2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference Instructor-Developed Course Concept Maps Used to Contextualize Material Elizabeth MH Garcia U.S. Coast Guard AcademyAbstractDuring a semester, students often focus on the individual class lectures and topics, failing to seethe global picture of the course material. However, with the aid of a concept map provided bythe instructors on the first day of classes, and referred to throughout the semester, students mayimprove their “big picture” understanding of the course. For example, in the Ship Structurescourse taught at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, nearly
Concept MapsAbstractThis paper describes a work-in-progress study investigating the use of concept mapping forassessing students’ conceptual knowledge over a semester in a biomedical engineering modelingcourse. The concept maps are used to evaluate the evolution of students’ skills in developingmathematical models that describing biological systems and students’ specific contentknowledge as they complete problem-based learning projects. As students gain experiencedeveloping mathematical models to answer open-ended problem-based learning questions, wehypothesize that their conceptual understanding of mathematical modeling and of the biologicalsystems studied will increase. This improved conceptual understanding is reflected by conceptmaps with
Identification of Ethical Dilemmas through Concept Maps and Role-PlaysAbstractThis Research-to-Practice paper presents a study of the use of concept maps for assessingengineering students’ representation and identification of ethical dilemmas. The concept mapswere implemented in the context of role-play case studies in a class on technology ethics. Due tothe ubiquitous nature of technological applications in the field of engineering, it is important toteach students how to identify and address ethical dilemmas that might emerge throughalgorithms embedded in different systems. To understand how technology operates, studentsmust explore the context around their implementation and understand the perspective of
Paper ID #38086An Exploration of Concept Mapping as a ReflectiveApproach for Instructors When Evaluating Problem DesignIntentAndrew Olewnik (Assistant Professor) Assistant Professor | Engineering Education | University at BuffaloScott M FergusonNadeem SheikhAmrith MariappanLaine Schrewe © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com An Exploration of Concept Mapping as a Reflective Approach for Instructors When Evaluating Problem Design IntentAbstractIntroduction: The work reported here subscribes to the idea that the best way to
Paper ID #39159Board 365: Reaching Consensus: Using Group Concept Mapping in aMulti-Site STEM Hub Research TeamMr. Anthony Weiss, University of Missouri, Kansas City Anthony Weiss is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering with a co-discipline in Education, Lead- ership, Policy, and Foundations at UMKC. Prior to this he received his BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Pittsburg State University in 2016 where he also was a student-athlete participating in Cross Country and Track and Field. He went on to get his BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2019 from UMKC and then completed his Masters in Mechanical
African American women in engineering,minority recruitment and retention, and best practices for culturally diverse teaching.Dr. Paras Mandal, The University of Iowa Paras Mandal is an Assistant Professor of industrial, manufacturing, and systems engineering at the Uni- versity of Texas, El Paso. Mandal obtained a doctoral degree in interdisciplinary intelligent systems engineering. His teaching and research interests iSukumar Kamalasadan ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Power Engineering Curriculum Update with Situative Pedagogy and Concept Maps as Evaluation Tool V. Cecchi*, C. Smith-Orr*, P. Mandal**, S. Kamalasadan* * Electrical &
Paper ID #37725Construction and Use of a Concept Map in an UndergraduateDynamics ClassMohammed Noor-A-Alam Dr. Noor-A-Alam accomplished his Ph.D. with Energy Science & Engineering major from The University of Texas at El Paso. He has been serving as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Indiana University Purdue University Columbus since August 2018. He also served as a faculty member of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso and Washington State University. He started his academic career as a faculty member in the department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science at
. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Facilitating student metacognition using exam wrappers and concept maps in a problem-solving-based BME courseAbstractAt University of California Davis (UC Davis), Fundamentals of Bioengineering is a required 2ndyear Biomedical Engineering course aimed to address fundamental bioengineering conceptsthrough the application of conservation principles to biomedical engineering problems. Thiscourse serves as a prerequisite course for the upper-division courses in which subsequent coursesrely on students’ content knowledge from this course. We are therefore continually improvingmethods to make content more accessible from a learning perspective
Paper ID #31376Using Computer-Generated Concept Maps in the Engineering Design Pro-cessto Improve Physics LearningMr. Michael S Rugh, Texas A&M University Michael S Rugh is a third year PhD student focusing on mathematics education within the Curriculum and Instruction PhD track in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture within the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University. His current focus is on informal STEM education. Within this, he has taught for the past two years at ASSC, the Aggie STEM Summer Camp. He has over 16 presentations and publications and is constantly working on
Paper ID #18001Student Perceptions of Concept Mapping in a Foundational UndergraduateEngineering CourseProf. Ning Fang, Utah State University Ning Fang is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University, USA. He has taught a variety of courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels, such as engineering dy- namics, metal machining, and design for manufacturing. His areas of interest include computer-assisted instructional technology, curricular reform in engineering education, and the modeling and optimization of manufacturing processes. He earned his PhD, MS, and BS degrees in mechanical
Demonstration of Concept Maps to Enhance Student Learning in an Engineering Course H. Dwayne Jerro, Chun-Ling Huang, Patrick Mensah Mechanical Engineering Department Southern University Lynn Evans Centers for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Center for Faculty Development Louisiana State University AbstractDue to the drastic shift in the educational landscape toward outcome-based learning, it hasbecome essential to implement classroom tools that
AC 2009-1768: USABILITY ANALYSIS OF A CONCEPT-MAP USER INTERFACEFOR AN ON-LINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTSusan Miertschin, University of HoustonCheryl Willis, University of Houston Page 14.1300.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Usability Analysis of a Concept Map User Interface for an Online Learning EnvironmentAbstractA concept map is a graphical representation of relationships among concepts.Construction of concept maps using modern concept mapping software has beensuggested as an active learning strategy with potential for improved learner outcomes,particularly among students native to a digital environment. In addition, modern
Paper ID #27035Studying Changes using Concept Maps in First-Year Students’ Understand-ing of the Engineering Design ProcessDr. Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University Dr. Haolin Zhu earned her BEng in Engineering Mechanics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and her Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University, with a focus on computational solid mechanics. After receiving her Ph.D., Dr. Zhu joined Arizona State University as a full time Lecturer and became part of the freshman engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. She currently holds the title of Senior Lecturer and is
Paper ID #22371Refining Concept Maps as Method to Assess Learning Outcomes Among En-gineering StudentsDr. Sean Michael Ferguson, University of Virginia Sean Ferguson is a Lecturer in the Department of Engineering and Society at UVA since 2014. He special- izes in sustainable technology, standards, and bioeconomy from a background in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, working on energy and environmental policy in New York State, and a former life in cellular biology.Dr. Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia Dr. Rider W. Foley is an assistant professor in the science, technology &
, and the ability toaccept failure [2]. Students in both engineering and business can benefit from these skills, asthese skills have widespread application in today’s professional environments.In order to better understand how both business and engineering students perceived the term“entrepreneurial mindset,” this study utilized concept mapping to visually elicit business andengineering students’ perspectives. Concept mapping is a useful assessment tool since it outlinesrelationships between ideas and concepts [3]. Using a concept map, it is possible to observe howstudents connect different attributes and topics to an overarching theme (in our case:“entrepreneurial mindset”). Two different methods of scoring concept maps were used:traditional
Paper ID #24600Board 49: Enhancing Student Active Learning via Concept Mapping in anUndergraduate Engineering CourseProf. Ning Fang, Utah State University Ning Fang is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University, U.S.A. He has taught a variety of courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels, such as engineering dy- namics, metal machining, and design for manufacturing. His areas of interest include computer-assisted instructional technology, curricular reform in engineering education, and the modeling and optimization of manufacturing processes. He earned his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S
’ Design Process Concept MapsIntroductionIn our ongoing exploration of this EAGER EEC NSF-funded project, we share results of thedesign concept maps part of our research project. This paper is intended to share formativedevelopment of a coding scheme to assess and evaluate drawings by undergraduate engineeringstudents of their engineering design process. There is a spectrum of student responses anddeveloping a taxonomy, or categorization, is helpful to better understand where students beginand end from a design project learning experience. This can then inform and illustrate the waysin which students balance breadth and depth and learn and apply their engineering know how.Design may appear throughout a curriculum or be substantiated as a capstone
Paper ID #11222Using Students-Generated Concept Maps to Assess Students’ Conceptual Un-derstanding in a Foundational Engineering CourseProf. Ning Fang, Utah State University Ning Fang is a Professor in the College of Engineering at Utah State University, USA. He has taught a variety of courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels, such as engineering dynamics, metal machining, and design for manufacturing. His areas of interest include computer-assisted instructional technology, curricular reform in engineering education, the modeling and optimization of manufacturing processes, and lean product design. He earned his
Paper ID #17246Using Concept Maps as a Tool for Assessment and Continuous Improvementof a First-Year CourseDr. Elise Barrella, James Madison University Dr. Elise Barrella is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at James Madison University, who focuses teaching, scholarship, service, and student mentoring on transportation systems, sustainability, and engi- neering design. Dr. Barrella completed her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Georgia Tech where she con- ducted research in transportation and sustainability as part of the Infrastructure Research Group (IRG). Dr. Barrella has investigated best practices in engineering
Paper ID #17112Using Concept Maps for Assessment and Improvement of a Multi-Section In-troduction to Engineering CourseDr. Mary Roth, Lafayette College Mary Roth is the Simon Cameron Long Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. She received her degrees in civil engineering from Lafayette College (B.S.), Cornell University (M.S.), and University of Maine (Ph.D.). She joined the faculty at Lafayette in 1991 and her research interests include risk assessment for earth retaining structures, site investigation methods in karst, and engineering pedagogy. She has authored
Paper ID #15876Work in Progress: Evaluation of the Concept Mapping in a Student-CenteredBiomaterials CourseMikayle A. Holm, Arizona State University Mikayle Holm, BSE is a student in the Barrett Honors College and School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. Mikayle will receive her bachelor’s degree in Biomed- ical Engineering in May 2016. She has a variety of research experience including a National Science Foundation funded Research Experience for Undergraduates, a Lab Coordinator position for Dr. Michael Caplan’s Type Two Diabetes/Childhood Obesity Lab, and an Honors Thesis project
Engineering Education, 2019 Assessing Interdisciplinary Competency in the Disaster Resilience and Risk Management Graduate Program using Concept Maps: A Pilot StudyIntroductionIn recent years, an increasing number of natural and human-made disasters, like Hurricane Mariaand the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, have impacted vulnerable populations across theglobe. The Disaster Resilience and Risk Management (DRRM) graduate program, housed atVirginia Tech, aims to educate interdisciplinary scholars who can help address these disastersboth before and after they happen in order to increase community resilience. Our overall projectgoal is to improve understanding and support proactive decision-making relative to DRRM byestablishing a sustainable and
Paper ID #22569Using Concept Maps to Assess Student Learning in a Multi-Section Introduc-tion to Engineering CourseDr. Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt P.E., Lafayette College Dr. Kristen Sanford Bernhardt is chair of the Engineering Studies program and associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College. Her expertise is in sustainable civil infrastructure management and transportation systems. She teaches a variety of courses including sustainability of built systems, transportation systems, transportation planning, civil infrastructure management, engineering economics, and Lafayette’s
, specifically around engineeringdesign. The new second-year courses build on student design experiences from first-year whileintroducing students to more discipline-specific design processes. The first course in this seriesfocuses on chemical engineering and the second course on biological engineering. This currentresearch focuses on the impact of the first course in this series.Concept maps have been shown to be a powerful and flexible way of assessing student learning.They have been implemented in a wide variety of contexts such as in design and conceptualknowledge assessment. Students were asked to create a concept map for chemical engineering atthe start (pre) and end (post) of the course outlining the 10-20 most important concepts inchemical and
AC 2012-3345: ENHANCING STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF DYNAM-ICS CONCEPTS THROUGH A NEW CONCEPT MAPPING APPROACH:TREE OF DYNAMICSProf. Ning Fang, Utah State University Ning Fang is an Associate Professor in the College of Engineering at Utah State University, USA. He has taught a variety of engineering courses such as engineering dynamics, metal machining, and design for manufacturing. His areas of interest include computer-assisted instructional technology, curricular reform in engineering education, the modeling and optimization of manufacturing processes, and lean product design. He earned his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees in mechanical engineering and is the author of more than 60 technical papers published in
AC 2009-2534: STUDENTS’ LEARNING SATISFACTION AND PROGRESSTOWARD A NANOMETER COURSE, EMPLOYING A CONCEPT MAPPINGLEARNING WEB PLATFORMKuo-Hung Tseng, Meiho Institute of TechnologyChi-Cheng Chang, National Taipei University of Technology Page 14.1091.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Students’ Learning Satisfaction and Progress toward Nanometer Course Employing Concept Mapping Learning Web Platform (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Kuo-Hung Tseng , Chi-Cheng Chang , Mei-Wen Chao , Wen-Shung Tai & Yueh-Min Huang(1) (3) Graduate Institute
Concept Mapping as a Form of Knowledge Assessment and Instruction in the Domain of Information Systems Leonid B. Preiser Department of Computer Science and Information Systems School of Engineering and Technology National University 11255 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037-1011 (858) 642-8483, fax (858) 642-8489IntroductionThis paper focuses on applications of the concept mapping (CM) approach, a cognitive learning andassessment tool invented at Cornell University, for curriculum planning and student assessment inthe domain of
issues into the civil engineering curriculum and the use of data analytics to improve student retention.Dr. Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville Page 24.216.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Assessment of Systems Learning in an Undergraduate Civil Engineering Course using Concept MapsAbstractAs part of ongoing assessment of student learning in a new undergraduate civil and environmen-tal engineering course, faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville have devel-oped a concept map instrument. A major goal of
dispersed environment. Page 25.1310.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Impact of Cognitive Style on Concept Mapping: Visualizing Variations in the Structure of IdeasAbstractThe aim of this exploratory study was to determine whether any links exist between cognitivestyle and the ways in which students organize their ideas in concept maps. In particular, 77undergraduate and 51 graduate engineering students completed separate concept maps based on“common knowledge” topics and relevant engineering course topics, respectively; this paper willfocus on the
time and ever-increasing tasks, functions, and paperwork! Can AI-powered assistants solve our problem – or at least assist us along the way to find a better solution? ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Enhancing Entrepreneurial Minded Learning of Process Control and Heat Transfer Concepts Using Micromoments and Concept Maps AbstractThe Entrepreneurially Minded Learning (EML) Framework seeks to infuse an EntrepreneurialMindset in engineering students. The EML framework is founded on the 3 C’s principles ofcuriosity, connections, and creating value. Assessing EML efforts, however, is a well-knownchallenge for many engineering