weighting indicate the required content and the focus. The levels of performance and theassociated descriptors provide further detail of what is required to meet and exceed expectations.Making the rubric available early to students in the assessment process allows time for them toconsider and reflect upon what is required based on factors such as time given, resources andtheir aptitude. The weighting of criteria and the levels of achievement allow students to plan theirworkload appropriately.Rubrics assist accountability by providing a measure to which works are compared. By creatingan object that serves as an example of quality and using a scale from poor to excellent, all thestakeholders are able to make decisions based on a standard.14 According
faculty.Program Educational Objectives (PEO) were acceptable in 2004 but were not acceptable in 2010.We were conscientious of the need for periodic revisions of PEO and had determined that norevision/changes were warranted for 2010. This is not to reflect upon evaluators’ capability butto point out that because of the lack of set standards for evaluations, an evaluator cannot escapesubjectivity.On employer survey and advisory board. Often, it has not been easy to make industry takeenthusiastic participation in the assessment instrument such as an employer survey. Very few Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education
helpsstudents take responsibility for their educational journey through a curriculum focusing on academicengagement and community-building. All full-time, first-time students enroll in a semester-longcourse that delivers this curriculum MWSU 1230. All sections are capped at 20 and include a facultyand/or staff mentor and a peer educator, who is responsible for delivering the common curriculum.A customized Mustangs Adventure Guidebook provides activities (adventures) and promptsreflecting the course goals and Student Learning Outcomes. Students meet weekly to reflect on anddiscuss their adventures. To earn credit for MWSU 1230, students must complete all assessmentsand five adventures, and may have no more than three absences
beneficial, allowing for easy assembly,maintenance, and upgrades after tests are completed.The robot’s head, torso, and limbs will be designed to reflect a humanoid appearance. This willmake the robot approachable and engaging for users which is crucial. These components will bemostly fabricated through 3D printing which can create the aesthetic and intricate parts of therobot that will be visible. Finally, the robot will be representing its college, so the school’s colorswill be displayed on the robot.3. Electrical power and communicationThe NVIDIA Jetson is the “brain” of the robot and will process both interaction and movement.Interaction inputs will be collected using a camera and an external microphone array. Theoutputs will include speakers
thefocus of many researchers. Optical amplifiers magnify the light trough stimulated emission.However, stimulation emission is usually accompanied by a spontaneous emission per mode thatconstitutes the internal noise of the amplifier. Traveling wave amplifier has perfect antireflectionfacet coatings, the light beam travels once through the junction. Since always there are reflections,the real TW amplifies are actually resonant cavities. They are considered as Fabry Perrotstructures. The peak gain of the central longitudinal mode is: 𝐺0 (1 − 𝑅1 )(1 − 𝑅2 ) 𝐺= (1) (1 − 𝐺0
directly reflect how student’s perform on specific learning outcomes. However,these projects accounted for 60% of students’ final grade; therefore, course grades suggest thatthe developed food-themed projects helped students continue to perform individually andwithout in-person support structures at levels similar to students who work on projects in teamswith in-person support structures. Student perception was compared between the courses with team-based model projects andindividual-based physical-model projects. Here, Likert-scale anonymous course evaluations (1-strongly disagree, 2 - disagree, 3 - neutral, 4 - agree, and 5 - strongly agree) were compared forinstructor-taught courses with team projects (Fall 2018 and Fall 2019 semester) and
reflect ontheir past experiences with team dynamics. Computer and Electrical Engineering programsincluded similar DEI-focused activities in team projects to promote inclusive practices andensure all team members felt valued and respected. Mechanical Engineering integrated similarexercises designed to foster a welcoming and collaborative environment. An "inclusivity meter"was used in various courses to gauge students' feelings of inclusion and participation [6].Example questions from the inclusivity meter include: Did I feel included in lab team meetings last week? - Totally - Pretty good - Yes and no - Somewhat - Not at allMechanical Engineering also offered a special topics course on inclusive design, which
16choice study much mathematics?" (Career, Education) (Longitudinal) Follow-up survey: College enrollment and program requiring calculus for past participants (Education)Career, Education Knowledge tests, surveys, reflection essays, exit interviews. Details lacking on survey Post-camp, 63 SARE, 47 From under-resourced High school Crews 2020 questions. Eventual college enrollment in STEM majors was tracked. follow up BRBT backgrounds [47]Interest, Attitudes, "I like math." (Interest);"I like
advantageous. Further, the pairing ofROS2 and Webots is not limited to these configurations, packages, and communicationprotocols. There are many arrangements in connecting ROS and Webots for education notdetailed in this report.The specific connections constructed in this research were found to have various obstacles whosesolutions are described in the following and reflected in Table II. Firstly, Webots runs mostreliably with an NVIDIA or AMD OpenGL graphics adaptor. Neither Oracle nor VMware freeversions, which were the virtual machine platforms utilized during this project, support Webots’sgraphics preference. This was found to have minimal effect on the performance of the simplesimulations if the rendering options were adjusted. For heavier
. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Why is Thermodynamics so Hard for Students and What Can an Instructor do about it Randall Manteufel, Amir Karimi Mechanical Engineering Department University of Texas at San Antonio AbstractThe introductory engineering thermodynamics class often has a reputation for being difficult forstudents. The authors reflect on why it has such a reputation and how faculty can improve thecourse. This paper looks at three areas: student issues, instructor issues, and content issues
minutes during a 15-week semester and maintained the 8content modules used the previous year.Assessments and GradingFrom the 8 course outcomes specified by the program (see Appendix A), the topics were refinedinto a list of 16 measurable topics, listed in Table 1. The topics presented here reflect those usedin the 2019 course. Quiz 2C was revised from “Determine hydrostatic force acting on floating orsubmerged bodies” in 2018 to “Determine the buoyant force acting on floating or submergedbodies” in 2019 to more accurately describe the problems associated with this topic.Table 1. Standard associated with each quiz. Quiz Specifications: Number Topic You will earn a score of
aircraft on a simulator through a simple mission. The research studentscontribute in this on-going study with collecting and analyzing literature, recruiting participants,conducting experiments, collecting data, analyzing data and drawing inferences. Reflections ofresearch students are discussed in this paper.1. IntroductionThe undergraduate research students are involved in the study of an interactive xFlight simulationusing eye tracking device. Global aviation is suffering pilot shortage, and by 2032, it is expectedthat international aviation will be 80,000 pilots short [1, 2]. Hence, there is an immediate need toidentify ways to expedite pilot training. Researchers have found that gaming positively impactscognition and hand-eye coordination
) experience.Though in the early stages of the data analysis, we believe that tools such as this are incrediblyimportant in times of online learning and decreasing retention rates. Anecdotally, students areciting lack of engagement as a reason for leaving higher education. We believe that a mixedreality gaming educational model may help mitigate the impact of COVID-19-like crises.Student and instructor reflections captured quantitatively and qualitatively through mixed modes 8revealed confirmation of this belief. GeoExplorer is a tool that is still under development toinclude more practical experience and opportunities for students to develop
exploratory study aims to discover temporal patterns that illuminate group problem-solvingbehaviors. It is important to emphasize that our analysis is conducted at the group level sincestudents submit assignments and receive credits collectively. As a result, all log traces within thesame group are aggregated to derive group-level submission patterns. Specifically, we focus onpatterns derived from the time spent on each submission attempt, employing sequential patternmining techniques to identify patterns potentially reflecting group problem-solving strategies.Our analytical pipeline comprises the following steps:1. Submission LabelPrairieLearn platform supports two types of saving events: students can either save currentprogress for later
definitions of academic motivation as "the ability of the learnerto persist with the task assigned, the amount of time spent on the task, the innate curiosity tolearn, the feelings of efficacy related to an activity, or a combination of these variables" [12].Meltzer, et.al. defined student effort as a conscious attempt to achieve a particular goal throughpersistence over time [13]. The definition of effort for this study must reflect the amount of workdone in the PR Survey for their attempt to be placed at their project of preference, where asignificant amount of that should go towards describing the expected contributions for projectsuccess. Therefore, following the literature above, effort in this study is quantified by threefactors from the
members should look for OER that are peer-reviewed or have undergone some form of quality assurance process. They should also verify that the OER reflects current knowledge and practices in the subject area.3. Relevance: Faculty members should look for OER that are relevant to their courses and the needs of their students. OER should cover the topics and concepts that are required for the course and should be presented in a way that is accessible and engaging for students.4. Currency: OER should be up-to-date, reflecting the latest research and developments in the subject area. Faculty members should look for OER that are regularly reviewed and updated to ensure that they remain relevant and accurate.5. Accessibility: OER should
reinforcing cross-cutting concepts within the program. Forexample, the course design institute offers a distinct moment to invoke questions about powerdynamics via the situational factor of instructors. In other words, the context created by having aparticular instructor, that instructor’s perspectives, identities, lived experiences, relation to thecourse material, and so forth, will inextricably inform the course as a product and how it isexperienced by students and therefore should be its own design constraint[15]. Thus, programco-instructors are asked to reflect on their own roles in the course during course design sessions.During the cohort meetings after course design, they also reflect on their interactions andapproaches to collaboration and
.) Of course,this approach is just one way to prepare a study guide. Reflecting both on the previous work [7]and the known benefits of teaming within STEM (e.g., [3]), students could work together insmall teams to collaboratively prepare a study guide that each of the team members would useduring a quiz or exam. This was the strategy taken in the current student and, accordingly, theresearch question proposed in this work is as follows: “Does the construction method of a studyguide affect study guide usage on exams?” We proposed this research question owing to theknown effectiveness of collaborative learning [3], the benefits of a constructivist environment [8]and the suggestion on the benefits of peer-sharing in the creation of study guides
interact with the device live. Kolb’s four stages of learning in the experiential learningcycle can be seen in the activities described: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstractconceptualization and active experimentation [19]. Students directly experiencing the effects of a“broken” ventilator, reflecting on what could have been responsible, relating that knowledge toprevious iterations and learnings of physiology and finally trying a new approach. The improvedaccess to interior device hardware and coding aided in the experience and activeexperimentation. Such experimentation experiences can be limited by fragile expensive parts,proprietary coding and design legally or mechanically frustrating repeated opening.More Advanced Project
identified 41 articles that dealt with the model ofWIL. A summary of these select articles is presented in this section.There are three major systems of WIL, namely the Gilde, the Co-op, and the MKB-route.Each of the variants departs from the premise that students put their academic knowledge intoaction through relevant work experience outside the classroom and then bring the challengesand insights they gain on the job back to the class for further analysis and reflection. The Gilde variant (literally craftsman’s guild system variant) goes the farthest, where the students are placed in paid positions from the beginning of their studies and the ratio of workplace/school bank in this model is roughly 60/40. The Co-op variant
to communicate with others. This objective was addressedin all eight interviews and reflected the importance of the student's understanding of the powersystem process operation.Objective 2: By the end of the B.S. in ECE, students should acquire hands-on capability andexperience to work in teams and design smart grid solutions.Interviewees claimed that the ultimate focus of schools is on theories rather than hands-onexperiences and design projects. Therefore, students lack hands-on capability when joining theworkforce. Students need to know how to integrate the whole system together, besidesexperiencing that in school before joining the workforce. They think most training and basicskills must be covered in undergraduate courses instead of
skill baseline level among university engineering students. Results from thisstudy will also inform the systems thinking community and enrich the literature on human-centered designthat discusses how engineering students understand and navigate design problems in complex systems in adesign course.1. INTRODUCTIONAlthough certain basics of engineering will not change, engineers have to adapt to the explosion ofknowledge, the global economy, and the complex systems they work with when entering the workplace.Engineering education needs to, therefore, evolve to reflect these ongoing changes [2]. A report titled“Educating the Engineer for 2020 and beyond” published by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)[3] has offered several overarching trends
courses have beenadvised by researchers for student success [28], 2) such interventions are desired by engineering 4undergraduates, and 3) MHW and personal learning reflections have been received positively byboth engineering undergraduates and their faculty [29].3. CONCEPTUAL UNDERPINNINGSOur proposed first-year engineering happiness and wellbeing course finds its foundations in threeliterary works. The backward design model [30] approach provides an overall framework of howthis course is structured and functions. The seven factors analytical framework conceptualized bythe authors in our previous work [31, 33] helps develop goals for the course. The
Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Her role in the College of Engineering at UNL is to lead the disciplinary-based education research ini- tiative, establishing a cadre of engineering education research faculty in the engineering departments and creating a graduate program. Her research focuses on the development, implementation, and assessment of modeling and design activities with authentic engineering contexts; the design and implementation of learning objective-based grading for transparent and fair assessment; and the integration of reflection to develop self-directed learners.Dr. Grace Panther, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Grace Panther is an Assistant Professor at the University of
engineering program certification. Additionally, professional ethicalcodes evolved to include priorities for the health, welfare, and safety of society as their topconcern. Prior to this, codes were more reflective of protecting the profession and the client.To support this move toward protecting society, professional publications began to addressengineering ethics in articles and conferences [9]. As engineering ethics education becameinculcated into engineering programs, different pedagogical approaches emerged. As much asengineering education is standardized, engineering ethics education pedagogical approaches arenot. The National Academy of Engineering conducted a study in 2016 to identify the bestengineering ethics approaches. The study revealed
affected. It is worth noting that this paper is not a full paper in a more traditional sense. Rather,some people may call this paper a work-in-progress, theoretical piece. This paper mainlyserves two purposes. First, it serves as a reflective exercise for us as the research team thatallows us to critically examine our own assumptions (which may not be completely visible toourselves) about methodological design and how our methodological design can affect ouraccess to students’ ethics learning experience. In other words, as we are now in the process ofrefining the methodological design for the case studies, insights from this paper will informour decision-making in the process. Second, we also hope this short piece can deliever amessage to
prepares the learner can enhance learningfrom future instructor-led lectures.For this study, PFL learning activities are given to students as small group activities in workshopsin advance of corresponding lectures. These workshop activities are designed to be novel to notadvantage better-prepared students due to similarity with previous courses and to be authentic(i.e. “real world” problems) to engage students regardless of their background or experience level.The activities are comprised of students in small groups completing a worksheet on a problemdefined by the week’s learning goals. During these workshops, the instructional team engagesstudents to share ideas, reflect on progress, and explore the problem and solution spaces furtherby
attended the Bridge remotely, still found the experiencetransformational. In a case study interview conducted by Ruxton Consulting, one student attributedtheir success to the Bridge saying, “I really think I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't be studyingengineering without the creation of the Bridge program.” (Ruxton Consulting Evaluation Reportpresented to the PI, 2022).Students also reflected on how their effort, within the structure of the Bridge, contributed to theirimproved self-efficacy in math. As one student shared, “It's not a test of your finances, or yourbrains. It's a test of how hard you can work, and I think that's a great factor to measure someoneby.” Another student acknowledged how much work was ultimately needed in order to be readyfor
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equipment. The number of students making similar comments is also included in thetable. The majority of these comments reflected the value of learning both types of equipment totake advantage of their strengths. Several students noted that the measurement performance ofbenchtop equipment is superior and preferred it for that reason.Table 2. Summary of selected student comments on M2K and benchtop equipment grouped by category of response. Number of students providing similar comments is noted. # ofCategory Selected Student Comments