experiencing uncertainty, described either explicitly or indirectly. Lack of uncertainty Certainty; Explanations or displaying certainty or the desire for certainty through words or actions. Affect related to uncertainty Emotions or connotations expressed relating to uncertainty. Changes and/or reflection about own curiosity Personal examples of curiosity and/or the change in their curiosity.“Present a little bit and I'll try to pursue it further”: Causes of
students' weekly reflective submissions duringthe project and involves instructors' evaluation of students' knowledge and motivation,communication, practical skills, thinking skills, responsibility, and project execution. This paperreports a qualitative interview-based case study investigating student and faculty perceptions ofthe new assessment system. We interviewed ten students (out of a class of 33) and six faculty (allPjBL instructors) about their perceptions of the assessment system. The analysis of the studentinterviews showed their concerns about the turnaround time of weekly assessments and thequality and objectivity of the feedback. The study of the faculty interviews captured the debateabout the weighting of the items in the assessment
explicitly on their writing and communication skills,it will be possible to quantitatively examine improvements across four consecutive assignments.Replacing some reports with research posters introduces students to a new mode ofcommunication, presenting new constraints and options to further diversify how data may beanalyzed and conveyed to different types of audiences, which aligns with ABET Student Outcome3: an ability to communicate with a range of audiences. In addition to communication skills,students are also encouraged to develop their teamwork and leadership skills by (1) including aleadership role as part of the course both through lectures and in-class activities on leadershipstyles and (2) requiring students to write reflective
of this paper, I propose three definitions aligned with engineeringresearch, and then later examine attributes of other possible definitions from the data collected inthe study.Macroethics and microethics were defined by Joseph Herkert in [8] in a paper that reflected onvarious viewpoints of engineering ethics: “Putting all these frameworks together, an interesting pattern emerges. Engineering ethics can be viewed from three frames of reference—individual, professional and social— which can be divided into ‘microethics’ concerned with ethical decision making by individual engineers and the engineering profession’s internal relationships, and ‘macroethics’ referring to the profession’s collective social
development can be developed to supportmore inclusive practices in engineering. According to Grayson [34], engineering education in the United States was founded inthe military to address a pressing need for surveying and construction skills. By World War II,engineering schools in the US enrolled a large number of men and trained them in technicalskills needed for the war. There were very few women or people of color enrolled in engineeringschools, particularly since the military was only composed of White men during this time period.These historical exclusionary roots contributed to the formation of an engineering culture thatwas reflected in its disciplinary norms. Tonso’s [35] work in engineering classrooms in the1990s revealed how
. • Campus life offered by the department is very stimulating. • If I am/were going to college next year, I would continue with this department. • There’s a real sense of community here. 2. Reflection Survey. Besides the above survey, we also created another open-ended anonymous survey with the following reflection questions to gain deeper insight into students’ experiences in the departmental learning community. • Do you find the presentations/workshops conducted by the ExCITE Program students helpful? Why or why not? If helpful, in what ways? If not, please explain why. • How did participating (or not participating) in the ACM and ACM-W club meetings/activities (including the take-apart
, business, and political science [2]. In EER, CIhas been used in this way to improve the design of measures of many topics, includingprofessional skills development [3], social capital resources [4], and student responses toinstructional strategies [5].Cognitive interviewing requires participants to think aloud while completing a task. Drawingfrom reviews of the method, we here define thinking aloud as “requesting participants toopenly reflect on their answers to survey questions and the processes by which they reachthose answers, with limited interviewer interaction.” [1], [6], [7]. CI interviewers need notnecessarily follow a uniform format; these researchers may choose to engage with participantsvia concurrent probing, where questions are asked
members within the same team. Perhaps most of the time, the student teamsfunction just fine. Yet instructors might actively or passively notice the existence ofdysfunctional teams, where team dynamics were impaired, and team members developednegative attitudes towards one another [4-5]. Furthermore, in other situations, social loafingmight exist within student teams but sometimes hardly get instructors’ attention [6]. When suchsituations happen, the benefits of cooperative learning are compromised and at risk [7]. Scholars and practitioners have proposed ways of trainings to support student team success.Using Goal-Role-Process-Interpersonal-Relationship models, students wrote memos to reflect ontheir team dynamics and development [8]. Students
’ understandingof the overall module to see whether they meet the module objectives and a survey withopen-ended questions to help students reflect on their learning and experiences with the module,the second of which we discuss in more detail in the next section. Below are example quizquestions, with the correct answer choice italicized, relating to each of our three learningobjectives. • Question related to Objective 1: One student gives work to another, knowing that the student is going to copy the work directly and submit it for credit. Who has committed an academic violation? Answer choices (choose one): (1) Both the student that copied and the student that provided the material. (2) The student that provided the material. (3
education that emphasizesculminating skills in lieu of a list of courses would provide a better alignment between professionalpractice skills and undergraduate education [9, 10]. Research also discusses the role of internalreflective conversations in creating effective designers. Literature has shown that accomplisheddesigners reflect on their design experiences to improve their future work and practicedengineering designers thoroughly engage in problem setting and reflective conversations [11-13].Conversation during engineering design is not only important in internal reflective conversationsbut also in external communications with colleagues and stakeholders to successfully advocate fora solution. Researchers have examined how engineering design
). Project Leader (1987-92). Principal Researcher (1992-95). Specialty Products Business Leader (1995-99)Hseen BaledMichael McMahon ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Team Building Games to Reinforce the Training of Chemical Engineering Students in Team Skills Based on Collaboration LeadershipIntroductionTeam building games or activities are popular at work [1] - [3], and college [4]. Team games arecreative activities that simulate team performance at relatively simple and engaging tasks butoffering practice and reflections to apply to real job situations. They can be used when starting anew team project or sometimes later to address conflicts, to encourage positive attitudes, or tounveil new
aremore effective when analyzing their work for potential improvements. Finally, school instructorsbenefit from teamwork.The action research process begins by identifying issues before developing an iterative actionplan with strategies for pursuing optimal practice. The cyclical action research processcomprises four key phases: contemplation, planning, action, observation, and reflection [20].The authors identified five key stages of conducting an action research project. These includeidentifying a problem area, collecting relevant data, analyzing the data, acting on the evidence,and evaluating the results. Although these procedures may appear like everyday inquiry andresearch processes, the most critical aspect of action research is who
LIAT College Access andSuccess model (L-CAS), integrates elements from Lent’s Social Cognitive Career Theory andTinto’s Departure model in a framework provided by a structured scholarship program designedto mitigate the economic hardship of students while also providing a multistage intervention planto improve their success metrics. In this paper, we revisit the theoretical foundations of the L-CAS model and the academic setting where it was implemented to look at the data acquiredthroughout its application during three years on a pilot group of 92 students. We assess themodel effectiveness for springing LIATS into actions leading to their success while reflecting onthe results obtained so far. We also discuss opportunities for improvements
education, the pro- fessional formation of engineers, the role of empathy and reflection in engineering learning, and student development in interdisciplinary and interprofessional spaces.Amy Ingalls, University of Georgia Amy Ingalls is an instructional designer with the University of Georgia Office of Online Learning. She holds a Master of Education in Instructional Design and an Education Specialist in Library Media. Amy American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #32550has extensive experience developing, designing, and supporting impactful online courses at
student experiences.Structured reflections, interdisciplinary assignments, and reworked assessment criteria inviteparticipants to make elements of HC explicit, thereby providing spaces and times for criticalengagement, while extracurricular activities fulfill a complementary role by leveraging HC tocultivate more broad-based engineering skills that are not part of formal curricula. Notably, 3 5publications specifically articulated how the surfacing of HC could enable broader curricularreform, including one that discussed the possibility of emphasizing ethics as a core engineeringcompetency. We address the significance of this approach to HC in more
volume of researchon games and learning in the past 15 years has grown along with related theoretical frameworks,methods, and areas of study 6 7 8 . In engineering education, there are a variety of game-basedapproaches for teaching and learning with generally positive results 9 , although there is a need formore transparency in design and more rigorous methodological techniques 10 .This growth in gaming research is also reflected at the American Society for EngineeringEducation (ASEE) annual conference proceedings, expanding from 12 papers during the2001-2005 conferences to 73 papers during 2016-2020, a six fold increase over 20 years. Byexamining the evolution of gaming trends over time, the results can be used to inform the ASEEcommunity of
in basic humanneeds. Additionally, it is important to implement these innovations through social entrepreneurship andleadership efforts for achieving the desired societal impact. To apply the above principles effectively,students (especially the Gen-Z students) need to have a skill set in understanding the role of engineeringinnovations in a globalized society with an attitude of leadership to serve society [16], which was themotivation behind this class. Selected successful social innovations across the world were studiedthrough the lens of fundamental science and engineering along with the societal impact. At the sametime, students also reflected on how the innovators applied/integrated leadership skills/approacheswith social
and prototyping • EP3: Planning and interpreting experiments • EP4: Identifying knowledge gaps and obtaining information from disparate sources • EP5: Planning for technical failureEP1 captures the team aspect of engineering, which includes both the need for coordinatingteamwork and the need for effective communication across a team for a successful designoutcome. The inclusion of disparate knowledge is highlighted in the literature. For example,Trevelyan found that the most crucial skill reflected in high performing engineers is coordinatingmultiple competencies to accomplish a goal [3]. EP2 highlights an aspect of problem solving thatgoes beyond the application of domain knowledge to include creativity, analysis, and evaluation.This skill
predominantly focused on White, male students who make up the majority of undergraduate engineering majors in the U.S. In 2018, 78.1% of engineering bachelor degrees were received by males, and 61.5% by White [17]. To fill the gap in the literature, we seek to include minority and underrepresented student experiences to expand the aggregated definitions for student success. These aggregated definitions of student success establish the desired outcome for scholars, administration, and presumably students, yet overlook what success means to students.4. Reflections of Success – Student Perspectives: While the above definitions may be useful as an aggregate measure for a large number of students, they do not capture the views
course had five significant assignments: one for Word,three for Excel (basics operations, pivot tables, and regression), and one for PowerPoint. Each was dueapproximately every three weeks. There were three (3) quizzes (Syllabus, Statistics, and Regression). Inthe Word module, students were asked to format a document. A video from the previous instructorgoing about this formatting task was offered to students as a guide. For the problem-solving component,they were asked to reflect on their professional development path, find job postings interesting forthem, and write their resume and cover letters that they could use to apply for each of these jobpostings. If students needed to learn Word for these tasks, they were suggested to complete a
prototyping, such as 3D printing.First-year engineering programs that include maker/tinker spaces and 3D printers for rapidprototyping can increase persistence within engineering programs, as well as within universities10.Additionally, as the trend of more students coming into first year programs with previousengineering design experience continues4, students will increasingly begin college with the skillsto tackle prototyping and may desire the greater challenge posed by open ended projects.Three recent studies, in particular, involved the use of open-ended toy design and are highlightedin this work4,11,12. Bitetti and Danahy11, of Tufts University, wanted to examine the change in firstyear engineering students’ reflections around success in
institute of Technology. Sriram received a B.E degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Madras and M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Indiana University. During his time at Rose-Hulman, Sriram has served as a consultant in Hadoop and NoSQL systems and has helped a variety of clients in the Media, Insurance, and Telecommunication sectors. In addition to his industrial consulting activities, Sriram maintains an active research profile in data science and education research that has led to over 30 publications or presentations. At Rose-Hulman, Sriram has focused on incorporat- ing reflection, and problem based learning activities in the Software Engineering curriculum. Sriram has
espouse differentvalues reflected in their respective cultures [38] [39]. For example, where academic goalsemphasize student learning and development, industry goals are often driven by profitability,productivity, and benefits to the broader organization. Many students thus graduate withuncertainty about what working in an engineering organization is like [40]. Some mightextrapolate from real-world jobs, internships, or co-ops [41] [42], but not all students have accessto these opportunities, especially if they come from minoritized groups or have less social andcultural capital [43] [44]. Further, engineering education has been criticized for perpetuating a“culture of disengagement” [24] that privileges objectivity and, in the process
societyrequires us to think seriously about preparing workers for a novel and uncertain future guided bysoftware and algorithms (Stevens, Johri & O’Connor, 2014). Specifically, how do we prepare thefuture workforce to be consistently reflective so that their actions enable a better future withminimal or/and no harm? In other words, how do we help students develop an ethical mindset?We believe that it is within their academic training that future technologists can be best preparedto develop an ethical mindset and can be equipped to respond to the challenging decisions theywill have to make when they enter the workforce. The university is a critical site for this trainingbecause future workers will have little time to gain ethical training on the job
video can be used to facilitate self-reflection and training,just as athletes and coaches watch videos of themselves [2, 10]. Wearing masks obviouslycomplicates interaction over Swivl, though this can be mitigated by the increased salience of thevisual cues that remain: eye contact, facial expression, gesture. Additionally, some faculty canopt to wear face shields while teaching.Prompting self-reflection, the same reasons that make the Swivl so effective can also make ituncomfortable to use. Studies report an increased self-awareness and self-consciousness on thepart of instructors who rewatch their lecture captures [2, 6]. At the same time, teachersacknowledge that Swivl lecture capture has prompted important changes to the way they teach
virtual internship intervention and technology, described in detail byJames, Humez and Laufenburg [12], leverages a purpose built technology platform to supportemployer partner feedback [15], structure student's reflection and metacognition [16], [17], andprovides educators with real-time learning analytics to support students and employer partnerswhen required [18], [12].To better address the needs of non-traditional and traditionally underserved minority students,the research team developed a set of design principles that attend to these students' particularneeds. The design principles include: • The ability of a student to participate in the intervention without leaving existing full- time work • The ability to complete work
transitioned tohybrid in-person / remote learning approaches to prevent further outbreaks on campuses. WhileCOVID-19 has been devastating, we propose that the pandemic also presents anunprecedented opportunity to reflect, reassess, and ‘bounce forward’ to become more efficient,effective, and resilient. The National Academy of Sciences’ definition of resilience has spurred atheory of resilience that centers on four successive stages surrounding a disruptive event, suchas COVID-19: (1) plan and prepare, (2) absorb, (3) recover, and (4) adapt. In this paper wepropose a framework that environmental programs can employ to ‘adapt’ (stage 4) and ‘bounceforward’ to a more resilient modus operandi long-term. The framework first identifies eachactivity a
into the school curriculum necessitates changes in policyincluding addressing significant issues around infrastructure, and providing teachers the resourcesthat develop a cogent understanding of computational thinking as well as relevant and appropriateexemplars of age appropriate cases [6]. Such focus would promote core concepts essential toeffective computational thinking development such as designing solutions to problems throughabstraction, automation, algorithmic thinking, data collection and data analysis; implementingdesigns; testing and debugging; modeling, running simulations, conducting systems analysis;reflecting on processes and communicating ideas; recognizing abstraction and moving betweenlevels; innovation, exploration and
, which is developed after reviewing 191 journal articles published between 1995 and 2008on the topic, change strategies can be mapped into one of four categories: disseminating pedagogy;developing reflective teachers; enacting policy; and developing a shared vision. The categorization byHenderson et al. (2010, 2011) is consistent with other efforts to categorize theories of change (e.g.,Amundsen & Wilson, 2012) and has been utilized by Borrego & Henderson (2014) to identify ways toincrease the use of evidence-based teaching in engineering education. Most importantly, the frameworkhighlights the efforts of faculty as agents for change in all four categories. However, while the severaltheories are provided as suggestions for change
Stanford University. She has been involved in several major engineering education initia- tives including the NSF-funded Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education, National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter), and the Consortium to Promote Reflection in Engi- neering Education. Helen holds an undergraduate degree in communication from UCLA and a PhD in communication with a minor in psychology from Stanford University. Her current research and schol- arship focus on engineering and entrepreneurship education; the pedagogy of portfolios and reflective practice in higher education; and redesigning how learning is recorded and recognized.Prof. George Toye, Stanford University Ph.D., P.E., is