write papers;and debate and critique topics during the teaching-learning process in purely academic settings;the classroom – traditional or virtual. Formal evaluations are the basis for feedback on howstudent’s felt about the course and the instructor’s approaches to teaching and organization of thecourse. Usually formal evaluations capture the basics through responses that are measured usingvarious scales and administered at the end of the semester. Most students avoid the sections onthe evaluations forms provided for additional comments on the course; many because at that timethey are anxious about course outcomes – research papers, final exams, and grades. To capturestudents’ voice on the effectiveness of teaching styles a different approach
address a variety of mathematical and scientific topics, includinghand-writing analysis, trigonometry, lenses, the human eye, and spherical astronomy.After viewing this lesson, the participating mathematics teachers reviewed polygons andangles, and used these concepts to complete an exercise concerning the minimum numberof guards needed to secure an art gallery with specified dimensions. The science teachersstudied lenses and the human eye. Jointly, the mathematics and science teachers appliedthese skills by constructing a sun dial and analyzed hand-writing samples. Page 13.1324.4 Table 1: Summer Workshop –– The Math and Science of NUMB3RS
engagement—did in fact occur. Becausestudents were asked to predict what would happen prior to the demonstration, they were motivatedto pay attention during the demonstration. Students in the back of the room stood up so that they Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Educationcould see more clearly what was happening. The instructor's questioning process before, during, andafter the demonstration kept student attention focused on critical components of the demonstration.Further, students were asked to write predictions and write answers to post-demonstration
, were two very different things, but they were and arevery much entwined and the discussions at many of the section meetings made that clear. If one wants to pursue a pathway to research in engineering education, the researchmethodology in engineering education should be no different than the same methodologicalapproach used in technical engineering research: 1. define the research question or hypothesis, 2.write a proposal or plan, 3. seek funding or other appropriate support, 4. do the work rigorously,and 5. publish the results in peer-reviewed journals. In this sense, engineering educationresearch should be considered favorably in promotion and tenure. One caveat in educationalresearch is that the student (human subject) is the target
Tampa, which is currently beautifying three of its stormwater ponds.The Environmental Engineering Laboratory at USF is a required 1 unit course offered in the Falland Spring semester each year with a total enrollment of 60 students each semester. Studentswork in teams of 3 to conduct experiments and write reports for a series of labs that explorewater quality measurements (e.g. pH, turbidity, DO, hardness, phosphorous) and treatmentprocesses (e.g. chemical precipitation, flocculation and settling, sorption, photocatalyticoxidation). Class lectures not only cover experimental approaches, but also used online videosthat addressed issues of sustainability. After the videos, students brainstormed on sustainabilityas it applies to the laboratory
organizations. He is a senior member of IEEE and is a member of ASME, SIAM, ASEE and AGU. He is actively involved in CELT activities and regularly participates and presents at the Lilly Conference. He has been the recipient of several Faculty Learning Community awards. He is also very active in assessment activities and has presented more than a dozen papers at various Assessment Institutes. His posters in the areas of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Socratic Inquisition have received widespread acclaim from several scholars in the area of Cognitive Science and Educational Methodologies. He has received the Assessment of Critical Thinking Award twice and is currently working towards incorporating writing
not standard in classroom dynamics.One such advantage is working with people from different backgrounds. The data in question 1points to students realizing communication plays a key to solving societal issues. This projectchallenged both classes to step outside their comfort zone and communicate on a real issue. Inaddition, in two unrelated questions, 1 and 3, communication was a major theme in their answers.The data shown in question 1 and 3 reaffirms the belief that service learning is helpful to students ingaining certain skills not accomplished in writing a paper. Although communication was not thefocus during the project, the largest number of students mentioned it when asked what personalquality the students took away from the project
of Technology Julia M. Williams is Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment & Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana. Her articles on writing assessment, electronic portfolios, ABET, and tablet PCs have appeared in the Technical Communication Quarterly, Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, The International Journal of Engineering Education, Journal of Engineering Education, and The Impact of Tablet PCs and Pen-based Technology on Education. She is the recipient of the 2007 HP Technology for Teaching Award and the 2008 Rose-Hulman Board of
Proiect. The humanities faculty played a key role in . -developing techn~cal writing skills ~nd-improving bra~ communication. Students wer; graded ‘on finalreports and presentations of their project designs. Since students worked as a team, the team shared thegrade of the final reports. 4 ADOPTION AND ADAPTATION OF THE E PROGRAM AT NJIT The original intent of the FED 101 course at NJIT was to offer one project covering all major areasof engineering. However, the logistics of teaching schedules for team teaching and the type of project hasvaried over time and is still
of all the professors in the department and/or college promoted based on teaching.If a list exists, then you know the university values teaching and you are on the right team. If a list does not existthen get “face to face” with your department head and dean and ask them point blank if they will support you forpromotion based on teaching. If they say no, then leave the university, if they say yes, and put it in writing, youmust be prepared to take the next step. &eD ~ To get the game started, you must get nominated by someone on the Primary Committee. Thus,the next step is to find a full professor in your department that believes in the value of teaching and develop arelationship with this person(s). You need an advocate on the
interested in serving as a Program Director at NSFbut couldn’t find the right point in my career to do so. After serving as Department Chair andgiven that my children were older and my husband was supportive of me pursuing thisopportunity; it seemed like an ideal time.SCHULZ: The first question you have to ask yourself is why do you think you need a sabbatical?What types of things would help you recharge and regain perspective? Do you want to work in anew research area and learn new skills? Do you want to write a book? Do you want to visitseveral universities and learn about advanced pedagogical trends? Do you want to spend time inindustry to help with classroom and research activities? The answer to some of these questionswill be essential for
and enhanced my ability to interact with my peers and professors." "I felt a uniting between the students and the faculty, [both] individually and as a group" "I also believe it was a good experience for the undergraduates to get to know the graduate students."College Emphasis: Global awarenessProgram Objective #4: Expose students to the culture, politics, and economics of China.China is one-fifth of humanity, is the world's largest carbon emitter, has the world's fastestgrowing economy (soon to be the largest), and is the world's biggest consumer of constructionmaterials2. By 2020 the urban population of China is expected to increase from 42% to 60% ofthe total population in the country2. This movement of people from rural
the terminating gene. Animal rights can be discussed when looking at differenttransgenic animals and how they are used once produced. The aforementioned issues may beaddressed by including ethics training into the Biological Systems Engineering curriculumthrough existing labs and projects. These ideas may be incorporated in the form of a classdiscussion, a posting to an electronic portfolio, an online discussion, an assignment of a researchproject, and questions as part of a write up.Background and spiral approachAt Virginia Tech, engineering intents enter the General Engineering (GE) program and have acommon first semester; GE students are required to take a first semester, introductoryengineering course, which is offered by the Department
between work and heat is that work can always be converted completely to heat but that only a fraction of work can ever be transferred to heat. For that reason alone, we can argue that of the two forms, work is the “higher value” form of energy transfer. More on this with the second law introduction later. So taking B as Energy in our Reynolds Transport Equation we can write the First law of Thermodynamics so :- Q% / W% - (m% e) in / (m% e) out - E% gen ? E% CV First Law of Thermodynamics Net Energy accumulated in theDirect Energy
attend graduate school after degree completion. REU participants werematched with a Principal Investigator (PI), Graduate Mentor, and a project. The Graduate Mentorworked closely with the student by providing deadlines and expectations from the researchproject.The Education and Workforce team led students in weekly sessions, such as technical writing,conducting a perfect pitch, writing a literature review, and presenting a research poster. Inaddition, two electrical engineering Ph.D. students led weekly technical labs and seminars onskills needed in engineering, such as SolidWorks, systems-level electronics, and Arduino. Thisenabled equal opportunity for students to develop their background knowledge to be successfulin research and be prepared
is founded in knowledge and experience and gained over time without regard to aspecific domain [10] while the second believes creativity is domain specific and may beunrelated across domains [11, 12]. That creativity requires expertise in a field lends itself todomain being relevant in the creative process; for example, a poet of renown is not necessarilygoing to produce an innovative engineering design nor is an engineer going to write an award-winning poem. It is not impossible, but it is not predicted by any known assessments.An alternative to defining creativity as domain-general or domain-specific is to recognizecreativity as a habit that can be developed and applied to a variety of situations or domains [13]while creative products and
numerous elements. The System Engineering and Freshman Designcourse at the University of Southern Indiana is intended to help students develop qualities neededto prepare them for the remainder of their collegiate courses and for their career. In addition,freshman students gain exposure to engineering design early in their college education which is 1essential to continuing in the engineering courses. Researchers suggest that the learner-learnerinteraction can enrich learning outcomes [1]. Thus, peer-oriented educational activities such as thecreation of a functioning miniature racing car are critical in the learning journey of engineeringstudents
Chair and Associate Professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering at Trine University. She received her Ph.D from Michigan State University and bachelor’s degree from Trine (formerly Tri-State) University. Her research interests include engineering education and nucleic acid therapeutics.Dr. Charlene M. Czerniak, University of Toledo Charlene M. Czerniak is a professor at The University of Toledo in the department of Curriculum and Instruction. She received her Ph.D. in science education from The Ohio State University. A former elementary teacher in Bowling Green, OH, she teaches classes in grant writing, elementary science edu- cation, and science teacher leadership. Professor Czerniak
lecture or lab collegiality and peer review. Mid instructional elements, e.g., the text book, how much lecture vs lab, web or on campus, where or when taught, who teaches it Micro instructional elements, e.g., specific teaching and learning activities, evaluating students, class managementFigure 2. ABET Objectives Hierarchy These are broad statements that Describe what describe what graduates are
Engineering EducationSymposium. This paper reports the methods and results of this three-day event.High School Engineering Education Symposium The High School Engineering Education Symposium provided a platform to completetwo crucial AEEE project goals; (1) Stakeholder and expert revisions of the TaxonometricStructure for Secondary Engineering Programs and (2) establish writing teams and preliminarydrafts of the Progressions of Learning in Engineering. To accomplish these goals, thesymposium brought together 40 experts from the education, engineering education, technologyeducation and engineering communities. Experts were invited based on participation frompreceding Delphi study and recommendations from various stakeholders with an interest in
in the areas of creative writing and movie making. She teaches ”Script to Screen” workshops to grades K-8 and coordinates the Gifted/Talented program at Oaklawn Elementary School. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assistive Technology for Freshmen Design and K-12 OutreachAbstractThis Work in Progress paper presents on the design of project-based learning approach focusedon assistive technology as applied in a freshmen level engineering course which also integratesoutreach with the local K12 system. The university course targets general education topics as wellas an introductory engineering design experience and includes content on the engineering designprocess, societal
of Arizona Amee Hennig has her B.S. in physics and creative writing from the University of Arkansas as well as her M.A. in professional writing from Northern Arizona University. She oversees the education and outreach activities for the Center for Integrated Access Networks based out of the College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. At the University of Arizona she manages a number of summer programs for Native American students and educators.Daniel Lamoreaux M.A., University of Arizona Daniel Lamoreaux is a current doctoral candidate in the University of Arizona’s School Psychology pro- gram. While working as a graduate assistant for the education office of the Center for Integrated Access
STEM (ExPERTS) program. During her tenure at Drexel University, Ms. Ward has successfully coordinated with multiple faculty members in the submission of approximately 600 grant proposals, including co-writing, editing and serving as the Pro- gram Manager for 8 awarded STEM education grants totaling more than $13M. She has collaborated with University offices, faculty and staff in the facilitation of recruitment strategies to increase the quality and quantity of undergraduate and graduate enrollment in STEM programs. Ms. Ward now manages the day- to-day operations of the DragonsTeach and ExPERTS programs, including supporting the development of programs of study, student and teacher recruitment, fundraising and grant
in Solid Mechanics, Plasticity and Sheet Metal Forming. Dr. Matin has published more than 25 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. Dr. Matin is the recipient of NSF MRI award as a Co-PI. Dr. Matin worked in Automotive industry for Chrysler Corporation from 2005 to 2007. He Joined UMES in August 2007. He is affiliated with ASME and ASEE professional societiesMr. Lukman G. Bolahan Anidu c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Design of an Automatic Class Attendance System as an Undergraduate Senior Design ProjectAbstractOne of the goals of senior design courses in undergraduate engineering programs is to involvestudents in a meaningful project so
comprehensive series of interventions at three points instudents’ career at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)—entering first-year students(Engineering Ahead), rising second-year students (Jump Start), and a transition program forrising juniors changing from a Penn State regional campus to the Penn State University Parkflagship campus. As of this writing, we are beginning Year 4 of the 5-year project. Previouspapers described outcomes for the Engineering Ahead first-year bridge program. This paper is aninterim report that describes outcomes for two cohorts of students who participated in the JumpStart second-year summer bridge intervention.Method: The Jump Start summer bridge is a 4-week residential program on the Penn StateUniversity Park
school teachers andcommunity college faculty who will develop skills in manufacturing research, technical writing,curriculum development, and conference presentation. The goals of the proposed program are to:1) provide a STEM-based platform to engage high school teachers and community collegeinstructors in state-of-the-art manufacturing research, 2) explore a sustainable educational modelthat connects high schools, community colleges, university, and industry to instill futuregenerations with greater awareness and interest in manufacturing, 3) facilitate the developmentof curricular modules, classroom activities, and other instructional materials that will beimplemented in the participating schools and colleges eventually to be disseminated to a
– Method of assigning teams: by instructor based on students availability and preferenceDeliverables and student assessment – Deliverables: • Individual - 2 memos • Team – poster, presentation, and a written tech brief (2 pages) – Student assessment: • Memos – graded according to level of engagement • Poster and presentation – group vote (most votes earn bonus) • Tech Brief – graded according to rubric • Teamwork Evaluation (rubric, peer evaluation)Deployment and staging schedule – Three stages to deploy the module for a duration of 1.5 week, spread out in 3 in-class sessions (55 min) and 3 out-of-class assignments (6 to 8 hours) – Stage I: Pre-assignment (‘hook’) • Select a
since 2008. He works to increase student interest in the sciences through partnerships with Gift of Life, Dow Chemical, University of Pennsylvania, and Drexel University that bring real life biological and physical science into classrooms.Jessica S. Ward, Drexel University Jessica Ward serves as the Director of Operations for the DragonsTeach program. She previously worked in the College of Engineering at Drexel University for more than 9 years with a focus on recruitment, grant facilitation and STEM program management. During her tenure in the College of Engineering, Jessica successfully coordinated with multiple faculty members in the submission of approximately 600 grant proposals, including co-writing, editing
” by an expert on how to improvetheir presentation. Medical students are videotaped while performing consultations and thenreceive comments from their instructors and peers when the videos are played in public 9. In thesoftware engineering field, we use this approach to provide feedback to students on their oralpresentations, videotaping them and critiquing them post presentation.The usage of active learning activities also aids software engineering students. Formal inspections,for example, are traditionally used on software engineering projects to improve quality. However,in the classroom, formal inspections can be used to teach students both how to follow a disciplinessoftware development process and as an active learning exercise to improve
Matters Higher Education Rubric has a set of 8 general standards and 43specific review standards. Out of these 43 specific review standards, 21 are considered essentialand each standard is worth 3 points, 14 are considered very important and each standard is worth2 points and remaining 8 are considered important and each is worth 1 point. Any an onlinecourse to be effective course should have minimum overall evaluation score of 84 whenevaluated by QM Peer Reviewers. In this paper, taking quality control course as an example,how technical engineering course can be developed as an effective online course has beenexplained. Quality control course is a mandatory course in all undergraduate degree in industrialengineering and industrial engineering