Conference Session

Qualitative Methodologies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

practical and intellectually appropriateresearch design?In this paper, we consider one such idea: The prevailing stigma of research conducted on smallpopulations in research on equity. Whatever its source or however explicit (or not) its ideologicalorigins, disregard of the “small n” population as non-meaningful reproduces a marginalization ofstudents. It also casts particular human experiences as aberrant by virtue of statistical rarity. Butmost profoundly, researchers’ definition of small or large “ns” reiterates the value or necessityfor established categories (say, racial demarcations, or binaries of ability and disability), whilewe instead believe that critical reflection on categories is necessary for any address of power andprivilege. Our

Conference Session

Student Approaches to Problem Solving: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin James Call, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Christopher Green, Utah State University

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Educational Research and Methods

understanding have been identified. The basicobservations were identified by common code and grouped under shared themes which arepresented in the Results section. As is the case with grounded theory, validity in this qualitativestudy is established through saturation. That is, when continued data analysis and reflection donot bring forth any new facets or insight, the effort is confirmed to be complete. The datacollection occurred in two different sections – one in the spring and one in the fall – wheresimilar problems were given to both groups, but an alteration of scope for the fall group wasintended to provide more focus in the coding process

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 4: The Best of the All: FPD Best Papers

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina H Paguyo, Colorado State University; Rebecca A Atadero, Colorado State University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University; Jennifer Francis, West Virginia University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

2Presentations from Professional Engineers 5.59 1.11 2 Page 26.418.11Proposed Experimental ActivitiesIn this section, we propose six experimental activities to facilitate the growth of inclusiveengineering identities: student trading cards, egalitarian social norms, panel of professionalengineers, reflective writing assignments, examples of diversity benefiting engineering practice,and interactive theater sketch. We identified these activities based upon criteria for developingprofessional identities25, 26, review of literature, and student feedback from the surveys. Inselecting these activities we have sought to identify

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jean M. Trusedell, EPICS

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

solution to the scenario using materials provided and discuss the prototype with a partner andteam to determine how effectively the prototype meets the needs of the stakeholder. The teacherparticipants will then explain the solution to the scenario to the group and how this prototype will meet theneeds of the stakeholders.Reflection- Reflection is an essential part of the educational process not only with students but withinstruction. The teachers will reflect using the following questions. • How would this process help identify potential projects and the critical thinking associated with delivering a possible engineering solution in your community? • How are the discussions that the prototype facilitates helpful for understanding

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sahithya Reddivari, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Frances Cloos Dreyer, University of Michigan; Sara P Rimer, University of Michigan; Aline Cotel, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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International

 global development has been recognized as a promising means to prepare engineers for a rapidly changing global landscape and to be reflective of their impact on the development of communities worldwide [13]. While these types of programs have been shown to increase student competency in engineering and global development, most of the programs underutilize the potential to deepen this understanding by building cross­cultural peer collaborations. Furthermore, when international service learning programs do have a peer collaboration component, these peer collaborations are usually from a top­down approach in which the peer collaboration is a part of a program, but not necessarily driven by the students themselves [14]. Additionally, in these

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lizabeth T Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

thesemeetings was invaluable as we transitioned to more integrated self-direct learning for studentsand faculty. Through this learning initiative, the faculty built the capacity to reflect and examineassumptions. We also believe that an important part of this experiment was the availability of thestudent community voice as feedback to the faculty.Students took between half and three-quarters of their course load with faculty who taught pre-existing general education courses. The difference for the students was that they took courseswith a cohort and that faculty attempted to integrate content across disciplines. Courses includedEnglish, communications, humanities (ethnic studies, history, sociology), STEM (physics,biology, and engineering). Students

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chanel Beebe, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Umair Sarwar, FACELab Purdue; Nicholas Brian Jubelt; Avneet Hira, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Manufacturing

participants to learnabout this concept, our research team has developed a game that allows participants to build theirown model of an engineer complete with engineering habit of mind, personal interest andmotivation. This paper seeks to explain how this game was developed and intended to be played.Development of the GamePieces of the engineering body were sketched on a 2D sketching software, and printed using alaser printer and cardboard. The head, for example had the basic shape of a circle and wasiterated to form an oval, a quarter circle and a semi-circle. Arms were developed from the basicshape of a rectangle, triangles for the torso (body) pieces and hexagonal piece for the legs. Eachpiece was intended to reflect a gender neutral engineer that

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Helm, Arizona State University; Tami Coronella, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

suggesting that students may be at risk or facing academic challenges.The analysis uncovered the opportunity to refine intrusive advising principles. Research on theimpact of advising reflects the correlation which exists between successful academic advisingand an increase in student retention and graduation rates. Intrusive advising involves themandatory requirement for a student to meet with the academic advisor. Through therequirement of the advising discussion, advisors can collaboratively develop strategies forengagement with resources that will promote academic success. Theories and research focusingon academic advising approaches and student engagement guide advising discussions. We hopeto realize a significant improvement in freshmen

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

through Project & e-Learning Final Exam Module (Blackboard) Question Discussion Reinforce learning through a Class Project Figure 1. Integration components of e-Learning modulesInstructors are asked to perform the following to integrate e-learning modules into their classes: 1. Complete the e-learning module; 2. Attend training designed for faculty deploying the modules; 3. Revise course syllabi to reflect integration of e-learning

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 1: Methods Refresh: Approaches to Data Analysis in Engineering Education Research

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Theresa Green, Utah State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

). Rather than establishing this binary, we think it might be helpful toconsider positivism and interpretivism along continua or spectra, in which ICR measures mightbe helpful in the context of some qualitative studies but inconsistent in the context of others. Tofurther raise questions about the use of ICR, we next describe our own qualitative work inengineering educational research and we describe our discussions and considerationssurrounding ICR in our attempts to ensure quality in our own qualitative research. Intercoder Reliability and Quality: Reflections on a Qualitative Multiple Case StudyTo contextualize our discussion of ICR measures and quality, we begin with a brief descriptionof our own ongoing qualitative work: a multiple case study

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Megan Tomko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Oumaima Atraoui, James Madison University; Caroline Clay, James Madison University; Zachary Harris De Bey, James Madison University; Johannah Daschil, James Madison University ; Bethany Popelish, James Madison University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

collecting autoethnographic, ethnographic, and interviewing data of designteams working in makerspaces over the course of two years.The undergraduate engineering students joined the research team as sophomores and participated in year-long training in methods of autoethnographic writing and ethnographic methods of participant observationthe year prior to the onset of data collection. As part of that methodological preparation, student researchersspent considerable time reflecting on their own identities as nascent engineers, critically interrogating whatbrought them to the engineering major and what aspects of engineering most interest them. This earlyreflective process prepares students to understand and situate their identities within the maker

Conference Session

Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Engineering Engagement with Community

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Carol J. Thurman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Community Engagement Division

. Further, this form of community-engaged learningoffers an authentic setting to develop many of the integrated student outcomes stated in the newengineering accreditation criteria. We contend that effective transdisciplinary learning is a meansto the oft-stated goal of systemic transformation in engineering education, particularly forsustainability aims. However, this complex, dynamic systems view of engineeringeducation represents a radical departure from education-as-usual and thus requires a similarlyradical departure from research- and assessment- -as-usual. It reflects a shift in the unit ofanalysis: from a singular focus on student learning outcomes to a broader view that captureslearning at the transdisciplinary system level. It also

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joakim Sigurd Wren, Linköping University, Sweden

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

canfertilize the learning of these subjects as well as engineering in general, the inclusion ofwriting/communication in the curriculum should become easier.Writing as a cognitive processIn order to write about something, we need to understand in depth what we write about - writingis therefore a learning strategy for reaching deeper knowledge and new insights. The writingprocess has been shown to have positive aspects besides that writing itself, for example toimprove student reflection [12, 13], and to improve critical thinking skills [14]. As noted earlier,both integration in regular courses and progression over the entire curriculum is important.Towards this aim, it is beneficial to break down ”writing” to units that can be distinguished

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Katherine Fu; Robert Kirkman; Bumsoo Lee

curriculaof engineering programs, we developed and delivered a free-standing, semester-length course indesign ethics, in which students worked in groups on a design project for a client, with frequent,structured opportunities to reflect on the ethical values at stake in their design decisions. We alsoconducted a pilot test of a novel assessment method using Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) (Foltz1998, Landauer 1998) to detect changes in the cognitive schemas students bring to bear on ethicalquestions. BACKGROUNDEthics and Design A course in design ethics is conditioned on the long-recognized parallel between ethicalproblem-solving and the design process (Whitbeck 2011, Bero and Kuhlman 2011, Feister et al

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Major Choice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Michael Dailey, University of Michigan

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

gauging elements of students’ affect that can be immensely useful in encouraging students andhelping them succeed. However, simply gauging students’ feelings may also give insight intotheir experiences as an engineering student.In this work, we focus on data that resulted from a larger study investigating students’perceptions of engineering, sense of belonging, and sense of community as they participate in aCommon Read first-year program. In the study, incoming first-year students participated in apre- and mid-summer survey and a post-program survey. A subset of these students alsoparticipated in focus groups, held with students of all levels who were prompted to reflect ontheir experiences starting college and participating in first-year

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Fadi Castronovo, California State University, East Bay; Robert Schaffer, Mission College; Varsha Reddy Kandi

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Computers in Education

, the students are grouped in pairs and are challenged to solvepuzzles in VR. However, only one student can wear the headset, while the other has a manualwith the solution to the puzzle. The students need to communicate with each other to solve thepuzzle. At the end of the VR game, the students need to reflect on the challenges that theyencountered and how they can improve their team communication. To support the Project Management lecture topic, the ​Virtual Construction Simulator 4(VCS4) ​game was selected. The game is “​a simulation game that teaches students the dynamicnature of the construction process and frequent changes to construction schedules” [​ 31]​. Thegame was selected because of its extensive supporting instructional

Conference Session

Faculty Development Research

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Kyle Nathan Winfree, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division

sizes. To normalize, the mean response fromeach of the seven programs were then averaged together, giving equal one-seventh weight toeach program of study.Response categories of “Strongly Disagree,” “Disagree,” “Neutral,” “Agree,” and “StronglyAgree” were assigned corresponding ordinal ranks of one through five respectively. The likertvalue responses were averaged for these groups in order to represent a “general consensus”response. Mean likert responses near one for any given question reflect a strong disagreementthat the given behavior is an important factor for student-instructor rapport, while meanresponses near five indicate a strong agreement that the behavior is an important factor forstudent-instructor rapport. Median was not calculated

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Identity

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Debra A. Major, Old Dominion University; Seterra D. Burleson, Old Dominion University; Xiaoxiao Hu, West Virginia University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

., pre-entryengineering identity); Time 2, reflecting engineering identity at the end of the first semester; andTime 3, reflecting engineering identity at the end of the spring semester.Demographic control variables, including gender, age, and ethnicity, were gathered throughuniversity records.ResultsIn the fall semester, 24 (2.0%) students engaged in research, 7 (0.6%) served as engineeringstudent ambassadors, 6 (0.5%) were peer mentors, 10 (0.8%) engaged in internships, 300(25.0%) participated in student organizations directly related to engineering, and 212 (17.7%)participated in student organizations outside engineering. In the spring semester, 68 (5.7%)students were involved in research, 20 (1.7%) served as engineering student ambassadors

Conference Session

Collaboration and Communication in Problem-based Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicole Barclay, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

and communication with technical and non-technical peers. Students worked in teamsof three and four to solve ill-defined problems presented by the instructor. Topics coveredConstruction Waste, Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Recycling Education, PublicTransportation, and Campus Transit. Deliverables, including a technical report, an oralpresentation, and an analytical reflection, were used as data for this project. Students weresurveyed to assess their perceptions of problem-based learning. There were seventy-twoparticipants over three semesters. One preliminary result from both the survey and qualitativedata is that students felt confident about working with others from different disciplines. Studentsmostly commented positively about their

Collection

2020 PPC

Authors

Frazier Benya; Al Roming

organizations. Findings: Legal SystemJudicial interpretation of Title IX and Title VII hasincentivized organizations to create policies, procedures,and training on sexual harassment that focus onsymbolic compliance with current law and avoidingliability, and not on preventing sexual harassment.Title IX, Title VII, and case law reflect the inaccurateassumption that a target of sexual harassment willpromptly report the harassment without worrying aboutretaliation. Findings: Predictors of Sexual HarassmentSexual harassment is most likely to take place inenvironments that are:• Male-dominated in number, leaders, and culture• Organizational tolerance of sexual harassment o Reporting is perceived as risky o Reports

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Annmarie Elizabeth Hoch, Tufts University; Karen Miel, Tufts University; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Rebecca Deborah Swanson, Tufts University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

result of its inclusionand elevated importance in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) [1]. Within thenascent field of pre-college engineering education, the ways in which elementary engineeringexperiences may support the formation of engineering identities in young children are not wellunderstood [2]. What is known about formative experiences in engineering is that participationtends to be gendered [3], with girls and boys engaging in and reflecting on engineering activitiesin different ways. This paper focuses on identity, as developing a strong engineering identity, orsense of belonging in engineering, is essential to pursuing and persisting in the field.Participation in engineering outreach programs is widely seen as an opportunity

Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

. Page 12.558.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Diversity in Engineering Teaching – Views from Future Engineering FacultyAbstractThis current paper uses a qualitative analysis approach to explore the conceptions of diversity asexpressed by future engineering educators. Engineering graduate students and post-docs (futureengineering educators) wrote a statement of diversity as it relates to teaching engineering as acomponent of a teaching portfolio. We then interviewed these participants about the processesthey used for this writing task. During the interview, they reflected on their processes in writing thediversity statement; they also discussed their personal experiences with

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

; • experiences or incidents that reflected ideas discussed in class; • thoughts, feelings, and values derived from their service activities; • what was learned.These weekly reports formed the basis for each team’s final written project report and oralpresentation to the entire class. Each student presented a portion of the final team report andincluded operations and procedures that were characteristic to their site, as well as theirpersonal reflections on the activity. Finally, an open forum was provided for the entire classto discuss their ideas and exchange lessons learned during the project. Students completingthe project were recognized in front of the entire class and were presented with certificates ofappreciation.Because of liability

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II / Design for Special Services

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conry, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

simple. 1. The problem to be addressed is chosen so that it has several relevant dimensions: 6 It must reflect a problem that a real client needs to have solved, and the client must be willing to interact with the students. 6 The students must not have had extensive experience working in the application domain involved, so it will be necessary to interact with the client in an interdisciplinary setting to determine necessary system features. 6 There must be several viable candidate system structures so that students have to evaluate alternatives in order to define the architecture in a manner that meets the client’s objectives

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jun Kondo, University of Hartford; Santiago Noriega, University of Hartford; Devdas Shetty, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

ofdynamic vibration; such as in a turbine rotor or a fan blade, they would have touse either two lasers or measure the same points from two different angles. Thesesteps result in an increase in cost and time. Page 11.960.4Page 11.960.5Proposed System:The main application of this laser measuring system is to measure displacement in2-axis in order to determine dynamic vibration. This system consist of a laserbeam reflected into a position sensing detector (PSD) off a reflective tape (1x1mm) which is placed on the surface of the object to be measured.The PSD consist of a resistive layer which creates an electric charge proportionalto the laser bean intensity that is

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

commitment wouldbe reduced in further iterations of their course. Page 11.576.3Open-ended questions on the survey reflected the individual approach faculty took inimplementing reform in their courses. Several points were consistently reported by allfaculty and supported by student responses (see below): 1. Faculty who explicitly addressed team building and implemented peer evaluation in their classes had fewer problems transitioning to team-based projects. 2. Faculty who had prior experience in the teaching techniques used reported more success than inexperienced faculty. 3. While all faculty reported that personality conflicts created

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech; Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

Department. Her current re- search interests focus on technology in engineering education, human computer interaction, educational data mining, and scientific visualization.Dr. Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa DuPree McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Assistant Department Head of Graduate Education and co-Director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC). She received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Chicago and an M.A. and B.A. in English from the University of Georgia. Her research interests include interdis- ciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhang Fenzhi, Aalborg University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

questions were as follows: (1) how learning trajectories were related withconflicts and innovation competency from students’ perspective? (2) how learningtrajectories were related with conflicts and innovation competency from academic staff’sperspectives? (3) how students and academic staff’s perspectives were similar and differentfrom the literatures? Besides providing a brief literature review, we collected empiricaldata by one-year observation and 14 interviews in one engineering master program,Environment Management, at +++ University, Denmark. The empirical findings displaydiverse views on conflicts in relation to innovation competency from both students andacademic staff’s statement, which reminded educators to reflect the use

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

that are necessary for fidelity. In this study, we will refer to them as criticalcomponents.Mowbray and coworkers[12] reviewed the literature on fidelity of implementation to identifycommon steps used to establish, measure, and validate the fidelity criteria of an innovation.Author et al. developed a list of critical components using Mowbray et al. as a framework. Theliterature and a panel of experts with experience in the development and implementation of RBISwere consulted to create a list of critical components for each RBIS. A full list of RBIS andcritical components can be found in Appendix A (Note: Having students “Participate in activitiesthat engage them in course content through reflection and/or interaction with their peer

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tonya Smith-Jackson; Chang Soo Nam; Chanel Thomas

to the learning styles of Type A individuals and designingWeb pages targeted towards individuals using search engines will support information literacy inEngineering Students. Future implications include researching the effects of Behavior Type onparticular areas of study such as Engineering and Mathematics vs. English and History.Introduction Information literacy refers to a “person's ability to access and understand a variety ofinformation resources (Lenox and Walker, 1993; p. 314) 2.” Information literacy in Engineering isimportant for both academic and career success. Web and database searches are common activitiesassociated with information retrieval, and information literacy reflects an individual’s knowledge andskills