uncomfortable for most.ConclusionThe teaching of critical thinking in engineering judgment is critical to decrease the “context gap”undergraduate engineers face on entry into the workplace. The writing assignment presented in this paperand discussed in our interview explores how to teach critical thinking in engineering judgment throughthe student writing process. Though impossible to fully replicate the contexts of the professionalengineering environment, this assignment serves as an example of how to enable critical thinking througha semester-long research project. As technological innovation accelerates, the need for engineers to thinkcritically about engineering problem construction and framing, power relations, and other socialdimensions shaping
. ACM, 2019.[17] V. Rajanna, F. Alamudun, D. Goldberg, and T. Hammond, “Let me relax: Toward automated sedentary state recognition and ubiquitous mental wellness solutions,” in MobiHealth 2015 - 5th EAI International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - Transforming healthcare through innovations in mobile and wireless technologies, London, Great Britain, October 14-16, 2015.[18] V. Rajanna, R. Lara Garduno, D. Jyoti Behera, K. Madanagopal, D. Goldberg, and T. Hammond, “Step up life: A context aware health assistant,” in Proceedings of the Third ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on the Use of GIS in Public Health. Dallas, Texas, USA: ACM, November 4-7, 2014, pp. 21–30, iSBN: 978-1-4503-3136-4
, University of California, San Diego Marko V. Lubarda is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. He teaches mechanics, materials science, design, computational analysis, and engineering mathematics courses, and has co-authored the undergraduate textbook Intermediate Solid Mechanics (Cambridge University Press, 2020). He is dedicated to engi- neering pedagogy and enriching students’ learning experiences through teaching innovations, curriculum design, and support of undergraduate student research.Dr. Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California, San Diego Saharnaz Baghdadchi is an Assistant Teaching Professor at UC San Diego. She
’ learning experiences through teaching innovations, curriculum design, and support of undergraduate student research. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Oral Assessments as an Early Intervention StrategyAbstractOral assessments, i.e., one-on-one interview-style questioning by an instructor, have been shownto be powerful pedagogical tools. Their main benefits include the ability to assess conceptualmastery in depth due to their adaptive dialogic nature, in addition to improving students’ verbalskills and serving as a tool to support academic integrity. However, assessments not only play animportant role in measuring the level of students' understanding, but the assessment method
Page 24.931.4trends and provide them (students) with the tools needed for the world as it will be, not as it istoday.” While acknowledging that certain basics of engineering will not change, the NAEdocument emphasized the explosion of knowledge, the global economy, and the way engineerswill work in the future. A 2007 successor document was ASCE’s Vision for Civil Engineering in2025, which defined the role of civil engineers as planners, designers, constructors, and operatorsof society’s economic and social engine, in the built environment; stewards of the naturalenvironment and its resources; innovators and integrators of ideas and technology across thepublic, private, and academic sectors; managers of risk and uncertainty caused by natural
while attrition rates for thosestudents starting in engineering increased2, 3. This was happening as the first wave of engineersfrom the baby boom years prepare to retire from the active workforce; thus, this creates a gapbetween the insufficient number of engineers (and other scientist & technology workers) enteringthe workforce and the number of technologically focused researchers and innovators needed tocontinue economic growth1. Fortunately, a growth trend for enrollment in engineering programshas been observed since 2000 with a corresponding increase in bachelor’s degrees awarded, anda sharp increase of freshmen enrolling in engineering has occurred since 2005 4,5Nationally, minorities and women continue to be under-represented in
doctoral student in education at Jackson State University. His primary research interest are on online learning, language acquisition, STEM learning, and early childhood education.Dr. Himangshu Shekhar Das, Jackson State University Dr. Das is an Assistant Professor at the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Jackson State University. He has more than 15 years of experience in teaching and research. Since his joining at Jasckson State University in 2008, he has been continuously using innovative tools and multimedia to engage students in effective teaching.Dr. Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University Jianjun Yin, Ph.D, is Professor of Education in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Educa- tion
Paper ID #8702Strategies for using on-line practice problemsDr. Jess W. Everett, Rowan University Jess W. Everett has worked in four distinct areas: waste management operations research, contaminated site assessment and remediation, education innovation, and sustainable engineering. He has employed a wide variety of techniques, including computer modeling, laboratory experiments, field testing, and surveys. His current research focuses on energy conservation, alternative energy generation, engineering learning communities, and hybrid courses (courses with classroom and on-line aspects).Ms. Kaitlin Engle Mallouk, Rowan
examine the effects of an innovative instructional approach – theinverted classroom approach – on students’ learning experiences and outcomes. Essentially, it isa study on the “within-college effects” on students’ subject matter learning according toPascarella and Terenzini’s framework 22. Our research design spanned over two years and relatedto two student cohorts exposed to the “traditional” approach and the inverted classroom approachrespectively. The research design allowed us to compare various aspects of student learningexperiences and outcomes. In terms of learning outcomes, we assessed both students’ conceptunderstanding and their analytical problem-solving capabilities in addition to their grades. Giventhe lack of research focusing on
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Geoffrey L. Herman is a visiting assistant professor with the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engi- neering Education. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a Mavis Future Faculty Fellow and conducted postdoctoral research with Ruth Streveler in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests include creating systems for sustainable improvement in engineering education, promoting intrinsic motivation in the classroom, conceptual change and development in engineering students, and change in faculty beliefs about teaching and learning. He is a recipient of the 2011
laboratory access iswithheld until all team members complete the assignments.IntroductionThe Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) Program1-4 is an innovative educationalinitiative at the College of Engineering of the University of Florida (UF). In weekly classesspanning two consecutive academic semesters, (eight months), students from various engineeringand business disciplines are taught how to design products and processes. Then, working in smallmultidisciplinary teams under the guidance of faculty coaches and industrial liaison engineers, Page 24.1240.2the students design and build an industrial product or design a manufacturing process
technicalperformance parameters by assessing the needs of prospective users of their system. Once thoseperformance parameters are established, the students are responsible for creating their own workbreakdown structure, as well as planning and executing the entire design and development effort.The only major milestones the students are required to meet are two formal design reviews forexternal evaluators at the end of the fall and winter quarters, and a public demonstration of thefinished product at an annual campus-wide innovation festival at the end of the academic year.An instructor of record is assigned responsibility for the course but there are no requiredtextbooks or formal lectures. The students jointly construct a common understanding of newconcepts
Director of Choose Ohio First,25 theDirector at SOCHE, the Senior Director at SOCHE, and SOCHE’s marketing intern. ChooseOhio First Scholarship Program is “part of [Ohio’s] strategic effort to significantly strengthenOhio’s position in world markets such as aerospace, medicine, computer technology, andalternative energy. The Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program awards Ohio colleges,universities and their business partners that have developed innovative academic programs torecruit and retain more Ohio students into STEMM fields.” 25Three Poster Session judges were chosen from the faculty in the six departments at thisinstitution. None of the judges had students presenting a poster. The judges were provided witha poster session rubric to evaluate
a lot of fun…and basically they gave me real work that any of the other peoplewould work on. I got my own projects…so they gave you real responsibilities, but then they werealso really willing to help, and they told you the resources to find…I would write them programsthat would actually do what they were doing by hand, and they were really impressed by that…Ireally helped to like innovate their process…I got a chance to use all the theory I’ve beenlearning.—White Female – 4th Year (P16) Page 23.1058.9Finally, some female stayers reported that they secured a job as a result of their internships or co-ops. These included post-graduation
clear purpose, motivation and suggest implications of this work. It should review the closely related technologies in the field giving historical context, current status, and importance for innovations in the field. o Edit and improve upon previous version of the opening intro paragraph by incorporating feedback and making it more succinct and informative § Directly state the purpose and scope of your current effort. Use scientific terminology in the field, directly state what is novel and why it is better than previous technology
Transactions on Education, 49(4):420–431, 2006.[12] Janet L. DeGrazia, John L. Falconer, Garret Nicodemus, and Will Medlin. Incorporating screencasts into chemical engineering courses. In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2012.[13] Jacqueline Delange. Quebec student protests: Tuition protests planned for Montreal and Quebec City. Huff- ington Post, June 2012. URL http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/06/22/quebec-student- protests_n_1617840.html.[14] C. Demetry. Work in progress: An innovation merging "classroom flip" and team-based learning. In Proceed- ings, 40th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2010.[15] Morton Deutsch. A theory of cooperation and competition. Human relations, 2(2):129–152, 1949
: Technology, Economics, and Politics. In this regard studentsneed to learn: a. How standards play a part in their career; b. How to think critically about standards development and technology solutions; c. About the pace of standards development in terms of technical change; d. How standards help drive innovation; e. How standards development process provides good technical solutions; f. Why standards are flexible.What are the needs of undergraduate and graduate students?Harding (2011) further notes that the state of standards education at the university level isdiverse. There are different needs at the undergraduate and graduate levels: a. Undergraduate students require a basic level of
toward enlisting only universityfaculty with the highest possible degree, (3) a trend toward learning methods that depend less oninstructor-based pedagogy and foster either individual/solitary responsibility for learning orgroup-based education, and/or (4) improved and enhanced technology, materials, and activitiesin response to student-centered learning described in (3) above.”1 Smaller class sizes is one Page 23.1248.2possible solution to this challenge; however, other innovative options exist and can address theseunderlying issues without adjusting class sizes or requiring only the most experienced professors. Instructional Scaffolding. The
toearthquakes, have the students explore earthquake-resistant design through building structuresusing K’Nex, and show how these topics are researched through a visit to an engineeringlaboratory where innovative engineering designs are tested. Goals are to foster enthusiasm in thescience of earthquakes and earthquake engineering, expose the students to earthquakes in ahands-on, interactive, exciting environment, and activate student interest in STEM whileengaging curiosity and creativity. Additional description and resources related to this K’Nexstructures activity can be found in the educational resources in NEESacademy on the NEESwebsite 17.In this project, the curriculum consists of a four-part activity. The first segment of the activity isa lecture
observers.Throughout the process, lesson study teams reported their plans and progress to the whole groupduring monthly meetings. During these meetings, ideas were exchanged, problems werediscussed, and innovative solutions were created. This provided each team with a source ofsupport and encouragement and allowed them to take advantage of the collective wisdom andexperience of all of the teachers involved. The fall semester concluded with final presentationsby each team to the entire group summarizing their lesson study activities and future plans.evaluationThe project hypothesis is that improved teacher content knowledge in the area of engineeringdesign and technology related concepts and improved pedagogical skills will lead to higherteacher quality and
conversations about thistopic, there is an opportunity for faculty members to challenge the idea that success inengineering is based on a meritocracy. Faculty can encourage different thinking throughdiscourse in the classroom and course rubrics. Faculty taking these steps can be a start tofostering a culture in which students hold intelligence with less value in social comparisonsamong their peers. Knowledge about a subject matter does not always make you better atdesigning a solution; being willing to learn, having curiosity, and expressing different ways ofthinking and doing can also lead to innovative ideas.Consciousness RaisingIn the design of this study, there has always been a social justice framework of not only doingresearch to enact change but
research assistants served as the moderators and assistants for theactivity. They were compensated for this labor as well. The activity sheet is replicated below infull:Engineering Activity (Archimedes Launcher)BackgroundThe great mathematician and innovator Archimedes was one of the greatest engineering mindsof the 3rd century B.C.E. For his students, he long proposed a simple competition early in theyear to test each mind’s ability to design the future. Each of the engineers would assemble intoteams of four for the competition. The challenge presented to each team was to create a machinethat could launch a boulder and compete in three trials in a single day. The first was a trial ofstrength to launch the boulder the farthest. The second was a
canmeaningfully engage with each other to build enduring familiarity, fluency, and identities aroundengineering. And yet, this area continues to be considerably under-researched, despite apost-COVID shutdown era when many innovations in home-based educational STEM andengineering education were developed with early learners and their parents and caregivers.Taking an ecological approach to learning encourages the acknowledgement of the significantassets and strengths of learning opportunities both within and outside of the classroom.Moreover, applying an ecological lens to engineering learning fosters the positioning of parentsand caregivers as full participants and partners in early childhood engineering education,suggesting there is much the field can
Information Science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Alongside his studies, he has been working as a software engineer intern at the CSAA Insurance Group for a year. He has also worked as a supplemental instruction leader at the University of Michigan-Dearborn for two years. Larnell has been the recipient of numerous accolades such as the Rackham Merit Fellowship REA award, the title for the most exciting pitch at the 2023 CSAA Insurance Group Innovation Jam, the Destination Blue Scholarship, Slosberg and Sorscher Memorial Scholarship, CECS Richard Schaum Scholarship, funding for research under the NSF REU grant, and more. Post-graduation, Larnell Moore is set to pursue a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at
programs introducing “design across the curriculum”approaches to student engagement; our programming extends this logic to include designcoursework as a strategic location for comprehensive sociotechnical integration for engineeringstudents. Finally, the key assessment component—and the thrust of our argument—is that ABETassessment practices can and should be crafted to advance programmatic innovations anddifferentiation rather than constraining them. Since we are not yet accredited, this may be a risk,but it is a risk worth taking and one that we believe is well aligned with ABET’s stated goalssurrounding assessment best practices.Ultimately, our key achievement at this stage of program development is to have created ABETperformance indicators
University in 2020 and 2021, respectively, and graduated from Calvin College in 2015 with a B.S.E. concentrating in Mechanical Engineering. Beyond instruction, he continues to conduct research focusing on student experience and experiential learning in context with innovative instructional practices.Dr. So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati Dr. So Yoon Yoon is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering and Computing Education in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati, OH, USA. Dr. Yoon received her Ph.D. in Gifted Education, and an M.S.Ed. in Research Methods and Measurement with a specialization in Educational Psychology, both from Purdue University, IN, USA. She also