Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Renee M. Desing, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Student

Q-Set. The initial Q-Set was then piloted with twopost-doc researchers using the Q-Sort process and a follow-up interview to ask about therelevance of the statements. Using the results of these pilot interviews, the researchers narrowedtheir final Q-Set down to 47 statements. Example Study. The example study followed the recommendations for selecting abalanced Q-Set as well as the pilot process by Liu, Yueh, Chen, and Sheen [8] to develop the Q-Set. To begin the analysis process, the statements in the Q Concourse were refined and smoothedinto the Q-Statement structure. For example, the statement “Having autonomy to develop newideas” was refined as “I enjoy having autonomy to develop new ideas”. Next, duplicatestatements were removes

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie P. Martin, Clemson University; Matthew K. Miller, Clemson University; Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)initiative aims to recruit students to careers in research and has funded over 1,700 sites totalingover $435 million (of which over 600 sites receiving $171 million in funding are presentlyactive)1. Research by the STEM education community concurs that these research experienceshave a positive influence on undergraduates in a variety of ways. Yet, many of the specificaspects of the nature benefits to participants and how they accrue to participants are not knownor well understood.Prior work by the first author used Lent’s Social Cognitive Career Theory to study the impact ofREU programs on undergraduate students’ self efficacy for graduate school and researchcareers2. In this prior work, we

Conference Session

Standards and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene F. Brown, Virginia Tech; Larry G. Richards, University of Virginia; Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University; Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University and Harpeth Hall School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for curricular and policy reform, as wellas future research opportunities.Several common themes have surfaced from these initiatives: the need to focus on teacherprofessional development, the need for a clear definition of engineering for K-12 audiences, the needfor strategies for integrating engineering into STEM disciplines, and the need to engage students inengineering design in K 12 education. This paper reviews the results and themes that emerge fromrecent K-12 Division initiatives: a NCSU invited workshop in Raleigh, a special plenary sessiongeared towards K-12 teachers on programs and issues at ASEE 2010 in Louisville, the 2011nationwide online Division member survey, and the 2011 special working session geared towardteachers on

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 1: Methods Refresh: Approaches to Data Analysis in Engineering Education Research

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

allowed in person recruitment for a large population (throughemails forwarded by course instructors and visits to class); they provided a mechanism to gather richqualitative data regarding participants’ expectations and concerns about their upcoming transition towork; and, perhaps most importantly, they allowed the researcher to establish a rapport with eachparticipant in a face-to-face setting prior to shifting to electronic data collection. The initial interviewalso included questions about when individuals planned to begin work and what email address theypreferred that the researcher use for post-graduation contact. Using this approach, we recruited 13 3participants from a single major at one

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Technical Session 1: Library Services

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qianjin Zhang, The University of Iowa; Kari Kozak, The University of Iowa; James Cox, The University of Iowa; Sara Scheib, The University of Iowa; Wendy Robertson, The University of Iowa; Amanda Bartel, The University of Iowa

Engineering Library identified Esploro, a research information management system poweredby Ex Libris, because there are several advantages: (1) we have full control of metadata; (2)publication records are indexed and searchable in our library catalog system; (3) publicationrecords are discoverable by search engines; (4) Smart Harvest, an automated content harvestingfeature, can load publication records from a variety of sources; (5) a complete list of publicationscan be easily generated for grant applications and reviews. Since the College of Engineering isthe first college to adopt Esploro, there is no standard workflow for us to follow. We developed aworkflow by trial and error: (1) making an initial estimate of the volume of the publicationrecords

Conference Session

Hybrid and Online Learning

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tiffany A Mathews, Penn State University; Kirstin Purdy Drew, Pennsylvania State University; Kristin Ann Dreyer, Center for Nanoscale Science (an NSF funded MRSEC)

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Diversity

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Materials

Secondary Education from Penn State and taught physics and mathematics at the secondary and post-secondary level for many years. While raising a family, Kristin continued to develop and implement informal science education summer programs. At the Penn State MRSEC, Kristin currently manages the strategic development and implementation of the grant’s education and outreach portfolio, engaging faculty and student researchers in all programs and initiatives. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The development of a virtual research preparation and professional development programAbstractIn response to Covid-19, the Penn

Conference Session

Research in Multidisciplinary Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Halada, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Mary Frame, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Chad Korach, State University of New York at Stony Brook; David Ferguson, State University of New York-Stony Brook

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

conducted using a studio approach, reported on by Foulds, et al., in which student groups work independently on classroom projects with instructor and teaching assistant supervision and input while encouraged to interact and discuss problem-solving strategies.18 This approach has been reported to encourage student inquiry and promote motivation in engineering coursework.4. To reinforce this interdisciplinary approach, the course will feature a semester-long group project. The project will require students to research and present to the class on one particular application of nanotechnology, as well as the social, ethical and business implications of that application. Initial topics will include nanotechnology in medicine

Conference Session

STEM Pipeline: Pre-College to Post-Baccalaureate

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lynn Rathbun, Cornell University

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Educational Research and Methods

interdisciplinary area which crosses thedisciplines of science and engineering. Nanotechnology is viewed by many as the next greattechnical revolution. Evidence for this belief is in the establishment of the NationalNanotechnology Initiative (NNI) and the more than tripling of its budget since its inception in2001 from $464 million to approximately $1.5 billion in 2008. A substantial portion of thefunding increase to several federal agencies has been due to the American CompetitivenessInitiative authorized by the U.S. Congress. The NNIN REU program addresses three of the goalsof the NNI1: • Maintain a world-class research and development program aimed at realizing the full potential of nanotechnology • Develop educational resources, skilled

Collection

2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Ilse Nava-Medina; Angie Hill Price; Mathew Kuttolamadom

URE should both help the student learn to work independently and as part of a team.5) The URE should provide the students with an understanding of how to conduct a researchproject.” 4 Types of Undergraduate Research Programs and Student FeedbackThe different types of undergraduate research activities pursued by various students within thisengineering technology program and the reflection of their experiences is outlined and compared.Single/Multi-Semester Individual Research ProjectsIn this type of research projects, a number of students out of their own initiative or due to (passive)encouragement from their professors, initiated contact with a professor who worked in their generaltechnical area of interest. This is not the norm

Conference Session

Engineering/Education Collaborators

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Thompson; Terri Fiez; Larry Flick; Edith Gummer

researchers. The reform is based onthe use of a platform for learning that is a “unifying object or experience that weaves together thevarious classes in a curriculum.”14 The specific platform is a small robot purchased by studentsin their first electrical engineering course and enhanced through successive courses during theundergraduate program.15, 16 The development of the platform involves hardware design,software design, design of instructional materials, and professional development of teachingassistants.The platform for learning evolved out of initial efforts in 1996 to bring an interesting roboticsapplication of electrical fundamentals to an introductory electrical engineering course. Thecommercially produced robot was replaced by a new

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed A. Seif, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

and retrieval of the scientific data inspires the next batch of students to continuethis rocketry project as a sustainable research program.1. IntroductionThe NASA – MSFC’s (Marshall Space Flight Center) University Student Launch Initiative(USLI) program involves undergraduate students in the design, building, and testing of reusablerockets with associated scientific payloads. USLI is a competitive rocket and payload-buildingchallenge designed for university students. The initiative is intended to encouragestudents to pursue careers in engineering or science related fields. This unique hands-onexperience allows students to demonstrate proof-of-concept for their designs and givespreviously abstract concepts tangibility. It requires an eight

Conference Session

Assessing Students and Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron Scozzari, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Jennifer Astwood, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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New Engineering Educators

of initial research to help them pinpoint adesign opportunity. Although the fast food experience may not have been their chosen topic, ithelped to limit their choices and gave them a common task as a group.Both methods have proven quite successful with the timeline of each project throughout thesemester. Traveling to Scandinavia during the middle of the process has given students adifferent perspective when completing their design.Another factor to take into account when designing the projects for this course is the enrollmentnumbers from each of the different majors prior to the course starting. Each year, differentmajors take on the course. In future courses, the class will be flexible to allow creation ofdifferent products and spaces

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research Practices and Community

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Javeed Kittur, Arizona State University; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University; Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

tests. It was also found that a lackof understanding of the field influenced faculty members’ resistance to engaging in EER. Thiswork initiates identification of process intervention points that, if addressed, could serve toenhance the transition to engaging in EER for Indian faculty, and potentially other novice faculty,in general.IntroductionUnlike engineering research, EER in India is not popular and is not accepted by many. Most Indianfaculty members participate in EER related activities because they are asked to do so. EER isattracting the top officials (principals, deans, vice-chancellors, management officials) and hencefew universities are now focusing on EER in India. These top officials see value in EER, howeverthere is a need to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashland O. Brown, University of the Pacific; Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific; Ismail I. Orabi, University of New Haven; Joseph J. Rencis P.E., Tennessee Technological University; Chuan-Chiang Chen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; John J. Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Rachelle Kisst Hackett, University of the Pacific; Ella R. Sargent, University of the Pacific; Brock Dunlap, University of Texas, Austin; Christopher Allen Wejmar, University of the Pacific; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

incremental student improvement in engineeringlearning from using many of the twenty-eight FE learning modules in nine specific areas ofengineering at nine engineering colleges and universities over the past six years. This paper is anupdate of the research reported in an earlier paper. This paper also reports the initial findings onthe effects of student personality types on improvement in specific engineering areas of theseALMs.An important goal for this work is to educate a diverse undergraduate group of engineeringstudents with the basic knowledge of FE theory, along with practical experience in applyingcommercial FE software to engineering problems. The lack of experience in using numericalcomputational methods in designing solutions to

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 5: Remote, Hands-On Laboratories

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Ragland, University of Georgia; Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia; Andrew Jackson, University of Georgia; Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia; Fred Beyette; Dominik May

indicationssuggest that more robust instructions and help resources would enable students to feel in controlof their learning while also taking advantage of the flexibility of the online environment.This initial research points toward the need for more robust practice lab work ahead of the labassignments and resources to guide students through the additional cognitive load of learning anew system while engaging with new content. Additionally, some redesign work can be donewithin the learning management system by chunking content and embedded links and providingshort, direct, and explicit support materials for users' errors. Adding synchronous sessions withthe professor or teaching assistant to provide more immediate support should also be considered.Next

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Paper ID #32524Operations of a Research Experience for Undergraduates Program During aPandemicDr. Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University Jeremy Straub is the Director of the NDSU Institute for Cyber Security Education and Research and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the North Dakota State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Scientific Computing, an M.S. and an M.B.A. and has published over 40 journal articles and over 120 full conference papers, in addition to making numerous other conference presentations. Straub’s research spans the gauntlet between technology, commercialization and

Conference Session

Research Methods and Studies on Engineering Education Research

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Renato Alan Bezerra Rodrigues, University of Manitoba; Jeffrey Wayne Paul, University of Manitoba; Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba

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Educational Research and Methods

education research, and career design. Her areas of investigation include: Indige- nous initiatives in engineering education; student culture, diversity, perspectives, identity, and learning; instructor pedagogical practices and belief-systems; epistemological tensions in engineering education; and engineering competencies in engineering practice. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Entering the Discipline of Engineering Education Research: A Thematic AnalysisAbstractIn this study, we used classical grounded theory and thematic analysis to develop a frameworkto help us understand the process that academics go through to

Conference Session

Preparation for Graduate Research

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bala Ram P.E., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Tobin N. Walton, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Teixeira-Poit

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded,Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) project. The project aims to enhance the research culture andbroaden the participation in research of underrepresented groups within graduate engineering programs ata mid-sized historically black college or university. The project includes three initiatives that seek toassist in the development of a “research engineer identity” among the graduate students pursuingresearch-based degrees in the college. One of the three initiatives of the project, and focus of this paper,involves the development of a survey-based Research Engineer Identity Scale (REIS). A two stagesequential mixed-method research design is being used to develop the scale. This paper focuses on thefirst

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Katie Sullivan

the state of Utah’s Early College High School Initiative. As the first of sixspecialized high schools across the state, AMES focuses on a rigorous pre-engineeringcurriculum that connects traditionally underserved students both to the Utah CoreCurriculum in preparation for a high school diploma as well as the rigors of college as apartner with the University of Utah. 3 There is also a mixture of undergraduate andgraduate students taking the course. The researchers hope that this research will glean insight into how high schoolstudents experience college, how interdisciplinary students communicate in teams and howscientific tasks are accomplished in relation to the process of teamwork. Answers to thesequestions might also show how

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MacKenzie Gray, Portland State University; Erin Shortlidge, Portland State University; Christof Teuscher, Portland State University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

entirely skipped common training sessions; ● after a week-long “ice-breaker” project to build community, students would directly start with their research projects; we used the time they worked on the initial project to find faculty mentors for them; ● we let students decide whether they wanted to work on teams or individually; and ● we decided not to use surveys to assess the program, instead, we opted to evaluate student progress through observations (proposals, Kanboard, presentations, etc.) and exit interviews (described later).A Non-conventional Application ProcessIn an attempt to broaden participation, we deliberately made the application process non-conventional and free of any prerequisites. The assumption was that

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tess Bisbee Meier, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ceren Yilmaz Akkaya, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Yunus Doğan Telliel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

thepotential to prepare graduate students to tackle challenging problems in industry and academiaafter graduation. In the article, we first define convergence methodologies, and review theliterature related to the initiation, adoption, and barriers of convergence research. We then shareour proposed ConGrad Education Framework that uniquely combines convergence, learningby teaching, and project-based learning. We discuss the goals and requirements of thisexperiential learning program. We offer one graduate student’s experience as preliminary supportfor the proposed program.2 Literature ReviewThe concept of convergence has been gaining traction in the world of academia, since the launchof the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Convergence Accelerator

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teddy Ivanitzki, ASEE; Rolf Mueller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

, higher education institutions (HEI)have started matching such industry needs. HEIs are initiating having students work acrossboundaries of sector, discipline, and identity. Students are being prepared for intersectoralcollaboration and multiple career pathways in a workforce that will change more rapidly incoming years. Students are enabled to join multidisciplinary teams with people who approachproblems with different methods and knowledge, and to solve problems in diverse groups interms of culture, race/ethnicity/nationality, gender or socioeconomic status.The International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program of NSF contributes todevelopment of a diverse, globally engaged higher education workforce with world-class skills.Within

Conference Session

Imagining the Research Agenda for ASEE LEAD

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan Kendall, University of Texas at El Paso; Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University; Brian Novoselich, United States Military Academy; Matthew Dabkowski

-2023 that include “an ability to function effectively ona team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusiveenvironment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives,” [8].EL programs throughout North America emerged at both the undergraduate and graduate levelsto address these iterations. With over 50 EL programs to date in North America, a community ofpractice has emerged to address programmatic and research needs. ASEE’s EngineeringLeadership Development Division (LEAD) [9] and Canada’s National Initiative on CapacityBuilding and Knowledge Creation for Engineering Leadership (NICKEL) [10] have producedconferences, workshops, and research to nurture and advance the forming discipline of EL. Intheir study

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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Educational Research and Methods

results of this pilot study are intersting and diverse. They vary greatly by degreeobjective and subscale construct. While this is a pilot study, the results provide important information that infrms me and others about the Table 2: Reliability Coefficients importance of training engineers for global workforces and monitoring their progress as they Subscale Cronbach’s Alpha prepare for engineering field. As an initial step in Value this research I computed edescripvestatistics on the Ethics of

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Michele Follen, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Rice University

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Biomedical

beginning of this period and present aposter of their project at the end of the summer.Faculty from the University of Texas at Austin, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, the Universityof Texas Health Science Center-Houston, and Rice University have participated in this program.Students from the University of Texas (summers of 2004, 2005) and Rice University (summer of2005) have participated in the program. The program evaluations showed an increase in studentinterest in translational research careers. We believe programs of this kind will create anundergraduate experience that is well suited to develop a new generation of translationalresearchers in medicine and biomedical engineering.MotivationThe NIH Roadmap Initiative identified opportunities in

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University; Zhenhua Wu, Virginia State University; Lipika Ghosh, Virginia State University

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Manufacturing

the weldin different heat affected zones. Although the initial study has been conducted, more works needto be carried out to validate the expected results. Since availability of the junior and/or seniorstudents for research work is mostly limited to the summer time, this phase of the study is still inprocess and more time is needed to achieve the expected goal(s).AcknowledgementsThis work was supported in part by the HBCU-UP of the National Science Foundation underNSF Cooperative Agreement No. HRD-1036286. Any Opinions, findings and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarilyreflect those of the National Science Foundation.

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanna Schmeelk, Rutgers University; Robert Sigley, Rutgers University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

mathematics in their ownpersonal classrooms and (4) teachers analyzing and discussing their student work. The first objective is initiated bya daylong workshop, or multiple shorter workshops, to immerse teachers in the process of becoming activeparticipants in a learning community. The strands of problems given to teachers were used in research on student’sreasoning (Maher, Powell, & Uptegrove, 2010) and designed to offer opportunities for viewers to make connectionsbetween strand problems to facilitate making generalizations. The second objective is initiated by teachers viewingVMC videos on the students working on the same strand problem. Before the actual viewing of the videos, teachersare expected to make predictions about student learning

Conference Session

ERM: New Research Methods and Tools

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevion Henderson, University of Michigan

, teaching, and learning are described.MethodScholars have outlined several approaches to instrument development and validation, each onepointing researchers’ attention to various, often ideologically informed issues in the instrumentdevelopment process. For example, Hinkin [8] outlined a six-step scale development process thatfocusses the research heavily on an iterative process of statistical analysis, item reduction, andreplication. Hinkin’s six-step process includes (a) Item generation, (b) questionnaireadministration, (c) initial item reduction using techniques like exploratory factor analysis, (d)confirmatory factor analysis, (e) convergent/discriminant validity, and (f) replication.Similarly, Kalkbrenner [9] described the seven-step MEASURE

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tahsin Chowdhury, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lloyd Morris, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Jose Torero

in real research settings -expanding learning beyond the classroom, and providing with mentoring and role modelingrelationships. The program's initial goal was to generate intrinsic motivation in engineeringstudents regarding their civil engineering education. The Icarus Program was developed withthree primary goals: (i) to boost undergraduate student interest and experience in diverse andinterdisciplinary projects; (ii) to foster close collaboration between academic mentors and smallgroups of students, and (iii) to leverage this engagement to elevate student learning pathways,student career outcomes, and the program national and international reputation for producing theleaders of tomorrow.The program officially started in the first

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Empathy, Metacognitive Skills, and Perceptions of Success

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Ghanat, The Citadel; Dena Garner; Todd Wittman, The Citadel; M. Kristen Hefner, The Citadel; Deirdre Ragan, The Citadel; Thad Le-Vasicek, The Citadel; Emily Bierman, The Citadel; Blakely Adair-Hudson, The Citadel

higher in their abilities at the onset of theexperience compared to how faculty rate them. However, by the end of the program the studentand faculty responses were more equivalent. For all aspects scored, both the faculty and thestudents perceived students improved from initial to post assessment, with the greatest gains inareas related to research abilities, knowledge/content within their respective discipline, criticalthinking, and flexibility. This paper discusses the summer undergraduate research experienceprogram, the scope of the student projects, how student participants and faculty mentors assessthe development of student metacognitive skills over the course of the program, the results, andanalyses of the students