, undergraduate design canvas can improve both student learningand successful product design.Another objective of the work is to develop a “meta-canvas” approach that is comprehensive andrigorous, yet customizable, such that faculty can develop a canvas to suit their specific course(s).Customizability for different faculty approaches is vital, but an underlying metamodel used alsohelps make it clear where the boundaries to customizability lie. Existing canvases, with theirinherent complexity, may be better suited to more advanced courses, and a customizable canvasapproach may broaden the impact of the canvas concept from first-year design through capstonedesign and beyond. Faculty may utilize different approaches or have different learning
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strategies and style). Presumably,improved instructional support would mitigate the damaging impact of negative perceptions such asstereotype threat (Steele & Aronson, 1995) or avoidance orientation (Midgely, 2001) that limitengagement, and at the same time support student tendencies related to cultural norms and practices.Future research that can untangle the complex combination of these factors can provide new insights intohow to support UREM’s in engineering education contexts. ReferencesBenson, L., Kirn, A., & Faber, C. (2013, June). CAREER: Student motivation and learning in engineering. In ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.Borrego, M., Cutler, S., Prince, M., Henderson, C., &
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-1-2419.The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not beinterpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the Office ofNaval Research or the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government is authorized to reproduce anddistribute reprints for government purposes notwithstanding any copyright notation hereon.Bibliography[1] Aurigemma, J., Chandrasekharan, S., Nersessian, N. J., and Newstetter, W., 2013, "Turningexperiments into objects: The cognitive processes involved in the design of a lab‐on‐a‐chipdevice," Journal of Engineering Education, 102(1), pp. 117-140.[2] Cattano, C., Nikou, T., and Klotz, L., 2010, "Teaching systems thinking and biomimicry tocivil engineering
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Paper ID #26249Knowledge in the Making: What Engineering Students are Learning in Mak-erspacesDr. Louis S. Nadelson, University of Central Arkansas Louis S. Nadelson has a BS from Colorado State University, a BA from the Evergreen State College, a MEd from Western Washington University, and a PhD in educational psychology from UNLV. His scholarly interests include all areas of STEM teaching and learning, inservice and preservice teacher pro- fessional development, program evaluation, multidisciplinary research, and conceptual change. Nadelson uses his over 20 years of high school and college math, science, computer science
see the value inthe process and prefer it to traditional, instructor-graded homework approaches and desire for theprocess to be expanded to more courses.References[1] “Chegg.com.” https://prod.cheggstudy.prod2.cheggnet.com/study (accessed Nov. 13, 2018).[2] L. Feldmann, “What, Why, How Of Homework,” presented at the 1998 ASEE Annual Conference, Jun. 1998, pp. 3.630.1-3.630.5, Accessed: Jan. 25, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/what-why-how-of-homework.[3] A. C. Estes, R. W. Welch, and S. J. Ressler, “The ExCEEd Teaching Model,” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, vol. 131, no. 4, pp. 218–222, Oct. 2005, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2005)131:4(218).[4] P. D. Gwen Lee-Thomas, A
financially remunerate faculty who partnered with us, andin fact several excellent researchers turned us down for this reason. (5) Courses housed withindepartments may be better able to prepare undergraduates for the rigors specific types of research(e.g. ecological field research), than an interdisciplinary course.With the resources given, the course instructor(s) worked hard to make this course fly. Strongefforts were expended in assembling a curriculum, accepting overloads etc. In the end, consideringlow enrollment and lack of support from departmental chairs, the interdisciplinary “Ramps intoResearch” course that the STEM center had tested for one year was canceled. We have committedourselves to finding more viable ways for promoting effective
] state, “spatial reasoning is a mental process that involves thinkingabout relationships between three-dimensional (3D) objects.” From the early 1990’s researchershave been studying the importance of spatial reasoning skills. Most researchers who have studiedspatial skills or their components state the fact that engineering, architecture, and most scientificjobs require people to have good spatial thinking skills [2]. People with high spatial abilitybenefit particularly as they have enough cognitive capacity for mental model construction.Researchers like Hsi et al. [3] have been recommending the need to introduce spatial skills inintroductory engineering courses and emphasizing the need for including these skills throughoutengineering
person primarily or even exclusivelyin terms of how s/he relates to other people in her/his network. For example, our colleague WeiWang in the preceding scenario is not simply the individual person Wei Wang. Instead, Wei is aplant manager who supervises eight engineers, he is his parent’s son, he is your colleague, etc.In line with this conception, Wei likely gives a great deal of consideration regarding hisrelationships with his employees. Focused on interpersonal relationships, it is likely that Wei willbe very hesitant to say anything negative about the engineers he supervises, as doing so couldpotentially have detrimental effects on their lives and careers. Furthermore, writing down hisopinions and ratings of the engineers in an e-mail could
outcomes were assessed for the actual course (F and J),but all could be considered. These assessment tools are representative examples, and moreexamples could be created. The new ABET outcomes would also be able to map similarly to thecourse activities. Student Outcome Potential Assessment Tool(s) Mathematics: cryptology proof; science: electromagnetic (A) An ability to apply knowledge of mathemat- side-channel attack recreation or simulation; engineering: ics, science, and engineering any of the laboratory assignments listed in Table 1 (B
University.Dr. Kenneth A. Loparo, Case Western Reserve University Kenneth A. Loparo is the Nord Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and holds academic appointments in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the Case School of Engineering. He has received numerous awards including the Sigma Xi Research Award for contributions to stochastic control, the John S. Diekoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Teaching, the Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Engineering and Science Pro- fessor Award, the Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, the Carl F. Wittke Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and the Srinivasa P. Gutti Memorial
dimensions of diversity explored hereare presented as a useful first step in the necessary and difficult process of reimagining ourengineering institutions, classes, spaces and research environments in order to create the roomfor different kinds and types of voices to speak and be heard. References[1] “Engineering - Field of degree: Women - nsf.gov - Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering - NCSES - US National Science Foundation (NSF).” .[2] E. Mather, “Facts and Stats,” University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, Jun-2017. .[3] C. E. Brawner, M. M. Camacho, S. M. Lord, R. A. Long, and M. W. Ohland, “Women in
communication skills.Presenting problem solutions in a clear and concise structured manner is an important skill for the studentto develop. This provides an opportunity to practice the language of the scientific method includingspecifying the knowns and unknowns, the assumptions and the applicable principle(s), the solution, aninterpretation of the results, and a discussion on the accuracy and the recommendations for further study.Working homework problems outside of class, whether done individually or in a study group, is also anopportunity for the student to engage in a self-evaluation of mastery of the concept and whether additionalhelp is required to develop the expected level of mastery. Learning is enhanced when homework is goal-directed
research into engineering identity is the extent to which it reflects a commitment toengineering as a career [19]. Nora et al.’s model leads to the proposition that engineering identityis an intermediate outcome preceding the decision to reenroll, and increasing degree productivityhas become an important policy goal for the field of engineering [1]. Figure 1 depicts theconceptual framework of this study.Nora et al.’s model also identifies and organizes other factors that affect students’ decisions topersist in their studies [14]. These factors also impact student persistence. Differences have beenobserved among students based on their background characteristics in terms of their likelihood ofbeing retained, such as gender, underrepresented racial
engineering include a program at University of Arkansas that showed significantly higherfall-to-spring student retention and higher average GPA among students who were part of a freshmanpeer mentoring program [6], as well as Marra et al.’s study of students who participated in a peermentoring program and their subsequent feelings of belonging and intentions to persist in engineering[7].Summer Bridge ProgramsIt is well established that summer bridge programs work. Summer bridge programs have beenimplemented at many universities in an attempt to combat the high rates of attrition observed in STEMmajors, especially in students from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM [8]. Bridge programs takemany forms, with some focusing substantially on
, "The green report: engineering education for a changing world," American Society for Engineerig Education1994, Available: https://www.asee.org/papers-and-publications/publications/The-Green-Report.pdf.[5] M. Klassen, D. Reeve, C. Rottmann, R. Sacks, A. E. Simpson, and A. Huynh, "Charting the Landscape of Engineering Leadership Education in North American Universities," in ASEE Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016: ASEE Conferences.[6] S. Stryker and P. J. Burke, "The past, present, and future of an identity theory," Social psychology quarterly, pp. 284-297, 2000.[7] K. L. Tonso, "Engineering identity," in Cambridge handbook of engineering education research, A. Johri and B. M. Olds, Eds
value overall team/group work differently, or justinterdisciplinary teamwork. Thus, we anticipate that future analyses will support the initialpositive results shown by the perceived benefits to interdisciplinary teams as well as additionalstudent gains in self-efficacy, project competencies, and other design course objectives.References[1] S. McComb and J. Kirkpatrick. “Impact of pedagogical approaches on cognitive complexityand motivation to learn: Comparing nursing and engineering undergraduate students,” NursingOutlook, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 37-48, Jan. 2016.[2] World Health Organization, Framework for Action on Interprofessional EducationCollaborative Practice. Geneva: World Health Organization, pp. 1–64, 2010.[3] M. Cox, P. Cuff, B. Brandt
design from the start. The fifth principle is to ensure allscience and mathematics concepts, and technology tools employed are necessary forstudents’ successful completion of the STEM-design projects. With these principles inmind, the next step is to examine classroom enactments of the curriculum, focusing onthe extent to which students apply mathematics and science concepts to their designwork and the challenges and affordances for doing so (Berland, 2013).Effective Instructional Methodologies Contemporary engineering education should emphasize the design process,challenge-based learning, and other engineering habits of mind (Berland, Martin, Ko, etal., 2013). The results of Berland, Martin, Ko, et al.’s (2013) study revealed that as
engineering textbook, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, which is used worldwide in over 250 institutions. Dr. Bailey is the Principal Investi- gator (PI) for the RIT NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant. The goal of this large-scale ($3.4M), multi-year university-level organizational transformation effort is to increase the representation and advancement of women STEM faculty. At the university level, she serves as Senior Faculty Associate to the Provost for ADVANCE and co-chairs the President’s Commission on Women.Prof. Joseph A. Raelin, Northeastern University Joe Raelin is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of work-based learning and leadership. He holds the Asa S. Knowles Chair of
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Development Program) in the early 1980's, the RESP curriculum aims for the mostdifficult parts of first-year calculus, chemistry, and physics. In other words, RESP is notremedial.Put another way, RESP’s guiding philosophy is to give students the chance to have a badsemester, if one is coming, without impacting their academic record and with ample support todevelop new skills for student’s new collegiate setting. Students do not receive course credit, toremove the threat of permanently codifying poor performance on a student’s transcript. Thisdiffers from models that offer course credit, which carries the risk of permanent academicconsequences. During the summer, students build resilience as well as technical skills and entertheir fall semester aware
, teaching/learning approach and assessment procedures.Key questions that we have pondered about are centered on what defines a chemical engineer inthis century, what are the current trends and how best to equip our graduates with competitiveskills both in the context of our country and internationally. Taking and innovator´s approach toour curricular intervention, we have tried to solve four simple questions 21:What orthodoxies can we challenge? Page 26.2.8 How can we best harness the current trends in the field, both in research and education?How can we take advantage of our available resources and strengths?What are the most important needs
factor that has remained constant over this period of time is students communicating their impression and belief that STEM majors are“hard”. Parents and society express the same impression.A recent New York Times article attributes some of this hardness to tough introductory math andscience classes. The article included the following quote from a student (with 800 Math SATand reading and writing scores in the 700’s) who switched from mechanical engineering topsychology during fall of their sophomore year: “I was trying to memorize equations, and engineering’s all about the application, which they really didn’t teach too well,” he says. “It was just like, Do these practice problems, then you’re on your own”.5Seymour and
comparative literature review.,” ACM Comput. Surv., vol. 38, no. 3 Article 7, 2006. [2] E. Lindsay and M. C. Good, “Effects of laboratory access modes upon learning outcomes,” Educ. IEEE Trans., vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 619–631, 2005.[3] J. E. Corter, J. V Nickerson, S. K. Esche, C. Chassapis, S. Im, and J. Ma, “Constructing reality: A study of remote, hands-on, and simulated laboratories,” ACM Trans. Comput. Interact., vol. 14, no. 2, p. 7, 2007.[4] B. Aktan, C. A. Bohus, L. A. Crowl, and M. H. Shor, “Distance learning applied to control engineering laboratories,” Educ. IEEE Trans., vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 320–326, 1996.[5] Labshare, “The
advanced education or career advancement. Many Morgan State University (MSU) graduate students come from economically disadvantaged families and have very limited financial support for their full-time graduate study. Some of them solely count on the scholarships provided by the school or have to take out student loans. Supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM), NASA research grants and other Federal research grants, many MSU engineering graduate students have been involved in applied research projects with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Army Research Laboratory, and the local industry. These projects include but
Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, Canada. Page 26.629.11 [4] Meyers, K. L., Ohland, M. W., Pawley, A. L., Silliman, S. E., Smith, K. A. (2012). Factors relating to engineering identity. Global Journal of Engineering Education, 14, 119-131.[5] Tonso, K. L. (2006). Student engineers and engineer identity: Campus engineer identities as figured world. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 1, 273.[6] Camacho, M. M., & Lord, S. M. (2011). Quebrando Fronteras: Among Latino and Latina undergraduate engineers. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 10, 134-146.[7] Pew Research Center: U.S
projects in the future? 6 3 5 4 2 x = 4.86 x = 3.88 3 s = 0.38 s = 1.13 2 1 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 1
26.646.3described in a recent report titled Transforming Undergraduate Engineering Education, fundedby the National Science Foundation (NSF) and published by the American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE). 6Problem StatementExpanding on the issues described in the introduction, the problems faced by science andengineering (S&E) employers, whether in industry or governmental agencies, are multifacetedand combinatorial. The supply and demand of graduates currently is not in an equilibrium stage,and despite the efforts to expand STEM opportunities, the number of college students pursuingscience and engineering is stagnating. 7 Stagnation continues when unemployment is at recordlows for S&E graduates, this dynamic defies the “invisible hand