Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Julia L. Morse

lifelong learning resources. The exercise requiredstudents to take independent initiative on topics of personal choice or interest and to identifyavailable resources. Specific submission criteria required students to reflect on their activity asa learning experience, comparing it with their goals prior to the activity. The resulting studentsubmissions insure that student-submitted summaries address lifelong-learning outcomes,enabling easy and direct assessment.IntroductionTAC-ABET criteria (h) specifies requires the outcome of “a recognition of the need for, and anability to engage in lifelong learning.” 1 Two components of lifelong learning are to beevaluated: (1) Recognition of the need for lifelong learning (2) Ability to engage in

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University; Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

university engineering programs since the release of ChatGPT by OpenAI inNovember 2022 is notable [1]. The integration of generative AI in teaching and educationalresearch within engineering disciplines includes analyzing how educators and learnersunderstand and utilize these tools, examining the potential benefits and challenges, andidentifying educators' perceptions of these technologies [1].AI methodologies support educational praxis and teacher metacognition, aiding teachers'professional development through detailed, context-specific reflection and adaptive decision-making [4]. Generative AI, as an advanced innovative tool, can transform engineering educationby creating content, enhancing personalized learning, and updating curricula efficiently

Conference Session

WIP Poster Session: Emerging Research and Practices in Pre-College Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey D Radloff, SUNY, Cortland

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

integrate authentic engineering activities that connect with real-worldissues like sustainability. Storytelling about sustainable engineering offers a practical method ofintroducing PSTs to authentic engineering projects, practices, and careers. This work-in-progress, funded by ASEE’s Engineering for One Planet (EOP) initiative, illustrates the impactof engaging PSTs in reading and reflecting upon a set of “Sustainable Engineering Stories”during science teaching methods courses at two institutions.During the summer of 2024, the researchers interviewed engineers from various disciplinesabout projects oriented toward sustainability. From those interviews, we created a set of eightSustainable Engineering Stories for PSTs enrolled in their elementary

Conference Session

Student Engagement and Motivation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; John Geddes, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Mark Somerville, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Educational Research and Methods

education, if we are to survive, is the facilitation of change and learning. The only man who is educated is the man who has learned how to learn; the man who has learned how to adapt and change; the man who has realized that no knowledge is secure, that only the 7 process of seeking knowledge gives a basis for security.”Education literature includes extensive discussion of the qualities and competencies of effectiveself-directed learners, and of student attitudes toward self-directed learning.8,9,10 For example,Candy describes self-directed learners as individuals who are curious, motivated, disciplined,reflective, analytical, persistent, responsible, flexible

Conference Session

Preparing Future Educators

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel McCord Ellestad, Virginia Tech; Cory Hixson, Virginia Tech; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, and research practices in science.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Assistant Department Head of Graduate Programs and co-Director of the VT Engineering Com- munication Center (VTECC). She received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in English from the University of Georgia. Her research interests include interdisciplinary collabora- tion, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suining Ding, Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Architectural

© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching Dynamics of Cultural Dimensions In Design To Create Sustainable Environment: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Of ArchitectureAbstract Sustainable design is the concept that recognizes human civilization as an integral part ofthe natural world, and that nature must be preserved if the human community itself is to survive.Cultural dimensions of design are the tangible and intangible aspects of cultural systems that arevalued by or representative of, a given culture and reflected in the built environment [12]. Therewas no existing course in our curriculum to cover the topic of culture and design. Therefore, it isnecessary to develop a new

Conference Session

Research Methods

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Erin J. McCave, University of Houston

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Educational Research and Methods

education research through doctoral education programs; two developedengineering education knowledge and practices through exposure as part of our doctoral andpost-doctoral program work; and one of us developed the knowledge and practices while in afaculty position. In our new faculty positions, we represent both tenure and non-tenure trackroles and have positions that are within a range of programs.To examine the impact of institutional context on our agency, we selected and implementedaspects from both collaborative autoethnography and collaborative inquiry to study theexperiences of our research team [14, 15]. Throughout the first two years of our positions, wewrote weekly, monthly, pre-semester, and post-semester reflections to capture and make

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 3 - Grading: Grate or Great

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College; Tara Gupte Wilson, Ohio State University; Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University

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New Engineering Educators

engineering concepts through low-stakes practice, and as a means ofassessing student progress. One such strategy has been utilized in various courses at a small, privatecollege with a general engineering degree program. This homework approach encourages students toauthentically engage with engineering concepts by incentivizing completion over correctness andrequiring students to complete a metacognitive reflection following each assignment. This approach hasshown strong improvements in the homework habits adopted by the students.In fall 2019, this homework approach was adapted for use in a thermodynamics course at a large, publicresearch institution. Although there are a few practical differences in implementation at the two schools,the purpose is

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

forclassification of respondents’ views into one of the five major educational philosophies:essentialism, perennialism, progressivism, social reconstructionism, or existentialism. Responsesto supplementary questions allowed for students’ philosophies to be compared based ondiscipline, gender, past educational experiences, current teaching practices, and future careergoals. Students’ philosophies were also characterized as espoused or enacted by comparing theirself-declared philosophy with that determined by the Inventory. Results indicated thatessentialism is the predominant philosophy among the graduate students in this sample,according to both the Educational Philosophies Inventory and student self-reflections. Students’current teaching practices, as

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 3: Identity & Belonging

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Libby Flanagan, Clemson University; Madison Pollock, Clemson University ; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University; Karen A. High, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

. After each lesson and after thelesson series, students completed a written reflection on what they had learned, totaling to fivereflections over the semester. Their responses will be explored with a thematic qualitativeanalysis to answer the research questions above. The lessons continue to be adapted to thiscontext and are being taught to all sections of the course this semester. A rollout to all incomingfirst-year engineering students is planned for the Fall of 2023, so this analysis is ongoing, and allconclusions drawn so far are from Fall of 2022 and are denoted as a WIP.Definition of EmpathyDuring a pilot study in the Fall of 2022, 59 first-year students in the honors sections of“Introduction to Engineering” at a large R1 university

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lucie Guertault, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Thomas Dalton Stephenson Jr.

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

]. The instrument assesses learning preferences on four scales withtwo dimensions each: Processing with the Active and Reflective dimensions; Perception with theSensing and Intuitive dimensions; Input with the Visual and Verbal dimensions; andUnderstanding with the Sequential and Global dimensions. Ratings are represented by a degreeof preference for each learning scale: balanced (no preference between dimensions), moderatepreference for one dimension, or strong preference for one dimension.In the processing scale, active learners prefer learning the material by applying it, discussing it orexplaining it to others. Reflective learners prefer to think about and reflect on the material first.In the perception scale, sensing learners prefer to

Conference Session

Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Society for Engineering Education, 2014 What’s in the Soup? Reflections from an Engineer, a Physicist, and an English Professor on an Interdisciplinary Summer Grand Challenge ProgramIntroduction to the Summer Grand Challenge ProgramThree professors with common interests and goals piloted in Summer 2013 a program focused onsolving one of the fourteen Grand Challenges of the 21st Century identified by the NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE).1 These challenges range from providing energy from fusion toengineering better medicines. The summer program was centered on making solar power cheaperand locally manufacturable in a less developed region. The program purposefully broughttogether humanities, science

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Upchurch; Judith Sims-Knight

SESSION 2330 The Learning Portal Richard L. Upchurch, Judith E. Sims-Knight University of Massachusetts DartmouthAbstractUndergraduate engineering education is experiencing a paradigm shift, from teacher-centered tostudent-centered pedagogy characterized by student teamwork and integrative curricula 1. Theresearch and experiences underlying this shift have revealed that effective learners not only learnactively, but they develop an awareness of their skills in learning, and engage in self-assessmentand reflection. Research in psychology has found that the

Conference Session

Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tahlia Altgold, The Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student Division (STDT)

such as climatechange, healthcare, and food insecurity [2]. To solve these complex problems, engineers must understandthe societal impacts of their engineering designs on multiple stakeholders. The importance of socialimpact in engineering is reflected in the required student outcomes set by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET). Student outcome two in the second criterion states that graduatesshould have “an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs withconsideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, andeconomic factors” [3]. Engineering students can learn to incorporate these factors in their designs andconsider

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Julia Morse; Jung Oh

applied to fit the needs of the users.The teaching portfolio allows the faculty member to reflect on individual teaching goals andmethods and to exhibit evidences of successes and growth. It presents a summarized, yet holisticview of teaching performance with a focus on goals, process, and outcomes. This record Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section Conferenceprovides critical data for evaluators of teaching performance—data which cannot be provided bystudent evaluators or even peer assessments of classroom visits.The reflective nature of the portfolio has the added benefit of promoting teaching improvement.Teaching Portfolios as a Documentation ToolTeaching portfolios have a two-pronged purpose

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: A Focus on Faculty Experiences & Perceptions

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yonghee Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jay Mann, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Chris Migotsky, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

].Faculty communities of practice provide a promising pathway for addressing these systemicissues by creating collaborative spaces where educators can share practices, develop innovativeteaching strategies, and reflect on their professional growth. Unlike short-term professionaldevelopment programs, CoPs foster sustained, peer-driven collaboration that empowersfaculty to align their teaching practices with their values, overcome institutional challenges,and contribute to inclusive learning environments. Research highlights the transformativepotential of CoPs in fostering long-term change, particularly by focusing on faculty beliefs,values, and institutional cultures rather than short-term interventions [3]. For example, CoPscan help redefine

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Gary P. Halada; Nancy McCoy Wozniak

instructors’ of learning gains in STEM education.ability to assess student learning outcomes and the ability ofindustrial mentors to supervise and direct interns. Further, At one time, engineers learned their trade primarily through aeportfolios, through student reflection and direct assessment ofactivities, can help programs meet the challenges of program process of apprenticeship. The student-masteraccreditation. In particular, we show the use of an assessment tradesman/artisan relationship allowed for an in-depth, realmodel for difficult-to-assess ABET outcomes. time observation of student learning and accomplishment, and

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Visual Strategies in Design

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark J. Povinelli, Syracuse University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

outlines the pedagogy, researchmethodology, and practical applications, illustrating how the integration of visual thinking intothe curriculum enhances skills in reflective thinking, design, data visualization, andcommunication.The research investigates how visual thinking can be taught and effectively integrated intotransdisciplinary curricula, emphasizing the theoretical and practical value of manual, non-digitalvisual thinking strategies—such as sketching, drawing, writing, and physical modeling—infostering conceptual understanding across disciplines. These analog practices are supportedthrough students’ use of a blank-page notebook, which serves as a central tool for explorationand reflection, enabling them to capture and connect their lived

Conference Session

Track: Collegiate - Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Jessica R. Deters, Virginia Tech; Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech; Teirra K. Holloman, Virginia Tech; Dustin M. Grote, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Collegiate, Diversity

skills, and becomeinterested in and prepared for future global engagement. The course teaches students aboutglobal engineering through the use of guest speakers from different departments and industry,group projects, case studies, and written reflection. International modules, each around twoweeks in length, involve visits to engineering companies, universities, and cultural sites. Theprogram currently serves around 180 students on approximately seven different internationaltracks annually. Prospective transfer students from NOVA and VWCC were included in theprogram in recent years through a partnership with the VT-NETS scholarship program.Virginia Tech Network for Engineering Transfer Students (VT-NETS) Funded through the National

Collection

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Royce A Francis, The George Washington University; James P Ferguson, The George Washington University

, evaluation, and inference, as well asexplanation of the evidential, conceptual, methodological, criteriological, or contextual considerationsupon which judgment is based.’” In this paper, we describe engagement with a writing assignment forundergraduate systems engineering students intended to foreground engineering judgment in studentwriting processes from the perspective of an instructor and an undergraduate student. We conduct areflective autoethnography to construct key elements of the ways both student and instructorparticipate in the construction of engineering judgments through the course’s writing processes.This reflective essay advances the possibility for engineering judgments constructed in well-designedwriting assignments to improve

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Joy Arbor, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Page 24.1118.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Student Perceptions of Connections between Statics Class and Co-op Work ExperienceAbstractIn this paper, a collection of essays written by students at Kettering University in a sophomore-level engineering class, Statics, is analyzed to determine what connections the students seebetween their classroom experience in Statics and their co-op work experience. These studentswere given a class assignment to write an essay in which they reflected on the links betweentheir co-op work assignment and their Statics course. The pedagogical purpose of thisassignment was to prompt students to think in depth about the

Conference Session

Socially Responsible Engineering II: Pedagogy, Teamwork, and Student Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael D. Gross, Wake Forest University; Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon, Wake Forest University; Michael Lamb, Wake Forest University ; Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University ; Adetoun Yeaman, Wake Forest University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Centralto the module was providing definitions of virtue and of teamwork as a virtue and implementingstrategies from an empirically-grounded framework to develop students as virtuous teamworkers. Drawing from Lamb et al. (2021), strategies included “(1) habituation through practice,(2) reflection on personal experience, (3) engagement with virtuous exemplars, (4) dialogue toincrease virtue literacy, (5) awareness of situational variables, (6) moral reminders, and (7)friendships of mutual accountability.”Teamwork-relevant outcomes were assessed using two approaches: self-report and peer-assessment. Students reported perceived embodiment of fifteen teamwork attributes forthemselves and for each of their teammates pre- and post-Project 2. The most

Conference Session

For Students to Know and Grow

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Candice W. Bolding, Clemson University; Jennifer Harper Ogle, Clemson University; Luke J. Rapa, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

ourunderstanding of their perceptions and values about stakeholder experiences within the contextof infrastructure decisions, as well as their agency beliefs to combat inequities in this context.Each framework is further described in the following sections.Critical ConsciousnessGrounded in the pedagogical practices of Brazilian educator-philosopher Paulo Freire (1921-1997), critical consciousness comprises three components: (1) critical reflection, which is thecritical analysis of inequitable social conditions; (2) critical motivation, which is the interest andagency one has to redress such inequities; and (3) critical action, which is the action taken toproduce or participate in activities aimed at promoting societal change [3]-[6]. The likelihood

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeffrey Stransky, Rowan University; Caleb Hill; Robert John McErlean, Rowan University; Jacob Willetts, Rowan University; Landon Bassett, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

environment?MethodsThis section will contain an overview of our study design, a description of the interventionContents Under Pressure (CUP), and discuss the data analysis performed.Study DesignThis study consisted of a semester long pre-/post- research design involving the use of CUP as anintervention. A total of 187 senior chemical engineering students, enrolled in either a seniordesign or process safety course from three different institutions, participated in the study. Inorder to understand how senior chemical engineering students prioritize criteria relevant toprocess safety decisions, they were asked to complete a pre-reflection where they sequentiallyranked the criteria (budget, personal relationships, plant productivity, safety, and time

Conference Session

Engineering in a Societal Context

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Reddy, University of San Diego; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego; Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

problem solving in multidisciplinary andinterdisciplinary teams. Undergraduate engineering students often are trained in disciplinaryconcepts and techniques of their specializations, but rarely given opportunities to reflect uponhow they work with collaborators. Here, we discuss a course that brings students fromengineering and non-engineering fields together to grapple with a technical and conceptualchallenge: designing and building drones for humanitarian purposes. This paper describes an“Engineering Peace” course and discusses preliminary findings from surveys, focus groups, andobservations regarding the course’s effects on students’ multidisciplinary and interdisciplinaryskills. This material allows us to analyze the emergence of professional

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 4: Interdisciplinary Graduate Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Dustin B. Thoman, San Diego State University; Satchi Venkataraman, San Diego State University

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

encouraging students to develop their own agency through avariety of course assignments afforded students the opportunity to develop adaptive perspectivesand a sense of control as they navigated troublesome shifts in professional identity. We alsofound evidence that students felt the program provides a sense of community, autonomy overprofessional development, and opportunity for exploration and self-discovery. Finally, instudents’ final written reflections on the course, we found evidence of increased sense of controlover their unique career development path and growth of their mentor network.We discuss the relevance of these findings for theory on interdisciplinary identity developmentand design of professional development courses to increase

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed A. Alrizqi, Cornell University; Allison Godwin, Cornell University; Junhyuk Kang, Cornell University; Beatriz Asfora, Cornell University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

experiencesthat span multiple disciplines and provide repeated exposure to real-world systems.Existing Approaches to Hands-On Mechanical EngineeringOne approach has been to emphasize project-based learning (PBL), by replacing existinglaboratory experiments or supplementing courses that previously lacked a lab component. PBL isa dynamic, student-centered approach to education that emphasizes students' independence,critical thinking, goal-setting, teamwork, communication, and reflection in practical settings[10].For example, one university [11] restructured its entire ME curriculum to include a new entry-level course centered around hands-on work with machines and electronics. In this course,students build and test a system throughout the semester

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anuja Kamat, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Materials Division (MATS)

Engineering: Origami bridges, building, structures would soon be possible.Hands on experience: Folding a printer paper and making a basic miuri ori fold: The instructordemonstrated the miuri-ori fold and the students followed. It is a relatively challenging fold tomaster and students needed a couple of hours to complete the fold.Test: The students stacked books on the folded paper and tested to see when it would fail. Thiswas done on zoom and students cheered as others tested their structure.Analysis and Discussion: There was a discussion on why some of the structures could hold up to7 lbs. Other concepts were demonstrated like 1. Poisson’s ratio was negative.breaFig 2. Summary and Reflection Assignment -Student 1 Fig 2

Collection

2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Leslie Hopkinson, West Virginia University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Journal 2: Personal reflection technology 4 Implicit bias, barriers Project 1: Women in engineering profile 5 Imposter Syndrome, engineering Journal 3: Barriers and solutions identity 6 Strategies for students in engineering Journal 4: Pay gap and technology 7 Network, mentors, and sponsors Project 2: Structural and cultural barriers 8 Gendered communication, engineering Journal 5: Elevator speech communication 9 Work-life balance, family support, time Journal 6: Family-work policies management 10 Job-hunting and gender Project 3: Job Search 11 Career path and progress

Conference Session

Assessing Hard-to-Measure Constructs in Engineering Education: Assessment Design and Validation Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeremiah Pina, Smith College; Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College; Al Rudnitsky, Smith College; Rebecca Mazur, Collaborative for Educational Services; Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College; Isabel Huff, Springfield Technical Community College

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

of engineering designAbstractThis research paper describes the development of an assessment instrument for use with middleschool students that provides insight into students’ interpretive understanding by looking at earlyindicators of developing expertise in students’ responses to solution generation, reflection, andconcept demonstration tasks.We begin by detailing a synthetic assessment model that served as the theoretical basis forassessing specific thinking skills. We then describe our process of developing test items byworking with a Teacher Design Team (TDT) of instructors in our partner school system to setguidelines that would better orient the assessment in that context and working within theframework of standards and disciplinary