concept maps for “equitable infrastructure” at the end of the semester. The concept mapsrevealed differences in student ideas that reflect the different approaches taken in the courses.Analysis of these concept maps yields insight into student learning on equitable infrastructureand can provide guidance for others wishing to incorporate equity into first-year and/or civilengineering coursework.IntroductionCivil engineering education has long recognized the need for the curriculum to blend a broadarray of technical and professional skills to meet the needs of the profession (see, for example,the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge [1]). The ways in which infrastructure has bothpositively and negatively affected equity in our social systems have
this paper is a collection of notes from individual semi-structuredinterviews with these change leaders in higher education. A retroactive IRB amendment wasmade to the existing protocol for this study. In the initial protocol, meetings with the changeleaders in this study were preparatory steps toward collecting publishable data via interviews,web scraping, and group concept mapping. Recognizing the transferable value of the insightsprovided to us by these change leaders, we received their consent to amend our IRB and pursuepublication.While a recording and professional transcript would have been helpful in the data analysisprocess, a carefully designed interview protocol, and a collective effort to record meeting notesduring and after meeting
concept maps sustainable transportation, Knowledge + illustrating the core principles of environmental and social impacts of Participation sustainable transportation, transportation, and how those are emphasizing how each principle embedded in socio-technical systems connects and contributes to the overall concept of sustainability in transportation. Application + Problem solving exercises and peer
upon one another), implementation ofactive learning strategies lowers the chances of students “missing a step” when learning how tosolve complex problems [13]. Student experiences with traffic operations are plentiful and, whenused strategically, can be capitalized upon to improve comprehension of complex concepts andmaterials. Experimental work has been done to gauge effectiveness of active learning strategiesin transportation engineering courses [14] - [19]. Concept maps [14], games [15], problem-oriented and project-based learning [16], group work [17], simulation [18], and inquiry-basedlearning [19] are a few strategies researchers have focused on in previous work. Active learningstrategies may be widely used, however a review of