Conference Session

Interactive Approaches to Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Dodson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Glenn Gaudette, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #18381How Role-Playing Builds Empathy and Concern for Social JusticeLeslie Dodson, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteDr. David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute David DiBiasio is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Department Head of ChE at WPI. He received his ChE degrees from Purdue University, worked for the DuPont Co, and has been at WPI since 1980. His current interests are in educational research: the process of student learning, international engineering education, and educational assessment. Collaboration with two colleagues resulted in being awarded the 2001 William Corcoran Award from

Conference Session

Project-Based, Inquiry Guided, and High Performance Learning Environments: Effective Approaches

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

author, it is critical to enable students to realize that“a small number of people working together” are not a team unless they have sharedresponsibility for outcomes. Larsen and LaFasto 10 report that there are three major pitfallsresponsible for ineffective team performance: (1) lack of a unified commitment; (2) lack ofexternal support and recognition; and (3) lack of collaboration among team members. Whileanecdotal, the author’s experience is that student teams are frequently ineffective because of alack of a unified commitment and collaboration among team members. Students must come tothe realization, on their own, that they, as team members, must share the responsibility for theoutcomes. As the instructor you must lead a discussion session

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew S. Crawford

function on multi-disciplinary teams.” The University of Michigan has developed a model for leadership based on developing“skills” that are applicable for different leadership or citizenship roles. Each student has differinggoals and capabilities around mastering their “leadership” potential. The College of Engineering hasestablished a minimum level of team skills required for each of our graduates. These involve skills inrelating with team members, in accepting roles and responsibilities that contribute to the team, and indeveloping and implementing effective group decisions. We will assist students who choose tomaster skills in “team building” and “leadership” beyond the requirements to get the neededinstruction and practice. There

Conference Session

Advancing Robotics Education: Frameworks, Platforms, and Teacher Preparation for K-12 Engagement

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Jill Kidd, Old Dominion University; Kristie Gutierrez, Old Dominion University; Min Jung Lee, University of North Dakota; Danielle Marie Rhemer, Old Dominion University; Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Stacie I Ringleb, Old Dominion University; Orlando M Ayala, Old Dominion University; Francisco Cima; Isaac Koduah Kumi, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

explores the research question, How does PSTs’ self-efficacy for teachingengineering and coding develop through co-teaching robotics with engineering students in anafterschool program for fifth graders? This socially rich environment offers insights into howmastery experiences, vicarious experiences, social persuasion, and emotional responses interactto shape teaching self-efficacy. Understanding these dynamics can guide teacher educators increating collaborative experiences that foster PSTs’ professional growth. Study Context As part of an NSF-funded initiative, this study paired PSTs in an instructional technologycourse with engineering students in an electromechanical systems course to teach

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida; Olukemi Akintewe, University of South Florida; Schinnel Kylan Small, University of South Florida; Terreonn Henry

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

engineering design. How Slack facilitates learning, course inquiry and group interactionsamong engineering students, faculty members and student assistants is discussed. In addition, theimpact and correlation to good pedagogical principles are also explored. Social software is any e-learning tool that is designed for collaborative purposes and introduced to help with user self-determination of content generation. They traditionally come in the form of wikis, blogs, orforums [6], [9]–[11]. Bernsteiner [6] describes social software as follows “Social software emerged and came into use in 2002 and is generally attributed to Clay Shirky (2003). Shirky … defines social software simply as “software that supports group

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Huba; Frank Peters; Sarah Ryan; John Jackman; Sigurdur Olafsson

scenarios. Emphasize relationships between previously isolated parts of the curriculum. Help develop both students’ cognitive ability to structure schemas in industrial engineering knowledge domains and their metacognition. Increase active learning and collaborative learning.The remainder of the paper describes how these objectives are addressed in the engineeringeconomy module and the broader design for a learning environment, and is organized as follows.In Section 2 we discuss the engineering economy module that serves as the initial prototype forthe learning environment, and in Section 3 we describe how metacognitive skill development isincorporated into this module. In Section 4 we present the results from a pilot study conductedusing

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. Ladesic P.E., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Robert R. Wolz, Gulfstream Aerospace; Frank Simmons III P.E., Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation; Timothy D. Farley

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

expert in structural design, analysis, and forensic engineering. Most recently, he created and installed the first off-campus graduate degree program, the multidisciplinary master’s of science in engineering, with Gulfstream in 2010. As Associate Dean, Ladesic is responsible for a variety of tasks related to increasing the role of industry in education and research, growing fac- ulty applied research, facilitating faculty industry experiences, developing and marketing industry-related graduate programs, and enabling industry-based research projects for students. This position enables the College of Engineering’s ability in research and professional development and enhanced participation in the Embry-Riddle Aerospace

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simin Hall, Virginia Tech; Clifford A. Shaffer, Virginia Tech; Eric Fouh, Virginia Tech; Mai Hassan ElShehaly, Virginia Tech; Daniel Breakiron, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Paper ID #5951Evaluating Online Tutorials for Data Structures and Algorithms CoursesDr. Simin Hall, Virginia Tech Dr. Simin Hall is a Research Assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at Virginia Tech (VT). Currently she is collaborating with Dr. Cliff Shaffer in Computer Science Department on a National Science Foundation funded TUES project to improve instruction in Data Structures and Al- gorithms (DSA) courses. Her applied research in education is in cognitive functioning using online learn- ing technologies. She has redesigned two undergraduate courses in Thermodynamics for online

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Hutchinson, Purdue University; Lynn Bryan, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

need to question the techniques being used and therefore, nochange was seen. In contrast, if teachers’ beliefs did not match the instructional strategies, theywere more apt to change.Although not discussed as beliefs in their study, Peers, Diezmann, and Watters, indicated that theteacher’s beliefs about teaching, learning, himself, and his students affected his readiness toimplement the reform.5 This included: how accepting he was to the need for change, hispersonal interest in the change, how willing he was to explore the reform, his openness tocollaborating with others, and his ability to utilize self-reflection.5Roehrig, Kruse, & Kern also discussed the affect of school factors on the teachers’implementation of an inquiry-based

Conference Session

Special Session: Engineering Leadership—The Courage to Change

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marnie Jamieson, University of Alberta; John R. Donald P.Eng., University of Guelph

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

Engineering Education Cultural ArtifactsCulture is generally defined as the shared beliefs, values and artifacts of a social group. Inaddition, cultural constructs shape the beliefs and values of individuals within a group [6].Godfrey [7] [8] [9] noted engineering education culture as a distinct entity that is rarely definedin the literature. Nonetheless she cites work describing certain elements of engineering educationculture such as the positivist research paradigm common in engineering and engineeringeducation research; the premise that “propositional technical knowledge, discovered using areductionist research paradigm, is the prime source of professional knowledge necessary forpreparing students for the profession” [10]; teaching methods; the

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California; Dennis McLeod, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Nazila Mokarram, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. McLeod has published widely in the areas of data and knowledge base systems, federated databases, database models and design, and ontologies. His current research focuses on dynamic ontologies, user-customized information access, database semantic heterogeneity resolution and interoperation; personalized information management environments via cooperative immersipresence; information management environments for geoscience and homeland security information, crisis management decision support systems, and privacy and trust in information systems.Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California Gisele Ragusa is Associate Professor of Clinical Education, and Director of Undergraduate and

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion: Concepts, Mental Models, and Interventions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Keogh, University of Colorado, Boulder; Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

primary research question addressed in this study is: How do team dynamics in activelearning environments affect a woman's confidence as an engineer? To supplement this research,secondary questions include: ● How do students define active learning, and with what connotations? ● What types of roles do men and women take on in group projects? ● How do men and women evaluate each other on a team?We used quantitative and qualitative peer evaluation data, as well as qualitative data fromstudent focus groups to explore the research questions. Each of the methods of data collectionand analysis are discussed below. Surveys, focus groups, and interviews for students wereconducted under the University of Colorado Boulder’s Institutional Review

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Suzanne Sontgerath, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

representation of women among first year engineering students, it pales in comparison tooverall representation of women students in four year institutions, which reached 57% in 2014.Clearly, work to increase gender diversity in engineering must continue (Pryor, Hurtado, Saenz,Santos & Korn 2007; National Research Council, 2006).The paucity of women in engineering is particularly evident at technical institutions where moststudents major in a STEM discipline. As such, these institutions face a significant genderdisparity in their student populations. For example, at the university where this research wasconducted, approximately 96% of undergraduates are working toward degrees in engineering,the natural sciences, mathematics, or computer science

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; John A Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter L. Russell, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

alumnus of Harvard’s Graduate School of De- sign and recipient of Harvard’s prestigious Rice Prize for the Integration of Architecture and Engineering, John is currently directing interdisciplinary research in sustainable engineering for both the Department of Defense and Department of Energy.Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology Eirik Hole has since 2004 held the position of Lecturer in Systems Engineering & Engineering Man- agement in the School of Systems & Enterprise at Stevens Institute of Technology. Prior to this he held systems engineering positions in a number of companies, primarily in the automotive and aerospace fields, in Norway and Germany. He obtained a masters degree in Aerospace

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session: Sustainability and the Workspace

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yun Dong, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Subhanwit Roy, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; MacKenzie Reber, Grove City College

Paper ID #38096Similarities and differences between the actions of newly-hired engineers and engineering managers during theorganizational socialization periodYun Dong (Ms) Yun is a Ph.D. in Human Computer Interaction. She graduated from Iowa State University. Her research interests include newly-hired engineers' practices and experience in the socialization process and engineering education.Subhanwit RoyMacKenzie Ann Reber (Miss) I am a recent graduate from Grove City College (May 2022). I graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Chemical Engineering. I will be working as an applications engineer for

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Pedagogy II - Best Teaching Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Esmee Vernooij, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Catherine LaBore, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Ava R. Wolf, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning; Cheelan Bo-Linn, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning, University of Illinois; Robert Thomas Baird; Nattasit Dancholvichit, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #30769Transforming an Engineering Design Course into an Engaging LearningExperience using ePortfoliosMiss Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Taylor Tucker graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor’s degree in engineering mechanics and is now pursuing a master’s in Curriculum and Instruction through the Digital Environments for Learning, Teaching, and Agency (DELTA) program. She is interested in engineering design and lends her technical background to her research with the Collaborative Learning Lab, exploring how to improve ill-structured tasks for

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Whiting; Marion Usselman

Engineering Education· Identify a problem or question related to gender equity that they wanted to pursue or investigate at their school using action research, and to implement their plan,· Return to Georgia Tech for periodic SummerScape meetings, and· Submit a written report detailing their activities and modified lesson plans.Teachers were also encouraged to observe each other periodically in the classroom to check ontheir progress in providing equitable attention to all students, and to conduct a gender equityworkshop for parents at their school.Online CommunityAll professional development materials and teacher final reports were posted online on aSummerScape WebCT course. The classroom instruments and activities were all available aspdf

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alexander P. Parobek, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COS); Patrick M. Chaffin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COS); Marcy H. Towns, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COS)

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

, engineering, and mathematics. He is a published author in Chemistry Education Research and Practice (CERP) and has served as a reviewer for both CERP and the Journal of Chemical Education.Mr. Patrick M. Chaffin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COS) Mr. Patrick Chaffin is a Ph. D. graduate student at Purdue University conducting chemistry education research. His research interests are focused on exploring the dynamics of student-tutor interactions and students’ transfer of knowledge across the disciplines of STEM. He is a published author in Chemistry Education Research and Practice.Dr. Marcy H. Towns, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COS) Dr. Marcy H. Towns is the Bodner-Honig Professor of Chemistry and Director

Conference Session

WIED: Partnering with and Supporting the WIED Community

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Maltese, Indiana University-Bloomington; Kelli Paul, Indiana University-Bloomington; Jungsun Kim, Indiana University-Bloomington; Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Amanda Diekman

Engineering Workforce Development Director for CISTAR, the Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources, a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. Her research focuses on how identity, among other affective factors, influences diverse students to choose engineering and persist in engineering. She also studies how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belonging and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Radha Balamuralikrishna; Kurt Rosentrater

that this discipline has gained its rightful place in the company ofengineering and engineering technology. This new level of partnership and collaboration betweenengineering and technology programs promises to be a step in the right direction for society at large.Engineering and technology majors both supplement and complement each other’s knowledge andskills and it is crucial for educators to build bridges of active interaction. This paper takes aim atone specific as well as basic need in teamwork and interdisciplinary projects – ethics and itsimplications for professional practice. The primary focus here is to promote ethics education amonga wider audience that includes industrial technologists.A preliminary study suggests that students

Conference Session

INT. Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, Partnerships, and Implementations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Barnes, James Madison University; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Susan Kubic Barnes, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

International

and at the technology research center at The University of Texas at Austin. He earned his doctoral degree from Virginia Tech and authored numerous publications in Problem Solving, Sustainability, and Innovation.Dr. Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette Michael J. Dyrenfurth is a professor of Technology Leadership and Innovation in the College of Tech- nology at Purdue University. He is a member of the ASEE and he has served on the Board of the ETD and as program chair for the CIEC in New Orleans (2008). Previously he completed a four year term as Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies in Purdue University’s College of Technology. His scholarship agenda focuses on technological innovation

Conference Session

Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emil H Salib, James Madison University; Joshua Alfred Erney, James Madison University; Matthew Edwin Schumaker

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

the Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT) program at James MadisonUniversity [1] is to prepare students to be professionally well equipped when entering theworkplace or enroll in graduate programs. This is accomplished by developing students‟ abilityto become problem solvers who are able to investigate local, national, and global issues not onlyfrom a science perspective but also from technology, engineering and social contextperspectives. During their Junior and Senior years, the program provides students with a uniquehands-on research, design and prototyping experiences in the form of Senior Capstone Projects.The intent of a capstone is for students to utilize competencies developed in the first three yearsof the curriculum in the

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Hu Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Tagged Topics

International Forum

Jiao Tong University. Her primary research interests relate to the assessment of teaching and learning in engineering, cognitive development of graduate and undergraduate students, and global engineering. She received her Ph.D. from the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University in 2013. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Design and Implementation of Engineering Leadership Programs: A Comparative StudyAbstractChanging technological world requires future engineers not only show excellent technicalskills, but also possess multiple skills and attributes, in particular leadership skills. Againstthis context, some universities and engineering

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garth V. Crosby, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, while all onlinestudents were assigned a partner through an open process that encouraged students’ input andfacilitated preferences, less than 70% of the online students frequently collaborated with theirpartner. This was determined via a post-course survey. Reasons stated for non-frequentcommunication were mainly personal and scheduling issues. Informal survey (questioning) bythe course instructor during the semester shed some light that the collaboration was not at thelevel he would have preferred. The instructor decided that the best approach might be simply toprovide the opportunity to collaborate and encourage the students to do so, rather than attemptingto enforce cooperation. Hence, while existing technology allowed real-time

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan Eleanor Ita, Arvinas; Monica Farmer Cox, The Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

highlight this. Rarely, however, are there spaces andplaces for women in engineering to discuss these tensions. We wanted to create space so thosecoming after us can do the real work to move toward sisterhood.Race affects cross-racial mentoring relationships at all levels of higher education includingsenior faculty to junior faculty, faculty to postdocs, and faculty to graduate students [1]–[3]. Forexample, common factors that shape cross-racial mentoring of Faculty of Color include “anawareness of the mentee’s cultural experience” by the mentor, “open-mindedness”, and “trust,comfort, and common ground” [3]. Davis and Linder [4] further call to action the necessity toacknowledge and candidly discuss whiteness in cross-racial relationships between

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tongjie Ju, Shanghai Jiao Tong University ; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Tagged Divisions

International

professional highest networking interests promotion indicate) theoretical skills degree expertise Percentage of respondents Figure 1: The reasons for you to purse an industrial doctorate Here, the learning outcomes were mainly assessed from the dimensions ofknowledge and skills. Students improved significantly overall, with an average scoreof 4.53 out of 5. Among them, the improvement of knowledge was the most obviousand both were above 4.87. The following top five were academic research ability,interdisciplinary thinking, analytical thinking, innovative thinking and engineeringapplication ability. Relatively, the bottom three were teamwork skills

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Bodnar, Rowan University; Jeffrey Stransky, Rowan University; Cayla Ritz, Rowan University; Emily Dringenberg, The Ohio State University; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University

Engineering from Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ).Cayla Ritz Cayla, originally from Freeland, Maryland, has attended Rowan University for all undergraduate and graduate-level degrees. She graduated in Spring 2020 with her BS in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Honors Studies. She also has her MSc in Mechanical Engineering with a COGS in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and is pursuing a PhD in Engineering with a concentration in Engineering Education. Specifically, her research interests are focused on combining the humanities and social sciences with STEM education to create a unique learning experience for students.Cheryl A Bodnar (Associate Professor, Experiential Engineering Education) Dr. Cheryl Bodnar is an

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VII

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Kasi Kiehlbaugh, University of Arizona; Paul Blowers, University of Arizona

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Undergraduate Education

improve their grades by addressing the primary reasons women leaveengineering.Works Cited 1. Daempfle PA. An Analysis of the High Attrition Rates among First Year College Science, Math, and Engineering Majors. Journal of College Student Retention. 2003 May;5(1):37-52. Page 5 of 82. Hartman H, Hartman M. Leaving engineering: Lessons from Rowan University's college of engineering. J Eng Educ. 2006 January;95(1):49-61.3. Zeldin AL, Britner SL, Pajares F. A Comparative Study of the Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Successful Men and Women in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Careers. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 2008 NOV;45(9):1036-58.4. Nauta MM, Epperson DL, Kahn JH. A multiple

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Snyder; Mike Toole; Mike Hanyak; Mathew Higgins; Daniel Hyde; Edward Mastascusa; Brian Hoyt; Michael Prince; Margot Vigeant

-assessment of team functioning. Team members set goals, periodically assess how well they are working together, and identify changes they will make to function effectively in the future.” † Reading the above five tenets, one can see that teamwork is an integral part of cooperative learning. Cooperative learning has many benefits beyond being a training ground for teamwork. “An extensive body of [educational] research confirms the effectiveness of cooperative learning in higher education. Relative to students taught conventionally, cooperatively-taught students tend to exhibit better grades on common tests, greater persistence through graduation, better analytical, creative, and critical

Collection

2017 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Edward T. Davis, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Tony Monahan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

ideal setting for the advancement of physical activity (Keating, et al., 2005; Huang, et al., 22003). To this end, researchers have suggested a greater effort on the part of college faculty andadministration to increase student awareness of the benefits of physical activity and offer moreprograms designed to get students active (Lowry, et al., 2000; Keating, et al., 2005; Kwan, et al.,2012). Among the goals of the American College Health Association’s Healthy Campus 2020initiative is for colleges to “create social and physical environments that promote good health forall” (2010, p. 1). According to Dr. James Pivarnik of the American College of Sports Medicine,"The built environment, as we call