Paper ID #47936Assessing and Characterizing Perspective-Taking Abilities in UndergraduateStudents: A Case Study ApproachLaura HarrissIan McGillElizabeth GrayDr. Aparajita Jaiswal, CILMAR Purdue University Aparajita Jaiswal is an Intercultural Research Specialist with CILMAR, Purdue University. Her research endeavors revolve around exploring strategies for seamlessly integrating intercultural learning into both regular STEM curriculum and study abroad programs. Aparajita actively engages in offering guidance in developing research studies, curriculum enhancements, and assessment methods pertaining to integration and
coursework. Students fail in programming classes at rates starting at 20%[3], [4] up to 50% [5]. Pair Programming suggests grouping a student with a peer, employing the“two heads are better than one” philosophy shown to improve the output of projects [6] andperhaps learning outcomes [2]. Students placed in teams may also gain the benefits of peerprogramming, while also providing more authentic industry working conditions and supportingABET student outcome (d), working in multidisciplinary teams [7]. This paper looks at howusing teams in the Bauhaus studio model impacts student outcomes within a programming-centric Honor First Year Engineering (HFYE) course at a large Midwestern research University.We will start by looking at how teams are formulated
& Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationcurriculum, the true breadth and depth of their undergraduate experience. The ESM departmenthas instituted the following changes at the undergraduate level to assist in the development ofthese crucial communication skills.Portfolio ReflectionsIn 2000, the Engineering Science program began using student portfolios as a means to assess thequality of the undergraduate program. Portfolios are viewed as moving away from the oldaccreditation model of ‘bean counting’ toward a deeper and more flexible means of assessing adiverse program in which students are encouraged to find unique combinations of courses andactivities to suit their various
and to become more competitive on the job market.The Master of Science in Computer Information Technology directly supports the goals andmission of the university. The degree is designed to meet the needs of the community's variedemployers in the IT industry, broadly defined, ranging from small IT providers to large ITorganizations. This is occurring at time when the implementation and use of informationtechnology is of critical importance in any industry.In collaboration with regional business, civic, and government entities, Northern KentuckyUniversity has worked diligently to attract technology-oriented businesses to the NorthernKentucky area. This MSCIT program provide a unique and effective resource by which the
A Look at OUr GAANN Program in Civil Engineering R. L. Kolar, K. M. Dresback, and E. M. Tromble School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 73019 kolar@ou.edu, dresback@ou.edu, etromble@ou.eduAbstract.Congress authorized the GAANN (Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Need) Fellow-ship program under Title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965; it was first enacted with theEducational Amendments of 1980, and was amended by the Higher Education Amendments of1992. The purpose of the program is to “sustain and enhance the capacity for
Paper ID #38156The Use of Family Career Genogram in Assessing Undergraduate Engineer-ingStudent SuccessRawle D. Sookwah, University of South Carolina Rawle D. Sookwah is a doctoral candidate in the counselor education and supervision program at the University of South Carolina (USC). Rawle completed his Bachelor’s degree in experimental psychol- ogy and his Master’s degree in counselor education at USC. He works as a graduate teaching assistant in the counseling minor program and conducts research through the College of Education Wellness En- hancement Lab. He conducts interdisciplinary research through his graduate
]. Placing an emphasis on “softer”engineering skills can be used to compliment traditionally required technical curriculum, wheremost of the course material is focused on teaching students’ analytical methods [3].Competencies of graduates to be prepared to function as engineering managers is a strategicallyimportant topic for engineering educators and department assessment procedures to address [4].Engineering management is an important course in the curriculum to engage students indeveloping lifelong learning skills, considering global economic issues and understanding therole of professional societies, beyond traditional analytical course material [5]. To preparegraduates with expanded professional skills, undergraduate programs are modifying
companies over medium/small companies. There is greater interestamong large companies for sketching ability by approximately 12%, though it should also benoted that most respondents identified this as an important skill. There is less interest amongsmall companies for building control including fire protection systems, and power generationsystems by approximately 15%. Large companies show more interest in graduates being able tomodify building electrical, plumbing and HVAC, and building specialty equipment drawings toreflect as-built conditions by approximately 15%. It is also noted that some of the drawing typesare specific to certain industries such as power generation, industrial/ petrochemical andtransportation. There is little interest shown
quality; and 5) that hands-on exercises often supplemented the material8,27,30. In addition, some give suggestions on how to restructure the course content if World Wide Web-based tools are used 31.Despite the numerous publications in this area, there appear to be no studies derived from alarge, statistically significant data set on which to base an evaluation of the effectiveness of thepresently available tools. The reports cited above refer to assessment strategies which are almostentirely qualitative or have very small sample sizes, lacking different control groups to isolatethe effect on learning derived from the introduction of multimedia.2.2. Module DescriptionsThe current work is designed to focus solely on assessing learning enhancement
mechanics of materials conceptinventories according to discrimination and difficulty indices. Using a discriminationindex and predictive validity measures, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University foundtheir Statics concept inventory to be a reliable and valid pre and post-test assessment ofconceptual gains in the course. Similarly, a mechanics of materials concept inventorydeveloped at the University of Alabama was found to be promising after psychometrictesting was performed but currently needs more testing [8]. The researchers of this studyposit that a MOOC provides a platform for further developing concept inventories due toa large population for validation, and will allow a deep dive into student understandingdue to the tremendous amount of
AC 2008-129: BUILDING AN EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR ENGINEERS INDIGITAL FORENSICSDavid Dampier, Mississippi State University Page 13.264.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Building an Education Program for Engineers in Digital Forensics David A. Dampier Jansen Cohoon Department of Computer Science and Engineering Mississippi State University dampier@cse.msstate.edu; jec9@msstate.eduAbstractThis paper describes an innovative laboratory based program that offers life-long learningactivities to working professionals in the law
development of a new industrial engineering (IE) program at a medium-sized private university in the northeast United States, Quinnipiac University. Small class sizesand high student-faculty interaction are among the distinguishing characteristics of theuniversity. As such, IE is forecasted to have a total of approximately 80 students, or 20 per year.Currently, there are 19 IE students across the freshman, sophomore, and junior year. There is ahealthy growth trend of four juniors, five sophomores, and 10 freshman students. The IE studentsare primarily from the region, with the majority being from CT, NY, MA, and NJ. The genderratio is equal in the program and approximately 20 % of the students are minority.The development of this new IE program has
processes to ensurethey accurately measure student abilities. This absence of validation can undermine thecredibility of the results, meaning that these exams may not genuinely reflect a student'sknowledge or skills. Additionally, these examinations frequently concentrate on specific contentareas, which may not encompass the full range of skills and knowledge students are expected toacquire. This narrow focus can create a disconnect between what is taught and what is assessed,ultimately compromising the educational goals of the course.Despite these drawbacks, high-stakes final examinations remain prevalent in universities due totheir perceived efficiency in assessing large groups of students in a standardised manner. Whileuniversities mandate that
Fellow. She joined the Construction Science faculty at the University of Oklahoma in 2010. Dr. Holliday is a registered Professional Engineer. Her research interests have been in the areas of structural engineer- ing, earthquake resistant buildings, low-cost earthquake solutions, and design and construction of earthen buildings – specifically Compressed Earth Blocks (CEB). Dr. Holliday participated in the assessment and evaluation following the May 20th 2013 Moore, OK tornado. Her most recent research interest is healthy and safe school designs.Camilo Pena, University of Oklahoma Camilo Pena is a Graduate Student in Architecture at the University of Oklahoma and a Research As- sistant for the College of
Paper ID #34980Toward Benchmarking Student Progress in Mechanics: Assessing LearningCycles through Mastery Learning and Concept QuestionsDr. Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Christopher Papadopoulos is Professor in the Department of Engineering Sciences and Materials at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez Campus (UPRM). He earned B.S. degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University (1993) and a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Cornell University (1999). Prior to UPRM, Papadopoulos served on the faculty in the Department of Civil
Engineering CurriculumAbstractLessons learned from case studies have had a significant impact on both education and practiceof engineering and related disciplines. The history of practice in many engineering disciplines is,in large part, the story of failures, both imminent and actual, and ensuing changes to designs,standards and procedures made as the result of timely interventions or forensic analyses. Inaddition to technical issues, professional and ethical responsibilities are highlighted by therelevant cases. Pilot studies had assessed the use of failure case studies in civil engineering andengineering mechanics courses at Cleveland State University under an earlier NSF sponsoredproject. Over the past few years, the project has extended the work
are among small-, medium-, andlarge-scale and range across multiple manufacturing fields, to increase their representativeness. Participant Position in Company Products Company Scale 1 Owner Plastic Parts Small 2 Director of Communications Press Printing Large 3 Vice President of Finance and Biomedical Devices Medium Administration 4 Chief Operating Officer Concrete Structure Large 5 Director of Human Resources Press Printing LargeTable 1. Interview Participant and Company Demographic Information3.2. Data
entitled, ”Investigating Co-Curricular Participation of Students Underrepresented in Engineering.” Page 24.1355.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Utilizing Think-Aloud Protocols to Assess the Usability of a Test for Ethical Sensitivity in ConstructionAbstractUnethical conduct in the construction industry has been so prevalent that research has revealed itis one of the most corrupt industries in international business. Additionally, accreditedconstruction and construction engineering programs are expected to provide professional ethicsinstruction to its
to have greater flexibility, but if there is instructor involvement then they,too, must be scheduled with availability and timing constraints applied by multiple institutions.Aligning final exams to ensure that all students across institutions are conducting exams at thesame time can be a challenge, where one participant stated, “I designed two types of exams. Onefor [the local cohort] and one for [the remote cohort]… so one of the nightmares that I have isfinal exams.” For them, creating two exams was easier than coordinating with administration toensure that exams occur concurrently for both cohorts.Engineering program accreditation requires that many courses in the program submit samples ofstudent work, assessments, and other evidence
algebra and in improving students’ mathematics self-efficacy,” as measured by theMathematics Self-Efficacy Scale. Further, it was observed that “online homework may be evenmore effective for helping the large population of college algebra students who enroll in thecourse with inadequate prerequisite math skills.” Some universities report that students performbetter on exams when using WeBWorK thus boosting student performance11. In most cases, theimprovement was small, but nonetheless statistically significant compared to classes withoutWeBWorK6.One study found that student preferences for online homework over traditional homework Page
lectures with a practical experience of tools that are commonly used in the CRN context. Since we had a limited number of SDRs, we could only offer a few small-scale lab experiments, and could not have large-scale experiments in which SDRs talked to each other. Our focus in the experiments was to have the students gain experience with the programming of the SDRs, and their use in spectrum sensing in CRNs. Most students carried out the labs as expected. The only problems we had were related to remote accessibility due to machine configurations. In future offerings of this course, we plan to obtain several more SDRs, which would allow us to expand on the lab experiments, e.g., by having students work
social event whichincluded refreshments (sponsored by Shell Oil in our department) was linked with therequired written assignment for EGR 100. Students attended the gathering, listened toselected faculty talk about their research, and then divided into small break-out groups to Page 22.1315.7talk about chemical engineering in the context of the Grand Challenges. The eveningwas concluded by tours of the chemical engineering research and teaching lab facilities.After the week of large-group meetings, informal face-to-face meetings between facultyand student continued through the semester.ConclusionsEarly results show both that the program is viewed
and develop their project proposals. In its current form as a spreadsheet, this rubric is not practical for large groups of participants. Conversion into a rubric for use in a Learning Management System like Moodle or Canvas1 is under development. 2. The ESJ Questionnaire (Appendix B), derived from the rubric, with a mixture of quantitative Likert-scale questions and open responses for comments. Here, our initial assumption is that researchers use it to assess their own projects, or for peer evaluations of projects. 3. The ESJ Canvas Sheet (Appendix C), consistent with the rubric to capture essential ESJ aspects for a project on a single page. This tool looks suitable for initial group
about the students’ motivation, identity, success, and involvement in engineeringwhile participating in a four-year-long engineering cohort. For this study, we leveraged directedcontent analysis to explore how participants accessed and utilized cohort resources through thelens of social capital theory [24].ParticipantsThis study was conducted at a large, land-grant, R1 university, with initial data collectionbeginning during students’ first semester in the fall of 2019. The participants were 16undergraduate engineering students who voluntarily applied to join a four-year scholarship-basedcohort program beginning just before the start of their fall semester. Selection criteria for theparticipants included full-time enrollment in an engineering
success in pair programming? We analyze keyfactors—gender, prior programming experience, confidence in programming, as well aspreferences toward deadlines, communication, and leadership. We then provide several bestpractice suggestions toward the optimization of pair programming.2. Related Work/BackgroundResearchers have generally assessed pair programming to be positive for both in person [11, 20,25, 27] and remote [1, 3, 5] modalities. In one meta-analysis of 18 studies, positive effects foundincluded decreased time spent on low-complexity programming projects and increased quality ofcode for high-complexity programming projects [15]. However, there is reason to be cautious inthinking of out-of-the-box pair programming as a panacea for
partnering internationally with non-U.S. universities for someyears and there have been many such partnerships built1,6,13. Joint programs in undergraduateengineering disciplines between Chinese and U.S. universities are a recent development and onlya small number of them have been established to date. A few have been dual degree or jointdegree programs, such as those between Bridgeport University and Wuhan University of Scienceand Technology, between University of Dayton and Shanghai Normal University, and betweenOakland University and several Chinese universities3,4,7,12,15.International partnerships have the potential for major difficulties for a variety of reasonsincluding too much focus on revenue production, too little attention paid to
our rankings.IntroductionAcademic programs are ranked using different objective and subjective metrics, providingdifferent perspectives on the quality, productivity and affordability of the programs. Programrankings are closely followed by aspiring students, universities and employed in hiring andfunding decisions. Among the many rankings of programs, U.S. News rankings have a widefollowing. U.S. News updates the ranking of graduate programs in multiple fields annually.According to the statement from U.S. News’ website 1 , they rank the graduate programs based onboth statistical data and expert assessment data. The statistical data includes both input and outputmeasures, reflecting the quality of resources into the programs and educational
Canada is describedin terms of a brief history, and an explanation of the approach which it incorporates. It includes aquality assurance component, but also provides for the preparation of graduates for proceeding toprofessional licensure. The internationally focused activities conducted to ensure Canadianawareness of the relationship of its system to those which are in place elsewhere in the world andwhich facilitate obtaining mutual recognition between its and other national accreditationsystems is explained. The nature of the active Canadian program of assistance to countries whichare on a path to developing their own accreditation systems is presented. Current activitiesassociated with its shift into the more outcomes-based assessment
2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Incorporating Service Learning in an Engineering Programming Course to Promote Teamwork Sara E Wilson1, Emma Grob-French1, Patsy Maddy2, Nancy Noyes3 1 Mechanical Engineering, University of Kansas 2 Kansas State Research and Extension Office, Kansas State University 3 Douglas County 4-H, Kansas State UniversityAbstractA key learning outcome required for accreditation of an engineering degree is that graduateshave learned how to function effectively as a team
further study in law, business, or medicine. Combining the B.A. degree with humanities creates a broad, liberal education program with an engineering focus. http://www.ece.rice.edu/ece/undergrad-info/program.htmlNote that the above programs tend to be a small private schools. We believe that our program is Page 8.259.3unique in that we operate a large state land-grant university. The BAE Degree Program at the Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education