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WIP: Engineering Education Research - Focus on Engagement

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Robert Gettens, Western New England University; Harlan E Spotts Jr., Western New England University; Jingru Zhang, Western New England University; Chang Hoon Lee, Western New England University

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settings, people with little historyfunctional teams. The sooner students can begin to develop working together and from various disciplinary andgood team skills, the better. “Why do some students experience backgrounds come together to create somethingflounder on their initial job assignments after graduation, that hadn’t existed before. This diversity of perspectivewhile others move quickly up the career ladder? One brings with it the opportunity for unique combinations ofcommon criticism voiced by employers is that new hires do knowledge that could not have occurred separately. It alsonot seem to function well in a team-based environment.” [1] brings with it the risk of an inability to

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WIP: Engineering Education Research - Focus on Engagement

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Lauren Miranda Lingar; Abbey Williams; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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(Excel, Inventor, and graphingon reviewing an initial cluster analysis performed to calculator).investigate how profiles of students perform in the flipped o Average Flipped Material Quizzes: The averageclassroom. score of all MATLAB quizzes taken over content Participants: Participants in this study include students covered in each lab meeting. enrolled in a first year introduction to computer methods course at a large research university in the southeast. All RESULTS AND DISCUSSION students have been admitted into the college of engineering and participate in an introduction to The results of

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WIP: Engineering Education Research - Focus on Engagement

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Tonya Whitehead, Wayne State University; Jeffrey Potoff, Wayne State University

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occurred during Fall 2016 across three extrinsic motivation and self-efficacy [1]. Shell et al. hassections of the course, with different instructors looked at students initial motivation, goal orientation, andinvolving, slightly different requirements and assignment instrumentality [2]. While not directly tested on computerstructures. Based on instructor assessment and student programming to date, grit has been shown to correlate withfeedback, revisions were made to the structure of the success in higher education as well [3]. The overall goal ofproject and it was rolled out to both the sections in Winter this study is to develop and implement new course materials2017. To ensure consistency

Conference Session

WIP: Engineering Education Research - Focus on Problem Solving

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2017 FYEE Conference

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James Lloyd Long, Liberty University; Carolyn Ziebart, Liberty University

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studentsEngineering program has recently completed the third declaring engineering as their major.year of an ongoing initiative to transform it from a ‘make This initial program setup assumed that students enteringor break’ mindset to one more focused on preparing the their freshman year of college were adequately prepared forincoming students for success in their engineering the rigors of the engineering programs. However, over theprograms, which is the focus of this ‘work-in-progress’ ensuing years, it became obvious that this was not the case,report. A number of new active learning pedagogies have as evidenced by high freshman to sophomore attrition ratesbeen implemented in the Introduction

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WIP: Student Success & Development - Focus on Self-Efficacy

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Kayla Nicole Arnsdorff; Ashley Tingting Chen; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Steffen Peuker, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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assignments were codedprofessional regulatory skills. Examples of topics in the by the same two members of the research team. The resultscourse would be the development of goals, building discussion focuses on an initial analysis of 10 of the reflectivecommunity, academic skill development, and personal assignments from the pilot data set.development. Based on the topics covered during theiracademic skills course, students are asked to develop a plan RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONfor becoming a successful student by answering the following While the larger study focuses on understanding howprompts: students discuss their

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WIP: Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Geoff Rideout, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Thelma E Coley, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University

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Learning in Toronto. He is currently an Associate Professor at Memorial University, teaching mechanics and design. His research areas are automated modeling, vehicle dynamics and control, vibration-assisted drilling, and nondestructive testing of power transmission line poles.Ms. Thelma E Coley, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University Thelma Coley is a Student Engagement Coordinator with the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University, NL, Canada. She holds an M. Ed. specializing in teaching and has considerable instructional experience within a variety of educational settings. She has provided professional devel- opment to other teaching specialists and is currently

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WIP: Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Design-Based Projects

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Kevin Kit, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Christopher D. Pionke P.E., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Paper ID #20930Understanding the Processes and Challenges Students’ Experience Solvingan Open-Ended ProblemDr. Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Courtney is a Lecturer and Research Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering Honors Program at the University of Tennessee. She completed her Ph.D. in Engineering & Science Education at Clemson University. Prior to her Ph.D. work, she received her B.S. in Bioengineering at Clemson University and her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University. Courtney’s research interests include epistemic cognition in the context of problem solving

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WIP: Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Design-Based Projects

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Kirsten Heikkinen Dodson, Lipscomb University; Kerry E Patterson, Lipscomb University; Joseph B Tipton Jr., Lipscomb University

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Paper ID #20947Work-in-Progress - Emphasizing Human-Centered Design in the FreshmanYear through an Interactive Engineering Design Process ExperienceDr. Kirsten Heikkinen Dodson, Lipscomb University Dr. Kirsten Dodson is an assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department in the Raymond B. Jones College of Engineering at Lipscomb University. She graduated from Lipscomb University with her Bachelors degree before moving on to Vanderbilt to finish her Doctoral degree. Upon completing her research at Vanderbilt, she joined the faculty at her alma mater where she has focused on thermal-fluids topics in teaching and

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WIP: Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ryan Baldwin

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retention and graduation rates within NCE. Clearly, engineering.if more students perform better on the Placement Test,then higher the retention and graduation rates will be.This work-in-progress paper takes a look at variousreasons due to which students do not do well on thePlacement Test. For each of these reasons identified,NJIT has implemented various initiatives to helpstudents start on track in their first semester. Some ofthese initiatives include 1) developing sample placementtests for students to practice under the sameenvironment as the original test, 2) making a placementcalculator for students to input the scores from thepractice placement tests to determine their likelymathematics placement, 3) establishing a strongoutreach to

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WIP: Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Design-Based Projects

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Shankar Ramakrishnan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Deana Delp

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include active teaching methods and pedagogies for increased student motivation as well as encouraging innovative thinking through user- centered projects.Deana Delp Deana R. Delp has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University. She is currently a lecturer at Arizona State University for Engineering Academic and Student Affairs in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. She has industry experience as a systems engineer for General Dynamics Mission Systems, and as a research and development product engineer for Test Acuity Solutions. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017

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WIP: Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Classroom Practices

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Brian Paljug, University of Virginia; Lisa Lampe, University of Virginia

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and values towards their studies. We approached this lastoutcomes related to study skills and learning attitudes, topic from the perspective of deep learning versus surfacespecifically regarding deep versus surface learning. This learning [4]. In short, surface learning is when knowledge ispaper details the pilot test of this assessment, initial received and reproduced, while deep learning is whenresults, and lessons learned from the experience. The goal knowledge is understood, interpreted, and transformed.is to provide resources for other institutions pursuing Research suggests that deep learning is associated withpeer tutoring programs by providing sample methods higher

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WIP: Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Emily Sandvall, Baylor University; Deanna Calder; Megan Harper, Baylor University; Zachary Bruce Jackson, Baylor University; Billy Joel Baker

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INTRODUCTION Baylor’s newest engineering students.Baylor University, located in Waco, Texas, is a private BACKGROUNDChristian University and a nationally ranked researchinstitution. Nearly 17,000 students from all 50 states and Research on mentoring includes several definitions usedmore than 80 countries call this vibrant campus community throughout literature to define this concept. Reference [1]home. With more than 10 percent of Baylor University’s defined mentoring for their study as a relationship involvingfreshman class pursuing major courses of study in the a passage of information and knowledge from an individualSchool of Engineering and Computer Science each