tasked to summarize a reading assignment, thenexplain how the reading connects to their personal life, explain how the reading connects toanother reading, course element, or curriculum, and finally describe a prompt, problem, or puzzlethat can be addressed with the comprehension of the reading. This technique has been describedas a form of metacognition, or “thinking about thinking,” in other words, an effort to get studentsto reflect on their own learning.1The research question we seek to address here is whether or not the non-traditional components(Personalize, Integrate, Thoughtful Puzzle) of the weekly engineering assignments correlate withstudent achievement on exams in the course.MethodsEach week, students were given a single prompt
integrates requiredcourses with career planning and support, followed by a paid internship with a partner company,completed by final reflection and placement. The net cash outlay for a participant is $4,400 withthe opportunity to earn the equivalent or more during the paid internship. We have developedtwo tracks for the program, one in Innovation and one in Technology. Each track shares severalfoundational courses and has been designed to meet the diverse needs and prior skills of ourtarget population.Courses/core curriculumManufacturing certificate programs are offered at MassBay Community College and are part ofthe engineering department offerings. The college is an open access institution and thecertificate programs do not have prerequisite
general, we interpreted student engagement with and case-study application of the E4SJcriteria as an indication students not only understood the criteria, but could also analyze andevaluate them well enough to argue for or against their inclusion/exclusion in the process ofdeciding which criteria were the most or least effectively engaged. Furthermore, student use andevaluation of the criteria to an actual engineering case study constitutes a form of sociotechnicalapplication, wherein students analyzed and reflected on the complex interplays of the social andthe technical. Overall, the E4SJ criteria evaluation process via case studies provided studentswith concrete, specific opportunities to evaluate the utility of the criteria and to understand
given multiple realisticconstraints, much like they would experience after they took their first engineering position 3.Most undergraduate engineering programs have now been through several iterations of theABET 2000 accreditation process, which normally occurs in six-year intervals. After fifteenplus years of functioning under the ABET 2000 criteria it seems appropriate to reflect upon thechanges and consider the results. This paper focuses on a review of the engineering curriculum,an overview of accreditation, the role of capstone in the curriculum and finally a new model forcapstone in relationship to the curriculum. A hierarchical ordering of student outcomes ispresented with examples of possible direct measures.2. Status of the Engineering
other points throughout the semester, we came up with a new definition. At the end, we compared all three of them to see how our definition of research changed throughout the semester, based on what we studied.The students said that their definition changed to reflect an understanding that the process is notlinear, and that it includes a dimension of contributing to society. Research does not just answerquestions; it also generates many more questions.The course spent considerable time teaching the students to understand how to identify and gainaccess to relevant literature. Several students said that they had relied mostly on Google in thepast, but that introductions to scientific databases and other academic services had taught
the case study method with an interactive approach intended to increase the realism ofthe experience and enhance student engagement. Data are presented from voluntary studentsurveys completed prior to and after completion of the activity. Results suggest that theinteractive approach is at least as effective as a traditional case study and provides anindividualized experience, even in a large-class setting.IntroductionCase studies are a preferred vehicle for professional ethics education and are used by bothacademic programs and professional societies. (Richards & Gorman, 2004) note that “Casestudies often reflect real world concerns, situations, and issues managers and engineers encounterin practice; they are often open-ended, with no
existand might never be found” [10]. What this lack of definability likely means is leadership ismultifaceted, needing to be defined and bounded within the context in which the process is beingexamined. As such, the literature on leadership within particular domains (like engineering) tendsto reflect consensus, in spite of a lack of broader consensus across the field of leadership.While definitions of leadership vary widely, they can largely be placed into one of two groups.The first group, include those definitions that look at leadership as a set of traits that the mostsuccessful leaders have, the trait theories [11]. These theories of leadership have largely fallen outof favor in western cultures over the past one – two generations [12]. During
[11]. Specifically, immersive virtual reality (IVR) provides an effective way of 3generating a first-person experience not limited by the constraints of reality, possessing theability to essentially create the impossible in a potentially transformative way. Virtualtechnologies are transforming our external experiences by focusing on the high level of personalefficacy and self-reflectiveness generated by their sense of presence and emotional engagement[12].The power of IVR is its ability to enable a person to change their body representation, i.e.gender, race, age, ability status, etc., in a process known as virtual embodiment. In IVR, whenthe
critical thinking activities. LCs first cameto our institution, City Tech, through a Title V Grant in 2000 and were adopted by the college in2005. The academic performance of students participating in LCs at City Tech reflects nationaltrends. When compared to the general population at the College, students in LC earn higherGPAs, have higher retention rates, and demonstrate greater satisfaction.In order to complement the community-building efforts within learning community classrooms,we, a cohort of faculty leaders and administrators of City Tech’s First Year LearningCommunities, a program offered through the college’s Office of First Year Programs, developed“Our Stories” digital writing project which extends the student’s network beyond the
and Self-management Relaxation exercise Learning misconceptions Teaching Practice Small Group Activity Course Learning Teaching Practice Individual Reflection Outcomes followed by review Bloom’s Taxonomy Teaching Practice Small Group Activity Effective Teaching Teaching Practice -- Course Design -Syllabus Course Planning -- Course Design – Session Course Planning Individual Reflection Plans, Good Questions followed by review Instructional Design Learning Theory -- Framework Active Learning Methods Active Learning Activity design in small
for the field as a whole of this recent growth using the Australian case as anexample to reflect on the growth of the area and its current status. This is in order to encouragefurther discussion nationally and internationally, to further expand the capability and capacity ofthe engineering profession to respond to increasingly complex, large, and more frequenthumanitarian and human development challenges and responses in the 21st century.Humanitarian Engineering in AustraliaEmergenceThe first organisation in Australia to bring specialist engineering expertise to bear onhumanitarian and development challenges was RedR Australia, founded in 1992. Working underthe same model as RedR-UK, it maintained a register of experienced engineers who could
toundertake, evaluate, and communicate about our work as educators, and to imagine newpossibilities. Concluding, we reflect on the ethical “wellness” of a whole engineer–and, indeed,whole communities in which engineers live and work—to frame questions about what ethicseducation could mean if we approached it differently.IntroductionDeveloping effective ethics training for engineers is an important but challenging proposition.When engineering educators teach ethics, we hope we are doing so in ways that will havepowerful effects for our students: not just familiarizing them with tools they can use to navigateworkplace legal structures, but also changing how they perceive engineering as a field for ethicalaction. Indeed, while only ABET outcome 4 deals
reflect a technocentricmindset that may be a prevailing attitude in other areas of basic sciences, especially when therole of science and scientists is exclusively viewed in context of search for truth about mattersand energy and discoveries about natural phenomena. This approach pays little or no attention tounearthing the truth about the connection between scientific knowledge and the impact ofscientific discoveries on human life. However, a sociotechnical perspective offers an alternativeapproach by connecting technical skills with social impact, as described by Leydens and Lucena[3]. Our motivation for introducing “user innovation” is in part to provide an example forimplementing a science and engineering course based on a sociotechnical
understand and reflect upon its valueto each component of STEM. A significant emphasis was placed on the teaching methods andapproaches used in math to prepare participants for sessions 2 and 3. Math was implemented, notas rote memory and use/re-use of given formulas, but as a form of project-based learning; as thelanguage of science, technology, and engineering; and, as a place of critical thinking anddiscovery [8].Because the theme of the camp was sustainability, the authors titled the first math activity “TrashMath.” To begin the activity, seven participants and six instructors formed three groups of fourto five individuals and collected roadside trash at three sites near the TMCC campus. The goal ofthis activity was to have participants
Experimenting Figure 2. Key innovative behaviorsAssessing re-framingWe conducted one pivoting reflection survey in April 2019. With this instrument, we collecteddata on problem framing and re-framing. We analyzed final project reports and projectpresentations from the junior design course (BME390) in spring 2019 for problem framing andre-framing.Data Collection Process/TimelineThe research team collected data on framing and re-framing, innovation tendencies, innovationpotential, and innovation tendencies from 60 – 70 BME undergraduate students betweenFebruary 2019 and December 2019.We designed another ideation workshop in November 2019 in which we asked the students, inpairs, to provide solution ideas on a biomedical
designed considering theEbbinghaus’ Forgetting Curve, to provide students with learning opportunities in 6-day cycles:(i) day 1: a pre-class learning activity (reading or video) and a quiz; (ii) day 2: in-class Kahootlow-stakes quiz with discussion, a short lecture with embedded time for problem-solving anddiscussion, and in-class activities (labs, group projects); (iii) day 4: homework due two days afterthe class; (iv) day 6: homework self-reflection (autopsy based on provided solutions) two daysafter homework is due. The assessment of course performance is based on the well-characterized force concept inventory (FCI) exam that is administered before the intro tomechanics course and both before and after the Physics I course; and on student
learning is an experiential learningapproach to foster students’ deeper understanding of academic contents and expected learningoutcomes of courses through activities involving community partners to address social problemsand community needs. An essential part of service learning is “structured opportunities forreflection” [4]. While some aspects of service learning are similar to other community-basedactivities, such as community service, and experiential learning approaches, such as internship,there are some important distinctions. The difference between service learning and communityservice can be described primarily by highlighting two words in the above definition of servicelearning: structured learning and reflection. While community service
work builds upon results presented in the Annals of Research in Engineering Education [23-25]. The personal reflections that were solicited for AREE, were specific to the production of theJEE paper that the invitation was based on. This paper provides a broader perspective thatfocuses on the development of the entire research team instead of just the process of developinga single paper. We’ll present the description of the evolution of the research team as a series oflessons learned. Lesson 1 – Embrace new ways of thinking about the world – paradigms, methodologies, andtheoretical frameworksLike many engineers (and other non-social scientists), we were trained and previously practicedin a positivist paradigm, the underlying basis of the
the international technicalimmersion program such that it can serve as a model that can be easily adopted by peerinstitutions (small to mid-size colleges and universities). The ETHOS immersions are ten tosixteen weeks long, during which students work with collaborating organizations to assist infinding appropriate, and effective solutions to technical challenges. Students use theirengineering skills to address real problems, while gaining a better understanding of the interfacebetween technology and global society. Academic credit is incorporated into these immersionswith technical reporting, reflections and presentations delivered upon completion of the program.Pre-immersion course work includes research and engineering fundamentals
significantobservations of objective physical phenomena in controlled experiments conducted on learners, Page 11.640.3with repeatable results leading to the development and acceptance of a coherent theoretical model.In start, contrast to the behavioral model that focuses on external conditioning variables, theconstructivist model posits learning to be an internal process negotiated by the students whoconstruct a mental model that describes the world of reality by reflecting on their experiences11.Learning is viewed as the development of mental models with individuals to accommodate theirworldly experiences through observations and reflections. In such a learning
11.249.2Guiding PrinciplesIdeally, achievement targets in capstone engineering design courses must be meaningful toclassroom researchers, to professional practitioners who evaluate engineering programs, and ofcourse to engineering students. Researchers depend on a clearly conceptualized cognitive modelthat reflects the latest understanding of how learners represent knowledge and develop expertisein the domain18. Researchers also expect alignment between the cognitive model and themethods used to observe performance as well as the protocol for interpreting results.Professional practitioners expect to see course outcomes that are responsive to the diverse rolesplayed by an engineering professional19. Prominent roles in capstone courses include those
research paper onthe topic of their presentation as a team effort for the first two modules and as an individualeffort for the third presentation. For the last presentation, the team was to submit theirrecommendations in the form of a formal written business proposal.Other Written AssignmentsStudents were also required to maintain written individual reflection journals. Throughout thesemester, students were expected to reflect on the content contained in the various web-based Page 11.1019.4training modules and to make a record of their thoughts and possible applications of the contentto their own lives. At the end of the semester, students
this material is essential for the students’ future success in their coursework and careers as engineers. She’s afraid that the students will not be prepared and that this may reflect poorly on her. Thinking about the class lectures, she wonders what she can do differently to better engage her students both this quarter and next time she teaches the class.Each of these scenarios highlight some common challenges that engineering educators face.Engineering education is a complex design activity where educators create a range of teachingartifacts including course curricula, classroom policies, lecture notes, exams, and timelines forstudent group projects. In order to design such artifacts, engineering faculty must make a
, reflecting the evolving areas ofpractice in the professional field. More recently, many environmental engineering programshave begun to incorporate sustainability principles into the curriculum, reflecting the need toprepare future engineers to address complex and interdisciplinary issues that challenge oursociety. The purpose of this paper is to examine how sustainability principles have beenintegrated into environmental engineering curriculums. A national-level review of all sixtyABET accredited environmental engineering programs reveals that 73% have incorporatedsustainability concepts somewhere in their program educational objectives, student outcomes,courses, and/or in program descriptions posted on websites and in catalogs. However, few
measures of success for under-represented minority engineering students, including programs administered at the college levelthat include financial assistance, academic intervention, and graduate school preparation andadmission.These studies and resources all point to the need for a transition in engineering undergraduateeducation in the US from the traditional emphasis on the acquisition of technical knowledge tothe integration of innovative learning experiences that more accurately reflect current practiceand more effectively prepare students to meet these demands and to be successful practitioners1.Curricular settings that encourage cognitive and professional growth include hands-on learning,laboratory instruction, and authentic or relevant
evaluator. It is demonstrated that the course objectivesand ABET requirements were met by student projects, reflections and the evaluationinstrument.1. IntroductionThe recent globalization of business and engineering practices present both challenges andopportunities to the professionals of engineering education 1. The past two decades have seenentrepreneurship emerge as a mainstream business discipline in the United States2.Universities are now expected to inspire entrepreneurship in order to prepare students tosucceed in the globally competitive business setting 3. Entrepreneurship, as a core businessskill, has become an increasingly popular course in the curriculum of business colleges. Itspopularity results from not only college students who
. Page 24.576.3Students are introduced to a range of concepts that have been captured in the literature,including: models of innovation processes,2 roles in innovation,3 factors that influencecreativity4, 5 and innovation skills that can be practiced.6During the opening lecture, the students are also introduced to the mental models ofinnovation experts1 and the Framework for Organizing Mental Models of Contributors toInnovation from earlier work (Figure 1.) As they will be hearing from experts throughoutthe course, this framework is offered as a tool to help focus and organize listening,questioning and their written reflections on individual seminars. From an educationalperspective, this “innovation fishbone” is a type of “advance organizer” to
level with theuse of reflective post-activity questions. These questions examine the value of the active andexperiential activities employed in the undergraduate introduction to construction classroom.MethodsStudent-developed games were designed and played over three game days, referred to as GameDay 1, 2, and 3, within the Building Construction Materials Methods, and Equipment course.The assessment of the student games was conducted via three methods, a student peer-to-peerfeedback questionnaire, an instructor assessment questionnaire and a student self-reflectionjournal entry. The game days and game evaluation methods are described below.Students were divided into groups of 4-6 people to split the 56-person classroom into 10 totalgame-design
Factor (DF) as the assessment criteria, which is the ratio of theinternal illumination to the illumination simultaneously available on a horizontal plane from thewhole of an unobstructed overcast sky, expressed as a percentage. The study additionallyidentifies the five key building parameters that affect the interior daylighting illuminance. Theseare building area and orientation, glass type, window areas, shading, and external obstruction.The study used the computer simulation tool EnergyPlus to model the daylighting performanceof a high-rise in Hong Kong. The software was chosen based on its ability to handle interiorinter-reflection calculation, reflection from neighboring buildings, and handling of complexfenestration systems. The results of
engineeringclassrooms across the United States2.In order to prepare our future engineers with competencies well beyond those expected of pastengineers, as the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE) say we must, engineering education itself must change andbecome more effective and efficient3, 4. We must draw on available engineering educationresearch to improve our classrooms and our teaching both now and into the future. Page 23.252.2This is not a simple task, as there are many barriers to overcome. Some are barriers of individualfaculty members, and others reflect their work environment. Some examples of