Paper ID #6437An Exploratory Study of the Research Mentor Experience in a Novel Under-graduate Aerospace Engineering CourseIrene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Irene B. Mena has a B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Her research interests include first-year engineering and graduate student professional development.Dr. Sven Schmitz, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sven Schmitz joined the faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Penn State University in 2010. He received a diploma degree in Aerospace Engineering from RWTH Aachen (Germany) in 2002
AC 2011-658: DOCTORAL STUDENTS AS COURSE INSTRUCTORS: THREEENGINEERING TEACHING ASSISTANTS’ SOCIALIZATION EXPERI-ENCESIrene B. Mena, Purdue University, West Lafayette Irene B. Mena has a B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Her research interests include K-12 engineering education, first-year engineering, and graduate student professional development.Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette Heidi Diefes-Dux is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Food Process Engineering from the Department of Agricultural and Biological
Paper ID #6667Am I a Boss or a Coach? Graduate Students Mentoring Undergraduates inResearchMs. Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder Janet Y. Tsai is a doctoral student at the University of Colorado, Boulder, whose work examines and develops initiatives to encourage more students, especially women, into the eld of engineering. Currently, Tsai’s research focuses on understanding the dynamics of how status and prestige are constructed among novice engineers.Dr. Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder Dr. Daria Kotys-Schwartz is the Design Center Colorado Co-Director and an Instructor in the
● Redirect student’s questions to other students ● Let students vote on an office hour time ● Ask students to submit questions before class3.3 Providing Motivating Feedback and Grading Schemes3.3.1 Avoid grading on a curve “Grading on a curve” is a grading method that assumes grades in a class should bedistributed along a bell curve or some other predetermined distribution. The average score for atest becomes a B or C and the rest of the scores are distributed accordingly. This grading schemecauses only a few students to receive As or Fs and most receive Bs or Cs. This practiceencourages performance mentality by forcing students to focus on how their performancecompares against their classmates’ performance. Grading on a curve also
appropriate accuracy, caution, and humility” (p. 134).20 Page 24.313.4A Procedure for Exploring How Implications are Handled in a Particular Journal ArticleIn this section, we describe our procedure for examining how implications for action are handledwithin a single journal article. Specifically, we provide a procedure based on (a) identifying andcoding implications for action sentences within a journal article, and (b) analyzing the journalarticle based on the sentence-level coding. Of note, this procedure was developed over a two-year period, which involved several iterations: a submitted AERA paper, multiple on-campuspresentations, a portion of a
throughout the semestercompared to learning facts, theories, and equations (e.g., static equilibrium equations) that couldbe presented and then practiced in one activity.With these goals and methods in mind, the TA can begin designing in-class activities. Severalresources summarize the variety of active learning techniques, and we refer the reader to theseexcellent guides.10-13 Deciding which in-class activities to use depends on the activity goals.Regardless of the technique used, many of the following questions, posed by the “ActiveLearning in STEM Courses” mini-course, should be considered when designing a newassignment: 1. Preparation a. How will students prepare for the in-class work? b. Will this preparation be
informaladvancement structures in other labor market sectors.15-17 Of course, this does not imply thatovert and subtle processes of discrimination and bias are absent in federal agencies; just that (a)LGBT employees have baseline legal protections not guaranteed in other sectors, and (b) moreformalized advancement structures in federal agencies mean that, at least in theory, hiring,promotion, and disciplinary procedures are under greater scrutiny to align with anti-discrimination policies. As such, although organizations in the private, non-profit and educationsectors likely vary widely in their treatment of LGBT professionals, the differential experiencesof LGBT professionals in STEM agencies documented here may be equally if not more extremein other
learning-centered approach. This approach first decides what students should learn given their backgroundand future goals, and then figures out how the learning can be facilitated. A way to implement thelearning-centered approach is the integrated course design shown in Figure 1. The integrated course design begins with identifying the key factors related to the contextof the course, nature of the course and characteristics of the students and the instructor. These arecalled situational factors and listed in Figure 1. They are used to make the following three key setsof decisions: (a) learning outcomes: what students should learn in the course (b) assessments and feedback: how the students and the instructor will know if the
Paper ID #33908Exploring Student Academic Motivation and Perceptions of Teamwork andCommunicationMr. Hamidreza Taimoory, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Hamid is currently a Ph.D. student in the Engineering Education program and a Master’s student in Man- agement Systems Engineering. He likes to utilize his quantitative and engineering knowledge to conduct research to encourage young people to pursue the engineering field.Dr. David B. Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University David B. Knight is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education and Special As- sistant
”. Participants were then asked to complete eight tasks: two eyes open baselines, two eyesclosed baselines, two 0-back tasks, and two stop-signal tasks. The 0-back tasks consisted ofletters that would flash across the screen. If the letter was an ‘M’, participants pressed thecorresponding character on their keyboard; otherwise, they were to do nothing. The stop-signaltasks were much more challenging tasks that required participants to discern between left andright arrows. If the arrow pointed left, the participant was to press ‘B’, and if the arrow pointedright, the participant was to press ‘N’. However, there was a ‘stop signal’: when a red circleflashed, the participant was to do nothing. The 0-back and stop-signal tasks were coded andcompiled using
the community of DBER.” (participant B)Some members have a community within their own major, “We tend to interact fairly frequently,in lab groups,” (participant F), “A lot of it is informal, like talking in the hallways, or stoppingby someone else’s office, it’s not always formal,” (participant B) while others do not have thatluxury, “there’s no one else who does [redacted] education and that’s partially why we startedthe group” (participant A). For many members, the DBER meetings are their main source ofcommunity with other educational researchers. Page 26.298.4PracticesMeetings include sharing educational research practices and critiquing
.1,5,7–9,11For some students, the EnSURE experience offered very practical supports on their path towardgraduate school; for instance, STUDENT-A commented: “This summer I hope to gain a betterunderstanding of what will be expected from me when I apply for graduate school. I am lookingforward to learning new ways of putting my applications together. It is also a great way to gain abetter understanding of [this university] and see if this is a place that I would like to pursue furthereducation.” STUDENT-B also expressed a desire to explore academic and professionaloptions: “I, too, hope to decide whether I want to pursue a graduate degree or go into industry. Ialso want to deeply learn my topic and make a meaningful contribution in the field
whilepracticing their creative problem solving, hands-on lab work, and technical writing. Theseactivities fill the gap caused by lack of opportunities to work on engaging problems related to thehuman body, preparing students better to work in the medical field. Our recommendation is toperform a complete study with more students and the ability to conduct interviews.Implementation of these activities and labs could better prepare students to be creative andcritical thinkers, and therefore, better health professionals.References[1] Tobin, K. and Fraser, B. J. (1989), Barriers to higher-level cognitive learning in high schoolscience. Sci. Ed., 73: 659-682. doi:10.1002/sce.3730730606[2] NGSS Lead States, (2013). Next Generation Science Standards: For States
as the course instructor and plan their sessions accordingly. To be hired as an SI, a student must be an undergraduate who has at least a 3.0 GPA.They must have excelled in the course they are applying for by having earned an A or B, andthey need a professor’s recommendation. Finally, potential SIs are interviewed by the SICoordinator to ensure the SIs sufficient communication skills are sufficient to perform the job.SIs are typically already effective communicators and experience has shown theircommunication skills improve substantially throughout their time in the position.2.1 History LSU has two active SI programs, one that provides assistance for mostly freshmancourses across the university, such as introductions to history
. Year 2. Nationality 3. Gender (Male, Female, Prefer not to answer) 4. High school type (International/Private or Independent) 5. Religion Questions on perspectives 1. Would you choose courses based on the gender of your professor? 2. Do you feel comfortable approaching a professor of the same gender? 3. Do you think the gender of professor affects his/her teaching style? 4. Do you feel the need for more female professor at your program? Appendix B Interview Questions 1. Do you believe that your childhood upbringing affects your perception on gender preferences on professors? Explain. 2. Do you believe the schools you have attended affects your professor’s gender
AC 2011-231: DETERMINING IMPACT OF A COURSE ON TEACHINGIN ENGINEERINGRobert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University Robert J. Gustafson, P.E., PhD, is Honda Professor for Engineering Education and Director of the Engi- neering Education Innovation Center in the College of Engineering and a Professor of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at The Ohio State University. He has previously served at Ohio State as As- sociate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Student Services (1999-2008) and Department Chair of Food Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department (1987-1999). After being awarded his PhD. Degree from Michigan State in 1974, he joined the faculty of the Agricultural Engineering Department at
because we spent time on it. b) Like the way the medical school author from School C designed slides for non-biology majors c) The TA’s helped a lot with the understanding of this section d) The material I this section I found to be of ease. I do understand the complications of connecting this info to following section from an educators’ point of view. The quiz and exams are based on this section and I don’t believe enough emphasis is present in the lectures. Maybe this could be tweaked, so that the oral connects more with the slides and what we should have to know for our edification. e) Great teacher! This is the most clear of all the lectures. After her explanation everything became clear, she made
Performance” College of Technology Directed Projects. Paper 13.http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/techdirproj/13.Kuh, G., Kinzie, J., Buckley, J., Bridges, B., and Hayek, J., (2006). What Matters toStudent Success: A Review of the Literature. National Symposium on PostsecondaryStudent Success: Spearheading a Dialog on Student Success. National PostsecondaryEducation Cooperative. July 2006.Kuh, G., Kinzie, J., Cruce, T, Shoup, R., Gonyea, R., (2006). Connecting the Dots: Multi-Faceted Analyses of the Relationships between Student Engagement Results from theNSSE, and the Institutional Practices and Conditions that Foster Student Success. FinalReport. – Lumina Foundation for Education, Grant #2518. August 2006.Kumar (2012). 8 Reasons Why Should You
workinglives of engineers in different contexts.The last learning factor that was coded in the transcript was the spectrum of student choice andprofessor guidance. Students in the focus group noted what aspects of the project were chosen bythe professor and what aspects were left for the students to work out among themselves. B: But you know if we are sitting in a group and we’re giving a project andnobody decided what or who to do what exactly? So that’s a big mess. C: Like last semester, I was with Dr. ----. She assigned us to do communityresearch and to write a whole research about it. And collect data by doing surveys and such andsuch. [...] So my interests were about nature and [...] climate change researchers. So
Society (APICS) and a member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). She is a licensed Professional Engineer in Kansas.Dr. Cheryl B. Schrader, Missouri University of Science and Technology Cheryl B. Schrader became Chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology, formerly the University of Missouri - Rolla, in 2012. Prior to her current leadership position she served as Associate Vice President for Strategic Research Initiatives and as Dean of the College of Engineering at Boise State University. Dr. Schrader has an extensive record of publications and sponsored research in the systems, control and STEM education fields. She received the 2005 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and
events organized by the department, ▪ Presenting work to other students (not classwork), ▪ Community or K-12 outreach (voluntary or for a course), ▪ Interacting with students in different year(s) (lower year or more senior students), ▪ Research Experience Question B: Which of the following ▪ Students in the class people, if any, have helped you with ▪ Students outside the class who have taken it before classwork? Mark all that apply. ▪ Teaching or Learning Assistants
Makerspaces, 1 being not at all and 7 being very much.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This material is based upon work supported by the NationalScience Foundation under Grant No. EEC 1531375. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.REFERENCES:[1] D. N. Beede, T. A. Julian, D. Langdon, G. McKittrick, B. Khan and M. E. Doms, "Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation," Economics and Statistics Administration Issue Brief, vol. 04, no. 11, 2011.[2] R. M. Marra, K. A. Rodgers, D. Shen and B. Bogue, "Women Engineering Students and Self- Efficacy: A Multi-Year, Multi-Instituion Study of Women Engineering Student Self
and the faculty mentor and our individual roles on the team. During the mid-semesterinterview, I also asked additional questions related to the existing cross-disciplinary model(Pragmatic Validation). I developed a unique set of interview protocol questions for each of theten students based on my observations in weekly team meetings (Figure 2, data type B and D)and each student’s progress reports (Figure 2, data type E) (Procedural Validation). Thisresulted in the development of ten unique interview protocols for just the second round ofinterviews.My initial data collection plan also included interviewing the two faculty mentors for the projectto gain their insights into makerspace team interactions. However, I did not follow through withmy
University of Central University of Washingtona Floridaa Tuskegee Universityc Utah State Universityb Ohio Northern Universityd a R1 Doctoral University b R2 Doctoral University c M3 Master’s University d Baccalaureate College: Diverse Fields e Associate’s College: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-High NontraditionalData collected during the interviews were coded using thematic analysis [8] of the responsesfrom the chapter representatives. In this thematic analysis, data from the interviews wereanalyzed separately for each participant and then in
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relevant standards, developing and writinglesson plans, and using effective, research-based teaching strategies. The preservice teacherswere given a template for writing lesson plans (see Appendix B), and as a class they reviewedthe template and example lessons prior to writing their first lesson.The lesson plan format used in this course began with the aim of the lesson, or what thepreservice teachers will be teaching about, a lesson standard, and the lesson question(s), of whichthe students will be able to answer by the end of the lesson. Following this, the preserviceteachers described the learning objectives (what students will be able to do) and the assessmentfor each objective. The next section prompted the preservice teachers to reflect on
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2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a. Value for presenters. b. Likelihood of submitting c. Preparedness to represent poster to a conference. university at a conference. Figure 4. Selected responses to post-event surveys completed by presenters [response options included whole numbers from 1 (negative) to 7 (positive)].Although the survey responses are encouraging because the presenters found the event valuableand are likely to disseminate their research, these surveys do not directly indicate whether theshowcase served as a catalyst for their dissemination efforts. To determine if the showcase was
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