Page 11.1201.17promoted to the second year, but simply reflects those classes that did have two years ofchemistry studies in their syllabus.Part 2, Stage 1 – Using CHICKA to learn the Language of ChemistryHere the computer game was introduced as a new tool of language acquisition to test if thetime required to learn the elements of the PT, the basic formulae and concepts could bereduced when compared to the same ability achieved through traditional, text-book methods.Stage 1 was therefore measured in quantitative terms (length of time occurred to learn).To measure the results, students were given two tests. These were similar in concept to thetests usually given to students at the end of the first term (14 weeks), however in this case thetests
information regarding the ship, neither the shippingcompany nor the classification society were prepared to discuss the naval architecture of thevessel, so approximations were formed. Based on the classification numbers and pictures of theship, an approximation of the hull was created in Fastship, a hull modeling software packagecreated by Proteus Engineering. A basic tanker hull was utilized as a starting point thenmodified using the parametric subprogram Fastgen.32 Using this application, a hull was createdthat very accurately models both the ship particulars and hull shape of the Sinar Andalas, as seenin the graphic below. The hull created reflects the displacement of the ship though neglects theparticular structures on deck, including the
disseminate the workshop model and key properties to other colleges and Page 11.1293.2universities so that engineering and computer science may attract a more diverse population. Weprovide evidence regarding the success of the workshop through students’ work, a case study,and analysis of program evaluation data.1. IntroductionEngineers and computer scientists build products for use by a diverse population; therefore, it issensible and necessary that engineers form a diverse population. Unfortunately, thedemographics of US students earning engineering degrees and those practicing as professionalengineers do not reflect the US population1. Among the
educative assessment (8, 27) .This would include decisions on how to provideinformation on students’ strengths and their mastery of course material, as well asguidance on how to proceed with learning activities to insure compliance withdefined goals and how to improve students’ performance and their grasp of newmaterial. Students will eventually need reliable feedback on their performance thatallows them to move forward as learners and deepens their understanding of thesubject matter. This feedback could come from the instructor, their classmates, theirown self-reflection, or a combination of the three. (27, 28)Another important factor in the optimization process is to integrate the differentcourse components (learning goals, teaching/learning
careers to solvesocietal challenges that mitigate and prepare for climate change and its global implications forsustainability. Attached below is the survey instrument developed and currently undergoing validatingand reliability testing.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1635534. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material arethose of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.ReferencesABET. (2013). Criteria for accrediting engineering programs, 2014 - 2015. Retrieved from http://www.abet.org/eac-criteria-2014-2015/Allenby, B., Murphy, C., Allen, D., & Davidson, C. (2009
group review session was helpful? Why or Why not?” Select Response I learned what I did wrong in the report and during the interview session. I shouldn't have made any assumptions when I don't have enough information and when I don't have the expertise in the subject. We were all able to reflect on our different experiences and thoughts. Everyone had a slightly different viewpoint so it was really good to see all sides of the situation in order to learn that much more. It helped me understand the point of the exercise. Up until the group session, I was honestly very frustrated with the project, but hearing why certain things were done helped me understand the point of it more. It showed us the other side
, specifics of implementation in differentenvironments, and reflections on gender effects. In general, teachers perceive the InVentureChallenge as an engaging way of broadening participation in engineering, expanding thestudents’ experiences outside of the classroom, fostering teamwork and collaboration, andbuilding a partnership with Georgia Tech.Introduction and Guiding QuestionsMany studies have demonstrated the need for greater participation and increased diversity inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to sustain economic growth andmeet global challenges1. One important element in the STEM enterprise is the process of creativeinnovation—of reimagining problems and solutions in new and different ways and designing andproducing
those they serve, but it should not be the only component.This advice ranges in tone from “should consider” to “would have to change”. They all express aconditional sense of what to do if the cameras are adopted, but with a variety of levels offorcefulness. The groups affected by these recommendations range from the police, government,and jurors, reflecting students’ embrace of the multi-stakeholder approach to understandingsociotechnical situations. Another category of recommendations focuses on research andmindset. For example, some students urge leaders to stay open-minded, e.g., “It will be importantfor the city council to try to employ interpretive flexibility when research[ing] and anticipatingthe potential responses to the
” [6]. Thefollowing list compiles a number of significant advances:Systems Engineering competenciesAccording to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge book (SEBoK) [6], SE compe-tencies reflect the individual’s Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Attitudes (KSAAs), whichare developed through education, training, and on-the-job experience. According to the samesource, ”For an individual, a set of KSAAs enables the fulfillment of the competencies neededto perform the tasks associated with the assigned systems engineering role”. A set of SE competencies form a SE competency model which reflects the individual’sKSAAs. The KSAAs are in turn related to different roles in the company or the project, sothat they are associated to a set of tasks. A
opportunities for both revelation and reflection. Here we consider therole of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) within ABET, both in thepresent and historically, and examine how we came to inhabit our particular governancepractices within our present organizational structure. Governance refers to the decision-makingprocesses and procedures of an organization, formal and informal, official and unofficial. We areinterested in how power is mediated among stakeholders in these processes, who is given voice,and what is revealed about the values and self-understanding of the profession throughout.We employ organizational theory and historical analysis to trace the changes in governancestructures in ABET and in the wider engineering
was quite the opposite. Before 1998, SPIES had to a largedegree conformed to these negative stereotypes, even though no preferential entry programexisted, which ensured that their reputation among the broader campus community involvedconsuming copious quantities of alcohol and academic achievement that reflected barely passinggrades. There was an attitude that anything better than a C grade reflected poor judgment in thattoo much effort had been given to that particular subject, instead of the wider experience that theuniversity offered. After 1998, however, once the 5R Program leader engaged in extensive rolemodeling (including playing sevens rugby, paddling outrigger canoes, leading the war dance,running tutorials, and much more), he
theworkshop into practice, while diving deeper into the pedagogy of online teaching. The maindeliverable at the conclusion of the online course was a reflective action plan that would be usedto kick off the formal instructional design consulting hours. Once participants concluded all threephases of the Institute, they were awarded a stipend of $1,500 for their successful completion.Participation in the first Faculty Institute was solicited through targeted invites to facultyteaching online sections that were well-respected within their departments and across campus.Included in the inaugural Institute were Program Directors, an Associate Department Head, theDirector of our teaching center, and the Chair of the Faculty Senate. It was hoped that
is … about how their students are now looking at engineering and science… some of it is reflection …This method of evaluation can serve as a sort of post-test of how the teacher’s research experienceimpacted his/her teaching and the students’ engagement in the material. This is not to say REUsand RETs are models for how Broader Impacts could be measured as they also come with flaws.That is, Principal Investigators need multiple forms of evidence to suggest that REUs lead tostudents enrolling in graduate studies. Additionally, assessing the impact an RET and/or REU hadon its participants would require the Principal Investigator to embed this as a research question inthe overall project scope.Panel of Reviewers’ Knowledge of Broader
(PSRDM).20 Two of the eight dimensions were selected as the focus of thecurrent study: analyze and professional connectedness. Analyze reflects the attitudes ofindividuals about the importance of including social and human dimensions in engineering,going beyond solely technical factors. All five EPRA items to assess the analyze dimension wereused (Table 1). Professional connectedness gauges attitudes toward applying one’s technicalskills to help people and society. Four items from among the larger number of 19 items in EPRAwere selected to assess professional connectedness (Table 1). Students responded to the itemsusing a 1 to 7 scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree. One of the items for each dimensionwas negatively worded, and
respondents, butmany of NACE’s employer members are involved in college recruiting.The hiring practices of the federal government also reflect perceived differences in work rolesbetween engineering technologists and engineers. The federal Office of Personnel Management(OPM) places ET under the same broad category, “All Professional Engineering Positions,” thatincludes those with 4-year engineering degrees (OPM, 2012). Technically, this means that somewith 4-year ET degrees from institutions accredited by ABET can be hired by the federalgovernment, but the OPM rules restrict hiring to entry-level jobs (GS-5, pay range $27k-$36k;those with “superior academic performance” may enter at GS-7).Some within the ET field believe that this OPM provision
) determine whether and how the militaryinfluences student veterans’ decisions to major in engineering. Our work provides insightsinto the timing of the decision as well as the extent to which military training and experiencesprovide a direct, or indirect, pathway into engineering.We highlight student experiences to advance knowledge about SVEs’ educational pathways onseveral fronts. Methodologically, our in-depth analysis allows us to capture the nuanced natureof SVE narratives that often remains hidden when using other approaches to studyingengineering education. Theoretically, we draw from Cognitive Information Processing theory tomore accurately reflect SVE decision making about majoring in engineering. Practically, theresults can inform military
influential role model even if the initial question set(focused on the course) did not elicit mention of a role model. The most commonly mentionedtype of role model was family members, but some participants also discussed past jobs andfriends. This emergent theme of role model influence is of particular importance as it developedindependent of initial questions. Not all students brought up entrepreneurial motivations outsideof class, but we wondered how many students had family members, friends, or workrelationships who had significantly influenced their entrepreneurial attitudes. Thus, we adaptedquestioning in the second cohort to reflect this emergent them of role models by addingadditional questions. It is important to remember that the redesigned
based on research demonstrating that students gain more from testing than from the equal amount of time re-studying (Roediger and Karpicke, 2006; Karpicke and Roediger; 2008); this is often referred to as the “testing effect”. • Reflection: The students have time to think about the new material and can raise questions via email or a course LMS, at the beginning of the subsequent class, or during office hours. As stated previously, the class activities must be coordinated with the prior preparationusing e-Lessons. Therefore, let’s proceed to the next section on class activities.Figure 5. Typical e-Lesson Organization3.4 Class ActivitiesThe complementary classes are designed to provide an active learning
Mechanical 5.12 Trevor M MPU Civil 5.52 Tucker M LPU Civil 5.48 Wynne F LPU Architectural 5.88In these semi-structured interview, students were asked questions about their college courses,significant events, thoughts on social responsibility, and how these are related to their views oftheir future profession as engineers. These questions had the general goal of eliciting thestudents’ reflections on their time in college overall and their intentions for a future in theengineering profession. One question in particular, Question 4, that was located somewhat
/InstrumentationAs part of project work, members of the leadership team selected two discipline related topics,Voltage Division and Thevenin’s Theorem, as circuit content found in at least one, if notmultiple courses, within each of the 13 collaborating institutions. The students consisted ofundergraduates enrolled in engineering courses; the unique audience represents students enrolledin HBCU colleges. The content or setting of use reflected “Introduction to ElectricalEngineering” (second semester freshmen level course), and other early electrical engineeringcourses. The selection of the two topics was made using the following process. A series ofquestions used in introductory level ECE courses was presented to representatives from all 13institutions at
because culture influences what constitutesintelligence and intelligent acts [9, 10]. Indeed, conceptions of “smartness” in school often caterto analytical abilities, while ignoring other types of intelligence, such as creative or practicalabilities [11]. This emphasis on analytical abilities is magnified even further in engineeringschool, where math and engineering science dominate the curriculum. This cultural norm ofvaluing analytical intelligence above all else reflects white, middle class constructions ofintelligence. This reality contributes to the exclusionary narratives about who belongs inengineering as the qualities that are revered in academia (e.g., brilliance, rigor, seriousness,rationality, objectivity, etc.) are all traditionally
potential benefitsand challenges of supporting multidiscipline teams in an academic curriculum. Whilemultidisciplinary project-based learning and multidisciplinary service-learning are not new ideas,rarely is the team composition considered in relation to the impacts to student learning andperception.This work examines the experiences of three multidisciplinary, sustainability focused teamsproviding solutions for use and education in communities considered food-deserts. The threeteam structures vary in degree of multidisciplinary composition, one of the EPICSdifferentiators. Students were asked to define multidisciplinary teams and then reflect on theirown team experiences and team compositions. Transcripts of focus group interviews with currentand
Webb’s instrument [22]. This measureexplored participants positive or negative attitudes toward communicating about engineeringrelated topics in various contexts. Participants completed 18 items, each with a 7-point bipolarscale reflecting the participants’ attitudes about engaging in communication regardingengineering.Motivation: Student motivation was measure using Christophel’s [23] student motivation scale.This measure explored the participants degree of motivation to put forth effort in the currentclass. Participants completed 16 items, each employing a 7-point bipolar scale reflectingparticipants’ feelings toward their current class.Intended behavior: Intended behavior was measured were measured using an adapted version ofPoliakoff and
posted solution to reflect ontheir mistakes or successes on each assessment problem.The second form of feedback is called the dashboard. An example dashboard for a specificstudent is shown in Fig. 4. The dashboard is a visual document that captures the student’sperformance in all aspects of the course. The dashboard contains visual elements for thecomputing projects, homework, and other required coursework. The mastery bar chart is theelement on the dashboard that shows how a student’s mastery is developing over a semester. Thechart has a bar for each objective in the course. In each assessment, the activated objectives havethe potential to increase the length of the mastery bars. The amount that each objective barincreases depends on the weight
“significant” improvement.His research also found extensive and credible evidence that suggests that faculty consider anontraditional model for promoting academic achievement and positive student attitudes. [5]The core vehicle of teacher-centered learning is the traditional lecture where the student’s role isto listen and take notes. Student-centered learning is characterized by active learning techniquesthat push students to be responsible participants in their own education and providesopportunities for students to reflect, evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and communicate on or aboutthe information presented. Machemer and Crawford summarized the advantages of activelearning as positive student attitudes towards the subject and learning, higher
successfully navigate and copewith the biases of their peers, faculty, and staff based on the complexities and intersections ofrace, class, and gender.Another building block of resilience forms from the past experiences that have helped shapedtheir inclination to persist within their programs. They are motivated to work harder and provethe naysayers wrong, especially when the nays are coming from faculty members that they arenot fond of [20].But, in some instances, the experiences at their respective institutions resulted in them exploringmore avenues that helped yield a greater resilience. Some students left their programs to self-reflect [19], some transferred to more supportive departments or universities [20], and someimmersed themselves in
excellence so our members can live authentically, fully engage, and flourish. In order to strengthen the college and progress its mission, the college dedicates itself to intentional and ongoing reflection to meeting the evolving needs of [the College], the surrounding communities, and the State. In the first row of Table 7, we again report institutional breakdown by Basic CarnegieClassifications. Our analysis including postings from six Associate’s and/or BaccalaureateColleges, six Master’s Colleges and Universities, and nine Doctoral Universities. Below the firstrow, the counts of targeted language subcodes among the different institution types aredisplayed. We found that the most intentional type of targeted language
. Combination of the individual assessmentscreated more comprehensive results. It was concluded that the teaching method proposed in thispaper was successful. Observations regarding the learning experience and skill development inthe undergraduate student from the instructor’s and lab assistant’s perspectives were provided. Inaddition, comments regarding the student's motivation, confidence, risks, failures, frustrations,achievements, and reflections were presented from the student’s perspectives.References[1] Nisar A, Afzulpurkar N, Mahaisavariya B, Tuantranont A. MEMS-based micropumps in drug delivery and biomedical applications. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 2008 Mar 28;130(2):917-42.[2] Tang WC, Lee AP. Defense applications of
empathy. A design project is given to students enrolled in a Design Methodologies course –which serves as a Capstone Design Precursor – at a small private, engineering focused university.Student empathy was collected through a survey that combined two existing empathy instruments.Student empathy was calculated before and after the product design assignment. Further, studentsperformed stimulated reflection to discuss the challenges observed with their design.The results of the study suggest that while students recognize the importance of empathy, theassignment itself did not improve their empathy scores. Students did not see a statisticallysignificant change in their empathy scores before and after the assigned based on the surveyinstrument