havebeen shown to offer numerous advantages. Borrego et al. [5] demonstrated that escape rooms cansignificantly increase student motivation and engagement in computer science courses. Similarly,Fotaris and Mastoras [1] observed improvements in problem-solving, critical thinking, andteamwork skills among engineering students who participated in educational escape rooms.The integration of escape rooms into engineering curricula is particularly noteworthy fordisciplines like chemical engineering, where theoretical concepts can be complex and abstract.By embedding these concepts into puzzles and challenges, escape rooms provide students withhands-on experiences that bridge the gap between theory and practice [6]. This approach notonly reinforces
communication skill set, and engaging students with critical andproactive thinking experience are among the many proven pedagogical advantages of PBL1 . Beingattentive to inclusive and integrative practices, PBL falls within ‘the first quadrant’ of the matrixdepicted in Figure 1. Hence, “as machines get better at being machines”, Bass [2] argues that “theprimary purpose of higher education has to be helping humans get better at being human”.Figure 1: Being attentive to inclusive and integrative practices, PBL falls within ‘the first quadrant’of the matrix [2]. Accordingly, PBL prepares the students for the uncertain prospects of the futurelabor market facing automation and technological advancements.One of the promises of PBL, which falls within the
little value – particularly if the student misses the holisticunderstanding of the topic because he is focusing on details of the tool. The authors believe thatit is more useful to focus on teaching students to intuitively understand architectural and systemsengineering issues. For that reason, they have adopted a case-based approach to teaching thesetopics.Using topics drawn from history (ancient tombs and medieval cathedrals) and current events (theAirbus A380/Boeing 787 and the Ansari X Prize Competition), the authors present a broadspectrum of cases to their students. This engages the students, sparks classroom discussion, andenhances learning and retention of key topics.The cases are presented using a variety of media (including PowerPoint
students, and soon became a hallmark of the undergraduateprogram. By 2019, one of the course’s graduate teaching assistants was named one of threeInstitute Graduate TA’s of the Year [5]. In addition to the new course content, the course alsofeatured an optional study abroad experience in Japan (prior to the COVID-19 global pandemic).Student participants in the program toured various sites related to origami, engaged in an origamiworkshop with scholars from the University of Tokyo, and met with Koryo Miura, the creator ofthe Miura-Ori pattern.All students participated in the end-of-semester trade show, where students exhibited theirorigami solutions that addressed their chosen engineering or societal problem. Examples oforigami solutions presented
Faculty Member in EE during 2000-2003. Dr. Liu was also an Adjunct Professor with Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea. His research interests are multimedia signal communication related topics, such as heterogeneous and homogeneous video transcoding, quality measurement, error concealment, mode decision algorithm, 2-D/3-D video codec, and so on. Dr. Liu is a member of IEEE, Korean Information and Communications Society (KICS), and Korean Society for Internet Information (KSII). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Creating a University-Industry Advisory Board for a Joint Engineering SchoolIntroductionFor a company to survive it must
semester. Additionally, using PCBs based on the circuit designsdeveloped in the lab experiments allows the students to see that their designs are realizable in aprofessionally manufactured printed circuit board and are not just a purely academic exercise.The course utilizes a custom designed node board architecture consisting of three different typesof node boards which communicate via an RS485 bus. Each node board corresponds to groups oflabs and provides different functionality for different pinball playfield elements. Each board usesan Atmega328P microcontroller to control and interface with the external electronics and devices.Students are also provided an Atmega328P breakout board (Arduino UNO in most cases) thatallow them to develop their
Paper ID #10311Changing gender perceptions in elementary STEM educationMs. Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary Emily Marasco is a PhD student at the University of Calgary. Her research focuses on cross-disciplinary curriculum development for engineering students, as well as for K-12 and community outreach programs.Prof. Laleh Behjat, University of Calgary Page 24.271.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Changing gender perceptions in elementary STEM education
Rate the knowledge of the student on his/her topic with the understanding that your score of the student's level of knowledge 4.38 4.34 4.63 is affected by the student's ability to properly communicate their Capstone. Rate the competency of the student with respect to solving real 4.41 4.17 4.57 world industrial distribution problems: Rate the displayed research capability of the student: 4.1 4.09 4.48 Please rate the overall performance of this student based on this
) phillip.bradford@uconn.eduAbstract—The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) large language This increase in student enrollment presents a notablemodels (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, brings many benefits for challenge - the manual grading of programming assignmentsproductivity and education. These models also come with a set of becomes a daunting task for instructors. To alleviate thissignificant drawbacks. One of the primary concerns arising from burden, numerous automated programming assessmentthe use of these models is the potential for student plagiarism intheir homework and assignments. The ability of ChatGPT to platforms have been introduced, including
have communicated their enthusiasm about the instrument, leading to the highpercentage of UMTK tutorial takers who expressed interest in participating in similar tutorials inFigure 4. More enthusiastic students may also have made a greater effort to learn during thetutorial and improve their performance on the post-test, though in some ways, this is the point ofthe UMTK. As a result, it may not be correct to call this a “source of error,” but rather a naturalconsequence of bringing novel ideas into the classroom and what we strived to achieve with theUMTK in the first place.5. ConclusionThe UMTK is a low cost, modular universal testing machine designed to perform tensile,compression, and three-point flexural tests, and to be easily adapted to
, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Shauna is currently a PhD student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She previously worked for 10 years as a Systems Surety Engineer and 15 years as a coordinator/advisor of various pre-college engineering programs. Shauna earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and her MS in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University. Her research interest includes understanding the impact of community-based engineering programs on student major choice for underrepresented groups in engineering, with a specific focus on Black/African American youth and inclusive program evaluation methods. Shauna is engaged
often multiple times each quarter.We notice that those experienced students are generally more engaged in the consensusdiscussions and their feedback becomes increasingly more reasonable and articulate. At the endof each quarter, a segment of our clients ask us to come into their classes and conduct a last-classinterview (LCI). The LCI is a short full-class interview in which we ask students if theimprovements that resulted from their mid-quarter feedback was helpful. To date, 98% of over8,200 students in 269 engineering courses that we did LCIs in reported improvements in teachingthat they related to their SGID feedback.Impact on other stakeholdersWhile faculty and students are the focal beneficiaries of our SGID service, we close by
STEM topics and how they are actually applied in real-world situations • Integrate technical, engineering, and managerial issues • Improve written and oral communications skills • Foster a change in learning environment that encourages female and minority students to persevere and succeed in engineering programs • Offer a method that has a lasting impact on student learning, as measured by improved grades in subsequent semesters In addition to the benefits to students, LITEE multimedia case studies offer significantinstitutional benefits in that they satisfy the majority of the 11 outcomes specified in the ABETaccreditation criteria exceptionally well, improving ties to industry, breaking downdepartmental
yourprofessional career, the use of conference style “abstracts” as a method to engage students,clearly communicate the relevance of the task, and offer clear opportunity for professionaladvancement is much more approachable. Finally, it could be expected that an “abstract” would Page 15.1259.17be one of the first documents expected from a student or junior engineer, with a morecomprehensive final report following this initial abstract. In professional practice, laboratory 16reports are comprehensive documents (often approaching 100‟s of pages), and usuallyencompass many weeks or months of professional work
Basson, Ph.D. 1 and Colleen E. Bronner, Ph.D. 2 1Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis 2Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis Background Cultural Humility in Graduate Civil Engineering Education➢ Engineering students are actively engaging and addressing global
, 2013).However, technology is not always necessary to flip a classroom. The foundation of the model is basedon inverting the typical lecture and homework elements of the course (EDUCAUSE, 2012). The mainchallenge of this system is to integrate the same curriculum without compromising the students’ learningperformance. Previous Work and OutcomesThe concept of flipping a classroom is relatively new and as such there are not rigorously developed largescale research studies proving its effectiveness or impact on education. There are researchers at severaluniversities experimenting with this teaching style including University of Washington, University ofMichigan at Ann Arbor, University of British Columbia, among
classroom. Figure 1 details the process of developing a live knowledge transfer-basedpedagogy. The course that was developed is titled "Engaging Technologies in ConstructionProject Management." Students enrolled in this course are junior-level students who take 14credits of courses in the summer semester and then perform co-op in the Fall semester. Thus, thecourse on VDC and advanced technologies provided the latest knowledge base for these studentsbefore they do co-op in the Fall semester. Faculty Residency Porogram Applying and Approval of Identifying the area of Develop collabortaive Residency interest strartegies CM
; increase in contact hours withtheir NASA subject matter expert, Speaker Series added on NASA missions and opportunities, and a virtual studentshowcase broadcasted as a two-day event. Based on evaluation results, items that were missed due to the virtualevent include: opportunity to engage face-to-face with NASA experts, opportunity to experience college life, tour ofa NASA facility to experience and see first-hand research by NASA scientists, engineers, and astronauts, and theopportunity to experience long-term research with like-minded students. Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Baylor University, Waco, TX Copyright© 2021
similarly to their fellowswith different backgrounds (20 % vs. 23 %, n.s.), but experienced a sharper improvement in theirscores after resubmission (12 % vs. 19 %, p < 0.01). Native speakers performed significantly betterthan their non-native fellows (14 % vs. 25 %, p < 0.01), likely due to challenges attributed to lackof fluency in the language[7] and improved at a similar rate after submission. However, theresulting scores were still lower for the native students than their non-native fellows (10 % vs. 17%, p < 0.01). These results highlight the impact of language barrier, and the potential forappropriate training on academic honesty and awareness to improve originality.From the Academic Honesty & Integrity Awareness Survey results
].” When we consider that only two decades ago mostengineers graduated with little or no ethics education whatsoever, it is fair to say that dramaticgains have been made in increasing student comprehension of their ethical responsibility [3]. In2016, the National Academy of Engineering examined exemplary ethics training models, and aquick perusal of the list demonstrates how the field has grown: Duke offers a Master’s degree inethics education, MIT teaches a semester-long ethics course for freshman engineering students,and Northeastern University offers a multi-year study in ethics. Stanford has taken a broader andmore hands-on approach, engaging students in community-based good works programs incountries around the world. [4] Given this
ruralareas, where populations are more dispersed and geographically isolated. In addition, much ofcurrent research has taken place in classroom settings where the focus of the study wasexamining relationships between teachers and students or among students [9], [10], [13]. Only afew studies have examined parent-child interactions, despite the critical role of parentalparticipation in providing examples for emotional regulations and guidance when childrenexperience challenges [7].Caregiver roles during maker activitiesConsidering the amount of impact parents or caregivers have on a child’s overall developmentand growth, it is important to examine parent/caregiver-child interaction during the moments offrustration, especially in online environments
fromthe environmental and construction industries are engaged to participate two hours per week toguide the student teams through their design project. In addition, to ensure that the engineeringcommunication component of the course is satisfied, a technical communications representativeis engaged to work with the cognizant faculty member and the consultants on the project design. Three features allow the student teams to benchmark themselves in their learning experience.1. The technical and cost proposal. The importance of a professional response to a request for proposals is the focus of this objective. This requires being responsive to the client’s requests and making the case for an appropriate design approach. The student team develops
WSU. He was also the recent recipient of the inaugural 2016 Innovation in Teaching Award given to one WSU faculty member per year. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Nationwide Dissemination and Critical Assessment of Low-Cost Desktop Learning Modules for Engineering: A Systematic, Supported ApproachAbstractEffective, organized dissemination and assessment of learning tools designed to address commonmisconceptions and foster learning in engineering courses is crucial. It has been widely shownthat students engaged in active learning perform significantly better than those learningpassively. Thus, there is currently a movement toward the use of active learning in theclassroom. In the current
. “Evenwith an outstandingly effective and charismatic lecturer …. Lecture attendance at the end of theterm in …. introductory courses hovers around 50%. No matter how strongly one feels about theintrinsic worth of the lecture format, it is hard to argue that it is broadly effective when half ofthe students do not attend the lecture. This lack of student engagement is arguably one of themajor reasons for the failure rates (typically 15%) in these introductory courses.” (emphasisadded)1,2 Large lecture classes certainly make economic sense. We must find how to make them workwell. “….. much research has shown the standard lecture-format class to be ineffective as avehicle for learning. Effective learning requires the students to be active
component, or both. Offering choice encouragesstudents to engage with topics that are meaningful to them, draw on their unique strengths, andbring their own perspectives to the project. This approach not only supports a more equitablelearning environment but also creates a deeper sense of ownership and motivation [7].Day 2 to 12 of the project is outlined in the Innovation Component and Robotics Componentsections below. Both pathways allow students to show mastery of the same learning outcomes: 1. Collaborate effectively within a team and demonstrate shared responsibility. 2. Develop and apply written and verbal communication skills. 3. Engage in thoughtful analysis and self-reflection throughout the project. 4. Identify and address
understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. G. An ability to communicate effectively. H. The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context. I. A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning. J. A knowledge of contemporary issues. K. An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.Based on the criterion, both assignments and assessments were assessed to map the outcomesthat can be attained by the students through completing each laboratory practice. Theassignments, assessments and outcomes are mapped in Table 1: Table 1
graduate programs involving undergraduates in research activities. Assuch, most REU Sites have similar objectives, as follows:• Increase graduation rates. REU programs are meant to enhance the students’ curricular activities to keep them more engaged in their field of study and thus increase graduation rates.• Increase recruitment of students in graduate programs. Students work side-by-side with faculty members on interesting and challenging technical problems and realize the importance of graduate education in meeting these challenges. They also attend presentations describing the advantages of graduate education, the application and admissions process, and available funding opportunities.• Increase student involvement
12.371.6by other School of Engineering faculty as well as other guest speakers locally and abroad. Casestudies were used to illustrate and compare the impact of both sustainable and non-sustainabledesigns.The class consisted of two team-based research projects, one on green construction and one onsustainable water usage. (There were no exams.) Students were required to complete a projectin each area, although the order did not matter. Although these projects were done in teams of 2-3 students, portions of each project were completed by individual team members. For example,the group would select a project topic. Upon approval, the group would develop a paper outlinealong with each team member individually preparing a literature review on the topic
engaged in growth mindset exercisesbenefitted students in creating peer support systems.Limitations One limitation of this study is the lack of a pre-survey data collection; data were collectedmid-semester instead of collecting a baseline at the beginning of the semester. As a result, theobserved improvements were not as statistically significant as anticipated. Collecting data duringthe first week of the semester would provide a more apparent baseline and allow for a morecomprehensive assessment of the interventions' full impact, capturing the entire range of changesthroughout the course. These findings underscore the importance of both the timing of datacollection and continuous refinement of interventions to support better students
. Recognizing and supporting the efforts of Conferred the year-long title of “ExSJScholar students, faculty and community partners Scholar” on a first cohort in 2019 (8Schemes who are already engaged in community- students, 1 faculty member, 1 community situated, socio-technical projects. partner) and a second cohort in 2020 (5 students, 2 faculty members). Workshops and presentations that feature Host 3 ExSJ Professional DevelopmentProfessional examples and best practices to support events per semester (ongoing), open toDevelopment exchanges towards social /environmental