their peers (the otherthree TAs present). The presence of the other three TAs is crucial in accomplishing this goalbecause they have the primary responsibility of identifying both strengths and weaknesses in thepresenter’s teaching style. It is the role of the facilitator to make sure that every TA is heard sothat all ideas are shared. This portion of the program is consistently the highest rated componentas the most valuable way to improve teaching skills; “This has been the best part of the training,I think because of all of the interaction that occurs in a ‘real’ teaching environment.” The TAsalso have the option of in-class videotaping later in the semester and a video recall with Dr.Carlson.Elective WorkshopsIn the initial years of the
recommend it toother undergraduates. This REU will continue to strive to: 1) increase the number of undergraduatesparticipating in research projects focused on cancer related research; 2) increase communication of bio-inspired science and engineering to undergraduate peers, faculty and general audience; and 3) diversifythe supply of scientists and engineers contributing to American industries and economics as a whole.to a diverse audience; 3) diversify the supply of scientists and engineers contributing to American industriesand economics as a whole. We expected at least 6 out of the 10 undergraduate students enrolled in ourREU site to come from institutions outside NJIT and at least 60% from institutions with limited researchopportunities. We will
Learning Objectives and OutcomesDeveloping, formulating, and writing objectives is a key to the success of any education.Without clear objective, it is impossible to reach any goal in education. Use of objectives hasbecome commonplace in higher education. Higher education often uses instructional orbehavioral objectives in teaching and learning. In order to affirm the value of objectives it isimportant to incorporate objectives within the curriculum and specific units of study and makeconnections between objectives and learning outcomes.3,4Instructors often use a standard protocol to develop objectives for their students. Althoughobjectives are not difficult to write, the challenge is how to write instructional objectives forstudents that clearly
consensus and how this is related to the background of themembers. I have collected data on the background of the members of groups and how itaffects the individual’s working within the group and the group’s overall effectiveness.Although our students are assigned to be in many types of groups, this paper will address agroup who researches and writes a paper together and then is required to communicate theirresults orally. I’ll comment on my feedback from students on how they feel about groupsand whether peer pressure plays a role. Lastly, this paper will draw some conclusions aboutwhy ABET requires group work.II. The GroupA group is two or more individuals, interacting and interdependent, who are workingtogether to achieve a particular objective
project activities to their peers. Studentsalso contributed digitally to the grading of the 56 group research reports that were assembled virtually on differenttopics and added anonymous evaluations and reviews of the course. ‘Super Tweets’ were also a weekly feature.Keywords: Course Management, First Year, Project-Based, Teamwork, Virtual INTRODUCTIONThe acquisition of learning and the satisfaction of curiosity have ranked highly as civilizations have developed.Individuals offering explanations and solutions to the mysteries of the universe have commanded, and often evendemanded, wide respect and been followed by the multitudes. It can be posited that once the basic necessities offreedom from
faculty cope with traditional engineering education sowe can target more effective ways of teaching and learning engineering to retain these groupsand make our problem solving and solution generation more effective. Using Collaborative Autoethnography to write a counterstoryIn this section, we discuss how we intend to use collaborative autoethnography and variouspotential elicitation techniques to write our counter-story. The first stage of our study will focuson the experiences of professors and students in engineering education.Autoethnography is the study of culture through autobiography. It lends itself well to studyingthe experiences of minoritized individuals while also providing a space for catharsis [24].Collaborative
competencies. Upon the conclusion of the program, theresearch mentors write a letter of completion to the GCSP committee in support of the scholar’sapplication [8].Establishing an effective community of practice, the steps taken this summer to create acommunity between the GCSP-REU’s has effectively established a Grand Challenges ScholarsProgram community of practice that will continue to evolve. For example, the summerGCSP-REUs were invited to participate in a weekly GCSP-REU hangout discussion. Both inperson and virtual options were provided for all scholars (hybrid). By extending this invitation tothe scholars, the research scholars were recognized for their progress and validated by their peersand members of the engineering research field. Both
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc. [1]. Recent research hasdemonstrated how to use network science concepts and data-driven methodologies to quantifysocial influences in social media [2]. Due to the ease and ubiquity of Social Media tools and easeof accessibility via a laptop, smartphone, or tablet, an increasing number of students are usingthem [3]. Students can interact with current and previous peers through social media, which alsomakes it easier to access emotional support and suggests creative activities [4]. This is crucialbecause, for minority students, making connections is one of the essential components of afulfilling academic experience. Due to communication barriers or other reasons, minoritystudents are typically less
writing, interview preparation, career fairs, etc.). 11. I regularly interacted with STEM students who planned to apply to and attend graduate school. 12. I regularly interacted with STEM students from different demographic groups (e.g., different races, genders, ages, etc.). 13. I received helpful information about STEM-related opportunities (e.g., research, academic, professional, etc.) from my student peers. 14. Overall, I was empowered by my professors' commitment to my academic success. 15. I had a STEM faculty member whom I considered as my mentor. 16. Overall, faculty members encouraged me to make connections with my classmates.Select-All-That-Apply and Multiple Choice Items: 17. Which of the
,performance, and value beliefs. A qualitative analysis showed that students mainly chose topursue a baccalaureate degree in engineering due to the financial reward, family influences,faculty support, and early childhood interest. Furthermore, students’ motivation to continue topursue an engineering degree was attributed to prestige, engineering experiences acquired,financial and academic support, faculty and peer support, and gain of engineering knowledgethroughout their academic journey.Implications of the study were: a) a set of small samples of data was analyzed, and b)examination of students belonging to a specific cohort. This cohort was provided with financialand academic support to navigate through their studies. Future studies could consist
newexperiences and learning opportunities; these abilities can be improved over time and areinfluenced by the connection students make with the learning experience (Kolb & Kolb, 2005).Both environmental and individual factors affect young women’s connection to learning in theclassroom, including differences in learning styles and the ability to connect relevance to thematerial being taught (Kulturel-konak et al., 2014).Several factors contribute to the problem of retention in engineering, including cognitive factorssuch as GPA and SAT math scores; non-cognitive factors like interactions with peers andprofessors; individual characteristics like family educational background, gender, and ethnicity;institutional characteristics like environment, type
atintersections, including the combination of ideas from multiple contexts9. However, returnersrepresent a relatively small proportion of engineering PhD students and the limited researchabout their experiences suggests they may face particular challenges in their doctoral studiescompared to their direct-pathway peers (students who pursue a PhD shortly after theirundergraduate education). In an effort to learn more about returners’ perspectives, experiences,research, and approaches to engineering problem solving, our team designed and implementedwhat is, to our knowledge, the first large-scale mixed-methods study comparing returning anddirect-pathway engineering PhD students. We draw on Eccles’ expectancy-value theory (EVT),which describes achievement
Page 23.1094.1 to stakeholders. In addition, she assists with annual report writing and conference presentations. She has been a member of the American Society of Engineering Educators since 2011. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Student Attitudes toward STEM: The Development of Upper Elementary School and Middle/High School Student SurveysAbstractThe national economy is in need of more engineers and skilled workers in science, technology,and mathematics (STEM) fields who also possess competencies in critical-thinking,communication, and collaboration – also known as 21st century skills. In response to this need,educational organizations across the country are implementing
positive team experiences on average compared to ND and maybeND students. Other course experiences and self-reported learning gains did not differsignificantly between ND and NT students. On the Fall 2023 post-survey, the ND studentresponses were generally similar to those of their NT peers. In FYED courses with significantteam-based work, extra attention to team formation and/or facilitation may be beneficial.Engineering faculty should consider both the assets and the challenges that neurodivergentstudents face.IntroductionIt is important that engineering attract and retain students from a variety of backgrounds in orderto both meet the needs of society by filling job openings and provide diverse perspectives thatimprove engineered products and
marginalization in engineering settings, specifically focusing on students’ hiddenor non-apparent identities that their peers or professors are unaware of or maybe do not understand. Forrecruitment, we adopted an intentional nationwide strategy. We conducted 21 zoom interviews withstudents, each lasting 45 to 90 minutes and representing a variety of marginalized identity groups.As a way to establish rapport during the interview, we utilized a scaffolding strategy of showing aniceberg or identity wheel [14] containing many identities, including the concept that some identities aremore visible and/or apparent. In contrast, depending on context and person, some are less visible or non-apparent. Some prompts for all participants included: 1) How do you
across all course pedagogies grouped bytype of virtue (performance, intellectual, moral, civic, and integrated) in Tables 5-9 respectively.According to students, performance virtues are most supported by participating in group workand challenging course material. Intellectual virtue growth is most supported by open-endedproblems and projects and engaging lecturers/instructors. Both performance and intellectualvirtue growth were supported by mastery-based learning pedagogies and peer/instructorfeedback. Moral virtue growth was due to wide-ranging experiences including self-directedlearning opportunities, facing challenging communication scenarios, instructor role-modeling,and personal reflection. Civic virtue growth is linked to connecting course
institutions distinct fromstaff and undergraduate students. They are notably subject to elevated levels of stress associatedwith research, teaching, and publishing responsibilities as well as high levels of uncertainty withregards to advisor expectations, financial security, and career prospects [2]. The excessive levelsof stress and uncertainty around graduate school has contributed to a concerning mental healthcrisis, with one study identifying PhD students as nearly twice as likely to be experiencingpsychological distress than highly educated peers in the general public [3]. In graduate studentoriented spaces, negative aspects of academic culture are readily named and critiqued, especiallythrough online communities and anonymous online message
unpreparedness.Even so, faculty believed that scholars would benefit from a math “conditioning” mini-courseand academic support in the form of tutoring, supplemental instruction sessions, peer teaching,and science seminars, both with regard to academic success and self-confidence.Math Boot Camp: “Math Boot Camp” in an intensive mini-course designed to refresh students’mathematics knowledge and increase fluency so students feel equipped and confident in futurecourses. Mathematics preparedness is the single best predictor of college performance in science,and rigorous high school math courses benefits college biology, chemistry, and physics.15, 16Students whose coursework includes advanced mathematics such as Trigonometry or Calculusare the most likely to be
Research Based on the need to graduate more underrepresented Engineers, the literature, andresults of the Toys’n MORE project, the Sustainable Bridges project seeks to address threeresearch questions.RQ1: Can the retention gap in Engineering between underrepresented transfer students andnative students (those who stay at the same institution for four years) be reduced/eliminated byadditional support through the junior year for regional campus students who plan transfer toUniversity Park?RQ2: What is the size and quality of the first year academic social network (i.e., campus peers,faculty, and staff) for (a) racially underrepresented University Park students who bridge atUniversity Park, (b) regional campus students who bridge at University
]. In short,students with low self-efficacy and self-confidence are less likely to persist in science andengineering compared to their peers with higher levels of self-efficacy and self-confidence [2].Gleason et al. [31] found a strong correlation between math placement and retention rates inengineering. They found that students who placed in College Algebra or below accounted foronly 10% of engineering graduates and those who placed in Pre-calculus accounted for nearly40% of dropouts. Likewise, Santiago and Hensel [32] found that 34% of students who leftengineering due to academic difficulties noted specific difficulty with Calculus I. Students takelonger to complete core requirements when they fail to place into Calculus I or above
that’s certainly how we do things at home. So he’s been home since then. – Nelson’s mom When I was a young adult I was in a church where people were primarily home schooling. And I was in it long enough to see the long-term results. And what I saw was the flexibility that we had, and I liked the product. I was there are enough that I could see the kids grow into high school and I thought, “Ah, these kids are very well rounded. They’re not very peer-dependent.” What we wanted to get away from was the peer issues. – Alexander’s mom …if I’d wanted to enroll him in kindergarten the following year when he would have turned five in August, the cut off was August 1st, for the age. So he would have
Wisconsin-Madison designed and implemented training for chairs of facultyhiring committees. Training began in 2004 and continues to the present. The workshopsare implemented using a variety of formats, but the common elements that make themsuccessful include: • Peer Teaching: Incorporating faculty from the unit to deliver short presentations and serve as discussion facilitators; • Active Learning: Most time is spent in discussion and a sharing of practices from different departments; presentation is kept to a minimum; • Unconscious Biases & Assumptions: Participants are introduced to the social psychological literature on unconscious biases and assumptions, and learn how these tendencies might impact the hiring process
learningFor the students in the OOSE course, we developed instant messenger and collaborative chattools. In order to support high bandwidth information exchanges between participants, theframework for our collaborative tools uses a peer-to-peer communication scheme instead of thetraditional client-server model. A server is still used, but it only maintains the global stateinformation (e.g., availability) of participants. The communication between participants ishandled by direct, peer-to-peer connections over IP. Each peer in this configuration has acommunication component and a set of upper-level collaboration tools. The communicationcomponent communicates with the collaboration tools through shared memory, and acts as acommunication broker. This
University, West Lafayette Matthew W. Ohland is Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has de- grees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineering students, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative teaching methods has been supported by over $11.4 million from the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his team received the William Elgin Wickenden Award for the Best Paper in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008 and multiple conference Best Paper awards. Dr. Ohland is Chair of ASEE’s Educational Research and Methods division and an At-Large member
develop a detailed roadmap outlining project goals,timelines, and required resources. Advisors assist students in identifying potential fundingsources and provide guidance on writing grant proposals or seeking sponsorships. Recruitment isanother area where advisors play a crucial role, helping students reach out to potential teammembers and ensuring the formation of a diverse and inclusive group. In the training phase,advisors provide mentorship and knowledge-sharing opportunities, equipping students with thenecessary skills for successful project execution. Peer-to-peer training offers senior teammembers a chance to share acquired knowledge and experience from participating in the SIGwith junior team members. In the prototyping and deployment
assistants, graduate assistants,peer teachers, or mentors, these persons are found in classrooms, in libraries, in thedormitories, and at other venues on the campuses working with students one-on-one andin small groups. They help to review the course material, assist in problem-solvingassignments, and prepare students for upcoming examinations.In some programs there is a link with industry. Some of the programs offer internshipsand co-op experiences as part of the student’s academic preparation. These may beoffered for credit or not-for-credit, and students are typically paid. Several of the Page 8.680.2Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for
worked on binder platform development for different commercial products. Dr. Jiang edited the first book on Janus particles and has published more than 50 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Jiang was awarded with the Racheff-Intel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research. The technology he participated in developing at Dow received the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award and the R&D 100 Award. He recently received the ACS Younger Chemists Committee Leadership Development Award, the 3M non-tenured faculty award, ACS-PRF New Investigator Award and Dean’s Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award. Dr. Jiang has received funding support for both his research lab and education initiative from
results in "improved affective and cognitive learning and critical thinking, offeringlearners/students the opportunity to obtain a broad general knowledge base" [8]. Participation inmultidisciplinary courses also assists students in developing many skills that are highly valued inthe workforce. Among these are hard skills such as management skills, reporting and writing skills,problem-solving skills, and soft skills such as communication, curiosity, empathy, and teamwork[8]. This is why the Stitt Scholars Program was instituted. It provides profound collaborativeopportunities through experiential learning in a multidisciplinary academic and professionalenvironment. A multidisciplinary approach to education highlights the inherent differences
learnabout a topic at home through pre-class assignments, and then the class time is used for activitiesand interactions with others to strengthen the learning [9]. Well-known benefits of the flippedclassroom format include increased peer interactions through in-class group activities [10], morefrequent and engaging faculty-student interactions[11], and flexibility that allows students tolearn at their own pace through pre-recorded lectures [12]. Naturally, flipped classrooms are agreat avenue for promoting collaborative learning [13], [14], active learning [15], and problem-based learning [16]. As a result, several studies have demonstrated enhanced studentperformance in courses offered as flipped classrooms compared to traditional lecture
of the typical intervention methods, including emails,phone calls, instant messages, postings and news on LMS, group consultations, in-personconsultations, video recordings, peer review, and online courses. The most significant problem,according to Rienties et al.[18] is the ambiguous effect that various sorts of interventions will haveon learners' attitudes, behaviours, and cognitive processes. The intervention has been found topresent difficulties for both learners and trainers. According to Werners et al. [19], at-risk learnersmay struggle to understand the learning analytics data and take appropriate action, which calls forstrong metacognitive abilities and self-regulation. Avella et al.[4] examined analytic methods, primary benefits