exposure especially in design project courses[20]. Others suggest it sometimes takes a little push to evoke interest and ability toconsider such issues that are not central in the disciplinary discourse of one’s field of studies.Watson et al. [21] suggest that increasing the expected level of incorporation of e.g.sustainability factors to the students’ work might promote students to start thinking aboutsocietal issues in more detail. Attempts to measure and assess the students’ abilities toimplement societal considerations, such as sustainability, into their engineering projects havebeen made [21]. However, students seem to tend to focus on technological solution orientedaspects of sustainability at the expense of a wider range of solutions
be demonstrated on videos, or, video imaging can be done usingremote computer access to the samples. One task should be comparing and correlatinginformation by the three methods described here. This work can be applied to other thin-film aswell as nanotechnologies where areal effects and uniformity are important. Students learningwill be assessed in the framework of our course evaluations, including program educationalobjectives and pre- and post-testing, and self evaluations and surveys. Results will be presentedat ASEE Conferences, where we will report in sufficient detail descriptions and operations fordissemination to other schools and institutions.Discussion and Summary This report has described simple techniques for probing
Paper ID #22934Framing Engineering Ethics Education with Pragmatism and Care: A Pro-posalDr. Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University Indira Nair retired from Carnegie Mellon University after 32 years. For the last 12 of those years, she was the vice provost for education and a professor in the department of engineering and public policy. She has designed and taught several interdisciplinary courses, including the ethics of science and technology, environmental science, technology and decision-making, and radiation, health, and policy. Her research has ranged over risk assessment and communication, green design
adopted a self-efficacy assessment with questions targeted in teaching engineering. We will also be requestingfeedback from teachers on their EDP use in the classroom and effect on their students.ConclusionThis paper shares the program design of the NEET program which provides a framework forintroducing both PBL and the EDP to K-12 STEM teachers, aimed to contribute to teacherconfidence in implementing these strategies in the classrooms. Institutions that provideprofessional development opportunities to K-12 STEM educators may benefit fromimplementing a program similar to NEET as the course has the ability to both increase thecontent knowledge of educators and to empower them in facilitating rigorous PBLs andengineering design activities in their
girls do not perform well on tests. In 2009, male high schoolgraduates had higher National Assessment of Educational Process (NAEP) mathematics andscience scores than their female counterparts, completing the same curriculum level [1]. Thismight be correlated with the Arizona State University’s finding that “the average male studentthinks he is smarter than 66 percent of the class, while the average female student thinks she issmarter than 54 percent of the class” [2]. Stoeger et al. reported that STEM interest is almostthree times higher for boys than girls. The same study reported that female students think thatSTEM is not appropriate for them due to a perceived disconnect between the “real world” andtheir assignments; therefore, the girls
MotivationPintrich identified two integral factors to motivation: ambition and learning.11 The MSLQ is a self-assessment tool graded on a seven point Likert scale. The students rate the items between “not trueto me” and “very true to me”.11 The five motivational factors examined in this study are cognitivevalue, self-regulation, test/presentation anxiety, intrinsic value, and self-efficacy. Cognitive valuedescribes a student’s ability to recognize the tasks required,11 as well as the necessary sequence oftasks, in order to complete a goal. Self-regulation is the student’s ability to structure oneself tocomplete a goal.11 This differs from cognitive value as self-regulation is the ability to organize allnecessary components to ensure completion of the given
process, apply MATLAB to analyze the data, and explain the observed flow featuresusing information from the textbook and lectures. Each of these learning outcomes can bemapped directly to ABET student outcomes. The PIV data acquisition process applies tooutcome (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpretdata. Using MATLAB to analyze the data applies to outcome (k) an ability to use the techniques,skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. Finally, explaining thefeatures in the flow relates to outcome (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, scienceand engineering.Since this system has yet to be implemented in a course, there is no assessment data available.However
Paper ID #21323Affordances and Barriers to Creating Educational Change: A Case Study ofan Educational Innovation Implemented into a First-year Engineering De-sign CourseDr. Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support
. To complete theanalysis of a complex thermodynamics cycles, students must spend several hours of calculationsthat include the evaluation of thermodynamics properties at each state within the cycle.Therefore, the knowledge and the skills of students in analyzing the entire complex cycles cannotbe assessed in a typical 50 minute exam.To address the problem of student access to solution manuals and to be fair to those students whocompleted their homework assignment without using solution manuals, the weight of homeworkscores on the final grade was gradually reduced from 20% to 5%. At the same time, thefrequency of exams and quizzes was increased. Since only a few points for the homeworkassignment contributed towards the final grade, some
several years. Students are typically junior and seniorphysics and engineering majors with the necessary mathematics and physics requisites. Some sophomoresalso take the course. One interesting aspect of the course is the evolution of designs over the years, whenfirst offered, rocket designs typically employed a 3” diameter body tube and have gradually increased to4” and even 5.5” diameters. Also more multi-thruster designs are done as opposed to a single thruster.Generally, two-stage designs are not attempted though are certainly permitted.Generally speaking, the course has been favorably received by students. Their overall assessment is that itprovides a “real world” experience, an actual engineering application of physics and analysis.This
and Technology.[8] P. R. Wilson, A. F. Cinar, M. Mostafavi, & J. Meredith (2018). Temperature driven failure of carbon epoxy composites–A quantitative full-field study. Composites Science and Technology, 155, pp.33-40.[9] Sangermano, M., D'Anna, A., Marro, C., Klikovits, N., & Liska, R. (2018). UV-activated frontal polymerization of glass fibre reinforced epoxy composites. Composites Part B: Engineering, 143, pp.168-171.[10] L. Yue, A. Maiorana, F. Khelifa, A. Patel, J. M. Raquez, L. Bonnaud, & I. Manas-Zloczower (2018). Surface- modified cellulose nanocrystals for biobased epoxy nanocomposites. Polymer, 134, pp.155-162.[11] H. C. Kim (2018). Mechanical Properties Assessment and Reliability Verification for FDM 3D
practices is to help bridge the transition from student to employee; a transition that can be very steep for our students. Anecdotal feedback from recent graduates now employed in industry supports that these practices were indeed helpful in their transition.The five key elements identified above are a starting point. As our program matures we areworking to figure out the next “pieces of the puzzle.” Challenges we are currently workingthrough include: (1) Team roles – what are the right team roles to define? How often (if at all)should students rotate through these roles? (2) Standardization of documentation – for exampletime sheets, meeting minutes, liaison feedback instruments, etc. (3) Assessment, and (4)Standardizing the
Hawaiian or Other Pacific IslanderFigure 5 presents 14 prominent themes that came from student responses assessed both at thebeginning and end of the first semester engineering foundation course, and the contributions ofthe course on their enculturation. While most of the emerged themes were well-aligned with oneof the eleven ABET Student Outcomes, new themes also emerged.At the end of the semester, there was a significant drop in students’ perceptions about the valuesof engineering culture/engineer (from 35.4% to 23.2%). However, more students acknowledgedthe contribution of the course to their algorithmic thinking (through the use of MATLAB andLABVIEW to analyze and interpret data). Overall, similar percentages of responses on themajority of
that students identified as having contributedto their researcher identity and transformed their epistemic beliefs. These factors and experienceswill be translated to educational learning environments to leverage findings such that students inmore traditional learning environments can benefit in the same ways as students who participatein UREs, such as developing identities as builders of new knowledge, as contributing to societyand as effective communicators.AcknowledgementsThis research was funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation (Award #1531607 and 1531641).References[1] Benson, L., Faber, C. J., Kajfez, R., Ehlert, K., Lee, D. & McAlister, M. Assessing Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Researcher Identity and
. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Strongly Moderately Slightly Equally Slightly Moderately Strongly more verbal more verbal more verbal verbal and more visual more visual more visual than visual than visual than visual visual than verbal than verbal than verbalCopyright 2002 by Richard E. Mayer. Reprinted by permission.Learning Strategy PreferencePlease read the ATLAS assessment (blue sheet) and then mark the result here (Place ONE check mark next toyour learning strategy preference): ○ Navigator ○ Problem Solver ○ EngagerThe description of your learning strategy group in the ATLAS “Groups of Learners
of the final semester collecting initial validation data with their prototype in a clinicalsetting.Fall SemesterFall classes provide the students with significant context as they develop their design concepts.For example, with respect to intellectual property, students learn how to search and read patentsfor technologies that may address the clinical need for their project and are able to refine theirdesigns accordingly.Spring SemesterAs teams transition to building a functional prototype, Spring coursework allows them to identifyand refine market segments and thereby assess the commercial potential of their technology andbecome versed in the concepts essential to clinical research. Students may replace the electivecourse with an independent
Engineering Education, 2017 Work in Progress: Culturally-Relevant Engineering Design Curriculum for the Navajo NationThe mission of this research is to develop a theory of culturally-contextualized engineeringdesign curricula and assessment tools for Navajo middle school students, grounded in a study ofhow Navajo students and Navajo professionals experience, understand, and apply engineeringdesign in the context of their culture, community, and society. This foundation will supportfuture educational innovations and illuminate pathways for Navajo students to pursue highereducation and careers in STEM. This paper describes the foundation for this research and thecurrent progress in the development of curriculum modules that teach Navajo
. The reflection questions toassess SRL strategy use throughout the semester was altered from a previous study assessing theSRL strategies in an Industrial Engineering course3. The interview protocol to examine students’FTP was modified from a previous protocol used to analyze the connection between FTP andproblem-solving, as well as other task-specific, current actions5. This protocol was first tested forvalidity, including a pilot study with four undergraduate engineering students4. A secondinterview protocol was developed to explore the connection between FTP and SRL, as a follow-up to the first interview. Underlying theory and the advice of experts were used to develop thequestions, and the protocol was piloted with an engineering
a good learning experience. They were, also,more likely to recommend the session to others. Many showed interest in learning more. Binary-To-Decimal Conversion Emulator: In addition to the device being demonstratedat a number of events, in an informal setting, such as the Maker-Faire and Discover EngineeringDay, the emulator was demonstrated at an Electrical Engineering Laboratory event conducted forhigh school students in-order to expose them to the field of Electrical Engineering. Thirty-twostudents participated in the lab event. As part of the exit survey conducted, students were askedtheir views on three statements to assess the impact the B-to-D converter made on theirunderstanding of the underlying concept. Figure 5 depicts the
Paper ID #19111REU student engagement during and after REU program: a case study com-paring individual project with group projectDr. Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Dr. Hua Li, an Associate Professor in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Texas A&M University- Kingsville, is interested in sustainable manufacturing, renewable energy, sustainability assessment, and engineering education. Dr. Li has served as P.I. and Co-P.I. in different projects funded by NSF, DOEd, DHS, and HP, totaling more than 2.5 million dollars.Prof. Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Dr. Kai Jin is a Professor of
of flame retardants, chemicalmakeup of adhesives, nanotechnology (nanocrystals, nanofibrils, nanotubes), public policyaround disposal of electronic waste and recycling, and life cycle assessment. Teachers alsoreported learning new software, such as “Avogadro, ” a molecular editor and visualizationapplication.Curricula Implementation Teacher participants had the responsibility of core courses and after-school clubs. PUteachers taught at a range of schools, from schools that are virtual schools to project-basedlearning (PBL) schools to traditional middle and high schools. TU teachers taught at traditionalpublic high schools. Teaching loads averaged 129 students per teacher, with a range from 44 to200. Based on teachers’ self-reported
of mathematics, science, and engineering; an ability to identify, formulate, and solveengineering problems.) Because the first circuits course is offered to majors as well as non-majors, we introduce students gradually to these IT tools, some for example will have fullprogramming class in Matlab, in their programs. EE majors will see more circuit applicationsalso use more advanced Matlab programming methods (e.g., functions, m-files) as well asPSpice. In EE there is an elective course where students use Wfilter ([8]), a tool for designinganalog filter circuits and digital filters. There will be more examples presented during theconference as well as student outcomes assessment data. REFERENCES[1
with their curriculum. Similarto research of integrated curricula at North Carolina State University, critical thinking abilities ofstudents will be assessed through integrated exam and homework problems15. Integrated examproblems such as from the Fundamentals of Engineering exam will test students’ abilities toapply their enduring knowledge and common sense to solve integrated problems. Fundamentalsof Engineering passing rates will be compared to rates from previous years. Increased criticalthinking skills of students will signify that students are reasoning with their homework, ratherthan just completing it. Student and faculty surveys similar to the steam engine projectimplemented at Rowan University will be implemented8. Comparing these to
in service learning projects, practica, internships, games, and simulations. The Living Lab for CIT was created out of the need to provide a business environment for students to give them a taste of a ”real” IT environment. A secondary purpose is to provide service to internal and external clients. The Living Lab has served many internal and external clients. Dr. Justice has consulted for and managed IT departments in small and medium sized businesses. Her areas of research include: experiential and service learning, information and security risk assessment, risk management, digital forensics, network security, network and systems engineering, network and systems administration, and networking and security
objective is passing with the least effort possible. Although they werepushed to redesign the problems, some students just did it in the easiest way, sometimes justchanging the numbers of the original problems.In order to have an objective assessment of the outcome in this approach, the MechanicsBaseline Test [15] was used, which has 26 multiple choice questions. This is not the best way toaccess the progress of learning for this course, since the emphasis of this test is on the basicconcepts and theorems. The average score of the pre-test at the beginning of the semester was15.0, and that of the post-test at the end of the semester was 19.4. On average, 4.4 morequestions were answered correctly, which indicated significant progress in learning
connected with resources, to provide career counseling, and to helpstudents in completing applications for transfer to a four-year university, as well as applying forscholarships and internships. At the end of the school year, students are asked to evaluate theirfaculty mentor to assess the mentor’s ability to help them with their educational and careerendeavors. Transferring students are interviewed about how the program has impacted theiracademic and professional development. The implementation of S-STEM program from 2009 to2014 shows that the program has achieved its primary program goals of providing an opportunityfor low-income students to focus on their studies and fully benefit from a student supportinfrastructure that promotes academic
). UTA course assignments, in particular their reflections on teaching, wereincluded as a second data source to triangulate qualitative survey data related to the impact of theTeaching Methods course. The UTA survey included Likert scale survey questions to gaugeparticipants’ beliefs about their math ability (modified from[9]), beliefs about teaching [10],confidence in teaching [5]. Open-ended scenario-based questions were also included on the UTAsurvey that was intended to assess their skills in responding to various student group dynamics.Demographics questions were also included on the UTA pre-survey. Open-ended and Likertquestions related to UTAs’ perceptions of the Teaching Methods course and its ability to supportthem in their UTA role
Masters in Educational Leadership and Principal Certificate from Northern Arizona University in 2007. She is currently working on her EdD at Arizona State University. Mia is highly qualified to teach middle grades math, science, and language arts. Mia has taught middle school science in the Alhambra Elementary School District for nine years where she also leads after-school engineering clubs. Mia has been directly involved with district-wide initiatives including technology integration, Just In Time Assessments, curriculum pacing guides, and implementation of a research based, hands-on science and engineering curriculum. Mia has also worked closely with FOSS as a professional development facilitator. She also worked
Post- doctoral Fellow and a 2018 NSF CAREER awardee in engineering education research. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two-strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by interactive technology, and (2) design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Dr. Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico Jamie Gomez, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer III in the department of Chemical & Biological Engineering (CBE) at the University of New Mexico. She is a co- principal investigator for the following National Science
on the assessment resultsfor the above three factors.Case Study: Embedded systems education at UTRGV (Spring 2018)In this section, we describe how the proposed technical platformthrough evidence-based teaching, knowledge mobilization andresearch is utilized for embedded systems learning more effectively.The goal of the embedded systems learning is to provide students onhow to explore current technical issues for hardware and softwaredesign through three modules at the University of Texas at RioGrande Valley (UTRGV). At the UTRGV, microcontroller course(CMPE 3331) is a core course in the computer engineering programand fits well for embedded systems learning assay. We have usedtwo different hardware microcontroller platforms, Arduino [5