– personal responsibility, self-esteem,college preparatory, magnet high school that offers its students atechnology-rich learning environment. Its culture and climate sociability, self-management, integrity, and honesty;fosters innovation that goes beyond the classroom. For example, • Thinking skills – creativity, decision-making, problem-a collaborative effort with AITE led to the creation of an online solving, learning ability, visualization skills, andlearning program – Best We Can Be – that engenders learning by reasoning ability;facilitating supportive interpersonal networks between students
community organization such as the YMCA or Boysand Girls Club. These projects engage students in STEM activities for early exposure toengineering. Projects can focus on specific ranges such as K-8, K-12, grades 5-8, or grades 9-12. Mentoring-centered projects represent mentorship among various levels such as near peermentoring between undergraduate and high school students, graduate and undergraduatestudents, graduate student peer mentoring, and mentoring of graduate students by faculty andcollege administrators. Professional development projects provide training to enhance specificskills (e.g., research and academic skills, experiential learning opportunities, allyship, orinclusive language). Accessibility-focused projects develop tools in
City, little change in the course sequence is needed; however faculty mustrestructure their syllabi to introduce the design early, and center individual and group projectsaround one aspect of the design. Obviously, an entire course is not be devoted to Sooner City;rather it provides motivation for learning theory and application. Opportunities to connect theprogram to other departments are being explored.2) $Just-in-Time# LearningWe believe, as do faculty at other institutions6,14,23, that student interest, and hence learning, ismaximum when they can see the application behind the theory. Sooner City was chosen preciselyfor this reason, i.e., to provide justification and motivation for learning design concepts. Weintroduce the appropriate
importantly, freshmen,many of whom have never “failed” before, learn to appreciate that failure is a crucial componentof creativity and an essential part of solving challenging problems.Previous researchers have shown the significant value of collaborative versus competitivelearning [9]. The importance of developing teamwork skills in college is emphasized by ABETas one of the primary “a through k” objectives: an ability to function on a multi-disciplinaryteam. Both problem-based learning and cooperative learning provide the essential skills requiredfor ABET accredited programs [10, 11]. A critical component of the Modeling and Designcourse success is the collegial atmosphere. Students from diverse backgrounds and educationalexperiences work in teams
graduates joining large softwaredevelopment organizations generally spend their first several months of employment perform-ing corrective and perfective maintenance tasks. Finding the right piece of source code rel-evant to the change request in an unfamiliar software project is among the initial challengesfaced by such new developers. Thus, it is crucial for the Software Engineering educationalprogram to equip the students with core skills to effectively and efficiently locate a concern inthe code base and relate the code to other Software Engineering artifacts.The field of tracking a concern throughout the development life cycle is known as softwaretraceability. This line of research has its root in Gotel and Finkelstein’s seminal work10 on re
and the overallgrade of the student which serves as a factor to determine student’s success in a classroom.First year engineering curriculum includes two semester course sequence: Fundamentals ofEngineering I (offered in the first semester) and Fundamentals of Engineering II (offered in thesecond semester). Data is presented from the first semester course offered at the regional campusof a large, research institution. Fundamentals of Engineering I course include the followingsections as three main components of the coursework. a) Introduction to data analysis tool suchas Microsoft Excel, b) Computer programming in MATLAB, and c) Design project. Teamworkand collaboration are heavily weighted for the assessment of student performance in the
encounters with the Other. (This is most obvious in her latest new course, A Global State of Mind.) Whatever the subject, her courses are grounded in accountability–to the text, to oneself, and to one’s fellows.Ms. Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder Robyn Sandekian is the Managing Director of the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Com- munities (MCEDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder). She joined the Engineering for Developing Communities Program (now known as the Mortenson Center) in spring 2004, just as the first EDC graduate track was approved. With MCEDC, her main duties have included student advising and academic program development. Recently, she co-developed the
Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He was formerly a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, As- sociate Department Chair for Graduate Studies and Research, and Director of Northeastern University Piezoactive Systems Laboratory at Northeastern University. An ASME Fellow and former Chairs of both ASME Mechanical Engineering Department Heads and Chairs (MEDHC) and ASME Southeast Mechan- ical Engineering Department Heads (SMEDH), Dr. Jalili is an innovative leader and researcher, known for bringing the resources of engineering education and research to undergraduate and graduate students, industry partners and community outreach programs. An active researcher, Dr. Jalili has been PI or Co-PI on
anaerodynamics course at Howard. The evaluation and research plan (created in collaboration witha third party program evaluation center at the University of Iowa) is described, which focuses onexact descriptions of the implementations of the new interface at partner sites, especially asexperienced by the students, including preliminary data on immediate student outcomes asdocumented from site testing for Fall 2003. Also discussed are conclusions and future work. Page 9.450.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering
-term groups; informal ad-hoc short-term groups,and long-term base groups lasting possibly for a year. Certainly, inventories of strategiesand practical guides for cooperative learning have enriched the literature base on learningcommunities. [17]In a similar vein, team work and small group learning both set the stage for theestablishment of a community of learning among students. The criticality of thiscommunity becomes increasingly evident as one considers the diversity in the workplaceand the necessity for graduates to be prepared to interact professionally with others quitedifferent from themselves. Team work and small group learning also set the stage for therecognition of different types of assets which individuals bring to the table
crucial for them to quicklydevelop their scholarship foci, and research plans to allow them to achieve tenure.A successful tenure program requires a balance of teaching, scholarship, and service; however,developing a robust research and scholarship agenda while trying to maintain the excellence inteaching and a broad service agenda is a challenge. In addition, teaching-oriented colleges oftenlack research laboratories, have a very limited number of graduate students, and offer little or nostartup funds to new faculty. Because of economic constraints, both administrators and facultyare being asked to do more with less support [6]. Simply put, the “action figure” portrait oftoday’s engineering/engineering technology professor[7], who has to do it
energytechnologies.8 PV is a rising field in engineering, having an average growth of 40% per year overthe last twenty years.9 Among other skills, the field requires an understanding of electricalengineering, materials engineering, semiconductor physics, and sustainability. Great strides are being taken in PV engineering to remove barriers of participation andencourage the cooperation of others in related engineering fields.10 For example, curricularefforts are underway to enhance the interdisciplinary nature of PV, aid students in their learningof PV and increase their persistence in the field.6 To facilitate these efforts, engineeringeducators are starting to identify misconceptions inherent in learning PV, enhance educationaltechnology resources
for initiatives to im- prove the professional skills of engineering graduates. LaMeres teaches and conducts research in the area of computer engineering. LaMeres is currently studying the effectiveness of online delivery of en- gineering content with emphasis on how the material can be modified to provide a personalized learning experience. LaMeres is also researching strategies to improve student engagement and how they can be used to improve diversity within engineering. LaMeres received his Ph.D. from the University of Col- orado, Boulder. He has published over 90 manuscripts and 5 textbooks in the area of digital systems and engineering education. LaMeres has also been granted 13 US patents in the area of
noting at this point, however, thatwhile we hypothesize unidirectional relationships between our sets of variables, we limit ourinvestigation to predictive relationships and not causal relationships. Figure 1 illustrates our conceptual model about the relationship between the outcome andpredictor variables. Figure 1. Conceptual model for predictor variables and outcome Throughout this paper, we aim to answer the following research question: Do thepresence of curricular opportunities for learning multidisciplinary lesson content,engineering-design activities, agency in STEM practices, data practices, collaboration, andevidence-based reasoning predict the level of student cognitive engagement in iSTEM lessons? Based on
suggested by a company,including a feasibility study of the technical and economic viability of the potential product. Afull business plan is produced when the feasibility study looks promising. For example, BrownUniversity has a two semester course where teams of engineering students work closely withcompanies to explore commercialization5. Cooper Union, working closely with the theirengineering alumni, friends and extended family, is delivering authentic opportunities forengineering students in teams of about four students to develop a business plan for a product orservice of their choice6. Case studies, guest lectures and off campus visits are used to providestudents with the necessary tools and motivation. The College of Engineering at Penn
for Engineering Education Annual Conference &ExpositionCopyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”Recommendations for further research include a longitudinal follow-up study to trackstudents behaviors and outcomes, additional research to determine the reasons for secondsemester attrition, and studies both replicating the original design with the same studentpopulation and studies extending the research to other student cohorts with both the sameand also different teaching teams in the same institution as well as other technical andnon-technical colleges with similar student populations to confirm or refute the findingsof this study and to determine their value in other settings.I. IntroductionIn his examination of
been written about the importance of preparing engineering students to workeffectively on multidisciplinary teams, very little has been published identifying the skills neededto do so from the perspective of engineers currently practicing within industry and others whowork with or supervise them. As engineering educators, we wanted to know if there are skillsspecific to the success of multidisciplinary teams, as differentiated from general teamwork skills,with the ultimate goal of incorporating the skills into our course learning objectives andactivities. Further, we were unable to find research focused specifically on the importance ofmultidisciplinary teamwork skills and their prevalence among newly graduated engineers fromthe perspective of
to show the basic retention numbers andthen allowed for further deeper exploration of student retention by showing the retention brokenout by many different subcategories of students.IntroductionLearning communities have a long history including the Meiklejohn “Experimental College” atthe University of Wisconsin in 1920. In the past couple of decades they have emerged as a wayto improve the retention for first year students.During the 1980’s and 1990’s there was a renewed interest in improving undergraduateeducation in the United States. The Boyer Commission in 1998 released its report, ReinventingUndergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities1, on the state ofundergraduate education. It recommended 10 ways to
engineering undergraduate students into the College’sscholarship – such as conducting research and presenting the findings. In this paper theprograms implemented for each strategy are presented followed by results documenting theimpact of the strategy on retention and student success. Finally, the conclusion sectionsummarizes the highlights of the accomplishments and the challenges faced. This paper willhelp serve as a resource for others planning similar programs for engineering undergraduatestudents. The University of Cincinnati (UC) is an urban, comprehensive, research-intensive, publicinstitution with over 42,000 students. The UC College of Engineering and Applied Science(CEAS) has over 3,000 undergraduate and 650 graduate students, and grants
at the sociallevel. The use of chat rooms for non-academic purposes during class time is becoming an issuein the university.The concept of using chat rooms for an environment where students cooperate to solve academicproblems is quite new at Zayed University. It needs to be further explored as it has the potentialto facilitate discussion for learning. On the other hand faculty members can play a critical role asadvisors and mentors in this environment. However, experience has shown that most facultymembers are not interested in participating in chat room sessions for a number of reasons,including being cautious and having time constraints. Faculty members actually prefer
well as howother engineering departments might take advantage of the federal appropriation and ultimately affect thepipeline of entering engineering freshmen.Background of the STEM Pipeline ChallengeThere are many reasons cited for the increased attention on strengthening mathematics and sciencepreparation of K-12 students. Foremost among those reasons however is the need to equip our futureworkforce with the skills and tools required to compete in a changing global economy. An adequate levelof mathematics and science preparation is seen as a necessity for the many technical professions that willconstitute the workforce of the future. If graduating high school seniors do not have the prerequisiteability in mathematics and science, then the
well as howother engineering departments might take advantage of the federal appropriation and ultimately affect thepipeline of entering engineering freshmen.Background of the STEM Pipeline ChallengeThere are many reasons cited for the increased attention on strengthening mathematics and sciencepreparation of K-12 students. Foremost among those reasons however is the need to equip our futureworkforce with the skills and tools required to compete in a changing global economy. An adequate levelof mathematics and science preparation is seen as a necessity for the many technical professions that willconstitute the workforce of the future. If graduating high school seniors do not have the prerequisiteability in mathematics and science, then the
well as howother engineering departments might take advantage of the federal appropriation and ultimately affect thepipeline of entering engineering freshmen.Background of the STEM Pipeline ChallengeThere are many reasons cited for the increased attention on strengthening mathematics and sciencepreparation of K-12 students. Foremost among those reasons however is the need to equip our futureworkforce with the skills and tools required to compete in a changing global economy. An adequate levelof mathematics and science preparation is seen as a necessity for the many technical professions that willconstitute the workforce of the future. If graduating high school seniors do not have the prerequisiteability in mathematics and science, then the
intention of fostering“additional academic and scholarly collaboration in teaching, research, exchanges and otherprograms of study.” The memorandum was established with “mutual equality and the reciprocityof benefits” in mind.The memorandum of understanding between Brigham Young University and INTEC formallyacknowledges the commitment of both institutions to continue to grow this experience. Keypoints within the memorandum include facilitating international study abroad opportunities forundergraduate and graduate students, exploring opportunities to cooperate in various academic,research, and scholarly endeavors, exchanging information regarding relevant scholarly andcommunity based initiatives, and conducting educational and research activities
mechanics and bioprocess engineering. She began her position as Director of Community Programs and Diversity Outreach at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in 2003. In partnership with faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students, she develops and implements programs for K-12 students, teachers, un- dergraduates, and families that are designed to increase scientific and engineering literacy, and to inspire people with diverse backgrounds to pursue science and engineering careers. At the undergraduate level, she directs a Research Experiences for Undergraduates program that brings students to Harvard for 10 weeks to work in research laboratories. This program hosts between 45-70
necessary tools for success in initiating and nurturing their careers. Onegoal of the course should be that students would agree with this student’s statement: “I loved therelevancy of this course to things that I will be doing my entire life – extremely helpful!”A tangential aspect for continuing this course is to see how it will affect student satisfaction longterm in their undergraduate program. Annual exit surveys completed by graduating seniorstypically rate career center support services very low. Whether or not the quality of service isactually low is subject for debate. However, if this intervention improves students’ perceptionsof the career center’s quality of service resulting from collaboration between the engineeringschool and the
; homework still consists of assigned exercises at the end oftraditional texts; and assessment of student outcomes is still, for the most part, ascertained by theadministration of standardized tests.Why the paradox? Why do we say one thing and do another? Why haven’t we made any headway withinstructors? Why do they cling to old methods? Why the resistance on the part of faculty to join the"learning revolution"?Undoubtedly there are many reasons, lack of time being among the top contenders. The teaching andlearning enterprise does not happen in a vacuum. While calls for improved teaching and learning mayhave gone up, calls for research have not gone away. Both endeavors take time. Doing top notch researchwith all that it entails (e.g. writing
students and parents were excited about the hands-on, student-centered approach,concerns were raised about employability, the ability to seamlessly transfer back to traditionalprograms, and ability to develop the same skills and knowledge as students in traditionaltechnology programs would. The use of badges instead of grades caused further confusion anddistress among students, especially during the first few weeks of the program. Program facultyattempted to ameliorate these concerns through transparency and by providing additionalstructure, with mixed success. Along with the findings, potential implications for similarprograms and areas for future research are discussed.IntroductionThis exploratory case study offers insights into the excitement
need for longitudinal studies and for exploring the transition to college. Other recommendations include collaborating and communicating between researchers, clinicians, and educators and developing/testing interventions such as ADHD coaching and psychosocial support strategies.Study 3Study 3 involves in-depth interviews with STEM college students with ADHD to gain a more in-depth understanding of our results and better understand the role classroom teaching practicesplay in the academic success of engineering students with ADHD. It aims to answer thefollowing questions: (1) How do engineering college students who have ADHD perceive howtraditional lecture-based courses influence their collegiate experiences (academic adjustment,classroom
experiential learning methodologies, and following a review of relevant literature,recent results of our applied research have identified a gap that can be closed. This gap isparticularly acute at the graduate level where experiential learning is often critical indemonstrating mastery of the subject matter. Further research is necessary to refine the needs inengineering at the undergraduate level. However, it is anticipated that mutually beneficialstrategic alliances will contribute to improved learning outcomes for undergraduate engineeringstudents as well.IntroductionThe purpose of this applied research is to: 1) Explore the use of technology to increase theoperational efficiency and strategic effectiveness of engineering education; 2) Suggest