ensure successful transformation of classroom practices.The anticipated outcomes of the RET site program are as follows:1. Teacher Outcomes a. Greater knowledge of content aligned with research activities in their field b. Transformation of classroom practices resulting in more frequent STEM and engineering education teaching techniques c. Long-term collaborative partnerships with university faculty and industry representatives2. Student Outcomes (indirectly from their teacher’s experiences) a. Students having more positive STEM influences which encourage them to pursue careers in these areas b. Students being more engaged in the classroom due to better developed authentic classroom
toimplement a similar model.The aims of this project were to a) identify students' understanding of pedagogies of engagement,b) evaluate students' satisfaction with the implementation of active learning in the LEEP2classrooms and c) evaluate students' perception of active learning over time and with variouslevels of exposure.Figure 2. Active Learning Classroom Layouts. Photo credit TreanorArchitects.MethodologyThe University of Kansas Human Research Protection Program approved this study. The studyaimed to provide qualitative, unedited feedback from students based on a one-on-one interviewprocess. The interviewer asked students about their experiences with pedagogies of engagementand the active learning classrooms. The feedback and themes derived do
robot’s chest,and a gyro sensor (one x-axis and one y-axis accelerometer) placed in the robot’s waist. Also,there is an IR sensor in the robot’s head used for communication with an included IR gamepad.The CM-530 controller based on ARM Cortex microcontroller (depicted in Figure 2) is capableof controlling 26 Dynamixel servomotors. The controller is shipped with the type A humanoidconfiguration preloaded. Even though the other two configurations, B and C, are described in theQuick Start manual their configurations must be downloaded. The controller includes the powerswitch, START, MODE, L, R, U, and D pushbuttons. By using the MODE pushbutton the usercan choose one of the three modes: manage, program, and play. CM-530 supports blue toothwireless
were present on the target part, which wasimpossible to realize with the given tooling. The profiles of the cutting tools that were providedto the students for this exercise are shown in Figure 4. Figure 3. Target Part for Visualization Exercise b. Neutral-Lead a. Neutral-Lead 35° c. 15°-Lead 75° Right- d. R.1mm Straight 35° Left-Handed Right-Handed Insert Handed Insert Profiling Insert Insert Figure 4. Turning Tool Profiles for Visualization ExerciseThe procedure for simulating the turning operation in SculptPrint is as follows
the lesson for theclassroom and the resources the school had.Results of the ChangeThough the evaluations and teacher comments offered insights to the success of the program,reviewing the quality of the teacher prepared lesson plans provided evidence as to the successand needed changes of the professional development program. The STAR Center used the samerubric from the previous professional development days to review the lessons. The rubric isAppendix B. The rubric included three components for evaluating the quality of the plan:completeness, clarity, and incorporation of engineering principles, and used a rating scale ofhighly effective, effective, developing, and ineffective. STAR reviewers determined that in orderfor the plan to be
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air, superconducting magnet, and ultra-capacitors. Batteries are generally the mostpractical form of energy storage for the project due to their size to weight ratio and their cost.This is the most commonly used energy storage device and has a charging and dischargingefficiency of 80% to 90%. For this project there was no specified load, as many different loadswere to be tested. The load would also be interchanged depending if a gird-tie inverter or a non-grid-tie inverter was being used.Assessment: The project scored an average score range between 3.6 to 4.5 for criteria a, b, d, fand g and a score of 5 on criterion “e”, while for the remaining criteria they had lower scores ona LIKERT scale from 1 to 5. The students had more difficulty on
Paper ID #19212Minority Women in the Workplace: Early Career Challenges and Strategiesfor Overcoming ObstaclesNicole Yates, National Society of Black Engineers Nicole Yates currently serves as the Senior Research Analyst for the National Society of Black Engineers. She graduated from Stanford University with a Master’s degree in Psychology and completed a thesis that focused on gender differences in reasons for switching from STEM to non-STEM majors. Her background is in research and academia.Ms. Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers Dr. Rincon joined the Society of Women Engineers in February 2016 as the Manager of
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will you use or apply from MEMS-1038 going forward? 2) Has MEMS-1038 inspired you to possibly come up with your own senior design project in the future? 3) Has MEMS-1038 created any excitement for you for your future senior design project? 4) How did the interaction in MEMS-1038 with senior design students impact you? 5) Do you anticipate that you’ll view yourself as a future leader within your senior design team having taken MEMS-1038? 6) Has MEMS-1038 impacted your confidence for your future senior design project? 7) Which assessment format would be better for your learning and/or engagement in MEMS-1038: a) combination of attendance and in-class team exercises (the method used), or b) exams and
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test the course concepts and objectives in acomprehensive sense. The course average for the Fall 2015 iteration of the exam was 89.1% andwas 85.8% for the Fall 2016 iteration. The exam covered material from the entire course and thescores were not adjusted, so this becomes an indicator that the students successfully attained theobjectives.The Fall 2016 final examination had a question that directly tested two course objectives. TheVersion A of the exam directly related to the course objective, “Describe how specific buildingsintegrate various building systems together successfully” by asking: Describe how theauditorium in which you now sit integrates various building systems together. Give examples.The Version B of the exam directly related to
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contribute to a culture of ethical STEM practice? Do participants from service learning projects experience their STEM education in a qualitatively different way than those who do not? 2. How can we learn from the on-ground experiences of students and faculty to identify and promote best practices in humanitarian SL for a more ethically aware STEM culture? (a) How does participation in SL “fit” into the typical practices of undergraduates? How interconnected is the social responsibility element of SL to the totality of their educational experiences? (b) If students are not able to experience a project from inception to conclusion, including seeing the longer-term impacts of their work, are
, advance in their career, maintain personal finances, andobtain background on what it means to become and entrepreneur. These are essential topics inthe growth of individual engineers and in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics.Prior to entering university, engineering students may have been offered a high school coursesuch as Consumer’s Education. Consumer’s Education utilizes a multidisciplinary approach toteach high school students about the marketplace, decision making, money management,housing, basic necessities, and other relevant topics13. Each of these lessons aims to teachstudents about real life scenarios involving money and their future. B. Douglas Bernheim andDaniel M. Garrett have studied the long term effects
requirements along with the formal assignment document. Figure 1: Diagram of the Track1) The car is placed at A or B randomly based on a random value of 0 or 1 (selected by a computer random number generator) facing P or Q points so that its line sensor would not see the right angle.2) Upon a loud sound, the car moves along the black line until either B left angle or A right angle is seen depending on the starting end.3) It should ignore black crossing lines at P and Q completely.4) After the car clears both crossing lines, it should be checking for obstacles using the sonar sensor while still following the black line (which is now relatively straight) until it sees either A or B bend (90 degrees). If an
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, ethics and values, and action/involvement—that can beapplied to many forms of literacy (Cheek, 1992). A later study (Gagel, 1997) definedtechnological literacy as being able to: “(a) accommodate and cope with rapid andcontinuous technological change, (b) generate creative and innovative solutions fortechnological problems, (c) act through technological knowledge both effectively andefficiently, and (d) assess technology and its involvement with the human lifeworldjudiciously.” Generally STS-derived definitions of technological literacy address the need toeducate individuals for living in a technologically mediated world and are system oriented,involve elements of the ethical and moral dimensions of society, and are both critical andintegrative
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larger impacts with non-course basedproject based learning experiences. However due to the very fact they present opportunities toexplore concepts free from grading makes direct correlation with course based models a bit morechallenging and difficult. The assessment strategies must differ to capture skills learning not directlyfocused on final grade and thus as well only creates more challenges to correlation with course basedwork.REFERENCES1 C.H. Major, B. Palmer, “Assessing the Effectiveness of Problem‑ Based Learning in Higher Education: Lessons fromthe Literature”, Academic Exchange Quarterly, Spring 2001: Volume 5, Issue 12 E. Coyle, L. Jamieson and W. Oakes, "EPICS: Engineering Projects in Community Service," International Journal
. Significantanticipated challenges have been described related to the prospect of teaching and assessing thisnew aspect of the science curriculum. Two of the primary challenges are that (a) few science andgeneral education teachers have the knowledge and skill to guide students in engaging in designactivities that integrate engineering and science and (b) assessments currently being used in theK-12 arena do not measure engineering design and cannot easily be adapted to do so. In thispaper, I describe research efforts to inform the development of assessments that engage studentsin a design process. The focus here is on the use of student engagement in a paper-based designactivity with the students’ design goal being to suggest improvements to a solar still such
adjacent entries in the map. Students were asked to share their solutions on thewhiteboard as they finished, allowing the entire class to see the wide range of approaches (figure1(b)). Rather than simply presenting the correct solution, time was spent reviewing the variousmistakes made before finally discussing the correct answer. Activities such these proved to bevery beneficial to student learning, as students were able to learn from their own mistakes andtheir classmates’ mistakes in real-time. Furthermore, such high-payoff activities required verylittle preparation time on the part of the instructor, but rather just a simple modification inapproach. In addition, the instructor had no issues with covering the necessary or desired contentin the
University in 2008. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Relationship Between Voluntary Graded Homework Assignment Pickup on Exam and Course Performance Matthew B. Rhudy Division of Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, Reading, PAAbstractStudent performance depends not only on their intellectual ability, but also their habits anddecision making. Homework assignments can directly affect student performance in a course, butalso indirectly through preparation for exams. This is specifically prevalent for engineeringcourses which involve homework assignments as practice problem sets to prepare for examinationquestions
in the way the question was posed. Group A consisting of 20 students wassimply asked to solve the pipe flow problem without any guidance as to how the solution shouldproceed. For Group B consisting of 18 students, the question was posed in two steps: the firstasked the students to solve algebraically for the unknown, and second asked the students tosubstitute in particular values along with their units to determine the solution. Forty percent ofGroup A had no units issues, while 44 percent of Group B had no units issues. There wasvirtually no difference in the average quiz score, with Group A averaging 7.7/10 and Group Baveraging 7.6/10. These results show a slight improvement in units treatment for those “forced”to follow the procedure, but
use that information to develop and testinterventions that may accelerate student development of engineering intuition.References1 Raskin, P. Decision-Making by Intuition--Part 1: Why You Should Trust Your Intuition. Chemical Engineering, 100 (1988).2 Gigerenzer, G. Short cuts to better decision making. (Penguin, 2007).3 Kahneman, D. Thinking, Fast and Slow. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. (Macmillan, 2011).4 Elms, D. G. & Brown, C. B. Intuitive decisions and heuristics–an alternative rationality. Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, 274-284 (2013).5 Dreyfus, S. E. & Dreyfus, H. L. A Five-Stage Model of the Mental Activities Involved in Directed Skill Acquisition (1980
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support the core value of technical writing, which is that “writingis for learning.”AcknowledgementThe authors would express their sincere appreciation to the Director of Writing and FacultyDevelopment from Old Dominion University, Remica Bingham-Risher, who inspired the verymuch rewarding work reported in this paper.References 1. Ernst, E.W. (1983), “A New Role for the Undergraduate Engineering Laboratory,” IEEE Transactions on Education, E-26(2), 49–51. 2. Feisel, L. and Peterson, G. D. (2002), “A Colloquy on Learning Objectives for Engineering Educational Laboratories”, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. 3. Herrington, D. G. and Nakhleh, M. B. (2003
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how theprototype will be constructed.Students were also assessed for their application of the design process on a 5-point scale. Facultyassessors looked for effective development of (a) specifications, (b) explanation about themanufacturing process, (c) testing methods, (d) needs, (e) comparison to state-of-the-art, and (f)how the prototype would be validated or verified. The assessment awarded points as follows: (1point) Less than 2 of the above components are present in a meaningful way, (2 points) 2-4 ofthe above components are present in a meaningful way, (3 points) 2-4 of the above componentsare present in a meaningful way and 2 are explained in adequate detail, (4 points) 3-4 of theabove components are present in a meaningful way and 3
requiredroughly 45 minutes and participants received a $10 gift card for their time. The InstitutionalReview Board approved the study. All of the results presented in this paper come from thesubset of questions shown in Figure 1. The complete set of questions are in Appendix B Duringthe interview, there were some other questions between the four listed in Figure 1. 7) Did you participate in any projects in your engineering classes in your first semester? If so, tell me about the projects. What kinds of activities did you do to complete the project? 8) Is there anything (in or out of class) from the first semester that affects how you approach design now? 12a