Conference Session

They're Not "Soft" Skills!

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Ashley Ann Thompson, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

an engineering program, they are often asked to declare a major; however, afterthis initial, long-term goal-setting experience, there is little room for students to engage incontinual goal monitoring and refining. During a series of portfolio construction studios, it wasdetermined that engineering students participated in the dynamic process of goal setting andmonitoring as a result of portfolio construction.While portfolios are often used as an assessment tool in educational practice, there are severallearning outcomes that have been associated with portfolio construction that are less studied,such as goal setting and monitoring, intellectual development, and self-authorship. This paperpresents two case studies that highlight goal setting

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research in K-12

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda M. Capobianco, Purdue University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Irene B. Mena, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, and the practicesetting. 1,2Magnusson, Krajcik, and Borkos (1999) proposed a refined model of PCK for science teaching.Their model includes the following five components: 1) orientations toward science teaching; 2) knowledge and beliefs about science curriculum, 3) knowledge and beliefs about student understanding of specific science topics, 4) knowledge and beliefs about assessment in science, and 5) knowledge and beliefs about instructional strategies for teaching science” (p. 97).3An overarching component of this model is that a science teacher‟s knowledge is stronglyinfluenced by the stance or generalized orientation a teacher may take within his/her ownpractice. Teachers‟ orientations have also been described as

Conference Session

Professional Identity

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Caitlin Hawkinson, Seattle Pacific University; Jennifer J. VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Crystal Bruxvoort, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

retain women in engineering for longer periods of time.We hypothesized that women who strongly self-identified as engineers would be more likely topersist in the engineering workforce and those who did not would be more likely to leave theworkforce. If we knew that strong engineering identities would lead to higher workforceretention, then educators could employ interventions to intentionally develop this identity in theirstudents before graduation.To assess the validity of this hypothesis, we conducted semi-structured interviews (similar topsychology’s Identity Status Interview) of 33 women with engineering degrees, including thosewho persisted in the engineering workforce and those who did not. We preceded the interviewswith Likert scale

Conference Session

FPD 3: Research on First-year Programs and Students, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Quinn, University of South Australia; Elizabeth J. Smith, University of South Australia; Syed Mahfuzul Aziz, University of South Australia

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Australia (UniSA) and, since 2007, the inaugural academic director of UniSA’s common first year engineering program. In this capacity he leads the first year teaching and learning team, which involves staff from five schools across the Division of IT, Engineering and the Environment, staff from the Learning and Teaching Unit and the Library. He oversees initiatives to provide active forms of orienta- tion, to identify and support students at risk, and to continuously evaluate and improve student experience. In the last ten years Mahfuz has developed and refined innovative project-based learning strategies and assessment schemes to assist diverse students with their learning. Engaging students in lectures, tutorials and

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Balaji Narasimhan, Iowa State University; Monica H. Lamm, Iowa State University; Carlos Lopez, Iowa State University ; Dimitra Lynette Jackson, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

order to attract moreundergraduate students to research careers and graduate school in the areas of chemical andbiological engineering.To assess the overall experience of the REU BioMaP students in relation to their interest inchemical and biological engineering, quantitative (pre-and post-surveys) and qualitative methods(interviews and focus groups) were performed. An analysis of the results revealed, thatundergraduate students value research and the potential to continue their education journey ingraduate school. When students were asked to rank the reasons why they chose to participate inthe summer research program, 60% of them ranked as their first choice “opportunity to conductresearch.” While 30% of the students ranked as their first

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan F. Arratia, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico; Martina Y. Trucco, Hewlett-Packard Labs; Luis F. Font, Ana G. Mendez University System

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Classifiers”• “Computer Forensics”• “Cooperative Mapping and Assessment Using Smartphones”• “Electrode Model for Glow Discharge Confinement Using MATLAB”• “Reducing the Dengue Outbreak with Insecticides in Puerto Rico”• “Design and Prototyping a Communications Protocol for Networked Appliances to Enable Peak Shifting”Pre-College 2010 • “Sign Whine” • “Accuracy of the Rule Ensemble Method” • “Photosynthesis: The Movie” • “Testing the Rule Ensemble Method” • “What’s Hazardous” • “Bird Watch” • “Wastewater Transformed to Produce Geothermal Energy” • “Artificial Photosynthesis vs. Natural Photosynthesis”Appendix III: List of visiting scientists:• Dr. Guy-Alain Amoussou, NSF Program Officer• Dr. Gonzalo Ares de Parga, National Polytechnic Institute of

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Council of Sections

writing skills.ObservationsAs the purpose of the project was to focus on the academic, advising, and library concerns,we use these areas as our assessment guidelines. The main academic concern was students’writing abilities. In the past 10 years, approximately 4,500 students have completed theE/FEWP integrated writing curriculum. The grades for the first writing assignment in the fallsemester have consistently averaged in the B- to C+ range. The final conference paper gradeshave always increased to an average grade of A-. As a result, the English department nowwaves the Seminar in Composition course for engineering students because the writingcomponent in the freshman year is meeting or exceeding the goals of a standard first-semesterwriting

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Francesco Costanzo; Gary L. Gray

activity in the assigned timewould be overwhelming for just one or two students. When the total number of students in theclass is not divisible by three, teams of four persons are formed, four being the maximum num-ber of students in an Interactive Dynamics team.Teams are formed by the instructor during the first week of classes and are intended to remainfixed throughout the duration of the course. In order to facilitate the formation of the teams, asurvey is conducted on the first day of classes. This survey requires students to self-assess their(i) mathematical proficiency, (ii) verbal as well as written communication skills, and (iii) level ofcomputer literacy or familiarity with some of the software that will be used in class during thecourse

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Daniel Kirk, Florida Institute of Technology; Tein-min Tan, Drexel University; Sridhar Santhanam, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Quantitative Interview Discussion TopicsData was obtained from 37 conversations/interviews; 16 new engineers (less than 5 years ofexperience) and 21 supervisors, mentors, or program managers. These results representperceptions of those interviewed and do not necessarily reflect the position of the parentorganization. Again, not a large sample size however, interesting observations can be made thatmirror industry wide trends. There are two ways to examine the data: 1. Assessment of absolute scores. In this case scores given by new engineers and supervisors were close to each other, say within 1 point. If both scores were high, we have excellent agreement that the skill being measured is being utilized. If both scores were low

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical Power Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

ParallelFuture Work:The exercise described in this paper is part of a suite of exercises aimed at teaching core Page 15.37.10principles in the fluid and thermal science through the use of guided inquiry. The computersupply exercise is one of the last ones to be developed. It has been used only twice and nosignificant assessment data is available. It appears that the assessment tool used is insufficient togarner any meaningful data. This exercise needs to be reviewed and improved. Some steps thatwill be taken to help improve it are: • Review the assessment instrument to determine how to improve it. This might ultimately be done with the

Conference Session

Student Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Otto, Stanford University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Education. Her current research interests focus on the application of ePortfolio pedagogy and practices to facilitate teaching, learning, and assessment for students, faculty, and institutions. She is also interested in the exploration of the affordances and scalability of these kinds of social software tools and their implications for the design and evaluation of innovative learning spaces to support formal and informal learning.Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard is the Burton J. and Deedee McMurtry University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She is also a

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

theclassroom. Despite familiarity with the literature, ambiguity and confusion may result, at times,from reading the literature; particularly when the effectiveness of any instructional method isexamined and/or compared with another method. Assessing “what works” requires looking at abroad range of learning outcomes, interpreting results carefully, and quantifying the magnitudeof any reported improvement. To assess critically “what works” for a given set of conditions, thereader has to attain sufficient knowledge and familiarity with the subject matter 2, 3.Reported studies, by and large, tell us about success stories and seldom reveal what has notworked. Irrespective of how data, results, and interpretations are presented in the literature,faculty

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiwen Mao, Auburn University; Yingsong Huang, NetApp Inc.; Yihan Li, Auburn University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Undergraduate Wireless Engineering Curriculum Shiwen Mao1, Yingsong Huang2, and Yihan Li3Abstract – A software defined radio (SDR) is a modern radio communication system that can bereconfigured on-the-fly. In this paper, we describe a project on introducing SDR to the Bachelor ofWireless Engineering (BWE) curriculum at Auburn University. In particular, we focus on developing anSDR laboratory course based on the GNU Radio and Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP)platform. We describe the detailed lab course structure, compare it with existing approaches, and presentsample labs and results. A small scale assessment was conducted for the Spring 2013 offering withpositive student response observed.Keywords: Software defined

Conference Session

Problem- Project- and Case-Based Learning in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MaryShannon Williams, University of Missouri, Columbia; Sara Elizabeth Ringbauer, University of Missouri, Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

School of Information Science and Learning Technology (SISLT) in the College of Education at the University of Missouri, Columbia, (USA). Shortly thereafter, she began working with an Environmental Engineering Professor to provide a formative evaluation of his course, using the ABET framework as a lens for assessment. She began researching engineering education, specifically exploring the implementation of Problem-based Learning (PBL) to help prepare students to meet the ABET stan- dards. She is currently working as a graduate assistant for the eThemes project while completing her comprehensive examination, research proposal, and dissertation.Ms. Sara Elizabeth Ringbauer, University of Missouri - Columbia Sara

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Craig G Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

traditional engineering classroom setting, and in the advancedprofessional development setting. At Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, the goal of thesesystems-infused leadership competencies is to enable leaders from diverse educationalbackgrounds to appropriately assess and deal with complex systems situations that require aholistic approach to succeed in a competitive marketplace.This paper is not intended to replicate the well-established literature on the systems engineeringcompetency models, such as the INCOSE, MITRE, NASA, JPL, CEST and others1, 7, 10, 14, 15, 24,25, 26 , which focus primarily on the technical systems competencies; or the existing leadershipcompetency models9. Furthermore, this paper is not intended to reinvent prior

Conference Session

Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Ethics Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel F. Jennings PE, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

sections. In the first section,course objectives, learning outcomes and assessment methods are explained to the participatingstudents. After that, a sample case study is utilized to demonstrate our teaching approach. Lastly,we conclude our paper with some remarks on student and industry feedback on the course.Ethics and Leadership Course in Industrial Distribution ProgramAs mentioned earlier, this paper presents a case study of a senior level course in ethics andleadership development for an Industrial Distribution program at a major university in theSouthwestern US. In addition to lectures on various ethical concepts and models together withlectures on and leadership theories, the course consists of several real world industry cases.Students are

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Jason K Durfee P.E. P.E., Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

lectures was also evaluated for each phase along withthe potential risk that students would not participate or learn sufficient content from the nextphase. This phased implementation approach allowed for assessment and examination of eachphase independently prior to committing resources for enacting the next phase.The first step was the modification of traditional lectures to include brief demonstrations ofancient technologies. This was coupled with an in-depth discussion of the technologies utilized.Students were shown exactly how ancient tools were created, sometimes by incorporating otherancient tools, along with how they were used. All of the materials used were described as well ashow they were obtained or where they were found. Why one type

Conference Session

Introducing New Methodologies and the Incoming Students to Engineering Programs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

International

. They created an intangible bond with us through theirexperiences, opinions, and the time they took to give us advice and counsel. Asprofessional engineers, many of us have the same opportunity—by getting involved intwo aspects that are vitally important to the engineering profession. The first is to make apositive impact on the life of a young, aspiring professional or student. The second is tohelp solidify the role of engineering in a fast paced, diverse landscape. How best to start?Begin by assessing what we have to offer as mentors. The main role of a mentor is tostimulate students or young professionals to think in new and creative ways. One of thebiggest values to bring to mentoring is a broad perspective—and how that perspectivecan be of

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Science Using Innovative Methods

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; Dale R Baker, Arizona State University; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Paper ID #7130Muddiest Point Formative Feedback in Core Materials Classes with YouTube,Blackboard, Class Warm-ups and Word CloudsProf. Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is a professor in the School of Materials in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, capstone design, and introductory materials engineering. His research interests are evaluating conceptual knowledge, miscon- ceptions and their repair, and conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge

Conference Session

Institutional Transformations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen J. Horton PE, University of Maine; Amy Fried, University of Maine ; Mary Madden, University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

disciplinary assessments aretypically given great weight. Moreover, departmental decisions affect the resources facultymembers receive and can make working conditions productive or difficult. Faculty membersexperiencing the latter may leave by their own volition or in response to a negative assessment oftheir work or personnel decision.Those most involved with this effort recognized that change must occur at multiple levels, fromcultural and individual to rule-based and institutional. As the definition of transformationalchange offered by Eckel et al. contends, “Transformation (1) alters the culture of the institutionby changing select underlying assumptions and institutional behaviors, processes, and products;(2) is deep and pervasive, affecting the

Conference Session

Engineering Management In The Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ted Eschenbach, University of Alaska Anchorage; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama in Huntsville; Jani M Pallis, University of Bridgeport

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

learning has been explored by numerousstudies19 20.Using clickers to engage students and assess their learning builds on research into studentlearning without technology aids. Posing thoughtful questions that prompt reflection of recentlyintroduced concepts, along with interaction with the instructor is a way of sparking generativelearning. This has been demonstrated by research showing that combining “adjunct” questionswith a reading assignment produces more effective learning than assigning the reading inisolation.21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 The timing of the questions is also significant. Some studies 29 30found that students did better on exams when they were presented with the questions after thereading as opposed to beforehand. Mayer31 and

Conference Session

Thermodynamics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

misconceptions (calleddistractors) are listed next to the correct answer for each question. Concept inventories areusually brief, require minimal or no computations and ideally, produce reliable results acrossbroad and diverse student populations.16 Many cycles of design, testing and redesign arenecessary to develop calibrated inventories that lead to repeatable results.12,16 Conceptinventories lend themselves nicely to statistical analysis and are easy to score. Inventories havebeen very popular in probing students’ conceptual understanding in engineering education.They have been effective in identifying trouble areas in engineering courses and in assessing theeffectiveness of new instructional methods and educational reforms.In thermodynamics, concept

Conference Session

Motivation and Self-Efficacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Reid Brown, Virginia Tech; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

that the survey was sent to. Unfortunately, because ofhow data collection was conducted, it is not possible to know exactly how the population of non-responding students differs from the students who responded to the survey. Our study also onlydraws from a population of first year engineering students at a single academic institution,enrolled in a specific introduction to engineering curriculum, and may not be an accuraterepresentation of all engineering students. While there are a number of ways to assess validity, we argue that we have done enoughto show that our survey is valid on a number of fronts. Moskal, Leydens & Pavelich38 discussfour types of validity: construct validity, content validity, criterion validity and

Conference Session

Computational/CS Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric A Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Kien H. Lim, University of Texas at El Paso; Sharie Kranz, Coronado HS-EPISD; Catherine Tabor, El Paso ISD and University of Texas at El Paso; Jeremy L Ramirez, University of Texas at El Paso

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

disposition. Dr. Lim and colleagues are currently developing, testing, and refining a survey instrument to assess students’ impulsive-analytic disposition. They have been investigating instructional strategies, such as use of prediction items and classroom vot- ing with clicker technology, to help students become aware of their impulsivity and to elicit and address mathematical misconceptions. Dr. Lim is also exploring the use of mathematical tasks to provoke stu- dents’ intellectual need for the concepts they are expected to learn. Lately, Dr. Lim has been involved in the iMPaCT-Math project to investigate the use of programming activities to foster student learning of foundational algebraic concepts.Mrs. Sharie Kranz

Collection

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kristine Q. Loh; Moumita Dasgupta

), and rolling them down an inclined track. The students measured the velocity of the balls as a function of the track’s inclination angle and the color of paint.To expand on this lesson in the future, additional word problems can be added depending on thestudents in the class. For introductory classes for STEM majors, additional assessments oneliminating sources of error can be added. Furthermore, students in materials science classes canexperiment with different materials below the mass to determine friction coefficients on theirown instead of being presented with assumed values. For both non-STEM and STEM majors,additional word problems that highlight inclusive design can be added. For example, studentscan be asked to calculate the

Collection

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Yaoling Wang; Carrie Clark

-deepening meaning or purpose. You may process for you. You are more feel lost in life, and this idea may drawn to the question, “what can cause you distress. my life mean?” than to any single answer.2. Oxford Happiness Questionnaire Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) is a widely recognized measurement scale for evaluating an individual’s well-being. With a high reliability of 0.91[15], the questionnaire consists of 29 items that assess various constructs influencing well-being, including life satisfaction (e.g., "I am well satisfied about everything in my life"), positive affect

Collection

2025 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Rachel Cloud; Spencer MacLaughlin; Adam Lynch; Ridge Towner

that can affect accurate placement and stability during loadingand unloading. Thermal imaging will be used to monitor temperature changes across the part andbed throughout the loading and unloading processes. This “heat map” was constructed usingvector data from the LADAR. By identifying temperature variations, the researchers can detectareas that might experience thermal stress, which could impact part stability and alignmentduring setup. Additionally, surface roughness measurements using profilometry will assess thetexture and finish of both the machine bed and part surfaces. A controlled surface roughness isessential for ensuring smooth contact during loading and unloading, reducing friction-relatedstress, and enhancing part positioning

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division: Emerging Technologies and Data Analytics

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kasim Korkmaz, Eastern Michigan University; SOUJANYA PILLALA, Eastern Michigan University; Rachana Bekkem, Eastern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

Paper ID #48609Implementing Smart City And Autonomous Vehicle Concepts into ConstructionManagement (CM), Civil Engineering (CE) And Architectural Education ProgramsDr. Kasim Korkmaz, Eastern Michigan University Dr. Kasim Korkmaz is a Professor in Civil Engineering and Construction Management at Eastern Michigan University. He was previously with Michigan State University. Prior to entering academics, Dr. Korkmaz worked as a project engineer in Pennsylvania. He has conducted risk assessment projects on several major projects throughout the country, Europe, and the Middle East. He has extensive background in research and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 2: Designing Creativity - Innovation Through First-Year Maker Projects

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Artre Reginald Turner, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jason Morphew, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

, constructivist, and embodied cognition lenses.Dr. Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE) Dr. Douglas is an Associate Professor in the Purdue School of Engineering Education. Her research is focused on improving methods of assessment in engineering learning environments and supporting engineering students. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Integrating Microelectronics Into a First-Year Engineering Course for All Majors at ScaleAbstractThis Complete Research paper explores how integrating microelectronics into a first-yearengineering course influences students’ engagement, perceptions, and career pathways.Semiconductors, foundational to

Conference Session

Student Services & Supports

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Taylor Scruggs, United States Military Academy; Erin Kennedy Duhon, US Military Academy Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering; James Ledlie Klosky P.E., United States Military Academy; Matthew Glavin, United States Military Academy; Aaron T Hill Jr. P.E., United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

emotion. This paper details a study that evaluates whether these efforts translate intomeasurable improvements in student learning outcomes. Key metrics include individualperformance on homework, timed assessments, and student surveys. The investigators seek tounderstand whether enhanced knowledge retention is worth the costs in terms of additionalresources (Facilities, supplies, faculty time) and potential curriculum tradeoffs. This researchaims to assess the broader impact of active and collaborative learning experiences in uniquesettings. By exploring the intersection of setting, activity, pedagogy, and student motivation, thiswork contributes to the development of innovative teaching strategies that enhance both studentengagement and