approach that removessome of these structures to allow for a more nuanced approach to evaluation. In an un-gradingstructure, both instructors and students participate in holistic reflection and assessmentthroughout the course. Proponents of un-grading often note that success outside of the classroomdepends not only on development of knowledge and skills, but also behaviors and practices.Therefore, an un-grading approach often does include assessment of things like participation inclass or timeliness. This holistic approach recognizes that different students have different goalsand interests and makes pathways to success that support the intrinsic motivation of students.A challenge of alternative grading is balancing both structure and nuance
Paper ID #34289Research Through Design: A Promising Methodology for Engineering Edu-cationKathryn Elizabeth Shroyer, University of WashingtonDr. Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is a Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the Univer- sity of Washington. She is interested in all aspects of engineering education, including how to support engineering students in reflecting on experience, how to help engineering educators make effective teach- ing decisions, and the application of ideas from complexity science to the challenges of engineering education
Departments grant awarded to the Mechanical Engineering department at Seattle University to study how the department culture changes can foster students’ engineering identity with the long-term goal of increasing the representation of women and minority in the field of engineering.Dr. Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is a Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the Univer- sity of Washington. She is interested in all aspects of engineering education, including how to support engineering students in reflecting on experience, how to help engineering educators make effective teach- ing decisions, and the application of ideas from complexity science to the challenges of
Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network (KEEN) portal (https://engineeringunleashed.com/). Also, several booksfocus on teaching, including “Teaching Entrepreneurship: A Practice Based Approach [2],” “Howto Teach Entrepreneurship [3]” and “Classroom Exercises for Entrepreneurship: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach [4]”. These resources provide many examples of entrepreneurial learningactivities, yet, are limited in two ways. First, most of the learning activities are grounded withinthe business discipline, and second, they do not reflect a holistic design approach, whereby theinstructor considers the entire learning process from curriculum development to delivery toassessment. Thus, instead of considering the learning experience from a holistic
helped augment queer engineering spaces and has served as a catalyst for studentactivism. Importantly, we have included student reflections of their experiences in the group andhow the readings connect with their experiences as a queer engineering student.BackgroundIn this paper, we use LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual) asan umbrella acronym to encompass all the identities held by those with a minoritized sexual orgender identity. We also use queer as a reclaimed term identifying LGBTQIA peoples andacknowledge that historically, “queer” was used as a slur.Despite the effort to advance diversity and inclusion resources on college campuses, the culture inengineering departments remains heteronormative
schools of engineering to provide an international experience for theirstudents, in part because they can easily be introduced into a relatively inflexible engineeringcurriculum compared to traditional study abroad experiences. Experiential education, a modelfirst articulated by John Dewey who developed theories of education rooted in and transformedby experience, is a term commonly applied to such “hands on” experiences as cooperativeeducation, internships, outdoor education, organizational development and training, and servicelearning7. In an experiential education program, students participate in a carefully chosenexperience and then engage in reflection, critical analysis, and synthesis of related information8.In Kolb’s model of experiential
Paper ID #25365includes serving as a high school engineering/technology teacher and a teaching assistant professor withinthe College of Engineering & Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Examining Beginning Designers’ Design Self-Regulation Through LinkographyAbstractDesign process representations often attempt to show the iterative pattern of design through acircular or spiral representation. Expert designers iterate, constantly refining their understandingof both the design problem and solution. In other words, a designer’s ability to manage thedesign process—plan, reflect, and incorporate new insights—may be
children’s motivation, interest, and awareness inSTEM.IntroductionWith the need to prepare students for the 21st century workforce a university with a very diversestudent population strives to address one of the critically important issues facing society:increasing the number of underrepresented students pursuing and completing degrees in science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Evidence within the Department ofLabor reflects that fifteen of the twenty fastest growing jobs projected for 2014 requiresignificant preparation in mathematics and science with the numbers of STEM professionsexpected to grow at a faster rate than those non-STEM professions[1]. Although careers in STEMprovide paths out of poverty, make significant
design decisions and project costs. Projectsrange a wide variety of engineering majors including civil, mechanical, electrical, bio andcomputer. Through the use of student reflections, this paper attempts to identify the influence ofworking with civic regulatory bodies on student learning and student perception of their chosencareer path. As one group noted, the regulations impacting their project resulted in unforeseencosts but the entities who established these regulations were both purposeful and necessary toprotect the environment.IntroductionSanta Clara University is committed to providing educational opportunities aimed to instill theknowledge, habits of thought and action, and orientation to society that the university believeswill best
students learn with understanding by thinking qualitatively and by organizing their knowledge around key concepts. iii) Assessment-centeredness: Frequent opportunities are provided for students to make their thinking visible in order to help them refine their understanding. iv) Community-centeredness: Classroom norms are fostered that encourage students to learn from one another and that recognize the teacher as a co-learner.Each lesson in the Math Out of the Box program is designed based on a four phase learning cycleEngage-Investigate-Reflect-Apply (Diagram A) that is similar to the five phase STAR Legacylearning cycle, Challenge-Initial Thoughts-Perspectives/Resources-Assessment-Publish, which isthe basis of the Felder
inquiry sciencepedagogical methods. Curriculum units varied each year to accommodate repeating students, butwere generally developed or adapted to reflect real-world engineering and science problems andto provide students with the type of hands-on technological experiences girls have often notpreviously encountered (e.g. using tools such as soldering irons and electric drills, or wiringcircuit boards). Examples of curriculum units include: Page 7.586.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education
suitable models for instruction. Itis also true that it requires effort and courage to make a change. And, it is not always apparentthat there is adequate support to make changes, even in the best of circumstances.Finally, our experience suggests that something important is missing for this process to besuccessful. There needs to be an overriding method or system that will assist faculty in makingdecisions about the curriculum. This mechanism may include a guiding educational philosophythat can be applied in the consideration of decisions regarding curricula. It may also include otherforms of feedback to the process, for example, feedback from students or employers. Theoretical FrameworkWhat we describe here reflects a belief that what is often
degrees awarded to people in these underrepresented groups over thepast few decades, there is still much work to be done to diversify the profession to reflect thecountry‘s shifting demographics and to broaden perspectives used in developing newtechnologies and solving complex problems.The importance of diversity in the engineering workforce has been recognized as a priority by anumber of entities, including the National Academies. Engineers from diverse backgrounds andexperiences are needed to devise creative solutions to the challenges posed by a diverse andmore interconnected world.1 Recruitment of a diverse engineering workforce includes thesuccessful recruitment, retention and graduation of a diverse engineering student population. Inorder
Paper ID #42176Board 180: Impacting Engineering Students’ Perceptions of DEI ThroughReal-Life Narratives and In-Class Discussions with an Empathetic LensProf. Lisa K Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University To continually improve the experience of the students in her courses, Lisa engages in applied pedagogical research, implementing research-based techniques in the classroom. Currently teaching Introduction to Engineering and Graphical Communications courses, Lisa has implemented active teaching techniques, team and project-based assignments, and emphasizes self-reflection in her students.Dr. Jeff R. Brown, Embry-Riddle
from long-term research on student learning in materials courses. Tools for assessing prior knowledgeinclude the Materials Concept Inventory and Pre-post Topic Concept Quizzes. Eliciting suchinformation is critical in informing creation of innovative teaching materials. Constructivistmaterials and activities to support conceptual framework development included: Mini-LectureMisconception Informed Slide Sets, Concept-in-Context Class Activities, Concept-In-ContextHomework, Concept-Context Maps, Concept-Context Quizzes, and Visual Glossaries. A toolcreated to promote metacognition was the Daily Reflection sheet which prompted students todescribe their Most Interesting, Muddiest, and Learn-About-Learning Points. The tools werecreated to promote
such as GPAs, scores in prior courses from which the knowledge is to betransferred, etc. To date however, this has not been done. Finally, the think aloud methodologyused in this study has been shown in the past to positively influence student performance suchthat this activity may overestimate actual student performance “in the field” (Gagne et al., 1962;Davis et al., 1968).4. Presentation of DataThis paper presents data taken from the analysis of a single interview from this study. In this casea faculty member in a mechanical engineering department was the participant. Two main themesemerged in the analysis of the data; (1) the extensive use of reflection by the participant inevaluating their problem solving approach and solution(s); (2) the
engineering-related scenarios, situations, or dilemmas. The students areassessed based on the following: (1) individual or team responses to the engineering-relatedscenarios, situations, or dilemmas discussed in teams in class; (2) a reflective paper on theengineering profession, (3) a peer-reviewed paper on addressing a professional dilemma inengineering, and (4) two team-based assignments—an infographic and a video. Students areassigned to teams randomly by the instructor at the start of the semester (a maximum of 6students per team) and work in the same team throughout the semester, i.e., for the in-classdiscussions and the two team-based assignments.To facilitate team building, students participate in a number of ice-breaking activities. Teams
) designed for this purpose.Subsequently students write their own code to visualize animated forward, reflected and totalvoltages and currents on a transmission line. To demonstrate use of electromagnetics as a Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 584fundamental discipline of electrical engineering PCB design and fabrication is introduced.Agilent's ADS is used to design microstrip lines, lumped element and transmission line impedancematching circuits. Agilent’s 3D planar Method-of-Moments software
ofdepoliticization and technological or sociological determinisms, students are left in the middlewithout effective options to better understand how technology and society interact and howthis interaction could be put into practice in ways to empower the communities they want toserve [9]2.One antidote for this dichotomy is critical praxis in engineering research for communitydevelopment informed by STS. Adopting Paolo Freire’s concept of praxis in some courses in ourHumanitarian Engineering and Science (HES) program at Colorado School of Mines, we definethis type of critical praxis as the processes by which the theories, lessons, and practices of ECDare enacted, embodied, or realized through dialogue, action, and critical reflection to transformreality [11
included determination of the motion type, and also the starting and ending angularor linear positions. Readily available labels were utilized as passive joint markers. Students werethen instructed to video record their joint motions using their laptop cameras. A custom videotracking algorithm specifically designed to track spatial locations was then employed to capturerelative positions of the recorded motions. Laboratory instructions asked the students to performkinematic calculations on the algorithm’s generated positional data to determine joint velocitiesand accelerations, and then perform kinetic analyses to estimate the associated muscle forces.Laboratory requirements were concluded with a reflection prompt to evaluate the
rather than the process of learning when they focus on behavior.Learning StylesStudents take in and process information in different ways: by seeing and hearing,reflecting and acting, reasoning logically and intuitively, analyzing and visualizing,steadily and in fits and starts. Teaching methods also vary. Some instructors lecture, otherdemonstrate or lead students to self-discovery. Some focus on principles and other otherson applications. Some emphasize repetitions and others understandings. Whenmismatches exist between learning styles of most students in a class and the teachingstyles of the professor, the students may become bored and inattentive in class, do poorlyon tests, get discouraged about the courses, the curriculum, and themselves
noticed this difference? 2.1 Give a summary of what you've been up to since your last post. Make sure to comment on your lab work as well as what you've been up to in the city. 2.2 Additionally, answer the following: Since starting your research work, what is one significant challenge that you have successfully overcome? In your response, make Weeks 4-6 sure you: a. Describe the challenge. b. Discuss what you have learned from this experience. c. Reflect on how this experience might help you in the future. d. Include at least one picture and aim for about 1-2 paragraphs. 3.1 Give a summary of what you've been up to since your last
centered on a clinical problem seeking proposedsolutions. Post-case homework was a written reflection of about 1000 words describing theirunderstanding of the problem and their proposed initial solutions. These written assignments andtheir attendance were used to calculate a final grade.Clinical correlations in biomedical engineering enable synthesis of basic engineering conceptsaround applications in medical practice. Through the course, students draw upon prior trainingin biophysics, anatomic structure and function, and mathematical modeling of physiologicsystems in a weekly case-based critical care scenario. Blending engineering and clinicalconcepts in this fashion expands student medical expertise. This eight-week course featuredcritical care
being successful in their courses and their co-opexperiences.As part of the retention program, students are required to perform fifteen (15) hours ofcommunity service each semester, complete and essay related to their experience, completereflections after the monthly socials to share their learned experiences, meet once per semesterwith their Choose Ohio First Program coaches and track their progress using our e-portfoliosystem. We monitor the students’ experiences through surveys and self-reflections and well asthrough progress reports from their professors. Our results are then compared to other students inthe College of Engineering.Successes and opportunities for improvement, program compliance data and next steps will beshared in the
experiences had engineering students observe clinicians and student-clinicians at the Speech and Hearing Center (SHC) during typical therapy sessions with communityclients and reflect on their experiences. In this work, an overview of the logistical elements, asummary of the student feedback from the written reflections and focus groups, and futurerecommendations for the program are presented.Speech Pathology Shadowing SessionsShadowing and clinical placements are a key part of healthcare professional education [2] and webelieve that engineering students will also benefit from observation and interaction with groupsoutside of their discipline. This is supported by recent experiences reported on inter-professionalshadowing for senior medical students
accountability.The overall assessment plan included direct and indirect measures gathered as formative andsummative assessments using quantitative and qualitative assessments [3]. The portion of theplan presented in this paper is a quantitative, indirect assessment used as a pretest and posttest.We recognized the importance of alignment [4] and examined the university’s mission, thegeneral education goals, and the student learning outcomes for the course. The instrument usedin this study was developed to align with the course outcomes and the course content. Evaluationforms used by the instructor, the student for her/his own reflection, peers, and audience memberswere developed to reflect the same criteria. The instrument reported on in this paper
playing field can help combatthose disparities. For instance, inclusion of service learning has also been shown to increaseretention of women and underrepresented minorities in engineering 10,11. Other approaches suchas pairing female students with mentors and creating discussion groups that explore diversity andinclusion have also been shown to help, as was done in this study.Methodology:Participants shared experiences during weekly discussion and through journaling about howgender norms in engineering and the sciences tend to reflect masculine values, experiences andlife situations. Through these discussions, participants learned to address underlyingassumptions, norms, and practices to change the culture for all members, men and women
Hotel. In both cases, the modelsare loaded to failure and the total weight added before failure is compared. After a shortdiscussion, a video of the Hyatt Regency Hotel tragedy is shown. The in-class assignment isfollowed up with a reflection paper assignment. In a survey administered to students in thecourse during fall 2017, 89 percent of student respondents (n = 48) indicated the activity addedto their understanding of the topic and indicated in descriptive questions that the activity washelpful and increased their interest in engineering.IntroductionDue to the nature of civil and mechanical engineering projects, it is vital for practitioners touphold ethical standards during the engineering design process. As educators, we have
such as student reflections and other worksheets are collected forevaluative purposes. Newly in year two of the program, reflections have been transitioned from apaper activity to a whole class discussion facilitated by the classroom adults to mitigate some ofthe writing communication challenges discovered in the first year [23].Current statusEngagement with teachers and youth. Data collection for year one of the project has come to anend, and data collection in year two is currently underway. Considering student and teacheroutcomes to address research questions 1-3, analysis of the year one data has begun. Forteachers, findings suggest improvement around teacher confidence in teaching engineering aswell as challenges that still remain
principles, which include the following. For moreeffective learning, instructors need to: 1) elicit students' prior knowledge to help informinstruction; 2) engage students to promote conceptual change so they can construct deepknowledge organized in a conceptual framework; and 3) encourage metacognition to build habitsof expert learners who define their learning goals and monitor their own progress. The pedagogyuses two-way formative feedback in which students reflect on their learning in a class with class-end Muddiest Point feedback and instructors respond to student misconceptions and learningissues by adjusting instruction and providing next class feedback to the students. The two-wayfeedback process promotes self reflection not only on the part