Conference Session

Inclusivity at Two Year Colleges

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Yowell, University of Colorado Boulder; Gabe Hanzel-Sello; Gary Barnak, Saddleback College; Michael Venn, Community College of Baltimore County

happens” challenges that cannegatively impact academic progress. They sit in on classes to accelerate the feedback loop forstruggling students, organize group activities and workshops, including financial assistance(encouraging student completion of FAFSA and other financial and scholarship forms),community building, study skill development (notetaking, test anxiety, time management, etc.),coordinates cohort meetings, develops field trips to employer sites, engages students in internshipopportunities, and liaises between faculty.In short, the SSS engages with participants as case managers, prepared to help them confrontproblems ranging from poor academic preparation to lacking social skills to personal and familyfinancial distress to mental

Conference Session

Engineering Career Attitudes

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcelo Caplan, Columbia College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #21258Assessment of the Impact of Summer STEAM Programs on High School Par-ticipants’ Content Knowledge and Attitude Towards STEAM CareersMr. Marcelo Caplan, Columbia College Marcelo Caplan - Associate Professor, Department of Science and Mathematics, Columbia College Chicago. In addition to my teaching responsibilities, I am involved in the community engagement programs and activities of the department. I am the coordinator of three outreach programs 1) the NSF-ISE project ”Scientists for Tomorrow” which goal is to promote Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning in community centers in the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Olina Wisniewski, Northeastern University ; Rachel Lauren Shapiro, Northeastern University; Emma Kaeli, Northeastern University ; Kristen Barbara Coletti, Georgia Institute of Technology; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, studies have shown that highly motivated students have considerably higher finalcourse grades and fewer D grades, F grades and withdrawals on average than unmotivatedstudents. [2] Moreover, it has been found that less-easily measured factors, such as long-term Page 26.1547.3retention of course information, teamwork, communication skills, and information processingskills, are improved when students engage in SI.[3] A study conducted at Lund University inSweden on an introductory calculus course found that SI participants were more motivated tostudy and were better at working in groups. Students who took advantage of SI were also foundto have a

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Atkins Pruet, STEMWorks; Melissa Divonne Dean, Mobile Area Education Foundation

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

degree in secondary education from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, and her doctorate from Auburn University in mathematics education. Currently Dr. Pruet is an independent consultant as President, STEMWorks, LLC, and Founding Director, Engaging Youth through Engineering.Ms. Melissa Divonne Dean, Mobile Area Education Foundation Melissa Dean is a respected leader in STEM education based on engineering content in the Mobile, Al- abama community. For the past few years she has served there as Assistant Director of the Engaging Youth through Engineering Program at the Mobile Area Education Foundation. In that capacity, she has coordi- nated the development of a series of STEM modules for middle school grades that

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Effects on Student Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Harper Ogle, Clemson University; Jeffery M Plumblee II, Clemson University; David E Vaughn, Clemson University; Aaron S. Gordon, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

the program, but to also have the opportunity to see the broader impact of the cumulative efforts of past student efforts on the community. This is a perfect scenario for understanding the long-term relationship between technology and society. The program supports this connection with enrollment of students in one-credit hour course over multiple semesters – essentially projects are passed between cohorts as new people are joining established teams each semester.  Community mentoring and education – The students are actively engaged in mentoring and educating local community members to promote adoption of practice ready solutions. By distilling their understanding of technical topics to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten Dodson, Lipscomb University; Courtney Deckard, Lipscomb University; Hannah Duke, Lipscomb University; Elizabeth Buchanan; Justice White, Lipscomb University

the workplace. The program under investigationhas an 18-year history of providing curricular and extracurricular opportunities for undergraduatestudent involvement in humanitarian engineering projects. This mixed-methods study aims tounderstand the impact of this program in order to develop a model for other engineeringprograms with the intention of creating more inclusive engineers. This study builds on existing research which demonstrates the positive impacts ofhumanitarian engineering, community engagement, and service-learning projects on the studentsinvolved. Whereas other studies have focused on the direct impact to the student, this studyextends longitudinally, examining long-term effects, as well as outwardly

Conference Session

WIED: Analysis, Challenges, Success, and Impacts

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shaundra Daily, Duke University; Christin Shelton; Andy He; Wanda Eugene; Tatiana Orozco; Jakita Thomas

present.Andy He Andy is a third-year Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science double major at Duke University. My academic interests include diversity in technology, software engineering, and machine learning.Wanda Eugene Wanda Eugene, Ph.D. is constantly seeking out new ways to leverage technology to engage underserved communities. As a principal at DEEP Designs LLC, she specializes in cultivating technology with vulnerable populations and integrates the strategic direction of the organization. As the Executive Director of Collaboratory for Inclusive Entrepreneurship at UF Innovate, she launched Entrepreneur Diversity in Information Technology (EDIT), a free pre-incubator program that works with underserved

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 9: Lessons Learned from Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Joshua E Katz, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Emma Kirby, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

support for the GTAs to make the connections between what they want to teach (content),how to teach it (pedagogy), and what technological tools can be used to teach it (technology).Future studies will explore possibilities of implementing this and its impact on the GTAs’ TPACKdomains. 1Introduction Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) are graduate students who assist professors inteaching courses through performing teaching practices such as presenting information, explainingcertain concepts to students, communicating with students and assessing students’ learningoutcomes [1]. Nevertheless, for GTAs to implement effective teaching practices

Conference Session

Engaging Ethics, Internationally

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University; Shuxin Yang, Chinese society for engineer education(CSEE)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

roleinternational engineers play in the US tech industry. For engineering educators, theimmigration ban was but a fierce wave in a torrent of incidents that demanded ourattention to the international dimension of engineering ethics. In particular, how can weprepare students to act responsibly with regard to the global impact of engineering? Howcan ethics education connect with students who come to study engineering from outsidethe US? And more importantly, how can engineering educators in the US reflect on theirown ethical commitments in light of the ethical values and principles embraced bydifferent nations and cultures? We argue that productively responding to these questionsrequires a cross-national conversation about engineering ethics in different

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Siqing Wei, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Chuhan Zhou; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University at West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #32931Longitudinal Effects of Team-Based Training on Students’ Peer RatingQualityMr. Siqing Wei, Purdue University at West Lafayette Siqing Wei received BSEE and MSEE from Purdue University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education program at Purdue University. After years of experience of serving the peer teacher and a graduate teaching assistant in first-year-engineering courses, he is now a research assistant at CATME research group studying how cultural diversity impacts teamwork and how to help students improve intercultural competency and teamwork competency by interventions

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 10: Understanding Student Experiences

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma Brennan-Wydra, University of Michigan; Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, University of Michigan; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Trevion S. Henderson, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

student learning and success, and the impact of a flexible classroom space on faculty teaching and student learning. She also led a project to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research, and she was part of a team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students.Trevion S. Henderson, University of Michigan Trevion Henderson is a doctoral student in the Center for Higher and Postsecondary Education (CSHPE) at the University of Michigan. He recently earned his master’s degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs at The Ohio State University while serving as a graduate research associate with the Center for Higher Education Enterprise. Trevion also hold’s a Bachelor’s degree in

Conference Session

Social Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Charles Major, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Gerhard Sonnert, Harvard University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

differences in students’ pre-college access toand experiences with STEM by their reported neighborhood socioeconomic status to see whetherit was a significant factor in students’ career aspirations, their opportunities to participate in STEMactivities, and their perceptions of their school and home communities. Our results speak to theunderrepresentation of students from low-socioeconomic neighborhoods in engineering as only3.5% of students in our study population were in the lowest socioeconomic bracket based on U.S.Census definitions. Instead, we examined the lower 25%, middle, and upper 25% groupings ofstudent median household incomes from the dataset of students who attend university. Even withthis change in socioeconomic cutoffs, our results

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4- COVID and Virtual Learning

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shaoping Qiu, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

AppliedStatistics from The University of Alabama. She has experience working with many industriessuch as automotive, chemical distribution etc. on transportation and operations managementprojects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain managementand logistics focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are integral part of herservice-learning based logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships amongindustrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineeringeducation and learning sciences with a focus on how to engage students better to prepare theirminds for the future. Her other research interests include empirical studies to assess impact ofgood

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Greg Rulifson P.E., U.S. Agency for International Development; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

schools, are responding to theseserious issues with training, task forces, student groups, counseling services, and concertedattempts to shift the culture towards openness and accountability [30]. Further, there areprograms that actually center social justice, community engagement, and humility regardingprivilege and power are growing. Some examples include the Colorado School of Mines, MercerUniversity, Oregon State University, and Villanova University [31]–[34]. These not onlydemonstrate care for people and the environment impacted by engineering projects, but alsoencourages students to care for each other.An Ethic of Care may provide a framework through which engineering faculty and staff atuniversities can improve their cultures to be more

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 6

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Brichacek, Northwestern University; Ordel Brown, Northwestern University; Laura Maria Pigozzi PhD, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

- STEM background reinforces prioritizing efficiency - Empathy (and communication) identified as skills, reflecting current literature trends [5], [10]Additionally, there currently is no code being used to reflect wicked problems. The followingmentions suggest aspects of wicked problems: - Mention of global less privileged - Mention of messy and convoluted design problems - Mention of real-world problemsConclusionThe aim of the present exploratory, work-in-progress study is to gauge the impact of ourinterventions on consistent engagement with empathy throughout the 5-steps of the designthinking process. Tenets from virtue and care ethics and philosophy of empathy informed ourapproach to encouraging

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brant Miller, University Of Minnesota; Tamara Moore, University Of Minnesota

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2008-1141: IMPACTS OF AN ENGINEERING RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FORTEACHERS ON CLASSROOM INTEGRATION OF STEM CONCEPTS IN GRADE6-12 SCIENCEBrant Miller, University Of Minnesota Brant Miller is a doctoral student in Science Education at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. He received his B.S and M.S degrees from Black Hills State University in the field of Education. Before pursuing his doctoral work, Brant was a middle school science teacher for six years. His research interests include the infusion of engineering content into the K-12 curricular framework and professional development for K-12 STEM teachers.Tamara Moore, University Of Minnesota Tamara J. Moore is a Assistant Professor of

Conference Session

Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Alavizadeh, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

requirements and assessment should be considered. For example, the instructor had planned on giving a total number of 10 assignments during the semester with a final exam that was only for undergraduate students. However, since both of the groups needed extra time to do a work measurement study and collect input data for their model, the instructor had to reduce the number of assignments and cancelled the final exam to accommodate the students. Since it was the first time that such projects were brought to the classroom, both the instructor and students were eager to do a satisfactorily job that would encourage the company for future collaboration and would promote community engagement through the

Conference Session

Learning Outcomes and Pedagogical Strategies: Problems of Alignment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Chris Swan, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

is in the community projects we have them do. We do a lot of service learning projects… we definitely do that in the context of the community service learning projects and we do those projects in all of the courses that I teach so that’s probably the best way… students got an appreciation outside of typical textbook things on those projects… we value as much the social interaction and the community impacts that it’s going to have.This approach enables students to learn about engineering design, community engagement,and technological impacts simultaneously while tapping into their interest in the project andresponsibility to their client.ModuleModules can be embedded in introductory, design, or core classes but are distinct from

Conference Session

Why Can't We Get Faculty and Students to Go Abroad?

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Mayra S. Artiles , Virginia Tech; Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; Timothy Kinoshita, Virginia Tech; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Kacie Hodges P.E., Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Marlena McGlothlin Lester, Virginia Tech ; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

International

by the experience despite ourinstructions. In the future, we would use a true pre- and post- design. Second, our analysis wasemergent in that we did not ask about specific factors nor was there a chance to seekclarification. For example, one man wrote “time away” as a cost. It is possible that he meanttime away from family or time away from work, but without follow-up we cannot know. Tocombat this, a future study will employ a focus group so that we may follow-up on the collectiveanalysis of individual responses.This research yields several important recommendations for recruiting faculty to engage ininternational experiences with students. First, it is important to clearly communicate the degreeto which logistics are handled. In this case

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Integration and Programmatic Reform

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casey Gibson, National Academy of Engineering; David A. Butler, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

organizations and authors. The history of engineeringfunding at NSF reveals it’s impacts on the economy and national defense, of great interest toCongress. NSF has set forth their own goals for areas of impact through the Broader ImpactsCriteria, generally related to public scientific literacy and workforce development througheducation, research dissemination, infrastructure, partnerships, public engagement, and more.The greatest hits compilations from the NSF and NAE seek to appeal to general audiences byhighlighting engineering contributions whose impacts are felt in people’s daily lives. Lastly, thenew NAE study aims to communicate engineering’s societal impact to wide audiences throughthe narratives of diverse and prolific engineers who have been

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Rojewski, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

developed with two objectives in mind: 1. Encourage a broader understanding among graduate students of the range of choices, opportunities and challenges that women must navigate, and of the impact of culture, community and context on women, whether in their personal lives, in higher education, or in the workplace. 2. Encourage and support the development of community among graduate students.The program met six times (approximately bi-weekly) during the spring semester of 2014 in alarge conference room in the College of Engineering. Discussion sessions were held duringlunch time (12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.) and participants were free to come and to leave duringthat timeframe based on their individual schedules. Three of the

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas R. Marrero; Andrew K. Beckett

colleges and universities, U.S. News and World Report highlighted the potentialbenefits of such programs by stating that “reform-minded colleges across the country are turningto innovative programs like learning communities and intensive semester-long freshmanorientations to engage students in academics and hopefully offer measurable success in the formof higher retention rates and higher graduation rates”9At the University of Missouri-Columbia, residentially-based engineering FIGs have become amajor component of the first-year experience. Since the program’s inception in 1995, over 1000engineering students have participated. During the fall semester of 2004, 150 of the 426 (35%)incoming students chose to participate in one of the nine engineering

Conference Session

Student Experiences and Development – Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeline Roth, Bucknell University; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

research interests in engineering education in- clude developing classroom interventions that improve student learning, designing experiences to further the development of students from novices to experts, and creating engaging classroom experiences. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Characterizing Perceptions of Engineering Intuition Based on Experience and GenderAbstractThis full paper explores perceptions of intuition among engineering practitioners. Intuition is acharacteristic of an expert that plays a role in many professional fields, including engineering.Interviews were conducted with 27 engineering practitioners with up to 26+ years of experienceto

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Empathy, Metacognitive Skills, and Perceptions of Success

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Latorre, University of Florida; Elizabeth Meier, University of Florida

and identifyindicators for early intervention to help students experience the roles they want.Research QuestionsThe objective at this stage of the research is to evaluate the process of placing students in teamroles, and the impact of these roles on student engagement and their perceptions of successduring the project experience. This objective is studied through the following questions.a. How are students placed in roles? • Do students make every effort to assume the roles that they feel comfortable with? • Do students make every effort to assume the roles that they want to experience? • Does inclusivity affect their opportunities at assuming their preferred roles?b. What is the motivation behind rotating roles? • Are students

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 6: Belonging

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brigid McCormack, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jessica E S Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student Division (STDT)

engineers was 8.5% [1] of the professionin the United States, Mechanical Engineering degrees rank the highest awarded at thebaccalaureate level, with only 17.6 % awarded to women [2]. One factor that aids recentgraduates in obtaining employment is experience, such as internships, co-ops, researchopportunities or participating in design and build engineering teams. Many of the design andbuild teams that engage mechanical engineering students are run through the Society ofAutomotive Engineers (SAE). These include eight collegiate design series SAE Aero Design,AutoDrive Challenge ll, Baja SAE, SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge, Formula Hybrid,Formula SAE, Formula SAE Electric, and Mission Autono that provide undergraduate andgraduate students with pre

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session #1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jin Woo Lee, California State University, Fullerton; Paul Salvador Bernedo Inventado, California State University, Fullerton; Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Division (SWED)

emphasized in the traditionalcurriculum. Student reflection and exit survey data examined student learning experiences alongwith the challenges of implementing skills they have learned. Students described the benefits oflearning an effective socially engaged design process to plan their projects, engaging withstakeholders to gather important information regarding their needs, learning recommendedpractices in idea generation, and creating prototypes before coding. On the other hand, studentsdescribed perceived challenges including lacking experience in socially engaged design skillsthat may impact their ability to implement skills from the workshops effectively, identifying andconnecting with stakeholders who could provide meaningful information, and

Conference Session

Medley of Undergraduate Programming and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yue Liu, Arizona State University; Dina Verdin, Arizona State University; Gerhard Sonnert, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Harvard University. One of his major research interests has been the impact of gender on science careers. This research has resulted in two books (both authored with the assistance of Gerald Holton): Who Succeeds in Science? The Gender Dimension and Gender Differences in Science Careers: The Project Access Study. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Understanding How Social Agents and Communicative Messages Influence Female Students’ Engineering Career Interest from High School to First Semester of CollegeAbstractMany researchers have investigated how to increase female and minority students’ engineeringcareer

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Surupa Shaw, Texas A&M University; Danaii Anitzel Elizondo, Texas A&M University

classroomsize on student engagement, academic achievement, and overall learning experiences has becomea topic of increasing interest and significance. This research paper embarks on a journey tocomprehensively investigate the relationship between classroom learning and smaller classroomsizes. Wang et al. [1] explored the impact of class size on student engagement and satisfaction byutilizing a comparative analysis of small and large classes, revealing that smaller class sizessignificantly enhance teacher supportiveness and overall student satisfaction. By delving into themultifaceted effects of class size reduction, we aim to shed light on the potential benefits andchallenges associated with this critical dimension of the learning environment. Benton

Conference Session

Developing Technological Literacy in Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Justin Lee Clough, University of Southern California; Patricia Chaffey, University of Southern California; Gautam Salhotra, University of Southern California; Colin G. Cess, University of Southern California; Rey Pocius, University of Southern California; Katie Mills, University of Southern California

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

opportunity to continually expand their own self-efficacy in teaching robotics and (ii) longterm support ensuring that the teachers remain self-assured in integrating new material. Resultsfrom the pilot year show that 100% of the participating teachers agree BOTS increased theirconfidence in teaching coding, and 75% agree that BOTS added value to their classroominstruction. Additionally, 100% reported that coding improved their students’ problem-solving,communication, and creativity. All but one of the teachers have continued into the second year ofthe BOTS program.IntroductionIn a world increasingly impacted by computer systems and Artificial Intelligence (AI), allchildren need to gain familiarity with Computer Science (CS) so they can develop at

Conference Session

FPD 2: Building Community

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora Honken, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

contribute to academicperformance; just working together doesn’t guarantee success.19 Students may not assumeproper roles in collaborative settings20 and they might lack common goals.21 First yearengineering students may not be able to properly engage in beneficial cognitive steps such asquestioning and elaborating on another’s ideas which are effective help-seeking behaviors,22 butmay instead be focused on getting an answer and turning in the homework assignment.Limitations, Conclusions and Future Research When considering the results of this study, the limitations must also be considered. Theparticipants in this study were in one cohort of engineering students all from the same universityand were less ethnically diverse then the general