Conference Session

Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Manoj Vanajakumari, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Chemistry. They have a chance to work on some real-world projects during theirsenior year in capstone/senior design courses. Before students get a chance to work on their real-world projects, which typically happen in capstone/senior projects, some of the students wouldhave made the decision to transfer out of engineering school. Based on the feedback fromindustry, even students who finished their engineering degree need more experience with real-world product development experience.To enhance the educational experience for students, TAMU made significant amount ofinvestment in seven activities. The majority of the investment went to Activity 1 with a goal ofenhancing the students’ preparation for the workplace and society through high impact

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Krum, California State University, Los Angeles; Zoe Wood, California Polytechnic State University; Eun-young Kang, California State University, Los Angeles; Ayaan M. Kazerouni, California Polytechnic State University; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation and Research Consulting; Paul Salvador Bernedo Inventado, California State University, Fullerton; Fang Tang; Ilmi Yoon; Anagha Kulkarni, San Francisco State University; Yu Sun, California State Polytechnic University; Mohsen Beheshti; Aakash Gautam, University of Pittsburgh; Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua; Sahar Hooshmand; Kevin A Wortman, California State University, Fullerton

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

and the end of CS1/2, and (c) conducting focus groups with a subset of students each Spring semester.Summative feedback will address three questions: • EQ6. To what extent has the alliance achieved its goals related to the enrollment and retention of Latinx students in CS courses and majors? How does this compare to the enrollment/retention of non-URM students? • EQ7. What are key lessons learned for the CS education community about engaging in collective impact to implement socially responsible computing in introductory CS courses? • EQ8. How sustainable and scalable is the alliance? These questions will be answered in Y3 by (a) analyzing institutional data on student course enrollment and retention by race

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2008-1235: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTES ONALTERNATIVE ENERGYMichael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community CollegeLori Heymans, Northern Essex Community CollegePaul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College Page 13.1003.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Professional Development Institutes on Alternative EnergyAbstractThis paper describes three Professional Development Institutes for middle and highschool teachers exploring the science, technology, engineering, and math behind thegeneration of electricity by wind, water, and solar power.Each institute was organized and delivered as a Web-companion course. All lecturenotes, assignments, and required

Conference Session

Practices for Student Learning Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ergin Erdem, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, homework is assigned andquestions related with the simulated computer and actual physical hands-on laboratory sessionsare directed in midterm and final exam to assess the student’s understanding of topics covered inthe laboratory sessions.Based on the feedback obtained by personal communication from the students, they indicate thatthey are in better position to assess themselves with respect to their level of knowledge on thesubject matter after receiving the grades and they can benefit on the additional discussion thathas been provided based on the fact that it provide an opportunity to them for improving theirstanding.Additionally, student evaluation of Instruction Reports are being analyzed to assess the impact ofthe teaching methodology that

Conference Session

Self-Regulation and Learning

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Md Abu Shohag, University of North Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

studies showthat the implementation of gamification results in student engagement and motivation [3, 9-11].The implementation of gamification is a crucial factor in determining its effectiveness, as variousaspects of gamification have varying effects on motivational outcomes [12]. The impact of gamedesign elements is contingent on the quality and aesthetics of their implementation [12].However, further research is necessary to ascertain whether the benefits of gamification areonly temporary or if it will have a lasting impact on student learning.Kahoot! is an online gaming platform designed to pose multiple choice questions in aninteractive setting. The software employs vivid colors and captivating sounds to generate anenjoyable atmosphere in the

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 3: Let's Get Thinking on Design

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Johnson, Pennsylvania State University; Minyoung Gil, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

are both important toengineering and generative in the classroom [2], [4], [5]. Our group has reported oninvestigations looking closely at several of these [6]–[8]. To effectively engage elementary students in engineering practices to learn disciplinarycontent and crosscutting concepts, high-quality curriculum needs to be available and accessibleto all, and teachers need to participate in professional learning opportunities. Those learningopportunities should not only include them as learners experiencing engineering as a novice butshould also include pedagogies that are effective for scaffolding design projects and supportingstudents through the process of asking, planning, creating, testing, and improving. One of thoseinterventions

Conference Session

Student Mental Health and Communities of Care

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Ban; Lordina Odeibea Mensah; Matthew Whitwer; Lucy Elizabeth Hargis; Courtney Janaye Wright, University of Kentucky; Joseph H Hammer; Sarah A. Wilson, University of Kentucky

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

) College levelchange around mental health is viewed positively if appropriately communicated and 3) Lack offlexibility and empathy from faculty negatively impacts perceptions around mental health.Together, all three themes highlight the importance of faculty and staff showing empathy andprioritizing the student over the academics. Because the culture of engineering has been describedas “hard” and unemotional [21], faculty who display empathy and priority of the individual as awhole human being can help to challenge these cultural norms. There is significant literature toshow the positive impact that faculty interaction can have on students [22]. There is furtherliterature to show the importance of these relationships for improving student outcomes

Conference Session

Factors Impacting Engineering Career Choices, Including Engaging Families

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Heil, David Heil & Associates, Inc.; Neil Hutzler, Michigan Technological University; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science; Mia Jackson, Foundation for Family Science & Engineering; Joan F. Chadde, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

program’s impact and efficacy with the engineering field.Goals of the Family Engineering ProgramThe goals of Family Engineering are to: (1) engage families in engineering with fun, hands-onactivities, (2) increase public understanding and appreciation of the role engineering plays ineveryday life, (3) introduce children at an early age to the many career opportunities inengineering, (4) increase parents’ interest in and ability to encourage their children to pursue anengineering career, and (5) provide age-appropriate resources to support volunteers inconducting informal engineering education programs with elementary-aged children and theirparents in informal community settings.In the development phase of the Family Engineering Program, the project

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Instructional Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicolás Amado-Moranchel, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Gibrán Sayeg-Sánchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

, literature also show that incorporating video basedlearning significantly increase engagement of students [16] and contribute to increase evaluationscores in academic courses [17].Aligned with current educational challenges, and with Tecnologico de Monterrey student –centered educational model requirements, this study looks for contributing literature byincorporating flipped classroom into an engineering course and assessing the impact in students’competences and skills, looking for significant changes in which students prepare for the future.MethodologyOur educational model is focused on the development of skills in students, hence, for theTecnologico de Monterrey it is of vital importance that students develop these skills throughoutall of their

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert Jones, University of Texas, Pan American; Rajiv Nambiar, University of Texas, Pan American; Deborah Crown, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

students would relate to and clearly understand. An evaluation mode usesstudent interaction to assess the accuracy of student responses and provides an interestingenvironment for open ended student interaction on course concepts. The development andassessment of the knowledge base is primarily the work of students but is somewhat hidden fromthe users. The “chatbot” is currently being tested by four engineering professors and onebusiness professor with seven undergraduate courses. The paper outlines the response of studentsto this learner centered environment and its impact on student motivation, engagement, andultimately academic success. The success of this learning environment is also explained in termsof its relationship to the four dimensions

Conference Session

Student Mental Health and Communities of Care

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Jamaal Downey, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

) hidden curriculum awareness(HCA); (b) emotions (EM); (c) self-efficacy (SE); and (d) self-advocacy (SA). HCA is a factor inwhich communication of information is perceived and recognized. For their part, emotions serveas the lens by which HC is received and recognized. Emotions are considered a vital mediator toprocesses like decision-making [2]. These two are the main factors that are relevant for thispaper. Research suggests that emotions profoundly impact the way that both teachers andstudents engage, their personal development, and their academic outcomes [3]. There is areciprocal relationship between the emotional state of the teachers and students wherebyteachers’ emotions are mirrored by the students—if a teacher shows excitement

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Student Growth & Professionalization

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence R. Chen, McGill University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

, promotingcritical thinking, and developing digital and communications skills [10]-[15]. Students have alsomentioned that they enjoy these alternative ways to demonstrate their learning and appreciate thedifference compared to traditional assessments. We describe the implementation of infographicand video assignments in a first-year course on the engineering profession, document studentfeedback/responses on these assignments, and examine their impact in terms of developing‘professional’ skills and competencies.Implementation DetailsCourse LogisticsAt McGill University, Introduction to the Engineering Profession is a compulsory course takenby students from all engineering programs in their first year of studies. The course introducesthe engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lynn Albers, Hofstra University; Edward H. Currie, Hofstra University; David M. Rooney, Hofstra University; Robyn Alma, Hofstra University; Travis Chen Shen, Hofstra University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

learning process for me to gain a specific skill as well as learning to think abouthow other people will interact with whatever design I create.”ConclusionThe ASPiRe program is unique because it engages students and faculty, in the present case almostfour dozen people total, from one school within the university, utilizing the school’s resources,and creating an active learning community during the summer.The perceived difficulty of the projects leaned towards “difficult” which is perhaps whyparticipating in the ASPiRe program had a positive impact on student confidence. As a result ofparticipating, most felt that they had chosen the correct major, could do well in their major duringthe current academic year, and will graduate with a degree in

Conference Session

Course Tools and Practices

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Snyder, Valencia College; Elizabeth A. Cudney, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

predictor of completion. The interesting significant predictor is ACT readingscores. Currently, many community colleges are eliminating their placement exams and remedial 6reading courses. This finding should inspire administrators to evaluate the motivation for thesechanges and consider the impact of those changes.In these forecasting models, it is apparent that community college students have different riskfactors to consider than traditional university students. Traditional risk factors such asstandardized math scores or high school GPA have less bearing on the success of communitycollege students, while enrollment status and reading

Conference Session

Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tizoc Cruz-Gonzalez, University of Michigan; Sarah Rose Sobek, University of Michigan ; Julianna Marie Abel, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

ofresearch, (4) an interactive tour of the conference hardware competition which provides concreteexamples of cutting edge research, (5) a small group Q&A with graduate students engaged inresearch, and finally (6) a panel discussion with diverse research faculty committed to post-secondary engineering education. The challenges associated with this approach to outreach, theadvantages of incorporating a STEM intervention into a technical research conference, andsuccessful methods for locating a group of underserved students are discussed. In addition, thescale and impact of the intervention are evaluated through open-ended and quantitative surveys.The survey results document the positive student reaction to this intervention. The positivestudent

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jing Wang, University of South Florida; Dmitry Goldgof, University of South Florida; Ken Christensen P.E., University of South Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #25846WiCSE: Impact of a Women’s Support Group on Increasing the Percentageof Women Students in a Department of Computer Science and EngineeringDr. Jing Wang, University of South Florida Dr. Jing Wang is an Instructor II in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at University of South Florida. Dr. Wang is the faculty advisor of the student organization Women in Computer Science and Engineering (WiCSE). WiCSE focuses on gathering together female students who are majoring, or interested, in computer science and engineering to provide support, career guidance, opportunities to discuss relevant topics

Conference Session

Student Mental Health and Communities of Care

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Robert, University of Denver; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

this conference paper, which examines the findings on themental health impacts that emerged from the first research question. In the next section, we brieflyexplain the novel methodological framework that was used in the research, which produced theparticipants’ narratives and findings.Methods and Theories of Creative MaterialismThe unique methods and theories used in this study were theorized to fill the gap in the engineeringeducation research literature that called for more interdisciplinary (Baille & Armstrong, 2013; Cech,2014; Karwat et al., 2014) and first-person (Moloney et al., 2018) research approaches to betterunderstand student experiences in their own words. Particularly, within the neurodivergent community,there are calls for

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session: Works in Progress

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danilo Garbi Zutin, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences; Michael E. Auer, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences; Christian Kreiter MSc, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

apositive impact on the usage and utilisation of Online Laboratories. After developing the userinterfaces based on the mock-ups they had the chance to discuss with their peers from otherpartner schools and try the online labs developed by their colleagues. The project runs untilNovember 2016. At the time of writing we are in the process of carrying out tests and asurvey where the students will test labs developed by their peers. Results are expected to beavailable during the summer break.In general, we value this self-paced student activity as a kind of inquiry and project-basedlearning. Students showed high engagement with the project objectives and clealy enjoyedparticipating. They had additionally the opportunity to work together with other

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Mobrand, University of Washington; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

influenceover groups of people and their environments.In this first example, the participant describes the impact of effective communication on the lifeof an individual. So, while the extent described is small, the impact is large. Page 22.1257.12 Good communication skills are necessary in all walks of life. The lack of effective communication skills has a negative impact on the personal as well as professional life of a person.In this next example, the participant discusses how her communication abilities allowed hercreate opportunities for her to impact her team members and the worked they were engaged in. Even though the

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach and Out-of-School Time Engineering Programming and Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen J. Krapcho, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the energy future. The final day included tours and presentations of highschool student ideas. We learned a couple of things from these two camps. One was that it takes a lot of effort andsubstantial coordination to put these camps together. Another was that the hands-on activitieswere the most appealing, and as much time as possible should be spent doing/building. Thetours and speakers were also often seen as highly appealing, so we continue to use them inbalance with the hands on activities. The college student ambassadors hired on as campcounselors had a very positive impact on the high school students, provided they havefaculty/director supervision in the development of the activities. We also found that many ofthe high school students

Conference Session

FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie J. Parish, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Dimitris C. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

discussed, as well as aresearch plan for analyzing the effectiveness of the course adjustments.IntroductionThe problem of retaining students is pervasive throughout all of the engineering disciplines.1, 2Within the aerospace community, the impact of an aging workforce is a cause for alarm withrespect to both the national economy and national security.3 Several U.S. governmentcommission reports have investigated the problem, one observing4, 5:The industry is confronted with a graying workforce in science, engineering and manufacturing,with an estimated 26 percent available for retirement within the next five years… Clearly, thereis a major workforce crisis in the aerospace industry. Our nation has lost over 600,000 scientificand technical aerospace

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel S. Lee; R. Narasimhan; M. Lewis Temares

and research on the onehand, and logic and hypothetical-deductive reasoning on the other, the course integrates coverage of basicwriting skills with instruction in informal logic and practice in the analysis and the interpretation of verbal data. The reading and writing assignments will provide background for topics covered in other IntegratedMathematics, Physics and Communication Track (IMPaCT) courses. As far as possible, assignments in theEnglish class correspond directly or indirectly with those of the physics, mathematics and engineering courses.This course will also develop the students' ability to link ideas between and across different fields and courses ofstudy. In the second semester, this course will provide instruction in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Ethan Munson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF PEER-LED TEAM LEARNING ON THE FIRST-YEAR MATH COURSE PERFORMANCE OF ENGINEERING STUDENTSAbstractAs part of an NSF-sponsored STEP grant, formal peer-led team learning (PLTL) groupswere created for first-year engineering and computer science students. The groups wereorganized around the math course taken by the students so that all students in a particulargroup were taking the same math course. In both the 2010-11 and 2011-12 academicyears, these groups were offered as a formal class, with students receiving a grade basedupon participation. This was done to stress the importance of the groups to the students,and increase the level of

Conference Session

Problem Solving, Adaptive Expertise, and Social Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

significant predictors of academic and career success (Kuh, Kinzie, Buckley, Bridges, &Hayek, 2006; Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005). For example, student engagement has beenassociated with persistence on learning tasks, academic achievement and a satisfying studentexperience (Flynn, 2014; Filak & Sheldon, 2008; Carini, Kuh, & Klein, 2006; Fredricks,Blumenfeld, & Paris, 2004). Although student engagement has positive impact on positivelearning outcomes, the student’s quest for achievement is often inspired by a need for feeling thatone belongs within her academic or career community – an accomplishment of which is oftenmeasured by academic achievement. Hence the need for belonging propels adaptive behaviorssuch as cognitive and

Conference Session

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Haley Margaret Gardner

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

shift the impact of humans on the planet. Education about climate change in engineering should represent these dynamic challenges withsustainability implications spanning communities, environment, and economies(The Climate ChangeEducational Partnership, 2014). Based on prior work we expect to identify strong relationships betweenstudents’ college experience and critical engineering agency. When topics related to sustainability areincluded in these settings we expect to find an increase in student willingness to take action on climatechange (McNeill & Vaughn, 2010). Peers are also likely to influence ones’ own beliefs. We expectclassroom pedagogy, for example, including opportunities for peer discussions to enhance

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 2- Engineering Across the Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Science, and the Common Core

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn W Ellis, Smith College; Al Rudnitsky, Smith College; Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College; Isabel Huff, Springfield Technical Community College; Sonia K Ellis, Smith College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of Teach- ing and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. His research focuses on creating K-16 learning environments that support the growth of learners’ imaginations and their capacity for engaging in collaborative knowledge work.Mr. Al Rudnitsky, Smith College Al Rudnitsky teaches Introduction to the Learning Sciences; Thinking, Knowing and the Design of Learn- ing Environments, How Do We Know What Students are Learning?; and instructional methods in ele- mentary and middle school mathematics and science. He has authored books on curriculum design and teaching children about scientific inquiry. Current research interests focus on creating environments for ”good talk” in elementary and middle

Conference Session

Towards a Participatory Action, Retention of Black Students, and Exploring Black Engineering Student Success

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly-Ann Dixon Hamil, The University of the West Indies, Mona ; Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Darryl Dickerson, Florida International University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

to the entire population of students to assess the overall risk of leaving engineering, weinvestigated persistence time for those who did leave engineering. One may ask, “Why do we careabout the impact of an intervention if someone eventually leaves engineering?” We posit that thistype of analysis offers greater insight for further qualitative study of the intervention to understandwhy student involvement and deeper engagement in NSBE may lengthen their stay at aninstitution. Qualitative analyses could inform how educators may focus efforts to increase thelikelihood that Black Engineering students graduate with their desired degree as there is a longerwindow of time to intervene. Further, the analyses provide information on when the risk of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock J. LaMeres, Montana State University; Jessi L. Smith, Montana State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

whyengineering students show less and less concern over time for how engineering contributes topublic welfare. Prior work has shown that when the engineering profession is viewed as one thatholds only agentic value (i.e., advancement only for one’s self), it is often unappealing to certainstudent groups, especially women and first generation college students. If interventions can beimplemented that change the value system among engineers to create a culture that viewsengineering as having important prosocial, communal value, this cultural shift will have atransformative impact on the formation of engineers by attracting a more diverse population intothe profession. This will in turn spur innovation and support an inclusive engineering workforce.This two

Conference Session

The Best of First-year Programs Division

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

George James Lamont, University of Waterloo; Kari D. Weaver, University of Waterloo; Rachel Figueiredo, University of Waterloo; Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo; Andrea Jonahs, University of Waterloo; Heather A. Love, University of Waterloo; Brad Mehlenbacher, University of Waterloo; Carter Neal, University of Waterloo; Katherine Zmetana, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

pre-research task, a librarian conducted a workshop to teach engineering researchpractices, students submitted a design project with evidence of their research activities, and thenwe evaluated the extent to which course interventions had any impact on the students’information-seeking behavior. Our results have significant implications for the design ofengineering-design and engineering-communications courses in Canadian and U.S. engineeringprograms to meet the intent of accreditation criteria and the demands of the engineering industry.IntroductionInformation-seeking skills that lead to informed decision making are so crucial to engineeringeducation that three of the seven American Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)student outcomes

Conference Session

Approaches to Encouraging Student Engagement

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Panagiotis Apostolellis, University of Virginia; Sitong Wang, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

dramaticdecrease in engagement observed rightly after.Meanwhile, having quizzes after class was given a lot of preference, through comments like“It was definitely more engaging in class without quizzes, because you don’t need to worryabout the grades.” Plot (b) confirms student perception since on average these classes (n=3)had among the highest engagement level (M=5.40). Finally, having the quiz at the end ofclass (d) seemed to have the most positive impact on student engagement (M=7.44); we haveto take into account, though, that this was the outcome of only one observed class. Studentsreported that this mode helped them fully understand the concepts before being tested andpushed them to sustain their focus when the professor was giving instructions.In