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Size, Civility, and the Classroom Culture: Setting Class Tone with a Student-centered Perspective

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University Calumet

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #16112Integrating Civility into the Classroom: Practicing and Teaching Civility toPrepare Students for Career SuccessProf. Ralph Ocon, Purdue University Calumet c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Integrating Civility into the Classroom: Practicing and Teaching Civility to Prepare Students for Career SuccessAbstractThe focus of most engineering and technology programs is to provide students with the technicalskills required for success in their future careers. Often overlooked, but equally important forcareer success, is training on the “soft skills.” In particular, faculty need to

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NEE 1 - Innovative Teaching & Learning Strategies

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Caratozzolo, School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico; Alvaro Alvarez-Delgado, Language Department, School of Social Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico; Samira Hosseini, Writing Lab, Center for Educational Innovation, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

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New Engineering Educators

innovation, teaching-learning strategies, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Critical Thinking, Cognitive Flexibility and development of soft skills in engineering. She teaches courses on the implementation of Educational Innovation strategies as: Development of Creativity and Innovation Techniques, Development of Transversal Skills and Competencies, Development of Critical Thinking and Case Analysis, Problem Solving through Lateral Thinking and Design Thinking. Dr. Caratozzolo is Se- nior Member of IEEE and member of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), Power and Energy Society (PES) and Women in Engineering (WIE). She is also a member of the International Association of Continuing Engineering Education (IACEE

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Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

classes theassignment came from (pre or post-changes). The assessment was done according to the followingsix criteria: (a) document structure (b) objectives and conclusion, (c) grammar and spelling, (d)quality of writing, (e) depth of analysis and (f) scientific integrity. The results obtained showed anincrease of 8% for categories (a), (c) and (d), an increase of 14% for category (b), an increase of7% for category (f) and a decrease of 3% for category (e). These results suggest that the changesimplemented had a positive impact on the technical writing level of the students. References: 1. C.Prusty, A.K. Dwivedy, and J. Khuntia, “Why and How Do Engineers Communicate?”, IUP journal of soft skills, vol.9, pp 45-50, 2015

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New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vishwas Narayan Bedekar, Middle Tennessee State University; Ahad S. Nasab, Middle Tennessee State University; Walter W. Boles, Middle Tennessee State University

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New Engineering Educators

havingthe requisite educational qualifications and strong research experience, the instructor should alsoknow how to effectively communicate with students of various backgrounds and academicpreparations. Roberts et. al. studied and presented observations from three different instructors Page 26.914.2promoting student learning paradigm and soft skills that were balanced with syllabus. Theyobserved that syllabus needs to be accompanied by real-world examples and the most importantlessons such as teamwork, leadership, initiative critical thinking and problem solving learned bystudents were not in syllabus. 1 Swartz has reported recommendations

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Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

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New Engineering Educators

, Page 25.602.2 integrating oral and written communication into all facets of the discipline, and providing training in “soft skills” such as leadership, management, creative problem solving, etc.All the while schools are reducing the total number of hours in the engineering curriculum toallow the average student to graduate in four years. 5 Accomplishing all of this is an impressiveundertaking, considering the approach to educating engineers since the 1950s.6Add to this mix the desire of Baylor University to grow in its various research areas, and it isclear that unless emphasis continues to be on quality undergraduate teaching, the demands of theresearch paradigm – graduate resources, labs, facilities, students – will

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Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcus L. Roberts, U.S. Air Force Academy; Randall Deppensmith, U.S. Air Force Academy; Ryan Jay Silva, U.S. Air Force Academy

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New Engineering Educators

paradigm and balancingtechnical syllabus content with real-world “soft” skills. It is not our intention to define theseobservations as “Tricks of the Trade” or “Best Practices,” although some recommendations aremade. Rather, our intent is that these 10 observations will open dialogue in other institutions anddepartments to collectively address these issues.IntroductionMany students anxiously begin each academic semester with apprehension as they wonder whatchallenges the next few months may hold. First time instructors may very well begin the sameway, wondering if they will excel or just survive the first semester. This paper provides the top10 observations from our first year experiences with a central focus on “what we wish we knewbefore we

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Assessments, Assessments, and Assessments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Meredith, Pennsylvania State University, Fayette

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New Engineering Educators

remind them that they are allowed to think during the exam. Too many times it seems they are so anxiousto start punching numbers into their calculator that they forget to consider why they are doing the steps.Some topics are just not conducive to a timed test. When teaching Thermodynamics, students demonstrate theirability to accurately interpolate using the steam tables on the first test. After that, the hardest value to extract fromthe tables during a test might be to average between two tabled values. I see that they get plenty of interpolationpractice in their homework. But for their later tests, I want to see if they know what to do with the values, morethan if they can just determine them. Soft skills are better demonstrated through team