during an event designed to disrupt the educational enterprise [11]. TheCOVID-19 pandemic thus provides an opportunity to investigate dimensions of engineeringculture during a crisis, which can open new avenues for conversations about equity andaccessibility in engineering by identifying which aspects of culture are most and least amenableto change. In other words, disasters can help uncover ‘what really matters’ and potentially offer anew avenue for cultural change.This paper and its larger research project aim to capture student experiences and reflections, intheir own words, in order to understand how dimensions of engineering culture interacted withpractices in engineering education during COVID-19. This research project will then allow
another's work either synchronously or asynchronously.Using a qualitative thematic analysis of preservice teachers’ anonymous exit slips and coursereflections, we generated three overarching themes as our key findings. These themeshighlighted the growth and development of preservice teachers' technological, pedagogical, andcontent knowledge (TPACK), reflective practices as future K-12 STEM teachers, and thepromotion of access and equity of educational technology in STEM education. We suggest thatmore longitudinal case studies with quantitative and qualitative analyses are needed to furtherexplore what aspects of STEM preservice teachers’ subsequent teaching practicum might beenhanced by the use of collaborative technologies during the micro
students to reflect on their team’s operationalbehavior and their team’s design habits so that they could better understand what was needed forsuccess in this course and beyond. To address these needs, the team of instructors for ENES100developed and implemented a “Team Performance Rubric”.Although there are many tools and software that are available for assessing the performance of ateam and gathering peer evaluations [1], a novel aspect of the rubric is a reflective andresponsive approach for assessing design practices within the team. A rubric was developed forrating a team’s engineering design process habits, such as"effective use of modeling techniques”and “design iteration,” as well as the team’s effectiveness, such as “productive discourse
phenomenon, we developed a community of practice where we shared our experiences and informed our practice through written reflections and weekly meetings. Using the Q3 qualitative research framework as a guide for establishing procedures, we combined elements from collaborative autoethnography and collaborative inquiry to narrate our experiences. We analyzed a subset of our first semester reflections to understand the challenges we faced in our new positions and support we received from our weekly meetings. We found the time management of teaching, research, and service to be overarching challenges. Additionally, the support from our weekly meetings
education within the U.S.As evidenced by these programs, sociotechnical thinking is gradually emerging as an importanttheme within engineering education. More faculty are seeking to implement these concepts intheir classrooms. In this paper, we therefore seek to share insight from our team’s experienceswith sociotechnical integrations and our perceptions of the impacts of these integrations on ourstudents, including how we can use our experiences for formative classroom purposes.This paper presents the results of a qualitative analysis of faculty reflection logs written by twoinstructors who implemented sociotechnical thinking in their classrooms. As has been argued byBrent and Felder, writing and thinking, as is required for these logs, provokes
; Inclusion. He is investigating university-community engagement as empow- erment settings and working to further the research agenda of the global community of practice within Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering Education. His research laboratory aims to support an inclu- sive, global pipeline of STEM talent and to unify the needs of the engineering education stakeholders in order for engineering education to more accurately reflect societal needs. Diversity and inclusion, univer- sity/community engagement, informal learning, action research, and student led initiatives fall within the scope of his academic endeavors. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A pilot study
optical systems as well as their applicability for the detection offlow patterns. Experimental SystemA measurement system was developed and built for the measuring of flow patterns using opticalsystems (both hydraulic and electronic). The hydraulic system—shown in Figure 1—consists of avertical test tube, two optical measurement systems (reflective and passing), air pressure and flowmeters, and an air compressor. The electronic system consists of a computer-aided data acquisitionsystem (CADAS) and a prototyping board with a Wheatstone bridge, which is interfaced to NIELVIS using a digital oscilloscope. Experimental research was conducted using two differentoptical measurement systems (translucent and
Session 2625 Service-Learning in Capstone Design Projects: Emphasizing Reflection Patricia Brackin, J. Darrell Gibson Department of Mechanical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractService-learning offers opportunities for students to help their community whiledemonstrating ABET EC 2000 criteria. This paper gives a brief introduction to servicelearning concepts and then focuses on methods to increase student reflectionIntroductionService learning projects are typically sponsored by a community partner and givestudents the opportunity to interact with
Paper ID #45056Design Signatures in the Wild: Making the Invisible Visible (in First YearEngineering) WORKSHOPDr. Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Northeastern Univeristy Nicole Batrouny is an Assistant Teaching Professor of First Year Engineering at Northeastern University. Her engineering education research interests include novice engineering education (K12- first year), reflective engineering design process, metacognition, collaboration in engineering, and decision making.Dr. Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder Daria Kotys-Schwartz is the Director of the Idea Forge—a flexible, cross-disciplinary design space
Paper ID #37749Low and High Performing First-Year Engineering Students’Learning and Metacognitive StrategiesKayla Ney Kayla Ney is a Master's student in Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. While pursuing her degree in BSE conducting research in the Orthopedic and Neural Engineering (ONE) Lab, Kayla has been analyzing data and evaluating engineering student reflections and metacognitive abilities. Her interests include engineering design curricula, engineering education in the biomedical engineering space, and strategies to better equip engineering graduates with skills that
context in engineering design, and the use of reflection to support learning.Soraya Grace BararDr. Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington Dr. Jennifer Turns is a full professor in the Human Centered Design & Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington. Engineering education is her primary area of scholarship, and has been throughout her career. In her work, she currently focuses on the role of reflection in engineering student learning and the relationship of research and practice in engineering education. In recent years, she has been the co-director of the Consortium to Promote Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE, funded by the Helmsley Charitable Trust), a member
innovation by analogy and reflection in their career pathways project. The objective isfor students to learn about the engineering design process and to apply it to their academicchallenges by analogy. This prepares students with meta skills to help solve future problems intheir academic path, and at each iteration, the students transform themselves, hence the use of theterm self-transformation (also referred as “self-innovation”). Data collected from pre and postsurveys will be presented to measure self-efficacy in engineering design, grit, motivation tolearn, and STEM identity. Participant interviews provide a qualitative insight into theintervention. This project is funded by NSF award 2225247.IntroductionIn recent years, the transition of
,unguided reflections on their performance, level of knowledge, skill, and understanding toimprove the effectiveness and quality of their learning. However, little is known about howstudents' reflections, motivation and self-directed learning are related within engineering context.In this study, data from the students' responses to surveys were analyzed to determine theassociation among the variables of interest. The calculated Pearson correlation coefficient fromthe data shows that self-assessment components of self-reflection, positive perception of self-assessment, and intrinsic motivation have strong significant correlations. Both motivationvariables of task value and control belief have a medium to high correlation with the self-assessment
retail stores andmanufacturing environment, where fluorescent lights are commonly used. Fluorescent lights areenergized with AC power at certain frequencies depending on their design and go through twocycles of ionization/de-ionization during each power cycle which makes them time varying RFreflectors. There is a possibility that the time varying component of the RFID signal reflected bythe fluorescent light may share the same spectrum as similar components originating from theRFID tags, when they are operating in backscatter mode. This dynamic reflection of RF signalsmay interfere with the operation of the reverse link of the RFID systemA research project was conducted within the Bloomsburg University electronics engineeringtechnology (EET
Speaker) Concept Sketches Engineering Project Management: Analysis 5 of Alternatives Engineering Project Management: Failure Report – Preliminary concept 6 Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) selection Engineering Ethics (case studies and guest Report – Final concept design and 7 speaker) project schedule 8 Mid-term Project Presentation Presentation – proof-of-concept 9 Professional Behavior (Guest Speaker) Reflection on ethical behavior 10 Professional
happensthrough reflection on experience. 1 Reflection is a meaning-making process, which moves the learner into a deeperunderstanding of experiences and links between the connections. The role of reflection is tomake meaning, linking experience with knowledge. In other words, for Dewey, learning happens Page 9.861.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineeringwhen students reflect on an activity. Educators should promote both the activity and thereflection process. Positive reflection is a community
, reflection coefficient response, which reduces reflections to negligible levels. Itextends Dolph-Chebyshev antenna theory to transmission line transformers. The earlier methodwas W.W. Hansen’s Binomial Coefficient design for several transformer sections. Over abandwidth ratio of f2/f1 = 2.0, the Chebyshev Polynomial method has a VSWR of 1.02 to thebinomial coefficient design with a VSWR of 1.13, for a line with five sections. Chebyshevpolynomials are tedious to calculate, but an unwritten method, developed by Ross E. Graves atStanford University, makes the calculations as simple as those in Pascal’s Triangle for BinomialCoefficients. My thesis advisors, Donald Reynolds and Myron Swarm at Stanford, were studentsunder Professor Graves, and enjoyed my
presentation demonstratesreflective activities that support the natural connection between the brain structure and thelearning cycle.2 Activities such as reviewing ideas in journaling exercises for a mathematicallyrigorous engineering course will be addressed. These techniques are often limited to design-courses that develop “soft-skills” in engineers. Conventional courses, however, subscribe totraditional teaching methods with fewer opportunities for student reflection. Examples ofunconventional reflective journaling activities employed in an engineering course that addressedmodern physics concepts and semiconductor material topics will be highlighted in this paper.The teaching and learning model for this course was based on the established theory of
Paper ID #8451Take Ownership of Learning Outside Classroom:Dr. Wenli Guo, Queensborough Community College Dr. Wenli Guo is a professor of physics and her experiences include spectroscopy, pedagogy, etc. Page 24.1152.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Take Ownership of Learning Outside Classroom: Reflection through Journal Writing in a Conceptual Physics Course
doctoral research focused on 1) how engineering stu- dents develop empathy during community-based learning (e.g., service-learning) and 2) how engineering educators can integrate empathy into their teaching. Before studying in the U.S., Linjue (Jade) earned her B.E. in Building Environment and Energy Engineering from the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University in China. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Lessons Learned: Designing an empathy workshop for engineering faculty to promote equity-focused teachingAbstract:This paper shares lessons learned from designing and reflecting on an empathy workshop for engineeringfaculty. The workshop
practicesand shift institutional culture, the research team hosted a symposium focused on theimportance of teaching at the core of an institution. The attendees included 98 STEMfaculty from several universities all interested in the topic of reflective teaching. Many ofthe participants had been trained in evidence-based instructional practices and faculty peerobservation. A survey of participants asked these faculty to reflect on the idea of a T1classification and how it might be framed in the broader conversation about enhancingSTEM teaching. The survey responses were grouped based on change quadrants. Theresponses indicated alignment around reflective teaching, inclusive classroom practices,and recognition of excellence in pedagogy.Introduction and
projects.Dr. Carolyn L Sandoval, University of California, San Diego Dr. Sandoval is the Associate Director of the Teaching + Learning Commons at the University of Cali- fornia, San Diego. She earned a PhD in Adult Education-Human Resource Development. Her research interests include adult learning and development, faculty development, qualitative methods of inquiry, and social justice education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Integration of Weekly Reflections in an Introductory Design Class to Assess Experiential Learning OutcomesI. Introduction Hands-on design courses, particularly at the introductory level, have gained popularity in engineering
communication skills via dialog with peers and facilitators (giving and receiving feedback, active listening, collaborative learning). • Practice compassionate behaviors towards oneself and others. • Develop and evaluate a plan for maintaining a balance of both reflection and action for future advocacy efforts.Guiding FrameworkThe course is built from a guiding framework for effective and enduring advocacy, which we havedefined as the work we do to transform our world’s systems and cultures in ways that we believewill make life, love, and liberation more possible. Inspiration for the framework comes from ourown experiences, current leaders [9], and past advocates for social change through education[10, 11]. The four steps that make up
- pedagogic training of academic teachersAbstractThe following report explains, why it is necessary, to train academic teachers by using a“competence-oriented” curriculum. That means, to give the teachers the chance, to workproject-oriented and to learn to reflect their own working and problem-solutions in teaching.To demonstrate the possibility of such curriculum, a prototype was developed by using themethods of vocational-science. That means to analyze the work-processes of academicteachers about their core work-tasks and to transfer this to project-based modules ofengineering education.Keywords: PBL, PBE, TVET, Bachelor, educationProblem in brief: About the duality of engineering BA Courses of studyConcept of
, and theengaging process of curating learning experiences and artifacts, we hypothesize that students willcome to perceive their classroom learning experience as being multi-dimensional and immersive.Teaching students about meta-learning and requiring them to reflect on their learning viaePortfolios should further support a holistic learning experience. For the instructor and teachingassistants, ePortfolio-based projects will provide a good catalog of work for assessing studentmastery as well as the opportunity to make meta-learning and reflective practice part of theassessment process. As students will also have the opportunity to give and receive feedback fromtheir peers, they will have the benefit of incorporating other views and
students and professionals ought tobe concerned with ethics, and highlights its importance and relevance in core classes.Shortcomings include: a sense of disjointedness when ethics is added rather than fully integratedinto a course; the perceived challenge of connecting certain ethics topics with certain engineeringsubjects; and a lack of deep reflection or critical thinking on the part of students when notsufficiently supported.In seeking to address the drawbacks of the ethics across the curriculum approach at ourinstitution, we implemented an ethics weblog (blog) in the core engineering thermodynamicscourse. Previously, ethics had been taught in this course through the use of case analyses thatdealt nominally with thermodynamics topics. In order
AC 2012-4670: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF EMPATHY IN ENGINEER-ING COMMUNICATION THROUGH A TRANSDISCIPLINARY DIALOGUEDr. Joachim Walther, University of Georgia Joachim Walther is an Assistant Professor of engineering education research at the University of Georgia (UGA). He is Co-director of the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), an interdisciplinary research group with members from engineering, art, educational psychology, and social work. His research interests span the formation of students’ pro- fessional identity, the role of reflection in engineering learning, and interpretive research methods in en- gineering education. He was the first international
The first ePortfolio was implemented in Fall 2015. The associated activities wererequired in the course and were part of the grading criteria:a. 1st test (including HW) 20%b. 2nd test (including HW) 20%c. 3rd test (including HW) 20%d. Course project 30%e. Peer review assignment 5%f. ePortfolio 5% The ePortfolio activities consisted in 4 main activities: 1) Setup google drive folders, 2)Upload artifacts to folders as they were produced, 3) Develop a showcase ePortfolio with links toarchived artifacts, and 4) Complete ePortfolio reflective assignment. These general activitieswere kept unchanged throughout the whole implementation in the 2 years period, but their sub-activities were adjusted
Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (CELT), a professor in Human Centered Design & Engineering, and the inaugural holder of the Mitchell T. & Lella Blanche Bowie Endowed Chair at the University of Washington. Dr. Atman is co-director of the newly-formed Consortium for Promoting Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE), funded by a $4.4 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. She was director of the NSF-funded Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE), a national research center that was funded from 2003-2010. Dr. Atman is the author or co-author on over 115 archival publications. She has been invited to give many keynote addresses, including a
assessment format, instructors were able to identify studenthesitations and conflicts while solving the problem and determine whether they were a result ofconceptual or non-conceptual errors. Following the assessment, the researchers asked each studyparticipant questions to prompt reflection on why certain errors were made. This papersummarizes the assessment and reflection procedure used, a small sample of students’performance on a traditional paper-based assessment compared to the interview assessment, andthe reasons for errors. Recommendations for future research and improving course delivery toprevent misconceptions are provided.IntroductionStrong knowledge of fundamental mechanics is essential for success in undergraduateengineering curricula