towork through these issues and found the engineering unit to be a success. Overall, Janice tookthe perspective of uncertainty as an asset. As a result of this perspective, Janice strove toincorporate, manage and even leverage the uncertainty by taking a student-centered approachthat actively promoted autonomy, learning through a process of failure and redesign; andallowing for continuous discussion, negotiation and reflection.DiscussionK-12 engineering education is still a new and emerging field with few empirical studies that haveexamined teachers’ experience and views of the uncertainty inherent in engineering. The resultsof this study, while limited to a single case study, provide valuable information for bothresearchers and teacher
tool toencourage self-reflection around personal and professional virtues.Spectrum GameStudents only mentioned the Spectrum Game when asked to rank their most impactful or leastimpactful tutorial experiences in the course, with the Game mentioned by 19 students. Threethemes emerged from student reflection on their experience with the Game.Theme 1: It was a universally positive experience for all participating students.No student described the Spectrum Game as a negative experience. The experience wasdescribed as “impactful”, “active”, “constructive”, “informative”, “personal”, “significant”,“interesting”, “unfiltered”, valuable”, “effective”, and “enlightening”. Students appreciatedhearing perspectives from their peers and were able to witness
qualitative interview phase that broadly exploresintercultural competency development in faculty-run labs and is unanchored to a single existinginstrument. This phase will inform the development and validation of a scale to measureintercultural competency development in this specific context.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under GrantNumber 2414169 and 2414170. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation.References[1] P. Bahrami, Y. Kim, A. Jaiswal, D. Patel, S. Aggrawal, and A. J. Magana, “Information Technology Undergraduate Students
andcolleagues, “understanding contextual and cultural factors related to motivation is one of the keysubstantive issues for researchers in motivational science”45. Ethnic identity and first-generation Page 26.1291.5status are two intersecting factors that affect motivation. Motivation is a powerful construct thatcan highlight ways in which at these two intersections choose and persist in engineering byhighlighting underlying reasons for why students choose particular actions.Achievement Goal Theory has emerged as a primary theoretical framework for understandingmotivation in academic settings31. Goal theory, developed from normative goal theory
recruitment and retention, increasing the number of student publications andpresentations, and successful completion of their research projects. Continuing assessment of theproject is carried out in collaboration with the University of South Carolina’s Office of ProgramEvaluation in the College of Education.The Research Communications Studio model is built on cognitive research that promises toimprove learning of complex materials, transfer of learning to new situations, development ofself-directed learning capabilities and motivation, and participants’ working knowledge ofcommunications in research and technology. Graduates with these abilities will be quick startprofessionals in industry, research environments, and academia.Studio participants are
neural network is an information processing system that uses highly interconnected groups ofneurons that process information in parallel. Depending on the algorithm, weights areestablished between the neurons (denoted as input, hidden, and output layers) by learningthrough example and repetition. As a result, the network can receive input information(independent variables) and it will provide an answer at the output layer (dependent variable).Over the past ten years, a number of emerging algorithms have made neural networks a popularmethod for empirical modeling.Learning vector quantization (LVQ) is a pattern classification method in which each dependentvariable, Yj, represents a particular class. The weight vector for an output unit is often
Paper ID #18779Elementary Student Reflections on Failure Within and Outside of the Engi-neering Design Process (Fundamental)Dr. Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Science Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, worked briefly as a process engineer, and taught high school physics and pre-engineering. She has taught engineering and science to children in multiple informal settings. As a pre-service teacher educator, she includes engineering in her
-serving engineering universities in the U.S. Dr. Traum coordinated MSOE’s first crowd-funded senior design project. He also co-founded with students EASENET, a start- up renewable energy company to commercialize waste-to-energy biomass processors. Dr. Traum began his academic career as a founding faculty member in the Mechanical & Energy Engineer- ing Department at the University of North Texas - Denton where he established a successful, externally- funded researcher incubator that trained undergraduates to perform experimental research and encouraged matriculation to graduate school. Traum received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he held a research
program had a limited impact on the participants’ confidenceand anxiety, many other factors may have influenced this result and the effects of the GrOWprogram cannot be isolated. It does show, however, that the start of school is indeed a time of highanxiety for most graduate MGs. Fig. 4 shows that the majority of survey respondents were able tolearn significant and new information from the event and felt that their questions had beenanswered, suggesting that a major goal of the orientation program was fulfilled. Finally, theresults strongly indicate that participants found the event worthwhile, as they unanimously agreedit should be continued in the coming years. ORIENTATION SURVEY
middle-school aged students.Mr. Felix Kempf, King’s College LondonNada Elfiki, Stanford University Nada Elfiki is a researcher in the Designing Education Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Her research interests focus on the development of innovative and entrepreneurial behavior in academia and in practice. She studied Management and Technology with specializations in Mechanical Engineering, innovation and entrepreneurship as well as finance at the Technical University of Munich. She is also an alumna scholar of the entrepreneurial qualification program (Manage and More) at the Center for Innovation and Business Creation in Munich (UnternehmerTUM). Nada worked as a venture capital
Paper ID #28751Two Student Workshops on Identifying and Resolving Teamwork ConflictDr. Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo Dr. Al-Hammoud is a Faculty lecturer (Graduate Attributes) in the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Al-Hammoud has a passion for teaching where she con- tinuously seeks new technologies to involve students in their learning process. She is actively involved in the Ideas Clinic, a major experiential learning initiative at the University of Waterloo. She is also re- sponsible for developing a process and assessing graduate attributes at the
instruction. In: American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA.[16] Kisselburgh, L., Zoltowski, C., Beever, J., Hess, J., Iliadis, A., and Brightman, A. (2014). Effectively engaging engineers in ethical reasoning about emerging technologies: A cyber-enabled framework of scaffolded, integrated, and reflexive analysis of cases. In: American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN.[17] Kisselburgh, L., Hess, J., Zoltowski, C., Beever, J., and Brightman, A. (2016). Assessing a scaffolded, interactive, and reflective analysis framework for developing ethical reasoning in engineering students. In: American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference
. Jesiek is an Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He also leads the Global Engineering Education Collabora- tory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance under- standing of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and practice. c
animportant driver for promoting critical thinking. Introduction of student outcomes by TheAccreditation Board on Engineering and Technology (ABET) has expanded the opportunities foraddressing critical thinking in engineering curricula. In particular, this has opened the option toexpand the default definitions of critical thinking beyond calculative rationality and analyticalstrategies to include broader forms of reasoning, such as reasoning about values, assumptions,biases, and the broader social and global role of engineers and the designs engineers produce.Practitioners and scholars of liberation debate many aspects of the applied and theoreticalmaterial and, yet, many also share a particular contention: theories and models of liberationfollow
graduate coordinators has required passingalong complex information. As such, the need to accurately record our historical processes overthe course of our outreach program.Outreach efforts overviewOur K-12 outreach program has had a broad impact across the Puget Sound region. Youngpeople from under-represented communities might not see themselves as college bound or knowthe pathways for pursuing STEAM fields. We see this as part of a pipeline problem and believeoutreach should occur as early as elementary school to disrupt negative perceptions that theseyoung students might have of their potential for higher education. Our K-12 outreach programhas allowed us to engage with young people in under-represented communities as early aspossible. Secondly
edu- cation can become more effective, efficient, and inclusive.Dr. Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech Dr. Vinod K. Lohani is a Professor of Engineering Education and also serves as the Director of education and global initiatives at an interdisciplinary research institute called the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS) at Virginia Tech. He is the founding director of an interdisciplinary lab called Learning Enhanced Watershed Assessment System (LEWAS) at VT. He received a Ph.D. in civil engineering from VT. His research interests are in the areas of computer-supported research and learning systems, hydrology, engineering education, and international collaboration. He has served as a PI or
Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering Design Self-Efficacy and Project-Based Learning: How Does Active Learning Influence Student Attitudes and Beliefs?IntroductionThis work-in-progress research paper seeks to understand how active learning influences studentattitudes and beliefs to aid in addressing calls for one-million new STEM graduates in the nextdecade1. With 40% of students currently completing STEM majors, the aim is to increase degreecompletion to at least 50% by 2022 through
attributes (character, presence, and intellect), explains corecompetencies (leads, develops, and achieves), and differentiates the responsibilities of direct,organizational, and strategic leaders. The Army defines leadership as “the activity of influencingpeople by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission and improvethe organization,” [26, p. 13].Developed through decades of experience and supported by research, the Army’s leadershiprequirements model informs leaders of the competencies and attributes needed to succeed in theprofession. Importantly, the Army defines the leader as “anyone who by virtue of assumed roleor assigned responsibility inspires and influences people by providing purpose, direction, andmotivation
curriculum evaluation and academic and educational advising at Delft University of Technology and large scale educational research at Twente University. Before coming to City College, she was a Research Associate in IBM research, performing organizational, and usability studies. Page 25.1207.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Success of Joint Programs between Junior and Senior Colleges Page 25.1207.2AbstractWhile the demand for highly skilled engineers is greatly increasing, minorities and women arenot well represented in the
relationships in complex fluids and broadening the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in engineering.Yiyi Wang, San Francisco State University Yiyi Wang is an assistant professor of civil engineering at San Francisco State University. In addition to engineering education, her research also focuses on the nexus between mapping, information technology, and transportation and has published in Accident Analysis & Prevention, Journal of Transportation Geography, and Annuals of Regional Science. She served on the Transportation Research Board (TRB) ABJ80 Statistical Analysis committee and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) panel. She advises the student chapter of the Society of Women
information about their experiences in aqualitative interview. A total of 20 students participated in qualitative feedback (7 individualinterviews & 5 focus groups). Demographics for participants in providing qualitative feedbackincluded 8 women and 12 men with an average age of 20.90 (SD=2.85) and were 55% Latinx,35% white, and 10% other. Using thematic analysis, four major themes emerged in relation tostudent-faculty relationships. When asked about their experiences, participants reported that theyfelt more connected to faculty who were 1) accessible and approachable, 2) supportive of theiracademic pursuits, 3) could be perceived as role models, and 4) were knowledgeable about theirfield. The first theme emphasizes that students felt connected
Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology: A Meta-Analysis,” Rev.Educ. Res., vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 21–51, Mar. 1999, doi: 10.3102/00346543069001021.[21] K. Anders Ericsson, “Deliberate Practice and Acquisition of Expert Performance: AGeneral Overview,” Acad. Emerg. Med., vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 988–994, 2008, doi:10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00227.x.Appendix A: Statics Class Survey Questions Fall 2024 # Question Mean Score 1 The multiple attempts feature motivated me to improve my performance on 4.29 assignments and quizzes. 2 I felt more invested in my
the focus, scope,and temporal framework for each case is crucial. A fundamental aspect in multiple case studieslies in the interrelation of these individual cases. Sake [11] introduces the concept of “Quintain,”which is defined as an object, phenomenon or condition to be studied. It is the umbrella thatcovers all the single cases. Each case within a multiple case study is relevant because itcontributes to the holistic understanding of the Quintain by elucidating similarities anddifferences [11].To better understand this section, let’s focus on the example presented in Table 4. Informed by aliterature review, the authors emphasize the importance of getting a better understanding offactors that influence the academic and career decisions of
-42.26. J. Herrington. Authentic E-Learning in Higher Education: Design Principles for Authentic Learning Environments and Tasks. in World Conference on e-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. 2006. Chesapeake, VA.27. S.A. Barab, K.D. Squire and W. Dueber (2000) A co-evolutionary model for supporting the emergence of authenticity. Educational Technology Research and Development, 48 (No. 2), p. 37-62 Page 15.441.15
isdifficult if not impossible to come by without using an in-depth case study approach.1. Crismond, D., & Adams, R. (2012). The informed design teaching and learning matrix. Journal of Engineering Education, 101(4), 738–797.2. Sadler, P. M., Coyle, H. P., & Schwartz, M. (2000). Engineering competitions in the middle school classroom: Key elements in developing effective design challenges. Journal of the Learning Sciences. 9(3), 299–327.3. Roth, W. -M. (1996). Art and artifact of children's designing: A situated cognition perspective. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 5(2), 129-166.4. Welch, M. (1999). Analyzing the Tacit Strategies of Novice Designers. Research in Science & Technological Education, 17(1), 19–34.5
Paper ID #48331Implementing Interconnected Faculty Development Initiatives for STEM FacultyDr. Christopher A. F. Hass, Rutgers University, New Brunswick Christopher Hass received their Ph.D. in physics at Kansas State University, and is currently a post-doctoral associate a Rutgers university. Their research focuses on faculty career trajectories and how we support faculty in developing new and existing skills to achieve their career goals. They have collaborated on NSF funded grants at Rutgers University, Kansas State University, and the Rochester Institute of Technology focusing on systemic and institutional change to
Paper ID #46054The ”Ticket Home”: A Scalable Survey System for Rapidly Identifying Barriersto LearningProf. David Coulter Jangraw, University of Vermont David Jangraw received a BSE in EE from Princeton and a PhD in BME from Columbia. He then served at the NIH for six years. In that time, he studied brain-computer interfaces, fMRI methods, and pediatric mood disorders. Now an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Vermont, he teaches data science and signal processing for engineers and runs the Grass Brain Lab. The lab uses emerging tech to understand the human brain’s response to
Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Kali’s research interests center on exploring the experiences of marginalized engineering students, with a particular focus on their hidden identity, mental health, and wellbeing. Her work aims to enhance inclusivity and diversity in engineering education, contributing to the larger body of research in the field.Ms. Nivedita Kumar, Florida International University Nivedita (Nivi) Kumar is a doctoral candidate in engineering and computing education at Florida International University (FIU), with a research focus on caste-based inequities in engineering and computing education in the U.S. Their work examines how systems, structures, and cultures
ownership and control, creative, discovering (what others have problem solving, Process/Practice discovered) driven (Teaching Engineering)Significance of the StudyDue to the fact that K-12 engineering education is still a new and emerging field, the results ofthis study are informative for the both researchers and teacher educators in the areas of K-12science and engineering education. To fill this gap in the literature and begin work to improvescience teacher preparation and support for teaching engineering, this study offers aninterpretation of how middle and high school science teachers view of the Nature of
Paper ID #34627Development of an Additive Manufacturing Laboratory Course with theAbility to Accommodate Asynchronous StudentsProf. Jill Johnson P.E., Pennsylvania State University Jill Johnson is an instructor in Mechanical Engineering at Penn State Behrend. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Penn State Behrend in 2003 and her master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from Penn State University in 2009. Jill is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Jill joined the Behrend faculty full time in 2015, but she has been an adjunct at Penn State Behrend in the past. She