and technical skills for developing andevaluating experiments; and meta-cognitive skills to review progress, assess challenges and planfuture explorations.9,10Both constructivism and socioculturism are rooted in the social constructivism theory developedby Vygotsky,11 who argued that knowledge and meaning-making activities cannot be divorcedfrom the context in which the learning takes place. Building on the idea that knowledge isconstructed in a sociocultural context, undergraduate research provides inquiry- and problem-based learning activities that immerse students in the theory, content and practice of thescientific process. Inquiry-based activities may include making observations, developinghypotheses, using reference materials
Science Education, ITiCSE ’05, pages 123–127, New York, NY, USA, 2005. ACM.5 S. Kurkovsky. Can mobile game development foster student interest in computer science? In Games Innovations Conference, 2009. ICE-GIC 2009. International IEEE Consumer Electronics Society’s, pages 92–100, 2009.6 F. Dochy, Mien Segers, and Dominique Sluijsmans. The use of self-, peer and co-assessment in higher education: A review. Studies in Higher education, 24(3):331–350, 1999.7 Donald Chinn. Peer assessment in the algorithms course. In Proceedings of the 10th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE ’05, pages 69–73, New York, NY, USA, 2005. ACM.8 Philip M Sadler and Eddie Good. The impact
Engineers (SAE) Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award recipient.Mr. Michael DeLorme, Stevens Institute of Technology Mr. Michael DeLorme is an Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Associate at the Davidson Laboratory at the Stevens Institute of Technology. He has conducted over 50 significant marine hydrodynamic exper- iments on both surface and subsurface vehicles. Other areas of recent research include; the application of hydro-acoustic techniques for the detection, classification and tracking of non-emitting small vessels, the implementation of UUVs for port/maritime security and environmental assessment, and path planning of a UUV through a complex estuary.Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology (SSE) Eirik Hole has
? What are the risks to these assets? How well does the security solution mitigate those risks? What other risks does the security solution cause? What costs and trade-offs does the security solution impose?According to Schneier these questions, while not a design methodology for a security solution,will provide a mechanism to evaluate a proposed security solution. It will be possible to realizehow ineffectual some common security solutions are, in other words how they solve the wrongproblem or cause more problems than they solve. One objective of this paper is to identifycurrent solutions for CPS both from a generic and market sector perspective and then analyzethem with respect to CPS characteristics in order to assess their
managementstudents were provided with randomly-selected sets of photographs of construction worksitesand were asked to identify the hazards present. In a one-month randomly staged series, studentswere exposed to SAVES. In SAVES students were asked to identify hazards and the systemprovided real-time assessment of their performance and feedback for improvement of futureiterations. Following this experience, a second series of post-tests was administered. The impactof the augmented reality experience was empirically measured using multiple baseline testingand inferential statistics. The results indicate that students’ and workers’ abilities to recognizehazards increased, on average, by 21 percent and 26 percent, respectively (p<0.001). Qualitativefeedback
, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has also served as the ABET assessment coordinator for the CEAE Department since 2008. She has taught first-year introductory courses for CEAE students and capstone design for environmental engineer- ing since students since 1998. The capstone design course first included service-learning projects in 2001. Bielefeldt currently conducts research on social responsibility among engineering students and practition- ers, teaching sustainable engineering, engineering ethics, and faculty attitudes toward service-learning.Prof. Derek T Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder
a number of unique designs,which they would readily explain to anyone who would listen. The teachers also had positivethings to say about the unit and how their students were able to understand and apply the scienceand mathematics concepts through their designs and redesigns. Through an oral assessment ofthe science and mathematics content covered in this unit and administered by the teachers, theyreported that their students were able to explain the concepts of basic needs and habitats by theend of the lesson and even apply their understanding of habitats and 3D shapes in other contexts.For example, students in one kindergarten class surprised a naturalist while on a field trip bycorrectly using the term “animal habitat.” During a later
he worked training engineers and technicians in high-speed transmission system for backbone networks.Mr. Raymond Edward Boyles, Technology and Engineering Education Raymond Edward Boyles has an associate’s in specialized, avionics, May 1992, from Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics, and a B.S., information technology, May 2008, and M.S., technology education, Aug. 2009, from California University of PA. Most Relevant Papers: Santoso, H., Boyles, R., Lawanto, O. & Goodridge, W. (2011). A Preliminary Study of Conducting Semi-Structured Interview as Metacognitive Assessment in Engineering Design: Issues and Challenges. American Society for Engineering Education. Presentations, five most relevant: TeleRobotics
. The camera only records audio when the 30 fps settingis used. As discussed in the manual for the camera, for recording at 30 fps to 240 fps, the imagesize, in pixels, is 432x320. However, at 480 fps, the image size is reduced to 224x160 pixels,and at 1000 fps, it is reduced to 224x64 pixels.This paper illustrates use of the camera first in the mechanical vibrations course, then in the fluidmechanics course, followed by a discussion of initial attempts at assessment and a summary.Mechanical VibrationsMechanical vibrations at the University of Kentucky is a dual-level course includingundergraduate students taking the course as an elective and graduate students taking the coursefor graduate credit. It is taught via ITV (Interactive Television
White7 argue that the tablet PC classroom environment is very effectiveas it increases the emphasis on the social aspects of learning and on meaning making. Finally,by incorporating screen capturing software, the tablet PC allows lecturers to create recordedlectures and other screencasts to explain concepts quickly and easily, Evidence to datesuggest this can make a difference8; As well as these presentation media advantages, theTablet PC can be used to improve support for students, particularly those in the distancemode. In particular it can be used for one-to-one consultations5 and improve productivity andresponse time for assessment marking9,10
and coping during three stages of a college examination,” J. Pers. Soc. Psychol., vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 150–170, 1985.[6] A. M. Kessler, R. C., Andrews, G., Colpe, L. J., Hiripi, E., Mroczek, D. K., Normand, S.- L. T., Walters, E. E., & Zaslavsky, “Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in non-specific psychological distress,” Psychol. Med., vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 959–976, 2002.[7] J. M. Cénat, “Complex Racial Trauma: Evidence, Theory, Assessment, and Treatment,” Perspect. Psychol. Sci., vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 675–687, 2023.[8] N. Y. Chavez-Dueñas, H. Y. Adames, J. G. Perez-Chavez, and S. P. Salas, “Healing ethno-racial trauma in latinx immigrant communities
). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024An Evaluation of the Impact of a Femalized Architecture, Engineering, and ConstructionKinesthetic Learning Model on the AEC Career Knowledge, Self-efficacy, and OutcomeExpectations of African American Middle School GirlsAbstractEngaging African American middle school girls in out-of-school-time (OST) Architecture,Engineering, and Construction (AEC) programs can significantly boost their knowledge andawareness of these traditionally male-dominated fields. This study adopts Lent’s SocialCognitive Career Theory (SCCT) and Bandura’s self-efficacy theory to assess the impact of afemalized AEC kinesthetic learning model (fAEC-KLM) on the AEC career knowledge, self-efficacy, and outcome expectations (KSO
pursue research that can enhance quality of life by improving access to sustainable resources and economic opportunities, particularly where a lack of physical infrastructure or economic resources presents a major obstacle, leading to the creation of the SEAR lab. The SEAR lab investigates how communities, companies, and countries can allocate their limited resources in a way that maximizes their desired outcomes in a sustainable, equitable, and resilient but also elegant way. The SEAR lab assesses these problems by combining physical experimentation, data analytics, and stochastic systems optimization to provide actionable decisions and create scalable prototypes.Prof. Jay Michael Rosenberger, The University of Texas
materialstesting project was to assess the effectiveness of research engagement strategies and long-termemployment opportunities for students on the research teams. Of particular interest is how this modelworked for complex engineering and research activities related to aerospace systems. Considering thePrimarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI) emphasis of Weber State University (WSU), significantnumbers of graduate students, with associated long-term funding options, are not as common whencompared to an R1 type university. Thus, to satisfy local demand for fundamental research andencourage academic-government-industry partnerships, the project model described in this paper wasinstituted. As currently assessed, the outcome of this initial effort is mostly
forapproximately one hour. This study took place in the second year of face-to-face implementationof the course, with a version being taught online for two semesters due to the COVID-19pandemic. One faculty member from within the discipline (mechanical engineering) taught thecourse, supported by eight undergraduate teaching assistants who assisted with grading theweekly assignments.Several data sets were collected as part of this study. Student participation in formative andsummative assignment was documented, as well as course completion rates. The primary data setwas a voluntary skills self-assessment survey (Qualtrics XM) that was completed by students attwo time points during the semester. The survey was first administered during the first week
milestone related to theproject, students were required to submit their progress reports by the respective due dates.3.3 Data Collection Instrument(s)Each student was asked to fill out a metacognitive assessment form adapted from [25], from whichdata was extracted. The form contained three photovoice reflection prompts and three open-endedquestions. The photovoice reflection prompts required students to use three pictures (e.g. photos)to provide a 200-word narrative (e.g. voice) explaining how their learning experience incorporatedan entrepreneurial mindset, bio inspired design and STEAM (arts) in the course. The following arethe three photovoice reflection prompts the participants were given to answer. A. Entrepreneurial Mindset: The
socioculturalcontext (pp. 5-6). Our objective was to identify decision points and understand how they play outin socially specific and interrelated ways across an academic plan. To frame this investigation,we drew from socio-cultural theory to examine the influence of socialization processes in atransdisciplinary undergraduate honors program. Beyond course assessment, this type of analysisof the socio-cultural influences of socializing practices is critical for ensuring that continuousreflection and adjustment is iteratively built into the implementation of newly initiated curricula(Lattuca and Stark, 2011: 229). In this section of the paper, we further explain these conceptualframes and their role in our methodology.Background, setting, and participantsOver
, no. 6, pp. 847-867, 2015, doi: 10.1002/tea.21221.[26] T. Fernandez et al., "More comprehensive and inclusive approaches to demographic data collection," Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/25751.[27] A. B. Costello and J. W. Osborne, "Best practices in exploratory factor analysis: Four recommendations for getting the most from your analysis," Practical assessment, research & evaluation, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 1-9, 2005.[28] L. R. Fabrigar, D. T. Wegener, R. C. MacCallum, and E. J. Strahan, "Evaluating the use of exploratory factor analysis in psychological research," Psychological methods, vol. 4
workforce. Our findings will also provide other researchers with aninitial assessment of emerging positions and how these positions complement traditionalconstruction roles to move the industry forward.Background LiteratureConstruction 4.0 can be considered the application of Industry 4.0 concepts to the constructionindustry. Previous research indicates Construction 4.0 to be a transformative framework [2,14]encompassing changes during production (namely increasing industrial production), theapplication of cyber-physical systems, and the wider spread of digital technologies. Therefore,Construction 4.0 is not a single, but a system of emerging and connected technologies andprocesses.Previous research has categorized these technologies and processes
is also important to bridge the gap between industryexperiences by partnering with sectors to provide practical insights. Programs should bedesigned inclusively and made accessible to groups while accommodating diverse needs. "I think one of the most important parts is to bring them in contact with mentors from companies. So from the economic part, from the real, life working people – this is something we keep in mind when we match our mentees that they're kind of in the same professional area [and] that they may be studying the same field." Effective communication strategies are essential to attract and retain participants. Thisincludes using messaging across platforms. Regular assessments
semester, I am now using MasteringEngineering for the 4th time: twice in Statics (Fall 2011, Fall 2012) and now twice in Circuits(Spring 2012, Spring 2013). This report summarizes briefly how Mastering Engineering works,and also includes both my assessment, and my students’ assessments, of the effectiveness ofusing this web-based homework management system. In my situation, the fact that I no longerpersonally grade each student’s homework, nor spend time recording each student’s homeworkscore, has been a significant time savings to me, particularly in large classes.In both Statics and Circuits, the homework portion of each course, which now comes completelyfrom the Mastering Engineering website, is worth 20% and 15% of the total course grade
Develop a KBS to be combined with GISA.M. Buis12 1996 Geodetic Engineering to support parceling design task Build a knowledge-based system toStewart Long13 2003 Computer Science automatically assess IT skillsNobuhide 2006 Computer Science Develop a KBS for QoS serviceNishiyama14 Information Build a knowledge-based system forKihyeon Kim15 2007 Technology diagnosing ECG and heart disease Integrate KBS with a
among the respondents might teach a type of course and not include ethics/societalimpact issues.The surveys include a lot of additional information that was not analyzed and presented in thecurrent paper. The goals of the larger study include identifying exemplars for teaching differenttopics in different courses using various pedagogies and assessment methods. Thus, many surveyrespondents provided some of this basic information for one or two of their courses. In responseto an open-ended question, a number of the survey respondents indicated that societal impact andethics issues should be integrated into courses across the curriculum. Given the large number ofexamples provided by survey respondents, it appears that there are opportunities to
: • use a topic that allows students to identify and engage enthusiastically with the topic • deepen the connections through carefully selected readings and highly structured writing assignments that reinforce both analytical skills and communication skills • reinforce the learning process—common to engineering design and to writing—of generating ideas, making them clear to others (in speaking and writing), getting feedback, and refining the product.AssessmentAssessing the results of this approach is in its early stages. As a university we rely on theaccreditation based assessment tools such as ABET (for engineering) and New EnglandAssociation of Schools and Colleges
and 2019 have completed their engineering degreeprogram. We assessed their experiences through exit interviews and report in this paper asummary of their responses. The students noted that being able to identify themselves asbelonging to the RAMP community was a positive outcome of their participation during thesummer, an identity they appreciated throughout their engineering program. The potential forsummer bridge programs to create community and sense of belonging has been discussed insurveys of STEM summer bridge programs [8,9]. Characterized as a psychosocial goal of theprogram, improving student sense of belonging to a community has been found to influencestudent motivation, academic achievement, and well-being [8]. The Meyerhoff
(…) associate the connection between their movement and what’s happening around them, whether that’s in the music and the light (…) And that was one of the things that we heard back from a couple of our first meetings, that the lights are actually really important.”The students had three main objectives for their prototypes (build connections, enjoyability, andaccessibility). In addition to the oral information received from the participants, the teamdocumented the kids’ interaction with the prototypes in relation to those goals. Anya hereexplains the process regarding the first objective: So collecting data is really hard because, ultimately, what we’re trying to do is assess learning. And how do you assess learning, especially when it
, examinations, and attendance (for asynchronous/flippedmodalities only) are also given in Table 1 for each iteration. Average final grades range from79.33% to 86.47% which reflects that overall the groups are demonstrating good to very goodmastery of the course material. The average final examination grade, which is the finalindividual assessment of course material, ranges from 67.63% to 79.91% over this same perioddemonstrating satisfactory (with some weaknesses) to satisfactory performance.To determine if there were differences in student course performance between iterations from2018 to 2023 a one-way ANOVA was conducted using the average course grades in Table 1.This analysis reported that the final course grade between semesters was not
as needing more of one component thananother.Future researchers can build on this model by creating a more comprehensive list of teachingapproaches that academics can use, as well as by specifically identifying more engineeringtopics and how they relate to the three components of Idea Acceptance. Expanding these twosections will help academics identify topics that will need additional attention, whilstsimultaneously giving them the tools to address them.References[1] D. Carless and D. Boud, “The development of student feedback literacy: enabling uptake of feedback,” Assess. Eval. High. Educ., vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 1315–1325, Nov. 2018, doi: 10.1080/02602938.2018.1463354.[2] J. S. Eccles, “Subjective Task Value and the Eccles et al. Model
education from Stanford University.Dr. Kirsten A. Davis, Purdue University Kirsten Davis is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research explores the intentional design and assessment of global engineering programs, student development through experiential learning, and approaches for teaching and assessing systems thinking skills. Kirsten holds a B.S. in Engineering & Management from Clarkson University and an M.A.Ed. in Higher Education, M.S. in Systems Engineering, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Virginia Tech.David Owuor Gicharu, Tumaini Innovation Vocational Training Center David Owuor Gicharu is the Head of Department (HOD) for welding and
todeploy these workshops and assess their perceived utility to students and student projects.Materials and Methods At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the bioengineering senior designprojects are sourced from several places. Sponsors of projects typically include alumni, faculty,medical students, local healthcare workers, and representatives from various businesses inindustry. Sponsors are invited to submit project ideas to the course directors, who screen ideasahead of time for curricular alignment and scope to ensure they are appropriate for a team ofsenior undergraduates. Throughout the undergraduate curriculum, students build from a foundation ofmathematics through differential equations, physics mechanics and