Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Farison, Baylor University; Carmen Li Shen, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

first year in the ABETaccreditation process, and tabulates the information about the multidisciplinary engineeringprograms for which ASEE is now ABET’s “lead society.”ASEE Multidisciplinary Engineering Division and ASEE Board InitiativeASEE’s new role in the accreditation of engineering and engineering technology programs canbe traced, at least in part, to the program accreditation concern expressed among educators inASEE. An individual ASEE member initiative in December 2000 led to a “forum” held at the2001 ASEE Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. From the beginning, one of themotivating issues of this initiative was that of the program accreditation of “non-traditional,” oras they have now come to be known, “multidisciplinary

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University; Anna Montana Cirell, Arizona State University; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Audrey Boklage, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #22945Making a New Path: Lessons Learned During the ’Making the Data’ Phaseof our ProjectDr. Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University Dr. Nadia Kellam is Associate Professor in the Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of En- gineering at Arizona State University (ASU). Prior to joining the Polytechnic School, Dr. Kellam was an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia (UGA). Dr. Kellam is an engineering education re- searcher and a mechanical engineer. In her research, Dr. Kellam is broadly interested in developing critical understandings of the culture of engineering education and

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachelle Heller; H. David Snyder; Catherine Mavriplis; Charlene Sorensen

Page 10.1286.1workplace lifestyle needs of women faculty. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”New faculty members often feel isolated in their departments and lack social interactionswith their colleagues4,5,6,7. Sorcinelli8 and others repeatedly make the point thatcollegiality is “key” to junior faculty development. Making the transition from graduatestudent to full-time faculty member is indeed a daunting and stressful experience3,9.Many graduate students observe their thesis advisors and decide they have no interest inbecoming professors. Universities are notoriously bad at stating policies for

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Program Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian L. Houston, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, without any concern of theappropriateness of the action.Indeed often adjunct professors are hired to fill gaps in curricula, in part because theirexperiences are an invaluable resource for teaching new engineers. So if these self-sameprofessionals are so valued for their knowledge, why would they be inadequate for a tenure-trackposition?The real question should be why are all faculty mandated to conform to a uniform set of criteria?There are faculty members who revel in research, and if given the choice would not teach. Thereare also faculty members who only desire to educate, without goals of publishing. An organized,integrated approach would seemingly take the maximum advantage of both personalities andallow each to use their strengths in the

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce E Dunne, Grand Valley State University; Paul Keenlance, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

projects (andproject sponsors). Identifying viable projects, while maintaining expected standards interms of challenging yet feasible designs, has become significantly more difficult as alarge number of new sponsors are needed. To that end, we have been looking beyond ourtraditional industry partners for other sources for project sponsorship. Fortunately, recentcollaboration with the Natural Resources Management (NRM) program in the BiologyDepartment at our own university has proven to be a fruitful source of excellentinterdisciplinary projects. It turns out that wildlife management is an area ripe for newtechnological advances with numerous applications.Many of the projects with the NRM group are based on the need to track and countpopulations of

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawna Thomas, Texas A&M University; Tracy Hammond, Texas A&M University; Kristi Shryock, Texas A&M University; Randy Brooks, Texas A&M University; Donna Jaison, Texas A&M University; Lance White, Texas A&M University; Robert Lightfoot, Texas A&M University

B.S. in Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics. Hammond has received over $13.5 million in research funding from NSF, DARPA, Google, Microsoft, etc. Hammond mentored 17 UG theses, 29 M.S. theses, and 9 Ph.D. dissertations. Hammond is an ACM Distinguished Member, has received numerous best paper awards, and is the recipient of the 2022 TAMU Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching, the 2021 ASEE Chester F. Carlson Award, the 2020 TEES Faculty Fellows Award, and the 2011 Charles H. Barclay, Jr. '45 Faculty Fellow Award. Hammond has been featured on the Discovery Channel and other news sources. Hammond is dedicated to diversity and equity, reflected in her publications, research, teaching, service, and mentoring

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Crawley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anette Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gregory L. Long Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Timothy Kassis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; William Dickson, General Motors; Amitava 'Babi' Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

the 21st century as the ‘continuation of life on the planet, making our world moresustainable, secure, healthy, and joyful.’ The report also presented 14 goals that must be satisfiedglobally to realise (sic) this vision, named the Grand Challenges for Engineering. From the need todevelop affordable clean energy solutions and increase access to renewable environmental resources, tofacing new challenges in health care, these challenges potentially impact on the quality of all our lives.These global grand challenges are huge in scope and address the biggest current concerns of all theworld’s citizens.”4There were three fundamental artefacts that emerged from the evidence gathering, analysis, discussions,and deliberations in the first phase of

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J Novoselich P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Tom Weis, Rhode Island School of Design; Harry Howard Jones IV

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

students gained from the multi-disciplinary workshop. Specific prompts that informed the results of this study are addressed inthe results and discussion section below. The authors were concerned by the low response ratefor the survey which may be attributed at least partially to an un-remedied access issue for theRISD students. Multiple RISD students expressed concern to their faculty that they could notaccess or submit the online survey. The RISD faculty offered to receive hardcopy printouts ofthe survey in lieu of the online submission, which resulted in one of the two submission fromRISD. The authors correspondingly acknowledge the limitations of this study, but determinedthe richness of the participant responses worthy of publication. It

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grace Panther, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Heidi Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Lucy Atkinson, Swarthmore College

continue to adapt.IntroductionIn March of 2020, due to growing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, universities acrossthe country shut down all in-person interactions, causing an abrupt shift from an in-personlearning experience to a remote and virtual experience relying heavily on technology. Instead ofmeeting in lecture halls, office hours, and dining halls, students and instructors connected viavirtual learning platforms, email, and video conferencing services like Zoom. The complicatedcircumstances of quarantines, infections, and new responsibilities and fears meant interactionsbetween students and faculty and among students were no longer a convenient walk away, butnow being made across states, countries, and time zones.In engineering

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches for Teaching Environmental Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sara Freix, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Yousef Jalali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Western Community College; Akshat Kothyari, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

students and faculty[9], and there is less empirical evidence about how students actually learn using case studies [6],[10].From a theoretical perspective, case-based instruction is supported by constructivist approachesto learning [6]. While constructivism includes different perspectives, the movement is inspiredby the cognitive theory of learning, in particular works of Piaget [11]. According to cognitivetheory, learning takes place as a result of changes in knowledge and understanding [12]. Allversions of cognitive theory are concerned with learning as the process of creating mentalmodels which are stored in one’s long-term memory [13]. The notion of prior knowledge playsan important role in this framework. Students come to classrooms with

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dorian Bobbett, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Grace Panther, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Heidi Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

) Grace Panther is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. She has experience conducting workshops at engineering education conferences and has been a guest editor for a special issue of European Journal of Engineering Education on inclusive learning environments. Her research areas include spatial visualization, material development, faculty discourses on gender, and defining knowledge domains of students and practicing engineers.Heidi A. Diefes-dux (Professor) Heidi A. Diefes-Dux is a Professor in Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL). She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Food Process Engineering from the

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janel Sutkus, Carnegie Mellon University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Trevor Harding

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

numerous educational papers, and conducted several faculty development workshops. He is an active member of the Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Division of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), and he received both the 2001 Apprentice Faculty Grant and the 2002 New Faculty Fellow Award for contributions to engineering education. In 2006, the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) named Dr. Carpenter a Kern Fellow for entrepreneurial education.Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Director of the Center for Research and Learning North and associate research scientist in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Recruitment and Support in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa V. B. Santos, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah J. Boehm, Pennsylvania State University; Fadi Castronovo, California State University, East Bay; Tiffany A. Mathews, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

with current graduate students. Students werealso matched with faculty to conduct summer research in their field of interest. Here, we describethe program content in greater detail as well as the quantitative outcomes of the program. Thisprogram of a dedicated transition period can serve as a model for other researchers, educators,and coordinators to develop new and similar programs.Introduction: The first and second years of graduate school are crucial for the success of students [1] -[4]. Nearly one-third of all doctoral student attrition occurs within the first year of graduateschool [5], [6]. The importance of these first interactions is not new information either. A studyfrom 1980 showed that increased frequency in social

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jinsung Cho, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Giuseppe Lomiento, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Gad M. Ghada, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Katrin Terstegen, Cal Poly Pomona

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Diploma of Architecture (Masters of Architecture) from the Technical University Berlin in 2002 and her Diploma of Architecture/RIBA Part I+II from the University of Westminster in London in 1999. She also attended the Escola T`ecnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB) from 1996-97. In addition to serving as guest critic at various international schools, including the University of Hong Kong, Woodbury University, and the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SciArc), she taught at the Technical University Berlin, the University of Auckland in New Zealand, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Katrin joined the Department of Architecture at California State Polytechnic University

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Teaching Methods & Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, SUSAN FREEMAN, and BEVERLY JAEGER are members of; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

AC 2007-686: TOWER OF STRAWS: REACHING NEW HEIGHTS WITH ACTIVELEARNING IN ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR THE FIRST-YEAR CURRICULUMJohn K. Estell, Ohio Northern University JOHN K. ESTELL is Chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, and Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, at Ohio Northern University. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, user interface design, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi

Conference Session

Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ziyu Long, Purdue University; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Klod Kokini, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robyn F Wilson, Purdue University; Jennifer C Batra, Purdue University ; Lindsey B. Anderson, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. Interestingly, when asked about “who would you go to discuss issue related to work-lifemanagement,” all of the women faculty replied that they did not talk about work-life issues withpeople in their departments. Berta, for instance, said that she had no one to talk to about work-life concerns, “I think because there is nobody to go to, I wouldn’t even know where to start. Imean, I might grumble with my colleagues, but most of those colleagues are not my mentors.I’m theirs (laugh) … I don’t have kids, so I don’t have those same issues that I think many of mycolleagues have.” Ellie, a full professor, responded similarly, “nobody. I’ve been in such anunusual situation my entire life that I just make my own path, and if other people don’t like it,that’s

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashlyn Munson, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Alka Harriger, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

University of Pittsburgh. She is a Professor in the Mathematical and Computer Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines. Her research interests include student assessment, K-12 outreach and equity issues. In 2000, she received a New Faculty Fellowship at the Frontiers in Education Conference and in 2006, she received the William Elgin Wickenden Award with her colleagues, Barbara Olds and Ronald Miller. Dr. Moskal is currently an associate editor for the Journal of Engineering Education.Alka Harriger, Purdue University Alka R. Harriger (harrigea@purdue.edu) joined the faculty of the Computer and Information Technology Department (CIT) at Purdue University in 1982 and is currently a Professor of

Conference Session

Socio-Technical Issues in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Balasubramanian, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

the origins of bioethics. The beginning of bioethics was in the early 1960’s whenHastings center along with other ethics organizations opened their doors to address theapprehension and fascination of society towards advances in medicine and technology. TheseProceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA. June 2016 – Balasubramanian and Barakat. Page 1 of 11organizations observed that bioethics was required to answer questions that originated fromincreased public awareness of medicine and the concerns surrounding the moral questions relatedto various technological developments. Hence, in 1974, National Commission for the Protectionof Human subjects (NCPHS) was established and the need for bioethics and the work of

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Developments, Exchanges, and Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl F. Zorowski, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

International

four day optional tour of Beijing was offered as an add-on tothe regular program. Several social events with Chinese students were scheduled and held.Excursions relevant to the religion, business and engineering courses were included andconducted. Some preliminary interaction with Zhejiang faculty was begun but no plans evolvedfor NCSU and Chinese students to take classes together. Page 22.33.2 It was not until year three that the issue of combined class enrollment became a realpossibility. An ME doctoral student at NCSU and graduate of Zhejiang provided the author withan introduction to Professor Gu Daqiang in the Mechanical

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Rennels; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

period. This paper will report on the significant differences,changes, trends, and developments in engineering technology education.Administrative Structure The first part of the survey is administrative in nature asking questions concerning thetype of institution, title of administrator, name of degree awarded, number of credit hours Page 9.1419.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationrequired for degree, sharing of faculty space with other programs, number of courses withtechnical

Conference Session

Supporting Faculty in Course Development and Pedagogy

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; James A. Middleton, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Northwestern University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University ; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Kara L. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

implemented student-centered learningin their own classrooms. They have been facilitating discussions of the disciplinary faculty cohortson their implementation successes, issues, and strategies to improve effectiveness ofimplementation of JTFD strategies. Participants in the first cohort have come together to create anew level of organization - a new community with novel ways of practicing and interacting bybeing pragmatic in working together to solve implementation problems in teaching, assessment,and evaluation. This fits the four components of the COI organizational change and innovationmodel previously described which consists of four components necessary to support broaderchange in an educational organization. They include the following: 1

Conference Session

Service - Learning Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mansour Rahimi, University of Southern California; Alex John, USC

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-785: KEY EXPERIENCES IN DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE WATERDISTRIBUTION AND FILTRATION PROJECT IN RURAL HONDURAS: A NEWPARADIGM IN “SERVICE LEARNING”Mansour Rahimi, University of Southern California Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of EngineeringAlex John, USC Page 13.826.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Key Experiences in Developing a Sustainable Water Distribution and Filtration Project in Rural Honduras: A New Paradigm in “Service Learning”Abstract The University of Southern California chapter of “Engineers Without Borders

Conference Session

Survey and Assessment Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Menold Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

include problem solving, invention, and creativity in science and engineer- ing, as well as robotics and computational dynamics. In addition to her membership in ASEE, she is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of ASME. Dr. Jablokow is the architect of a unique 4-course mod- ule focused on creativity and problem solving leadership and is currently developing a new methodology for cognition-based design. She is one of three instructors for Penn State’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Creativity, Innovation, and Change, and she is the founding director of the Problem Solving Research Group, whose 50+ collaborating members include faculty and students from several universities, as well as industrial representatives

Conference Session

Faculty and Student Perspective on Instructional Strategies

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Roxana Maria Carbonell, University of Texas at Austin; Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin; Patricia Clayton, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

free touse; however, other materials such as electronic components, acrylic sheets, and plywood aresold at cost in the space.The makerspace is led by three knowledgeable fulltime employees who train a cohort ofundergraduate student workers. These student employees are the primary face of the space andassist their peers by leading trainings, answering questions, and troubleshooting project issues asthey arise. This new space aims to encourage students to go beyond their current capabilities indesign projects, and to give faculty the necessary tools to develop creative hands on assignments.One way that this is done is through a makerspace project grant given to selected engineeringprofessors at the beginning of each semester. This funding is

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University

Tagged Divisions

International

on the future of this emergingtechnology.The following is the list of the sessions organized: ≠ Global Status of the Industry ≠ State of the Industry in Turkey ≠ Rapid Technologies in P16 ≠ R&D Trends in Higher Education ≠ R&D Trends and Educational Innovations in EuropeIn addition to the U.S. steering committee members, some other invited participants andEuropean scientists were added into the workshop. Some of the potential benefits of theworkshop are given below: Page 15.595.3Contribution within the Discipline: This workshop clearly helped the RP researchers identify themajor concerns that are shared between these

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Brzoska; Atsushi Inoue; Min-Sung Koh; William Loendorf

Education Coordinating Board and Governor Locke. Thus in 2000, theCollege of Science, Mathematics and Technology at EWU began a process of reorganizing andredeveloping the programs in its Departments of Engineering Technology and Multimedia Design,Computer Science and Physics in response to the current workforce needs particularly as theyapplied to the regional technology sector. To this end, the faculties of these departments unitedwithin a new academic unit named the School of Computing and Engineering Sciences whereinterdependent programs can focus on student learning within the context of the ever-increasingdemand for technology connected degrees. Seeing the benefit of a new academic unit at EWU,the Washington State legislature has now funded

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eck Doerry

almost universally reluctant to develop webcourses. Rather than simply designing yet another software package, we began our effort with anintensive, six-month user study to identify core web authoring challenges and obstaclesencountered by faculty, and to understand why current authoring technologies are unsatisfactory.Specifically, the goal of our analytic effort was to address three central issues: 1. Obstacles. What are the main challenges that engineering faculty perceive in the creation of course websites and content? What aspects of previous authoring experiences have been the most frustrating? 2. Adequacy of existing systems. Are current courseware authoring alternatives, in fact, fundamentally inadequate? Or is

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College PA; Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania; Christopher Michael Korpela, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

students (Yousef 2016). In this work, we used some basic proven principles while attempting to raise the bar ofdifficulty and examine if undergraduate students might use robotics, in particular ROS, to learnadvanced concepts while contributing to undergraduate research activities. While we fullyunderstand that this question will not be laid to rest by this study into the topic, we are examiningon a limited basis where this should work. Our initial fear was in overreaching and therebyproviding student frustration rather than meaningful learning experience. However, once westarted the process, we found these potential problems not to be an issue for the students selectedfor this study. To begin, it is appropriate to give some of the background

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tina Zecher, Northern Arizona University; Fethiye Ozis, Carnegie Mellon University

complicated material. Statements like, “Not everyone is good atmath,” or, “Many students struggle in my class,” send a message to students that havingquestions about a topic or having to work hard to grasp a new idea indicates they may be one ofthose students who will not be successful in the field of study.Abundant research suggests that instructor beliefs about student learning largely contribute tostudent outcomes in STEM courses. Recent work of Yaeger et al. [26] tested the hypothesis ofmindset-plus-supportive-context suggesting that students’ knowledge of a growth mindset is notenough for success; those in courses with faculty who adopt a fixed mindset show no gains froma mindset intervention whereas those in courses with faculty who employ a

Conference Session

Current Issues in Computing

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Bernard White

education is not a concern solely of computer science orbusiness departments. According to Dasigi 3, Information Technology (IT) can bedivided into the following intellectual domains: Foundations of IT, Managementof IT, Information Systems Technology, and Applications. Here at GeorgeMason University, the Computer Science program tends to focus on thefoundations of IT while our DMIS program has focused on the management of IT.Since few faculty at Mason in either CS or DMIS have demonstrated significantinterest in issues related to Information Systems Technology and Applications,gaps clearly exist in these rapidly expanding area of IT. As a result, anotherprogram with a focus similar to our proposed BS IT program curriculum is clearlyessential in