- fessional careers. This research brought her to the disparity of spatial visualization intelligence between women and men. She transferred into the Engineering Department as the Coordinator of Recruitment and Retention at the community college, working with faculty and students to devise a way to increase spatial visualization in all students who wanted to be engineers. Ms. Daniel was instrumental in securing a grant from the American Association of University Women to create a one-day hands-on STEM conference for 100 middle-school girls and their parents in 2014. Since receiving that grant, the Virginia Beach Branch of the AAUW has continued planning and implementing this conference. Ms Daniel is in her second term of
variables to the model oneat a time to evaluate their impact on the AIC and BIC. Interaction variables that resulted in adecrease in BIC or AIC of more than 1 were retained while other interaction variables wereeliminated from the model.Finally, a mixed model using HLM (hierarchical linear modelling) was constructed to understandwhether nesting of students within TA sections and within courses affected the engagementvariables. The results of a null HLM model (i.e. one that did not contain the independentvariables) confirmed that the variance contributed to both forms of engagement at the TA leveland course level was not significant. Thus, the results of hierarchical regression are unlikely tobe confounded by nesting effects, making this approach to
calculations is particularlyimportant as problems become more complex and additional factors (eg. Angles, forces) begin to play arole in the problems (Taasoobshirazi & Garr, 2008).Review of the research on spatial orientation skill in STEMEngineering students need to develop strong spatial orientation skills to represent and communicatetheir design ideas to others. These communication tools involve three-dimensional models ofprototypes as well as their two-dimensional drawing representations. For example, when designing amotorcycle’s air filter unit, a design engineer must be able to visualize how the air filter housing designmatches the airflow intake to the carburetor. Mechanical engineers need to analyze how the tractortires bear the load and
students explore engineering majors, and co-teaches ”Technical Communi- cation”, a class that focuses on presentation techniques . Her interests are in Academic Integrity, Online Classes, Digital Technology, Public Speaking, and Engineering Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Pre-post assessment in a speaking communications course and the importance of reflection in student development of speaking skillsMotivationIn a 2015 survey by Chapman on fears, 28% of Americans reported being afraid or very afraid ofpublic speaking, falling just below “Robots Replacing Workforce” and just above “PropertyDamage due to Natural Disasters” [1]. So, why is it that we are so afraid of
students have made education one of the top three priorities in their lives. • Successful engineering students recognize the importance of goal setting and have clear academic goals. They meet with their academic advisors quarterly to keep their academic plan current. • Successful engineering students schedule their time, utilizing time and priority management principles. They study on a continuous ongoing basis and have dedicated study time built into their schedule. • Successful engineering students make effective use of their peers by engaging in group study and collaborative learning. They know the other students in their classes and feel like part of the academic learning
pursuing undergraduate studies focused on these disciplines. During their academic journey, she has been actively engaged in research endeavors, exploring various facets of AI and mathematical modeling. Currently, Erika serves as a Grant Coordinator for an NSF-funded scholarship program at Chandler-Gilbert Community College, facilitating opportunities for aspiring engineers and AI professionals. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Title: Enhancing Sense of Belonging and Academic Integration among Engineering andArtificial Intelligence Students: First Insights from the NSF S-STEM GrantContextChandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) is a 2-year institution serving 12,000 students(registered in
PhD in the same department.Rebecca Primeau, University of Arizona Rebecca Primeau is the Associate Director of Recruitment & Student Engagement in the College of En- gineering at the University of Arizona. In this role she is responsible for designing and coordinating undergraduate recruitment and retention programs, with a specific focus on women and other minority student populations. Her work on diversity and first-year retention extends to several areas, including the Women in Engineering Program, the Engineering Leadership Community, the Engineering Ambassadors Program, and the Engineering Scholars Program. Rebecca received an M.A. degree in Higher Education Administration from the University of Michigan
reproduces racist images and perspecti es at the same time asreproducing the illusion that race is something other people have. Teachers and students who usecoded language in the classroom are acting in ways consistent with patterns present outside ofschools. Using coded language is problematic for two reasons: 1) it hides the reproductivepractices people engage in when related to race and inequity and 2) it prevents educators fromengaging in con ersations about the structural nature of racism. Gi en this, it s important tostudy the way teachers and students talk to each other and how they employ the use of codedlanguage and how that affects non-white students in the classroom. Research on coded languageoften occurs in the context of K-12 education
implementation. ERIC Clearinghouse.Fishman, B. J. (1999). Characteristics of students related to computer-mediated communications activity. Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 32(1), 73– 97.Fredericksen, E., Pickett, A., Shea, P., Pelz, W., and Swan, K. (2000). Student satisfaction and perceived learning with on-line courses: Principles and examples from the SUNY learning network. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 4(2), 7–41.Fries-Britt, S. (2000). Identity development of high-ability black collegians. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2000(82), 55–65.Handelsman, M. M., Briggs, W. L., Sullivan, N., and Towler, A. (2005). A Measure of College Student Course Engagement. The Journal
without an opportunity for any of the students totravel for project implementation.Concluding RemarksThis case study investigated the impact of a particular course topic and context, engineering fordeveloping communities, on the knowledge and motivations of students enrolled in the course.Results indicated that students in the course developed a basic understanding of EDC, but thatmembers of the travel team developed a deeper level of understanding centered around the gritinvolved in implementing their design and interactions with the various communitiesparticipating.Students were also assessed for their motivations to engage in the course topic, travel to help thecommunity, and pursue further EDC career opportunities. Students in the course who
the success of this programfor the education of our undergraduate engineering students. 2 Research Question How do intensive and affordable short-term study abroad programs (such as EDGES) impact the cultural awareness and competence of undergraduate engineering students?This is the central question that our study seeks to address, and we use a mixed-methodsapproach to answer this question. There is already some research on long-term studyabroad and its impact for the growth of cultural awareness in students. This question ismeant to address the existing research gap for the use of diversity and
throughouther time in college, Rachael explained how being “called out” made her more aware of her futureresponsibilities: “I guess one of the big things that has changed… a lot of people have called meout for working on drones…. It sort of changed the way that I have seen like, oh, what am Igoing to be doing as an engineer with the government? And like, what that will impact in theworld.”While interactions such as those described above can be challenging, students who have thetools, poise, and confidence to engage can actually benefit greatly from the opportunities forreflection these discussions can provide. But if taken too far or lacking a supportive communitylike ROTC, it is possible that students may feel isolated or misfit at some
Clemson in the Sustainability and Business course. GD Culmination was notimplemented at any of the schools during the first year.V. MethodsThe authors conducted student surveys and focus groups/interviews to evaluate the effectivenessof the use of games in the classroom and the students’ engagement, sense of community,intention to remain in the major, unintended bias based on prior use of games or culturaldifferences, and perceived cognitive and academic gains.V.1. Student SurveysThe provided students with both a pre-game and a post-game survey electronically to assess theirperceptions related to the use of games and measure any differences. The students completed thesurveys anonymously. We connected their pre- and post-game responses using a
further advantage for students by improving their networking skills. Inaddition, Kumar (2012) states numerous reasons that students should engage in organizationalactivities: attaining social skills, leadership skills, and organization and management skills.33 Inaddition, Zoghi et al. (2012) demonstrate that structured courses for preparing student groups toparticipate in annual ASC and NAHB competitions can assist students in improving theirpresentation, communication, and leadership skills.36In addition to organizational participation as extracurricular activities, a study by Pascarella andTerenzini (2005) shows that interaction with faculty members has a constructive impact on
sessions. This canhelp to establish a peer-to-peer connection that may evolve into a resource students utilize forgeneral academic and social development [12]-[15]. This relationship can be a mutuallybeneficial experience for the peer mentors [13], [14]. Leading SI sessions and taking on the roleof peer mentor can foster communication, teamwork, and leadership skills along with increasedself-confidence [13].UT Austin has a history of implementing SI programs for engineering courses which have shownbeneficial impacts and noted measurably improved course grades of students who attend [9],[15]-[18]. Penn State University incorporated SI into two mechanical engineering courses. Afterwhich they cited an intent to expand the SI program to additional
achieve sharedaims in engineering education: encourage student autonomy and exploration, grow diverselearning communities and environments, and positively impact retention for those students atrisk of leaving.Prior Work on Maker SpacesTo date, there have been a number of studies of academic and non-academic maker spaces thatprovide answers to important questions. To identify best practices for those planning new makerspaces, Wilczynski2 conducted a review of six of the first university maker spaces illuminatingthe need for 1) a clear mission statement, 2) user training, 3) proper staffing, 4) collaboration, 5)alignment with student work schedules, and 6) attention to creating a maker community oncampus. Similarly, Barrett et al.,1 reviewed
skillsets. As one approach for supporting instructors in theirintegration of socially engaged engineering content in their courses, C-SED partners withinstructors to develop and implement a variety of educational sessions, including sociallyengaged design skills and tools trainings and case study sessions that utilize real-world examplesto highlight the impacts of and on engineering work and make visible inequities embedded inengineering processes and structures. These sessions are tailored to the content and learninggoals for a course and are offered in a variety of virtual and in person formats. Most commonly,the engineering and design skill trainings and case study sessions are held in person and led bytrained graduate student facilitators
of professional identity. This qualitative study explores theassumptions of potential professional benefits from early internships, including the developmentof professional engineering identity and the social cognitive impact that these internships had onthree participating students during a recent undergraduate internship semester. Students completeself evaluations on insights into the industry, future career opportunities, and interactions withinthe professional community. This qualitative study explores the assumptions of potentialprofessional benefits from early internships, including the development of professionalengineering identity and the social cognitive impact that these internships had on three TexasState University’s Engineering
Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A model for improving stakeholder-focused communication in undergraduate civil engineeringAbstractThe motivation for this study is to examine the impact of a novel stakeholder-focused civilengineering communication course on students’ self-reported communication proficiency. Civiland environmental engineering projects are often publicly funded; public participation is oftenrequired as part of the project cycle and meaningful engagement of a variety of stakeholders iscritical to project success. However, the inclusion of a stakeholder-focused communication class,taught by engineering faculty for engineering students, is the exception rather than the rule. Thepurpose of this
was a first-yearfoundation seminar where the author concentrated on the general topic of web search enginesand their social impact. The second author taught the wireless communications and networks tobusiness majors who do not have the same math and programming background as computerscience majors. We removed the heavy-duty math and computer programming from the course.We added a large component of social impact of the web search and a component of writing andpresentation. CIS 454: Wireless and Personal Communications Systems in California StateUniversity at Los Angles was about communications network technology. We taught the coursein a way that was accessible to non-majors. Both authors and their students felt the courses werea great
choose a focus program to implement at the school. Theprincipal and lead teacher, after investigating various models, decided to implement engineering,using a new curriculum from the Museum of Science Boston as a way to engage all students. Atthe same time, Elizabeth Parry at North Carolina State University (NCSU) had been working inK-12 classrooms directing a large National Science Foundation GK-12 project. Engineering isElementary (EiE) was one of the tools her team used in both in and out of classroom settings, soshe had been trained in the curriculum. The Museum of Science connected the two and the teamformed a plan for a school that would use engineering as the integrator of all subjects, with everyteacher and student participating. The
influences on the effectiveness of graduate students completing ahands-on task in the classroom. The exercise simulates a workplace challenge of an engineeringmanager. Students were given pre-task and post-task questions, to complement the 20-minutetask. The setting is an M.S. in Technology Management/MBA Leadership and ChangeManagement class with 37 students enrolled. The task was to construct a structure from thematerials provided (craft sticks) with specific requirements and constraints simulating aworkplace project. Four groups were tested: a control group, a group receiving instruction on theleadership model only, a group allowed to communicate electronically, and a group with bothinstruction and electronic communication.This paper provides the
Continue Lesson Plan Submission to Teachengineering.org Present Lesson Plans/Posters to Teachers in Yearlong Training ProgramsDissemination and ImpactDissemination of our materials has been impactful on several fronts. Teachers present theirresearch findings broadly at the SCI Annual Summer Research Colloquium. This event isattended by other teachers and students in the community as well as Rice faculty, staff, andstudents with registered average attendance of over 260 people each year (2014-2016). RETteachers have been cooperative and engaged with preparing and presenting the posters lendingway to a successful poster symposium each summer. Teachers also take the posters back to theclassroom to share with their students.Teachers
indicates that participation in more than one high-impact practice increases thebenefits for these students. Other specific strategies that have been proven effective in improvingstudent outcomes for minority students include mentoring programs,6 alternative instructionalstrategies,7 summer programs,8 and peer mentoring.9Among these high-impact practices that have been proven to be successful in four-yearuniversities but are less commonly employed at community colleges is summer researchinternships. There are many studies documenting the benefits of research opportunities forundergraduate students. Independent research experiences increase student engagement in theireducation10-12, enhance research and laboratory skills10-14, improve academic
insucceeding in a four-year institution. The students also indicated that the program has helpedsolidify their choice of major.Strategy 3: Summer Research InternshipAmong the commonly recognized high-impact practices for improving student retention andsuccess in STEM is experiential learning, such as internships, apprenticeships, field experienceand community-based projects.23 Although research courses have been widely implemented byuniversities in a wide variety of undergraduate STEM curricula,24- 31 such programs have beenrelatively difficult to develop in community colleges, which do not have on-going researchprograms. The 2012 President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report,“Engage to Excel: Producing One Million
engineeringexpertise as unique. A series of short essays encourage students to analyze engineering as aprofession and consider their own roles as citizen engineers with the power to intervene as non-experts in engineering activities that impact society.In this first iteration of the course, one of the authors served as a participant-observer andethnographer focused on student learning. The observer witnessed student engagement withcourse topics and with one another, and interviewed all the students in the class (n=5)individually. Using the observer’s analysis of his observation notes and interview responses, andusing the instructors’ analysis of student work and course feedback, we reflect on the outcomesof this first iteration of the course and consider
recognize themselves in this group. Instead, civil engineering studentspredominantly believe the effects of global warming will start to have a serious impact onthemselves, their family, and people in their community in 25 to 50 years. These results aretroubling because if those beliefs translate into students waiting to address climate change foranother two to five decades locks in more emissions and increases the chance of future and moresevere global humanitarian crises. Educational interventions are needed to change theseperspectives about time and impact.IntroductionClimate change caused by humans is irreversibly affecting future generations and is one of themost urgent issues facing society [1]–[3]. The effects of climate change are already
Education at the University of Washington, Seat- tle. Her research interests focus on the potential roles of socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender, and other political identifiers in determining undergraduate engagement across a variety of majors, including engineering.Joanna Wright, University of Washington Joanna Wright is an M.Ed. student in Learning Sciences and Human Development at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her education research interests span early childhood through higher education, with a focus on the impact of pedagogical practices and contexts on learning and development. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Engagement Patterns Across Race, Gender
effectiveness of differing pedagogies in achieving conceptualchange. Ranked from highest to lowest, the order of pedagogy effectiveness, as measured byincreases in conceptual change, was found to be: 1) team discussions with hands-on activitiesand concept sketching in 2007; 2) team discussions with contextualized concept mini-lecturesand activities in the Spring of 2009; 3) team discussions, contextualized concept lectures andactivities, plus pre-post topic assessments and daily reflections in Fall 2009; 4) lecture with somediscussions in 2003 and; 5) lecture only with no team discussions or activities in 2002. It wasfound that all pedagogies using student engagement achieved greater conceptual changecompared to passive learning and lecture-only
commencing the 2018- 2019 academic year. He has received several outstanding accommodations for his work in honors chemistry at Shanghai Guanghua College.Mr. Cyrus Safai Cyrus is an undergraduate student majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Salt Lake Community Col- lege (SLCC). Cyrus has teamed up and worked with a group of four other students from Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, and Computer engineering departments on the Vertical, Hydroponic, Smart Garden With Global and Universal (Space) Applications. He has worked at the SLCC Slick Science Summer Camp for the past 7 years.Mr. Junior onyeagba Junior Onyeagba, a former student at Salt Lake Community College, who is currently attending the Uni- versity of