, involving 1,600 studentsat a large Canadian university (the equivalent of an American state university with heavilysubsidized tuition), the combination of participation in (a) a scholarship program and (b)academic support services resulted in higher academic achievement and retention for females(but both males and females used support services and peer advising at higher rates) compared togroups of students who participated in either (a) or (b) but not both. This article presents asummary of NSF S-STEM activities for the past two years and discusses a few lessons learned.IntroductionIn a world of rapidly changing technology, the knowledge explosion, and the expanding globaleconomy, there is growing concern regarding the American ability to remain
.References[1] ABET Accreditation Criteria https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation- criteria/criteria-for-accrediting-engineering-programs-2022-2023/ Accessed January 20, 2024[2] National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) https://www.nspe.org/ Accessed April 22, 2024[3] IEEE Code of Ethics https://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/governance/p7-8.html Accessed April 22, 2024[4] S. M. Lord, B. Przestrzelski, and E. Reddy, “Teaching social responsibility: A Conflict Minerals Module for an Electrical Circuits course,” Proceedings of the 2018 WEEF-GEDC Conference, Albuquerque, NM, November 2018. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8629755[5] S. M. Lord, B. Przestrzelski, and E. Reddy, “Teaching social
Campus study is to address the urgentneed to expand the pool of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) graduates,especially African American, Native American, and Hispanic students. Long-term improvementsin the pipeline of a diverse STEM workforce start with sustaining effective bridge programs thatcan produce more Engineering baccalaureates. To improve retention in Engineering, this studywill conduct academic enrichment programs for racially underrepresented Engineering studentsat three points in their career at the Penn State—entering freshmen, rising sophomores, and risingjuniors. The goals of the study are to (a) increase retention in Engineering among raciallyunderrepresented students in the Penn State system, (b) develop long
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Science Foundation under Grant No. 1943098. Opinions,findings, and conclusions are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNSF. BibliographyArdoin, S. (2017). College aspirations and access in working-class rural communities: The mixed signals, challenges, and new language first-generation students encounter. Lexington Books.Carrico, C. A. (2013). Voices in the mountains: A qualitative study exploring factors influencing appalachian high school students’ engineering career goals. https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/c342c9ca-2037-4700-be5a-5eaa85626b26Sciences, N. A. of, Behavioral, D. of, Sciences, S., Policy, Affairs, G., Education, B. on S
, are most likely persist to degree completion.Accordingly, this research examined a sample of non-traditional college students enrolled inscience and engineering programs in six urban community colleges to determine (a) the typesand frequency of support practices they utilized, (b) how such practices influenced theirachievement, persistence and transfer status to four-year colleges and universities, and (c) how inturn their propensity for innovation and creative problem solving affected such choices andpersistence. The study analyzed the impact of pedagogical support practices—practices designedto foster successful transfer from community college to four-year colleges and universities, andhow students’ innovative capability affected such
contribute to a culture of engineering thatdemonstrates compassion, both interpersonally in the practice of engineers and intrapersonallysuch that we collectively value our holistic identities.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported through funding by the National Science Foundation (NSF CAREER#2045392). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. Additionally, the authors gratefully acknowledge the anonymous reviewersfor their constructive feedback, which helped us to sharpen the paper.References [1] J. L. Huff, B. Okai, K. Shanachilubwa, N. W. Sochacka, and J. Walther, “Unpacking professional shame
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environments. His research has been funded by the Vermont Genetics Network and he has published in several academic journals. He is also interested in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. He earned a Ph.D. and M.S. in Mathematics from Montana State University and a BS in Applied Mathe- matics from Sonoma State University. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Promoting Success of Undergraduate Engineering Students Through Curricular Improvements in First-year Mathematics Courses Darlene Olsen1, Alicia D. Beth2, Michelle B. Burd3, Christine Latulippe1, Joe Latulippe1 Norwich University1, Northfield, VT 05663
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3.04 .0026 RISE Scholars Program (1 = RISE) 0.251 0.124 2.40 .017 2 2 R = 0.340, R adj = 0.329 a The b column indicates the regression coefficients, β the standardized regression coefficients, t the t-statistic for the coefficients, and p the p-value.Logistic regression was used to model four-year graduation because it is a binary outcome [7].We focused specifically on graduation in a STEM major because that is a primary goal of the S-STEM program. Table 4 presents the results of a model including only significant or
wired up onto the Raspberry Pi. Housing for batteries and payload which werepreviously manufactured during chassis design could also be used now to power the Raspberry Pi,Servo, and the Motor. A fully connected and set-up self-driving RC Car designed by a studentteam can be seen in FIG 10(a) and FIG 10(b) below. 13 FIG 10(a) – Example CAD Model of Final Car FIG 10(b) – Example Final Autonomous RC Car4.3 MPAD Testing by Teams and Assistance from MPAD DevelopersMost groups were able to accomplish integration of MPAD with help just from the guides.Students could connect to and view their RC car through the online dashboard. In order to test
instructor or teaching assistants until the last day of class. We were flexible tomeet after 5 pm and gave them a choice of meeting face-to-face (preferred) or online. Mandatoryattendance was not required upon acceptance of our offer, but students were asked to provide aheads-up for not showing up.By the end of the 4th week of the semester, 18 students were identified, and only 6 (33%)accepted the invitation. Two of the six students met with instructor A, two with teachingassistant B, and two with teaching assistant C. The assignment was dictated mainly by the timeavailability of the involved parties.Table 21 shows a summary of some descriptive statistics from these advising sessions. The tableshows who the student met with, how many weeks they
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reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. Additionally, the authors gratefully acknowledge the anonymous reviewers,whose thoughtful feedback on an earlier draft help to sharpen the quality of the present paper.Lastly, we thank the study participants themselves for allowing us to learn important insightsfrom their lived experiences of shame in the context of engineering.References 1. H.B. Lewis, Shame and guilt in neurosis, New York, NY, USA: International Universities (Press, Inc) 1971. 2. J.P. Tangney, and R.L. Dearing, Shame and guilt. New York,, NY, USA Guilford Press,2002. 3. B. Brown, “Shame resilience theory: A grounded theory study on women and shame”, Families in Society: The J. of Contemporary Social
, and to a lesserextent strength of materials. We are also studying how different contexts affect the uptake of theCW within the mechanics community. Our IUSE project objectives are to: 1. Extend the use of the Concept Warehouse (CW) to Mechanical Engineering (ME) and grow by 50,000 student users from diverse populations. To achieve this objective, we will: a. Develop content [at least 300 new ConcepTests] for Statics and Dynamics. b. Continue development of ME research-based Instructional Tools (e.g., Inquiry- Based Activities and Interactive Virtual Laboratories) that help students develop conceptual understanding. c. Serve as a repository for Concept Inventories that can be used by ME
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, assembled, stored, and transported. The simulation models in our proposed ISBL modules provide realistic animations and can be explored on a 2D display (low-immersion mode) or via a virtual reality (VR) headset (high-immersion mode). b. A PBL activity that mimics real-world problems/projects that arise in the system being modeled, hence resembling situations that learners may encounter at a future workplace.By treating the immersive simulation environment as a real-world system, both formal andinformal learning are enabled by own actions of the learners during and after virtual site visits. Inother words, instead of physically visiting a real-world facility, students perform virtual visits ofthe simulated system to make
award No. 1463802 and 1931371. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, orrecommendations expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the viewsof the National Science Foundation.References[1] D. R. Simmons, N. A. Clegorne, and T. Woods-Wells, “Leadership Paradigms in Construction: Critical Review to Inform Research and Practice,” Journal of Management in Engineering, vol. 33, no. 4, p. 02517001, 2017.[2] B. W. Redekop, Leadership for environmental sustainability. New York: Routledge, 2011.[3] D.R. Simmons, C. Groen-McCall, and N.A. Clegorne. “Top competencies for construction professionals as identified by construction industry executives,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, under review
XRfor engineering education.6. References[1] K. Nisha Singh, “Promoting Creativity and Collaboration: Innovative Interdisciplinary Approaches to Enhance STEM Education and Critical Thinking in Students,” Int. J. Emerg. Knowl. Stud., 2024, doi: 10.70333/ijeks-03-09-004.[2] S. M. Goltz, A. B. Hietapelto, R. W. Reinsch, and S. K. Tyrell, “Teaching Teamwork and Problem Solving Concurrently,” J. Manag. Educ., vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 541–562, Oct. 2007, doi: 10.1177/1052562907310739.[3] I. Azzam, F. Breidi, and F. Aqlan, “Teaching Manufacturing Assembly Processes Using Immersive Mixed Reality,” in 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, Jun. 2024. doi: 10.18260/1-2--48063.[4] E. H. Au and J. J. Lee, “Virtual
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AC 2012-3847: CCLI: MODEL ELICITING ACTIVITIESDr. Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Larry J. Shuman is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and professor of industrial engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on improving the engineering education experience with an emphasis on assessment of design and problem solving, and the study of the ethical behavior of engineers and engineering managers. A former Senior Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, Shuman is the Founding Editor of Advances in Engineering Education. He has published widely in engineering education literature, and is co-author of Engineering Ethics: Balancing Cost
educators on social and economic pillars, itdoes not provide sufficient insight into where to begin this shift toward a more balancedperspective on sustainability. In this study, we endeavor to address this gap in the literature firstby both (a) exposing which topics and challenges in the environment are neglected byengineering students in speaking to environmental sustainability, and (b) which social andeconomic aspects of sustainability do indeed make it onto the radar screen forstudents. Knowing (a) provides implicates for what needs to be added to existing stand-aloneand integrated models of sustainability in the engineering curriculum; knowing (b) gives someinsight into an appropriate starting point to connect to student interests in social
. Group A. The professor is interesting and brings the material to life 1 102 4.17 0.93 * 2 134 4.14 1.09 3 69 3.36 1.29 B. The professor is accessible outside the classroom 1 102 4.12 0.86 * 2 134 4.10 0.84 3 69 3.74 0.87 C. It is clear to me how this course is related to my other courses 1 102 4.03 1.02 ns
placed successfully and students placed in error at each level.Specifically, we identify severe placement errors, defined by two criteria: 1) students predictedto fail the upper-level course they were placed into, or 2) students predicted to pass the upper-level course with a B or better, but were placed into a course one level below. We estimate theproportion of severe placement errors at each level of math in the developmental sequence foreach college, thereby enabling comparison across A&P contexts. Since we are interested in comparing various placement scenarios, we calculate thepercent of severe placement errors using different combinations of measures: 1) with HSTs alone 2) with placement test scores/math
Engineering Education, 2019.[3] L. D. Baber, “Considering the interest-convergence dilemma in STEM education,” The Reviewof Higher Education, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 251–270, 2015, doi: 10.1353/rhe.2015.0004.[4] A. Tapia and A. Polonskaia, The 5 disciplines of inclusive leaders : unleashing the power ofall of us. Oakland, CA, USA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2020.[5] J. P. Kotter, Leading Change. Harvard Business Review Press, 2012.[6] J. Acker, “Inequality regimes: Gender, class, and race in organizations,” Gend. Soc., vol. 20,no. 4, pp. 441–464, 2006, doi: 10.1177/0891243206289499.[7] J. London, B. B. McIntyre, and N. Jefferson, “CAREER: Disrupting the status quo regardingwho gets to be an engineer—insights from year 1,” poster presented at the
instructor has allowed thestudents to choose, as part of their semester project work, ‘teaching-to-learn’ topics that studentsteach to one another, where the topics of choice help to better represent the student demographicsand interests in the classroom.8 Additionally, the instructor has chosen in recent semesters toreplace the final exam for the course with a project, where each student writes a proposal for asenior design project that (a) addresses a need typical of a severely disabled child at Heartspringand (b) can be accomplished within two semesters. The Heartspring context gives the ECE 571students tremendous leeway when choosing the application area and design form factor. Thefollowing sections describe the details of the assignment and the