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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 7 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University; Chadia A. Aji, Tuskegee University

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BlackCollege and University (HBCU) is being conducted to establish baselines for the mental modelsof students and their tolerance to ambiguity. The modified Rydell-Rosen questionnaire was usedto understand undergraduate students’ ambiguity tolerance. Analysis of cross-sectional datacollected indicates little change in tolerance of ambiguity of undergraduate students with timespent in college. This research is supported by NSF Grant# 1832041.IntroductionThe typical learning environment, and assessment of learning dominant in K-16 educationpromotes a dualistic understanding of the problem space. Students look for the ‘right’ answer, orthe answer the teacher is expecting. Obviously, such learning is rarely applicable to real-lifesituations which are much

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 6 Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Don Wittrock, University of Cincinnati CEAS Office of Inclusive Excellence and Community Engagement; Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati; Jutshi Agarwal, University of Cincinnati; Gibin Raju, University of Cincinnati

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course topics represented in real life, willalso be analyzed for understanding and application of course material. Interest in STEM fields willbe assessed through a questionnaire about how the course may have impacted their choice ofpotential career fields. These items will guide us in future iterations of the course and expansionof our efforts into Chemistry and a combined Physics/Calculus course in the future. To implement the online physics course we utilized several platforms, databases, andonline tools. Utilizing the below tools our online environment resembled that which we allexperience today with Individual picture tiles, shared screens, videos and more. The followingtools allowed us to effectively organize, engage, and allow for

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 2 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Julia D. Thompson, University of San Francisco; Amalia Kokkinaki, University of San Francisco; Jes Parker, University of California, Berkeley; Hana M. Böttger, University of San Francisco; N. Jeremy Kasdin, University of San Francisco

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designed for writing, recognizes the different backgroundsof students and allows grading on completion and self-guided work.The project courses are partnering with local afterschool programs, an organic farm, and a localnative community to design projects in the first two years. In the afterschool program, universitystudents will co-design games with elementary students. At the farm, the farm managers haveasked us to explore the water balance - while students design water sensors and model the watersystem. This provides opportunities for students to do real-world projects, while also learningabout social and environmental justice.In our physics for engineers course, students have a combination of traditional labs andmulti-week projects. During

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 8 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Philippa Anne Martin, University of Canterbury; Eileen Frances Britt, University of Canterbury

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disrespectful and disruptive behavior. This paper describes thetraining program and early results. There are promising signs of the applicability of MIconversations to address not only problem behavior and engineering culture, but also dishonestpractice, stereotype threat, academic progress, academic study skills, team dynamics and studyhabits. Given these promising early results discussion is underway with the University aboutexpanding the program further.1 IntroductionEvery year universities admit hundreds to thousands of new engineering students to theirengineering programs. All come in with different views of the world and pre-conceptions of howto behave as an engineering student. Problematic and unwanted attitudes and behavior on campusinclude

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 5 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Tojan Rahhal, University of Missouri; Miguel Elias Ayllon, University of Missouri

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abroad programshas grown over the last 25 years, yet there is still a need for more empiricalresearch studies that provide a better understanding of study abroad as a highimpact practice for the academic and professional success of engineering students.While the MU College of Engineering has been able to successfully offer global experientiallearning opportunities for students for almost a decade, there is still a need to betterexpose students to real world engineering problems and humanitarian engineering service.One of the most recent contributions to global experiential learning research comesfrom Purdue University’s Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessmentand Research (CILMAR) new study, which confirms more intercultural

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 5 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Claudio Freitas, Purdue University; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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offer a uniqueopportunity to understand participatory design in displacement. Second, we propose a model tore-center displaced learners as part of the solution in displacement. Third, we describe analternative pathway where students have an opportunity to develop their ideas and transformtheir projects into real-world products. Fourth, we propose a pedagogy where local facilitatorshelp to co-construct and co-implement the course so that they feel a sense of ownership andcommitment with course success. Specifically, it is important to engage policymakers and local stakeholders on futureinitiatives in order to enable policies that allow students to effectively find resources andmaterials needed to implement their ideas in long-term

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 4 Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Memoria Elizabeth Matters, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Patrice Marie Buzzanell, University of South Florida

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these people directly, and we respect them for all kinds of the right reasons, and I think that having that come from them probably builds support in faculty members who might otherwise be a little bit less enthusiastic about it.” – EthanAdditionally, the school requires professors to attend a diversity workshop upon hire, andadditional diversity training is required for professors to serve on a search committee. Faculty arealso increasingly required to include a diversity statement in research grant applications. Forexample, the National Science Foundation’s Computer & Information Science and Engineering(CISE) division has recently begun to encourage grant applicants to include a “broadeningparticipation plan” in their

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 8 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Kimberly Young-McLear, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Sharon Zelmanowitz P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Royce Warner James Ph.D., United States Coast Guard Academy/Air Force Institute of Technology; Dani Brunswick, U.S. Coast Guard; Thomas W. DeNucci, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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. They hold a Masters of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University where they focused on the application of control theory to ocean wave energy converters. In addition to currently teaching courses in the Electrical Engineering and Cyber Systems section at CGA, they also help assistant coach the Women’s Rugby team, co-advise the CGA LGBTQIA+ Spectrum Council, and is one of four action team leaders for the Engineering Dean’s Diversity Initiative, focusing on the health of climate. These action teams stem from a grassroots effort within the CGA’s School of Engineering to create a scalable approach to transform any work environment to meet the needs of a 21st century CG. Additionally, within

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 7 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Crystal R. Emery, URU The Right to Be, Inc.; Valeria Sinclair Chapman

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Housekeeping feature ”50 over 50: Women Who Are Changing the World.” She has extensive publishing credits, both independently and with established publishers including in TIME, Variety, Ms.Magazine.com, Rebecca Minkoff Superwoman and HuffPost. Other published works include Stat! An Action Plan for Replacing the Broken System of Recruitment and Retention of Underrepre- sented Minorities in Medicine with a New Paradigm, published by the National Academy of Medicine; the unique biographical essay books Against All Odds: Black Women in Medicine and Master Builders of the Modern World: Reimagining the Face of STEM; and the first two volumes of her Little Man children’s book series. Her body of work covers a broad range of

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 8 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Lisa Lim, Pennsylvania State University

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engage as thought leaders in society 3 Millennium Scholars Program • Founded in 2013 • Scholarship support • STEM college partners • Bachelors to PhD • Current Enrolled Scholars: 137 students • Graduated Scholars: 84% grad rate from program completion (N=92 students)- Goal of the MSP is recruit and promote diverse STEM students, provide them academic and social support, and provide them with the tools to be competitive PhD applicants during their senior year. Our goal is to identify students entering the first year of college (after admission to PSU but prior to fall enrollment) who have a strong interest in STEM

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 7 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

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exhausting, it's degrading to have the responsibility of having to educate people and explain to them how to be culturally sensitive…At the end of the day it's like…I literally have to learn how to be in this real world and deal with these different types of people. It's hard.Warren is carrying a tremendous burden of representing all Black people and proving himselfagain and again in a challenging environment. He brings gifts of determination and a sense ofpurpose to the challenges, but it is not clear to him how his career will unfold and whether or nothe can withstand the pressures he described.Case Study # 3: “Noelle” - Senior Mechanical Engineering Major: “Microaggressions are notjust in this one class but they're in my study

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 1 Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Anthony W. Dean, Old Dominion University; Kim Bullington Sibson, Old Dominion University; Cynthia Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Rafael E. Landaeta, Old Dominion University

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7.4 million students over the age of 25 in colleges and universities across the UnitedStates [23] and many of these are military veterans. Adults, who have served in the U.S. military,are coming back to higher education at a rapid rate after serving in recent wars, much like thereturn to higher education after World War II [21]. It is projected that veterans will earn 100,000degrees per year that are funded by the G.I. Bill [24]. Since the reenactment of the G.I. Bill in2008, over 500,000 veterans have earned postsecondary degrees or certificates, 14% of which arein STEM fields, have higher average GPAs than traditional students (3.35 vs. 2.94), and 80% ofthem are over 25 years old [24].Student veterans mirror many of the andragogical aspects

Conference Session

Enacting Culturally Relevant Pedagogy for Underrepresented Minorities in STEM Classrooms: Challenges and Opportunities

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2021 CoNECD

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Moses Olayemi, Purdue University; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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white institutions,” Action Teach. Educ., vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 223–237, 2015, doi: 10.1080/01626620.2015.1048007.[39] N. Ramsay-Jordan, “Preparation and the real world of education: How prospective teachers grapple with using culturally responsive teaching practices in the age of standardized testing,” Int. J. Educ. Reform, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 3–24, 2020.[40] P. Chinn, “Preparing science teachers for culturally diverse students: Developing cultural literacy through cultural immersion, cultural translators and communities of practice,” Cult. Stud. Sci. Educ., vol. 1, pp. 367–402, 2006, doi: 10.1007/s11422-006-9014-0.[41] J. Leonard et al., “Preparing teachers to engage rural students in computational thinking through

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 4 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

Authors

Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech ; Christian Matheis, Guilford College; Christine Tysor, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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phenomenon within its real-world context.The intent in this project is to look at individuals’ experiences, compare and contrast acrosscollaborative pairs, and explore factors that might explain connections between the dynamics ofcollaboration and sustainability of research collaborations. For the purpose of the selection of thecases, an initial survey will be distributed. The survey not only serves as a screening measure butalso is used as a major source of data on demographic information, quality of relationships,communication patterns, and visions about research collaboration. The primary source of datacollection is one-on-one interviews with collaborative pairs.One potential body of research that can inform this study-- and similar studies