Conference Session

Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, and Curriculum Design Technical Session I

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Tikyna M. Dandridge, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Hassan Ali Al Yagoub, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sharlane Cleare, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Justin Charles Major, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shalin Lena Raye, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Casey E. Wright, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

staff primarily evaluated based on their engineering education research pro- ductivity. She can be contacted by email at apawley@purdue.edu. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Engaging in STEM education equity work through a course: studying race, class and gender theory in engineering educationAbstractEach of the authors are currently enrolled as students or serving as an instructor in a graduate-level engineering education course which is cross-listed with the women’s, gender, and sexualitystudies program at a large research university in the Midwest. Through engagement withpodcasts, readings, reflection, and discussion with others, this course seeks to help

Conference Session

Engineering and Math Potpouri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jean Hodges, VCU\Qatar Campus

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Mathematics

expand upon rotations, reflections, andtranslations. In addition, the course begins with mathematical formulas that speak to the issue ofgeometric shapes, followed by an intense development of the Fibonacci sequence and several of Page 13.1184.3its properties illustrating the utility of the sequence in the “real world.” In the current study,students were shown some past student projects submitted as partial fulfillment in the previousMATH 131 courses to introduce each new topic visually and were required to complete a muchmore comprehensive project component (hence the term Implementing Techniques for Project-Directed Mathematics). The students

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Liusheng Wang, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

onesemester. Student participants were freshmen who were involved in the required communityservice learning projects. Participating students were assigned to the community servicelearning sites, required to provide innovative solutions to the problems they identified on thesites, and facilitated with the designed interventions of question prompts on self-regulatedlearning and creative problem solving, which included metacognitive prompts, proceduralprompts, elaboration prompts, and reflective prompts, as well as prompts for creative problemsolving strategies. The presented results were based on analysis of data collected throughstudents’ process journals and project reports. The students’ utilization of question prompts, andself-regulated learning

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

’ metacognitive skills in learning andcreative problem solving in their engineering education. This will help students to enhance theiracademic performance and pursue engineering studies as their career goals. The outcomes fromthe prior implementation are outlined through students’ responses and reflections on theirlearning experience. It is expected that the presented scaffolding could have positive impact onstudents’ self-efficacy and higher-order skill development, and further experimental research isneeded to validate this conclusion. Page 25.575.2

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Daniel Mosse, University of Pittsburgh; Margaret S. Smith, University of Pittsburgh; Jennifer L Cartier, University of Pittsburgh

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

attract college STEM majors into the teaching profession and bydeveloping a rigorous middle grades teacher preparation program that reflects core commitmentsof effective middle grades educators. We will present some of our progress thus far related toSUSTAINS development.IntroductionBeginning in 2012, teacher educators throughout Pennsylvania launched programs to prepareteachers who specialize in middle grades (4-8). The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s newemphasis on highly qualified middle grades teachers provides a unique opportunity to impactchildren at a crucial time in their formal education experience, when they are developing a senseof their efficacy as learners, exploring career aspirations, and developing as adolescents alongsocial

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Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud

emerged over the years: the publication now servesas a research aid to members of the engineering technology community. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.1258.1 Copyright 82004, American Society for Engineering EducationTrendsIn addition to providing an annual snapshot of engineering technology scholarship, thebibliography also reflects changes within the discipline. The first bibliography, which listed1986 publications, included just a few entries for computers and electronics: SPICE was the ragefor teaching electronics, and computer-aided

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Recruiting/Retention--Lower Division

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Wood

meet a specific industry'sneeds, a model using the PBL-approach will be presented. In this model, an interdisciplinarydevelopment team, consisting of technical and general education instructors familiar withinterdisciplinary and problem-based instruction, is formed. Through interviews with plantemployees and visits to the plant floor, the team evaluates the scope and sequence of an existingcourse and identifies potential PBL modules to fit both the educational requirements of thecourse and workplace activities. Workplace scenarios are written, reviewed with industrypersonnel, and modified, if necessary, to reflect actual workplace situations. When the material ispresented, students are presented a problem that relates to their workplace and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janna Jobel, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Hsien-Yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

junioryear in undergrad through the completion of a master's degree or through the completion of theirqualifying exam within a Ph.D. program, the program provides opportunities throughout todeeply engage students in reflecting on social issues. The goal of the program is to foster theprofessional development of S-STEM scholars to develop socially conscious engineers andengineering faculty who support students and come up with innovative solutions that meet thediverse needs of different populations.Socially Conscious ProgrammingUML’s S-STEM Program is halfway through the second cohort’s first year. The programmingdescribed was offered in the first year for the first cohort and is being offered to the secondcohort during their first year in the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janeth Martinez-Cortes, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Mark Appleford, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Jose Francisco Herbert Acero, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Harry R. Millwater Jr., The University of Texas at San Antonio; Heather Shipley, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

students experience.” Such data can contextualize the design and the delivery ofthe intervention. To examine FOI, an LR-LS fidelity rubric was developed by the research teamto score faculty on five “critical components” [1] of the LR-LS framework: 1) STEM/academicliteracy, 2) affordances for student interaction, 3) orientations to student learning, 4) reflectivepractice, and 5) faculty leadership. Our FOI rubric was intended to capture the extent to whichLR-LS components were enacted during lesson study (quality measure). The five LR-LScomponents were measured using a four-point scale. A score of “0” means the component wasnot present, “1” reflects minimal implementation, “2” reflects moderate implementation, and “3”reflects strong

Conference Session

Identity Formation and Engineering Cultures

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Duane Reedy, University of Maryland, College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

ofdesigning and building technologies. However, they do this within the context of unique placesand among distinct milieu that reflects its own engineering culture [8]. Thus, engineering cultureand the development of engineering identity is inextricably tied to the places that reproduce itand contains within it specific organizational patterns, embedded norms and routines, sharedbeliefs, and values that often mediate how students engage with faculty, staff, and one another.In short, culture cannot be decoupled from the place in which it is experienced and imparted.Extant research delineates visible manifestations of culture as “ways of doing things” within theclassroom and laboratory spaces—which often prioritizes the teaching and development

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

to monitor or control any aspect of cognition, forexample, memory, attention, communication, learning, or problem-solving.Metacognition is also about learners’ ability to set goals, consider the nature of a taskand reflect on their learning [7]. In the context of technology education, successfullearning also involves the intentional use of strategies, techniques or heuristics thatcan help in the process of problem-solving and invention.The motivational aspect of SRLT refers to students’ intrinsic satisfaction from beingengaged in challenging assignments and their self-efficacy beliefs about their abilityto accomplish a task [8]. According to Bandura’s [9] socio-cognitive theory, self-efficacy beliefs are determined by previous positive

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dave Cress

first two exams for study.For the first step of the exercise, students need to correct the mistakes on their exam. I allowthem to use any resources to find an acceptable answer, including discussions of the problem withother students and asking me for advice. If the problem is not reworked correctly, no credit isallowed as the follow-up steps are likely to be invalid.The second part of the exercise challenges student performance; finding what “caused” themistake(s). Students need to recall and reflect on their own thinking during the exam. They alsoneed to think about their study habits and learning styles. There is a tendency for all of us to avoidthinking about our failures. We can help students to be more comfortable about reflecting on

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Sangjin Ryu; Jessica Deters; Jonathan Janecek; Christian Sunderland; Laurel S. Wagner; Rachael Wagner

for students, midpoint and endpoint focus groups withstudents, and interviews with students’ mentors. Separately, Deters (Author 2) asked the cohort toparticipate in additional data collection for research purposes. The cohort was asked to do weeklyself-reflection with given prompts, and upon their return, each IRES scholar will be interviewedabout their IRES experience. These data will be analyzed in-depth over the next year. Preliminaryfindings from the student reflections are provided below.FindingsStudents’ reflection: what they learned by conducting research in JapanFor their final report, the IRES students, who are co-authors on this paper, were asked to reflectwhat they learned by conducting research in Japan, and what the biggest

Collection

2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

George Weinschenk; Koenraad Gieskes

ethicalconsiderations before completing the main assignment. Following a class-wide lecture on ethics,it begins with an individual task to identify personal biases; next, it branches out into otherethical perspectives with a team-based task more realistically representing the viewpoints foundin real-world settings. Along with each task, students are required to reflect on their choices andethical positions.In the first, orienting task, a more traditional approach is taken wherein the students are guidedthrough a discussion of the classic trolley problem [12] as applied to the development of self-driving cars. Once students have responded to the question, “Would you save five people bychoosing to kill one?” the students are shown the TED talk, What moral

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Amit Bandyopadhyay

experiences of a situationand the way one learns alternative or more appropriate kinds of organizing experiences.In brief, cognitive theorists contend that humans learn cognitive structures orunderstanding rather than movements and that the behaviorists are merely looking at theresults of learning 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

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Wenzhang Luo; Fan Chen; Junling Hu

model:1. The influence of the surrounding soil on the pile is neglected. The pile is considered as a homogeneous body with no constraints.2. Gravity is neglected in the dynamic equations.3. Damping is neglected in the pile.4. The computational domain is considered elastic in the process. Hammer impact point Accelerometer point Fig.1 FEM mesh of pipe pile headNumerical damping is considered in case of the pipe pile to reduce the high frequencydisturbance caused by the FEM mesh, which also reduced the useful high frequency waveand the reflection echo from the pile end.Numerical Calculation ResultsTwo common pile styles are

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking I: Classroom Experiences, Identity, and Theory

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jonathan Seth Krones, Boston College; Jenna A. Tonn, Boston College; Russell C. Powell, Boston College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

historical context using a variety of instructional modes and pedagogicalinnovations.This paper presents the experience of developing and teaching MMW for the first time in 2020 inthe midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. MMW was designed and co-taught by an interdisciplinaryfaculty teaching team from the departments of history, theology, and environmental science. As adesignated “Complex Problems” course, a type of first-year interdisciplinary Core course, MMWoffered 70 students the opportunity to satisfy BC’s Core requirements in Natural Science andHistory through three linked pedagogical components: lectures, labs, and reflection sessions. Ourgoal was to integrate engineering, the history of science and technology studies, and ethical andmoral modes of

Conference Session

CEED Technical Session II: Developing Research and Design Skills Through Experiential Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Bowers, Arizona State University; Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University; Kate Fisher; Zachary Holman, Arizona State University; Mathew D. Evans, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

technical skills.Although these are necessary for career success and productive work, students must also developcapacities for authentic engineering practices within authentic engineering communities.Specifically, they must develop practices for engaging ill-structured, ambiguous problems, andnavigating complexity and uncertainty through careful, creative application of deep knowledgethat characterize engineering design1. And they must do so in collaboration with others,communicating successfully with diverse stakeholders in formal and informal settings2. Finally,they must cultivate the ability to reflect on the quality of their innovation and communicationefforts3.The NSF and other sponsors fund research experiences for undergraduates (REU

Conference Session

Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Qiuxing Chen; Anne M. McAlister, University of Virginia; Courtney Burris; Jada Vanessa Mowatt, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

. Establishing an environment of trust (362) 2. Creating an empowering space (362-363) 3. Setting a Clear Focus (363) 4. Creating an open space (363) 5. Encouraging Collaboration (363)These five values reflect our objectives in integrating a community mapping and participatorydesign methodology into our project. We assumed that our student participants (like the youthAmsden and VanWynsberghe engaged with) were seldom invited to shape the design ofprograms or engage in bottom-up critique. We created an iconographic mapping in lieu of acommunity map as an invitation to discuss/critique the whole gamut of places and people thatcomprised their experiences in the [engineering school].The iconographic map (see Figure 1) functioned much like a

Conference Session

LEES 1: Critical Humanities and Serious Play

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendall Teichert, Trine University

targeting the motivation and engagement of the students.Presented here are those changes and the associated findings.Design Project (Original Implementation)In 2018 there was a celebration for the 200th anniversary of the novel Frankenstein [8]. Asreported previously [7], in collaboration with faculty in the humanities department, the designproject for a first-year mechanical engineering course was altered to incorporate an explorationof themes from the novel. The students were required to read/listen to the text and to extractthemes that would then be incorporated into a robotic display. The students were led through theprocess with periodic “reflections” that they were to write after completing a certain portion ofthe text. Once a theme was

Conference Session

Session 9 - Track 2: The Unheard Voices of Administrators who are Non-traditional Graduate Students in Engineering and Computing Education

Collection

2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Morgan Haley McKie, Florida International University; Mais Kayyali, Florida International University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

on these choices and to exercise control over the self and the environment” (p.5),may be used to understand and examine how motivation and self-direction are realized. Beingthat the focus of the study is on non-traditional students, the utilization of properties of humanagency as described by Bandura (2006) will help reveal the motivations and interests, goals andoutcomes, action plans and self-regulators, as well as self-reflection and evaluation of these non-traditional students who are pursuing a doctorate while working full-time.Methodology This study seeks to identify factors that impact the agency of individuals pursuing theirgoals in dual roles, as doctoral students and higher education administrators, by analyzing theirlived

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 7: Developing Graduate Students' Competencies and Identities

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mirit Shamir, Kansas State University; Matthew R. Sanderson; Rebecca Cors, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Nathan P. Hendricks; Stacy L. Hutchinson, Kansas State University; Prathap Parameswaran, Kansas State University; Melanie Derby, Kansas State University

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

combinetheory and practice, and design to establish knowledge base in system thinking concepts andtools, and focus on the unique challenges for management, governance, communication, andpolicy in the FEW nexus. Course grading includes reflections and analyses, creating systemcomponent maps with Loopy (a free online tool for thinking in systems), and a final project, anintegrated system map. All assignments are individual assignments. The NRT external evaluatordesigned an annual NRT survey that assesses the NRT program at our university, including theimpacts of the NRT Integrated FEW Systems course. Student ratings about their perceivedability to perform interdisciplinary systems tasks improved from the beginning to the end of thecourse, from ‘somewhat

Collection

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Markeya S. Peteranetz; Tareq A. Daher; David Jones; Lance C. Perez; Daniel G. Linzell

is certainly not a new one.Various institutions have aimed to formalize how they develop their student’s non-technicalskills. These are skills that institutions deem important for their students’ future. For example, theUniversity of Central Oklahoma (UCO) relied on the theoretical base of transformative learningto develop their Student Transformative Learning Record (STLR) [1]. The transformativelearning theory is based on the work of Mezirow which argues that in order for authentictransformation to occur, learners need to reflect on their relationships with themselves, others,and the world they live in. Learners may have transformative experiences if they are willing toexplore other ways of thinking [2]–[4]. The STLR focuses on six tenets

Collection

ASEE-NE 2022

Authors

Sharif IM Sheikh, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ahmed Hassebo, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Forhad Hossain, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals; Kai Ren, Wentworth Institute of Technology

trunk.The simulated reflection response (S11) of the antenna is plotted in figure 2, which indicatesdifferent resonance frequencies for different stages of RPW infestation. Note a damaged tree turnksuperstrate with r=50.7 caused the antenna to resonate around f=0.83 GHz. For a partially damagedtree trunk with r=35.3 the antenna resonated at around f=0.863 GHz and for a healthy tree trunkwith r=30.3 the antenna resonated around f=0.923 GHz. Note that the change in the dielectricproperties of the infected tree trunk is mainly caused by increasing wet oozing discharge within theinfested trunk. The simulation results can be made more accurate by carefully adding water contentsto the simulated model. This novel approach can be integrated with

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Focus on Student Success 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Randy Hugh Brooks, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

engineers relating events in their careers. e. Student product is a reflection about the sectors that appeal most to them. 2. Explore the 14 NAE Grand Challenges (GC). a. Description of each with an example of a solution being pursued. b. Students reflect and record their thoughts on groupings of 3-4 GCs. c. Student product is a passion reflection about the GC that appeals most to them. 3. Address college life such as balance/wellness, time management, and teamwork. a. Describe the life change about to occur and how to prepare. b. Share some studying strategies within a time management structure. c. Note the importance of building teamwork skills. d. Student product is their

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rachel Ibach, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Deepak R. Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Sydney E. Everhart, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Leah Sandall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

programwith career professionals (mentors) and undergraduate college students (ambassadors). Duringprogram activities youth from underrepresented groups are paired with a mentor employed in aSTEM-related agriculture field. Cultivate ACCESS ambassadors are University of Nebraska-Lincoln students who study a STEM-related major. Mentors and ambassadors are recruited fromdiverse backgrounds that reflect the demographics of high school scholars. Scholars receivementoring from an adult and a peer who physically looks like them and can share personalstories of overcoming obstacles and facing adversity that youth may have encountered.Participation in mentoring experiences aids students in gaining scientific knowledge and engagesthem in career exploration and

Conference Session

Pre K-12 Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Gina Navoa Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame; Patrick K. Kirkland, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Topics

Pre K-12 Education

year 3Background and Context•  STEM Teaching Fellowship: –  Teachers apply in school teams of 3-4; typical composition includes both science and mathematics teachers, mostly middle school –  Three main strands: STEM Integration, Core Teaching Practices, Schoolwide STEM Strategic Plan 4Background and Context•  Approach to STEM Integration Strand –  Experience STEM integration as learners –  Reflect and unpack as educators –  Introduce tools, strategies, and templates to empower teaching fellows to engage their students in STEM Integration•  Summer 1: Platform Design•  Summer 2: Flint Experience

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Ruth Young M.Ed, University of Texas, Austin; Margo Cousins, University of Texas at Austin; Laura Suggs, University of Texas, Austin; Mia K. Markey, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Feedback e Research from other fields suggests the practice of video recording presentations andreceiving feedback yields even greater gains in communication skills. The use of video to recordpresentations and review for feedback has been referred to as the “gold standard” ofcommunication education, and is widely used in professional education in the “helpingprofessions” such as education, medicine, psychology, and social work[13]. Video recordingallows for students to reflect on their presentation at a distance, and offers a realistic picture oftheir abilities[14]. Furthermore, the video medium offers the ability to parse out specific aspectsof communication, such as

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Molly H Goldstein, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

a data-intensive approach to study one of the most fundamental research topics inlearning sciences and engineering education: “How do secondary students learn and applyscience concepts in engineering design processes?” We have collected data from over 1,000middle and high school students in Indiana and Massachusetts through automatic, unobtrusivelogging of student design processes enabled by a unique CAD tool that supports the design ofenergy-efficient buildings using earth science, physical science, and engineering scienceconcepts and principles of design. Data collected includes fine-grained information of studentdesign actions, experimentation behaviors, electronic student reflection notes, and virtual designartifacts. These process data

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobbi J. Spencer, Texas State University; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

career. In academia, thus, understanding anddesigning programs to enhance professional identity is vital to the successful placement ofgraduates into industry. This study will use Higgs’ [1] definition of professional identity as aperson developing “the attitudes, beliefs and standards which support the practitioner role andthe development of an identity as a member of the profession with a clear understanding of theresponsibilities of being a… professional.”As students apply and intentionally pursue a degree in a specific discipline towards becoming aprofessional, they are acting as agents per Bandura’s [2] social cognitive theory of agency intheir own future and make decisions according to their self-reflections, identified desires