Conference Session

S6A: Full Papers - Out with the Old, In with the New

Collection

14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

Authors

Kevin Calabro, University of Maryland, College Park; Catherine Marie Hamel, University of Maryland, College Park; Joshua Cocker, University of Maryland - Keystone Program

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Full Papers

, ChatGPT identified 7 possible errors,as well as troubleshooting tips for each issue (RQ1 Transcript Lines 281-333). Overall, the use ofChatGPT in the process of lesson planning could save instructors a significant amount of time, aslong as the instructor is expert enough to ensure the provided content is accurate.The researchers also see a potential of using ChatGPT to save time on common logisticalroutines of instructors, like drafting course announcements (RQ1 lines 702-775), answeringstudent questions, creating new homework assignments (RQ1 lines 777-889), or drafting studentfeedback. When given a few bullet points of students’ strengths and areas for improvement,ChatGPT wrote a student evaluation (RQ1 lines 892-934), which would be helpful

Conference Session

Technical Session T1B

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Jenahvive K. Morgan, Michigan State University

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Full Papers

mostchallenging areas of the course due to the interpersonal issues that arise while students areworking together. To guide students through solving design problems in a team, this first-yearengineering course focused on Emotional Intelligence as part of the course lecture materials.Emotional Intelligence involves understanding your emotions, as well as the emotions of others,and being able to act on this knowledge.Students in this first-year engineering course were presented with a survey at the end of thesemester to assess their team experiences, as well as their experience with the course material.432 students answered questions on teamwork, Emotional Intelligence, and their interest inengineering as a profession.BackgroundSuccessful teamwork requires

Conference Session

Technical Session M5A

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

John Cole, The University of Texas at Dallas

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Diversity, Full Papers

,especially with a group with members from different levels of CS, felt too advanced and I wasnot able to learn much.”In 2015, the Pi/Arduino project was viewed very unfavorably. Most comments concerned nothaving enough programming background to do it effectively, issues with hardware, and notbeing able to participate because someone else on the team with more knowledge just took over.The following year was better when we included non-electronic computation devices, sincemany students took this option. However, the issue of finding too much online became moreserious.The “Design your Process” paper in 2017 was definitely not a favorite, although few studentschose to comment on it. One comment I saw occasionally during the grading process was thatsome

Conference Session

Technical Session M5B

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Heath Aren Schluterman, University of Arkansas; Aysa Galbraith, University of Arkansas; Leslie Bartsch Massey, University of Arkansas; Brandon Crisel; Candace Auburn Rainwater, University of Arkansas

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Full Papers

I have helped redesign the Electronics and Robotics theme and where I have worked to create a common Computing theme for all incoming students.Dr. Candace Auburn Rainwater, University of Arkansas American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Evaluating freshmen engineering students’ experience in a First-Year Engineering Program and lessons learned during Covid-19 pandemicIntroductionIn Spring of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic caused great changes to the education system acrossthe country. Both universities and high schools were forced to quickly adapt to distancedlearning or cancel classes. Students were left confused and concerned about how their semesterwould