interestsincluding, aeronautics and astronautics, renewable energy, nanotechnology, informationtechnology and agriculture19,3. Many of the joint research projects that China and Latin Americaare involved in reflect national interests. Page 25.1397.5Energy Needs 4 China consumes a tremendous amount of oil every day. 2011 Data from US Energy resourceassociation reports China consumed 4.8 million barrel per day21. It is second largest oilconsuming country in the world just little behind of US. As an oil poor country, China dependedon importing 52.56% of its
towhat they see as an instrumental logic, which is part of what Riley refers to as the particular“mindsets” commonly found in engineering.8 In light of Seron and Silbey’s study, it becomesimportant to reflect on what is considered “common sense” within the engineering community,and how this gets agreed upon in the context of engineering. As discussed here, “common sense”is tied to the (often unspoken) social relations that constitute and govern much of humanexistence.9 Of course, the common sense that a group of people share and understand is certainlynot “common” to everyone. Engineering education accreditation documentation and theirrequirements can both be seen as a reflection of the dominant common sense in engineeringwithin their national
two years of Page 25.1467.11the Engineering Clinic sequence, multidisciplinary teams of Juniors and Seniors advance tosolving real-world problems for industry. “What industry loves about this is that they have had astudent who has solved similar problems during the last two years of clinic,” said Dr. RobertHesketh, Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University13. “When theystart work within that industry, they know what to do.”13 “These individual honors arenoteworthy and are no doubt a reflection of our multidisciplinary approach to engineeringeducation that includes contributions from all programs in the college,” said
dramatically.This is a great challenge, since intellectual property rights around the world reflect diversecultural norms and varying stages of economic development. Because today’s students aretomorrow’s policymakers, it is incumbent upon U.S. institutions of higher education engaged inresearch, which create intellectual property that is subject to U.S. laws, to deliver ethicseducation on U.S. intellectual property standards as a critical component of STEM graduateprograms.Active Learning and Asynchronous Learning NetworksUnderstanding intellectual property and scientific publishing is not a simple undertaking. Itrequires understanding and applying complex concepts to varied situations where the appropriateresponse is not always clear-cut. For example
ImplementationThe original and implemented action plans for math differed greatly, mainly because ofan unexpected change in teaching assignment from Geometry to Precalculus (see Table1). For geometry, the goal was to have them experience the three-legged chair designand Habitat for Geometry.The three-legged chair was suppose to take place in the first week of school, to: 1)introduce students to the engineering design process, 2) engage them in problem solving,3) and give them ownership of their own learning. The chair design was intended toprovide a meaningful context for the building blocks of geometry and help students seethat math is not just an isolated set of rules to apply to homework problems.Assessments for this project were to be a reflection
choices in this survey, we only use responseswith indications of either “very much” or “not much” when we define the majority in Figures 1and 2, respectively. The same definition of “majority” is applied to both Figures 3 and 4. Figure 1 and Table (II) display the 13 questions that produced a relatively higherpercentage of “desirable answers”. As illustrated in Figure 1, most survey questions/statementsthat received "desirable" responses generally mirror students’ learning experiences and thus theseresults are quite understandable. For example, students’ responses to statements under thecategory of “Effort”, (e.g., E20, E21, E22, E23, E24) typically reflect their strong determinationto learn well. Three questions in the category of
) strategies including planning,and cognitive and monitoring/fix-up strategies. A mixed-methods approach to research wasapplied to gather comprehensive and valid information about students’ SRL strategies. Theobjectives of this preliminary study were to investigate high school students' design activitiesthat reflect their understanding of task demand and SRL strategies to accomplish the design taskfrom the perspective of design performance (i.e., high- and low- performing students) andgender. A better understanding of these issues will specifically benefit technology and pre-engineering educators as well as the high school curriculum developer.Students at a high school in Colorado participated in this preliminary study (n = 29); 22
Design andCommunication Technology (DCT) Department at Indiana University Purdue UniversityIndianapolis (IUPUI). In particular, it reviews the history of a unique approach to strategicplanning that examines operating principles, program identities, shared visions and uniquenessbefore laying out goals and objectives, which would be a more typical approach.This paper also begins by reviewing the literature that discusses strategic planning relevant tospecific engineering technology programs such as Architectural Technology and Interior Design.It then traces and reviews the steps taken by the DCT Department at IUPUI in developing theirstrategic plan. It assesses this particular case study by means of reflection and description andseeks to draw out
. A closer look at the impact of the humanitarian aspect of student involvement with aproject will shed light on the impact of participation in HFOSS versus participation in FOSS.Acknowledgement Page 25.1192.11This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under GrantsDUE-0958204, DUE-0940925, CISE- 0722137, and CISE-0930934. Any opinions, findingsand conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).Bibliography1. Software Engineering 2004 – Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in
contribution,this approach does not help faculty systematically or deeply reflect on, develop, or advance theirown belief systems about learning and teaching. In general, there is no continuity betweendiscussions, and no common language, discourse, or critique for a community of faculty to use toevaluate the information the visitors share. Thus there is a very limited synthesis and integration Page 5.293.3of the ideas of disparate visitors, perhaps leaving a local community with the impression that theideas they are hearing are not connected in any meaningful way, nor leading to any foundationalconclusions. In some cases, those inviting the visiting
their missions and their instruction. From the start,engineering and communication faculty worked to design a curriculum that wouldnegotiate this middle ground. Engineering faculty have had input into the design ofwriting assignments just as writing faculty have assisted in refining engineeringassignments. The course now reflects the team’s challenging negotiations of trust,authority, and disciplinarity. For instance, engineering and writing faculty rethought thepurpose of team meetings. Now these meetings are used to review what is happening inthe classroom, plan assignments, and discuss broad course planning issues. Faculty makea point of alluding to these discussions in class in order to let students know that suchcommunication and
, when no such achievement may be occurring on a micro-scale.The challenge, then, was to devise an assessment tool which can more accurately reflect themicro-scale effectiveness of the program courses. At the same time, it was recognized that theexpectations of the faculty were not being well-communicated to the students. Individual facultycan clearly state the objectives of specific courses - and even measure the achievement of thosegoals through selective testing and writing assignment assessments. There is no course,however, in which the Institute Learning and Competency Objectives or the EnvironmentalEngineering Program Objectives are specifically taught. Consequently, there are no testsadministered to generate measurable assessment data.The
-on” polytechnic strategy toward education and to increase the use of teams. Anothermajor theme was communication skills.Faculty Assessment Project –With the QFD outcomes, it would become known which SKAA’swould have to be developed for the curriculum and which action items would be identified.Faculty professional growth, for example, could then be pointed in the directions of greatestmutual benefit.Results – EXCEL was used to create and total the matrices. Only Matrix 2 is shown in itsentirety here. Probably the most exciting results came as a result of completing the first twomatrices.Matrix 1 - Stakeholders vs. SKAA’s – Figure 1 below is a graph of the row totals from Matrix1. The row totals are not weighted and reflect the degree to which
onceprepared students for job specific requirements must now reflect more of a "whole life" approachin the classroom (Kitaev, 1993a, p. 8).If higher education, and specifically engineering education, must change then what areas needattention? Changes must start at the grass roots - secondary education - and move upward.Attention will have to be given to the social and intellectual needs of the students and effortsmust be made to assist young people to see the value of their place in society and their future roleas a citizen and contributing member of society. Let us consider a few startling obstacles to thesepursuits.In order to attract students into engineering fields it is first necessary to prepare those students forfuture studies and success. With
Studies (STS), is to enable students to understand and reflect on their own problem-solving activities as perspectives that both could have been otherwise and must live amidst otherperspectives. The principal means is to help students learn about engineering in different timesand places sufficiently that they can recognize, understand, respect, and possibly even valueperspectives other than their own. For students trained to understand problems as given andanswers as either right or wrong, putting in historical and global perspective what they value inthemselves is no easy task.I. IntroductionDo engineering curricula adequately prepare graduates to work with people who define problemsdifferently than they do? As undergraduates, engineering
. However, when utilized together these two sources of assessment data canbe used to support inferences and conclusions, provide mutual validation, and help resolveconflicting inferences from the two data sources in providing guidance for feedback to thecurricula. Specifically, students’ perception of their performance regarding a specific programoutcome as shown in the survey results may not be an accurate reflection of their actualperformance as shown in the database records. Likewise, faculty perceptions and intentionsregarding the quantity and quality of opportunities afforded to the students to engage in activitiesrelated to acquiring the skills associated with the programs outcomes must be apparent to thestudents in order to achieve the
scale, for itemsphrased in a positive tone, a score of 4 instead indicates the lowest level of stress. Thisadjustment ensures that the scale accurately reflects the respondent’s perceived stress levels byaccounting for the positive or negative framing of each statement. Below are the first twoquestions from the section on personal-family related stressors, demonstrating the application ofreverse coding based on the tone of each question: 1) “In the past 30 days, how often have youfelt nervous and stressed?” Given its negative tone, a response of 4 (Very Often) on this questionindicates a high level of stress. 2) “In the past 30 days, how often have you felt confident aboutyour ability to handle your personal problems?” Due to its positive tone
peer support also reflects a collaborative learning environmentconducive to the transfer of learning.The high score in achieved learning, complemented by the favorable evaluation of academicposters, demonstrates that students not only grasped the course content but were also able toeffectively apply their knowledge to a complex project. The intent to transfer, as reflected instudents' attitudes and the quality of academic posters, further signifies the course's role inpreparing students to apply their learning in future contexts.Finally, the study affirms the effectiveness of the course in promoting transfer of learning in ashort, intensive format. The positive outcomes across all dimensions of the FET model, alongwith the high-quality
engineering, but other disciplines including civilengineering were also impacted.In the 1960s, Malcolm Gregory, in [3] and [4], described the lack of “engineering attitude” inengineering education. He reflected on the 19th century apprenticeship model and early 20thcentury practical application training that nurtured an engineering mindset through personalcontact and hands-on learning. Gregory believed past approaches better instilled design intuitionand real-world know-how, developing design proficiency by imitation, learned rules-of-thumb,and learned the practical rules of design and construction.Gregory described a problem with overly theoretical training. He argued the growing emphasison analytical skills came at the expense of teaching
types corresponding to each of the variables, as well as the mean andstandard deviation scores, are presented in Table 1. The highest mean motivation scores wereobserved in the following items (a) item 3, “Because I think that a college education will help mebetter prepare for the career I have chosen,” with a mean of 4.32; (b) item 22, “In order to have abetter salary later on,” reflecting a mean of 4.32; (c) item 8, “In order to obtain a moreprestigious job later on,” registering a mean of 4.26; and (d) item 10, “Because eventually it willenable me to enter the job market in a field that I like,” with a mean of 4.16. As it may beobserved, all items displaying the highest mean values are associated with extrinsic motivationelements. Items 3
terms for “thank you” and “you’rewelcome”) were used instead of “thank you” and “you’re welcome”. Using African terms exposedstudents to indigenous African languages, which aided in their immersion into the camp’s African-Centered learning environment. The closing exercise, “Community”, was another cultural practiceutilized. In traditional African societies, community leaders and members gathered to discuss importantmatters, with each individual’s perspective being seen as vital to the overall survival and success of thecollective (Etta et al., 2016). During Community, both students and instructors verbally reflected on theday’s events. The aim of this activity was to allow students to express their thoughts and feelings aboutwhat they
to each data set. As this is a work-in-progress, some subsections are placeholdersin reflection of ongoing study. Furthermore, in this paper, we provide high level summaries of keyconclusions from inspection of these data sets. Further data assimilation is ongoing work.1.1 Institutional CultureInstitutional culture in higher education is a vehicle for implementing organizational andinstitutional change [2]. The culture of an institution of higher education is shaped by numerousfactors, including demographic, economic, and political factors, as well as internal factors such asits history, and the processes that allow the institution to function [3]. Part of those processesinvolve things that can be assessed via survey, such as the Harvard
limited avenues to reflect and make sense of what they are doing, especially in the initialyears of the degree [16]. Similarly, Pausigere argues that strong sequencing and pacing (i.e., astronger framing) can impede learning of primary math concepts for poorer and working classchildren [23]. Thus, the framing aspect of recontextualization has considerable effects on studentexperiences and success in academic settings.Thus, it is undeniable that Bernstein’s theory of the pedagogic device including the framing rulescan provide important insights into understanding students’ learning experiences. Hence, thisstudy uses this theoretical framework to understand how knowledge derived from differentdisciplines is recontextualized in an electrical
questions. Others who wish to incorporate this framework may use the questionsas a starting point along with the bullet points above and make changes according to the applicationarea and as to what they see as relevant.ETHICAL REFLECTIONS There are 3 ethical re�lections that students complete during the course. The re�lections aredesigned to have students carefully consider their personal values and how those values are likely toplay out in their future professional lives. One of the concerns that I have had for a long time is that Isee a disconnect between the personal values of individuals whom I know personally that work forlarge tech companies and the ways that the companies that they work for act. While an individualdoes not have direct
The students will be able to compile and 6. The students will know different methods edit a video to summarize the project of effective communication takeaways 7. The students will value the importance of The students will be able to use team teamwork creation and evaluation software 8. The students will value the applications of The students will be able to reflect on the Biomedical Engineering to solving real-life roles and responsibilities of an engineer problems in the workplaceEvidence of Student LearningThis study was
faculty mentors. By intentionally structuringHIPs so that students participate in at least one each year, students will build and sustainacademic momentum toward timely completion (Kuh, High-impact Practices: what are they, whohas access to them, and why they matter, 2008)Additional Evidence-Based Elements in CAMThe following are among the evidence-based programs and practices that the CAM project willemploy. Table 2 summarizes some of these planned HIPs for the CAM scholars.E-Portfolios. The research team plans to introduce E-portfolios where students can reflect on andsynthesize their work in various courses and activities. Here they can collect, organize, andexhibit their work on collaborative projects, capstone projects, or undergraduate
determining the most efficient route between points within a given space [30]. The objectivesfor this ongoing project in graph-based path planning are outlined as follows: • According to the provided algorithms and pseudocode, students are required to draw BOTH a flow-chart and pseudocode to explain graph-based path planning methods. • Students are suggested to carry out path planning by revising the provided algorithms to create and analyze various graph structure. They are encouraged to adjust the graph construction parameters by varying the locations of vertices and edges to reflect different lines of sight around obstacles. Students should experiment with the placement of seed points and the impact on different
, intrapersonal, and interpersonal. The cognitive dimensionpertains to an individual's increasing ability to effectively process and comprehend information.Simultaneously, the intrapersonal dimension focuses on self-awareness, self-reflection, and theregulation of emotions and thoughts. Lastly, the interpersonal dimension involves an individual'scapacity to engage in and comprehend relationships with others, though the process ofdeveloping empathy and co-creating shared meaning. These dimensions represent distinct modesof development and influence how individuals perceive and interact with the world, themselves,and others. Following this framework, our study uses Kegan's theory to position developmentalideas associated with innovation and inform
data manipulation at a designatedmemory location.Figure 4: Visual depiction of data placement in the memory in the Data Segment of RARS after programexecution.3.2 Developing a Paint ApplicationIn the lab, students develop a simple "Paint" application on an emulated RISC-V system, akin to initialgraphical projects in HLL courses. This application uses keyboard inputs to create Bitmap displaypatterns, with color addresses representing pixels. The task involves setting a starting pixel and usingkeyboard commands for drawing, reflecting basic HLL logic operations and control flows. This lab'sstructure is in line with notional machine principles as described in [9], sharing pedagogical purposeswith lab 3.1. With regards to the Focus aspect, the
classroom, includinginstances of micro assaults, microinsults, and microinvalidation; and a facilitated metacognitivereflection on mentorship during which faculty shared reflections on their mentoring experiences,discussed common challenges, and lessons learned, which was repeated each semester [7], [8].Faculty mentors also supported one another with monthly 30-minute check-in meetings overZoom.Peer MentorshipThe ESP established peer mentoring during the second year of the program as a result of year onefindings that scholars desired to build community with their peers in addition to faculty mentors[7]. Peer mentors were comprised of preceding cohort members that were assigned duringorientation to the succeeding cohort members. Peer mentors and