thelanguage of math, and consequently, math metaphors, symbols, and equations can provide auniversal point of entry into learning subjects that link to math. And finally, I assumed theSentence Algebra method for teaching grammar through the lens of math would be an effectiveinstructional method for a STEM grammar class. Aside from these premises, which wereinformed by my 25-year career as an engineering writer and writing instructor, as well as bysome exciting precursor studies published by others (see literature review segment at the end ofthe paper), there was no formal needs assessment nor feasibility study conducted prior to thetrial.The chief driving force behind the pilot was firm belief that a grammar class for STEM studentswas an idea worth
. She has worked with the Certification and Skills Assessment team at Microsoft Corporation, the Office of the Superintendent of Instruction in the state of Washington, the Division of Research and Assessment at Milwaukee Public School District, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the WI Department of Public Instruction, the National Science Foundation, Junior Achievement of Southeastern WI, the Center for Self-Sufficiency, Appleton Public Library, and many local school districts. Walker received an M.S. in mathematics education from Illinois State University and a Ph.D. in quantitative research methodologies from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.Luciana Cancado, University of Wisconsin
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presents its habitat design to a panelof volunteer faculty members and classmates who critique both the design and the team’s oralpresentation.This paper provides insights into the project tasking; the roles and responsibilities of the differentdesign engineers; and the basic engineering considerations and computations required of the finaldesign. It addresses typical conflict issues arising among team members and the means to theirresolution, and presents elements – both positive and negative – of the typical team presentation.Achievement of project learning goals and a summary of assessment results are also discussed.IntroductionThe Hex-Oid Habitat (H-O-H) Design Challenge is an academic exercise developed for theocean engineering program at the
this file size has implications for thedelivery channel (broadband, WiFi, or cellular). Size and speed problems can be alleviatedthrough image quality reductions but doing so may negatively affect the students’ ability tolearn.An element of the overall platform for which the authors have been particularly interested inreceiving student feedback regards our screen-captured content, including both lecture materialand worked out example problems. Specifically, what techniques for video production dostudents perceive as important with respect to their learning and which yield an overall positivelearning experience? In our paper, the authors present the results of a student assessment ofsample screen-captured example problems based on a series of
instructed to verify they areable to do all the activities described by the objectives corresponding to the lessons covered onthe exam. For the final exams used in this study, students were told to review all the courselearning objectives as the exams were comprehensive. Because the students have been givenclear direction as to the level of understanding expected of them and have had opportunities topractice and assess their skills through homework and class activities, and because the exam iswritten to the skill level of the published learning objectives, curving of exam results is notnecessary. In fact, if every student met every learning objective then every student wouldreceive an A on the exam. More realistically, the class averages on any
learningprogramming with using it for problem-solving and design in engineering, differing in emphasisand in problem selection from a generic CS1-style <> course. It uses autograding for acombination of proficiency-building, skill-assessment, and problem-based active learning.Autograding has become an important feature of the course, shifting use of human resources toface-to-face tutoring and higher-level formative and summative evaluation. We continue toexplore the curriculum design space investigating the effects of additional time and staffingresources, additional varieties of computational engineering activities, project-based learning,and badge certification.AcknowledgmentsWe wish to thank our colleagues Jeremy Johnson, Nagarajan Kagasamy, Baris
as Recruitment and Retention Analyst for the Minority Engineering Program and the Purdue Office of Institutional Assessment, Dr. Stwalley collects, analyzes and manages data pertaining to the outreach, recruitment, retention and graduation of engineering students from historically underrepresented groups.Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West LafayetteDr. Darryl Athos Dickerson, Purdue University, West LafayetteMs. Virginia Lynn Booth Womack, Purdue University, West Lafayette Virginia received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering and a B.A. in Psychology while at Purdue Univer- sity. She is currently the Director of Minority Engineering Programs in the College of Engineering. She assumed the position in 2004 after 18
learner to work independently withoutsynchronizing his/her schedule with those of other people or events. This paper discusses theexperience of using the LON-CAPA learning system for asynchronous problem set delivery insix engineering, engineering technology, and landscape design courses offered through theCollege of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Delaware over a period of 12years. LON-CAPA (web site at < http://www.lon-capa.org/>) is free, open-source, course-management software developed and supported by Michigan State University. It includes atesting and assessment component that allows for coding a variety of homework (HW) and testproblems that are computer-graded and submitted by students on-line. Advantages of
find the diameters of the Al and Cu wires and theelectrical resistivity of the unknown metal wire, were the most accurate. The results of ourevaluation of student performance in this section of the experiment are shown in Figure 2. Adescription is provided below along with comments on student errors and a systematic error inmeasurement. Figure 2: Assessment of student work for the calculation of resistivity of the unknown metal, identification of the unknown metal from its electrical resistivity (), calculation of thermal conductivity (), and calculations of the specific heat capacity (Cp) of the three metal blocks.A common error in the calculation of the diameters of the Al and Cu wires appears to have beenthe use of an
, SouthAfrica.25 Hines and Lethbridge26 also presented a report on development and creation of a leanuniversity.Besides the applicability of lean principles at universities, there have been studies onimplementing lean in the classroom and laboratories. Tatikonda 2 reported that by applying leanprinciples, it is possible to refine the course content to enhance student understanding. Heapplied the lean tools to design, teach, and assess accounting courses that helped students gain abetter knowledge and skills required by the employers. In addition, the applicability of leanmanufacturing to university laboratories was investigated by Sreedharan and Liou.27 It has beenreported that students working on lean projects and following lean in laboratories
for using the App for learning. Theincorporation of appropriate positive feedback would provide encouragement in addition tomotivation.By building into the Apps suitable self-assessment of learning, the system (Apps) can learn about Page 26.160.13the user’s difficult areas which need improvements, and focus more on those areas by providingmore examples and assessment questions as needed. Thus the Apps can be personalized to thedifferent learners.Benefits of mobile Apps as course supplementsSeveral of the major benefits of using mobile Apps as course supplements are shown in Figure 7. Figure 7. Major benefits of mobile apps used
participant that talked about her experience of witnessingstudents allowing white male professors to go unchallenged despite presumed incorrectinformation31. They may talk to their peers about that professor; however, “[...t]hey feel quitecomfortable challenging the African American woman in class”31. Panelists in another study,“[…] defined climate as the quality of respect and support accorded to women and minorities onindividual campuses” and that one could assess culture, “[…] by the number of women andminority faculty members at junior and senior levels”31. Tenure and Promotion. Jackson surveyed engineering faculty and discovered that whenasked about tenure and promotion only 43 percent of Black/Hispanic engineering facultybelieved the
development of our mentoring initiative. Next, we describe severalof the activities organized and present early assessment results of the program.About the WISE@OU ProgramThe National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE program was established in 2001 to“increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineeringcareers, thereby developing a more diverse science and engineering workforce17.” Since its Page 26.490.3inception, more than 100 institutions of higher education have been the recipients of NSF 2ADVANCE awards, including Oakland University (OU) which received a
Page 26.607.2UAVs include intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), battlefield damageassessment, and force protection. Civilian applications include remote sensing, scientificresearch, search and rescue missions, border patrol, surveillance of disaster-affected areas, aerialphotography, aerial mapping for geotechnical survey, vegetation growth analysis, crop dusting,precision agriculture, and assessment of topographical changes, etc.The UAV industry is the fastest growing sector of the aerospace industries and the use of UAVshas been growing significantly for civilian applications1. It is estimated that UAV spending willdouble over the next decade from current worldwide expenditures of $5.2 billion annually. Oncethe technology
, evaluator feedback and end-of-program evaluations were used to assess theprogram. As anticipated the majority of the students were very engaged in their inventioncreation. The potential to create something meaningful, relevant and fun inspired and motivatedthem. The students chose the topic, which in most cases had personal relevance to them (i.e.helping a loved one or themselves or cool toy with which they would want to play) resulting inhigh intrinsic and attainment value. The activities also took on a high utility value as they beganto identify markets for their invention and the potential to make money at little to no personalcost to them. The list of inventions created in table 5. Students identified different motivatingfactors for why they
Analysis from Stanford Uni- versity. His dissertation will focus on how student’s connections of social responsibility and engineering change throughout college as well as how engineering service is valued in employment and supported in the workplace.Dr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community
conditions, and they are required to assess the accuracy andcorrectness of the output solution, but have little or no visibility to the mechanics of the problemsolving.As with all Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology programs, a broadand diverse curriculum in engineering science is required. As faculty, we are alwaysinvestigating better ways to introduce concepts, present correct approaches to problem solving,and then assess student mastery and performance against learning outcomes. It is very valuablein an educational setting, to not only present material and have students practice solutions, andlater be tested on those concepts, but to present information in alternate or unique ways so thatthe students can have the best
teachers were assessed throughout the project on their development andreflection of the implemented instructional strategies; attitudes towards the project; anddevelopment of communication skills with the engineering students and elementary children.Each student was responsible for planning a modified CoRe lesson which identified: the gradelevel expectations (e.g., state science standards); big idea for the lesson (e.g., life cycle of apenguin); importance for children learning the topic; background knowledge needed to for thelesson including identified common misconceptions children may hold; specific activities foreach of the engage, explore, explain and elaborate phases; and the assessment of students’understanding. After teaching the lesson
from traditional TTL devices in severalimportant ways. Students discover that for CMOS the transition region between logic high andlogic low is extremely narrow which causes a gate to be sensitive to noise present in a slowlychanging input. Given such sensitivity, this paper presents a feedback test circuit useful forinvestigating the transition region. Also, given that some CPLDs include Schmitt triggercapability, our students investigate how such capability reduces sensitivity to noise. Students alsolearn about propagation delay and static loading such as that with an LED.In performing our research we assessed our students' learning experience with our test benchtutorial content, and assessed how device characteristics should be included in
modify existing computer architectures.3 Evaluation methods The evaluation of the two IM course conversions relied on a mixed-methods design.Surveys were used to measure students’ perception of the course’s overall support for theirintrinsic motivation to learn. Interviews were used to develop deeper insights into how specificelements of the course impacted students’ intrinsic motivation to learn.3.1 Quantitative methods The Learning Climate Questionnaire (LCQ) measures the IM-supportiveness of alearning environment. The LCQ uses fifteen, seven-point Likert scale item to provide a singlenumerical rating of the learning climate. These items assess the instructor’s support of students’decisions (autonomy), affirmation of
Penn StateUniversity Park, the course instructor and the graduate student teaching assistant for theengineering economy course initially graded and judged the case studies based on the quality of Page 26.191.6writing/ presentation, the proposal/ explanation of the proposed solution, the cost analysis/justification, and the overall effort of the team. The case study competition grade was worth3.33% of the overall course grade in the engineering economy course. After the university teamcompleted their assessment of the case studies, all 29 case studies and a top 10 team list (in noparticular order) was passed on to the retailer’s employees. The
Page 26.282.6after 24 hours, they were also given the opportunity to create decorative bars as gifts andmementos.Sustainable BioproductsGiven the common misconceptions surrounding “green” and organic products, the bioproductsactivity was designed to expose participants to the many facets of these up–and-coming products.Firstly, a discussion of what it means to be “green” and organic was held to arrive at a consensus.At this point, several product demos and trials were convened to put these products through theirpaces. Some of the activities included a tasting of algal food products such as seasoning andchips and the synthesis of a biopolymer packaging peanut to protect an egg during an egg dropactivity. There was also a comparative assessment
meet thegrowing need for workers in the field.The ‘buoyant believers’ framework works like a key to help college educators interpret studentbehavior, assess student needs, and make decisions about actions that should be taken to ensurestudents succeed in STEM. In doing so, educators can have an impact on students by movingthem toward becoming buoyant believers. For instance, one might imagine a STEM advisor orfaculty member utilizing the ‘buoyant believers’ framework as a tool to help place strugglingBlack STEM students who appear to lack confidence or resilience in the typology. Subsequently,the advisor or faculty member could then consult our recommendations for the respectivetypology and decide on the appropriate interventions to move
approach to teaching professional communication, andintroduce our larger research project, which aims to assess the effectiveness of our program.Finally, we shall briefly reflect on whether the small communication class is really as inefficientas some have suggested. The purpose of this study is to develop the theoretical groundwork fora larger study we are just beginning to conduct on the efficacy of our professionalcommunication program. Using the investigative tools of narrative research and discourseanalysis, we hope ultimately to determine the degree to which our program, which maintainssmall classes and focuses on cultivating students’ rhetorical judgment, effectively graftsprofessional communication onto our students’ burgeoning
Electrical Engineering and Page 26.410.12Thermodynamics with Engineering Mathematics. Lower grades are dominating even in thethird semester. However, the number of students seems to be too small to draw conclusions atthis point.Figure 12: Engineering Mathematics grades versus Engineering Mechanics grades for the 2nd(left) and 3rd (right) semesterFigure 13: Engineering Mathematics grades versus Electrical Engineering (left) andThermodynamics (right) grades in the 2nd and 3rd semester respectivelyIn order to assess the conclusiveness of the correlation factors R and ρ of the gradecorrelations, all courses offered in the first three semesters were correlated
(Pencast). 6. Instructor-provided lecture notes are useful (PDF). 7. Lecture quizzes are useful. 8. Lecture worksheets are useful. 9. Discussion during lecture is useful.Qualitative Feedback 10. General CommentsResultsPerformanceOverall, 95% of students in the FC passed the core outcomes, while only 80% of the TC passed.This indicates that the FC leads to higher performance than TC by nearly 19%. However, due tothe Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), detailed student performance datafrom the TC sections was unobtainable. Therefore, the original goal to compare each coreoutcome and assess whether differences were significant was made impossible. Instead, a chi-squared test of independence was
engineering, support undergraduate students’progress along the academic pipeline and, to provide graduate students with opportunities todevelop critical professional skills to prepare them for the professoriate.The goal of this paper is to present the program details, assessment results, and implications forfuture programs and adaptations.Program DetailsThe 2015 SB4R team included two executive-level employees in the College of Engineering andApplied Science at CU Boulder and two engineering graduate student “leads”. The team wasresponsible for applying for funding for the program, advertising the program, developing pre- andpost-surveys for evaluating the program, selecting and matching students to participate in theprogram, paying the students a
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