AC 2009-115: WRITING TECHNIQUES FOR IMPLEMENTINGPROJECT-DIRECTED MATHEMATICSJohn Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar Branch Campus Dr. John Schmeelk is a Professor of Mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth University, Doha Qatar Branch, where he is engaged in applied mathematics, generalized functions, image processing and educational pedagogy. He received his PhD from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He was awarded many summer faculty grants to go to Fort Rucker, Alabama implementing procedures utilizing generalized functions. He has been an invited speaker to conferences in Australia
AC 2011-1781: WRITING EFFECTIVE EVALUATION AND DISSEMINA-TION/DIFFUSION PLANSThomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Thomas A. Litzinger is Director of the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Edu- cation and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State, where he has been on the faculty since 1985. His work in engineering education involves curricular reform, teaching and learning innovations, faculty development, and assessment. He teaches and conducts research in the areas of combustion and thermal sciences. He is an Associate Editor of Advances in Engineering Education and a Fellow of ASEE.Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah
compositionprocess in the context of the writing-as-a-way-of-learning movement.2. Evolution of Computer-Mediated Peer Review (CMPR) SystemsDespite proven benefits, integrating effective peer-review into a course requires much effort.Using computers to facilitate the process of peer-review was a logical progression. Early peerresponse systems made use of email exchanges among student reviewers. With digital advancesin the 1990s, CMPR systems – such as MUCH (Many Using and Creating Hypermedia, 1994) –automated allocation of files for review, stored responses, calculated results, and gave access topeer feedback.9 Also, Eschenbach exploited web-enabled software to integrate e-assessment inan engineering design course.10In the 2000s, increasing use of computers
lives of his students; he also found further supportfor this view in Sageev and Romanowski.1 He began to consult additional sources on thesubject to develop an effective set of strategies to address the problem.Consideration of references on this topic indicated other faculty who were trying toresolve a similar set of root causes.2, 3 The problem lay in finding sources that providedgood models for use in the classroom. Effective models were available from bothLudlow and Newell.4, 5 Both authors, working in the context of chemical engineeringdepartments, addressed student communication problems through the practice of peerreview of student writing. The instructor then set about adapting models for peer review,as well as other writing techniques
, aconcept mapping activity was used in order to channel the peer-to-peer interaction towards aframework of knowledge and skills transfer. A concept map is a spatial representation ofconcepts and their interrelationships that is intended to visually represent the structuralknowledge that a learner has stored in long-term memory6-7. The process of building a conceptmap engages the learner with the content and is considered an active learning strategy. A numberof concept mapping software applications are readily available that have also been used for thisproject. By incorporating CMaps with the peer-to-peer mentorship program, we sought to createstudents with increased capacity to engage in real world problem solving, increased writing andoral
opportunity for me to deepen these relationships and gain confidence andaccountability in my work. Since the workshop, I have begun swapping articles and proposalswith several other participants of PEER to give and receive feedback on drafts. I have received Page 24.1237.15candid and honest feedback that has been invaluable. I have also been held accountable to meetmy internal paper deadlines so that I keep writing even when other responsibilities are clamoringfor my attention. I now have twice as many papers in submission than I have ever had prior toPEER. I attribute this level of feedback and accountability to the quality of relationships that
AC 2012-4547: PEER-TO-PEER ASSESSMENT IN LARGE CLASSES: ASTUDY OF SEVERAL TECHNIQUES USED IN DESIGN COURSESDr. Peter M. Ostafichuk, University of British Columbia Peter Ostafichuk is a Senior Instructor and the Associate Head (yeaching) in the Department of Me- chanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia. He has co-developed and coordinates the multi-award winning integrated Mech 2 program for second-year mechanical engineering. Ostafichuk received a B.A.Sc. in engineering physics in 1997 and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 2004, both from the University of British Columbia.Mr. Jim Sibley, University of British ColumbiaDr. H.F. Machiel Van der Loos, University of British Columbia H.F. Machiel Van
AC 2008-881: CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE OF PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKTECHNOLOGY AS NEXT GENERATION TELEVISIONVeeramuthu Rajaravivarma, SUNY-Farmingdale V. Rajaravivarma is currently with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at SUNY, Farmingdale State College. Previously, he was with Tennessee State University, Morehead State University, North Carolina A&T State University, and Central Connecticut State University. Dr. Rajaravivarma teaches electronics, communication, and computer networks courses to engineering technology students. His research interest areas are in the applications of computer networking and digital signal processing
Paper ID #22319Social Network Analysis: Peer Support and Peer Management in Multidisci-plinary, Vertically Integrated TeamsJ. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology Assistant Director, Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program, Georgia Institute of Technology; Doc- toral student in Education at Georgia State University, with a concentration in Research, Measurement and Statistics; Master of Education in Education Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.Dr. Randal T. Abler, Georgia Institute
research.After they have been accepted, we ask them to write a short statement of research interest, inparticular identifying which of the current PEER working groups they are interested in and why(or proposing a new working group). These initial statements, combined with our experiences ofprevious years, help us to plan for workshops that we think will be needed by the current cohort.For example, in 2017, we had many more new participants joining us with diverse interests thanin previous years, so we placed a stronger emphasis on forming working groups at the beginning.In addition, these statements induct participants into the communicative guiding principle.While we do plan a schedule based on these initial interactions with participants, the
been a renewed emphasis on student teams and onstudent-provided formative feedback within an assessment process anchored in learningoutcomes.The authors report on the integration of Calibrated Peer Review™ (CPR™) – a web-deliveredstudent feedback tool – used in three courses at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Sinceacademic year 2002, the authors have developed course activities that highlight writing and peerevaluation as central components of • RH131 (Rhetoric and Composition): An introductory composition course required of all students at this college of engineering. • ECE 361 (Engineering Practice): A sophomore-level course covering project design specifications, team roles, effective conduct of team
Paper ID #40759stEm PEER Academy: the Power of Human CapitalDr. Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University Dr. Jennifer Love is a full-time faculty member of Northeastern University’s College of Engineering, most recently in the First Year Engineering program. She is currently the Associate Director for the Center for STEM Education. She has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1993), a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from The University of Iowa (1997) and a Doctorate in Education from Northeastern University (2022) where she recently completed her
Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education grades through the peer evaluation process. In addition, in several group writing exercises they compete against other writing teams for extra credit points. Importantly, a component of their grade is based on evaluation by their team members on their performance as a peer reviewer and their performance as a collaborative task contributor.”Let us call peer revision in (non-blind) groups Strategy V. It differs from Strategy G, where thestudents evaluate authors who are not in their own group.In Strategy V, all of the students in a particular group are working on their ownassignment. If we assume instead that
.7 Because of the relativelylimited research on peer review of oral presentations as a way of giving graduate engineeringstudents the feedback they need to improve, this paper necessarily draws on some of theliterature on peer review of writing on undergraduate and graduate levels, in engineering andresearch in higher education, and extrapolates some findings to oral presentation peer review.The paper focuses on why peer review is useful, different methods of it, and several classroomexamples.RubricsEffective peer review is only as good as the criteria on which it is based and the instructionprovided. Yet, similar to the process of learning to do oral presentations, engineering graduatestudents often lack formal training in performing peer
. Page 15.826.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Keys to Publishing in Peer Reviewed JournalsAbstractA plethora of literature exists to which new engineering educators can refer that will assist themsucceed as scholars. Blocking out time to write every day or every week; learning to say “no”;ignoring bad reviews and heeding critical reviews; reading; writing, writing, writing; exhibiting awillingness to change; being flexible; and being reasonable are included among the suggestionsthe literature promotes. The intent of this paper in contrast was to provide new engineeringeducators with a framework for negotiating the journal publication process. In particular, thepaper addresses the procedures for producing a
Session 2630 Web Based Forms for Design Team Peer Evaluations Elizabeth A. Eschenbach1 and Marc A. Mesmer2 Humboldt State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the use of web based forms for a peer review process used in teachingENGR 111: Introduction to Design and is a follow up of work reported at the 1997 ASEEmeeting: Using Peer Evaluations for Design Team Effectiveness. The paper describes thefunctionality of the web based software and provides examples of web based peer evaluationsforms, as well a summary of the training students receive on how to write a good peer
, without having to waituntil all students’ work has been graded. Indeed, peer assessment is one of the fewscalable approaches to assessment: as the amount of work to assess increases, theresources available for assessment increase proportionally.Perhaps the most frequent use of peer assessment is for teaching writing. Writing for anaudience of their peers forces them to explain themselves well enough so that they can be 1understood by non-experts. It also gives them the benefit of seeing and responding totheir peers’ reactions to what they write.Writing is important in engineering, of course. It is a good way for students to grapplewith ethical issues that arise in their professional development [5, 6
) as a publication and its review process, and 3) bestpractices in peer reviewing (i.e., organization, quality considerations, tips for writing reviews).Triads then attend a synchronous session together, and after an icebreaker activity and a briefoverview of the program, they conduct a mock review of a short, published manuscript togetheras a triad during the session. The mock review makes use of a Structured Peer Review form,which helps triads organize their reviews (strengths, weaknesses and recommendations) andprovides the team with insights on what participants are taking into consideration as they conducttheir review. (The Structured Peer Review form, which was developed by the project team, isshown in Figure 2.) The session concludes
project, each student has a 15 minute conference with the class instructor.During the conference, the student presents a team evaluation on a computer disk, discussing thestrengths and weaknesses of the team and all team members (including him or herself). Then thestudent and the instructor discuss ways to improve team productivity. The instructor gives thestudent hints on how to write a more descriptive evaluation.At the end of the semester, each team member turns in a self evaluation and peer evaluation ofall team members on a disk. The evaluations from all team members are combined and then splitinto summary evaluations, one for each team member. A summary evaluation is returned to eachteam member during the final period of the class. The
, the feedback comes more quickly. An author canusually see the feedback as soon as the reviewer provides it, rather than having to wait until theinstructor or TA is finished grading all the students. Finally, peer assessment forces students towrite in a way that their peers can understand. They can’t use shorthand that the instructor, withhis/her superior knowledge, is expected to decipher. They learn to write for an audience of theirpeers, which is exactly the skill they need for later in their careers. Peer assessment has beenshown to improve learning across the curriculum [1].Online peer-assessment systems perform the same basic functions, though they often havefeatures aimed at the types of courses taught by their designers, e.g., art
gradingevent.)Also, before the next class Armani will try the new assignment. A diligent Armani will refer tothe textbook and find help as needed and invent ways to check answers. Students like that wouldprobably thrive under any form of instruction. However, maybe Armani will skip the assignedreading in an attempt to save time. Some answers will be correctly found, but many will not. IfArmani does not have enough time or perseverance to finish well, the peer grading rubric willencourage Armani to at least think about and write something down for each problem. Also, Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE North Midwest Sectional Conference
education.It includes both discipline-specific resources (e.g., demonstrations, tutorials, on-line experiments,course notes) and more general resources for educational research and improvement (e.g.,guidelines for writing and assessing student learning outcomes). Although other databases exist,MERLOT is unusual because it includes a system for peer review. Editorial boards assignobjects already in the database to reviewers with relevant technical expertise. Reviewers’comments on technical content, ease of use, and educational potential are then displayed in thedatabase along with the link to the learning object as well as suggestions for how to incorporatethe learning object into a course. The MERLOT engineering editorial board is actively
Session 3530 Comparing the Reliability of Two Peer Evaluation Instruments Matthew W. Ohland, Richard A. Layton University of Florida / North Carolina A&T State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an analysis of student peer evaluations in project teams to compare thereliability of two different evaluation procedures. The project teams consist of junior-levelstudents in a mechanical engineering design course taught by Layton for five semesters in 1997,1998, and 1999.The peer-evaluation instruments were used by students to evaluate their teammates’contributions to the team’s deliverables—oral and
Tutoring between pairs in the same point in the course. One person retains role of tutor throughout. Same-year dyadic reciprocal peer tutoring Tutoring between pairs in the same point in the course. Tutor role is reciprocated between pairs. Dyadic cross-year fixed-role peer tutoring Tutor has a higher academic status than tutee. Same-year group tutoring Rotating presentations by individual students to the peer group. Peer assisted writing
foundational research in student retention and other evidence-based practices that engage, enroll, and graduate their women and BIPOC engineers.5. Professional Learning a. Provide a toolbox of resources to guide collaboration and partnerships at their respective institutions, with partners, and with each other (broader impact/broadening participation, proposal development, writing research papers, etc.). b. Expand PEERs’ understanding of national funding opportunities aligned with their institutional goals (NSF grants, national education grants, industry grants, etc). 1017
Paper ID #30221A Vertically Integrated Design Program Using Peer EducationDr. Ross Aaron Petrella, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Departmentof Biomedical Engineering Dr. Petrella received his B.S. in biomedical engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University in Rich- mond, VA and his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. He joined the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomed- ical Engineering first as a postdoctoral research scholar and is now an assistant teaching professor where he teaches
AC 2012-4169: INTERDISCIPLINARY STEM PEER-MENTORING ANDDISTANCE-BASED TEAMSBrian F Martensen, Minnesota State University Brian F. Martensen is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He began working with the NSF-supported MAX Scholar Program in 2009. His interests include inquiry-based models of instruction and ways to facilitate the transition of majors to professionals. His mathematical research is in the area of dynamical systems and topology.Dr. Deborah K. Nykanen P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato Deborah K. Nykanen is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She received her Ph.D
progression of a student through the programprovides valuable opportunities for “stepping stone peer mentoring” and individual studentdevelopment. Our selection process addresses diversity issues by factoring in major, gender,year, eligibility for subsidized financial aid (a program requirement), community collegebackground and first-generation status. In addition, we ask students to write a brief essaydescribing how they will contribute to the program diversity given a broad definition thatincorporates such things as race, religion, socioeconomic status, and breadth of experience incommunities. We strive to select students who are motivated and who could have an improvededucational experience given the opportunity to be a member of the cohort, to
Paper ID #32312Bias in First-Year Engineering Student Peer EvaluationsLea Wittie, Bucknell University Lea Wittie is an Associate Professor in the department of Computer Science in the Engineering College at Bucknell University. She has spent the past 4 years coordinating the first year Engineering student Introduction to Engineering and over a decade participating in the program before that.James Bennett, Cornell University James Bennett is a biomedical engineer specializing in medical device design and development. He has earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biomedical Engineering from Bucknell University and is currently
2006-1382: PEER ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES FOR ALABORATORY-BASED COURSERathika Rajaravivarma, Central CT State University Page 11.987.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Peer Assessment Methodologies for a Laboratory-Based CourseAbstractAdvances in technology and the explosive growth of the Internet have called fornew ways of learning environment. The content delivery is no longer the passiveapproach of lecture emanating from the teacher to the student. It is imperativethat computer networking courses taught at the undergraduate level containadequate hands-on implementation based projects and experiments in order tobetter train students. The computing curricula 2001 (CC2001