Session at the ASEE 2014 Annual Conference, anddescribes a recently funded project (October 2013) under the Research Initiation Grant inEngineering Education (RIGEE) program. It is hypothesized that there is disconnect betweenthe principles outlined in Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and the actual classroomenvironment, thus creating a barrier to intrinsic motivation needed for student learning. Theproposed work is an empirical investigation to explore this disconnect in the context ofundergraduate engineering education. The primary tasks will be to (i) assess the Facultyknowledge of SDT; (ii) develop a measurement framework to assess the classroom environmentas it relates to SDT; and (iii) determine the association among Faculty knowledge of SDT
- Objectives of the Experiment and the ProjectThe following major objectives were set at the inception of the project:1. To develop an experiment and project for a complete review and a better understanding of thestatistical parameters that may heavily influence the engineering/design decision making process.2. To create an opportunity for collaborative research and design efforts between undergraduateengineering student(s) and faculty.3. To design, produce, test, and optimize a cost-effective, reproducible apparatus withoutstanding features.4. To make all information necessary for fabrication of the apparatus and conducting theexperiment and the project available to engineering programs nationwide
Paper ID #10226An inclusive process for developing a taxonomy of keywords for engineeringeducation researchDr. Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching Engineering and research associate professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. She actively pursues research in engineering education and assists other faculty at U-M in their scholarly endeavors. Her current research interests include studying faculty motivation to change classroom practices, evalu- ating methods to improve teaching, and exploring ethical decision
Engineering faculty and high school teachers can use to teach and assess learning outcomes.Assess Learning and Evaluate Innovations Collaborate with our advisory board to develop and evaluate game course modules. Evaluate college students’ engagement in transportation engineering in relation to use of multiple teaching methods using motivational scale instrument. Assess college students’ learning gains using performance assessment Assess changes in high school students’ decision-making as a result of learning about the yellow light “dilemma zone” using game performance results. Conduct focus groups with advisory board members and students.Conduct Research on STEM Teaching and Learning Publish tested models of
and authentic experience for thestudents. Our current work and future plans include the following: • While not statistically significant, we did note an improvement in the results between the Spring and Fall semesters. While different faculty were often engaged between the semesters, this might reflect collective and shared learning among the involved faculty members, increasing their ease and experience with which to incorporate the developed curricula in various classroom settings. We are interested in studying the level of comfort faculty have with the teaching material and the impact of multiple exposures on students’ learning across their curriculum. • We are processing the results for the
. Page 11.52.1L. Fink, University of Oklahoma Dr. L. Dee Fink, an off-campus evaluator, is the person responsible for developing and implementing the evaluation plan, and he has an extensive background in pedagogy and assessment. Because of this expertise, Dr. Fink will be responsible for: 1.) developing and© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 monitoring the pedagogical models being used, 2.) leading the orientation programs for both undergraduate peer teachers and the faculty members involved, to make sure they fully understand the pedagogy procedures being used, 3.) developing the evaluation plan and materials, 4.) collecting and analyzing the evaluation
. Synthesizing these two points, it is evident that inquiry-basedlaboratories require experts to create, administer, and assess. Unfortunately, the requirement forexpertise is directly contradictory to the current atmosphere in science education at large researchuniversities. Luft et al. (2004) provide an excellent discussion of TA culture in the sciences, andsummarize the issue by stating: “Ultimately, graduate students may even be told by their advisors that research should be a focus, and that teaching assistantships should not be held for multiple years because this will jeopardize their careers...Unfortunately the culture in which GTAs exist places them in a situation that is wrought with tension and difficult to change.”In
instructional approach is illustrated inFigure 4. First, it is started from contemporary issues related to cyber based rapid manufacturingsuggested by the Department of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering (IMSE) andthe Research Institute for Manufacturing & Engineering Systems (RIMES) advisory boardcommittee. Second, the authors and a support group from staff members of Texas ManufacturingAssistance Center (TMAC) have determined what course contents (e.g., course modules) shouldbe included in each course. Third, the authors have discussed with faculty from IMSE/MEDepartments who are interested in joining this curriculum reform to identify a course modulepool. However, the course contents could be revised based on suggestions from an
skin, convenient accessibility, and prox-imity to blood vessels and systemic circulation make skin an obvious candidate for a route of drug admin-istration. In this module, students will explore the permeability of porcine skin, easily obtainable at a gro-cery store and cost-effective. Porcine skin has been shown to be histologically and biochemically similar 9to human skin, and have a similar permeability[ ]. In parallel, students will measure mass transfer across Page 24.963.6biomaterials using artificial skin and also determine the effects of various permeation enhancers on themass