Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy - Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas

-learning, communication, collaboration and ethics education. With aclear motivation for increasing engineering student empathic thinking and a multitude ofcontexts where its inclusion in the curriculum would be appropriate it is a wonder that the topicis not identified more broadly as something undergraduate programs might advocate.This paper presents the details from a small empathy lesson and assignment that was delivered tofirst-year students and senior students in an undergraduate engineering program. The lesson wasfocused on the need for mode-switching and practicing empathic responses in an engineeringcontext. The impact of the lesson and assignment were assessed using a survey and analysis ofstudent responses in the assignment.Study

Conference Session

COED: Spotlight on Diverse Learners

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel A. Tillman, University of Texas, El Paso; Wei Yan, Texas A&M University; Song An, University of Texas, El Paso; Jeffrey Liew, Texas A&M University; Kien H. Lim; Lisa Garbrecht, University of Texas, Austin; Philip B. Yasskin

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

Hispanics graduatefrom high school prepared to begin a STEM degree program or career [3][4]. This project aimsto overcome Hispanic students’ barriers by improving both cognitive and socio-emotionaloutcomes and enhance students’ informal learning communities by: (1) increasing participants’interest and engagement with mathematics and geometry specifically, (2) increasing participants’productive dispositions toward STEM subjects, and (3) enhancing the culture and broadeningparticipation in students’ informal learning communities. The after-school activities will bemodeled on the Math Circles which are a nationally recognized outreach program which allowsteenagers to investigate interesting and fun math concepts through inquiry-based learning underthe

Conference Session

Computers in Education 3 - Modulus I

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sabrina Grossman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jason Freeman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jason Brent Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tom Berry, Amazon Future Engineer

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

will be focusing more deeply on student impacts around the ubiquity ofcomputing and its applications.AcknowledgementsFunding for this work was provided by Amazon Future Engineer.References1. Wing, J.M., Computational thinking. Communications of the ACM, 2006. 49(3): p. 33- 35.2. Rooney, K. and Y. Khorram, Tech companies say they value diversity, but reports show little change in last six years, in CNBC. 2020.3. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Computer and Information Technology Occupations : Occupational Outlook Handbook. 2020.4. Astrachan, O. and A. Briggs, The CS principles project. ACM Inroads, 2012. 3(2): p. 38- 42.5. Mahmoud, Q.H., Revitalizing computing science education. Computer, 2005. 38(5): p

Conference Session

Computational Thinking in Pre-College Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education

design, and STEM integration.Dr. Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University, West Lafayette c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Paper ID #26712 Muhsin Menekse is an assistant professor at Purdue University with a joint appointment in the School of Engineering Education and the Department of Curriculum & Instruction. Dr. Menekse’s primary research focus is on students’ learning of complex tasks and concepts in STEM domains. Specifically, he investigates how classroom activities and learning environments affect engagement and learning in engineering and science domains. His second research

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Stott; Gregory B. Markus; Diann Brei; Deanna M. Winton Hoffman; William W. Schultz

. Thisallowed an estimate of the effectiveness of the civic engagement content in the course. As thiscontent is largely untaught in the rest of the mechanical engineering courses, the change may beattributed to ProCEED. Further, free response answers allowed course participants to voicemore specific answers regarding their projects and sponsors.Table 1 compares the survey results from the ME450 class provided by students who worked onthe community-oriented team projects and those who worked on the traditional team projects.Although the return-rate of post-course assessments was relatively low (30%) and the numbersof responding students are small, the general pattern of results is very consistent, and thebetween group differences often quite large

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Diversity Issues in K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah M. Grzybowski, The Ohio State University; Kerry Dixon, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Paper ID #16976RTP Design as the Practice of Probability: Engaging Adolescent Girls in Art-Infused EngineeringDr. Deborah M. Grzybowski, The Ohio State University Dr. Deborah Grzybowski is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University. She received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and her B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University. Her research focuses on making engineering accessible to all students, including students with visual impairments, through the use of art-infused

Conference Session

Faculty Development Evidence-based Practices!

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jody Zhong, University of Louisville; Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville; Teresa Lee Tinnell, University of Louisville; Thomas Tretter; Marie Brown

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division

education research landscape, we proposed to characterize the landscape asresearch communities spanning from SoTL to DBER to ER, with the understanding that there ismuch debate over what constitutes membership in one community or another. Within STEM-Hdisciplines, scholars have largely distinguished between the Scholarship of Teaching andLearning (SoTL) and Education Research (ER) by characterizing SoTL as mainly concernedwith assessment of teaching and having limited generalizability, while ER has been viewed asmore engaged with basic questions of “why” and “how” students learn [10], [11]. ER has alsobeen viewed by some as more rigorous than SoTL [12], [13], though others have argued thatthere is value to every position in the landscape [10], [14

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 4: Engaging Authentic Engineering Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine M Cunningham, Pennsylvania State University; Gregory John Kelly, Pennsylvania State University; Ashwin Krishnan Mohan, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

of engineering. Thus,building a socially engaged engineering educational orientation both authentically frames thediscipline and provides insights into the epistemic practices of the field. Youth learn howengineering benefits or harms particular populations, local communities, and/or the environmentas well as how to analyze possible impacts of design solutions.This paper focuses on a conceptual framework for K-8 educators, researchers, and curriculumdesigners that offers guideposts for supporting students’ considerations of technical, social,environmental, and ethical dimensions of engineering. Situating engineering in this way raisesquestions for educators: How can educators help to nurture such understandings in youth? Howshould K-8

Conference Session

Educational and Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession and ASCE

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anthony Battistini, Angelo State University; William A. Kitch, Angelo State University

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Civil Engineering

all of these changes, one thing remains constant: Make Assessment Straightforward.Obviously, it is in the best interest of programs to make it as easy as possible for ABET ProgramEvaluators to determine that the program meets ABET Accreditation Standards. Moreover, theneed for straightforward documentation becomes even more critical when these files must beshared electronically and all subsequent communication is completed virtually.The following paper will describe Angelo State University’s approach to developing andimplementing an assessment plan that successfully met the requirements of the new ABET StudentOutcomes 1-7. Although having been reviewed in-person, the authors believe the documentationused, specifically the ABET Student Outcome

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Peter J. Clarke, Florida International University; Mandayam Thirunarayanan, Florida International University; Sai Chaithra Allala, Florida International University; Juan Pablo Sotomayor, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University

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Software Engineering Division

engineering through the exploration of: 1) race, gender, and identity in the engineering workplace; 2) discipline-based education research (with a focus on computer science and computer engineering courses) in order to inform pedagogical practices that garner interest and retain women and minorities in computer-related engineering fields. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Experiences of Integrating Learning and Engagement Strategies (LESs) into Software Engineering CoursesAbstractThe increase in job opportunities for computing professionals in the global community has resultedin a dramatic surge in the enrollment numbers in computer science (CS) departments in

Conference Session

Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary B. Vollaro, Western New England University; Robert R. Klein, Western New England University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

general communications. Our level ofparticipation in this teaming and leadership training is over 90% of all the students, who take thetwo instruments, attend the workshops, and complete all the required reflection papers. Thesurveys are posted in the virtual classroom and completion by students is strictly voluntary.Complementary to this training, students are encouraged to implement these new group behaviorskills in their project-based Introduction to Engineering course and through their participation ina variety of activities in our university community, e.g. sports teams, clubs, student governmentand student professional societies.The following discussion will describe in more detail each activity and comment on theconnections to the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qudsia Tahmina, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

]. Cooperative and Collaborative learning pedagogies focuses on howcollaboration influences learning outcomes. These techniques are shown to improve academicachievement, interpersonal interactions, attitudes and retention [10, 11, 12]. In a flippedclassroom approach, content is presented outside of class in the form of lecture slides or videowhile the class time is used for application of the content such as problem-solving, criticalthinking and innovation. Prior literature has shown that flipped classroom approach helpsimprove self-efficacy and engagement in students [13, 14]. Advances in computer-basedtechnologies had facilitated educators to integrate tools into the classroom and form diversediscussion groups. Students are interested in participating

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

engineering students based on the Ethic of Care has beendeveloped.28 The model includes eight dimensions of social responsibility, including anindividual’s sense of connectedness that personal action is needed to help needs in society or thecommunity, can analyze the importance of community input and cultural context in engineering,and a sense of professional connectedness that their engineering skills should be applied to solvecommunity problems. Research based on this model and a related survey found that Page 26.1449.4environmental engineering students had more positive social responsibility attitudes thanstudents majoring in civil or mechanical

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Focus on Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew Cavalli, Western Michigan University; Anetra Grice, Western Michigan University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

based on promising results in the literature related to thepotential impacts of various personality traits on engineering student success.A variety of personality tests and inventories are available to characterize individuals. Mosthave strong proponents as well as detractors. The Big Five personality inventory [1] appears tobe one of the most well-received, in large part because it does not classify respondents intospecific ‘boxes’ but assigns them a score along continua of behavior. Multiple studies haveinvestigated the potential links between personality traits and student success (e.g., [2-7]). Foruniversity students and engineering students, in particular, two of the five factors mostcommonly identified as related to student success are

Conference Session

Learning styles affect on students in graphic and design courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice Y. Scales, North Carolina State University; Terri E Varnado, North Carolina State University; Jennifer Buelin-Biesecker, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

 observations.      This  report  represents  the  research  team’s  second  phase  of  exploration  of  active  learning  strategies  in  an  hybrid  and  online  environment  and  using  emerging  technologies.  Phase  one  piloted  the  initial  design  of  strategies  that  were  untested  and  untried.  The  piloting  of  these  activities  allowed  the  team  to  identify  weaknesses  in  the  available  technology  for  collaboratively  developing  digital  technical  graphics  as  well  as  the  instructional  presentation  and  implementation  strategies  employed  when  using  them.      Introduction  Active Learning is “The process of having students engage in some activity that forcesthem to reflect upon ideas and how they are using those

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert W. Hendricks, Virginia Tech; Cortney V. Martin, Virginia Tech; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech; Richadr Lee Clark, Virginia Western Community College

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Electrical and Computer

identified through student and employersurveys for concrete examples of fundamental concepts in electrical engineering. LiaB is a set of„hands-on‟ exercises in which students design, build, and test various d.c. and a.c. circuits usingan inexpensive electronics kit, digital multimeter, and an oscilloscope. The experiments can bedone anywhere and require significantly fewer resources than a traditional electronics lab. LiaBhas received overwhelmingly positive comments from the students as well as from facultymembers who have used the kits for projects in upper division courses at a four-year college aswell as three community colleges, which were formerly lecture-only courses.A number of the major tasks in the National Science Foundation Course

Conference Session

CoNECD Session: Day 3 - Slot 3 -- Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Brandi P. Jones, University of Southern California; Helen Choi, University of Southern California; Cheyenne Gaima

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

from the Coalition for Life-TransformativeEducation (CLTE). CLTE is a consortium of university leadersinterested in exploring ways to provide college students with atransformative educational experience that addresses their well-being and promotes their understanding of their life’s purpose. Thevast majority of the CLTE mini-grant was spent on StudentTrainers’ stipends and materials.The RE3 Program is grounded upon the research relating to values affirmation andSTEM success. Over the past decade, researchers have shown that when STEMcollege students who feel at risk of upholding stereotypes or being judged basedon stereotypes (students of color, women, first-gen students) engage withvalues affirmation in a STEM environment, their performance

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Academic Support

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Kristine K. Craven, Tennessee Technological University; Elizabeth L Hutchins, Tennessee Tech University

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

that indicate college success and are on the job, interpersonal communication strategies,within the power of the individual to adjust. The activities and networking, interview strategies, working on a team, projecttopics covered in the Connections course focus on these six management and working in a global context. Furtherfactors and provide resources to help students improve. The opportunities to become connected are provided through theareas are as follows: academic self-efficacy, organization and Clay N. Hixson College of Engineering Student Success Fairattention to study, stress and time management, involvement where each organization and department shares informationwith college activities

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

support practices? (3)What are the impacts of pedagogical practices and differences among pedagogical practices, onpersistence toward students’ transfer to colleges and universities? (4) How do students’ creativeand innovative problem-solving approaches influence their persistence toward transfer toengineering and science programs at four-year universities? This research is ongoing and involves a two-stage study in which in stage one, the typesof pedagogical support practices used in community colleges were analyzed and taxonomized atfour community colleges. Results of this part of research led to the delineation and refining ofthree categories of student pedagogical support: (1) College attending support, (2) Programplanning and

Conference Session

Using Communication and Writing Techniques to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariajose Castellanos, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Joshua A Enszer, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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Chemical Engineering

also given a series of prompts designed to explore the way they study forthe course and to encourage them to make more direct connections between theory and their ownexperiences and learning. Students also self-assess their reflection using a provided rubric. Thecourse instructor provides comments as feedback for the first few iterations of this assignmentwithout an impact on the grade before starting to numerically assess the student responses andself-assessment for the rest of the semester.Further, in-class activities include regular use of a reading activity, in which students take time toexplain to one another the most important details of the week’s textbook reading, then discusswhy those details are important and relevant. This reading

Collection

2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Tariq Khraishi; Kristine Denman

retention efforts are comprised of three principles. Besidesinstitutional commitment to students and their success, as well as educating all of its students, Tintoargues that effective retention programs develop supportive social and educational communities(Tinto, 1993: p. 147). In other words, students who are better integrated into the institution, bothacademically and socially, are more likely to remain at the institution and ultimately graduate. Thisinstitutional engagement is one key to student retention, especially in the first year of college.MentoringMentoring can be a key component to fostering institutional engagement. Mentoring programshave been shown to increase self-efficacy, facilitate career advancement, provide opportunities

Conference Session

Faculty Development Lessons Learned Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angelica Burbano, Universidad Icesi; Gonzalo V. Ulloa, Universidad Icesi; Juliana Jaramillo JJO, Universidad Icesi; Norha M. Villegas, Universidad Icesi; Lina M. Quintero, Universidad Icesi; Alvaro Pachon, Icesi University

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Faculty Development Constituency Committee

as ERP). During her studies in the United States she worked a research assistant at the Center for Innovation on Healthcare Logistics CIHL, her work for CIHL focused on assessing the impact of GS1 standards adoption in the healthcare supply chain. Her research interests are related to the modeling of technology adoption and in particular HIT. She also works in the adaptation of existing manufacturing and logistics models and structures to the healthcare supply chain with a specific focus on medical supplies. She is part of the IE Department at Universidad Icesi since 1998. She has over ten years experience as a teacher and served as Director of the Undergraduate Program in Industrial Engineering (2003-2007

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Maher, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Darran Cairns, West Virginia University; Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; John Kevern, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Jacob M. Marszalek Ph.D., University of Missouri, Kansas City; Kathleen O'Shea; Carol Nicole Pflum, Longview Community College; ANTHONY WEISS

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Pittsburg State University in 2016 where he also was a student-athlete participating in Cross Country and Track and Field. He went on to get his BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2019 from UMKC and then completed his Masters in Mechanical Engineering in 2020. He also worked for an en- gineering design firm in Kansas City for 6 years as a data scientist and design engineer and is a licensed P.E. in the state of Missouri. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Brownian Motion or Intentional Engagement? Uncovering Obstacles in an Engineering Transfer PartnershipIntroduction“We assumed a lot about our

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Nazanin Naderi, Youngstown State University

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First-Year Programs

Table 7. ANOVA StatisticsDiscussion and ConclusionThe detailed activities and habits of 14 first-year engineering students were recorded throughouttwo weeks during the Fall 2017 semester. Data logs from students indicate that students reportedsleeping for over eight hours each day, engaging in leisure activities for over four hours a day,and attending classes for less than two hours each day. With this initial low participation piloteffort, there were no statistically significant findings. However, there are few takeaways fromthis effort to understand the activities of students outside the classroom.First, first-year engineering students should not be all grouped into one category. As our datashows there are differences, although not

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Teaching and Advising Students in that Critical First Year

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmela Cristina Amato-Wierda, University of New Hampshire; Robert M. Henry P.E., University of New Hampshire; Ernst Linder, University of New Hampshire (UNH)

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First-Year Programs

cognitive developmentalscience.Why This Journey?The purpose of this paper to begin moving the STEM education community in a direction thatfocuses on providing educational mechanisms that enhance a student’s understanding of keySTEM related concepts. In order to do so one must embrace the students’ portrayal of hardness,and listen as they reveal their limited understanding through fragmented explanations andpartially developed interpretations. One must engage the problem of hardness head on andfigure out in detail what it means when students say, “I don't understand.” Educators need toengage students in genuine conversations about their level of understanding. This requires thestudents to feel comfortable expressing their ideas and that someone

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Liang Zhu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Charles D. Eggleton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Shuyan Sun

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

established partnershipbetween the state university and community colleges to improve and investigate the transferexperience of community college students to four-year programs, student retention at theuniversity, and job placement and pathways to graduate school and employment. A mixedmethods quantitative and qualitative research approach will examine the implementation andoutcomes of proactive recruitment; selected high impact practices, such as orientation, one-to-one faculty mentoring, peer mentoring, and community building; participation by students inresearch-focused activities, such as research seminars and undergraduate experiences; andparticipation by students in career and professional development activities.In this paper, preliminary data

Conference Session

Virtual Training, Online and Open Education; Instructional Technology

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Pabst; Lee A. Dosse, University of Pittsburgh; Samantha E Wismer, University of Maryland; Matthew M. Barry, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

−Neutral (18) and Did Not Use−Neutral (16). Though a significantnumber of students appeared to not have used the traditional textbook or believed it did not havemuch impact on their learning, the students that did enjoy it did so for the extra practice problemsit provided. The three most used codes for Q2B were Did Not Use−Neutral (22), Same−Neutral(15), and Less−Negative (11). The majority of the students that did use the textbook felt that thetraditional textbook was equally or less engaging that other engineering textbooks. 28 Q1B Q2B Legend: 24

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Focused on Female Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanna R. Wieselmann, University of Minnesota; Emily Anna Dare, Florida International University; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota; Elizabeth Ring-Whalen, St. Catherine University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

through school experiences and courseworkthan out-of-school experiences. Positive school STEM experiences in the middle school gradesare critical for developing students’ STEM interest [37], [38].A variety of studies, including two meta-analyses [39], [40], have found that small grouplearning contributes to positive outcomes in achievement, motivation, persistence, attitudes,engagement, and problem-solving [22], [28], [41] – [46]. These benefits likely arise from thecombination of hands-on activities and discussions that take place in small groups. Small groupinstruction is proposed as an effective strategy for engaging girls in STEM because of researchthat indicates that girls are more cooperative and less competitive than boys [47] – [51

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 4

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Udayan Das, Saint Mary's College of California

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

project mentors can bebeneficial to both the students in the first programming course and for the project mentorsthemselves. In theory, the team of project mentors need not necessarily be the regular TAs forthe course, they can be mentors that students connect with for the project meetings, though notethat TAs would be more familiar to the students and that can impact the degree of comfort thatstudents have. The degree of comfort in turn will have a significant impact on how open studentsare with ideas and the success of the final projects.Since one of the main drivers of choosing this approach is increased engagement, it is essentialthat we keep the needs of minority, non-cis-male, women, and others in mind. Students fromunderrepresented groups

Conference Session

Curricular and Non-curricular Models for Diverse Learners in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

& Sciences and Engineering to address therecognized needs including improving retention rates, improving graduation rates, and increasingrecruitment of minority students. Program starts by developing hands-on learning modules to beused in supplemental mentoring and tutoring for bottleneck courses in the academic year, whichis called EMT, the first component of the MERIT. The second is to engage engineering studentsin the first two years and community college students in a Summer Research Program (SRP).The SRP also prepares students for difficult concepts in the bottleneck courses in engineeringeducation through project-based learning and mentoring support.In EMT, a selected group of faculty members work with student mentors to develop