Paper ID #28397Understanding the Landscape of Diversity Efforts in K-12 Computing Usingcsedresearch.orgDr. Adrienne Decker, University at Buffalo, SUNY Adrienne Decker is a faculty member in the newly formed Department of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo. She has been studying computing education and teaching for over 15 years, and is interested in broadening participation, evaluating the effectiveness of pre-college computing activities, and issues of assessment, particularly in the introductory programming courses. She has been actively involved with the Advanced Placement Computer Science A course
: SQL, graph model: Neo4j and cypher and document-oriented model:MongoDB), database design (conceptual design and normal forms) and database implementation(storage and indexing, query optimization, concurrency control). The course spends five lectureson SQL, two on MongoDB and two on Neo4J. As summative assessments, CS 411 offershomework assignments and exams. For formative assessments, it offers group-based labassignments hosted on PrairieLearn, an online system for problem-driven learning 18 . Five labsdedicated to SQL, two labs to MongoDB, and two to Neo4J. For each lab, we provide studentswith a general description of the database and a set of questions. Students have a text editor wherethey write their queries and save and grade or only
teach engineering ethics is developed byHamlin et. al. [16]. They propose the idea of a phenomenological approach to teach engineeringethics where students examine what it is to be an ethical engineer through a series of readingsabout ethical engineers, personal interviews with engineers, and their personal reflection abouttheir own character and values. Atwood and Read-Daily [17] propose a creative fictionassignment requiring the students to generate and reflect upon an ethical dilemma of personalinterest, while exercising creativity and communication skills. Rossmann [18] introduces studentsto ethics using a risk assessment-based approach. This approach attempts to incorporate the basicquestions of risk-benefit analysis with information on
connected with the values of those who are making choices– values based on societal and cultural influences, and hence thoroughly human-focused. Theconclusion is that technology is not value-neutral, and values must be considered in decidingwhat problems to solve, what technology to create, how that technological solution is designed,and what constitutes success in for the designer [5].In light of this background, it is well recognized that undergraduate engineering programs havefor some time expended a significant effort in seeking effective methodologies for incorporationand assessment of content related to ethical engineering and the values of humanitarianengineering into their curricula. Many recent papers have considered methodologies
develop a web application that guides educators’ data-driven intervention decision making. He also leads a $2.5M project funded by the Office of Special Education Programs to develop and test strategies and applications grounded in Implementation Science to scale-up sustained use of data-driven decision-making practices by infant-toddler service providers. He recently completed a 2nd successful RCT of the MOD across four states to test web-based decision-making support vs. self-guided decision making in Early Head Start home visiting settings. Other relevant projects include investigations of the construct and predictive validity of infant-toddler IGDI assessments, development of web-based professional development for
andmodeling and rapid prototyping tools to introduce students to engineering design. During this module, students arethe process of engineering design. Using this knowledge, the introduced to how evidence is collected and evaluated to formstudents designed and built a prototype of multiple cross- scientific theories and how available information can bediscipline design projects representative of each of the evaluated and analyzed to assess their scientific validity. Thisdisciplines within the college. presentation was then extended to discuss how engineering In 2016, based on student feedback and concerns over design leverages the scientific method to develop a rationallow retention
assessment because it emphasized they were dealing with could be helpful to encourage the entire group an organized project that required strict team members contribute on the project. supervision. 6) They should submit a more organized final report 4) The PowerPoint slide that had been presented not as a homework but as a part of their final in one of the lectures by the GTF was helpful submission. for them to know what they should mention in 7) Overall, it is felt that having this kind of project is their presentation. very
, andInclusivity in STEM Education at Cal Poly,” PLC sought to: 1. identify explanations for patterns of underrepresentation that exist within the research and best practices literature; 2. assess how Cal Poly’s student recruitment (admission and yield), retention, and graduation demographics compare to those at other institutions and the nation (with a focus on discipline-by-discipline comparisons); 3. employ the research and best practices literature as a lens to a) initiate analysis of Cal Poly at the course, major, department, college, and university levels and b) identify research questions and areas of uncertainty; 4. build and strengthen new and existing faculty
presence of underrepresented groups (Valla & Williams, 2012).Additionally, STEM-focused organizations and programs have used targeted approaches to buildcurriculum, provide skill training opportunities, and engage target audiences in informationsessions about the field (Perna & Swail, 2001). Consequently, literature pertaining to theeffectiveness of targeted interventions commonly focuses on the impact and outcomes of theaforementioned interventions (i.e., curriculum building, skill training) (Jeffers et al., 2004).Assessing the impacts and outcomes of targeted interventions may play a pivotal role inunderstanding and addressing barriers to STEM access; however, focusing solely on these factorsmay negate the importance of process-level
’ activities included elements beyond teaching innovation, suchas curriculum design and educational research. Groups range in size from 4 to 10 people withsome members more active than others. Group members include both tenure-line and teaching-only faculty. The group described in this paper is unique in that it also includes graduate teachingassistants as integral members of the group.The Design element of the SIMPLE Design model emphasizes that improving teaching is viewedas an iterative design process. The ideal vision of a SIMPLE group is that members identifyneeds in their teaching and/or student learning, select an approach to addressing the needs,implement the approach, assess the result, and make modifications before implementing it again.(The
PrinciplesFigure 1. Components 11 of implementing meaningful, consequential learning in studios in CBEE at OSU.To this end, we have focused on: Instructional Design Principles. We have convened a set of six core instructors to write an initial draft of Instructional Design Principles for studios. These include: Practice First; Group Worthy Problems, Looping, Cooperative Learning; Assessment; and Manageable Change. These will next be taken to the larger set of studio instructors for further development and consideration. New Studio Activities. We have developed and implemented seven new studios to date over the sophomore-level sequence. Two of these are based on virtual process simulations
University. Dr. Talley teaches courses in the Construction Science and Management Program, and her research focus is in student en- gagement and retention in engineering and engineering technology education. Contact: kgt5@txstate.eduDr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos Araceli Martinez Ortiz, PhD., is Research Associate Professor of Engineering Education in the College of Education at Texas State University. She leads a comprehensive research agenda related to issues of curriculum and instruction in engineering education, motivation and preparation of under served pop- ulations of students and teachers and in assessing the impact of operationalizing culturally responsive teaching in the STEM
hardware such as depth enabled sensors hasseen some use in educational settings. For instance, Alexiadis et al. proposed an applicationof the Kinect for assessing dance performances 1 . Kyan et al. further studied the use of thistechnology for ballet training 14. D’Mello et al. used Kinects for capturing student-teacherinteraction 9. These works demonstrate the utility of low cost depth enabled sensors for easilycapturing physical tasks, as well as human dynamics. The method proposed in this work buildson that by determining if student body language can be used to predict student performance inphysical tasks, and determining at what point can an optimal determination be made.3 MethodThis method will determine if there are early body language
. This method also provides the basis forstudents and educators to assess the quality of the teaching technique in the area of heavy civilcost estimating.With this in mind, the authors have developed a unique instructional method for teaching heavycivil cost estimating. The course is taught in such a way that students bid projects alongsidelicensed contractors or bid on recently bid projects. This method provides students with an in-depth knowledge of cost estimating and all the steps that are akin to the real world costestimating practice. The data collected within the last two years from projects that the studentshave bid on, show how close students’ bids are to those submitted by licensed contractors. Whilethe approach of bidding alongside
located, whileothers were modeled after resources that were associated with cross-cultural communication.ResultsAssessment of the first workshop module is currently in progress. This includes two primaryforms of evaluation: surveys and focus-groups. Survey data collection has been completed, andfocus group data collection will conclude in March 2017. The following section will highlightpreliminary assessment results, focusing on data collected from surveys. First, survey data wascollected from 86 students immediately following workshop participation. These surveysincluded five Likert-scale question items aimed to understand students’ attitudes and perceptionssurrounding program effectiveness, as well as two open-ended question items to understand
devices, an optional 4-day course on engineering of musicalinstruments, and an opportunity for students to get together and speak about their experiencesthrough guided storytelling. We will report on the results of these programs at a later date.BibliographyASEE (2014). Going the Distance: Best Practices and Strategies for Retaining Engineering,Engineering Technology, and Computing Students. https://www.asee.org/papers-and-publications/publications/college-profiles.Alon, S. (2005). Model mis-specification in assessing the impact of financial aid on academicoutcomes. Research in Higher Education, 46(1), 109–125.Alon, S., & Tienda, M. (2005). Assessing the “mismatch” hypothesis: Differences in collegegraduation rates by institutional
weapon. Likewise, if the player swings his or her arm, the character inside the gamewill take a step.The VR game was used as a usability assessment platform to test the feasibility of using gestureclassifications and IMU data from the GCI to control the game as opposed to a standardkeyboard/mouse setup. The game is an FPS with the objective to go from start to finish, withoutdying from the horde of zombies attacking the player, killing as many zombies as possible. Fourgestures were trained to control the game: fist (fire weapon), rock on (change weapon), fist right(reload weapon), and index, middle, and ring fingers up (toggle vehicle headlight). In addition tothe four gestures, arm swings were used to control a walking portion of the game, each
in a more socially relevant light [6]. As the website changes are rolled out andour work on recruitment continues, we will assess whether they appeal to all students and whetherstudents can identify with either the alumni or professions in the spotlight.C. Visiting nearby high-feeder institutionsRecruiting at high-feeder community colleges and high schools is the third strategy. Therecruitment events consist of identifying the institutions, making connections with keyfaculty/staff to help with logistics, and then for CSULB faculty and students to travel to theinstitutions to make presentations about the college and our academic programs. These events(roadshows) took place in the Fall 2016 semester as high school seniors and community
inconsistenciesand draft proposals aimed at controlling the defects; to analyze the cost effectiveness ofprocesses; to assess innovation and technology risks when implementing new processes; etc.Acquiring such different and unique competences is contributed to by a well built curriculumcomprising a great variety of interesting subjects, such as Project Management, Trends in theDevelopment of Core Polymers Processing Equipment, Advanced Technologies in PolymersProcessing, «Computer Engineering Systems in Polymers Processing, System Approach toChoosing Polymers and to Prototyping Techniques, etc.Postgraduate training.The next stage is the postgraduate level, the program of which is unique and completelyuniversity-developed. It includes both fundamental
related fields of electricalengineering, CQUPT’s enrollment is more than ten times the size of NAU’s EE program. In a2012 assessment by the Degree and Graduate Education Development Centre of the ChineseMinistry of Education, CQUPT ranked number 26 in the field of Information andCommunications Engineering among universities in the People’s Republic of China.In China, a fresh graduate with a B.S. degree in EE faces a tough and very competitive domesticjob market. Facing this reality, students and their parents have become very interested inenhanced competitiveness. They generally view an engineering degree from certain foreignsources, particularly the United States, as very prestigious and highly desirable. Quite simply, theproblem is one of cost
educational institutions is uncommon because Dynamics is typicallyoffered as a full semester 3 credit hour course. It is therefore crucial to assess the students’general performance on the course compared to how well they’ve perceived to have learned.This knowledge provides the impetus for developing innovative pedagogical techniques thatwould ensure continued success of the students in the engineering program. While classroomteaching is essential to delivering the basic principles and fundamentals of the subject oftentimesthe focus shifts on providing too much information rather than ensuring that students learn thekey information. The concepts covered in-class is geared towards developing the students’ability to apply theoretical knowledge to ideal
following questions were answered by the course surveys edX-collected analytics and areaddressed in this section: 1. Who enrolled? 2. Who finished? 3. How did students obtain components and lab equipment? 4. How well did peer grading work for robot assessment? 5. How was the course received?3.1 Who enrolled?Self-reported student gender, education, and age, were collected by edX when students enrolledin the course and are summarized in Figure 3. Enrollment was large for both sessions, withmaximum enrollments of 26214 during the January session and 62624 during the July session,but only a fraction of enrollees was active at any given time. Just over 85% of students weremale. Most students had some form of college education, with 68.8% of
students to continue pursuing opportunities in STEMfields , including undergraduate degrees, and careers. The goal of this paper is to outline theprogrammatic activities of the Hk Maker Lab summer program, describe initial assessments andoutcomes; and provide a vision for how this program can enhance engineering education for highschool students.HK MAKER LAB CURRICULUMThe Hk Maker Lab takes place over a six-week span each summer. Rising high school Juniorsand Seniors are recruited from schools across New York City with populations that are primarilymade up of underserved minority populations. A rigorous application process, includingprocuring letters of recommendation from teachers, principals, and mentors, ensures a candidatepool of high
use and/or increase energy saving behaviors. Dr. Lang’s current research interests focus on identifying, assessing, and developing key skills, knowledge, attitudes, and other intrinsic and extrinsic factors required for engineers to effectively lead others, particularly other engineers and across cultures.Mr. Andrew Michael Erdman, The Pennsylvania State University Andrew M. ”Mike” Erdman received his B.S. in Engineering Science from Penn State and his M.S. from USC. Erdman has also taken courses at RPI, Union, UCLA, UCSB, MIT, and Dartmouth. At Rocket- dyne (Pratt & Whitney), he helped design the Space Shuttle. As manager of Reactor Safety Analysis, Experimental Engineering, and Fluid Dynamics Technology at KAPL
address the challenges, understand thecritical success factors, and assess the role of relevant tools and techniques for thesuccessful introduction and deployment of LSS in a higher education setting. A list ofsample projects completed by staff members at a university in Scotland further to atwo day LSS Yellow Belt training will also be presented.Case studyBackground to the HEI and LSS JourneyThe HEI for this research was established in 1796 as the “place of useful learning tocombine academic excellence with social and economic relevance”. As the place ofuseful learning, the university is fully committed to the advancement of societythrough the pursuit of excellence in research, education, and knowledge exchange andthrough creative engagement
the course, reflection on factors that would encourage ordiscourage students from pursuing their projects, and employment status during and after thecourse. The results of the interviews were assessed through thematic content analysis. Theinterviews suggest that (1) that students do not continue with their projects because they cannottake time away from the paying jobs that are supporting their education, (2) that studentscompleting their junior year do not want to take time away from their senior-year studies, and(3) that students completing their senior year do not want to take the risk of pursuing a startupwhen they could instead obtain a “real” job. Additionally, student startups appear to have beendiscouraged by their expectation in the
. The intended learning outcomes forthe engineering LLC are to increase learner self-assurance, confidence in public communication,academic achievement, self-assessment skills, digital fluency, and a sense of belonging to thecommunity and to the university as a whole. The course covers topics such as tips for success inengineering, resume/LinkedIn workshops, how to prepare for college classes, and strategies tohelp the students develop personally. Providing these resources during a student’s first-year,could help the students adjust and prepare for their undergraduate studies.The FIR of the EIRC has worked in the LLC since Fall 2014 and helped to grow it into aflourishing learning community on campus from a community of 18 to 73. This FIR
classroom, and engaging her students with interactive methods.Dr. Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Texas A&M University Andrea M. Ogilvie, Ph.D., P.E. serves as Assistant Dean for Student Success and Assistant Professor of Instruction at Texas A&M University. Prior to her current appointment, Andrea served as Director of the Equal Opportunity in Engineering Program at The University of Texas at Austin. Her expertise includes: project management, program assessment, university-industry partnerships, grant writing, and student development in the co-curricular learning environment with a special focus on recruiting, supporting, and graduating students from groups historically underrepresented in engineering. Since 2014
the implementation of the camp, as well as lessons learned by each of theconstituencies. Preliminary assessment results include informal surveys and focus groups,coupled with observations of camp and video clip analyses. Preliminary results revealed thatstudents learned how to treat failure as a positive tool. Several lessons were learned about howto facilitate hands-on activities with students whose fine motor skills and 2-D to 3-Dvisualization skills have not yet developed.IntroductionThe Engineering Place at North Carolina State University, a large, public university, has beenconducting engineering summer camps for over fifteen years [1]. Several design elements of thesummer camps include: the staff for the camps is assembled from a
different from them in engineering. Often, instructors expect students to acquire teamingskills through their experiences without explicit scaffolding and instruction. There is a significantamount of research on how effective teams can be coached and assessed; however, little researchhas been conducted on how students interact with one another in diverse teams or how thoseinteractions shape their attitudes about diversity or students experiences of belonging orexclusion in teams [8]-[10]. Our project focuses on these interpersonal interactions to betterunderstand how diverse teams can be formed, taught, and monitored to promote inclusion in theengineering classroom.Project OverviewTo investigate how interpersonal interactions in team’s shape