Learning ——A case of a certain Engineering College in ChinaAbstract:University innovation is a crucial component of building an “innovative country.” Theinnovation of university students constructed the university innovation system. Therefore,cultivating undergraduate students’ ability towards scientific literacy and creating aninnovative environment is especially crucial. To address the problem of undergraduates' lackof self-innovation consciousness and scientific research ability in the conventional talenttraining process that focuses on intensive lectures and is evaluated by the paper test. In thisarticle, through literature research and case studies, taking a certain engineering collegelocated in Beijing, China as an
. Jeremi S. London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Jeremi London is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department at Virginia Poly- technic Institute and State University. London is a mixed methods researcher with interests in research impact, cyberlearning, and instructional change in STEM Education. Prior to being a faculty member, London worked at the National Science Foundation, GE Healthcare, and Anheuser-Busch. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The Transfer of Learning Between
used the previous time that the course was taught unless specifically invited by senior faculty and/or the chair to choose an alternative.I. Do not come in and try to immediately revamp the curriculum with new courses or changes in degree plan. This will enrage faculty colleagues. Again, over time, acquire experience and then diplomatically suggest curriculum changes or new courses [9]. To come in like an arrogant, overly confident “bull in the china cabinet” will label one as Page 8.262.9 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American
, problem sets, that kind of stuff. … Whereas in this course, a lot of the information that was provided was already condensed in that relevant, small packet of information. … I feel like they did a good job of integrating all those ways of learning into a cohesive unit. (ST7) I had this one course in my winter semester where I felt the lecture style was very unique, but also effective. So instead of it being kind of like a blackboard and chalk, the professor talks at you for an hour. It was more like we had five minutes of lecture time where the professor would talk about new content. And then he'd give us like five minutes of group work where we would sit in a table of like four or five and work on
risk’ student. In an institution where the majority of students are classifiedas being from a ‘non-traditional’ background, with most being from working class backgroundsand the vast majority classified as BME (Black & Minority Ethnic) it was not feasible to lookat social or demographic variables in terms of articulating risk. Instead the decision was takento focus on academic achievement.The award of Bachelor’s Degrees in the UK is usually based upon a credit system wherebystudents are required to achieved 120 credits in each of the first, second and final years of study.At Gosta University a further 120 credits may be achieved by taking an ‘integrated workplacement’ (paid or unpaid internship) and Bachelors’ Degrees are scored using a
Paper ID #10002Challenges and Evolution of Combined and Separate Thermodynamics Coursesin a Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology Pro-gramProf. Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University Martin Weiser is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering and Design Department at Eastern Washington University. He earned his BS in Ceramic Engineering from the Ohio State University and his MS and PhD in Materials Science and Mineral Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He then joined the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of New Mexico where he taught Materials
subjects [1]. Reversing this trend requires promoting science,technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects and professions in a more socially relevant,real-world context and recognition of the differences in learning styles and self-efficacy betweenmales, females and minorities [2, 3, 4]. As STEM teachers and school guidance counselors are aprimary catalysts for introducing students to engineering and technology subjects and careers,the Teaching Engineering to Counselors and Teachers (TECT) professional developmentworkshop has been developed by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC-Charlotte)to strengthen the way in which high school teachers and counselors approach the integration ofengineering based materials into their courses
related to engineering design thinking and engineering education professional development.Brian Douglas CowburnTheresa Green Dr. Theresa Green is a postdoctoral researcher at Utah State University with a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Utah State University. She holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Valparaiso University and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University. Her research interests include K-12 STEM integration, curriculum development, and improving diversity and inclusion in engineering.Wade H Goodridge (Associate Professor)Kurt Henry Becker (Engineering Education Professor) Kurt Becker, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Engineering Education, College of Engineering, Utah State
course of the academic term and included hands-on,interactive experiences that such as determining the forces on a longboard or building a footbridge in Yosemite National Park. (For more information on the lab experiences, see Scharet al. 21) All instructors were veteran teachers and the curriculum did not contain unusual eventsto promote closeness among students. Data were gathered using Qualtrics, an on-line surveyinstrument, with a pre-course survey during the first week of class and a post-course surveyconducted during the last week of class, before the final exam and grades. Site-specific IRBapproval was obtained for each location.Data from all locations were collected and combined with final grades, using a coded version ofthe student name
Paper ID #11491Project-based learning in a high school pre-engineering program: Findingson student behavior (RTP, Strand 3)Todd France, University of Colorado, Boulder Todd France is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is part of the Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education Program and helps teach and develop curriculum at a high school STEM academy. His research focuses on pre-engineering education and project-based learning. Page 26.1266.1 c American Society for
Paper ID #13955Teaching Community Approach to Prompting Effective Active Learning throughImplementing Self-Regulated Learning Assessment in Multiple STEM CoursesProf. Wei Zheng, Jackson State University Dr. Wei Zheng is an associate professor of Civil Engineering at Jackson State University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001 and has over ten years of industrial experience. Since becoming a faculty member at JSU in 2005, he has made continuous efforts to integrate emerging technologies and cognitive skill development into engineering curriculum.Dr. Gordon W Skelton, Jackson
Lifelong Learning mindset and readiness, cognitive overload, and Modern educators and psychologists emphasize that structural or systemic constraints in current educational critical thinking is not limited to logic or bias recognition; it is and training environments. a dynamic skill essential for adaptability, creativity, and The goal is to equip individuals of all ages with the tools continuous learning. Developing the ability to questionand guidance needed to develop awareness, discernment, and assumptions, re-evaluate beliefs, and integrate newresilience in an increasingly risky digital world. Without these information equips individuals to
identities, as well as the intersectionality of these identities, andexamining the role identity plays in the success of AGEP faculty. In addition, we willconcentrate on building equitable faculty relationships through effective communication andrelational skills.c. Development of the Leadership Team Our roadmap for change begins with a collaborative partnership among peer institutions,leadership buy-in, equity-minded partners, higher education expertise, and culturally responsiveevaluators. Spanning across CMU, JHU, and NYU, the Project ELEVATE team is committed tothe systemic and institutional change needed to advance targeted populations toward tenure andpromotion in STEM. We designed an overarching and integrated organizational structure
, e.g., [2], [3]. This approach addresses two major issues: the lack ofpreparation most STEM faculty have for teaching communication skills and the knowledgetransfer difficulties associated with stand-alone rhetoric or communication classes taught outsideof the students’ major discipline. However, the co-teaching model is resource-intensive,challenging to integrate fully, and difficult to scale up, generally limiting application of thismodel to one, or at most two, classes in a curriculum. To pursue deeper integration of writingdevelopment throughout the engineering curriculum at a large university, we have leveragedwriting studies expertise in support of STEM faculty and graduate teaching assistants.The work described here was part of a pilot
has been awarded Honoris Causa from the International Society for Engineering Pedagogy, and has received that society’s highest honor, the Nikolai Tesla Award for outstanding contributions to engineering pedagogy.Prof. Harriet Hartman, Rowan University Professor of Sociology, Chair of Sociology and Anthropology Department. Co-p.i. of RED NSF RevED project at Rowan University. Editor-in-chief, Contemporary Jewry.Dr. Sarah K. Bauer, Rowan University Dr. Sarah Bauer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University. Dr. Bauer holds a doctorate degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Her primary research
knowledge and hone theircommunication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. Given the nature of senior designcourses, they offer an opportunity for engineering programs to integrate the outcomes of ABETcriteria [1]. In contrast to much of the undergraduate curriculum, the problems that students workon in senior design tend to be more ambiguous, require the consideration of multiple tradeoffs,and have no ‘right’ answer. As such, engineering design problems require individuals to makedecisions about what counts as knowledge by assessing various sources of information,balancing constraints, and evaluating alternative solutions. These acts can be grouped together asepistemic cognitive processes and require individuals to reason “about specific
improve undergraduate engineering education. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Connolly worked as a systems integration engineer on the Space Station and Space Shuttle programs at the NASA Johnson Space Center, and as a reliability engineer on the B-2 Stealth Bomber program for the Depart- ment of Defense. Dr. Connolly earned a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, an M.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering, and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, both from UT Austin. He served as a graduate teaching assistant for six years during his graduate studies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant Certification as a
. Page 14.1255.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Successful Use of Teams in a Human Computer Interaction REU: Combining Intensive Instruction with Strong MentoringAbstractSPIRE-EIT (Summer Program for Interdisciplinary Research and Education – EmergingInterface Technologies) at Iowa State University is a 10-week interdisciplinary summer ResearchExperience for 15 Undergraduates (NSF-funded) that integrates research and education inemerging interface technologies. Students are recruited from engineering, computer science,psychology, and design for an interdisciplinary mix. Classes in both content and professionaldevelopment occupy approximately 35% of the students’ time: computer programming andgraphics
engineers at all levels of leadership responsibility inindustry. The National Collaborative Task Force is leading the development of a new model ofprofessional education for graduate engineers in industry focusing on innovation, and leadership,and solving unknown problems. Educating engineers as creative professionals is a career longprocess of growth and further professional development, including the development of intrinsiccreative and innovative potential for leadership in engineering practice. This process extendsbeyond entry level undergraduate education to the highest levels of responsible engineeringleadership within the practicing profession of engineering. Professional education at this levelrequires an integrative combination of self
development described in the previous paper demonstrated the importanceof understanding the culture in which educational decisions are made, for those decisions area reflection of the society in which they are made. Opportunities taken, and opportunities lostare a function of those mores; for some a decision will be an opportunity to be taken, and forothers it will be an opportunity lost.This study confirms the importance of “culture” in educational decision making, be it interms of career choice, institutional status, or curriculum and teaching.Following a brief introduction, essentially a short precis of paper 1, answers to fourteenquestions derived from the philosophy of the Percy Report, and other elements of itsdiscussion are given in the light
a focus on maker-centered learning as way to increase student learning and engagement. She also super- vises teacher candidates during their internships and is working toward a doctoral degree in Curriculum, Teaching, and Teacher Education at the University of Florida.Dr. Peter Sheppard, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Dr. Peter Sheppard is a Professor and Department Head in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His research seeks to uncover demonstrable ways to enhance the schooling experiences of underrepresented groups, so that discussions regarding their cerebral capacity shift from embellishing test score discrepancies to fostering a culture of mathematics
Paper ID #19311Using Modular Technology as a Platform to Study Youth Approaches to En-gineering Practice (Work in Progress)Jacqueline F. Handley, University of Michigan Jacqueline Handley is a graduate student at the University of Michigan, in Science Education. Her back- ground is in Material Science and Engineering, with an emphasis on Biomaterials Design. She is inter- ested in, broadly, how best bridge engineering practice and education. More specifically, she is interested in studying how students and teachers conceptualize and engage with engineering design practices, and how to increase access to engineering.Dr
course and where presentation of out-‐of-‐context facts is avoided. The paper first examines the basis of traditional classes in order to identify and discuss their main shortcomings and to explain the need for modifications. This explanation will be in part grounded in our findings about teaching technological literacy and competency classes. INTRODUCTION Engineering colleges and programs were very successful in producing a technical workforce and a number of effective leaders in technology in the late 19th and 20th Centuries. During that period, the engineering curriculum in higher education has gone through major changes. The historic launch
theparticipation of High School students, their STEM teachers, the NGO, and industry partners asspeakers, mentors and financial supporters to provide a broader context for the STEM experiencefor the students. All of the stakeholders are represented in the authorship of this paper.High School Students Local to PWICharlottesville High School (HS1), according to the 2022-2023 Virginia Department ofEducation’s School Quality Profiles (HS1SQP), accommodates approximately 1,200 students,offering a diverse range of educational opportunities29,30. The school provides access to 28 college-level courses, featuring programs like an engineering curriculum and the Sigma Lab, dedicated tofostering coding and engineering skills29. The school has a racially diverse
to coordinate/facilitate such an expansion, especially as the college’s enrollment andofferings continue to grow.Conclusion and future workUndertakings similar to the ones described in this paper have no doubt taken place at multipleinstitutions over the years. Yet, at least anecdotally, embedding a writing-focused faculty memberand communication-rich activities in an engineering curriculum is still uncommon enough thatmany of the comments from new colleagues at conferences about this work involve some versionof “This is such an important undertaking — I wish we had something similar!” It is a credit toany engineering institution that they would choose to devote funding and resources to enhancingtheir students’ discipline-focused
STEMeducation at the undergraduate level and beyond3,4.The nation of South Africa is also accelerating emphasis upon STEM education and careersamong its K-12 population. During a 46 year period, from 1948 to 1994, apartheid existedwhereby a majority of the nation’s population experienced educational discrimination-mathematics and science were no longer provided within the educational curriculum. Apartheidcategorized each South African citizen into one of four groups; “Whites”, “Indians”, “Coloreds”,and “Blacks”, whereby the privileges and status of each group decreased in alignment with theaforementioned order. Even though South Africa has made great strides since 1994, the legacyof such an extended period of educational discrimination has kept South
existing validated instruments are used wherefeasible. This system was developed in a new program so it is not possible to compare with aprevious assessment system. With that said, we could see a more ideal approach beingworthwhile—but only with tools that are developed by an interdisciplinary team of researchersand educators.Perhaps the most robust project for developing and sharing assessment tools for engineeringeducation has been the Transferable Integrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) project;an early paper from that project reports rubrics for SOs 2, 3, and 5 [5]. The TIDEE projectdeveloped the IDEALS system, a collection of modules, assessment instruments, and online tools[6]. People associated with that project described a snapshot
://strategy.asee.org/26823.[17] R. R. Ulseth and B. Johnson, “Iron range engineering pbl experience,” in Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education (paee’2015), Integrated in the International Joint Conference on the Learner in Engineering Education (ijclee’2015) Event, 2015.[18] R. Bates, E. Pluskwik, and R. Ulseth, “Startup of an innovative program x3 – iron range engineering propagated,” in 2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2020, pp. 1–4.[19] B. Johnson and R. Ulseth, “Professional competency development in a pbl curriculum,” in Proceedings of the 5th International Research Symposium on PBL, part of International Joint Conference on the Learner in
course was rooted in the idea of aseamless integration of direct teaching and learning-by-doing while working on real-world ill-structured problems with ongoing feedback and critique from both an instructor and peers. Thediverse academic interests of the freshman cohort allowed them to form teams with a range ofskills and abilities to mimic a team approach to design and innovations at a workplace. TheSeminar course embraced a range of topics rooted in technology and liberal arts to develop andadvance creative and critical thinking, oral, written, and design skills with a heavy focus on theuse of technology to transmit the message. Similarly to the Design Lab, it utilized a combinationof teaching and learning strategies, teamwork, and peer
various formats. This program is centered on using the ALEKS software to targetand track individual students’ needs and to provide tutoring. Students also had access toinstructors to provide additional teaching and guidance. This program was studied for 2 years,with the results from different versions being used to create a formal summer bridge programbeginning in 2009 of which the math improvement was an integral part. Page 15.538.8Based on the results, it was found that the success rate of participants with regards to improvingmath course placement at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee was positively impacted byusing an on-campus model rather