teaching and learning when it is integrated with other subject matter?" and "what are someimportant things to consider when attempting this sort of integration?" The evidence needed toanswer these questions is ultimately to be found in student learning outcomes. This, however, isnot the only source of evidence. How the integration of engineering into other content areasaffects teacher thinking and behavior also speaks to these questions. The planning and teachingof a novice teacher, as told in her own words, is the focus of this paper. The teacher is workingin the subject area of science, more specifically she is teaching ideas about scientific reasoning tomiddle school students. The instructional approach she follows relies on ideas from
, strain and somecommon modes of failure of structures such as buckling. To demonstrate these concepts, basictrusses and evaluation methods for these trusses were discussed. In addition, the students wereguided through the construction of several simple trusses. During the discussion of forces andequilibrium, the concept of X and Y components of forces was discussed. The students showed abasic understanding of equal and opposite reactions, but were not comfortable with determiningX and Y components of a force using trigonometry.After the introduction to structures, the class built and tested a variety of small trusses. Thetrusses were built from to-scale plans distributed by the instructor. The students were dividedinto teams of four and each team
their current plan of study; if allstudents were required to participate in the programming of their robots, then these students wouldhave an opportunity to learn as well.In the student post-class surveys, it was also becoming evident that the 21-person divisions allowedfor significant non-participation by many students as the semester progressed. Though theparticipation of the students were measured with an anonymous student-generated “peer review,” theproblem persisted. Not only were students managing to go through the class with less contributionthan other students, but the outstanding students were becoming discouraged by their less-performing teammates. It was also noted that not all the non-performers were lazy or uninspired;many were
at ASU is described in Section 4, including the structure of the programas well as planned courses. Section 5 reports on the work completed to date, draws conclusionsand outlines future work.2 Background and Related WorkCertain characteristics of embedded systems distinguish them from other systems. Specifically,embedded systems typically interact in real time with their environment. As a result, they operateeffectively on unbounded input sequences and similarly produce output data streams that areunbounded in length. Frequently, embedded systems have safety-critical constraints or arerequired to deliver ultra-high availability. Because they function without human interventionand often in hostile or remote environments, they also must be
concerns addressed in August, thesis planning in October, publications inMarch, and career concerns in April. Each of the 90-minute workshops briefly introducedkey principles of communications related to the topic, followed by one or more informalpresentations by individual faculty members who had relevant experience and particularinterest in the topic. Generally, the workshops concluded with hands-on practice androundtable discussions among the graduate students.Attendance at the workshops, which was voluntary, averaged 25 graduate students, buteach of the topics attracted a slightly different group of students. In fall 2000, graduateenrollment in the USC College of Engineering and Information Technology totaled 535students, including 109
for assessment. For this phase, studentteams were asked to keep written records of brainstorming and other creative orconstructive stages of their design project, establish methods of communication amongteam members, and submit documentation plans. The next stage will involve a formalstudy including a control group, who will not be instructed to engage in intensive writingduring the design process, in order to apply, evaluate, and further develop the criteriagenerated during the preliminary study. During this phase, methods of relating the use of Page 7.1329.2writing during the design process to the quality of design products will also be
Session 2647Accountability requires that academia operate via “design and planning”, design andplanning that is done upfront to ensure that institutional goals and objectives are attainedin a manner that is cost-effective and that meets accreditation and governance criteria. Aviable means of operating via “design and planning” is to adopt and implement the CUESASSESSMENT MODEL (CUES-AM); CUES-AM is a core component ofepistecybernetics. The themes of enhanced student learning, enhanced course deliverymethods, continuous improvement, life long learning, faculty professional developmentand systematic documentation of knowledge are embodied in the principles andprecepts of epistecybernetics’ total system approach to knowledge and assessment
guided byhigh school teachers in the Charlottesville Virginia area, university faculty members andcommunity mentors – a holistic approach involving STEM in the context of students’ respectivecommunities. The team-based Ethics case study project included visits and campus tours at bothuniversities with opportunities to eat in their dining halls as well as delivering presentations ontheir work. The paper discusses the methodology employed in the Engineering Ethics case studyproject, as well as planned future work to expand the project and improve it for the next iteration.IntroductionSummary of STEM Status for African AmericansIn 2021, 24% of all US jobs were in the STEM workforce1. STEM is vital to the US economy andnational security1,2
perspectives, including the student’s perspectives.One of the feedback forms from the students is the senior undergraduate student survey, whichshows the strengths and weaknesses of the current curriculum in their eyes. Students with differentcareer plans and socioeconomic backgrounds could have various learning requirements andperceptions, therefore the standards-based curriculum does not always match their needs. Theauthor of the present paper has taught undergraduate students from freshmen to senior studentsand collected the senior exit survey results for four consecutive semesters from a public university.The senior exit survey indicated different views from those of faculty members. Providing apersonalized curriculum to individual students could
constantly engaged in the planning, execution, and closing phasesby helping design the project and labs with topics similar to those they would give to aCoopthe different engineering disciplines the connection between the academy andprofessional life. Hence, they can feel more motivated to pursue an engineering degree. Inother words, our participants have a small disclosure of what an engineer does in the realworld. Throughout the development of the program, our sponsor is constantly engaged inthe planning, execution, and closing phases by helping design the project and labs withtopics similar to those they would give to a Coop student. 3
using ROS Lecture 7 Path Planning, PID and MPC Control Chapter 2 - Perception Subsystem - CV vs. ML Additional Sensors, Full Perception Lab 7 AV Simulation Using CARLA Part I Subsystem in ROS Lane Detection / CARLA Lecture 8 Student Half-way Project Reports and Simulator Overview Presentations Half-Way Project Presentations Lane line detection using Lab 8 GitHub Evaluation and Open Discussion OpenCV
paradigm, to ensure the vitality and currency of engineering education.Active Learning: Definitions and InterpretationsIt is difficult to come to grip with all the cited definitions, meanings, and interpretations of theterm “active learning”, since different contributors in the field have interpreted some termsdifferently. However, by gleaming at the literature, it is possible to arrive at general consensus ofwhat appears to be widely accepted definitions, and to shed light on how common terms areused.Active learning is generally defined as any instructional method that engages students in thelearning process. It is widely accepted that active learning requires students to take part in “pre-planned” learning-related activities, believed to spark
Technology Master of Science ProgramAbstractPurdue University offers a Master of Science in Construction Management (CM) throughdistance delivery that includes a course only plan of study culminating in a capstone writingproject. Students enter the program after completing traditional engineering, architecture, andconstruction management undergraduate degrees from a diversity of universities around theglobe. Entering students are required to have five or more years of experience working in theconstruction industry. As is common in many engineering or technology graduate programs, thewriting proficiency of entering students is frequently inadequate to meet the demands of graduatelevel scholarly writing. Because much of the scholarly writing that is
Mellon. She worked in industrial technology planning and innovation management for over 20 years.Paula Gangopadhyay, The Henry Ford (museums) Paula Gangopadhyay is the Chief Learning Officer for The Henry Ford which includes the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, Benson Ford Research Center, Ford Rouge Factory Tour, IMAX and Henry Ford Academy. She brings more than 19 years of experience in the cultural sector with education, policy and business leaders, to her position. In her current role as one of the core members of The Henry Ford’s senior management team, Gan- gopadhyay is responsible for providing leadership, strategic direction, concept, design and development of ’education’ in a broad and comprehensive
are in the areas of increasedconfidence, personal/professional gains, “thinking and working like a scientist,” improvement invarious skills, clarification or confirmation of career and educational plans, enhanced career andgraduate school preparation, and collegial working relationships with faculty mentors.13,14 Whileincreased self-confidence is often cited in studies as a benefit reported by REU students, somegender differences are apparent on particular research skill sets. A study by Kardash15 showedthat male undergraduate research interns rated themselves significantly higher at the end of theREU on their ability to understand contemporary concepts in the field and somewhat higher(marginally significant) on the ability to form research
half of all high schoolstudents in some of the nation’s largest cities drop out before receiving their diplomas. (8)In some parts of the country, about a third of all high school students fail to graduate (9),and among those who do receive their high school diploma, many find that they are notprepared for the rigors of college academics. Equally alarming, more than a third of first-year college students received or planned on getting remedial help in math during theirfreshman year (9) .And finally, even though males and females take similar math classesand achieve similar scores in the K-12 environment, the participation rate of males inmath is far greater than that of females after high school (10) .In light of these findings, dowe wave the
weighed equally to determine the overall student eligibility ranking. Thecandidates were later contacted with official scholarship offer letters. The selection of fivecandidates out of top nine was realized in three rounds of contacting of two weeks of timeperiods. The recipients included four incoming freshmen and one existing university student.Finally, to implement an evaluation plan with the purpose of measuring this project’s earlyimpact in attracting and retaining students for careers in nuclear power, a first semester intakesurvey of not only award candidates but their peers recruited into the Engineering andEngineering Technology program was conducted. In this paper, we discuss the details of thisprogram as it was implemented in the first
in critical courses in the engineering and applied sciences curricula. Truecollaboration between engineering and applied sciences and student affairs comes about throughidentifying the roles of faculty and student affairs professionals and providing the opportunity forjoint planning and implementation.IntroductionWestern Michigan University (WMU) is a state regional university located in Kalamazoo, MI.Founded in 1903 as a normal school for teachers, WMU is one of 139 public institutions ofhigher learning that are classified by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement forTeaching as “research universities.” WMU offers 139 undergraduate, 81 master, and 30 doctoralprograms. Total enrollment in fall 2012 consisted of 19,478 undergraduate and
Appdeveloped is relevant to the domain being addressed. Inclusion of content providers is next onour list. The inclusion of ethnographers was neither obvious nor planned for. It was a happy Page 23.1070.2accident when the third author from anthropology got involved as a content provider. He and hisstudents quickly realized that they are more effective as ethnographers, rather than as contentproviders for social and medical Apps. We now realize that with their help these interdisciplinaryteams of business, engineering and arts majors can function as a team and resolve their ‘cultural’and professional differences on a timely basis. So, we now strongly
“Juicy details Text animal homes Questioning Words” Identify Looking at Students create Introduce Build and test animals’ how habitats the animals in engineering a hamster STEM basic needs provide for the story above and the exerciseintegration animals’ with tangrams, engineering habitat trail activities Sort animals basic needs. and then create design cycle. using 3-D by Using pattern some on their Plan the geometric characteristics blocks to own. hamster shapes
, economic, en- vironmental, uncertainty, and when necessary, social and political considerations to plan, design, manage, operate, and re-operate water systems. Applications include optimization for environmental purposes, water conservation, computer support to facilitate conflict resolution, supply/demand modeling, and port- folio management to minimize risk. He has worked in the Middle East, Calif., Maryland, and now Utah.Dr. Daniel P. Ames, Brigham Young University Dr. Dan Ames holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Utah State University. He recently joined the faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah after eight years on the faculty at Idaho State
in our study, including the data collection and analyses, are articulatedin Section 5. The results of our study and a discussion of our findings are described in Sections 6and 7. In Section 8, we address the limitations of our study. Finally, we present the key takeawaysfrom the Guild workshop and its implications for other researchers who would like to adopt orcontinue similar efforts in Section 9.2 BackgroundWomen have continued to be minoritized in computing fields in the U.S. over multiple decades[1]. Data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Freshmen Survey revealedthat while the percentage of men planning to major in computing in post-secondary institutionsrose from 3.3% to 9.3% over a ten-year period ending in
school in each modality, participants have done substantial writing anddevelopment on their own projects, and they delve into methodological issues of collecting,reducing, and analyzing data from the perspective of noticing ideas (e.g. in classroom video,student free responses, or interviews) and regularizing that noticing (e.g. through generativecoding). Near the end of the field school, participants receive deep collaborative feedbackfrom facilitators through the “riff on a project” modules, and they plan explicitly for the nextsix months of research and development work.Flow of one moduleA typical flow of a module starts by orienting participants to the topic and learning goalsassociated with that module; and eliciting their ideas, hopes, and
that has guided it are potentially useful for other engineeringeducators who seek to create transformative educational opportunities that promote inclusivity,equity, and social justice within the discipline of engineering. The following report first presentsthe developmental context and key foundations upon which the current version of the programhas been structured. Subsequently, a descriptive narrative is offered that includes organization& coordination of the community, opportunities & resources provided to participants, andperceived key benefits of the program based on the developer's perspective. A plan in progressfor additional data collection to steer another stage of research and change implementation isdiscussed. Finally
subdiscipline, 3) design an activity that gives students hands-on experiencetesting that physical concept.With this simple approach in mind, we planned one lecture and one lab for each module. Thelecture consisted of two components: 1) A broad overview of the civil engineering subdiscipline for that module, including discussion of the societal role played by practitioners of that subdiscipline, relevant and well-known projects, and examples of typical day-to-day responsibilities 2) A basic qualitative explanation of physical concepts relevant to that subdiscipline, emphasizing connections to other courses students might already be familiar with, such as chemistry and physicsWe designed hands-on lab
coordinator grew to be larger than one person could manageresulting in the position being split. The coordinator was promoted to assistant director, and anoffice support specialist was promoted to coordinator. Under this new administrative hierarchy,the assistant director was charged with focusing on long-term planning, supporting faculty, andcoordinating with units across campus, while the oversight of daily operations became theresponsibility of the coordinator. The CBTF assistant director takes input from an advisorycommittee of faculty and students and also consults with a student committee for feedback.Expanding Testing Capacity The CBTF is one of the most heavily utilized spaces on campusand we regularly receive inquiries from courses
phases: planning, monitoring, control, and reaction andreflection [3], [8]. The planning phase involves planning for the problem such as guidingquestions, making a concept map, or planning ahead as seen in [1, Tab. 1], [3]. The monitoringphase could have diagrams, prompts for self-explanation or reasoning, or cognitive feedbackdone by the student [3], [12]. In the control phase, there could be worked out examples,processing and reflective prompts, or guiding questions [3], [10]. Lastly, in the reflection phase,students reflect on the learning they’ve done [3], [13]. As previously mentioned, effectivescaffolds can be both domain-general and domain-specific in each phase. In the context ofcomputer-based learning environments, or CBLEs, prompts
) with an interest and aptitude for engineering and computing degree programs by offering an average of 23 scholarships per year over a 6-year period to at least 43 unique students. 2. Intentional Mentoring - Support scholars’ academic growth with faculty mentors who emphasize the use of an Individual Education and Development Plan to foster student growth and increase student outcomes for persistence, completion, and career aspirations. 3. Engagement in High Impact Practices - Engage scholars in high impact practices, including capstone projects, internships, and collaborative projects. 4. Professional Preparation - Foster professional preparation through common academic coursework, skills workshops, guest
documentation during experiments; (3) data analysis andinterpretation; and (4) communication of purpose, methods, and conclusions—contributes tostudents’ development. We conjecture that students having agency in planning the experimentaldesign (Domain 1) and in analysis of data (Domain 3) may matter more than having agencywhile performing the experiment (Domain 2).BackgroundStudents’ prior experiences in introductory chemistry courses, where cookbook style laboratoryexperiments are commonplace, can shape their expectations about upper division chemicalengineering laboratory courses [1]. In such courses, students commonly have agency only overdomain (2) data collection and documentation during experiments, as the experiment is designedfor them, a
, adjustment of elements of theirteaching on the spot. Engagement in the classroom can be difficult to study because of the widevariability in how engagement is defined, how types of engagement are distinguished, and howthese constructs are measured. While behavioral, emotional/affective, and cognitive engagementconstitute the heart of engagement [11] researchers have expanded these categories to includesocial-behavioral, volitional, and agentic engagement [11–12]. Past research on studentengagement in science and engineering classrooms centers around core scientific principles likeengagement through argumentation with evidence or working in groups while planning andtesting designs [12].Indicators of student engagement may look different in