entity recognition [33]. While early automated feedback systemsrelied on domain-expert rules and were limited in addressing the diversity of open-endedassignments [34-36], data-driven approaches, though promising in highly semantically diverseresponses, often face challenges due to the lack of extensive training datasets [4, 37, 38].AFS based on LLMs holds the potential for a more effective and efficient solution. Applicationsrange from personalized hints for programming assignments [39] to reflective writing [40],including feedback on the appropriateness of the topic of a data science project proposal and thedescription clarity of goals, benefits, novelty and overall clarity of the report [41]. Despite thepromising results from studies like Dai
• Is your assignment prompt visually organized and accessible? • How can you scaffold this assignment with smaller “stepping stones” assignments? • Can you analyze examples in class to distinguish between excellent and adequate work? Additional • How will you encourage creativity so that examples are not seen as templates? Considerations • Will students have the opportunity to engage in peer review before final submission? • How will students reflect and comment on their completed, graded work after evaluation to identify what they did well and changes to
-oriented skills into the curricula with our regular annual career-oriented departmental co-curricular events. And since these are under our direct control, the synchronization is not likelyto be broken without the knowledge of the departmental faculty.Thus, we believe we have set ourselves up to maintain this strategic reimagining of our EE andCMPE programs. This is because (1) professional formation is not relegated to a single coursethat could be discontinued under budgetary pressures or mostly avoided by some students, and(2) because it is not a loose suggestion that a few junior faculty handle some added material, buta careful plan that comes with ready-to-teach modules on relevant technical topics—owned byall, reflected in each set of our
questionsFinally, the results of the open-ended questions in the survey will be presented. The firstquestion invited students to leave additional comments about the importance of the coursein an engineering program. Student response to the engineering course reflects a mixture ofappreciation and criticism. On the one hand, some students value the course for developingand expanding their ability to evaluate everyday situations methodically, which contributesto a better adaptation in the workplace, regardless of the direct use of the syllabus learned.However, others express frustration at being unable to understand key concepts, such asvoltage, resistance, impedance, and coil operation, pointing to a disconnect between theresolution of exercises and the
“Leadership as an Alienating Social Myth”: Disciplinary fissures as a catalyst to interdisciplinary understandingAbstractAs an interdisciplinary field, engineering education involves regular interaction between people trained in the socialsciences, humanities, and engineering. What happens when professors, staff, and students socialized in disciplineswith distinct epistemic traditions come together to educate the next generation? In this paper, I reflect on myexperience as a social science researcher working in engineering education, using five moments of disciplinaryconfusion to trace my steep learning curve. These five moments taught me about paradigm shifts, acceptable sourcesof research funding, research
for different topics. According to Glickman "Effectiveteaching is not a set of generic practices, but instead is a set of context-driven decisions aboutteaching. Effective teachers do not use the same set of practices for every lesson . . . Instead,what effective teachers do is constantly reflect about their work, observe whether students arelearning or not, and, then adjust their practice accordingly (Glickman 1991). Our ability to teachis enhanced with our agility to adjust. In education, the same size does not fit all. Agility is the Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference
the goals of the group. Social skills, such as verbalcommunications, conflict resolution, group decision making and leadership, require groupmembers have certain abilities that are enacted so as to allow the group members tocommunicate and work with each other. Finally, group processing requires periodic reflection bygroup members to consider how the group is functioning and the entire learning process. Johnsonand colleagues contend that these five basic characteristics are essential elements of cooperativelearning.Several studies describe the benefits of cooperative learning including: more positive studentattitudes about the learning process and subject matter compared to alternate learning modes11 ,improved academic achievement7, 12, 13
thetwelve participants experiencing a positive effect [21]. It was noted that blood glucose levels were much higher inthe Red Bull group at the beginning of the experiment, but also that the levels decreased quickly. The 12 hour fastmay have altered the results because of the necessity of carbohydrates before intensive exercise. There was somedoubt raised as to if the increased performance was due purely to the additional energy granted by the sugar in theenergy drink. Also, the two serving sizes ingested is double the recommended safe dose, which raises healthconcerns and does not reflect real-world experience well.The effect of a taurine-containing drink on performance in 10 endurance-athletes also administered 500ml of RedBull to cyclists, only
the simulation” rather than reflect on and interpret what they see [5]. Our system attempts to address all Manuscript received February 14, 2014. This research was funded by acooperative grant from the National Science Foundation, #0940967 and of these issues simultaneously. The simulations do not always#1143659, “Authoring tool for a hands-on, on-line, lab curriculum for improve learning. For example, researchers at Purdueengineering technology students”, Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory University evaluated the use of computer-simulationImprovement
teaching freshman/sophomore students thefundamentals of technical writing, a skill set that is not taught in typical English or Literatureclasses in college. This work describes the pedagogical initiatives to develop those skills duringthe limited time available in such a design class by assigning team-work reports about well-known cases of mechanical engineering design. It also discusses the main difficulties offreshman/sophomore students evolving from typical narrative, fiction and “reflection” writings(which are taught to them in previous non-engineering classes) to the required content, layout,format and style of technical writings. The author also presents how his own teaching evolutionon the subject led to the pedagogical initiatives he
2023cohort of S2D consisted of students from ten universities.MethodsThe following describes an initial exploration of the program effectiveness of S2D using the dataavailable from participant information. As a newer program, the data collected over four yearsallows for comprehensive exploration resulting in future considerations for subsequent cohortsthat will continually expand the dataset.Data CollectionData collection is executed using three QuestionPro surveys: a pre-program self-evaluationsurvey utilizing the Graduate Education Self-Efficacy Scale (GESES), program application, andpost-program evaluation survey [2]. The surveys support student self-reflection regardinggraduate education self-efficacy, highlight the importance of gathering
In Figure I, each box labeled ‘CAMX’ represents athat any deviations are detected promptly. Provide real-time, camera in the system along the queue line. Arrows simulateautomated wait time calculations that reflect the current the flow of traffic through the queue path. All cameras in theconditions of the queue. This includes accounting for prototype were linked centrally to the Windows PC runningvariations in queue length, processing times, and any all 3 cameras simultaneously. Figure I is a flowchartdisruptions such as line cutting. Detect and address instances representing the process of the automated queueing system.of line-cutting by comparing the order in which individuals The flow
turn generate evaluation products reflecting their daily effortand commitment to learning. This poses an additional challenge to their learning."Aligned with the student's learning challenges, the educational strategy for improving theteaching-learning process aims to achieve the following objective: "To facilitate the student'sadaptation to the thematic context of the training unit, synthesizing the relevant knowledge tobe retained, and thus homogenizing knowledge among students, encouraging them to payattention and develop skills from the first day, where the results of their performance in theactivity allow them to generate and reflect their effort from day one."Based on the previous issue, various hypotheses about this problem can be
sections of their manuscripts via weekly assignments; and3.Feature intersession office hours during which teams will receive feedback from mentors.”Our research team advanced as one of 10 teams to participate in the Mini-Grant Program, whichbrings us to our session today.1 https://apa-eng.asee.org/program-components/apa/ 4Introduction of the Problem 5• Women account for significantly less STEM degrees than men and among women, there are racial/ethnic divides.• This image reflects data collected from 2010 and 2019 through the National Center for Educational Statistics and show discrepancies in the acquisition of STEM
housing is another contemporary, energy and sustainability- related issue that this project responds to. These activities satisfy ABET outcome j.9. The entire project was modeled in SolidWorks, and other engineering software used for thermal analysis.Conclusions and ExtensionsWhat thoughts did the two capstone students have regarding the conception, design, andimplementation of the Tiny House (Figures 8-13), recently renamed the ‘Vagabond House,’ byour adventuresome client? What was learned during the design/build process? What thingswould they do differently if offered the opportunity to engage in another, similar project?Selected reflections by Erin Elder and Ryan Bingham, edited for clarity and compactness, areincluded below
). These experiences embedded inthe curriculum and engineering design courses allows engineering students to develop anempathic formation compass required to flourish in co-design processes (Smeenk et al., 2019).In engineering education, especially in programs tending towards engineering science, teachingempathy needs careful pedagogical consideration. As such the need for empathy in engineeringneeds to be more visible to students to make meaningful and purposeful connections with priorassumptions and foster epistemic attitudes toward the construct (Walther et al., 2020). Thisembodiment of empathy in professional education allows students to recognize and reflect on theservice nature of the engineering profession and its potential connections to
, how does the Sliding Ramp measure up in terms of fitting into the available space and working smoothly with other operations? 5. Taking into account its integration with the entire M-ATV system, how does the Dash-Based Fold Gate perform in occupying the design and seamlessly operating alongside other pro- cesses? Proceedings of the 2025 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2025, American Society for Engineering Education 6. Reflecting on its compatibility with the M-ATV system as a whole, how well does the Dash- Based Lift System align with the available space and smoothly interact with other functions? 7. Assessing its alignment with the M-ATV system, how does the Electric
ultimately help facilitate more effective interactions betweenacademia and community.One major limitation is evident within the body of outreach literature. The vast majority ofoutreach literature has historically addressed outreach in a top-down manner where academia isdelivering knowledge in a one-way exchange to recipients. Relatively recently, the research hasbeen reflecting the validity of the knowledge and expertise non-academic communities alreadyhold and that outreach should be a two-way exchange of knowledge. [8], [9]Additionally, most outreach studies focus on outcomes surrounding the recipients of outreachevents. [10] We aim to focus on the other side of outreach: those who participate in facilitatingthe outreach. This will act as a first
systematically assess and 7evaluate this program and its impacts on student success. First, we assessed our outreach effortsto recruit students for the Summer Bridge program by analyzing students’ demographiccharacteristics (e.g., socio-economic status, race, gender, current/prior high school) to understandhow we served underserved groups. Next, we analyzed course completion of the summer bridgecourses for the first program goal. Then, using surveys, focus groups, and/or interviews, wegathered summative and reflective feedback from students before, during, and after theyparticipated in the program.ParticipantsA total of 17 students participated in the
, theseBME students often have advisors with primary appointments in other programs. For moreinsights into the diversity of NeuralStorm participants, we asked about their parents’ educationlevels starting from Year 2: 24% of the participants in NeuralStorm are first-generation collegestudents and half of the participants did not have a parent that had a postgraduate degree.NeuralStorm Pre-/Post-survey: The pre/post-survey contained self-reported confidence levels onareas reflecting the learning outcomes of NeuralStorm. These confidence levels were designed asquantitative interpretations of the learning indicators derived from the learning outcomes andwere measured on a 5-point Likert scale. Here, we present the analysis from our Year 1 ofNeuralStorm
parts of the course that were “liked” or “disliked” by the students, the students weregiven the ability to type individual responses. Word clouds, such as the ones presented in Figures 6and 7, are a popular visualization technique of survey responses. According to the literature 5,6, aword cloud is a set of words in which the size of the font reflects the frequency of the appearance ofa word in the response. A high frequency word will appear in a larger or bolder font than lessfrequent terms. In essence, the large font size represents the importance of the term. For this study,only the top 12 key words are shown in each cloud. Common words such as the, our, and for wereremoved from the word list.Overall, students provided positive feedback
, which can be attributed to the interactive nature of the system. Figure 5: Preliminary Survey Results. • Knowledge Retention: According to the preliminary data below, students demonstrated a high rate of knowledge retention after learning through the system compared to traditional teaching methods. • Collaboration Skills: In the classroom, students reported that the multiplayer feature was very engaging and experientially enhanced teamwork and collaboration skills for students as well.Future EvaluationOngoing evaluation is an integral part of our system development: • Focus Group Discussions: Student representatives with feedback responsibilities are better able to reflect the
TEES Faculty Fellows Award and the 2011 recipient of the Charles H. Barclay, Jr. ’45 Faculty Fellow Award. Hammond has been featured on the Discovery Channel and other news sources. Hammond is dedicated to diversity and equity, which is reflected in her publications, research, teaching, service, and mentoring. More at http://srl.tamu.edu and http://ieei.tamu.edu. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1 Session XXXX Using Neural Networks to Distinguish Children’s Age with Visual Features of
students consider that the ‘Fling the Teacher’ quiz is more engaging andhelps them to learn more effectively. Students strongly recommend the ‘Fling the Teacher’ quizmore frequently in course and in future iterations. The gamified tool helps to increase studentengagement and effective learning in course activities as in line with other research [9]. Whilethese surveys are valuable, they only reflect the students' perspectives. Eventually, some form ofassessment of student learning must be performed to determine if there is a significantimprovement when gamification is employed.AcknowledgmentThe author wishes to acknowledge the support of the University of North Alabama.References[1] E. Meşe and Ç. Sevilen, "Factors influencing EFL students
initiative to comprehend and buildmore in-depth information and skills needed for scientific applications. Hence, an undergraduatecourse should incorporate applied laboratory implementation applications. As such, educators areresponsible for ensuring that students acquire a strong sense of learning motivation and scientificinquiry skills [12]. School laboratories are a crucial part of any STEM education. They enhancestudents’ engagement in a variety of experimental learning skills, such as conception andexperimentation followed by reflection, analysis, and data interpretation. Establishing the worthof the laboratory equipment in the department is crucial before starting a comparison of labmodalities. Topics in the laboratory manual for Introduction
What were the Alliance members’ prior experiences in collaborativenetworks that they bring into the new Alliance? and In the context of equity, how are the newlyformed Alliance’s members’ funds of knowledge being honored and valued?. To answer thesequestions, we used the Framework Method [40] for conducting a qualitative study using a semi-structured interview protocol with members from partner organizations within this Alliance2 .3.1 Data CollectionTwo of the researchers conducted the interviews in which participants reflected on the first fourmonths of the start of the Alliance to gain baseline knowledge of the type of early patterns andnorms being established and factors that may contribute to their establishment. We asked questionsdesigned
topics, problems, or issues are organized, represented, and adapted to the diverseinterests and abilities of learners, and presented for instruction” [24, p. 8]. Shulman [24] furtherexplained that PCK aids in differentiating expert teachers in a subject area from subject areaexperts. Consequently, for a teacher to become an expert teacher in a subject matter, the teachershould first comprehend the subject area knowledge with a degree of flexibility and adaptabilitythat enables them to transform that knowledge into “forms that are pedagogically powerful andyet, adaptive to the variations in ability and background presented to the students” [24, p.15].However, the transition from personal beliefs about content to reflecting on how to organize
necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.References 1. SE. Zappe, SL. Cutler, & L. Gase. 2023. A Systematic Review of the Impacts of Entrepreneurial Support Programs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Fields. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, 6(1), 3–31. https://doi.org/10.1177/25151274211040422 2. F. Hasson, S. Keeney, and H. McKenna. 2000. Research guidelines for the Delphi survey. Journal of Advance Nursing, vol. 32, pp. 1008-1015. 3. F. Hasson, and S. Keeney, “Enhancing rigour in the Delphi technique research,” 2011, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, vol. 78, pp. 1695-1704. 4. P. Wainwright, A. Gallagher, H. Tompsett, & C. Atkins. 2010. The use of vignettes within a
student who will complete the onlinecomponents of the EPL. Willing participants will complete a semi-structured interview via zoomas well as give the researchers the permission to analyze their course project reports. The semi-structured interview will guide respondents to reflect on their learning experience in EPL (forexample, what aspects of this class contributed most to your learning). It will seek their input onremote delivery of EPL. Finally, it will gather their self-assessment of their skill development incircuit design, AutoCAD circuit layout design, 2D electronic printing, and system assemblingand testing.Students’ course project reports will be rated. Ratings will be used to determine the effectivenessof the proposed online laboratory
communities…” [13, p.761], highlighting the way the STEM curricula centers dominant groups’ cultures andepistemologies. As a result, STEM programs may continue to see high rates of attrition amongIndigenous students [18]. While students from different BLI groups have their own uniquehistories that shape the oppression they experience in STEM, some commonalities in BLI STEMstudents’ challenges are experiencing systemic racism and navigating institutions that value thedominant groups’ culture, which can be quite distinct from their own [5], [13], [16], [17]).Meritocracy in Engineering Becoming an engineer includes learning core values of the profession, subliminally orexplicitly, which may reflect the worldviews of privileged groups. While these