inclusive pedagogy.Dr. Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington Dr. Jennifer Turns is a full professor in the Human Centered Design & Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington. Engineering education is her primary area of scholarship, and has been throughout her career. In her work, she currently focuses on the role of reflection in engineering student learning and the relationship of research and practice in engineering education. In recent years, she has been the co-director of the Consortium to Promote Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE, funded by the Helmsley Charitable Trust), a member of the governing board for the International Research in Engineering
and deliverables of the project are clearlystated in advance to keep students informed. The objective of this project is to incorporateIndustry 4.0 skills and knowledge to the students in addition to learn the methods to stay currentin industry. The project deliverables are (1) students will present their work to the rest of theclass, and (2) submit a reflective paper on their experience. This paper will discuss the setup ofresearch problems, survey results of the student experience before and after working on theproject, and summary of findings on the student experience from the reflective papers. Reflectivepapers serve as a tool both to summarize the student experience and for continuous improvementin the context of this project and future
reflection implementation asks students to submit initialattempts at the homework problems to earn credit for completion. Then the students use aninstructor-provided solution to check and correct their work, also for completion-based credit.Alongside the dual submission homework problems, students may develop their metacognitiveskills by completing short reflections on their learning. To increase student responsibility forcontent mastery in a junior-level course, initial submission with immediate assessmentimplementation asks students to check their own work without granting credit for corrections. Ina senior-level course, an auto-graded with rework submission implementation gives students anopportunity to earn 100% credit regardless of initial
stay for longer than 10 minutes and engagein at least one activity or conversation. Students who entered the makerspace and left are notcounted as participants. At the conclusion of each engagement activity, the SELs were asked tocomplete a post-event evaluation form where they reflected on the successes and challenges ofthe events. The contents of the post-event reflection are detailed below in Table 1.Table 1: Post-Event Reflection Instrument Number Question Response Type 1 What was your impression of the level of Likert Scale, 1 (Terrible) to 5 engagement of the student participants? (Excellent) 2 From your perspective, was the activity
a workshopon equity and inclusion in teams with a focus on common manifestations of gender exclusion onteams. New teamwork assignments included: the early development of an articulation of teamvalues and management strategies; and a reflection and revision of that articulation one monthlater. The individual pulse-checks asked students: to rate their team on a 1-10 scale foreffectiveness, enjoyment, and equity; to comment on these ratings; and an option to raise a “redflag,” which would prompt an instructor to reach out to that student for a confidential check-in.In the new TA program, three students—who had taken the course the prior year—were eachassigned a set of teams with which to hold regular check-ins. Methods for evaluating
, and gears, which generate and convey mechanical motion. Inaddition to studying these physical elements, the students investigated the mechanics ofstorytelling, and they explored the historical and creative relationship between automation andnarrative. Through hands-on projects, students designed and fabricated basic automata that givelife to stories of their own design. From the project deliverables and student reflections, theauthor finds that incorporating storytelling and automaton creation had three major impacts onstudent learning. First, it allowed students to create connections between elements of storytellingand engineering and provided a new perspective to approach engineering problems. Second, itallowed students to think out-of-the
Professional Identity Development”, where she explored Secondary Science Teacher beliefs and practices through reflective practice. Her research interests have focused broadly on issues of understanding (i) how teachers’ beliefs impact their classroom practice, (ii) teachers’ conception of STEM and (iii) teachers’ attitudes toward culturally diverse students. Additionally, she is passionate about working to help prepare culturally responsive science and math educators.Dr. Feng Li, Florida International University Feng Li has a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in STEM Education. His research interests include integrated STEM education in K-12 settings.Dr. Jeanna R. Wieselmann, Southern Methodist
, guiding feedback is key in constructivist design operation. “Gagne and Driscoll consideredthe provision of informative feedback to be as important as setting of problem situations” [1].Any student work must have a mechanism in place to provide timely, constructive feedbackwhether that feedback is through reflection, instructor grading, or as part of an IntelligentTutoring System (ITS). Multimedia offerings must be followed by a relevant discussion orreflection regarding the content, and assessments must be followed by timely feedback.The nine events of instruction provided by Gagne create a somewhat strict template in thelecture-based lesson environment while providing a skeletal framework for guiding studentsthrough problems worth solving in the
to market-driven design approaches and tools in an engineering design course. Thefollowing research questions (RQs) are explored:RQ1: To what extent do undergraduate engineering students’ initial conceptions of design account for the market context, such as competition and consumer considerations?RQ2: In what ways do these design conceptions change after introducing market-driven design techniques and tools in a design course?RQ3: What types of student assessment (e.g., surveys, written reflections, project reports) are significant predictors of evolving design conceptions at a topic level? andRQ4: Does the introduction and use of a market simulator tool correspond with a change in design conceptions?By exploring how current
ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature” [4].Program GoalsWhatever form it took, an enhanced technical writing program would have to meet these goals: • Support ABET’s instruction to produce students proficient in technical communication skills • Respond to employer requests for freshman co-op students more versed in business and technical writing tasks • Teach students a portable set of writing and presentation skills • Help students develop a process approach to writing that includes audience, purpose, context, research, and format considerations • Encourage students to develop a self-reflective approach to writing projects with the goal of becoming more proficient writersEmbedded Technical
or presentations. At Rose-Hulman, Sriram has focused on incorporating reflection, and problem based learning activities in the Software Engineer- ing curriculum. Sriram has been fundamental to the revamp of the entire software engineering program at Rose-Hulman. Sriram is a founding member of the Engineering Design program and continues to serve on the leadership team that has developed innovative ways to integrate Humanities, Science, Math, and Engi- neering curriculum into a studio based education model. In 2015, Sriram was selected as the Outstanding Young Alumni of the year by the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University. Sriram serves as a facilitator for MACH, a unique faculty development
[23] and fracture fixation devices [24].Written assignment. Students are given a week to read the article and turn in a 1-2 page writtenassignment detailing a summary of the article, an evaluation of the article, and a list of definedterms. In the summary section, students summarize the introduction, materials/methods, resultsand discussion sections of the paper. In the evaluation section, students are asked to reflect onhow the authors have interpreted the data, how the data are presented and the appropriateness ofthe experimental design chosen by the researchers. Furthermore, the students are asked toevaluate whether the authors’ claims are supported by the data as well as if there are any missingexperiments that they would recommend to
forinstructional practices commonly associated with local campus centers of faculty development.Building on prior work regarding the types of comments made by faculty in VAPR (Pembridge,Allam, & Davids, 2015), this paper examines the role of the TLE as an instructional coach withinVAPR and how their participation influences the feedback provided by fellow faculty peersinvolved in the process.Video-Annotated Peer ReviewThe VAPR process is an approach developed to engage faculty in change strategies, described byBorrego and Henderson (2014) that align practices across Henderson, Beach, and Finkelstein(2011) quadrants of change (i.e., curriculum and dissemination (I), reflective faculty (II), andshared vision (IV)) to support institutional change
immediate feedback on their numerical work,and encourage them to think about what they are learning through instructor graded metacognitive andreflection questions. These metacognitive questions are normally absent in other systems.The time investment to use the problems from the repository is minimal, and these problems can be usedin any desired quantity to supplement or replace the instructor’s current homework problems. For theinstructors using the computer-based option, the numerical parts of the problems are “machine graded”thus saving the grader time and allowing the grader to spend a larger percentage of their time assessingthe students’ higher level thinking skills demonstrated in the reflection questions. In addition, studentrating of the
Career and Leadership Development for Mid-Career Faculty Satish Udpa College of Engineering Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1226 Mid-Career Faculty • Definition* – Period starting from the end of probationary period until preparation for retirement • Coincides with their most productive and influential years of their life • Pass through significant life transitions • Coincides with the period when people rethink their commitment and paths through life • Time of reflection and reassessment*Baldwin, et al., 2008, Faculty & Organizational Development
quality. Although qualitativeresearchers often conduct phenomenography collaboratively, most often a single individual leadsthe data collection and analysis; others primarily serve as critical reviewers. However, qualitymay be enhanced by involving collaborators as data analysts in “sustained cycles of scrutiny, de-bate and testing against the data” [1, p. 88], thus interweaving unique perspectives and insightsthroughout the analysis process. Nonetheless, collaborating in this intensive data analysis processalso presents unique challenges. In this paper, we (1) describe the processes we are applying inan integrated team-based phenomenographic study, (2) identify how the team approach affectsresearch quality, and (3) reflect on the challenges
structure is enhanced through mentoring relationships withpeers, faculty, and alumni who can share experiences and direct students to resources. Finally,students work in teams to complete impactful projects that show them the relevance of theSTEM disciplines to the important problems of the world. Throughout all of these activities,students are given ownership of their experiences through choices in the classes, projects, andactivities that lead to the learning objectives of the program. Additionally, the students areencouraged to reflect regularly on their experiences, becoming more self-aware and better able tocontribute to their society. The ACES program has benefited from partnerships across thecampus of Wartburg College, liberal-arts private 4
something could be done to engage the students in a subject inwhich they have little or no familiarity that students would be more likely to learn more than thematerial presented in class.Assignment Options and DevelopmentConsidering assignments used previously and information provided by John Bean 21 in his text“Engaging Ideas,” the instructor modified a reflection assignment used in prior courses andcreated “The Big Question Reflection.” This assignment was intended to be open ended,accommodating student interest and development, using concepts derived from previous courses,and other research. 15,17,21,22 It was also designed with a reporting structure to assure progress
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constructive critical reflection on “what is engineering for?”• Vehicle for praxis, where students can see the relevance of engineering to social problems Humanitarian Engineering is…Complicated! COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES Engineers and scientists Families AcademiaHistory, culture CorporationsCommunity Labor unions Governments groups Humanitarian Engineering is … COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
. The presentation highlighted two free campus tutoring centers, described professor office hours, and gave the students an opporunity to meet the Student Success Center advisors. The students were assigned to go to any office hours or tutoring before the first midterm. They were required to get the instructor’s or tutor’s signature as well as answer four short reflection questions.2. Time Management: The College of Engineering Dean gave a presentation to the students about the importance of time management. The follow-up assignment had students complete a time budget of their weekly schedule and write a short reflection about the results.3. Participation in Campus Activities: Involvement in campus activities are beneficial to
were collected electronically. The solutions were then graded by theresearcher using a scoring rubric called the Quality Assurance Guide (Table 2). Second, for theteams analyzed in this study, the researcher and the TA rated the team functioning using the TAObservation Tool (Table 3). Immediately following the conclusion of the MEA, the studentsindividually completed an online survey called the Team Effectiveness Tool (Table 4), and latercompleted the MEA Reflection Tool (Table 5).The quality of the student team solution is rated using a rubric called the Quality AssuranceGuide (Table 2) which assesses whether teams fully met the client’s needs. It is based on a fivepoint scale where five corresponds to “Shareable and Reusable: The solution
Page 13.745.2Source Web Design (www.oswd.org)3 as a starting point for their work. By customizing an openThe views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Military Academyor the United States Army.source design and integrating their own content, our students produce truly amazing web portalsin a reasonable amount of time.Another central issue that we address in the introductory module is intellectual property rights incyberspace. Before our students begin work on their web portals, they participate in a lessonwith an adjunct professor who is a lawyer specializing in electronic media copyrights and theconcept of Fair Use.4 Then, throughout the process of
partnerships were organized from highest to lowest based on theoverall lab scores and the functionality of the receiver. Factors such as habitual absenteeism,tardiness or events such as problems between partners were identified and those pairs wereeliminated from the study. The questionnaires were then rearranged by lab partners.Commonalities and differences between partners were first identified. In particular, the degreesof active vs. reflective, sensing vs. intuitive, visual vs. verbal and sequential vs. global learninghad to be reviewed. Each partnership was then described based on the learning styles presentand the degree to which these learning styles were found.ResultsThis study is in it’s infancy with follow on studies planned to increase the
percent of teachers and 79% of students believe that learning & retaining course material, irrespective ofgrades, best reflects student success, but 21% of students thought getting A's & B's was the primary indicator, irrespective oflearning. Also, 38% did not seem to think that interest in a course is vital for success, while 84% of teachers did. Despite the differences, most students and teachers agreed that a serious but enthusiastic & optimistic student attitude,good personal discipline, and a knowledgeable teacher who explains things well are essential to student success. It is suggested,however, that student success initiatives cannot be fully effective unless student and faculty opinions and perceptions are knownand
exercisestargeted to the course level were open-ended problem-solving assignments with no clear-cut “right” answer or approach, and written assignments with a reflective component,frequently requiring judgment in the face of uncertainty. Table 1, taken from thisprevious study, summarizes the relationship between the steps of problem solving4 andthe components of a complete act of thought as proposed by Dewey5. Dewey’s workforms the foundation for current literature on critical thinking.Problem Solving Complete Act of Thought1. Define the problem (i) a felt difficulty (ii) its location and definition2. Explore a variety of solutions (iii) suggestion of
diagrams, intro. to TDR examples (RC TDR examples (RC Orcad TDR simulation time-domain reflect. and RL circuits) and RL circuits) (individual lab) HP AN 1304-2 5 Impedance profiling, System freq. response EXAM 1 No lab spectral content for Bode plots squarewave and trapezoidal signals 6 Crosstalk Three-conductor Time-domain crosstalk, TDR Hyperlinx examples crosstalk modeling lumped-component
Principles of SustainableEngineering for application in civil and environmental engineering (CEE) courses, and wasrecently updated through systematic literature review to reflect a broader set of evaluationcriteria. The rubric’s constructs of sustainable design and their measures are being validated inthree phases consistent with the Benson model of construct validity.This paper will focus on efforts to iteratively validate the new rubric’s content by benchmarkingthe criteria against well-established sustainable development and design frameworks, includingthe UN Sustainable Development Goals, STAUNCH© (Sustainability Tool for Auditing forUniversity Curricula in Higher-Education), and the Envision™ Infrastructure Rating System.These three frameworks
Snyder’smodel of administrative support for communities of practice and ways in which membership incommunities of practice add value to organizations through the following elements [8]: drivestrategy, start new lines of operations, improve problem solving, transfer best practices, developprofessional skills, and help recruit and retain talent. As we adapt each element to academiccredentialing in this work, we are building on, and including quotations from, on-goinginterview-based research on credentialing innovative, transformative curriculum as describedelsewhere [see 6, 9]. This will result in a process to reflect on, manage, and implementsuccessful transformation in engineering education. Drive strategy: As we better understand the needs and
utilizing evidence-based teachingpractices and case studies. Figure 1. Student responses to their perception of greatest challenge.Resonance Resonates: Predict, Experience, ReflectAn effective approach for implementing an interactive lecture demonstration involves threestages: predict, experience, and reflect [10]. This Section defines each stage and how it wasexecuted in a lecture with the objective of teaching students about resonance in buildings duringan earthquake.PredictIn a study by Crouch et al. [11], it is shown that students who just passively observe ademonstration do not have a better understanding of the subject than students who do notobserve the demonstration at all. However, involving students by asking them to predict