reflection ofthe teachers’ Unit implementation, we will work with the project team and resource team tosupport professional development for the teachers to improve their CBL and EDP instruction. Page 26.1427.2IntroductionNext Generation Science Standards (NGSS), as defined by the National Research Council(NRC), include the critical thinking and communication skills that students need forpostsecondary success and citizenship in a world fueled by innovations in science andtechnology20. These science practices encompass the habits and skills that scientists andengineers use day in and day out. Ohio’s New Learning Standards for Science lists the
useful interaction Not enjoyable Not as efficient Need interesting as other discovery and present peers behaviors Need instructors Did not realize to encourage benefits collaborationObserving Not reflective or Lack ability to Unstructured – Not emphasized attentive to associate from benefits not in many classes everyday
Page 26.355.4with a curriculum about enhancing teaching and learning and with frequent seminars andactivities that provide learning, development, the scholarship of teaching, and communitybuilding.”4, p. 8 As described in the literature, these groups generally draw faculty from multipledisciplines. The underlying logic of using an FLC to promote faculty change is that“undergraduate instruction will be changed by groups of instructors who support and sustaineach other’s interest, learning, and reflection on their teaching.”6 Indeed, studies have shown thatfaculty participation in FLCs increases interest in the teaching process, enhances understandingand influence of the scholarship of teaching and learning, increases reflective practice
information see Reference 11.The second and third days were dedicated to exploring ingenuity and innovative progress whilealso visiting innovative sites as the students toured the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village,and the Ford Rouge Factory where F-150 trucks are assembled. While each of the three sitesrequires a full day or more to explore, the students used self-guided itineraries focused oninnovation and developed by The Henry Ford to allow efficient exploration in a shortenedformat, with questions and reflections. The Henry Ford Museum includes areas focused on“Made in America – Manufacturing and Power” which showcases some of the earliest Wattsteam engines and allows participants to fabricate an actual Model T (Figure 2). Also on displayis
pedagogical strategies.5 The challenge of including engineering within the elementary classrooms is furthercomplicated by the dichotomy between how failure has been traditionally perceived withinengineering and education.5 Within engineering, the engineering design process accounts for thelikelihood of failure by its iterative nature; it is presumed that initial attempts to solve a particularproblem may fail to meet design criteria or not meet those criteria as well as subsequent designs.Henry Petroski, a frequent writer on engineering failure, reflects on the nature of engineers tocontinually learn from failure, in effect establishing it as a normal part of engineering design: Because every successful design is the anticipation and
supervisors as role models and mentors. Third,male engineers did not describe mentoring solely as an instrumental or task-focused exercise,7,8Engineers reported mentoring experiences in both relational and task-oriented terms and oftenemphasized the relational aspects and benefits to having a mentor. Overall, theiracknowledgement of mentoring while struggling to initially recall such experiences and lateremphasizing their feeling of being highly self motivated and autonomous reflected theautonomy-connectedness dialectic. In the following sections we briefly review the literature oncareers, career socialization and mentorship.BackgroundPrevious research on female engineers’ mentoring and career socialization discoursesA study focusing on the nature of
. Page 26.1752.2Each module of this virtual laboratory focuses on explicit learner outcomes for a particularcourse. For example, the Planar Mechanisms module, which is the main focus of this paper, is forthe learning and assessment of concepts in a third-year mechanical engineering course on thekinematics and dynamics of mechanisms. The ‘Learning’ and ‘Teaching’ functions in theFLATLAB acronym reflect the student-centered and knowledge-centered components,respectively, of the ASK paradigm.While much of the current research on virtual learning environments focuses on immersive 3Denvironments 2 , FLATLAB takes advantage of the fact that many engineering systems have 2Drepresentations that learners can physically interact with through a 2D visuo
knowledge using the uniqueliteracy tools and language of the discipline2.The broader outcomes of disciplinary literacy practice are to build reflection and sense making instudents, bringing them conceptually forward from their novice understanding. The link between sensemaking, and conceptual understanding has a research history in engineering 6, and is explicitly linked forK12 science7,8. The purpose of infusing disciplinary literacy into engineering curriculum is to buildhabits of thinking, and to help students develop a deeper understanding of core content ideas. This alignswith development of expertise, as disciplinary literacy practices build towards effective communicationusing discipline specific content language9-15. The U.S. Accreditation
procedures and share themwith each other in groups. They provided feedback to each other’s screencasts and had theopportunity to reflect upon their own screencast design. Different from the traditional andteacher-centered instruction, students in the experimental section took the lead to create theirlearning materials and shared them with their peers. They developed the feelings of belongingand ownership as they created these screencasts. Students were actively involved in thescreencast-making process and motivated to learn. They also received timely feedback fromother students. Students learned from each other and taught each other. In this paper, we discussed the project activities and presented the preliminary results of thefirst
Introduce project!! template Choose Semester Research Initial References, PowerPoint Limitations or Bias in Individual reflection on Grand Group Discussion on
the so-called “six themes of Six Sigma”: genuine focus on the customer; data andfact driven management; processes are where the action is; proactive management; boundary-less collaboration; and drive for perfection-tolerate failure [1], this paper unpacks thecollaborative processes and perspectives by which this course was developed and continues toevolve and improve. Authors suggest that collaborative industry/academic efforts may benefitby reflecting upon their work product through the six themes of Six Sigma as an alternativeassessment framework to traditional academic assessment approaches.IntroductionSix Sigma – An improvement mindsetSix Sigma is a quality management system that swept the industrial sector in the 1990’s andbecame
reflection of the socioculturalinfluences that are a tenant of the Industry Fellow model. Even when using video technology forvirtual classes, it is difficult to replicate the personal interaction of a true face-to-face class.Table 3. Industry Fellow (IF) Impact on Learning Survey Question Original “Light”* Original “Heavy”* Replication Study IF material: comprehension 94% 91% 82% IF material: retention 94% 91% 76% All material: comprehension 94% 91% 82% All material: retention 94% 91% 70%* Original survey question
they were/are, their undergraduate education, which courses they tookand extracurricular organizations they participated in at the University of South Florida prior toservice, if and where they published their research in an academic journal, and their currentemployment.The second part of the survey had the alumni or student rank how each of the MIP elementssatisfied the four global competencies on a scale of one to five (one being not at all, two being alittle bit, three being somewhat, four being well, and five being very well). This part of the onlinesurvey was divided into three pages: pre-Peace Corps service (on campus), Peace Corps Service,and post Peace Corps service. This reflected the three stages of the MIP. The pre Peace
significant difference PRE-STEP toPOST-STEP, qualitative data from this question indicate clear decision making in the reason toleave engineering, and finally, patterns from our study reflect others work in this area. Question: Rank the top ONE (1) to THREE (3) of the following influences on your decision to change your major from engineering to something else. 24.00% Uncertain of future career options 20.00% Initially majored in engineering due to parental 17.00% pressure and later decided it wasn't for me
context of the performance criteria. objectives and the sustainability outcomes as curriculum. university’s core themes related to improvability and Outcomes are (i.e., strategic and learning endurance are not The program may be contextualized in the goals). necessarily considered. developing performance curriculum and reflect the
. Student and faculty assessment of the pilot to dateshow good progress made but challenges remaining. A significant feature of this initiative is itsgoal to scale the approach to all engineering programs at the university. Introduction Engineering educators are challenged to prepare their students with the knowledge andcompetencies that will support success both in the immediate post-graduation period and also asthe foundation for careers in the rapidly changing global environment in which these will bepursued. It is not sufficient to educate engineers just to be technically competent. Engineeringcurricula and the accreditation criteria for engineering programs have evolved to reflect thisreality by demanding that an array of non-technical and
during the project. Student-initiated research is relied upon for the student to progress through the project as well as for their own learning. Require high levels of student initiative; students need to develop motivation and organization skills. Open-ended outcomes: allowing the student the opportunity to choose, after appropriate research, an outcome that interests them. Observational skills are identified as having a high priority, especially in the initial stages during identification of the problem. Student reflection is important. They are encouraged to evaluate fully the outcomes they have achieved. Rely on team-work. Are often multiple terms in duration
for First Year Undergraduates that Connects the Electrical and Thermal Properties of MetalsAbstractThe undergraduate engineering programmes at the University of Glasgow were recently revisedto include a common core of classes in Year 1 and Year 2. Materials I, an introductory materialsscience course, is now taken by all Year 1 engineering students. The lectures in the course weremodified to include topics that are of interest to electronic and electrical engineering students,electrical and optical properties of materials. A hands-on laboratory experience has been developedto support student learning on electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity. The hands-onexperiment about optical reflectivity will be added to the
classroom (1 in Section 1 and 4 inSection 2) and students that perceived the flipped classroom took more of their time than atraditional approach (1 in Section 1 and 3 in Section 2).The rate of negative feedback was higher in Section 2 with the graduate student instructor. Asdiscussed above, Section 2 contained more high performers, which could indicate that Section 2was composed of more students that had achieved success under traditional learning techniques,and thus were resistant to the flipped classroom. Upon reflection, we believe that students in bothsections were similarly educated about the benefit of the flipped classroom at the beginning ofthe semester. However, a few students in Section 2 vocally expressed dislike of the approachafter
students to reconsider the values associated withcollaboration.Active LearningActive learning has been performed in several different forms to expose students to various Page 26.148.3subjects in construction. The idea of active learning was first established through the works ofKurt Lewin, John Dewey and Jean Piaget, where they defined experiential learning through“adaptive modes of concrete experiences and abstract conceptualizations and the modes of activeexperimentation and reflective observation characteristically resolved in different fields ofinquiry”9 . Kolb8 states that there are two main goals in the experiential learning or activelearning
engineering and technology.This paper describes how the program builds awareness of the broad characteristics of leadershipleading up to this exercise, enriching the understanding of how leadership emerges and evolves,as a blueprint of a best practice in a nationally recognized curriculum. Included is an overviewand structure of the leadership program and brief descriptions of the leadership topics taught inthe class, including supporting literature, and outcomes.2 The Assignment – Personal Case StudyThe purpose of the assignment is to give students the opportunity to analyze the leadershipapproach and philosophies of historic figures and reflect upon how their styles match andcontrast with what they’ve been taught in the classroom, and then share
process 13% 25% 11% Help with career path 0% 25% 7%Before the workshop, all of the participants knew how to define racism. However, 67% of theattendees did not know what a micro-aggression was. Surprisingly, none of the faculty listedpossible benefits of being proactive. Students listed that some people may be shy (22%), can't sit Page 26.565.10and do nothing (22%), you get to learn (11%) and can avoid potential problems before theyoccur (22%).Post session methods to increase participation were more concrete and reflected that sessionattendees did learn something (Table 4
strong tool for dealing with this problem.12 Simulation is a problem-solving exercise that is undertaken collaboratively and may besolved through a combination of character identification, shared decision making, investigativeinquiry, and reflective practice within a scenario context (Fisher, 2005). Although the importance Page 26.582.5of hands-on labs to the technology curriculum cannot be denied, Garcia (1995) cites severaladvantages of computer simulations compared to laboratory activities.13 First, there appear to beimportant pedagogical advantages of using computer simulations in the classroom. Second, thepurchase, maintenance, and
instructor reflection students Entry Data Implementation & Assessment Cycle Redesign Faculty the Course participants Collect Student Midterm Assessment Faculty,staff, and Midterm and instructor reflection
evenanswering such questions at an HA event. The behavior that is being encouraged in HA is earlycareer ambassadorship, not the promotion of attendance at a particular university or career at aparticular employer. That being said, effective ambassadors reflect well on their institutions andemployers and there is likely some marketing or recruiting benefit to these institutions in theactivity. Page 26.611.4The HA program was piloted in 2013-14 with 28 participating schools (resulting in 24 visits) andrepeated in 2014-15 with 38 participating schools (21 visits completed at the time of thiswriting). The second year implementation was accompanied by one
Engineering Senior CE_Se_03 Male Chemical Engineering Senior NE_Se_01 Male Nuclear Engineering SeniorData Analysis. Our data analysis process was an iterative one involving continualexamination and discussion. Interview data were analyzed using constant comparativemethods of analysis17. In the first phase of analysis, the students’ interview responses weretranscribed from both audio and video records. The research team looked for patterns instudents’ responses that reflected their subjective reasoning. Each of the first two authorsindividually identified and grouped distinct responses. The grouped categories were used tostructurally describe participants’ reflections on their learning
example, we have developed a first-year course in which students role- Page 26.679.5play as engineering interns and participate in two 8-week-long virtual internship programs [14].In one virtual internship, Nephrotex, students design a filtration membrane for a hemodialysismachine. In a second internship, RescuShell, students design an exoskeleton to assist rescueworkers. Throughout each internship, students interact with their team members and theirmentors via a chat program. Mentors guide them through the activities and occasionally ask themto reflect on their work in a digital engineering notebook. At the end of the course, studentspresent
integrate the feedback into their performance. As a result, we were not achievingour desired program outcomes: improved project-specific engineering design skills, professionalbehavior, and evidence of self-reflection. To address this, we have created and implemented anadditional avenue for peer-to-peer anonymized feedback: a qualitative survey utilizing codedcompetencies. The purpose of this research is to evaluate this qualitative instrument in terms ofoverall effectiveness. This paper outlines insights and trends noted in the first year ofimplementation.Context The Multidisciplinary Design Program is an academic program that provides studentsfrom across the university an opportunity to develop and refine their engineering skills byworking
. Page 26.1455.2IntroductionThis paper lies at the intersections of two movements. The first, a realization for the untappedproblem-solving potential inherent in big, collaborative meetings of passionate people (mostcommonly seen in hackathons). The second, the realization that design thinking can extend muchfarther beyond the traditional product design engineering classroom and into the hands of ourcitizens in order to capacitate them as able problem-solvers in our community.To understand the first realization is to understand the hacker culture that has expanded acrossnations and disciplines. Originally used to describe someone who makes furniture with an axe,this makeshift nature reflected onto the first programming-oriented use of the word
propositional logic are among the concepts underlying testing; • provides examples for data structures: testing tools need to represent graphs, the axioms of abstract data types such as a stack can guide testing; and • supports programming education in various aspects: students become better programmers as they o become tool literate; o learn about topics as testing and debugging presented as SECs; and o reflect on quality of source code as well as of programs.Such a positive view is supported, e.g., by McCauley and Jackson who write: “an early andconsistent emphasis on software engineering concepts creates a student culture that values theprinciples and practices of software engineering” 15. Also