AC 2008-1884: A NEW TOOL TO ASSESS THE VALUE OF ACTIVE ANDPROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IN ENHANCING ENGINEERING STUDENTSELF-EFFICACYGary Halada, State University of New York at Stony Brook Department of Materials Science and Engineering Stony Brook University Stony Brook, New York 11794-2275 Page 13.74.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A New Tool to Assess the Value of Active and Problem-Based Learning in Enhancing Engineering Student Self-EfficacyAbstract:Self-efficacy, or belief in one’s own ability to learn, is a key predictor of success for engineeringstudents. I have developed and evaluated
, Vol. 106 Issue 1, p112-139, 28p, Jan2004.19 How People Learn Brain, Mind, Experience, and School John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, editors Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS, Washington, D.C., 1999.20 Davidson-shivers, Gayle V., Nowlin, Barry; Lanouette, Michael, Do Multimedia Lesson Structure and Learning Styles influence undergraduate writing performance, College Student Journal, vol.36, issue 1, p20,12p, March 2002.21 Richard M. Felder, Donald R. Woods, James E. Stice, Armando Rugarcia, The Future of Engineering Education II. Teaching Methods That Work, Chem. Engr. Education
2006-1278: USING REFLECTIVE ESSAYS AS PART OF A MIXED METHODAPPROACH FOR EVALUATING A FRESHMAN LIVING-LEARNINGCOMMUNITY FOR ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE STUDENTSJennifer Light, University of Washington Jennifer Light is a 2005 Ph.D. graduate in Engineering Education from Washington State University and was recently awarded a National Academy of Engineering post doctoral appointment with the University of Washington Center for Engineering Education. She is the author of several publications on engineering learning communities and assessment.Laura Girardeau, Washington State University Laura Girardeau, M.S., is a Learning Designer at Washington State University’s Center for Teaching, Learning, and
thesolution. The active dimension of design is more relevant to modern engineering, as innovativeprojects mean nothing if they cannot be successfully implemented and sustained. The Engineerof 2020 [4] will however, need to have some traits of the adaptive expert.McKenna [16] characterizes the adaptive expert with engineering design in mind, and Figure 2below shows how she defines the dimensions of design thinking in relation to these experts, andthe characteristics of design processes used by experts of those dimensions. Figure 2: Adaptive expertise as a balance between two dimensions for learning and assessment: Efficiency and innovation. [16]Within this optimal adaptability corridor, or adaptive dimension, innovation and
representative on the Haas Technical Education Council, which is committed to developing manufacturing expertise at the high school, trade school, and university level. He received a BSEE from Purdue University in 1992. He has over 15 years of industrial experience, specializing in manufacturing and electronic controls, for which he holds 3 patents. Eric’s industrial experience includes positions at Toyota, Cummins, Woodward, and TRW Automotive. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue, with an expected graduation date of 2020.Prof. David F. Radcliffe, Swinburne University of Technology Dr. Radcliffe’s research focuses on the nature of engineering; engineering habits of mind, how engineering
depended on which experts they had in mind. They wanted toevaluate the experts first, and then make the judgement of the validity of the expert’s answers.As mentioned above, the student who put neutral for the item of Certainty of Knowledge made acomparison between two different fields (civil engineering vs. biomedical engineering) and wasaware that her beliefs would vary according to the different fields. Contrary to theory, thesestudents’ choices of neutral points might reflect a more sophisticated thinking than other studentswho stick to the ratings of the scales.6. Conclusion The measurement validity issues with the self-report instruments of domain-specificepistemic beliefs may be due to any of the reasons we described in section “2.2
students feltthese helped them decide on a major), the decrease could simply be due to the fact that thesecame later in the semester and a majority of students had already made up their mind aboutwhich major to pursue. Additionally, students’ confidence increased in their choice of majorsuggesting that the company panels were effective. Survey comments provided specific feedbackregarding which aspects of the activities students found most helpful and insight into changesthat might improve the activities in future semesters.1.0 IntroductionAt our university, approximately 30% of students in engineering programs switch majors withintheir first year. Students that switch engineering majors after their first year often have to makeup classes for that
schools’faculty and programs. Through KEEN support, engineering schools have had the opportunity tomake investments in faculty, staff and students to transform engineering education with theultimate goal of empowering the engineers of the future to create jobs and make the world abetter place.2-6 This goal is captured in the mission of KEEN which is, “to graduate engineerswith an entrepreneurial mindset so they can create personal, economic, and societal valuethrough a lifetime of meaningful work.”4KEEN champions novel pedagogy in engineering such as Active Collaborative Learning (ACL),Project/Problem based Learning (PBL) and Entrepreneurial Minded Learning (EML). ACL andPBL are not new to engineering education, but EML is.2, 3, 7-10 EML is a student
Paper ID #30096Overcoming the Challenges to Launch a Successful Initiative of anEngineering Faculty-led Travel Course While Boosting InterdisciplinaryCollaborationsDr. Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University Yanjun Yan is an Associate Professor in Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University. Her research interests include engineering education, swarm robotics, statistical signal processing, and swarm intelligence.Dr. Nelson A. Granda Marulanda, Western Carolina University Nelson A. Granda Marulanda is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering + Technology at Western Carolina University. Nelson has a
Paper ID #9040An Implementation of Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN) Using a Learn-ing Management System Platform in an Undergraduate Experimental Engi-neering CourseDr. Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College Dr. Cardenas earned her B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State Engineering. She joined Rock- etdyne as a propulsion engineer and worked on the Space Shuttle Main Engines, Atlas Engine, and the X-30 propulsion system. Dr. Cardenas received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Environmental and Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, studying the transport and fate of PCBs and sediments in the
), and a separate mixed gender camp (6 girls/5 boys); 3) Advocates for Women inScience, Engineering and Math (AWSEM), an after school club for middle school girls withwomen undergraduate and graduate student mentors; 4) Spirited Kids in Engineering and Science(SKIES), an 11 week non-residential summer camp for K-8 students (approx. 400 kids) that useda “holistic learning” approach, turning a “traditional” summer sports/crafts day camp into anexperience that “exercises” both the body and mind of kids throughout the “lazy days ofsummer”. Page 9.586.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and
Enhancing teaming skills in engineering management students through the use of the Effective Team Player – Training Program (ETP-TP) Bianey C. Ruiz Ulloa – M.S., Stephanie Adams - PhD University of Nebraska-Lincoln Recent trends in business have pointed to teamwork as an important tool forachieving success in the workplace. This has motivated organizations to start looking forteaming skills in new employees 1,2,3,4. Although employers may be willing to provide onthe job training, they expect that their new employees, at least, possess the understandingof why this skill is important in the organization 5. For this reason accreditation boards at the collegiate level such as
AC 2011-2123: RENEWABLE ENERGY INTERNSHIPS: STUDY OF 7THAND 8TH GRADE STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE OF RELATED SCIENCEAND ENGINEERING CONTENTTirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. He has bachelors and masters degrees in Computer Science and Engineering and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction. His research interests include educational research methods, communication of research, and k-16+ engineering education. Ganesh’s research is largely focused on studying k-12 curricula, and teaching-learning processes in both the formal and informal settings. He is principal investigator of
a result, the camp has been established as an annual event and willcontinue to be conducted for the foreseeable future. Plans are already underway for the camp tobe held in the summer of 1998.The overall success of the camp will not be known for a number of years. However, the seed hasbeen planted in the minds of several young ladies that they could have a promising future in theexciting and interesting career paths of engineering, science, and technology. This informationwill assist them significantly in eventually making a reasoned career choice. Along with theirexperiences, the girls took home with them tangible souvenirs of what they accomplished incamp, to include five copies of a newsletter documenting these experiences. There is no
Paper ID #42904Board 296: Immersive Engineering Learning and Workforce Development:Pushing the Boundaries of Knowledge Acquisition in a CAVEDr. Opeyemi Peter Ojajuni, Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Dr. Opeyemi Ojajuni is a post-doctoral research manager at Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA, with expertise in computer network infrastructure, artificial intelligence, virtual reality (VR), and data science. His research focuses on applying these technologies to STEM education, particularly improving enrollment, retention, and computational thinking development. He also
Paper ID #44335Shifting Views in Changing Times: Towards a Mixed Methods Study ExaminingFaculty and Student Perceptions on Engineering EthicsProf. Bradley J. Sottile, The Pennsylvania State University Brad Sottile is Assistant Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering in The Pennsylvania State University’s College of Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Shifting Views in Changing Times: Towards A Mixed Methods Study Examining Faculty and Student Perceptions on Engineering
AC 2011-925: UTILIZATION OF A THINK-ALOUD PROTOCOL TO COG-NITIVELY VALIDATE A SURVEY INSTRUMENT IDENTIFYING SOCIALCAPITAL RESOURCES OF ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATESJulie Martin Trenor, Clemson University Julie Martin Trenor, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Her research interests focus on social factors affecting the recruitment, retention, and career development of under-represented students in engi- neering. Dr. Trenor is a recent NSF CAREER award winner for her research entitled, ”Influence of Social Capital on Under-Represented Engineering Students Academic and Career Decisions.”Matthew K. Miller, Clemson
AC 2010-444: ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PROBLEM-BASED (PBL) PEDAGOGYAPPROACHES TO ENGINEERING EDUCATION: MULTI–VARIANT MODELSAND EPISTEMOLOGICAL ISSUESWaddah Akili, Iowa State University Page 15.919.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 On Implementation of Problem-Based (PBL) Pedagogy Approaches to Engineering Education: Multi–variant Models and Epistemological IssuesAbstract: This paper focuses on the implementation of problem–based learning (PBL) in anengineering program, and argues that implementation of problem-based learning needs to beplaced in a context and must be developed with careful consideration of the social
AC 2010-1800: A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO TEACH TECHNOLOGY ANDENGINEERING CONCEPTS TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLICSteve Shumway, Brigham Young University Dr. Shumway is an associate professor of Technology & Engineering Education program at Brigham Young University. Prior to completing a doctorate degree he taught high school electronics/technology education classes for six years. His primary responsibilities at BYU include teaching graduate and undergraduate classes, supervising student teaching, and he is currently the Technology Teacher Education program chair.SClaudina Vargas, Complex Systems Optimization Lab SClaudina Vargas is Founder and Director of
during pre-college visits and on the university website. It was a stated outcome of theprevious versions of the course and became firmly entrenched in the minds of faculty andstudents [2], [3]. The coordinators deliberately left out opportunities for students to exploredifferent engineering disciplines in the redesign. The previous version of the course had becomedisjointed with a variety of topics (including the disciplinary explorations) that eroded theunifying purpose in the eyes of students. Therefore the redesign focused exclusively on the fouracademic outcomes stated previously and omitted topics that were not directly relevant to theseoutcomes. The coordinators were aware of the tension from the beginning and observed thefollowing after
exercises and case studies used in that initial year. Then because of theinitial work accomplished during that first year, we were able to approach the course design withmore of an “inverse approach,” or the well-known backward design [5] i.e., instead of designingthe course and seeing what outcomes resulted, we were able to start with the outcomes desiredand design the course to meet them.A real boost came from a well-developed example provided by Dr. Dillon from when she hadtaught engineering ethics at a previous institution and had prepared an innovative class projectwith ABET criterion achievements in mind. We were able to adapt this case study so that asstudents worked through it, they would hopefully experience learning related to all three
institutions for over a decade-and-a-half. Throughcollaboration and a shared mission to infuse an entrepreneurial mindset (EM) into undergraduateengineering education, KEEN has cultivated this shared mission with more than 55 partnerinstitutions across the United States [15]. Each of these schools are committed to supplementingthe technical skills being taught in the classroom with a mindset that focuses on fosteringcuriosity, connections, and creating value – “the 3 C’s”. The KEEN framework, as shown inTable 1, seeks to describe the beneficial student outcomes that entrepreneurially-minded learningcan bring to engineering undergraduates. Examples of these benefits include the ability torecognize opportunities to create personal, economic and societal
Paper ID #36500Women Students Learning a STEM Subject: An Analysis ofNote-Taking Practices in a Civil Engineering Course and theAssociation with Self-Efficacy, Cognitive Engagement, TestAnxiety, and Course AchievementMonica Palomo (Professor) (California State Polytechnic University,Pomona) Dr. Mónica Palomo is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where she teaches senior projects, and environmental and water resources engineering undergraduate and graduate courses. She is the CWEA-AWWA student chapter advisor. Dr. Palomo holds a Civil Engineering degree
on the process of defining and solving a problem, not on getting the “right” answer. They learn how to apply STEM knowledge, skills, and habits of mind to make the world a better place through innovation. PLTW students say that PLTW Engineering influenced their post-secondary decisions and helped shape their future. PLTW students are shown to study engineering and other STEM disciplines at a rate significantly higher than their non-PLTW peers. Even for students who do not plan to pursue engineering after high school, the PLTW Engineering program provides opportunities to develop highly transferable skills in critical thinking, collaboration, and problem solving, which are relevant for any
Engineering ProActive Network.14 Greger, J., 2012, Are they talking about us?, in.15 Apted, M., 1999, The World Is Not Enough.16 Scott, R., 2012, Prometheus.17 Sulkin, A., Wild, W., 2013, Dads.18 Linehan, G., 2006, The IT Crowd.19 Day, F., 2007, The Guild.20 Davis, J., 2005, Criminal Minds.21 Graham, S., Latulipe, C., 2003, CS girls rock: sparking interest in computer science and debunking the stereotypes, in SIGCSE Bull. 35, 322-326.22 Cohoon, J. M., 2002, Recruiting and retaining women in undergraduate computing majors, in ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 34, 48-52.23 Barker, L. J., Garvin-Doxas, K., Roberts, E., 2005, What can computer science learn from a fine arts approach to teaching?, in ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 37, 421-425.24
Paper ID #8010Using Programming to Strengthen Mathematics Learning in 9th Grade Al-gebra ClassesDr. Eric A Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso Eric Freudenthal is an Associate Professor of Computer Science.Dr. Kien H. Lim, University of Texas at El Paso Dr. Lim’s research interests are on students’ problem-solving disposition and instructional strategies to advance their ways of thinking. Dr. Lim is particularly interested in impulsive disposition, students’ propensity to act out the first thing that comes to mind. Dr. Lim’s research goal centers on helping stu- dents advance from impulsive disposition to analytic
Paper ID #38351Engineering Faculty Professional Development: Scholarship of Teachingand Learning (SOTL) Dissemination for Curriculum IntegratingEntrepreneurial Mindset, STEAM, and Bio-Inspired DesignDr. Lisa Bosman, Purdue University at West Lafayette Dr. Bosman holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering. Her engineering education research interests include entrepreneurially minded learning, energy education, interdisciplinary education, and faculty professional development.Dr. Katey Shirey, eduKatey LLC, STEAM Education Services Dr. Katey Shirey, founder of eduKatey, LLC in DC, combines expertise in science, art, engineering, and
Paper ID #36463Reading Between the Data Points: Analysis of the VSFSInternship Recruitment Process and Its Implications forEngineering Student ApplicantsJeongjin Park GeorgiaTech Master student studying Computational Science &EngineeringLisa Bosman (Faculty) Dr. Bosman holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering. Her engineering education research interests include entrepreneurially minded learning, interdisciplinary education, and faculty professional development. Learn more here: www.iAgree.orgBhavana Kotla (PhD Candidate) PhD Candidate in Technology (Entrepreneurship Education
Paper ID #37107Preparing Prospective Engineers for Artemis: Analyzing theEfficacy of MOOCs in a Specific Area of Expertise (WIP)Joselyn Elisabeth Busato Undergraduate Student Bucknell Class of 2024Elif Miskioglu (Assistant Professor) I am an early-career engineering education scholar and educator. I hold a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (with Genetics minor) from Iowa State University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University. My early Ph.D. work focused on the development of bacterial biosensors capable of screening pesticides for specifically targeting the malaria vector
Comparison of the DIT2 and EERI instruments for assessing the development ofethical reasoning of engineering studentsJoel R. TerMaatDr. Joel TerMaat is an Assistant Professor of Engineering and chair of the Engineering & Physicsdepartment at Doane University.Kristopher J. WilliamsChristopher D. Wentworth © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023WORK-IN-PROGRESS: Comparison of the DIT2 and EERI instruments forassessing the development of ethical reasoning of engineering students Joel R. TerMaat (1), Kristopher J. Williams (2), and Christopher D. Wentworth (1) (1) Department of Engineering and Physics, Doane University (2) Director of Institutional Effectiveness