insight into MITmechanical engineering