theability to pivot among programs each week. To take a closer look at student pivot patterns, weconstructed visual diagrams to represent student workflow. In this section, we show multipleworkflow diagrams to visually represent how students worked on their programmingassignments during various weeks. A key question is "What are some observed pivot patterns?"6.1 Analysis and procedureTo visually represent student workflow, we created GANTT charts for each student for everyweek in the quarter. A GANTT chart shows activities displayed against time. Each activity isrepresented by a bar; the position and length of the bar reflects the start date, duration and enddate of the activity [11]. We chose this representation since GANTT charts allow us to see
solution,the need for proper procedures such as mesh convergence and verification and validation, andthe benefit of techniques such as a sensitivity study. As an instructor, one can only hope that inaddition to students gaining technical skills in a finite element course, that they also gain acontextual understanding of how to properly employ this technique. While ethical use of finiteelement model is certainly a topic of great relevance, it is outside of the scope of this work.However, the point should be made that ethical decision making can assist with difficultproblems in cases where some outcomes may seem cheaper or easier.AssessmentStudents were provided an opportunity to reflect on the course learning goals identified in thecourse at the
information; (2) The design and execution of the two winning ideas: Cosmic Song and Dark Origin; (3) A reflection on the opportunities and challenges of running and participating in this project as an undergraduate research experience. We will share lessons learned from this project in terms of promoting creativeengineering opportunities for a K-12 audience and regarding empowering undergraduate studentsto play lead roles in aerospace engineering projects. Additionally, we will discuss detailedinformation, including schematics, of the two payloads.Introduction The title of this international contest was “Art in Space.” It was inspired by the rock bandOK Go’s music video “Upside Down and Inside Out,” which was filmed in
Raw Adjustednecessarily reflect true differences. SESSION N Grouping Mean Mean 19AM 104 81.09% 81.46% AThe final model resulted in an RSQ of 18AM 100 77.87% 79.12% A B49.09% and included SESSION, 18PM 85 76.79% 77.47% A BMAJ, LABSCORE, HWSCORE, and 19PM 85 73.57% 75.46
pertaining to female and minority hiring and participation. The unit of analysis is the transcript of each interview or focus group. Researchers will also calculate the extent of match between AM educators’ perceptions and AM standards/certifications as well as use established instruments to measure the extent to which the new professionals report entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial intentions [27-29].Sampling NoteRural NW Florida is highly diverse, with over 30% of residents reporting that they are black,Hispanic, or of multiple races; the enrollments of the participating state colleges reflect theircommunities. Because an intent of this project is to increase participation in AM education andcareers, the research team will reach out to
datawhich are elements of authentic learning. This pedagogy allows the students to relate the mathand science concepts to engineering and real-life use.The effectiveness of the approach was assessed using a quasi-experimental within-subjectresearch design. The intervention was a week-long professional development workshop forteachers (Figure 1a) followed by a week-long summer camp for middle school students (Figure1b). The teacher professional development workshop included elements of best practices [23] i.e.(a) Content focus, (b) Active learning, (c) Collaboration, (d) Use of models and modeling, (e)Coaching and expert support, (f) Feedback and reflection. The teachers learned the basics ofphysics of flight, aircraft flight controls and practiced
distributed understanding of the concepts was sought withcognizance to the difficulty that different members of the team would experience inunderstanding the new material. Finally, the positive reception of the company to the course andfeedback gave some insights as to the utility of the short course model, as well as someimprovements which could be made in developing more courses of a similar type. This shortcourse was a positive experience for all stakeholders and reflects an opportunity for engagementin the workplace.References[1] E. De Graaff and W. Ravesteijn, “Training complete engineers: Global enterprise andengineering,” European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 419–427, 2001.[2] National Academy of Engineering, The
and with organizations such as 4H programs that couldprovide important local support for students. In the final phase of our study, we plan to share thisinformation through participatory design workshops with key groups of community memberswho work with rural students.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under GrantNumber 1734834. 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.References[1] State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), “The Virginia plan for higher education: Annual report for 2016 to the General Assembly of
entire process of curricula and project.Evaluation systemDifferent from the traditional simple book-exam testing method, the new evaluation systemfor each related course should score a student in the perspectives of comprehendingapplication of knowledge and the abilities of engineering practice. Because the eight coursesin this draft are interconnected through “handwriting robot” project, the realization of“handwriting robot” can reflect a part of students’ learning outcomes. The syntheticevaluation system consists of the usual-time performance (20%), final examination (30%)and achievement demonstration and result defense (50%), which applies to every course.Moreover, considering the difference in students’ abilities and encouraging students to
can to encourage students to become more independent learners.4.2 Independent learners and homeschooling practiceThere is evidence to suggest that the homeschooling lifestyle tends to impart independent learningskills to its students [9, 10], and that engineering freshmen coming from a homeschoolbackground are therefore more likely to take responsibility for their own learning [8]. This is onepossible reason why the homeschooled students from this study succeeded in engineering schoolat a higher rate than their equally mathematically equipped non-homeschooled peers.According to [8] and [11], some important characteristics of an independent learner are: • Critical reflection • Self-awareness (especially related to own learning
-orderresponses was c) associate this project with another project to optimize understanding. Perhaps thiswas because this level of association would require documentation and reflection on theperformance of the positive and negative aspects to capitalize on future projects, and we did notscaffold such reflection.Abstraction and modularization: The ideas included in this evaluation criterion were: a) to detectthe materials or tools necessary for the project, b) to identify the learning scenarios, and c) toacquire new knowledge and inspirations. In most cases, high-level responses are observed perhapsdue to the wide-spread knowledge of the technology used in the construction process and thescaffolded study of the basic parts of the subsystems (sensors
mentor-student interaction time.This is due to each student pair having a graduate student mentor for three of the six weeks, whichis reflected in the greater number of personnel involved in the six-week program (Figure 3D). Thebreakdowns in Figure 3 showcase the overall cost reduction of the three-week program incomparison to the six- and ten-week programs.Assessment of ProgramWhile the cost assessment determined the 3-week program optimized overall program costs,student learning outcome results were needed to compare the effectiveness of each program tojudge whether cost cutting measures were detrimental to the overall objectives. To determinewhether students learned the concepts taught throughout each iteration, pre- and post-surveys(included
EffortStudent effort is known to be a significant predictor of performance on low-stakes tests [22].During ESO testing, proctors observed that some students testing in-class clicked throughquestions toward the end of the test, reflecting decreasing effort. Results from the ESO showed acorrelation between time spent on the core test components and final core score, suggesting thatstudent effort did impact achievement.However, previous work on PIAAC engagement suggests that the proportion of disengagedrespondents from Canada with educational attainment greater than high school is less than 5%[30]. Only 4.2% of the students in this sample were filtered out because of low time spent ontest, which aligns with this previous evaluation of disengaged
a group of engineeringfaculty across the country and spearheaded by Ohio Northern University (ONU) “to moreaccurately reflect the ONU brand of the KEEN framework" and to allow more faculty to “feelcomfortable incorporating entrepreneurial content into their courses” [5]. As an expandedframework, eKSO contains 55 objectives, unlike KSO’s 18.EMLOAfter reviewing the KSO framework, the faculty at The Ohio State University sought to usebackward design to create a new set of learning objectives, the Entrepreneurial Mindset LearningObjectives (EMLO) that included more specific objectives and focused on integrating EM intothe curriculum throughout the different stages of a student’s college career. One of the uniqueaspects of this approach was the
supports students’ learning. Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 1:3–31, 2005.[12] S. E. Harpe. How to analyze Likert and other rating scale data. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 7(6):836–850, 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2015.08.001.[13] M. K. Hartwig and J. Dunlosky. Study strategies of college students: Are self-testing and scheduling related to achievement? Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 19:126–134, 2012.[14] Charles Henderson and Kathleen A Harper. Quiz corrections: Improving learning by encouraging students to reflect on their mistakes. The physics teacher, 47(9):581–586, 2009.[15] G. Herman, K. Varghese, and C. Zilles. Second-chance testing course policies and student behavior. In Proceedings of the
establishing empathy as anecessary addition to the engineering field.Empathy is a component of emotional intelligence that is measurable by most assessments.Reimer makes the case that emotional intelligence, as measured by these scales, is reflective of aperson’s overall communication skills. As such, there may also be a link of these sameemotional intelligence scales to the engineering design process. The effective design processstarts with empathy for the customer as the priority [29].The EQi-2.0 reports 21 scores, which include 15 individual metrics. The individual metrics aregrouped into five composite scores and a total score. These scores set up the basis for thecomparison of the development of the student to their process of solving an open
trend of usage with noon being thebusiest time. In fall 2018, the hours of operation were from 11:00 AM until 10:00 PM. Thesehours were changed to 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM based on how few visitors came to the makerspaceat night. In fall 2019, the hours were changed again to reflect the current hours of operationwhich are 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM. Figure 6 shows both fall 2018 and spring 2018 hours ofoperation and the number of visitors during each open hour. Number of Visitors During Open Hours Fall 2018 Spring 2019 350 300 Number of Visitors 250 200 150
. This exposed our students tocollaborators among different fields, with their own terminology, goals, work methods andpractical approaches. Our paper reports on the initial experiment during the Fall 2019 term,involving two sections of an Artificial Intelligence class and one section of a Deep Learningclass. We are planning to continue this collaboration in the future.Keywords: Collaborative Learning, Interdisciplinary, Inter-Class teamwork 1. IntroductionStudents at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) are exposed topractical, hands-on educational activities throughout their course of studies, reflected by theuniversity’s “Learn by Doing” motto. In the Computer Science, Software Engineering andComputer
electrical circuit with light and multimeter.The Sketchtivity and Mechanix tools continue to be adjusted by the Texas A&M UniversityComputer Science Sketch Recognition Lab (TAMU SRL) with the fine-tuning driven by bothprogrammatic efficiencies and instructor feedback. Students adapt well to the guidance providedin Sketchtivity and are drawn to the game. Mechanix is a greater challenge such that, whendeploying all three tools concurrently, students tend to abandon their work in Mechanix as toodifficult. Pre-teaching the truss analysis process, couched in curriculum, is critical to createfoundational understanding to best interpret the guidance and hints provided by the tool.At the end of the course I have students submit a reflection regarding
question.The second question focuses on different types of data. The varied backgrounds and experiencesof the students mean their disciplinary perspectives are different and will be reflected in the typesof data they will work with in their research practices [4]. Students have a general understandingof what data is but may not be aware of the different types of data sources (i.e., primary,secondary and tertiary). The worksheet provides a short description of the types of data sourcesto facilitate recall of the in-class lectures and discussions on the topic. Students are asked toidentify a minimum of three data sources, and a variety of sources (where applicable).The third question addresses the challenge of identifying appropriate data sources to
students to better understand the damping and its associated properties through the development and implementation of new instructional tools, a course assessment questionnaire was conducted in the Fall 2018 class to reflect the impact of the presented curriculum development activities on student learning. In order to determine the effects of the two developed vibration systems on this course, a course assessment questionnaire designed by the author [10, 11] was used to collect student perceptions and the results were compared with the student feedback collected in the Fall 2017 class [7, 8]. 4.1 Course Goals Table 3 shows how students compared their level of knowledge for related topics before and after this
. A few others plan to start graduate school in Fall 2020. Of the 48 who went on topursue graduate degrees in water science and engineering, 34 (71%) were female and 18 (38%)were URM. No statistical differences in the likelihood to attend graduate school were observedbased on gender or race/ethnicity. Our legacy assessment will further characterize the educationand career trajectories of our program alumni, as well as their retrospective reflections regardingthe impact participating in our program had on their education and career choices.Alumni tracking for the three comparison environmental engineering REU Programs found thatover 60% of participants of the Clarkson REU attended graduate or professional school [9],approximately 60% of the CU
participation for women.MethodsThis work presented here is part of a larger mixed-methods study, employing an exploratorysequential study design: first, qualitative data were collected and analyzed, which then informedthe development of a survey to collect quantitative data [5].Qualitative Interview AnalysisAs part of the qualitative study [4], fifteen interviews were conducted with female students,prompting them to reflect on their team project in their first-year engineering course and discusswhat contributed to their satisfaction, or dissatisfaction, with their team experience. Studentswere asked to describe their team project; discuss which tasks they performed in the project andwhether there were any tasks they wished they did more or less of; and
-Fitzpatrick and G. D. Hoople, “Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Mindset: An Interdisciplinary Approach Using Drones,” Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 7, no. 3, 2019. www.advances.asee.org/wp-content/uploads/vol07/issue03/Papers/AEE-25- Hoople.pdf15 G. D. Hoople, A. Choi-Fitzpatrick, and E. Reddy, “Drones for Good: Interdisciplinary Project Based Learning Between Engineering and Peace Studies,” International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 1378-1391, 2019. https://www.ijee.ie/latestissues/Vol35-5/12_ijee3801.pdf16 E. Reddy, G. D. Hoople, and A. Choi-Fitzpatrick, “Interdisciplinarity in Practice: Reflections on Drones as a Classroom Boundary Object,” Journal of Engineering Studies, vol. 11
lower than expected correction rates,indicating the necessity to enhance undergraduate solid mechanics education. Considering overallperformance by category provides additional evidence with regards to the limited understandingamong students on the multi-scale nature of materials and linkages to observed mechanicalbehavior and properties, Figure 5 (f). The collected student data indicates that although most ofthe students were able to identify the meaning of each keyword and categorize them properly inthe “materials processing” category (77% of students correctly categorized the keywordsbelonging to “materials processing” category), the macro-scale mechanics parameter resultsindicate significant misconceptions as reflected by the observation
, the amount of solder used for each connection,neatness and shape and the visual inspection of potential cold solder joints, among otherconsiderations. Although many students had soldered before, the training was an opportunity torefresh and refine these skills. All students who had prior soldering experience indicated theybenefited from the training.Lessons Learned by StudentsAs part of the project experience, one requirement was to talk about and submit a summary oflessons learned after the demonstration session. This gave each person in the class an opportunityto reflect on their experience to critically evaluate what they would be doing differently the nexttime they designed a board. Much of the feedback received indicated that students
testing week.There is a spike in student motivation. Many students share that they enjoy finally being able tobegin building their project. During the Week 7’s construction week, many report struggles,setbacks and trouble with coding, resulting in a decrease in motivation. Week 8 is the lastconstruction and testing week. Some teams report their design starts functioning properly whileothers still struggle to get it to work. Week 9 is the presentation and demo day. Many reflect theyenjoy growing together as a team, have fun building the project and learn a lot. Some complainabout uncooperative team members and challenges of the project. 7 6 Self-Determination Index (SDI
” may be a more effective strategy forultimately attaining a distribution of gender within engineering that reflects the largercommunity.References1. Roy J, ASEE. Engineering by the Numbers [Internet]. 2018. Available from: https://ira.asee.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2018-Engineering-by-Numbers- Engineering-Statistics-UPDATED-15-July-2019.pdf2. Bystydzienski JM, Brown A. “I Just Want to Help People”: Young Women’s Gendered Engagement with Engineering. Fem Form. 2012;24(3):1–21.3. Diekman AB, Clark EK, Johnston AM, Brown ER, Steinberg M. Malleability in communal goals and beliefs influences attraction to stem careers: evidence for a goal congruity perspective. J Pers Soc Psychol. United States; 2011;101(5
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instructors with the necessary tools and support to ensure instructionalcoherence across all sections of ENC 3246. Developing material for the Failure Analysis ProjectThe Failure Analysis Project was introduced in summer 2017 in order to add a broadlyapplicable writing task that would feature research as an ethical practice, thereby bettersupporting current ABET criteria. Several of the new research tools discussed in this paper,including the credibility checklist and updated course guides, also reflect ABET accreditationcriteria, specifically General Criterion 3 [1, pg. 3] (Student Outcomes) and General Criterion 5(Curriculum) [1, pg. 5].This assignment was further developed in response to a recent initiative from the UF College ofEngineering