were at their level or below, but struggled when the identified audience had moreadvanced training. Further, more specifically identified audiences led to stronger outcomes – forexample discerning between high school students versus juniors taking a physics class.Conducting the research was another area in which students pointed to struggles, which ifovercome, led to enriched learning outcomes. On the contrary, if students confronted a challengeand were not able to surmount it, then the learning outcomes were not achieved. To maximizeoutcome attainment, the assignment would benefit from enhanced guidance and support inconducting background research – for example, by inviting a university librarian to guest lectureon best practices in using
curriculums, which consistently show that writing helps students understand coursecontent significantly better. One such study of the use of journal writing documented ameasurable improvement in student understanding of engineering material and,moreover, a measurable shift in student attitude towards the writing assignments,suggesting that the students themselves recognized a valid purpose for the writing. 7Another study also found evidence that an intensive focus on journal writing had animportant impact on student learning. Close analysis of the journal writing revealed thatstudents gained much more than practice with writing skills. Through their writtenresponses to the textbooks for their design course, students experienced a change in
preparation in engineering research and graduate studies. Experienced faculty working onresearch projects at the NHERI sites are assigned to students as mentors at each site. A networkof mentors, at each site and across the sites, including faculty mentors, graduate student mentors,peer mentors, and staff mentors make up the support structure for the NHERI REU researchers. Over the course of seven years, the NHERI REU program underwent formative changes,including modifications to the mentor training. A comprehensive analysis of qualitative andquantitative data reveals valuable lessons learned about mentoring best practices acrossinterdisciplinary fields and various modalities, including remote, hybrid, and in person researchsettings. Through
attending an International Summer Energy School. 2. Teacher attitudes toward science and engineering will improve as a result of experiencing problem-based learning (PBL) and engineering design with constraint activities as learners and teachers will subsequently use design and PBL pedagogies in their classrooms. 3. Teachers will more fully appreciate relationships that tie science fundamentals to technology applications and economic development, and become more forceful and convincing advocates for sustainable energy practices and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.RET participating teachers (n=23) engaged in cutting-edge engineering research at West
researchand innovation in STEM disciplines [4]. The workshop provides graduate students withcustomized strategies and guidance to effectively communicate their research findings in scholarlypublications, thereby empowering them to do so.This paper offers comprehensive information regarding the organization, execution, andevaluation of an intensive workshop designed for graduate trainees of a multi-STEM educationalprogram based on the community of practice concept and the social cognitive. A key componentof the workshop was forming a writing accountability group, an innovative strategy wherebytrainees committed to specific manuscript writing goals and provided peer support. It has beenestablished that graduate-specific professional development
has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for intro- ductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on NSF projects in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect conceptual change and associated impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and per- sistence. The other is on the factors that promote persistence and success in retention of undergraduate students in engineering. He was a coauthor for best paper award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013.Dr. Eugene Judson, Arizona State University Eugene
Virginia. Her research interests include engineering design education (especially in regards to the design of complex systems), student preparation for post-graduation careers, approaches for supporting education research-to-practice. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Preparing Students for a Collaborative Engineering Design Work Environment: A Study of Practicing EngineersAbstractRecent studies within design and engineering education have focused on better preparingengineering graduates to function within an industry design environment. Increased emphasis inthis area is motivated by a growing concern that graduates are entering industry with littleexperience engaging
long it took the given design to go from theopen position to the closed position. Speed was given an importance weighting of 20 since it isimportant to elevate as quickly as possible, but not as important to the constraints of the robot asstrength and weight are. Finally, reliability was considered as how consistent and durable thesystem is. It was only given an importance weighting of 15 since low durability can easily becompensated for by checking the system for signs of damage after every match.Since there was no baseline for the Pugh Matrix, the alternatives were compared on how wellthey fit each criterion. The alternative that fit it the best was given a 1, the worst alternative wasgiven a -1 and the final alternative was given a 0. The
Paper ID #281032018 Best PIC V Paper: Continuing Professional Development Division: IsThere a Connection Between Classroom Practices and Attitudes TowardsStudent-Centered Learning in Engineering?Lydia Ross, Arizona State University Lydia Ross is a doctoral candidate and graduate research assistant at Arizona State University. She is a third year student in the Educational Policy and Evaluation program. Her research interests focus on higher education equity and access, particularly within STEM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019
. Walton-Macaulay has extensive experience in the geotechnical and materials industry prior to becoming an academician and is a licensed professional engineer. Dr. Walton-Macaulay’s has a passion to teach, to educate upcoming civil engineers in best practices and for them to look to alternative ways and new technology that will improve on current design methods. Dr. Walton-Macaulay believes that fostering diversity in teaching breeds innovation and is currently focused on engineering education research on socio-economic inequities in infrastructure.Xiaomei Wang, Brigham Young University Dr. Xiaomei Wang, a Civil Engineering Ph.D., specializes in environmental engineering. She conducts research on infrastructure
of the participants struggled to provide approaches to assessing the Page 25.614.12impact. This speaks to the need for more research in this area. However, among the few who tried, the use of a control group and experiment groups was the suggested approach. Others, however, reverted tometrics they think are most important when assessing the impact of a cyberlearning award. Many participants said that the metrics used to assess the impact of a cyberlearning award shouldbe based on the subject and the context (i.e
Paper ID #18835Designing a Course for Peer Educators in Undergraduate Engineering De-sign CoursesMs. Gina Marie Quan, University of Maryland, College Park Gina Quan is a doctoral candidate in Physics Education Research at the University of Maryland, College Park. She graduated in 2012 with a B.A. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include understanding community and identity formation, unpacking students’ relation- ships to design, and cultivating institutional change. Ms. Quan is also a founding member of the Access Network, a research-practice community dedicated to
transform existing undergraduate engineering education byaddressing the important issue of transfer between theory and practice. The research plan isguided by the research questions listed in Table 1. The focus of the present paper is thedevelopment of an instrument that can be used to help answer the first research question. Table 1. Research Questions for Overarching FHWA Project No. Research Question Do students who experience the Anchored classroom interventions demonstrate an ability to transfer fundamental engineering knowledge to applied bridge design? a. If so, how many Anchored courses must a student have taken to demonstrate a significant positive 1. correlation with their success in
Paper ID #12969Teaching as a Design Process: A Framework for Design-based Research inEngineering EducationDr. Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University Margret Hjalmarson is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University and currently a Program Officer in the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Infor- mal Settings at the National Science Foundation. Her research interests include engineering education, mathematics education, faculty development and mathematics teacher leadership.Prof. Jill K Nelson, George Mason UniversityCraig Lorie, George Mason University
, the effectiveness ofsuch projects within the context of competition is largely unexplored.Surveys of recent graduates will serve as the primary assessment tool for the effectiveness ofinterdisciplinary versus non-interdisciplinary teams and competition versus non-competitionteams. The authors will assess both the impact of student competitions on learning and theimpact of interdisciplinary teams on the learning and effectiveness of competition teams.Additional assessment tools will include competition scores and feedback received from facultymembers based on the performance of the 2020 West Point Steel Bridge Team.IntroductionIt only takes a quick look at the news over the past few years to see that the world is changing ata rapid pace
Measurement from the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University. She has been involved in all aspects of educational and psychological research for over 20 years. Dr. Hirsch has extensive experience conducting longitudinal research studies and is proficient in database management, experimental design, instrument development, psychometrics and statistical programming. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 The Impact of an Undergraduate Research Program on Students’ Attitudes toward and Pursuit of Graduate Studies – A Follow-up StudyAbstractUndergraduate research experiences have been shown to have a positive impact on
content in a required course on engineering and research skills for first-year graduate studentsPOSITIONALITY STATEMENTWe acknowledge that the authors are all in varying positions of privilege. The university atwhich we are implementing this initiative is a primarily white, private institution in the UnitedStates. We are also located in a state in which such topics are relatively open for discussion ineducational settings. Although the authors hold different identities in gender identity, race,ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and more, we are far from representative ofthe larger population and recognize the need for many more voices in this type of work.INTRODUCTIONEngineering and research have profound impacts on issues of
Paper ID #23357Impacts on Teaching Practices from a Solar Photovoltaic Institute FacultyProfessional Development ProgramDr. Kenneth Walz, Madison Area Technical College Dr. Walz completed his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin in Environmental Chemistry and Tech- nology, while conducting electrochemical research on lithium-ion batteries with Argonne National Lab- oratory and Rayovac. His studies also included research with the University of Rochester Center for Photo-Induced Charge Transfer. Since 2003, Dr. Walz has taught chemistry and engineering at Madi- son Area Technical College, where he serves as the the Director
complete) project that they can seethrough from start to finish. Examples include analyzing a small dataset or doing initialbenchmark tests. More experienced students can often finish a Stage 2 project in a week or two,although the pace will vary depending on the project and what skills students need to learn. If ittakes more than two weeks for a student to complete stage 2, the mentor can sit down with thestudent and re-evaluate the project goals and adjust the pace if needed.The goal of Stage 2 projects is to give students more practice with the research methodologiesand workflows used in the lab, while also providing the mentor with further opportunities toevaluate the students’ abilities. Stage 2 projects should be designed such that students
Foot Specialists of Laredo.10f) MORE-Professional Development Program (MORE-PDP)The MORE-PDP is intended to enhance faculty teaching skills and abilities, and, therefore,improve the student retention and graduation rates in STEM majors at TAMIU. The 2013STEM-MORE Faculty Development Workshop was entitled “Writing Issues and Efficacy inSTEM Disciplines.” A total of 24 participants attended the workshop: 16 from TAMIU, 5 fromLaredo Community College, 1 from local high schools, and 2 Pre-Service teachers. Theworkshop had the opportunity for participants to combine their insights with best practicessupported by relevant research. Special attention was given to the use of writing in the STEMclassroom, focusing on assigning, assessing, and
is limited research on effectivestakeholder engagement in BME design education and its impact on engineering skills [10].Thus, enhancing stakeholder involvement in capstone courses and addressing health equity offersa chance for curricular innovation. We aim to address these challenges by piloting a healthequity-focused design sprint, Designing Accessible Solutions for Health (DASH), prior to aBME capstone design course. In this work-in-progress paper, we examine the impact of the pilotprogram through one of our program’s research questions: how do students’ perceptions ofhealth equity change over the course of the health equity design sprint?Methods: This research exploration is part of a larger initiative at [blinded] that aims to
of the economy, that doctoralprogram was designed from its inception to raise up a new generation of scholars.However, there are many professionals who find that their lives are incompatible with thetraditional PhD’s structure and philosophy. Take, for example, a working engineer in her 40swho is earning a six-figure salary, has a family (spouse, kids, dog, and mortgage) and is eager toadvance her knowledge and career. Because we offer online master’s education options, she canpop open her laptop and take graduate-level courses in the evening after the house is settled.Once that master’s degree is in hand and she finds herself hungry for the depth and research-intensive experience of doctoral education, though, what options does she have
Paper ID #24974An Asset Approach to Broadening Participation: Tips and Tools for StrategicPlanningDr. Adrienne Ann Smith, Cynosure Consulting Dr. Adrienne Smith is a social scientist by training and an evaluator in practice with over ten years of experience leading evaluations in the areas of STEM education, collective impact, and teacher prepara- tion. Adrienne started her evaluation career at top evaluation and policy organizations in North Carolina (Horizon Research and the Education Policy Initiative at Carolina) before founding Cynosure Consulting. Adrienne’s commitment to high-quality evaluation is born out of a
mathematicsteachers from Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands with workshops, teaching/learningstrategies and research experiences; improve student support research infrastructure, providestrong student support to increase retention and graduation; successfully transfer 40% of BSgraduates into graduate school; provide pre-college research activities for 1,008 students; impact1,200 economically-disadvantaged community members with careers in computing-related areas;and disseminate the Alliance’s model and best practices to other institutions in the Caribbean andnationwide.This paper will present the outcomes of the grant after one year of implementation in the areas ofpre-college research, Saturday research academy, and summer research program
Public and Private Schools. Sociology of education, 1982. 55(2/3): p. 65‐76. 27. Rogosa, D., D. Brandt, and M. Zimowski, A growth curve approach to the measurement of change. Psychological Bulletin, 1982. 92(3): p. 726‐748. 28. Statistics, N.C.f.E., High School and Beyond: Sample Design Report, 1980: Washington D.C. 29. Morrell, C.H., L.J. Brant, and L. Ferrucci, Model Choice Can Obscure Results in Longitudinal Studies. The Journals of Gerontology, 2009. 64A(2): p. 215‐22. 30. Astin, A.W. and N. Denson, Multi‐Campus Studies of College Impact: Which Statistical Method is Appropriate? Research in Higher Education, 2009. 50(4): p. 354‐367. 31. Sanders, W.L. and J.C. Rivers, Research‐in‐Progress Report
a doctorate in engineering educa- tion. She previous conducted research in Purdue University’s First-Year Engineering Program with the Network for Nanotechnology (NCN) Educational Research team, the Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) Educational Research team, and a few fellow STEM education graduates for an obtained Discovery, En- gagement, and Learning (DEAL) grant. Prior to attending Purdue University, she graduated from Arizona State University with her B.S.E. in Engineering from the College of Technology and Innovation, where she worked on a team conducting research on how students learn LabVIEW through Disassemble, Ana- lyze, Assemble (DAA) activities.Dr. Jaqi C. McNeil, University of Louisville J.C
Wighton Fellow for excellence in development and teaching of laboratory-based courses in Canadian UG engineering programs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Graduate student pedagogical impact through development and delivery of a collaborative inquiry focused high school STEM programAbstractConsidering a changing academic landscape that desires skill development beyond that oftraditional research, post-secondary STEM students now require broad opportunities to improvetheir translatable skill set. Notably, we routinely observe an increasing number of doctoralstudents focused on developing their teaching skills, given opportunities to pursue
the bottom of pages for the author’s signature, a witness’s signature, and a 2date of completion. Recently, as technologies develop, the use of electronic engineering 36notebooks has been a focus of research (in both engineering and science) , although they have 710never been fully implemented as standard engineering practice. A variety of electronic formats have been envisioned for documenting student design project progress examples of which 9 1112 13 14include online
underserved groups (p. 3). The survey conducted seeks to furtheradd to the literature on university makerspace promising practices, and gain more information onthe specific university-level (student retention, diversity and access) and student-centered(student performance, engagement, and grades) impacts that university makerspaces have onengineering and engineering technology education.MethodologyIn the spring of 2016, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) distributed anonline survey (see Appendix) to engineering deans (ED) and engineering technology deans anddepartment chairs (ETDC). The survey was designed by ASEE’s Assessment, Evaluation andInstitutional Research (AEIR) department. The survey consisted primarily of a series of
SSKG:StudentSuccess (b) Individual: SSKG:iLink_REU Annotations: dc:source < https://ilink.cybershare.utep.edu/> dc:description “The iLink group provides research and training opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students through multiple research projects funded by different agencies, organizations and industry partners.” Types: SSKG:UGResearchProgram (c) ObjectProperty: SSKG:impacts SubPropertyChain: SSKG:ReportedIn o SSKG:DescribesOutcomeFigure 3. (a) Description of the SSKG High Impact Practice class, (b) an example of anUndergraduate Research Program instance individual, and (c) an Object Property