Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Scott Curtis, The Citadel

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Professional Papers

geotechnical systems. A homework assignment andconcept map activity were then created to assess these outcomes. Below is a brief description ofeach assessment activity.Concept MapsAccording to [9], a concept map can serve as a teaching technique, learning tool, and anassessment instrument. Concept maps are graphical tools that depict knowledge structures [10]and illustrate relationships between concepts, revealing gaps requiring instructional focus [11].For students, concept maps offer a meaningful way to analyze and organize knowledge. Theyalso help instructors assess understanding and identify learning gaps, enabling adjustments tooptimize concept sequencing and coverage [10]. As an assessment activity, students createdconcept maps, drawing arrows

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 2

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Margaret A Hunter, Hofstra University; Lynn A. Albers, Hofstra University; Jessica Santangelo, Hofstra University; Jacqueline Lee, Nassau Community College; Catherine Weinstein, Nassau Community College; Scott T Lefurgy, Hofstra University; Sean A Roberts, Nassau Community College; Suzanne Trabucco, Nassau Community College; Kristin Weingartner, Hofstra University

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Diversity, Professional Papers

ashorter workshop, more time with faculty in their own discipline, longer icebreaker to meet morepeople, and more deliverables to take with them.Second Annual Workshop Hosted by Nassau Community CollegeThe goal for year two was to improve the student transfer experience by ensuring students wereprepared for upper level courses with both content knowledge and skills and by making sure thecourse objectives, activities, assessments and instructional strategies were aligned. An additionalgoal was to catalyze collaborations across institutions by creating working groups.Ice BreakerThe ice breaker objectives were to learn to produce a concept map [9], connect with faculty fromother institutions or departments, and gain an understanding of our NCC/HU

Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Shenghua Wu, University of South Alabama; Min-Wook Kang, University of South Alabama; John Cleary, University of South Alabama; Lisa LaCross, University of South Alabama

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Diversity, Professional Papers

abilities,such as incorporating peer-based exchanges [1], project-based goals, and structured writingsessions [6], [7]. Other approaches include developing outlines, creating concept maps duringpeer-review activities, and following structured guidelines that encourage critical analysis andeffective communication of scientific topics [8]. James [9] proposed a series of specific strategiesto improve technical writing, including: analyzing which technical terms, concepts, andabbreviations are appropriate given a document’s purpose, genre, context, and intended readers;ensuring the sequence of ideas is logical and signaling relationships among sections for clarity;alternating between claims and supporting evidence; reducing the density of ideas; using