Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alberth Alvarado, Universidad Galileo; Jose Roberto Portillo, Universidad Galileo; Byron Haroldo Linares Roman

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its purpose and value is crucial. Thus, establishing how badges serve as a solution to an instructional or curricular problem must be communicated to faculty and students from the beginning of the implementation process. Additionally, the FSBPI suggests that demonstrating to faculty and students how badges can be shared externally may foster a broader understanding of their value. Finally, to guarantee the success, sustainability, and potential scalability of the badge architecture, the FSBPI recommends designing and incorporating a comprehensive evaluation and a revision plan. This plan must include instructors and teaching assistants (TA) continuous training to ensure grading consistency

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meiqin Li, University of Virginia

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4.3 Code core linear algebra concepts in MATLAB with autograder incorporated 12 4.3.1 Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.4 Establish application projects in MATLAB Grader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Assessment 15 5.1 Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5.2 Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Conclusion and Future Plan 187 Acknowledgements

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia Spencer, University of Virginia; Megan Ryals, University of Virginia; Gianluca Guadagni, University of Virginia

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of lesson plans. While we had originally planned to do a full implementation of theIODE curriculum in Fall 2020, due to the pandemic and classes being online, we waited untilFall 2021, when classes resumed in person, to fully implement the new curriculum and collectdata for comparison to Fall 2019.In Fall of 2019, each class started with a lecture going over the topic for the day, followed bytime in class for students to complete problems by mimicking examples from the instructor hadjust worked. Sometimes, a small portion of the lecture would be dedicated to why the giventechnique worked. However, the focus was on what to do rather than why it worked.The IODE curriculum implemented in Fall 2021 covered largely the same topics as Fall 2019

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University; Carl Boyet; Levi Savercool; Hylie Jane Holloway

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attendance of each SI session was58%. Figure 1. SS students attending and SI session.Two peer mentors in their second year were selected to lead the SS students through the SIsessions. The peer-mentors were chosen from a group of students who completed a pilot versionof the SS Program the previous year. Weekly meetings between the peer mentors and theinstructors of the math and engineering courses were used to plan the following week’s SIsessions according to need. Common session types included: ● HW - Informal open-ended sessions where students met on one floor at the University Library designed for study groups. Peer mentors were in the room to answer questions and guide the SS students when needed, but did not actively lead content

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Mixer, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Deirdre Donovan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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STEM. Craftingmitigation plans aimed at student success should be research based and implemented to welcomeand benefit all students. Researchers have worked to identify predictors of STEM persistence,both before matriculation and after. A student’s level of academic success before matriculation isa strong predictor of STEM persistence. These predictors include standardized test scores andtaking calculus in high school [9], [10].Research has found that, after matriculation, a student’s likelihood to complete an undergraduatedegree was linked to a student’s level of academic and social integration. Tinto [11] definesacademic integration by a student's academic performance and their perception of their ownacademic experience. Therefore, it

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juliana Martins Philot, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia - Brazil; Barbara Lutaif Bianchini, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - Brasil; Eloiza Gomes, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia - Brazil; Gabriel Loureiro de Lima, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - Brasil; Octavio Mattasoglio Neto Neto

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importance of planning, executing and evaluating subjects that are linked to the interestsand objectives of the courses in which these ones are being offered, reflecting on what skillswe want students to acquire and how these are used in their careers.Prado [4] also suggest that it is necessary to develop a more contextualized, consolidated andattractive course, applying multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary activities, using activemethodologies, articulating practice and theory with the support of software, a fact that is alsohighlighted in the document that in Brazil guides the organization of engineering programs,the National Curriculum Regulations for Engineering Education (DCN1) [13].Stewart, Larson, and Zandieh [7] emphasize the need of

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gianluca Guadagni, University of Virginia; Deepyaman Maiti, University of Virginia; Farzad Shafiei Dizaji

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classroominstruction before the pandemic.Studies have shown that online education had a specific impact on engineering students. In [3], authorsfound that a considerable number of students changed their short-term plans about scheduling courses infuture semesters. Additionally, a noteworthy portion of students expressed concerns about theeffectiveness of online instruction. STEM students had to spend more time on self-directed learning andincreased time on their coursework overall [4]. Research has shown that blended (or hybrid) learninggenerally leads to better learning outcomes for STEM courses compared to non-STEM courses.However, paradoxically, students enrolled in hybrid STEM courses often report lower levels ofsatisfaction and may not view the courses

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadas Ritz, Cornell University

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;Gradescope where students submitted most written work, and where TAs graded all quizzes andexams; WeBWorK 1 , an online platform for automatically grading a large variety of mathproblems, for weekly practice problems and a limited number of “checkpoints” (described morefully below). This paper’s author was the main architect of the grading scheme overhaul.Unfortunately, at the beginning of the semester the second instructor fell ill and was replacedseveral weeks into the semester. The substitute instructor had not been planning to teach a largecourse that term, and as such focused mainly on lectures and writing exam problems, but was notavailable for much additional help.Students in the course attend 50-minute lectures three times a week, and a 50

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University

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in preparatory worksheets before class and programming assignments alignedwith lectures and PLG sessions. Additionally, the curriculum integrates online self-pacedtraining auto-graded modules from the MathWorks platform.The course's unique design, combining MATLAB programming with mathematical analysis in acondensed half-semester each presents both advantages and challenges. It offers an efficient wayto cover essential topics rapidly, emphasizing the practical application of programming tomathematical concepts. This approach necessitates precise curriculum planning to ensure contentis both deep and manageable within the limited time, requiring strategies that maximize learningoutcomes and thoughtfully designed assessments to accurately gauge

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Boyet, Louisiana Tech University; Jonathan Walters, Louisiana Tech University; Christian Smith, Louisiana Tech University

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shown more positive results [10] [11][12]. Future studies comparing students who are recommended placement in Precalculus onentrance exams but are allowed to start in Calculus I by AP or transfer credit with those who startin Precalculus may be used to further evaluate the effectiveness of the curriculum and examinethe necessity of a precalculus course. A deeper look at the relationship between performance inPrecalculus and the freshman math sequence with graduation and retention rates for engineeringstudents at Louisiana Tech University is also planned. Despite no change in performance insubsequent calculus courses, enthusiasm among faculty for the pilot led to full adoption in fall2023 with the goal of further refining the curriculum and

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meiqin Li, University of Virginia; Heze Chen, University of Virginia

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-routinized plans for mathematical education. students make and the need for problem-solving. flexibility in problem-solving. [46] Student-generated everyday examples Identified codes related to vector Limited direct relevance to for basis and their use of metaphors relations and characteristics in engineering students; more like travel and building in everyday examples. suited for mathematics understanding vector spaces. education. [47] Student reasoning about linear Identified hub concepts like More applicable to

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Lockhart, Texas A&M University; Noor Hakim; Vainavi Chilukuri, Texas A&M University; Jason Champagne; Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, Texas A&M University; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

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study hasexamined how these variables differ in relation to students’ levels of mathematics proficiency.Thus, much knowledge is left to be gained.Present StudyThe current study is a part of a larger, grant-funded study focused on cultivating InclusiveProfessional Engineering Identities within engineering majors. Participants in the study werefrom a large, R1 university and were all first-year students planning to major in engineering orcomputer science. The university divided the students into three different engineering tracks fortheir first year, representative of their level of mathematics preparation upon college entrancebased upon their mathematics achievement and coursework in high school. Students onEngineering Track 1 were deemed to be

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tijesunimi Abraham Adeyemi, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University; Neda Bazyar Shourabi, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Chukwuemeka Duru; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Frank Efe

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basic calculus and/or physicscourses plan to continue their studies in math or physics beyond those courses. Most of thesestudents only sign up for beginning calculus and/or physics classes to satisfy general educationrequirements or to finish the prerequisites for further study [9].We argue that students' struggles with learning and comprehending numerous subjects andconcepts in these courses may be one factor in their lack of interest in these courses. The majorgoal of this study is to find a calculus-based solution so that students may comprehend the ideaand use of calculus in a circumstance or problem from real life. More precisely, we wanted todetermine how students comprehend and use concepts such as problem-solving (e.g., Hooke's law

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui Ma, University of Virginia

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grading approach, the author faced many obstacles andchallenges, which required extra thought and planning for the future semesters. For instance,many students procrastinated and only came for reassessments at the end of the semester,causing long lines outside the office during office hours. This was a heavy burden for theinstructor and left insufficient time for providing individualized feedback, which was the purposeof the office hour reassessments. The unlimited number of attempts did not sufficiently motivatestudents to perform better on their first tries. It also generated an excessive amount of grading.The author needs to reevaluate the number of reassessments allowed and encourage students toreflect and review before

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meiqin Li, University of Virginia; Stacie Pisano, University of Virginia; Jennifer Felder Marley, University of Virginia; Anne M Fernando, University of Virginia; Lindsay Wheeler, University of Virginia

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interventions designed to improve student persistence across all student groups. Perhapsthe most relevant finding in support of the research discussed in this paper is that increasing thefrequency of asking students to retrieve precalculus skills improves their retention acrosssubsequent semesters, better preparing them for courses later in their plans of study and tocomplete their engineering degrees [8]. It should be noted that while that study investigated thefrequency of retrieval in a precalculus course, it follows that incorporating space retrieval withinlater mathematics courses would benefit students.Considering the impact of calculus courses on retention and persistence within engineeringprograms, there is a clear need for intervention

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olivia Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Susan Sajadi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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)‬ ‭ onsiders pre-math-ready engineering students' outlook on their place in engineering‬ C ‭Transition‬ ‭Self‬ ‭related to their perceived identity and sense of belonging in engineering as they‬ ‭into‬ ‭transition into the major (ex: plans for their future career)‬ ‭Engineering‬ ‭ efers to the help that pre-math-ready engineering students receive in engineering‬ R ‭(identity)‬ ‭Support‬ ‭related to identity formation as they transition into the major (ex: affinity groups)‬ ‭Describes the strategies pre-math-ready engineering students use to develop their‬

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alberth Alvarado, Universidad Galileo; Jose Roberto Portillo, Universidad Galileo

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those students that,despite completing MATH 101 satisfactorily, they did not approve MATH 201. Among them,we can mention: (i) the violation of academic integrity when completing the activities in MATH101, (ii) a student may require more time and additional practice than the one provided byMATH 101 to grasp a concept, and (iii) the lack of motivation and engagement, among others.Further study is required to examine these peculiar cases. Constructing a predictive model is partof our future research plan; this will provide us with more insights regarding the probability ofsuccess in MATH 201 after a student has completed MATH 101.The diagnostic test segmentation into the four areas of MATH 101 allows us to explore furtherand establish its impact