, 1971). By acquiring multiple sources of information about the sameevent occurring in a social setting, researchers can integrate and triangulate these data, enhancingthe analysis’ depth and accuracy. Therefore, in this research project, the researcher engaged inextensive first-hand observation in classroom settings throughout the semester, collectedstudents’ written responses reflecting their class, and conducted open-ended interviews designedto validate our findings with students’ perspectives. Second, investigations of instructors’ pedagogical practices in naturalistic settings, versusin a laboratory or through lab-based experiments, can yield different findings (Le Compte &Goetz, 1982). Indeed, identifying instructor’s
thepotential impact of the on-going work was evident [30]. It is well-accepted that the currentgeneration of college students have an affinity for environmental and social issues and thatlinking efforts to these “Grand Challenges” is inspirational and provides an external motivationfor long-term career goals [31], [32]. The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation(LSAMP) program was used to give the RS students their first experience working in a modernresearch laboratory as a team member under faculty direction [33]. Once the students hadexperienced working under a faculty member, they were given a chance to direct a project oftheir own choosing. Similar to a capstone experience, self-directed technical work buildsconfidence and marketable
instructors collaborated in co-teaching the first-yearexperience university seminar course that the students had to take the fall quarter of the academicyear. This collaboration built a strong connection between the two instructors and the students.The course provided a more casual environment beyond the structured technical content of eachinstructor's respective discipline-specific courses.Additional Engineering Course MeetingsThe standard first-year engineering course is typically taught twice a week, with each sessionlasting an hour and fifty minutes. Throughout the year, the engineering class for SSP studentswas extended to three days, providing increased contact hours with their instructor. Thisadjustment facilitated greater access to laboratory
persistence and retention of low-income engineering transfer students.Athena Wong, University of California, IrvineDr. David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine David A. Copp received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Teaching at the University of California, Irvine in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Prior to joining UCI, he was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories and an adjunct faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico. His broad
high-speed flow control applications. The National Science Foundation has supported Dr. Solomon’s research through grants such as the Research Initiation Award, Excellence in Research (EiR), and Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE). He was selected as a summer faculty research fellow at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in 2019 and 2020.Dr. Lauren E. Beckingham, Auburn UniversityKaren McNeal, Auburn University Dr. McNeal conducts research in geoscience education investigating how people think and learn about the Earth. She conducts quantitative and qualitative methods to assess people’s understanding, perceptions, and behavior about complex environmental systems
positions in the industry ornational laboratories. Students learn to leverage storytelling to showcase their strengths andexperiences to potential employers effectively. Additionally, the course introduces graduatestudents to the NACE career competencies and guides gaining experience in these areas. Thiscourse collaborates extensively with the Center for Career Development (CCD). Students receiveassistance crafting resumes, curriculum vitae, and LinkedIn profiles and practicing interviewingskills and utilizing the learning modules on each of these topics prepared by the CCD. They canprogress through these materials at their own pace and participate in the discussion boards onBlackboard with their peers to edit and share their revised resumes and
Professional Communication Department at Texas Tech University. Previously, she served as Professor and Director of Technical Communication and Rhetoric at Texas Tech and as Associate Professor at Utah State University. Her scholarship focuses on online education, program development and assessment, and user-experience design.Dr. Mario G. Beruvides P.E., Texas Tech University Dr. Mario G. Beruvides is the AT&T Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of the Laboratory for Systems Solutions in the Industrial Engineering Department at Texas Tech University. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas.Jason Tham, Texas Tech University Jason Tham is an associate professor of technical
course for students in class who would benefit 3.72 0.94 -0.54 -0.12 from additional academic support Harnessing the Power of Technology 3.56 1.0427 I can create short video messages/lectures 3.88 0.97 -0.76 0.1828 I can deliver online classes effectively 3.56 1.02 -0.60 0.0529 I can create a course website using free resources like Canvas, 3.86 1.07 -0.82 0.08 Google Classroom, Edmodo, etc.30 I can effectively use virtual labs in lectures 3.15 1.07 -0.09 -0.7131 I can effectively use virtual labs in laboratory courses 3.19 1.08 -0.17 -0.6832 I can implement interactive
major [4]-[18]. For example, Alpár et al. performed a qualitativeanalysis of a cohort of computer science students’ responses to assess these students’ perceptionsof mathematics and to investigate if mathematics can be a bottleneck to learning in computerscience [5]. Students generally perceived mathematics background as significant and relevant(and transferrable) to software engineering, algorithm analysis, logical thinking and continuouslearning in computer science. Ayyagari discusses the significance of math in the control systems education in selectedinstitutions of higher education in India, and the importance of demonstrating theory throughpractice in laboratory experiments, since students have a general reluctance to algebra [6
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mouths of students: Two illustrations of narrative analysis to understand engineering education’s ruling relations as gendered and raced.,” presented at the ASEE Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 2014.[44] D. T. Conley, Redefining college readiness. Eugene, OR: Educational Policy Improvement Center, 2011.[45] J. A. Edmunds, N. Arshavsky, K. Lewis, B. Thrift, D. Unlu, and J. Furey, “Preparing students for college: Lessons learned from the early college,” NASSP Bull., vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 117–141, 2017.[46] M. Hodara and K. Lewis, “How well does high school grade point average predict college performance by student urbancity and timing of college entry?,” Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest (ED); National Center
principles within select courses across the Grainger College of Engineering.Mr. Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign I am currently the Associate Director of Assessment and Research team at the Siebel Center for Design (SCD) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I work with a group of wonderful and talented people at SCD’s Assessment and Research Laboratory to conduct research that informs and evaluates our practice of teaching and learning human-centered design in formal and informal learning environments. My Research focuses on studying students’ collaborative problem solving processes and the role of the teacher in facilitating these processes in STEM classrooms.Prof. Timothy Bretl
(2013) found that ethical philosophy training was effective for adolescent students,but by the time students reach post-secondary engineering education that ship has largely alreadysailed. Meanwhile, academic integrity practice is taking place under new circumstances as well;Lesage et al. (2024) recently looked at generative artificial intelligence for both laboratory reportprose and for computer code in the mechanical engineering education context and found thatwhile it had the potential to reduce barriers for students, it also posed questions about the longer-term integrity of academic assignments.Measuring the Measurement ProblemYet, while academic integrity incidents can be readily assessed (many institutions, including theauthor’s, keep
. In addition, I work on Human-Computer Interaction and how it might allow us to interact with virtual worlds and robots. I enjoy collaborating with colleagues in other fields where I get to combine CS with Biology or Physics and play with their data. Topics of interest include: Flipped Classroom techniques to teach programming The benefits of games and puzzles in learning Construction of fair, scalable assessments Multimodal teaching with an emphasis on getting students to articulate their understanding 3D-Shape reconstruction and analysis The use of Embedded Systems and Machine Learning to automate (Biology) Laboratory tasks.Liberty Rose Lehr, Smith CollegeRahul Simha, The George Washington UniversityMichelle
introductorymechanical engineering design course that involved both lecture (2 credits) and laboratory (1credit) sessions. Learning objectives for the mini-mill experience were to: (1) learn the safetyand controls of a manual milling machine and basic milling operations that included fixed,material scaffolds designed by the course instructor; (3) practice reading and manufacturing fromstandard engineering drawings; and (2) independently apply knowledge of milling machinecontrols and operations to create a basic part with adaptive, pedagogical scaffolding fromteaching assistants and machinists. All deliverables for this exercise were individually completedby students and required a mixture of hands-on activity, written reflection, and online trainingand survey
://tennesseelookout.com/2022/02/21/suicides-at-vanderbilt-highlight-demand-for- mental-health-services/[10] B. L. Benderly, “Explosions in the Lab,” Slate, May 22, 2009. Accessed: Nov. 10, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://slate.com/technology/2009/05/what-makes-so-academic- laboratories-such-dangerous-places-to-work.html[11] A. Cohen and Y. Baruch, “Abuse and Exploitation of Doctoral Students: A Conceptual Model for Traversing a Long and Winding Road to Academia,” J. Bus. Ethics, vol. 180, no. 2, pp. 505–522, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.1007/s10551-021-04905-1.[12] P. Hutchinson, “Health insurance is a make-or-break cost for LSU graduate assistants,” Louisiana Illuminator. Accessed: Nov. 11, 2023. [Online]. Available: https
wouldbe guided by the classroom instructor through the initial portion of a ‘lecture’ phase of eachday’s course material. The instructor would attempt to tie the fundamental concepts to previouslyprovided knowledge from other classes, provide a review, and describe the relevance to theproblem at hand. During the second portion of the lecture period, the instructor will work somespecific example problems associated with the daily concept. In general, multiple problems areprovided from a couple different viewpoints to give the instructor the opportunity to utilize thematerial from different perspectives. Students are then provided with a worksheet exercise thatmoves through the next phases of Bloom’s learning activities. During the laboratory
: 10.1088/1742-6596/1607/1/012127.[13] N. Li, Q. Shen, R. Song, Y. Chi, and H. Xu, “MEduKG: A Deep-Learning-Based Approach for Multi-Modal Educational Knowledge Graph Construction,” Information, vol. 13, no. 2, p. 91, Feb. 2022, doi: 10.3390/info13020091.[14] N. F. Noy and D. L. McGuinness, “Ontology development 101: A guide to creating your first ontology.” Stanford knowledge systems laboratory technical report KSL-01-05 and …, 2001.[15] R. R. Starr and J. M. P. de Oliveira, “Concept maps as the first step in an ontology construction method,” Information Systems, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 771–783, 2013, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.is.2012.05.010.[16] American Association of Colleges and Universities, “High Impact Practices,” AAC&
. Common references included textbooks, class notes, student-created note sheets,instructor-created note sheets, codes, the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam ReferenceHandbook, and the internet. Several responses included some variant of “closed classmate” or“anything except other people.”Other Grading CriteriaTwenty-three percent of respondents indicated that there is a component of their course requiredto pass the course beyond a certain grade. These components included a certain percent in one ormore of the course components (i.e. 70% or greater in laboratory, 50% or greater on the project,etc.), turning in all assignments or all of a certain type of assignment, passing an individualgraded event, and passing each graded portion.Redoing
: international and domestic undergraduate students in focus in the United States higher education institutions. In addition, Mr. Halkiyo is interested in broadening the participation of engineering education in Ethiopian universities to increase the diversity, inclusivity, equity, and quality of Engineering Education. He studies how different student groups such as women and men, rich and poor, students from rural and urban, and technologically literate and less literate can have quality and equitable learning experiences and thrive in their performances. In doing so, he focuses on engineering education policies and practices in teaching and learning processes, assessments, laboratories, and practical internships. Mr. Halkiyo
.2304.06122.[9] G. Kortemeyer, “Could an Artificial-Intelligence agent pass an introductory physics \ course?,” 2023, doi: 10.48550/ARXIV.2301.12127.[10] C. Elder, G. Pozek, S. Horine, A. Tripaldelli, and B. Butka, “Can Artificial Intelligence Pass a Sophomore Level Digital Design Laboratory?,” in SoutheastCon 2023, Orlando, FL, USA: IEEE, Apr. 2023, pp. 861–868. doi: 10.1109/SoutheastCon51012.2023.10115116.[11] S. Bordt and U. von Luxburg, “ChatGPT Participates in a Computer Science Exam,” 2023, doi: 10.48550/ARXIV.2303.09461.[12] S. Fergus, M. Botha, and M. Ostovar, “Evaluating Academic Answers Generated Using ChatGPT,” J. Chem. Educ., vol. 100, no. 4, pp. 1672–1675, Apr. 2023, doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed
then test their proposed experiment in a wet-chemistry laboratory, record dataon findings, and have an opportunity to iterate on their materials list and try the experimentagain. Outside of the lab, students research a community in New Mexico that could be impactedby AMD and apply empathy perspectives to consider all stakeholders who may be involved(community members, farmers, government employees, etc.). The final proposed solution fortreatment integrates both the lab experiment and the community stakeholder needs assessment.Design Challenge 2: Concrete CanoeThe American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) holds an annual concrete canoe competitionwhere student groups from universities across the U.S. design, build and race a canoe made
26. learning styles accreditation 27. sustainability women in engineering 28. learning faculty development 29. experiential learning distance education 30. performance cooperative learning 31. curriculum undergraduate research 32. engineering education research technology 33. virtual laboratories programming 34. problem based learning experiential learning 35. problem solving
AC 2011-107: MACROERGONOMIC ANALYSIS OF INSTRUCTIONALTECHNOLOGY ADOPTION: A CASE STUDY ON TABLET PC ADOP-TIONLeanna M. Horton, Virginia Tech Leanna Horton is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Virginia Tech and is a member of the Industrial Ergonomics and Biomechanics Laboratory. Her research is focused on the effects of job rotation on muscle fatigue and performance.Kahyun Kim, Virginia Tech Kahyun Kim is a graduate student currently pursuing Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech with a concentration on human factors and ergonomics. Her research interest is in the impact of various factors on team collaboration and effectiveness as well as team
. Page 22.1045.5 • Multimedia Design*: This course is focused on 2-dimensional layout and learning a variety of software skills. This course contains minimal math content. • Architectural & Civil Engineering Design+: This course covers a wide variety of topics. One of the topics covered, for ~1.5 days, is the statistics of human factors and its usefulness in design. • Prototyping Laboratory: This course requires students to complete the design and prototyping of a variety of projects utilizing a variety of 3-dimensinal fabrication tools. The strong design component contains a substantial measurement and calculation component due to numerous and subtle calibrations and corrections that are
semestersof calculus, and during their high-school studies they must have already studied particlekinematics and dynamics. Simulation software and computer algebra systems allow students toexperiment with phenomena which are too complex to calculate or too expensive to bereproduced in a laboratory, or are simply not accessible to the senses. A computer algebra systemis essentially the ability to manipulate concepts, using computer expressions, which aresymbolic, algebraic and not limited to numerical evaluation. A computer algebra systems canperform many of the mathematical techniques which are part and parcel of a traditional physicscourse. The successful use of computer algebra systems does not imply that the mathematicalskills are no longer at a
Bioengineering and Director of the Engineering Education Research Center at Washington State University. He has led numerous multidisciplinary research projects to enhance engi- neering education. He currently leads projects creating and testing assessments and curriculum materials for engineering design and professional skills, especially for use in capstone engineering design courses. He has been a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education since 2002.Paul B Golter, Washington State University Paul B. Golter obtained an MS from Washington State University and recently defended his PhD degree and is currently the Laboratory Supervisor in the Voiland School of School of Chemical Engineering and Bio-engineering
Understand fundamentals of several program educational recognized major civil engineering areas objectives; apply knowledge of four technical areas appropriate to civil engineering.2. An ability to Design and conduct field and laboratory 3(b) An ability to Conduct civildesign and studies
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, within engineering we know little about how studentsapproach open-book testing, particularly with regard to how they spend their time on differenttasks and how this division of time may affect performance.The study in this paper examined the testing behavior of 8 senior materials science andengineering students at a large public university in the southeastern US. Students completed fourengineering problems during individual laboratory sessions while engaged in a think-aloudprocedure (i.e., verbally explaining their thought processes as they worked through theproblems). The problems were designed to vary in terms of their closed or open-endedness andthe number of decision points involved in their solution. Students’ think-aloud protocols