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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Hands-on Projects and Spatial Skills

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Amanda Idema, Michigan State University; Timothy J Hinds, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

manufacturing, globally-distributed engineering teaming and early engineering education development and has over 30 years of combined academic and industrial management experience. He received his BSME and MSME degrees from Michigan Technological University.Dr. Daina Briedis, Michigan State University DAINA BRIEDIS is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University and Assistant Dean for Student Advancement and Program Assessment in the College of Engineering. Dr. Briedis is involved in several areas of education research including student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of technology in the classroom. She has been involved in NSF-funded research in

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Focus on Student Learning, Lifelong Learning, and the Whole Student

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Archie L Holmes Jr., University of Virginia; Petra Reinke, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

facilitatortraining session. Facilitators were given a long list of potential questions to select from,depending on their own personal interests and the level of engagement of the group for aparticular topic.In an effort to test scalability of the program and effectiveness of different group sizes, wepiloted two formats: 1) traditional small groups of 25 students or less, led by a pair of volunteerstudent facilitators from the junior and senior class and 2) large group format, including 50-75students, led by a team of four volunteer student facilitators. In the traditional small groupformat, students were arranged in a circle for the discussion, but were instructed to talk with apartner for select topics. In the large group format, students were arranged in

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zachary Riggins Del Rosario, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Riya Aggarwal, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Caitlin Anna Coffey, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Arwen Sadler, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Stephanos Matsumoto, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Paul Ruvolo, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; C. Jason Woodard, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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contexts.2. Pedagogy. SoftDes was taught as a fully remote course and largely followed the flippedclassroom model. Students completed readings and quizzes outside of class and spentsynchronous class meetings working on exercises organized into worksheets, and participating indiscussions on the exercise problems. Students would then complete assignments outside ofclass, which involved more complex, less scaffolded programming or software engineeringexercises, largely interacting one-on-one with the instructor and course assistants during thisprocess.Three times during the semester, students were also given longer-term projects to complete indifferent areas of computing and software design. Students were allocated time in thesynchronous class

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FPD 5: Transitions and Student Success, Part I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University; Christine C Murphy, Clemson University Academic Success Center

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First-Year Programs

, both from Clemson University. She has served as the Special Programs Coordinator for the Academic Success Center at Clemson Uni- versity since February 2007, with a leadership role for data analysis and assessment of ASC programs. She has 21 years of experience in the data processing and analysis field, and 14 years of experience in higher education. She coordinates the workshop program for the Academic Success Center, has taught the undergraduate university skills course to incoming students, and facilitates a graduate seminar course on BioComplexity. Page 23.658.1 c American

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FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Light, University of Washington; Laura Girardeau, Washington State University; Jennifer Beller, Washington State University; Greg Crouch, Washington State University

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First-Year Programs

(AIN) Study skills LASSI10 comparison to national norms assessment Retention Retention in Data collected Pearson’s 2, effect size Cramer’s college through V 9 where.10 is small, .30 Retention in institutional medium, and .50 large. engineering or database scienceStudy Participants Eighty-six students self-selected by signing up for the Teniwe program. Five droppedduring the first week, leaving a total of 81 students. Fifty-nine were majoring in engineering and22 declared a biotech major (biology, chemistry, mathematics, pre-veterinary, or

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Homework, Learning, and Problem Solving in Mechanics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael K. Swanbom PE, Louisiana Tech University; Daniel William Moller, Louisiana Tech University; Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Timothy Reeves, Louisiana Tech University

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Mechanics

member of the IEEE, SIAM, and ASEE.Dr. Timothy Reeves, Louisiana Tech University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Open-source, online homework for Statics and Mechanics of Materials using WeBWorK: assessing effects on student learningIntroduction and GoalMany engineering programs have begun adopting interactive online homework systems, often asa way to stretch the precious resources of faculty time and energy. While an increasing numberof online homework offerings are available from textbook publishers, many of these systemshave proven less than ideal. Some issues the authors have experienced with these systemsinclude errors in the embedded solutions, inflexibility to correct or expand

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: The Transition from High School to College

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caitlin Cairncross, University of Portland; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland; Zulema Naegele, University of Portland; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland

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to gather quantitativedata on student satisfaction, and a focus group on the final day of the program to gatherqualitative information on student satisfaction. Data from the three assessments indicated thatstudents felt that their expectations had been largely met, and that after completing the programthey had improved in their math and writing skills, learned about the field of engineering, andhad been successfully oriented to college. Although it is too early to determine the long-termacademic trajectory of the 11 participants, based on assessment data already collected, it appearsas though the summer program was successful in many of its stated goals.IntroductionThe summer bridge program was developed in conjunction with a multi-year

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New Programs and Success Stories

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Dickson

) Human resource management.The IT modules focus on strategic and operational issues relevant to the process industries:(i) The development and impact of Information Systems Strategies;(ii) The operational implications of database systems, networking and communications.The “taught”modules develop generic knowledge and skills, and include a wide range of groupwork to assist the delegates in technology transfer and in identifying applications to specificprocesses and to different 'types' of process (batch/continuous, large/small scale, fluid/particle,chemical/biochemical).The Project, which is designed to integrate the elements of the programme, will have a strongtechnology content, and is totally work-based to enable the delegates to

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FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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First-Year Programs

than in high school? How do you feel about the quality of instruction in the program? Do you feel comfortable with your instructors? Do you feel comfortable interacting with them in small groups, or in a one-on-one situation? Where do you learn the most? In class? In laboratory? When working individually? When working on your own? In tutorials? What do you find particularly challenging about learning from a lecture? Do you find that learning is more independently-driven than when you were in high school? How do you feel about assessment in university? Is there anything else you’d like to add about the challenges in transitioning from high school to university?After

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ET Curriculum and Programs II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yoonill Lee, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

reduces overshoot by applying the correction before the error becomes large.The larger the derivative gain Kd, the smaller the overshoot. The results are summarized in Table1 [6] when independent controller parameters are increasing.Table 1. Results of Increasing Independent Controller Parameters Controller Rise Time Overshoot Settling Time Steady-State Parameters Error Kp decrease increase small change decrease Ki small decrease increase increase large decrease Kd small decrease

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First-Year Programs: Unique Projects and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #32500Classroom Talking PointsDr. John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University Dr. Sangster is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the First Year Engineering program at Northeastern University. Prior to joining Northeastern in 2018, he served for three years as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska. He received his Ph.D. in 2015 from Virginia Tech in Civil Engineering with a focus on Transportation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Classroom Talking PointsJohn Sangster, PE, Ph.D

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FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University; Ric Williams; Keith Williamson, East Carolina University; Geoffrey Dieck, East Carolina University; Steve McLawhorn, East Carolina University

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First-Year Programs

. Faculty in each engineering discipline use the robot project to explain topics in theirlectures while the project serves as a common platform for the students to apply knowledgelearned in the classroom. When students encounter difficulty during their project, they comeback to the classroom for solutions. This bi-conduit, project-driven learning process facilitatesstudent understanding of engineering concepts and correlates these concepts to real-worldapplications. This paper describes the strategy to design and methods to implement thesemester-long project. Assessment methodology is described in terms of inter- and intra-facultyand students evaluation.BackgroundIndustries distributed among the small towns of eastern North Carolina have difficulty

Conference Session

Pre-College: Perceptions and Attitudes on the Pathway to Engineering (4)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Chris Carroll, Saint Louis University; Shannon M. Sipes, Indiana University ; Jacob W. Benton, Primoris Services Corporation; Traci Aucoin, GEAR UP; Gloria E. de Zamacona Cervantes, Saint Louis University; Adam O'Neill, Saint Louis University; Sana M. Syed, Saint Louis University

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joined together and developed an equation for the volume andmanually iterated until they solved for the optimal dimensions. This pilot module proved to be apivotal discovery for the future of Program I and planning for Program II. As a result, theparticipating teachers asked for more modules to use in their classes. The engineering-related activities took a different direction in comparison to Year 2.Rather than provide several small projects, the camp focused on one large project modeled afterDesigning and Building File-Folder Bridges: A Problem-Based Introduction to Engineering[22]. The objective was to construct the lightest foam core board bridge capable of supporting ateam of students over a 10 ft span. First, students sketched a

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sydney N Hallman, University of Oklahoma; Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma

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First-Year Programs

receive the same information.The project-based section of the freshman course allows the students to get hands-on engineeringexperience not found in most other first-year general education courses. Information from theevaluations reflects the need to make adjustments in the large section of the FEOC for futuresemesters. The majority of freshman students who responded to the evaluation do not feel thecourse structure is currently serving their needs. Innovative changes to the DLC program and thedelivery method for course information will likely take effect in the Fall 2015 semester. Basedon the feedback from the transfer students, the course structure for the TEOC is effective atserving the needs of the students. Small adjustments to the mentor

Conference Session

First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Gordon, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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First-Year Programs

instruction and twohours of laboratory per week. This paper presents the design of the course, including anassessment-based approach for selection and rotation of supplemental instruction work groups,explores results of the pre- and post-assessments for two semesters of Engineering Physics I, andpresents implications for this course as well as for interfaces with subsequent courses inengineering curricula.IntroductionEngineering programs in the School of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsvillerequire two semesters of University Physics, a calculus-based sequence with associated labs.These courses are taught in the Department of Physics and require a pre-requisite of Calculus Iwith a grade of C or better and a co-requisite of Calculus

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Daniel, University of Cincinnati; James Allen, University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

2006-1753: GENDER PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF UNIQUE HANDS-ONINQUIRY BASED ENGINEERING LESSONS IN SECONDARY MATHEMATICSAND SCIENCE CLASSROOMSAnant Kukreti, University of CincinnatiJames Allen, University of CincinnatiMichelle Daniel, University of Cincinnati Page 11.663.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Gender Performance Assessment of Unique Hands-On Inquiry-Based Engineering Lessons In Secondary Mathematics and Science Classrooms The University of Cincinnati’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate K-12Fellow’s grant, Project STEP - Science and Technology Enhancement Program, was created totrain

Conference Session

FPD I: Research on First-year Programs Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelley Lorimer, Grant MacEwan University; Elsie Elford, Grant MacEwan University

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First-Year Programs

research study. Once this was complete, the process of distributingthe access codes for the online survey was done through a first-year engineering course: AnIntroduction to the Engineering Profession. This course is well suited to the use of theStrengthsFinder tool since both the course and the assessment tool can easily be linked to careerdevelopment, which is an inherent part of engineering professional development.Once the access codes were distributed, the students completed the online StrengthsFinderassessment with little difficulty. There were a few “hiccups” in the process as expected with sucha large group: some students lost their codes, while others had small technical difficulties withtheir passwords and difficulty interpreting the

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University; Jennifer Velez, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

2.524 0.012 Reject 114 0.2364a 5. Evaluating safety of road conditions 6.337 0.000 Reject 115 0.5909c on highways 6. Construct a scale model of newly 1.789 0.074 Retain 115 0.1668 proposed airport 7. Developing a computer program to 1.500 0.134 Retain 114 0.1405 monitor traffic flow 8. Assessing optimal routes for 6.193 0.000 Reject 114 0.5800c emergency vehicles 9. Diagnose potential failure points in 5.520 0.000 Reject 114 0.5170c airport runways 10. Creating software to control traffic 5.427 0.000 Reject 112 0.5128c signalsa. Small effect sizec. Medium effect sizeTable 5

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International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Evans, Bucknell University; Jablonski Erin, Bucknell University; Buffinton Keith, Bucknell University; Richard McGinnis, Bucknell University

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International

) Knowledge of contemporary issues.To meet the educational outcomes, the programs were planned thematically around issues inTransportation and Environment in the UK; Water Resources in Argentina; Energy Production,Utilization, and Policy in Switzerland, Germany and France; and Energy and Sustainability inNorway and Sweden. For example, in the most recent program, students heard a series ofpresentations on topics such as innovative energy generation and carbon sequestration andtraveled on field trips to sites such as waste-to-energy, hydroelectric, and nuclear power plants.The students were in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Trondheim, Bergan and Oslo as the three-weekprogram progressed. Assessment was based upon required class and field trip attendance, a

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: The Transition from High School to College

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie M. Hasenwinkel, Syracuse University; Kathryn R Pynn, Syracuse University

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First-Year Programs

allowed to choose the orientation of their fibers in different layers of the scaffold. Theythen tested their scaffolds in tension to determine the stress-strain profile of their composite and tostudy the effect of fiber orientation on the strength and strain-to-failure of their materials. Studentspresented their design rationale and discussed their results in class. Page 26.92.5Data CollectionParticipants in the 2013 and 2014 SummerStart programs were asked to complete an onlinesurvey at the end of their PBL engineering course. The survey was designed to assess the degreeto which the students felt the course objectives were met and the impact

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Yuchen Cao, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #23727Comparing Peer Evaluations of Teamwork Behavior by K-12 Students versusFirst-year Engineering StudentsDr. Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Daniel M. Ferguson is CATME Managing Director and a research associate at Purdue University. Prior to coming to Purdue he was Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Ohio Northern University. Before assuming that position he was Associate Director of the Inter-Professional Studies Program [IPRO] and Senior Lecturer at Illinois Institute of Technology and involved in research in service learning, assessment processes and

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FPD 8: Engineering Math Issues

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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First-Year Programs

performance, teaching effectiveness and collaborative learning.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the engineering assessment specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Pro- gram (ITLL) and the Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center in CU’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from the Louisiana State University, and an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in counseling psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Knight’s research interests are in the areas of re- tention, program evaluation and teamwork practices in engineering education. His current duties include

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Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mamdouh Bakr, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Dept. Of Engineering Technology

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College-Industry Partnerships

"small group- cooperative" organization works better for projects involving design, development, prototype, testing and evaluation.8,9 It is also important to filter student work through a reviewer before delivering it to the company. Students at this stage are creative, and despite orientation they are not as keen on details as they are expected to be. In the case of small projects, the instructor may assume the role of the reviewer, for large projects a “project coordinator” may be hired for this work. The purpose is to provide the company with a uniform documentation in an acceptable format. Page 15.894.9f. Project Requirements

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FPD9 -- Teaching Methods & Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot Vigeant, Bucknell University; Karen Marosi, Bucknell University; Ronald Ziemian, Bucknell University

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First-Year Programs

incoming engineering students to take the introductorycourse, ENGR 100: Exploring engineering. The course is typically taught by a team ofeight faculty and has an enrollment of approximately 200. In the Fall semester of 2002,ENGR 100 was changed from a large-lecture-based course to a modular course based ona seminar format (Vigeant et al, ASEE conference proceedings, 2003). Students couldselect two of eight seminars focused on areas of interest to them, ranging from buildingand analyzing trebuchets to computer programming. These seminars were taken betweentwo large lecture modules, the first introducing engineering as a profession and the finalone introducing professional responsibility and ethics. This drastic change wasundertaken for several

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 4: The Best of the All: FPD Best Papers

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H Guilford, University of Virginia; Anna Stevenson Blazier, University of Virginia; Alyssa Becker, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

also scored higher by 3% in the successful aspect of engineering designself-efficacy (p = 0.01), but the effect size was small (0.22). Thus improvements in engineeringdesign self-efficacy over the course of the semester shown in figure 1 were probably the result ofthe design-build experience, which was common to both sections.The overall gains in creativity and self-efficacy that we saw in the pooled data over the course ofthe semester (Figure 1) were primarily the result of significant gains by students in the controlgroup. This becomes obvious when we graph the difference in scores as a measure ofimprovement – that is final minus initial-assessment values (Figure 2). In fact, the control sectionshowed greater gains than the advising section

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FPD7 - Global Warming & Sustainability for First-Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Friess; Carol Briam, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University; Linda Thompson, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University; Hemdeep Dulthummon, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University

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First-Year Programs

marketexpansion of the western driven aerospace industry make the Dubai Air Show a truly globalmarketplace. The students of the region, perhaps more so than their western counterparts,need to attain global competence, and are thus involved from the very first semester inprojects (such as this one) aimed at enhancing these skills.The Air Show project has been an excellent showcase of the global nature of the industry to Page 13.629.9our students. The learning objectives have been achieved to a large extent. They (as judgedboth by them and by the assessment panel) have improved their presentation skills, they feelmore comfortable in professional communication

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Potpourri of First-Year Issues

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rod Paton, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland

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First-Year Programs

each day, five days a week. The national externalexaminations at the end of high school are particularly important, since students must achievea certain grade in them to qualify for entry into a range of university degree programs, suchas Bachelor of Engineering. Teachers are under pressure from a variety of sources to ensurethat their students perform well in these examinations. This pressure, together with the factthat high-school students are younger and less mature than university students, tends to makemost teachers adopt a largely teacher-centred learning environment. Some student commentsto this effect are presented later in this paper.The first year of the four-year Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) program at the University ofAuckland

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Use of Technology to Improve Teaching and Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K-Y Daisy Fan, Cornell University; Clare van den Blink, Cornell University

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Educational Research and Methods

the question slides anddisplays the statistics of the student answers in real time.In a traditional lecture where the instructor does most of the talking, students are passive,especially in a large lecture hall where students have few opportunities or incentives toask or answer questions. Even when the instructor asks for responses from students,typically the same small number of students would choose to participate. “The large-lecture syndrome is well known: the professor solemnly expounds his materials, the classpassively absorbs it. The professor obtains no feedback and the students scribble notesmechanically…. The major problem to be overcome is the lack of two-waycommunication between the teacher and the students” 1 A proposed solution

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FPD IV: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-year Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Moosbrugger, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Melissa Carole Richards, Clarkson University; Elisabeth A. Chapman, Clarkson University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2012-4383: A COURSE ON ENGINEERING AND SOCIETY FOR FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND NON-MAJORSDr. John C. Moosbrugger, Clarkson University John C. Moosbrugger, Ph.D., is a professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering and Associate Dean for Academic Programs for the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering at Clarkson University.Dr. Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University Jan DeWaters, Ph.D., P.E., is an instructor in the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering at Clarkson University. She teaches introductory courses on energy issues and energy systems, and is part of the development team for Clarkson’s new first-year engineering/Interdisciplinary course called ”Energy and Society.” Her research interests

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FPD4 -- Hands-on & Real-World Studies

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Rice, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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First-Year Programs

program), a web based tutorial and computer simulationhas been developed for this energy system design project. The web based tutorialfeatures interactive animations and design simulations that allows students to adjustparameters to investigate the effect that each has on the efficiency of their simulateddesign. In addition, the on-line tutorial features pre and post assessments on contentknowledge of the design process and underlying concepts. The results of theseassessments will be compiled and presented.BackgroundThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County has recently seen alterations made to the Page 12.1179.2Introduction to Engineering Course