curriculum that is responsive and respectful [41]. One aimof the writing examples to be described is to do just that.The sections that follow will help to connect the dots between the use of writing activities in twodifferent introductory physics classes and their use in enhancing their respective learningcommunities. First, an overview of the two introductory courses and the student populationsthey serve will be shared. Some additional techniques used at the beginning of the term in eachclass will also be shared as they help to set the stage for the writing activities; and, to help createa respectful and inclusive learning community starting on the very first day of class.Overview of Physics Classes and Their Student Clientele Pre-CovidTwo
Paper ID #32793Work in Progress: Using Photovoice to Examine the Mental HealthExperiences of Engineering Graduate Students During COVID-19Ms. Sarah Jane Bork, University of Michigan Sarah received her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Ohio State University in 2017, and her M.S. in Engineering Education Research from the University of Michigan in 2020. As a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education Research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Sarah is studying the mental health experiences of engineering graduate students.Dr. Joi-Lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan Joi Mondisa is an
in order to complete a B.S. degree within 4 years. Math for all engineering majorsrequires three semesters of calculus plus differential equations with linear algebra. These mathcourses serve as pre-requisites for many other courses in the curriculum. Students are notautomatically eligible to enroll in Calculus I. Historical data indicated a high rate of studentsfailing Calculus I, earning a grade too low to proceed to Calculus II and/or withdrawing from thecourse due to risk of failure (so-called DFW). Therefore, the institution instituted a process toplace students into a math course at the appropriate level. Just prior to the pilot study period, LPIswitched from the ALEKS math placement test to a holistic placement process that included
educated population and an international perspective, which make it easy for foreigners towork and establish business relationships. It has great supply of high-tech managementprofessionals who have many years of experience in manufacturing.There is close collaboration between high-tech companies and universities in Taiwan.Universities integrate their curriculum into the high-tech industry needs through the relationshipsof the schools with the high-tech parks. The science-based knowledge and education of theTaiwanese is a good fit with technology and problem-solving innovation. Taiwan’s strong workethic and its highly skilled, quality-driven workforce is a major competitive advantage. Thecountry has focused step-by-step to develop high-tech
& Fine Arts Language/Culture Health Care Engineering Education Business 0 10 20 30 40 50Some of our former alumni report having completed some college, but are not currently enrolledin a post-secondary program. Of those respondents, completing a college degree remains part ofthe plan for several. For example, one former e-Girl reports, she is “still hoping to go back toschool with interests in computer and network repair” (S). Others report pursuing a degree,attending on and off as they work full time or assume family responsibilities. For example, oneshared being unable to go to college: I hit a rough patch in life as we
Michigan Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Associate Professor of Education, and Director of Engineering Education Research at University of Michigan. Her research areas include student resistance to active learning, the impact of the classroom space on teaching and learning, the use of classroom technology to increase student learning and engagement, and faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices. She recently led an international initiative to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research. Dr. Finelli is a Fellow of the American Society of Engineering Education, Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Education, and past
Paper ID #18884Grade-a-thons and Divide-and-Conquer: Effective Assessment at ScaleMs. Brittany Ann Kos, University of Colorado, Boulder Brittany Kos is a PhD student at the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her primary work is in undergraduate Computer Science Education and studying student hackathons from a feminist lens.Dr. Sarah Miller, University of Colorado, Boulder Sarah Miller provides vision and leadership for the recruitment, retention, and success of outstanding and diverse students, faculty, and staff to the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. As
cases, that's two full layers plus seven cases. You need, oh, did I pick a layer? Interpreting whether or not I need the majority of that pallet. We call it a scoop where you instead of just taking the cases you need, you take everything and then deposit back what you don't need. We're making that trade off. They're shown there, units per hour today, yesterday, last week. It's a judge on their performance to see if they're going to hit incentive or not.Here she describes the relevant units of measurement for floor-level warehouse workers, and alsobrings up some of the computational practices they use during their work. Vinson
students’ interests during the class while covering the curriculum as required by the college and department? - Does active learning and hands-on exercises cover the same material as in traditional lecture environment and, if not, then how much of the predetermined course learning outcomes do the students experience while following this new student-centered learning environment? - What are the students’ interactions and recommendations to such a new pedagogy in class?MethodologyTo answer all of the questions raised in the Research Questions section, a case study is considered.The study involved flipping Applied Fluids Course into a student-centered environment. The majorchange to this course, compared to
experience in curriculum development in K-12 and creates material for the Technology Student Association’s annual TEAMS competition. David has co-authored two texts related to engineering, Principles of Applied Engineering for Pearson-Prentice Hall and Introductory Engineering Mathematics for Momentum Press. His research interests include: model/method transferability, threshold concepts to inform curriculum development, information asymmetry in higher education processes (e.g., course articulation), and issues in first year engineering.Ms. Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech Ashley Taylor is a doctoral candidate in engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic and State Univer- sity, where she also serves as a program
Foundation (NSF) funded projects: Professional Formation of Engineers: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF) - Using Digital Badging and Design Challenge Modules to Develop Professional Identity; Professional Formation of Engineers: REvolutionizing engineering and computer science Departments (IUSE PFE\RED) - Formation of Accomplished Chemical Engineers for Transform- ing Society. She is a member of the CBE department’s ABET and Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, as well as faculty advisor for several student societies. She is the instructor of several courses in the CBE curriculum including the Material and Energy Balances, junior laboratories and Capstone Design courses. She is associated with
Computer Engineering & Computer Science student at Northeastern University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Community Engagement and Service-Learning: Putting faces to a community to create better engineersAbstractThis complete evidence-based practice paper presents how Service-Learning (S-L) helped first-year engineering students attending an urban institution to grow their concept of community.When S-L is incorporated into a first-year engineering design course, students expand theirlearning as they work and teach in the community. In addition, students get a chance to see andexperience the greater community to which they belong. Through S-L, engineering students
, asituation was introduced in which a company is losing revenue due to delivery trucks tippingover and not being able to climb hills. Three different activities were used to illustrate howchanging the center of gravity effects the movement of the truck. Build instructions wereprovided on each group’s computer so that they could build the research-team-designed activity-bot at their own pace. The teachers then worked through each activity from the perspective of themiddle school students using a worksheet designed by the research team. Once all activities werecompleted, the teachers and researchers brainstormed thinking and analysis questions anddiscussed any changes to the lesson itself. From a DBR perspective, the teacher-researchinteraction offered
President for Academic Affairs at Purdue University. He is also a professor of mechanical engineering. Prior to this, he served as Dean of the Graduate College at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering (2009-2014) and on the faculty of mechanical engineering at University of Michigan (1989-2009). He has also served as Acting Director of the Division of Graduate Education and IGERT Program Director at NSF.Dr. Barbara Hug, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Hug is a clinical associate professor with the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at UIUC. She is interested in developing and using curriculum materials that
and organizational contexts. We aim to further explore how,through their participation in the routine practices of the undergraduate curriculum,students make themselves, and are made by others, into engineers. The specific focushere is on how a particular “ideology of engineering”2 is reflected in the discourse ofparticipants in presentations for a first year projects course. In particular, this paperdetails how engineering discourses serve to depoliticize complex social issues, and toreframe them as technical issues that can be resolved through design and refinement ofinnovative technologies. A second and related goal is to contribute to recentmethodological discussions in engineering education3, and specifically to introduce
Interactions Detailed Treatment of Units Use of Tabular or Computer-Based Property Data Identifying Units for Each Quantity Identification of State Region Applying Conversion Factors Interpolation/Software Procedures Figure 2. Procedural skills important in thermodynamics. One cognitive factor important for use of both skills and strategies is the effort requiredfor their execution. The cognitive effort that can be dedicated to any task is limited by Page 25.253.6attentional resources.4 Effort is determined by the amount of these resources required for a task.Whereas
for four students each. Class sizes ranged from 25 to 26 students. The classeswere each taking a half-year elective in Advanced Technology under the same teacher. Topicscovered included PowerPoint, document sharing, internet safety and etiquette, copyright rules,and basic programming skills. Laptop computers were assigned to each student during classroomactivities. During the previous year, a majority of the students had been exposed to additionalprogramming curriculum, however their skills were at the beginner level. The three classes weretaught concurrently over the span of several months to facilitate the iterative processfundamental to DBR methods. Sufficient time between each class allowed the teacher-expertteam to make adjustments to
. (1996) degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Page 26.1128.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Making Value for Faculty: Learning Communities In Engineering Faculty DevelopmentCommunities of practice among educators are often enacted in the form of Faculty LearningCommunities, which are groups of faculty who engage over time to collaborate on activelearning toward
memos on labs and material selection calculations,formal final project report, presentation, teamwork evaluations, and a survey. Student feedbackindicates that overall students enjoyed the experience and believed it should be continued in thefuture.IntroductionThis paper discusses a comprehensive term project for Materials Science course, which is arequired course for freshmen in Mechanical Engineering and an elective for other engineeringmajors at ONU. The Ohio Northern University is a teaching-focused private university. Thecollege of engineering at ONU, with a student population of around 500 undergraduate students,offers bachelor degrees in five accredited programs: civil, mechanical, electrical and computerengineering, as well as computer
. Recently, she worked at the high school level, where she taught across the four-year math curriculum, including advanced courses. She also designed, proposed, and taught two introductory engineering courses for high school students.Dr. Ann Saterbak, Duke University Ann Saterbak is Professor of the Practice in the Biomedical Department and Director of First-Year En- gineering at Duke University. Saterbak is the lead author of the textbook, Bioengineering Fundamen- tals. Saterbak’s outstanding teaching was recognized through university-wide and departmental teaching awards. In 2013, Saterbak received the ASEE Biomedical Engineering Division Theo C. Pilkington Out- standing Educator Award. For her contribution to education
individuals (in the form of individual written work,feedback, or quotes from class) can complement and be just as meaningful as, if not more than,quantitative measures of class-wide impact. We consider that the impacts on individuals can beprofound, positive, and far exceed the efforts required to implement such a curriculum.BackgroundEngineering, physics, and computer science continue to award fewer degrees to women thanother STEM disciplines, and the numbers remain disproportionately low for African-American,Hispanic, and Native American men as compared to the college-aged population [4], [14]–[16].Persistence of disparities in representation points to the role of culture in determining who andwhat constitutes STEM fields [4], [17]. The implicit
roles (e.g., organizer, creator, worker, or finisher) andpreferred projects [8]. Some have identified the students with the most relevant experience andplaced them as team leaders [9]. A new open-source software tool developed called “gruepr” forcreating optimal student teams [9]. “The software tool runs on the instructor’s computer using survey dataentered by the students into, and then downloaded from, a Google Form. The instructor has considerableflexibility in choosing the content of the survey questions as well as the definition of a quantitatively optimalteam.” The importance of a functional team leader is key to have a functional (or dysfunctional)team. [10]. It was concluded that team leadership is significant and does appear to be an
inductive teachingmethod is the CD-Rom that accompanies the book. This CD contains many movies ofexperiments that can be shown using a computer projection system in class. Page 8.197.6Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe overall topic order in the Fluid Mechanics I course is as flows: • fluid flow without friction (Bernoulli without friction) • fluid flow with friction (Bernoulli with friction) • momentum balanceUsing this topic order the coverage of the text starts with
Kuchnicki is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at York College of Pennsylvania. Previously, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Rutgers University, specializing in computational modeling of dynamic deformations in solids. His areas of technical expertise include solid mechanics, crystal plasticity, vibration, and fluid-structure interaction. He received his PhD from Rutgers University in 2001. Page 15.555.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Experiences of Using Formula SAE as a Capstone Design ProjectAbstractCapstone Design courses are, by their nature, intended
, biomedical, civil, computer,electrical, mechanical, etc.) that vary in emphasis and environmentxiii, xiv. The participants for thequalitative component of this study was limited to students majoring in electrical engineering(EE). The rationale for limiting this sample to EE students includes the researcher’s expertise inthe domain (I have a bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering) and the prohibitivecosts (money and time) associated with expanding the study to the other engineering fields. Thetrade-off to limiting the analysis to electrical engineers is that the conceptual frameworkdeveloped as a result of the study may not be generalizable to the other engineering professions.The goal of the qualitative component, however, is to
, and research practices in science.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Assistant Department Head of Graduate Programs and co-Director of the VT Engineering Com- munication Center (VTECC). She received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in English from the University of Georgia. Her research interests include interdisciplinary collabora- tion, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics
at Pace University. She performed curriculum evaluation and academic and educational advising at Delft University of Technology and large scale educational research at Twente University. Before coming to City College, she was a research associate in IBM research, performing organizational and usability studies.Prof. Feridun Delale, City College of the City University of New YorkDr. Joseph Barba, City College of the City University of New York Professor of Electrical Engineering and Dean, Grove School of Engineering Page 23.249.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013
assignments; study groups;close relationships among student members; and specialized events, activities, andworkshops.5,6,10 According to Schroeder et al., learning communities substantially enhanceacademic achievement, retention, and educational attainment, especially for freshmen.13Most LLCs are communities in which students pursue their academic curriculum with a blendedco-curriculum involving a theme, concept, or common subject matter while living together in areserved part of a residence hall.14 LLCs range in size but rarely exceed 75 participants.10 Thesmall size of LLCs assists in developing supportive peer relationships.4LLCs are characterized by close working relationships among students and faculty; specializedcourse assignments; study
65 Students show an interest in using AI for creative and conceptual tasks. This includes brainstorming, generating new ideas, and initiating projects. Educational 54 Students plan to use of AI for homework help, studying, understanding Support assignments, summarizing text, checking their work, or computer code programming. Writing Assistance 45 Students plan on using AI for assistance in writing, including editing, drafting, and refining essays. Other 4The most prominent theme—with 65 instances—is the interest of students in using AI for ideageneration. Students