members. The guiding assumption is that project outcomes are a reasonableproxy measure of individual learning. That may or may not be the case, but what seems to be anunfortunate result of that approach is that students efforts become fixed on project success ratherthan learning success.Accepting that an important outcome of an engineering education is to prepare students forprofessional group work, should not compromise the quality of the education that each individualstudent receives. The assumption that project success equates to learning success iscommunicated so often to engineering students through group role-playing schemes, projectprocess charts, task assignments, and grading plans, that students themselves will undercut theirown learning
10 0 Quiz Final Project Figure 5. Capability and Innovation Evolution of Student Learning in EOS To sum up, the authors believe domain capability, innovative skills (i.e., CDIO andSCAMPER), and self-awareness of learning motivation are essential for the product ofcreativity. For the learning motivation, we completed a survey using Day ReconstructionMethod (DRM) in 2014. We plan to design an enhancement of the motive building in CIM in2018. Then, we would like to compare the DRM results of 2014 and 2018 to make CIM moreapplicable for the system engineering education.Reference[1] Huang, Y.L., Cheng, C.Y., Lin, S.S.J., “CIM: Capability-Innovation-Motive
-institutional group have not all adopted CATME forteam evaluation. They do plan to do so in the fall term following initiation of this project. Someof the participating institutions have provided insight into their observations in preparation foruse of CATME in their programs. At this point Purdue University – Main Campus providesCATME data, the other institutions provide empirical data about the performance of theircapstone teams.Purdue University (PU) Data From Data Collection Tool vs. Others as PublishedThe CATME2 data collection tool was used at each gate, which are periods of time during thesemester. There are three of these periods during the fall and spring terms where mid-courseassessment is completed. The data was used to determine if students
dutiesbetween the parties need to be clearly delineated and understood. While all grant deliverableswere completed as planned, there was some confusion as to which specific pieces of curriculumwere to be developed by Bay College and which pieces were to be developed by Michigan TechUniversity. This led to a certain amount of frustration and duplication of effort, so a meetingwas scheduled at the beginning of year two to very clearly outline the expected deliverables ofboth parties before the year began. This seems simple, but has been an important takeaway ofthe development of this partnership thus far and is recommended for other institutions looking toform similar partnerships elsewhere. Partners should clearly state which curriculum will bedeveloped
Science Teaching, 42(5), 2013, pp 36-41. 10. McNeil, J.C., M.W. Ohland, and R.A. Long. Entry pathways, academic performance, and persistence of nontraditional students in engineering by transfer status. Proceedings of IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Erie, PA, October 2016. 11. Kaleita, A. L. G.R. Forbes, E. Ralston, J. Compton, D. Wohlgemuth, D.R. Raman. Pre-enrollment identification of at-risk students in a large engineering college. International Journal of Engineering Education, 32(4), 2016, pp 1647-1659. 12. Moller-Wong, C, M.C. Shelley, and L.H. Ebbers. Policy goals for educational administration and undergraduate retention: Toward a cohort model for policy and planning
the Science and Engineering Indicatorsreport. Some other differences among the data is that overall enrollment is only reported on theundergraduate level, the median number of years for degree completion is only reported for thegraduate level, and post-graduation plans are only reported on the graduate level.Despite its shortcomings in how often intersectional data is reported, the data on participation inengineering in higher education is the most comprehensive and consistently reported. This mayexplain why progress in BPE is commonly measured using data associated with degrees. Table 4: Data reported for the higher education segmentWorkforceThe workforce includes careers in academia and industry. As seen in Table 5, data
levelswas executed. dedicated to conditionals.A. Module 1: Focus on Variables, Assignments, Operators C. Module 3: Focus on Loops In this module, the first 35-minute block was dedicated to The third module focused on repetition. The module beganan interactive talk, which allowed the students to peek into with a talk from an architect. Along with other things, sheprogramming using the terminal and webpage designing. After showed the students how house plans were drawn in thethe break, we introduced the concept of assignments, operators past manually and how they are done today with the aidand variables to the students using everyday examples like
‐through rate surpassing national averages, we are still struggling in converting interest to applications and enrollment. Some of this may be related to our staff consisting of only 2.5‐3.5 full‐time employees during this time. We are currently in conversation with organizations who specialize in marketing and enrollment services to help us conduct full‐scale market research and then assist in ensuring the marketing plan in place leads to qualified applicants who are ultimately admitted and enrolled. Increasing Visibility at 2‐Year Institutions Video Monitors at 2‐Year Institution Partners Beginning in 2019, the Engineering Academies will integrate the Houston Community College campus into the Texas A&M Engineering Four Winds International
Example Adjust action to be effective “Yeah, I missed a math quiz because ... I Problem- (e.g., strategizing, don't know, it's a little different. The Subcode Definition1 Example Solving instrumental action, planning). teachers aren't hounding you every single These are active, constructive, day, like, "Hey, get this in, get this in." So I and problem-focused means missed that, and I immediately went and to change a situation. bought a calendar.” Find new options (e.g., “First, I think what do I
anxiety.The questions are scaled with anchors of 1, not true of me, to 7, very true of me. A higher averagescore corresponds to greater test anxiety.Time and Study Environment: This scale is another section of the MSLQ that seeks to evaluate astudent’s ability to manage time and regulate study environments. Included in this measure is astudent’s level of organization, scheduling, and planning. Time management can range fromsetting aside a night for studying to weekly and monthly scheduling. Study environment refers tothe setting where the student studies for class work. The ideal study environment for a student isorganized and free from distractions. The time and study environment section of our surveyincludes eight items, using the same Likert-scale
; (b) We realized that our collegestudents can be very capable and responsible when given suitable responsibilities andopportunities, and (c) We learned the fun of outreaching to community. We hope that, in thefuture, different schools or community institutions will be involved in similar projects.In terms of future plan, there are chances to develop other service learning projects andcollaborative activities beyond our projects.As mentioned in section 2.4 outcomes (Ha Le), in August 2018, Cal Poly Pomona Associate VicePresident for Research visited the solar charging station and met with the GHS principal. Theydiscussed further collaborative activities between Cal Poly Pomona and the high school.The 3-D printing project (Zhen Yu) was not only
avoided by students. Turing Machines are mathematical models ofcomputation, which present some special challenges in teaching-learning environments, becausein addition to visual representations, some coded representations are also needed for importanttasks such as proofs [6, 13, 37]. Some of the multiple representations of Turing Machines are not asintuitive as visual representations and they involve additional work [6, 14]. Engaging students withmultiple representations of Turing Machines can be planned in a way that provides an initialintuitive understanding of the concepts through visual representation, and then more complexideas can be built with other representations. That is, complex concepts need to be developed ina progressive manner
collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectivesTable 2: Mapping assignment objectives to ABET OutcomesAs discussed in the previous section, all of the student-generated podcasts successfully met theassignment’s learning objectives and by extrapolation the assignment supported the desiredlearning outcomes.While the first question was answered affirmatively that the team podcast assignment contributestoward achieving ABET outcomes, this alone does not merit an assignment’s place in thecurriculum. If an assignment is added
WorkThe authors are committed to improving the quality of the videos, and will continue to revisethem. This includes developing videos illustrating the most challenging concepts usingexperimental demonstrations and digital arts that are typically difficult to achieve in lectureclassrooms.The authors plan to continue collecting data on the effectiveness of supplemental videos in futureofferings of the course, include other instructors to broaden the study, and to develop strategiesto influence students’ studying habits. In addition, longer term effects of the current videos willbe assessed. The authors intend to track and analyze post-video student performance in thesubsequent laboratory course, and compare with students without videos in ME 4061
how to avoid pitfalls, such as:“You are working in the computer lab late in the evening on your laboratory report due the nextday. Your friend Hans is using the computer next to you and asks what you are working on. Youexplain your lab report is due in the morning and Hans laughs and tells you that lab report tookhim 3 hours to write when he took the same class last year. He offers to give you his oldlaboratory report to help you finish up faster. You are exhausted from a long week of midtermsand desperate to finish the report. You agree to his offer immediately and plan to simply checkthe conclusions to make sure you are on the right track. When you open the document yourealize that your calculations are completely wrong and you will need to
need for greater emphasis on leadership in engineeringeducation, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET),through its Engineering Accreditation Commission, updated its accreditationcriteria for student outcomes in 2017 [1]. ABET shifted from simply stating theneed for engineers to “function on multidisciplinary teams” to a more detailedcriterion, which identifies specific aspects of leadership, including “an ability tofunction effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, createa collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meetobjectives” [1]. The importance of including leadership as a focus in anengineering curriculum has long been confirmed by the National Academy
engineering is a sociocultural practice thatcannot exist in isolation.Future studies and plan for action include more conversation on how to decolonize theengineering curriculum and integrating more native engineering practices in traditionalengineering classrooms. It is important to recognize that everyone has benefited from nativeengineering practices (e.g., wildlife population monitoring, ecological relationships, sustainableharvesting practices, and canoe or snowshoe artifacts that were quickly adapted by Europeansettlers), which in some instances were taken from indigenous communities by violent means orthrough genocide. Current efforts include the development of engineering curriculum thatshowcases how indigenous communities create and harness
: physically active students reviewingmaterials on a treadmill, or a parent multitasking with a carried baby sending a text message, forexample. These are examples of the application of principles of Universal Design for Learning(UDL), which due to space limitations we do not discuss further. See [13] for an introduction and[14] for a more recent accessibility-oriented discussion. Voice control of ClassTranscribe,discussed below, is planned for later 2019.During a live lecture, there is no option to replay recently missed information. A disengagedstudent, upon hearing an interesting phrase or completing a technology-based distraction ormental break, will attempt to re-engage and reconnect with the current lecture content andcontext. The attempt to
define the objectives of the course before setting any lesson plan. Then, rather thanusing pre-established structures for their course, they can determine the teaching elements thatwould be the most appropriate to reach those objectives. By continuing to move “backwards”, thetopics to be emphasized can be selected, and lastly, the content of each class can be set. Here, using backwards design, we adopt a hybrid approach, and present a multi-leveled activecourse. We created a new course structure that incorporates, in an engineering course, the activeelements that are traditionally used in business school curricula. By doing so, the “Fundamentalsof Nanobiotechnology and Nanobioscience” course aims to get students more involved andengaged in
establish an AP Engineeringcourse for American high school students have come many questions about the legitimacy ofsuch a plan. Questions about what to teach, how to grade student work and how to train teachersare some of the most prevalent. One universal question posed is: Can high school teachers, mostof whom are not engineers, effectively teach a college level introduction to engineering course? In this paper, we will examine longitudinal data documenting the success of the UA dual creditcourse, ENGR 102 HS. We will specifically tease out teacher effectiveness in relation to years inservice, and teacher/student gender match. Finally, we will examine teacher education comparingthose meeting the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) guidelines and
term project by completing several intermediate writing anddiscussion assignments. Intermediate writing assignments are brief, typically requiring fewerthan three pages. The goal is to encourage direct, specific responses to the assignment, makingthe student’s thinking as clear as possible. Development of more expansive text in the style of ajournal article comes later (primarily in Course 2). Typical assignments include the following: 1.Develop a list of preliminary readings and keywords; 2. Write and present a 1-page descriptionof the specific topic of the planned literature review; 3. Post, for class discussion, a recentresearch paper, and analyze it using the critical thinking framework; 4. Prepare and presentcritical summary and
machine design presented in this paper willbenefit technicians, electricians, and manufacturing workers by providing a user- friendly and low-cost efficient device that will accurately and efficiently cut one wire. The automated industrialwire cutting machine also decreases manual labor; as a result, it increases productivity.There are cost-effective ways to improve this prototype that can increase productivity even moresignificantly. Even though the machine prototype was only able to cut and strip one wire at a time,it is more accurate and efficient than most machines in the market at a fraction of the price. Asmentioned in the future work section there is a plan to make it a 4-wire machine that will beat anycompetitor in the market. It is hoped
plan for the Fluid Mechanics coursewas developed considering the objectives and clear outline for student learning. The survey used16 questions with a five-point Likert scale and the overall responses were analyzed to determinethe effectiveness of the integration. The results of the survey are summarized below: • There was a consensus in the support of our use of the software • The support is readily available from the students to integrate CFD, EFD, and AFD with the general theoretical lectures and coursework in Fluid Mechanics. • The results indicate that students will not only benefit their learning and improve their general overall understanding but can impact the student’s potential job opportunity
which are currently considered equallyimportant as technical skills. A study by Hansen and Hansen included the following as the mostcritical employability skills by the employers: communication (listening, written and verbal);analytical/research abilities; computer/technical literacy; flexibility/adaptability/managingmultiple priorities; interpersonal abilities; leadership/management aptitudes; multiculturalsensitivity/awareness; planning/organizing; problem-solving/reasoning/creativity; and team work[23]. International collaboration for students encourage students to gain insight towardsprofessionalism; reliability; ability to cope with uncertainty; work under pressure; capability tocommunicate and interact with others, either in teams or
spendingover 6 hours creating the team assignments in Fall 2019. We were able to provide the same data tothe junto application, and obtain results in less than 10 minutes. For this team assignment, theinstructor did not use GPA or the option to select partners. The average satisfaction of the teamsgenerated “by-hand” was 13.11, whereas the average satisfaction from junto was 13.05. Theseare very similar numbers, however junto would have saved the instructor over 5 hours of work.The instructor is currently gathering data for this one-year course (surveys, reports, and studentperformance) and has plans to use junto next year.Conclusionsjunto sought out to introduce an accessible, portable, quick, and efficient tool for the capstoneteam formation
achievement level for the use of the more recent technology (i.e., the cloud-based SRS) inthe subject section. Nevertheless, two-sample t-tests showed that the differences in theachievement level were not statistically significant: p-values = 0.157, 0.101 and 0.471 for costestimating, engineering economy, and project planning and control, respectively (Table 3).Hypothesis H2 was therefore not supported.Table 3. Summary of t-tests on actual learning Description Cost estimating Engineering economy Scheduling/control Control Subject Control Subject Control Subject Mean 0.859 0.833 0.810 0.838 0.820 0.834 Variance
developmental platform and themodeling of the VR framework as applied to a PEM fuel cell to enhance performance. Studentsexplore concepts as parametric characterization of the thermochemical system. VR technology willenable students to explore new ways to implement their knowledge practically, enhancinginformation retention, and promoting critical thinking. Moreover, this Virtual Reality LearningEnvironment (VRLE) is used to bridge the gap between the theoretical approach and experimentalactivities in face-to-face learning. While still a work in progress, the module is proposed to be beta-tested in the months tocome and potentially fully implemented during the next academic year. Partial results andassessment plans are described in the final
evaluation work includes evaluating teamwork models, broadening participation initiatives, and S-STEM and LSAMP programs.Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Joyce B. Main is Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Military Veteran Students’ Pathways in Engineering Education (Year 6)AbstractThis National Science Foundation (NSF) Research in Engineering Education (REE)-fundedproject
DIVERSE MINDSAbstract:The use of course management systems have resulted in a growing trend among faculty to provide studentswith course materials to augment lectures. This can include lecture notes, example problems orsupplementary reading. In engineering courses, instructor-provided notes are often handwritten -- even inonline courses. There is an assumption that handwritten notes are preferred by students and have apedagogical benefit over typed notes.Access to course materials for students with disabilities is also improving due to advancements in bothtechnology and awareness. Students with disabilities often receive custom accommodation plans for coursework when the original class format does not adequately support their learning. In courses
weighing the triple bottom line of engineering solutions in global, economic, sustainability, economic, and environmental, and societal contexts social impacts5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a Collaborate with others in the collaborative and inclusive environment, establish accomplishment of lab activities, goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives but specifically the term project6. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate Interpretation of acquired data, experimentation, analyze and