experiences develop essential skills needed tosucceed in the ever-increasing global marketplace and are appreciated by prospective employers.Also, students with international educational experiences have increased awareness of careeroptions and a clearer idea of their career goals [8,9]. Braskamp [1] suggested that study abroadexperiences enhance global learning and development, which has become the core of holisticstudent development.One of the most important goals of any study abroad program is to broaden students’ globalperspectives and train future leaders to be more effective, respectful of other cultures. Studieshave demonstrated that these programs have the potential for nurturing a global citizenry ifeffective pedagogical techniques are
workshop. The purpose of the study wasto simply determine if a virtual workshop could improve teachers’ self-efficacy like other in-person workshops have in the past.Background The Department of Education’s Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness forUndergraduates Programs (GEAR UP) program focuses on improving college readiness amongstudents from low socioeconomic backgrounds [1]. The activities vary considerably acrossawardees ranging from after school programs for students to professional development programsfor teachers and vary in subject matter from writing to math and even general information aboutpost-secondary opportunities and careers. In recent years, STEM programs have landed on thetop of many awardees’ priority lists. Teacher
initial learning app through an Augmented Reality (AR)environment, where virtual objects (augmented components) are superimposed onto a reallearning setting during online lecture instruction. Specifically, to facilitate students’ gainingpractical skills, a library of virtual objects was established for the main physical components orsystems related to the undergraduate “Heating, Ventilating, and Air-conditioning (HVAC)” classto allow students to be immersed in an augmented learning reality representing the real physicalworld. Design: The library of virtual lab modules was established by 1) including all the mainHVAC components in an HVAC course; 2) refining these components’ 3D models with learningmaterials (e.g., concept and evaluation); 3
them to drop out of college? Extensive research thereforeis still being conducted to determine how people learn [1], [2]. The importance of engagementhas been identified as key to retention, learning, and the development of self-regulated learners[3] – [9]. Interest as an affective state representing students’ experience of learning has beenproposed to be the result of integration of the three dimensions of engagement which arebehavioral, cognitive and affective engagement [10], [11].The effect of engagement in meaningful academic activities on retention of first year students [5]showed statistically significant impacts on GPA and persistence. It was also noted aproportionally higher positive impact of educationally engaging activities on
gain when the VR technology is employed.IntroductionConcepts in electricity and magnetism (E&M) are notoriously challenging for students to learn 1 ,due to the difficulty in grasping abstract concepts such as the electric force as an invisible forcethat is acting at a distance, or how electromagnetic radiation is permeating and propagating inphysical space. The sources of these difficulties are a lack of intuitive familiarity with thephenomena, physical principles and mathematical relations, and the three-dimensional (3D)nature of the concepts that do not translate well to two-dimensional platforms. Building physicalintuition to manipulate these abstractions requires means to visualize electromagnetism conceptsin a three-dimensional space
a TexasA&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), a Minority Serving Institution (MSI). Few STEMstudents get the opportunity to experience an authentic work environment before being thrustinto the workforce after graduation. Exposing college students to research projects early in theiracademic careers has demonstrated strong evidence of improved student-persistence [1]. TheNational Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering states that students should developtheir own project-based learning opportunities that are part of a team project effort [2].To help STEM students increase their preparedness and readiness for their future careers,TAMUK offers a three-week summer research internship (SRI) program to TAMUK sophomoreand junior students
skills workshops,industry/alumni engagement, and campus resources). The program concluded with studentspresenting their final projects and submitting a project report. Top performing students receivedresearch internship opportunities provided by our faculty. The costs and benefits associated withvirtual programs as they compare with traditional in-person programs are discussed.IntroductionIncreasingly, engineering students are expected to have a strong record of technical skills as wellas professional development skills before they enter a globally competitive workforce [1-4].Typically, students attain these skills at the university through a myriad of ways, includingcoursework, student organizations, engagement with peers and faculty, and hands
engineering design courses have shown to have a positive impact onstudent’s motivation, engineering identity formation, intellectual and skill development to meetthe challenges of the 21st century [1-4]. Many such courses are delivered in a makerspace typeenvironment, where hands-on physical prototyping and teamwork are essential parts of thecourse experience.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most courses are forced to switch from face-to-face instructionto either entirely online or to a hybrid mode. This transition poses special challenges for this typeof project-based courses that require access to physical tools and building materials [5-7]. Manycourses adapt to this transition by switching to computer/online simulation and/or shippingparts/project
, policies, and programs. The ASCE Committee on Accreditation Operations (COAO)focuses on recruitment, training, assignment, and evaluation of program evaluators foraccreditation of programs in the six areas for which ASCE serves as lead society [1].ASCE staff and volunteers provide significant effort to support accreditation activities. ASCEstaff and volunteer time is required to recruit and support a 200-plus person roster of PEVs, 16TCs who also serve as Commissioners in the Engineering or Engineering TechnologyAccreditation Commissions (EAC or ETAC), and three ASCE volunteers who serve as ABETArea Delegates. ASCE serves as the lead society for six sets of program criteria spanning twodifferent ABET commissions (i.e., EAC and ETAC).ABET
attractive for the best and the brightest.”—National Academy of Engineering, “The Engineer of 2020” [1].A series of reports throughout the latter decades of the 20th Century criticized STEM educationin the United States for failing to meet demands to remain globally competitive [2]. Such callsincreased in urgency as a series of technologically advancing events of the mid-1990s leveled theglobal playing field in economic and technological leadership – a leveling that authors such asThomas Friedman described as a “Flat World” [3-6]. Looking toward this more competitive,interconnected future, particularly with new developments in the STEM education and workforcein China and India, in 2004 the U.S. National Academy of Engineering
90% of my students (N=87) strongly agreedthat sharing my teaching philosophy is critical. Additionally, underrepresented students wereempowered and archived more than half the “A”s in my courses. In conclusion, since equal is notalways fair, instructors must make their expectations exceptionally clear to ensure that anystudent can succeed and earn an “A.” I believe it is time for educators to polish their teachingphilosophy, create appealing visual models, and share them with their students.IntroductionDeveloping a Teaching Philosophy Statement (TPS) is central in any academic career [1]. TPSdeclares the educator’s approach to teaching and learning. Creating a teaching philosophyengages educators in metacognitive reflection on what they
group discussion, listening/paraphrasing, observation, imagination/creativity, and critical thinking. Another key themeidentified was “Appreciating Others’ Perspectives”, in which students expressed appreciation ofthe differences in perspective that VTS discussions tend naturally to draw out. This findinghighlights the potential of VTS as a tool for promoting and supporting diversity in engineering.Based on these data and a brief, associated survey, we learned that students found VTS to behighly effective at helping them become more reflective and was one of the most effectivemethods we have attempted for the development of reflective thinking in graduate engineering.1 IntroductionAs a multidisciplinary team of educators, we have been pursuing
education, visualizing arguments,rhetoric, writing, graduate studentsWhy visualize arguments?Across graduate education in engineering, the importance of communication, particularlywriting, has received increasing attention and for good reason [1]–[4]: communication skills areessential for success in engineering practice, engineering education, and across the academy. Forgraduate students entering engineering education, the literacy and communication practicesrequired of them can be daunting, in part because their previous discourse communities (usuallyin engineering) had different norms for writing, speaking, and developing articles thanengineering education research, and in part because the development of new knowledge oftenresults in a regression
comprehensive understanding of basic concepts and algorithms. The software tool includes a studycomponent and a quiz component. Effectiveness of VolumeVisual is evaluated by conducting a formal user studyconsisting of an introduction and training session, a survey, followed by a quiz.1 IntroductionAs visualization has become an indispensable means for analyzing data generated from applications that span variousSTEM fields, more research efforts pay attention to education in data science and human-centered computing. Follow-ing this trend is a significant need for high-quality educational tools for teaching and learning data visualization. Overthe years, different tools have been developed for information visualization (InfoVis) that span across
Station High School American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Water Purification and Ocean Salinity: The Colligative Properties and Engineering Naval Solutions (Resource Exchange)The National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) Grand Challenges of Engineering (GCE) [1] area list of 14 critical challenges that society faces and that can be addressed by engineers. The GCEhighlight the ways engineering works to help others and emphasizes the collaborative, creative,and interdisciplinary work engineers do. Framing engineering as an altruistic career is believedto increase interest for more girls, underrepresented racial/ethnic minority, and first
technology also brings new types of attacks which requires understanding of howexisting technology is exploited by malicious actors and what type of remedies can be taken to preventsuch attacks. This paper outlines the different aspects of cryptocurrency operation which is importantto understand modern cyber commerce.1 INTRODUCTION With the introduction of the first cryptocurrency in 2009, Bitcoin [8] immediately became a nicheinstrument for anonymous currency transactions. The underpinnings of the cryptocurrency is based onthe construct of a blockchain where blocks are added to an existing set of blocks by arriving at aconsensus. A block in such a structure will be accepted as part of an existing chain by this network ofusers when a miner
andinstrument were faithfully modeled in Unity from their physical counterparts, giving a sense ofrealism. Both game-based and virtual reality approaches have different advantages anddisadvantages, that makes them effective in different learning settings. A comparison of thesetwo approaches demonstrates the synergies of future integrated implementation. Lessons learnedwill help instructors in understanding and identifying the proper technology to addressexperiential educational challenges that are related with virtually training engineering students.1. Introduction1.1 Surveying labsIntroductory surveying courses aim at introducing surveyors / geomaticians and civil engineersinto the main surveying principles and data collection methods with modern
Education, 2021 What are Crucial Barriers and Opportunities to Bringing Our Whole Selves to Engineering Education? Moving Watermelons Together “MAYA ANGELOU: You only are free when you realize you belong no place — you belong every place — no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great… BILL MOYERS: Do you belong anywhere? MAYA ANGELOU: I haven’t yet. BILL MOYERS: Do you belong to anyone? MAYA ANGELOU: More and more… I belong to myself. I’m very proud of that. I am very concerned about how I look at Maya. I like Maya very much [1].” “Not being different in America can lull you, can cripple you – even though it seems desirable to
portfolio for each course can be collected and presented, and what it implies about studentsuccess in learning mechanics. We associate the mastery portfolio with final course grades to illustrateand quantify what a typical portfolio looks like for students in these courses.IntroductionThe use of mastery-based learning or competency-based learning has drawn recent interest in engineeringeducation. Those who have implemented it have reported student learning gains, a better ability to reachdiverse student populations, and more productive conversations with students about grades [1-7]. Theliterature has a wide range of definitions of what constitutes mastery-based learning. Implementationstrategies also vary, from using it to assess basic skills to
remotelearning context, such as the importance of peers behaving respectfully in chats and beingconsiderate of others in Zoom sessions.This study underscores the importance of peer support regardless of setting. During remotelearning, engineering students adapted to the restrictions in peer interaction incurred by theCOVID-19 pandemic by utilizing a variety of tools such as Canvas, Zoom, or Slack anddeveloping rules of conduct for chat, audio, and video.IntroductionAt the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World HealthOrganization (WHO). Since that time, COVID-19 has affected lives all over the world [1].WHO recommended social distancing practices to reduce transmission of the virus. In somecountries, including the U.S., this
c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 What Factors Influence the Interest of Male and Female Students in STEM (Evaluation)IntroductionTo strengthen our innovation and economy, a focus on STEM (Science Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics) is critical [1]. In the past five years, STEM field occupationshave grown by 10.5%, while non-STEM fields have grown by only 5.2% [2]. Although morejobs are being created in STEM fields, and with the need for more innovation in STEM, there isa lack of people entering the STEM workforce after high school. Few secondary educationstudents are interested in the STEM disciplines [3].The percentage of women in STEM fields in the United States is very small with
teaching and transition tovirtual instruction. In addition to the change of instructional modes, the forced closures ofinstitutions also impacted other sectors of the university such as faculty and staff layoffs and lossof revenue from on-campus dining and housing [1]. Furthermore, it has become increasinglydifficult to support students in the virtual learning environment, particularly those in STEMprograms that rely heavily on specialized software, hardware, and lab spaces for coursework [2]. Inengineering education there have been strong efforts to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion(DE&I) of underrepresented minorities (URMs) [3]. Preliminary research on the effects thepandemic has had on engineering students are finding that many of
University Institute of Technology in the department of Chemical Engineering. She coordinated STEM outreach for the Leonard C. Nelson College of Engineering and Sciences. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Engineers need to be good at performing estimations! Engineers need to be able to estimate to determine if a calculated answer is reasonable, butPCEE Div ASEE 2021 chances for students to practice estimation to evaluate their calculations are uncommon [1
-in-Progress: What kinds of advice do chemical engineering students’ give to future students for success in high structure courses?Introduction High structure courses are designed to guide students through the learning process byusing graded pre-class content acquisition assignments, in-class active learning and group work,and graded after-class review work [1, 2]. High structure courses have also been shown toimprove student learning and reduce achievement gaps in introductory courses [3, 4]. As with allclass types, instructors will give advice to students for how to succeed in high structure courseswhich is based off of their experiences, other colleagues’ experiences, and literature suggestionson how to optimize these classes
exploring in the future if increasing diversity and representation of women inengineering may impact the engineering industry’s focus on macroethics based on these findings.IntroductionCOVID-19 Global PandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic has broadly impacted communities and industries. Civil engineers, whodesign, build, and maintain public infrastructure systems, play a key role in protecting publichealth. By maintaining water distribution systems, they can ensure communities have access toclean water for hand washing, an essential aspect of keeping oneself safe from infection [1]. Publictransportation systems saw a drastic decrease in usage, while simultaneously needing to providereliable, safe access for essential workers [2]. Building systems have also
thisstudy reinforces the importance of availability of instructional support regardless of setting. Asstudents, TAs, and faculty continue to navigate the uncharted waters of the traditional collegeeducation system gone online, the nature of connection differs yet its importance remains thesame.IntroductionIn March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 virus a global pandemic[1], which necessitated preventative measures such as social distancing and forced many highereducation institutions to close campuses, suspend traditional practices of in-person classes, andrapidly switch to remote learning environments. In response, students had to adapt to their newand unprecedented learning environments in very limited time. During normal
these two courses in their junior year, at the end of which they tookthe same concept inventory tests, but not in a think-aloud format. We explain how our interviewdata is used to identify students’ knowledge gaps or misconceptions.1. Introduction From a pedagogical point of view, learning experiences are designed to foster specificskills and dispositions that students demonstrably achieve in the course of their learning. Forstudents’ success, it is also critical that skills and learning dispositions are carried with them asthey progress along their degree programs and eventually into professional practice. Success inteaching and learning, in this regard means make it stick [1]. Due to practical limitations it is notcommon to directly
(PECASE) from the White House of Science Policy. She enjoys spending time with her two daughters, spouse, and dog. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 What strategies do diverse women in engineering use to cope with situational hidden curriculum?Introduction This work-in-progress paper explores strategies that diverse women engineers,considered to be part of a majority (White and Asian) or minoritized (Hispanic/Latino,Black/African American, Native Americans/Alaska Native) group in this field [1], used torespond to situational hidden curriculum. “Hidden curriculum (HC) refers to the unwritten,unofficial, and
Structures DiagramsIntroductionData structures are required topics in computer science (CS) curricula [1] and have semi-canonical diagrams that encode information spatially. Linked lists are an example of a datastructure: they are commonly represented using spatially oriented diagrams (e.g., nodes moving,pointers pointing), and are generally taught in the first or second years of CS curricula. Spatialability strongly correlates with and predicts success in early CS [2]–[6], playing a gatekeepingrole, but little is known about why. Thus, studying linked list diagrams may provide an avenue toexplore the relationship between CS content and spatial ability. However, to the best of ourknowledge, there is no formal documentation on how instructors
-year Engineering Technology degree (A.S.ET) is the vehicle for manufacturing education in Florida. The degree is offered in over 85% ofthe colleges in the Florida College System (FCS) and has over 2,000 students enrolled statewide.The current NSF supported project is to conduct a I4.0 focused Caucus of manufacturers and ETdegree college faculty to collectively identify skill issues that will affect manufacturingproduction efficiency and product reliability.The project team initially used the nine Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technology areas identified by theBoston Consulting Group and selected four that will directly impact starting technicians workingin companies that are already implementing Industry 4.0 technologies: (1) Autonomous Robots,(2