Advisor to the leadership at Sisters in STEM. Sreyoshi frequently collaborates on several National Science Foundation projects in the engineering education realm, researching engineering career trajectories, student motivation, and learning. Sreyoshi has been recognized as a Fellow at the Academy for Teaching Excellence at Virginia Tech (VTGrATE) and a Fellow at the Global Perspectives Program (GPP) and was inducted to the Yale Bouchet Honor Society during her time at Virginia Tech. She has also been honored as an Engaged Ad- vocate in 2022 and an Emerging Leader in Technology (New ELiTE) in 2021 by the Society of Women Engineers. Views expressed in this paper are the author’s own, and do not necessarily reflect those
-identified as part of a racial or ethnic minority; the remainder identified as White.Each of these seven students participated in one 60–90-minute semi-structured interview [54-55].Interviews were designed to create a space for the participants to reflect on their K-12experiences and how those K-12 experiences influenced their decision to major in engineering.The first three student participants were interviewed in-person in a private office on theuniversity campus. The remaining four students were interviewed via Zoom. As a first step to theinterview, all participants were asked to develop a timeline of their formative experiencesleading to becoming an engineering major. Timelines were developed initially by students at thebeginning of the
learned”. The reflective component is critical for students toconsider how elements of their design worked or failed to meet their design expectations.Likewise, as a pedagogical instrument, the reflective component of the presentation offers thestudent a formative opportunity to “rethink” how any future instance of similar design practicemight be enhanced.PedagogyCorrect content with fitting assessments can only have the greatest impact if aligned withstrategic and purposeful pedagogical approaches. The THTR59700 course is at the core activelearning-oriented and engages technical knowledge across students' academic advancement,keeping the developmental growth of students in mind. In particular, the pedagogicalframeworks that most clearly relay
; for example, Chen et. al. states that “[s]tudents from all backgrounds may find theexperience [of an unexpectedly poor academic performance] threatening to their competence, butstudents from minority groups must also contend with anxiety that this performance ‘confirms’negative academic stereotypes attributed to their group memberships”[10].Often, these biases and stereotypes reflect an automatic judgment without an awareness ofindividuals’ specific abilities or experiences [11] [12]. Thus, the format of assessment, rather thanthe rigor, quality, or intended learning can have undue effect on educational outcomes. Forexample, IGEN performed a case study on a top-ranked physics program which noticed its“passage rate [for a qualifying exam] had
,sequential, mixed methods approach (N = 163) was used to assess the importance of industrymentor and teammate support using quantitative data analysis techniques followed by thematic(qualitative) analysis to explain those results.Likert-type items were analyzed using exploratory factor analyses and resulted in six constructs.Two constructs reflected student perceptions of their learning: engineering design and decision-making skills and adaptability skills. Two forms of support emerged from the factor analysis:industry mentor support and teammate support, and two control variables also emerged: designself-efficacy and preparedness. Support and control variables were then used as dependentvariables in regression models for the two learning outcomes
Engineering Student Teams) program is a GVT programestablished in Canada. It was designed to create a realistic work experience for engineeringstudents within a virtual global team project. They were involved in active experiments whilelearning and reflecting on a new experience with a learning concept known as global competencymodules (GCMs), which is a key component of GVT that supports virtual learning andcollaboration activities globally, including intercultural competence, decision making,communication, and relationship building. The InVEST study showed that intercultural activitiesprovide a unique lens to students to exhibit intercultural sensitivities to virtual global teamprojects and can facilitate better collaboration with students from
the course. This approach is rooted in the work on early intervention strategies.The idea is to focus on at-risk students. In this context, we do not consider the oral assessmentprimarily as being part of a summative assessment strategy. Instead, it is designed to be a touchpoint for a meaningful one-on-one interaction between a student and a member of theinstructional team. The value of early interventions for at-risk students is to increaseconnectedness to instructional staff and resources, and student engagement and self-efficacy. Theoral assessments were implemented explicitly with this focus. We also considered additionalbenefits, such as serving as formative assessments for the students to reflect on their level ofconceptual mastery and
consensus existing around certain categories. Negative identities tend to reflect elements that do not comply with societal expectations. Because of the multiple spaces where we develop identities, we have multiple social identities and they differ in their nature and strength [70]. An engineering
inclusion and equity are not. Some viewinclusion as a tool wielded by those in authority. Inclusion requires the group to include theindividual, rather than for the individual to take on that burden. An ideal DEI environmentencourages and hears authentic selves. People who want to improve DEI should engage inrepeated reflection to allow their ideas to evolve over time. Those at the top of the hierarchy,who are often not from minoritized groups, particularly need to reflect on their privileges andpositionalities in order to enact effective change [10].Engineers are still viewed by society as oblivious and antisocial, which lessens the appeal ofengineering to some. Others see engineering as heavily aligned with military and corporateinterests rather
, educators attemptingto address the Collingridge Dilemma by better training engineers and designers in ethics needto take a more comprehensive approach to ethics beyond one-off courses in professional ethicsor generic humanities ‘liberal arts’ curriculum requirements (i.e. ethics is nonfungible withlanguage, history, religion, etc.).Additionally, to account for value dynamism, an approach to ethics is needed that is not onlyfocused on legal standards, regulatory guidelines, or ethical checklists. These approaches of-ten grow stagnant if they are not updated regularly, uphold hegemonic societal values anddominant images of user groups (see [27] for additional examples), inhibit critical reflection,and settle for very narrow definitions and
third point of reference to reflect on and givea rich description of their experience in the US. Through qualitative analysis of these cases, wewill address the question: In what ways do Black students who are first- or second-generationimmigrants from Africa and have studied abroad leverage community cultural wealth inengineering in the US?We use Yosso’s Community Cultural Wealth (CCW) framework to highlight the strengths thesestudents leverage in engineering. CCW is an asset-based framework developed to highlight thestrengths of the students from Communities of Color. There are six assets used as a guiding lensto inform research in these communities: familial, social, aspirational, navigational, resistance,and linguistic capital that students
, and one preferred not to answer.They represented 19 states or US territories and 28 unique universities.Each liaison typically supported one high school, though some supported two or three. Afterobtaining IRB approval, the e4usa research team used a protocol for focus groups with universityliaisons to encourage reflection and discussion. Questions asked included, ● What, if any, prior existing relationships did you and/or your university have with your partner school(s) prior to your involvement with the e4usa course? ● What support resources provided by e4usa have been most helpful to you? In what ways have these resources been helpful? ● Do you have any suggestions for how to increase liaison participation?This
student populated surveyed consisted of 68% male and 32%female, of which 95% are Hispanic/Latino. The authors employed a qualitative research design,and the primary method of data collection was a self-developed survey instrument consisting of atotal five open-ended questions. The process for developing the survey items consisted ofquestions that sought to examine instructional and pedagogical strategies implemented to teachstudents rigorous engineering concepts based on students’ experiences in the course. As such, thequestions provided students the opportunity to delineate, reflect, and share valuable insight andexperiences that can help develop and refine effective and equitable engineering pedagogy.The data analysis consisted of an open
are organized into “guided problem sets”,each containing a series of exercises related to a single problem or skill. Guided problem sets arenot intended to replace written homeworks or exams, but rather to replicate the kind of interactiveleading questions that a student might be asked in a discussion/lab section or in office hours.The design goals for these guided problem sets reflect the goals for other components of the course,including lectures, labs, and grading rubrics. First, for each type of problem, auto-graded exercisesshould reinforce the solution process recommended in other parts of the course for that problemtype. Said differently, we want to proved the students with working examples, not just more workedexamples. A good example
, and career traineeship inaerospace-centric fields. The streamlined process of recruitment and project-based learning incollaboration with NASA and other aerospace professionals has shown to be effective in trainingthe first cohort of undergraduate and graduate students during the first year of programimplementation.During the summer of 2022, 6 NASA interns and 6 summer Research Experiences forUndergraduate (REU) students participated in the 10-week summer program with professionaldevelopment (PD) program featuring project management, career planning, RCR training,self-reflection, and technical communication. Because research shows that STEM students citepositive mentoring experiences as the most crucial factor in their retention, we developed
87 students in a class session are called upon to do other than simply watching, listening, and taking notes. Case-based teaching Asking students to analyze case studies of historical or 65 hypothetical situations that involve solving problems and/or making decisions. Collaborative Asking students to work together in small groups toward a 65 learning common goal. Concept tests Asking multiple-choice conceptual questions with distracters 50 (incorrect responses) that reflect common student misconceptions. Cooperative
professional woodworkers employed inthe machine shop will lend a hand for a special piece or two if extra skill is required. Thestudents create a jig and begin assembly after all pieces have been cut. Up to this point most ofthe work is done in one large group, but once boat assembly begins the students typically pick ateam and focus on just one hull. This fosters some friendly competition in class and tends to keepthe students focused and engaged as they strive to build the “better” boat. Figures 1 and 2 showthe students early in the assembly process, stitching the panels and frames of the boats.Homework in the class is a weekly reflection on the construction process. Students areintroduced to new tools and techniques during the week and are
ultimately help facilitate more effective interactions betweenacademia and community.One major limitation is evident within the body of outreach literature. The vast majority ofoutreach literature has historically addressed outreach in a top-down manner where academia isdelivering knowledge in a one-way exchange to recipients. Relatively recently, the research hasbeen reflecting the validity of the knowledge and expertise non-academic communities alreadyhold and that outreach should be a two-way exchange of knowledge. [8], [9]Additionally, most outreach studies focus on outcomes surrounding the recipients of outreachevents. [10] We aim to focus on the other side of outreach: those who participate in facilitatingthe outreach. This will act as a first
questions to establish the context from which the students were speaking. I approachedthese conversations with humility as I sought to learn with the participants as they are experts intheir own experience.LimitationsThe findings are reflective of the students who chose to participate in the study and thus self-selected to engage in an interview on ethics and responsibility that was conducted in English.The university at which the interviews took place is Dutch and English speaking, but mostBachelor’s programs are taught in Dutch, which was the native language of all of theparticipants.There is ongoing conversation around the inclusion of demographic questions in interviews [28],including where they should be placed and what effect they might have
generated a map of all the questions they had about theirproject. This tied Making Connections to Curiosity, helping them see that the 3C’s worktogether. At the end of the second semester, the students again generated concept maps for theirproject and combined them into one overall map for the team as well as reflecting on the changesfrom their initial map. Creating Value is also tied to an assignment done at the start of theproject as well as after it ended. In this case, teams filled out a stakeholder value matrix.In addition to the small assignments directly tied to one of the 3C’s, the TILT framework wasused for the major assignments (project proposal, proposal presentation, final report, finalpresentation) in the courses to explain how each of
exercise gave thestudents an opportunity to examine their current understanding of sustainable building practices. The groupnext traveled to the MorningStar solar home, a net-zero home built for the 2007 Solar Decathlon. A memberof the AE faculty who helped create the home for the competition guided the campers through the homeand explained the team’s considerations when designing the net-zone house. Campers learned about theenergy efficiency standards in passive house designs and how they can be implemented in today's buildingenvironments.Lighting The lighting design portion of the summer camp consisted of a short interactive lecture using visualdemonstrations with Top Hat to facilitate discussion, reflection and engagement with the
as memory, concentration, information processing and problem solving[26][27],functions that play a fundamental role when taking an exam.It has been shown that approximately 60% of students who have high levels of stress do notmeet the minimum score on exams, affecting the purpose of the exam [28],alternativemethods have been proposed to reduce stress levels, such as: multiple choice tests,increasing test time, open book tests, home tests. Some of these alternative evaluationmethods have benefits over traditional exams; since they enhance skills such as criticalthinking, reflection, and problem solving, instead of having to focus on the need tomemorize as in open book exams [17].In the case of open book exams, as well as theimplementation of
& Sellers, 2023) by which ideas can be shared and differences that fall outside thetraditional norms of engineering are reflected upon, discussed, and disrupted. Without anintentional breakdown of the communicated (and often, uncommunicated) power structures thatsystemically message exclusion to Black engineering students via its hidden curriculum (e.g.,Villanueva et al., 2020), the liminal spaces that continue to sustain systemic racism remain intact,restricting students’ agency in breaking down systemic barriers, and formation as engineeringprofessionals. For these barriers to break down, a use-inspired approach was deemed necessary by theauthors in where the target population, Black engineering Ph.D. students and their
Figured Worlds serves as a powerful frame for ourwork because it captures the complex influence of socially- and culturally-produced systems(i.e., figured worlds) on one’s capacity (i.e., agency) to purposefully and reflectively act withinthem. The ways we choose to – or choose not to – represent ourselves as we navigate figuredworlds, and the feedback we receive while interacting with them, serve as indicators ofidentification with social groups and their privileges [13]. For a system to be considered afigured world, it must have four characteristics: (1) historically developed through the works ofparticipants; (2) include social encounters in which participant positions matter; (3) sociallyorganized and reproduced; and (4) relate individuals to
should be created by multi-disciplinary teams of domain experts,reflecting best practices in pedagogy, knowledge domains, student engagement, and learningevaluation. For example, graphics designers, animators, and digital artists can create content thatis contextually relevant and aesthetically inviting to users with well-chosen visual and audioeffects. Domain experts must identify the content that appropriately targets the users at theirlevel of readiness and learning objectives. Pedagogy experts can co-create with the domainexperts and digital artists to package content in a way that improves learning. CAD modelers cancreate effective representations of the physical environment and the artifacts of interest.Photographers can create
each academic year, including their last yearbecause literature indicates graduate engineering students consider departing their degree programat many different points in their graduate school journey, including their last year [30]. To properly characterize the impacts of our variables, we developed our ranges of modifiervalues to reflect on the weight of each factor shown in literature on student experiences [21]. Theranges were developed to reflect the weight of each variable on the students. A larger range withlarger values indicates a greater weight of that variable and potential for that variable to impactmotivation more than others. One example is that literature indicates that one of the most impactfulvariables that impacts a
obstacles. When Hispanicstudents’ accomplishments are recognized and celebrated publicly, it serves as positivereinforcement and aids in retaining them in STEM [12]. The academic events are tailored tosupport participants in successfully completing their degree milestones based on their degreelevel. Professional events provide insights into post-graduate opportunities and help develop theskill sets necessary for participants to become successful, inclusive engineers. In summary, theprogram’s objectives are reflected in all these activities, which aim to address the personal,academic, and professional needs of Hispanic engineers. Through our program, we aim to investigate two questions concerning the success ofvirtual mentorship
math, “I would have consideredit was mathematical, and that is something that I would have attributed to what we did today[referencing the exhibit activities], but stepping back and really thinking about it, that's exactlywhat it is. It is probability” (P6). In contrast, reflecting on what they and their child experienced,the parent asserted, “I feel like it's kind of engineering on a smaller scale, figuring out whatdifferent buttons do to make something happen on a screen. Or a different combination ofbuttons to make it do something different” (P5). When describing their experiences, manyparents referred back to the CT activities that were part of the exhibit and then related them tothings they were most familiar with, such as using a
analyzer (IR Analyzer). Production of H2 is confirmed by measurement of CO2, because hydrogen and CO2 are produced in a 1:1 mole ratio.SurveyTo measure experimental self-efficacy, we modified a version of the ESE survey taken from [3].Table 1 presents the survey items. All questions used a 5-point Likert scale and responses rangedfrom strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5). Scores were averaged across all questions in afactor to calculate the descriptive statistics in the results section. Table 1. ESE questionnaire, adapted from Kolil et al. [3] and the mean and standard deviation of responses. The crossed-out words were removed from the original survey and replaced with the underlined words to better reflect the specific course setting
problems. The students surveyed forStructures II 2022 had already completed Structures I and the survey was completed near the endof Structures II; therefore, the results reflect students who are at the end of the two courses. Thestudents surveyed for Structures I 2022 were surveyed twice throughout the course thus theirresults reflect students’ progression in handling OEMPs.What are the students’ initial responses to encountering an open-ended analysis project?From the affective pathway construction data collected in October 2022, the students initiallyhave a largely neutral response denoted by the Curiosity adjective. As the students progressthrough the project, they encounter negative feelings such as Confusion, Anxiety, Frustration