Conference Session

Faculty Development Round Table

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University; Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas, El Paso; Gemma Henderson, University of Miami; Ines Basalo, University of Miami

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

systems engineering from the University of Virginia (2010). Alexandra comes to FIU after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgia Tech’s Center for the En- hancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) and three years as a faculty member at Olin College of En- gineering in Massachusetts. Alexandra’s research aims to improve the design of educational experiences for students by critically examining the work and learning environments of practitioners. Specifically, she focuses on (1) how to design and change educational and work systems through studies of practicing engineers and educators and (2) how to help students transition into, through and out of educational and work systems.Dr. Meagan R. Kendall, University of

Conference Session

Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farah I. Jibril, Qatar University ; Bassnt Mohamed Yasser, Qatar University; Mahmoud Abdulwahed, Qatar University; Mazen O. Hasna, Qatar University; Mohieddine A. Benammar, Qatar University; Saud A. Ghani, Qatar University

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

tools and application and having also total quality management diploma and being quality master holder dealing with all quality systems as documentation , CAPA management , RCA , facility maintenance and also ISO 9000/2008 expert in addition to being certified from Bernard Castle in UK as sterile area facility Design expert as per ISO regulations . Egyptian pharmacist graduate of 2007 who started my career as a research and development pharmacist in SEDICO pharmaceuticals in EGYPT for about 2 years dealing with new dosage forms formulation and then rotated to Methodology and stability department in which i dealt with dosage form analysis and innovation of new methods of analysis dealing with all laboratory

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Gregerson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sean Franey, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-3264: OPTIONAL FINAL EXAMS AS AN ASSESSMENT TOOLIN ENGINEERING CURRICULAAnthony Gregerson, University of Wisconsin, Madison Anthony Gregerson is a Ph.D. student in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wiscon- sin, where he recently won the 2012 Exceptional Service Award for teaching assistants. He is a member of the UW’s Teaching Academy and the Delta Program in Research, Teaching, and Learning. He has eight years’ experience teaching as a tutor, Teaching Assistant, and instructor and occasionally writes about testing and assessment for PlusError.com. When not teaching, he designs real-time processing systems for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.Sean Franey, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Conference Session

Student Success II: Self-Regulatory, Metacognitive, and Professional Skills

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justine Chasmar, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

Industrial EngineeringAbstractThis research paper is a pilot of a larger, mixed methods study that aims to capture theexperience of sophomore engineering students’ self-regulated learning (SRL) strategy use andthe connections with the student’s motivation with respect to the future. The overarching goal ofthe project is to understand the motivations and attitudes of undergraduate students inengineering, which is vital to answering the call for increasing the number of engineeringgraduates. Our project aim is to study engineering students’ future time perspective (FTP) andhow their FTP affects their use of SRL strategies. The quantitative portion of this study describesa cluster analysis of data from a motivation survey that characterizes students

Conference Session

Student Engagement, Socioemotional Needs, and Social Support During Pandemic

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Qin Liu, University of Toronto; Juliette Sweeney, University of Toronto; Greg Evans, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

Juliette Sweeney is a doctoral student in the Engineering Education Collaboration program at the Univer- sity of Toronto. Her research interests focus on diversity in graduate engineering programs with a focus on gender. She is also interested in graduate employment outcomes and the impact of online learning environments on student socialization.Dr. Greg Evans, University of Toronto GREG EVANS PhD, P.Eng, FCEA, FAAAS is the Director of the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (ISTEP), Director of the Collaborative Specialization in Engineering Education, a 3M national Teaching Fellow, and a member of the University of Toronto President’s Teach- ing Academy. He has been learning

Conference Session

Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte P.E., Cleveland State University

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Civil Engineering

engineering.The catalog description states that the course “Examines how constraints and considerations such Page 23.1106.2as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, andsustainability influence engineering practice. How professional and ethical responsibility affectengineering. Places the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental,and societal context.” 1This course has no prerequisites, and is scheduled for convenience in the second semester of thesecond year of the curriculum. However, some students take it during the first year instead.Offering this course early in the

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jocuns, University of Washington; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Lari Garrison, University of Washington; Daniel Amos, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

bedoing design work, but he had become resolved to the fact that this is a less likely possibility forhim in the image he has of his future engineering workplace.In other students we noticed a more gradual development of this understanding of the differences Page 13.1113.8between drafting and designing. For instance, with Steve this shift develops from research, todesign, then to the actual practicality of what he anticipates his workplace to look like. In hisfreshman year interview Steve emphasized the research aspect of his anticipated engineeringworkplace. Well, the mechanical engineering class that I took would lead me to believe that

Conference Session

Student Approaches to Problem Solving

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica E. S. Swenson, University at Buffalo; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder; Mary Rola, University at Buffalo; Hoda Koushyar

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Educational Research and Methods

elementary school engineering teachers.Dr. Aaron W. Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder Aaron W. Johnson is an Instructor in Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Col- orado Boulder. He teaches courses in structures and vehicle design, and his research focuses on how mathematical models are taught in undergraduate engineering science courses and how these models are used in analysis and design. Before CU he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michi- gan and the Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. He received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014 and a bachelor’s degree in aerospace

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Jarrett, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Architectural

technologies.This paper represents an extension of work in relation to a graduate level design studio recentlytaught at Georgia Tech with the aim of presenting more complex definitions and uses of ecologyin architectural practice as a complement to the science behind the environment. Ultimately, theideas and strategies described here hold potential for new forms of relationship between people,place, material and earth. The paper is organized into two parts. The first part identifies threemajor concerns: 1) the current predicament of peak global oil production; 2) the re-occurringproblems associated with the mind-set separation of culture and nature; and 3) the untappedpotential between ecology, creativity, and architecture. The second part places these

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Michael Khoo, University of Southern California; Ellis Meng, University of Southern California; Joseph Cocozza, University of Southern California

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

privileges, and perhaps most tragically, the inability to recognize faces.Consequently, AMD has a severe impact on the afflicted individual’s quality of life.According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, AMD is the leading cause ofcentral vision loss in the United States today for those over the age of fifty years. Thefrequency of AMD is nearly 30 percent for individuals over 75 years old. Other riskfactors for AMD include smoking, obesity, race, family history and gender. Currentlythere is no cure for AMD. The BMES ERC, however, is developing a retinal prostheticdevice that may one day restore eyesight to those suffering from AMD.This lab’s research group focuses on the response of the outer retina to injury and howthis response can lead to

Conference Session

DEED Melange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ang Liu, University of Southern California; Stephen Y. Lu, University of Southern California

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Design in Engineering Education

between teamsin different sessions. After the class presentation and the reflection lecture (i.e., the week-15),two additional weeks (i.e., the week 16 and 17) were offered for each team to compose a finalreport (which had no page limitation) to summarize their complete learning process andoutcome. As a result, the 4-page report for evaluation is made different from the final report inthe sense that, the former is accomplished strictly using one approach, whereas the latter mightbe impacted by both approaches. By doing so, we intended to reach a subtle balance betweenteaching two approaches separately for the comparison purpose and combining them together inthe interest of student’s learning.3.3 Design evaluation:A total of 36 graduate

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Jae-eun Russel; Mark Andersland; Sam Van Horne; John Gikonyo; Logan Sloan

are moved out of the classroom to allow facilitation of the students’ learning pro-cess through hands-on tasks in class (Gross, Pietri, Anderson, Moyano-Camihort, & Graham, 2015;­McCallum, Schultz, Sellke, & Spartz, 2015).2 FALL 2017ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONLarge Lecture Transformation: Improving Student Engagement and­Performance through In-class Practice in an Electrical Circuits Course As higher education instructors have adopted student-centered teaching strategies, researchers havebegun to examine the effectiveness of student-centered approaches to learning outcomes (e.g., Freemanet al., 2014), and to propose best practices for

Conference Session

Student Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Sierra Milligan, University of Georgia; John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia

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Student Papers

to cultivate and evaluate supportive teaching and learning networks in engineering departments and colleges. He received his doctoral degree in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where he was a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. His dissertation studied the teaching practices of engineering instructors during game-based learning activities, and how these practices affected student motivation. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 WIP: Evaluating the impacts of an integrated, project-based approach to biomedical engineering laboratory teachingIntroductionEngineering laboratory courses serve as a vital component of the engineering

Conference Session

Diversity Redefined: Nontraditional Views in Traditional Environments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrissy Hobson Foster, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Minorities in Engineering

newengineering knowledge. Knowing how to do design requires a synthesis of knowledge, skills,and attitudes that are best learned by doing17. These components are discussed in the nextsection.   By doing design (through heuristics), an infrastructure is provided for learning other coreideals o16f engineering practice, including ethical development, understanding that engineeringaffects the world, codes of conduct, the many publics of engineering, teamwork, andcommunication1,17. Engineering practice drives the philosophy of learning engineering to onethat is focused on “real” engineering work16.    What Content Should Be Learned?    In the previous section it was established that the philosophy of learning engineering calls

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 5: Assessment

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bahar Memarian, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

framework for the design ofassessment activities and the integration of assessment in courses. Assessment for learningsupports the adoption of evaluation and feedback practices that improve student learning goingforward, and assessment that is, in and of itself, a learning activity [10]. As one aspect of this“feed forward” approach [11], assessment for learning aims to not only produce a grade as aproduct of a summative evaluation, but also support improved performance in the future.Assessment becomes not just an add-on to the course design, but a central component of thedesign. This is aligned with a backward design method and Bigg’s constructive alignmentframework [12], [13].Conventionally, assessment is seen as a product of performance or

Conference Session

STEM Pipeline: Pre-College to Post-Baccalaureate

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland

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Educational Research and Methods

others are Mathematical Modelling, Engineering Mechanics,Engineering Design, Biology and Chemistry for Engineers, Engineering Computation andSoftware Development, and Materials Science. Selection and study in a specific engineeringdiscipline is not undertaken until all first-year courses are completed.MethodologyAn action-research methodology seemed appropriate for an iterative, reflective process thatwould allow for inquiry and discussion as components of the “research”. Commonly thosewho apply an action-research approach are practitioners who wish to improve understandingof their own practice. Although the naming and number of the steps involved can vary,action research always involves a series of cycles, sometimes envisioned as a spiral 7

Conference Session

Postgraduate Pathways and Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elif Miskioğlu , Bucknell University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

and epidemiology, providing crucial exposure to the broader context of engineering problems and their subsequent solutions. These diverse experiences and a growing passion for improving engineering edu- cation prompted Dr. Miskio˘glu to change her career path and become a scholar of engineering education. As an educator, she is committed to challenging her students to uncover new perspectives and dig deeper into the context of the societal problems engineering is intended to solve. As a scholar, she seeks to not only contribute original theoretical research to the field, but work to bridge the theory-to-practice gap in engineering education by serving as an ambassador for empirically driven, and often novel

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey G. Sczechowski

on to win the national Air and WasteManagement Association (AWMA) award for the best student paper. Several other students areeither planning to or have gone on to pursue graduate engineering degrees in either chemical orenvironmental engineering. INTRODUCTIONRemember this scenario: A long, long time ago, in a graduate program far, far away, you wereonce baffled as how to start your M.S. or Ph.D. research. If you don’t, then either you were bornwith the silver spoon of omnipotence or you are subconsciously blocking this traumaticexperience. Seriously, embarking on that first independent research project, whether in graduateschool or on the job, is intimidating. In many instances, the “research

Conference Session

Medley of Undergraduate Programming and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University; Michele Miller, Campbell University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

. She received undergraduate and graduate degrees in mechanical engineering from Duke and NC State, respectively. Her research interests include engineering education and precision manufacturing. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Use of Personas in Rating Scholarship ApplicationsIntroductionThis evidence-based practice paper introduces a method for creating subjective, holistic rubricsbased on the human-centered design concept of personas. It can be difficult to align assessmentmetrics with subjective artifacts, especially when the goal of the artifact itself is subjective. Thefaculty team who collaborated on an NSF S-STEM project faced

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Johnson, Washington State University; Reid Miller, Washington State University

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Educational Research and Methods

will require adoption of proven educational practices2. Major investments bythe National Science Foundation, US Department of Education, and other agencies have beendirected at understanding the issues and identifying solutions to student learning. For many,based on the research, students learn best when they set goals for their study, engage in activestudy, add meaning to what they are learning, explain their understanding to others, and self-monitor their success in achieving goals3-6.Accepting the challenge to address and understand retention issues of engineering students, theCollaborative Learner-constructed Engineering-concept Articulation and Representation(CLEAR) project has as its goal to develop a model for instructional

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten Dodson, Lipscomb University; Courtney Deckard, Lipscomb University; Hannah Duke, Lipscomb University; Elizabeth Buchanan; Justice White, Lipscomb University

Powered by www.slayte.com Long-Term Impact of Humanitarian Engineering Projects on Views of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Preliminary Qualitative Results from AlumniAbstract: This paper details a poster presented in the National Science Foundation (NSF) GranteesPoster Session for the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference. The study, aptly titled, aims to examinethe ‘Long-Term Effect of Involvement in Humanitarian Engineering Projects on StudentProfessional Formation and Views of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).’ As part of thelarger study, this poster details the results from alumni (n=19) of the Lipscomb Universityengineering program collected through an open-ended questionnaire. The research

Collection

2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Ammar Alzarrad, Marshall University; Sudipta chowdhury, Marshall University; Fernanda Delduque

articles and multiple conference proceedings. He serves as a reviewer of multiple journals such as OR spectrum, Computers and Operations Research, International Journal of Dis- aster Risk Reduction, Sustainable Cities and Society, Applied Soft Computing, Mathematics, and IEEE systems.Fernanda Delduque ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 The National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project Impact on STEM Education in K-12 SchoolsAbstract: The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) implementation canand should be indispensable in students’ daily lives, with educational and practical applications.The National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project

Conference Session

Student Motivation, Identity, and Resilience

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Saira Anwar, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ahmed Ashraf Butt, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Butt is a doctoral student at the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University. He is currently working as a research assistant on the CourseMIRROR project funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). He is interested in designing educational tools and exploring their impact on enhancing students’ learning experiences. Before Purdue University, Ahmed has worked as a lecturer for two years at the University of Lahore, Pakistan. Additionally, he has been associated with the software industry in various capacities, from developer to consultant. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Perceived Motivational Constructs and Engineering Students' Academic

Conference Session

Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Gloria Washington, Howard University; Marlon Mejias, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Marlon Mejias; Legand L. Burge III, Howard University

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Educational Research and Methods

clear an d calm to teachcoding concepts, and utilize code-switching techniques that allow them to communicatemore effectively with younger, more slang-using audiences. Practices described in thisresearch can be implemented in two-part capstone courses, independent study courses, orelective courses that require undergrads demonstrate hard skills as well as soft skills.Figure 1: Social and emotional learning skills fostered in undergraduate students in thiscamp learning experience.The primary research question this paper explores is how does acting as near-peer mentorsand leading a tech innovation and entrepreneurship camp for high schoolers foster socialand emotional learning skills in undergraduate computing students? Qualitative analysis

Conference Session

The D/M/A of CE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Dulaski, Northeastern University

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #6162Improving Students’ Capstone Experience with Community ParticipationDr. Daniel M. Dulaski, Northeastern University Dr. Daniel M. Dulaski, PE, joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Northeastern University in 2009. His research is primarily in transportation engineering which includes safety, roadway design, human factors, and sustainable transportation systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and is a registered professional engineer in Massachusetts. He is the academic advisor for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student chapter, and the Institute of

Conference Session

Alternatives to Traditional Assessment

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Richard T. Mangum, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

different types of engineering courses. Rather than evolving fromlearning theory or research, current grading practices have primarily arisen from canonicalpractices created three centuries ago, originally created to rank students against each other. Suchranking or competition derived practices are out of alignment with modern outcomes-basedengineering assessment practices. Specifications grading, an alternative, is a framework forassessment grounded in learning theory as well as student agency. The cornerstone ofspecifications grading is treating each assignment as a pass/fail marker of mastery using clearlydefined and transparent criteria. With limited examples in engineering, this paper provides aclear introduction to specifications grading for

Conference Session

Approaches to Curriculum and Policy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Afroditi Vennie Filippas, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rebecca Segal, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Alen Docef, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Educational Research and Methods

Commonwealth University Dr. Rebecca Segal is an Associate Professor where she pursues research in the area of mathematical bi- ology and is the Graduate Program Director in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Rebecca Segal received her A.B. in Mathematics from Bryn Mawr College. She went on to earn her Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from North Carolina State Univer- sity. She completed a research post-doc at CIIT Centers for Health Research in Research Triangle Park, NC. She then was a Teaching Fellow at University of Bristol, England. Since 2006, Dr. Segal has been a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth

Conference Session

Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dawn Williams, Howard University; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Marcus Jones, Howard University; Ashley Griffin, Howard University

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Educational Research and Methods

is a graduate research assistant for the Center for Advancement of Engineering Education. His research interest include the academic achievement of African American males and the factors that influence attrition of engineering students.Ashley Griffin, Howard University ASHLEY GRIFFIN is a Developmental Psychology doctoral candidate at Howard University. Ashley is a former graduate research assistant for the Center for Advancement of Engineering Education. Her research interest include culturally relevant teaching practices and their impact on engagement, motivation, and performance surrounding African American students

Conference Session

Predicting Student Success

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanon Marie Reckinger, Montana State University; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

). They concluded that the use of theseassessments in practice is likely a waste of resources, though solely based on the “meshing,” oralignment of teaching with learning style preference, hypothesis at the center of their review.However, a reason these learning style models are popular among faculty is they provide aheuristic basis for varying teaching methods, such as in-class activities, assignments, andassessments. No research has been conducted to demonstrate increased student performance as aresult of application of the Felder and Soloman (n.d.) learning styles model to teaching, but othermodels have demonstrated evidence of improved performance (Kolb 1984, Brokaw and Merz2000). One study in particular examined the effect of designing

Conference Session

Student Perceptions of Self-efficacy, Success, and Identity

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hindolo Michael Kamanda, University of Georgia; Davis George Anderson Wilson, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; James L. Huff, Harding University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Institute at UGA is an innovative approach that fuses high quality engineering education research with systematic educational innovation to transform the educational practices and cultures of engineering. Dr. Walther’s research group, the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), is a dynamic in- terdisciplinary team that brings together professors, graduate, and undergraduate students from engineer- ing, art, educational psychology, and social work in the context of fundamental educational research. Dr. Walther’s research program spans interpretive research methodologies in engineering education, the pro- fessional formation of engineers, the role of empathy