Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoonjeong Lee, Texas A&M University, Galveston; Baukje Bee Kothuis, Delft University of Technology; Antonia Sebastian, Texas A&M University, Galveston; Sam Brody

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

Organizational aspects Sep - Nov Application • Writing skills: one pager research- • Choose and describe case studies Phase #1 intention + CV • Organize mentor team • Knowledge increase: Get acquainted with • Publish application information online general research location and local flood • Select 25 students to write full proposal risk related issues Dec - Jan Application • Writing skills: full research proposal

Collection

2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University

orwith peers, as well as any type of advising done by faculty or alumni of the school. The term“Social” includes recreational activities as well as cohort-building and team-building activities.“Professional Skills” includes any interactions designed to build students’ knowledge of industryor their preparation for it, such as tours or resume-writing, and “College Knowledge”encompasses any non-class related activities designed to prepare students for success as collegestudents. Note that some activities, as described in papers, may be ambiguous, as there can beoverlap between Advising and College Knowledge, for example. It is also noted that programsmay include components that were not noted in the papers, as they were not a focus of

Conference Session

Learning in a Socially-Distanced Environment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lucia Rut Capdevila, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

individually and then in groups Ask questions to peers and/or discuss in groups Study in groups Other (please specify)4) How did you prepare for AE 30 Exam 2? (Please select all that apply) Go over everything (pre-lecture activities, textbook, quizzes, notes, slides/lecture notes, and labs) Watch videos Review previous class material Made flash cards Review notes Re-write notes Review slides Read the textbook Study a few hours Rework examples and/or labs Problem solving in groups Study in groups Search for related videos on Youtube Review Solutions Other (please specify)5) Based on your AE 30 Exam 2 grade, did your preparation/study methods work? ◦ Yes ◦ NoThe following question, # 6

Conference Session

Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

the free body diagrams of the separate elements of the system,writing the system of equations, and arriving at the correct answer. But something stillnagged me – why did the systems behave differently? After some thought anddiscussion, I either realized or it was suggested to me that since the scenario with the 50Nweight had more mass than the one with the 50N force, it should accelerate more slowly.This seemed satisfying, and it is this sense of deeper understanding that I challenge mystudents to attain.But even here there is a price. Many students, including myself, believe that appealing tothe deeper understanding is the expected approach and shun long-hand procedure as acrutch. Even during my graduate studies, I clung to a notion that I

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tuncay Aktosun, University of Texas at Arlington; Jianzhong Su, University of Texas at Arlington

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Mathematics Department was formed in 2002, and it is akey component of our active mathematics learning community. Currently it has 130 activestudent members, and that number is roughly half of the number of UTA mathematics majors.The average number of the SURGE scholars has been 20, which is about 7% of all UTAmathematics majors and about 15% of the MAA Chapter members. All of our SURGE scholarsare very active in the MAA Student Chapter, and they hold key leadership positions there.Over the last ten years, our MAA Chapter has become a great venue for mathematics majors tointeract with faculty, build a peer support network, develop study skills, enhance professionaldevelopment, perform community services, organize social activities, gain leadership

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin O'Connor, University of Rochester; Daniel Amos, University of Washington; Tori Bailey, Stanford University; Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Lari Garrison, University of Washington; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Marcus Jones, Howard University; Derek Seward, University of Rochester; Lisa Perhamus, University of Rochester; Reed Stevens, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

UW.Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University Gary Lichtenstein, Ed.D. is a Consulting Associate Professor of Engineering at Stanford University, specializing in quantitative and qualitative research methods. His areas of intellectual interest include engineering education, community-based research, and education evaluation and policy. His extensive teaching experience includes courses on qualitative research methods (for graduate students), and on writing and critical thinking (for students ranging from high school to professionals). He lives in southeast Utah. He can be contacted at: garyL@stanfordalumni.org.Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines Heidi G. Loshbaugh is an Assistant Research

Conference Session

Engineering/Education Collaborators

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tamara Knott

means; and (iii) are accessible and easy to upgrade. Emmett7presents a detailed literature review on the use of ePortfolios along with student experiences atthe Queensland University of Technology. While pointing to the need to remain competitive in aknowledge based society, he draws attention to the paradigm shift in education from the one ofteacher centered to that of learner centered. The American Association for Higher Education8has outlined the standards and specification for ePortfolios. Leifer, et al.9 at Stanford present atriple loop learning model within the framework of an ePortfolio for effective learning. Theouter first loop of learning involves peer to peer interaction; the second intermediate loop haspeer to coach interaction

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Edwards; Hussein Vastani; Manuel Perez-Quinones

test data. Virginia Tech is actively exploring an alternativeapproach where students write their own test cases and are graded in part on the quality of theirown testing efforts. As a result, we have designed and implemented a general-purposeautomated grading tool and incorporated it into Web-CAT, the Web-based Center for AutomatedTesting5.Web-CAT is a web-based application implemented using Apple’s WebObjects framework21. Itis designed to be language independent, and is currently used for grading program submissionsin six languages, including Java and C++. For Java, it uses open-source tools such asCheckstyle2 and PMD14 to perform static analysis of coding and commenting style and to spotpotential coding issues, and uses the commercial tool

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session _Monday June 26, 11:00 - 12:30

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosalyn W. Berne, University of Virginia; William J Davis, University of Virginia; Kent A. Wayland, University of Virginia; Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook, University of Virginia; Caroline Crockett, University of Virginia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

forindividual engineers to prepare for their professional careers. The approachable writing style andreflective nature of the content make this text ideal for any level of engineering student, but it isparticularly salient for first- or second-year students.Giving Voice to Values (GVV)The GVV curriculum was pioneered by Mary Gentile, former professor with the University ofVirginia School of Business, for application in business. GVV takes an “action-orientedapproach” to values-driven leadership.11 We selected GVV for the Engineering Ethics coursebecause many graduating engineering students will one day step into leadership roles in businessorganizations. A significant body of GVV content is delivered by Gentile as pre-recordedmodules, developed for a

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nidaa Makki; Teresa Cutright, The University of Akron; Linda Coats, Mississippi State University; Rebecca Willits, Northeastern University; Tonya Stone, Mississippi State University; Lakiesha Williams; Debora Rodrigues, University of Houston

broaden the participation of underrepresented minorities that in engineering.Linda T Coats Dr. Linda T. Coats is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Mississippi State University. Since joining the University faculty, Professor Coats has taught courses in curriculum development, teacher preparation, social justice, research, leadership, and writing. She has managed three NSF-funded projects as Project Investigator with a STEM education focus and has served as co-PI for two NSF-funded projects with an engineering focus. Professor Coats’ perspectives about teaching, learning, leadership, and life have been molded by a confluence of historical, social, and political forces. Professor Coats’ research

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

disquisition. This general description is commonly taken to apply to social sciences, humanities andphysical sciences, as well as to all engineering fields. However, the outcomes expected in thepost-degree careers of humanists, social and physical scientists, and engineers are quite different.The scientist and humanist are charged with discovery. Their task is to learn and, then, toexplain to their peers the nature of their discoveries. Quite to the contrary, the engineer isexpected to develop a command of a defined topical field and, more importantly, to apply thatknowledge in a very tangible way that benefits society -- and, then, explain both discovery andapplication to society.Core Competencies in Engineering: All engineers solve problems and

Conference Session

Online Programs and Program Assessment

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tilman Wolf, University of Massachusetts Amherst; C. V. Hollot, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Russell Tessier, University of Massachusetts; Bryan Polivka, Shorelight Education; Chris Hoehn-Saric, Shorelight Education; Janet Donghee Kang; Katherine Newman

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

on the UMass Amherst campus to students whoare located together with their peers in classrooms abroad. The instruction is synchronous andallows for seamless two-way communication and active student engagement and thus provides anenvironment that is very similar to what students experience in a conventional residential program.By locating the studio on the main campus of the university, regular faculty members can be in-structors and thus ensure that the quality of the program is identical to what is normally taught oncampus. The cohort-based approach ensures that students can form a community, collaborate inthe classroom, and persist in the program.The technology is based on high-quality audio and video, interactive whiteboards, and a

Conference Session

ChemE Curriculum: Freshman and Sophomore

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy Q. Gardner, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

successful students will be able to do at the end of the course because of thecourse. These new skills the students will have should include at least some that are higher-level(create, evaluate, analyze…) and will likely also include some that are lower-level (recall, define,explain…). As an instructor, your first job is to analyze what skills the students must gain inyour course in order to be successful – in later courses, as a working scientist or engineer, etc.Then write student-focused learning outcomes that are SMART (originally defined by GeorgeDoran as Specific, Measurable, Assignable, Realistic, and Time-Related but slightly re-definedto apply to student learning outcomes). Many courses have learning outcomes that are writteneither in terms

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy John Vaillant, University of Massachusetts Lowell department of Mechanical Engineering; Christopher J Hansen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jonathan D. Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David Joe Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

programming, technical presentations and technical writing are taught in lec- ture and in online modules.This first year course has made significant use of the CNC laboratory to perform both short andlong projects. With approximately 160 students in the course in the Fall 2014 semester and 51students in the 2015 spring semester, this represents a relatively high student volume for hands-on manufacturing activities. Laboratories are run through the week with 18-19 students per sec-tion. The goal of the course is to maintain a relatively low-cost, project-intensive experiencewhile covering the appropriate content. Three categories of projects are performed during a se-mester, with approximately 10-15 CNC machining hours per student group

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Craig, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Tom Miller, North Carolina State University; Carolyn Miller, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer; George Rouskas, North Carolina State University; Larry Silverberg, North Carolina State University; Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

perform high-levelcomputing tasks within the context of a discipline. The first phase of the project entails theestablishment of an academe-industry community in which stakeholders from a broad range ofdisciplines will convene to discuss the challenges and opportunities inherent in transforming theundergraduate computing education, and to identify and implement creative strategies to do so.The “Computing Across Curricula” (CAC) community includes involvement from a number oflocal industry leaders and is modeled after the nationally recognized NC State Campus Writingand Speaking Program1 that promotes writing across the curriculum.To ensure that the goals and objectives of the project are met successfully, a detailed assessmentprocess is an

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

draft of their report forcomments prior to submitting their final report. UMBC also has a Writing Center located in theLearning Resource Center on campus that provides assistance to the students in the preparationof their reports21. Each team is also required to make a formal oral presentation usingPowerPoint at which each team member is required to present. Specific guidelines for thepresentation are discussed in class and the students are given a grading rubric for thepresentation. Each team member must also complete a peer evaluation on themselves and eachteam member, which is part of the students’ grade for the course.The Second Initiative - The High School Introduction to Engineering CourseThe high school course is essentially the same as

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Balaji Narasimhan, Iowa State University; Monica H. Lamm, Iowa State University; Carlos Lopez, Iowa State University ; Dimitra Lynette Jackson, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

of study. Similarly, students stated that their projects were notonly interesting; but also challenging, and that they were able to learn more about managing timeand accomplishing different tasks in a short period of time. Moreover, students expressed that allworkshops and activities during the REU BioMaP research program helped them to betterdevelop their ability to write effectively, to think critically, to interact with others and to openlycontribute to group discussions.In addition to the quantitative data, a qualitative component will provide a rich, in depth-description of student experiences. Specifically, this component of the analysis will portray theexperiences of students; their role in the labs and different tasks during the 10

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Nirangkush Das, Arizona State University; Brent Wallace, Arizona State University; Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona College; Clark Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Tim S. Frank, Glendale Community College; John W. Griffith, Mesa Community College; Russell Cox, Mohave Community College; Eddie W. Ong, Phoenix College; Ernest Moulinet Villicana, Phoenix College Engineering; Celia . Jenkins, Cochise College

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Despite this, the nation still struggles to produce the ENG talent it needs. Given this, programs to increase the number of ENGs that graduate have been promoted across the nation [1]-[3]. Such programs focus on recruitment [4], retention principles [5], persistence [6], as well as practices that help students with critical thinking [7]-[8], academics [9]-[10] and professional development [11]-[12]. The latter includes mentoring by faculty [13]-[14], peer mentoring [15], project-based learning [16]- [26], research experiences for undergraduates (REUs) [27]-[28], internships [29], preparing for graduate school [30], career planning [31], etc. We at Arizona State University’s (ASU’s) Fulton Schools of Engineering, have

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session #5: Best Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, Pennsylvania State University; Robert J. Rabb P.E., Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

International Division (INTL)

stand-alone EC course.This trajectory is set to change rapidly with the rise of interdisciplinary, remote engineeringteams, increasingly visually-focused publication modes [25], and ChatGPT [26] and other AI-powered writing tools. It is beyond the scope of this paper to detail communication-supportingapproaches to integrating AI- and non-AI-powered tools in the EC course context [27]; however,selected emerging apps show clear promise for students for visual and presentation contexts(Tome.ai, Orai) [28-29] and written contexts (WordTune, ChatGPT) [30].The New EC CurriculumIdeally introduced in the second year of engineering curricula, an EC course is able to scaffoldand develop authentic communicative capacity grounded in students’ interests and

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1: Intercultural Competency-infused Teaching

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Micah Iserman, Texas Tech University; Jessica C. Pittman, Texas Tech University; Nigel Yeo, Texas Tech University; Ryan C. Campbell, Texas Tech University; Jeong-Hee Kim, Texas Tech University; Danny D. Reible, Texas Tech University

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Environmental Engineering

empathy into about design processes in me to get better at the skills I engineering can be a good engineering, you are writing a already use in my daily life. practice in reflective piece of your story. engineering. With how fast paced everything In my personal life, I think being Asking questions through each usually is, I get wrapped up in able to reflect on my behavior step in the process can also help routine without thinking about with my friends or family has in being more reflective and how I really feel about my helped me get to where I am in avoiding mistakes that can classes, my peers, or myself. my

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelia Chesley, Purdue University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Andrew Jackson, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Dawn Laux; Max Renner, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

,” “innovative learning environments,” and “a context-richapplication of English, Communications and Technology” 1. Specifically, this project aims toimprove students’ writing skills, oral communication skills, and presentation skills by reinforcingthe importance of these skills in realistic, project-based design contexts. Administrators andinstructors within all 3 departments hope the integration will improve students’ learning in alldisciplines, increase academic engagement overall, and create a stronger sense of communityamong students. Large-scale integration on this level is an intervention in the traditional university model,which often times includes strict discipline-based divisions of coursework. In this newarrangement, students in each

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alhaji Cherif, Cornell University; Gary Fleming, University of Maryland; Siaka Kroma, Cornell University

Mathematics), tutor (Math Support Center, Learning Strategic Center, Engineering Learning Initiatives). He has also served as a peer-counselor/tutor at Delaware State University (while participating in Intensive Summer Science Program, ISSP) and College Counselor/Mentor for National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS). His research interests cover a range of science and engineering disciplines ranging from mathematics education, mathematical modeling and methods in Physical, Biological, Engineering; Political Science (Concentrating on African Continent); Nanobiotechnology with emphasis on Micro-fluidic device, biosensors, thin-film, and nano/micro-actuators; to Dynamical and theoretical

Conference Session

Assessment and Outcomes: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katharine Mary Eichelman; Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Cheryl A Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. The written report was evaluated using the WrittenCommunication VALUE rubric, which was developed by faculty experts sponsored by theAssociation of American Colleges and Universities. This VALUE rubric evaluates a writtenreport based upon five categories – context of and purpose for writing, content development,genre and disciplinary conventions, sources and evidence, and the control of syntax andmechanics5. The video infomercial was evaluated using the Elevator Pitch Evaluation Rubric,created by faculty at Rowan University for a sophomore-level design course. This rubricconsiders content, organization, style, delivery, and the overall presentation6. Both the writtenand oral assignments were double coded to ensure the quality of the

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 1: Methods Refresh: Approaches to Data Analysis in Engineering Education Research

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Theresa Green, Utah State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

coding as being different from rating. Like rate, code has different definitions indictionaries and in qualitative coding guides (Saldaña, 2015; Thornberg & Charmaz, 2014). 2However, we understand coding to include descriptions that are not necessarily related to qualityand that do not necessarily have a numerical assignment. For example, in our previous research(Authors, 2018) we identified forms of capital that high school students mobilized towardsolving an engineering design problem. Our codes included Social Capital: Peer, defined as“other high school students who provided ideas or information regarding potential designelements” and

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

So Yoon Yoon, INSPIRE, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Kong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

solving”, “engage students in inquiry based learning”, “make connectionsbetween science and engineering”, “work on solving real-world problems”, “do design exerciseswith constraints”, and “write reflections in a notebook or journal” (p. 7). The results showed thatteachers felt that all the strategies they learned from the TPD were important, especially for the Page 23.838.3“write reflections in a notebook or journal” and “do design exercise with constrains” strategies.Teachers also felt that they were well prepared for the implement of all these strategies in theirclassrooms, especially for “make connections between science and engineering” and

Conference Session

Engineering Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Tihanyi, University of Toronto; Penny Kinnear, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

client’s desire for a more succinct document.Students in CHE230 were also required to write two reflections on their process in executing theconsulting project. Here, we were able to identify some sites of peer IR (although these wereaccounts, rather than observations of the actual sites). The first reflection—written by Téa andher team—provides little in the way of specific descriptions of interactive response, although itdoes include reference to affirmation in the delivery of peer feedback: “team members have beenquite patient and encouraging of all possible ideas that may help enhance the overall quality ofall deliverables” and “we also hope to continue fostering a positive and encouragingenvironment.” The second reflection, however (written

Conference Session

Knowing Ourselves: Research on Engineering Education Researchers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junaid A. Siddiqui, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin S. Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Alison A. Dingwall, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the most usefulaspects of the workshop. The most cited aspect that participants found useful was interactionwith peers. As one participant responded: Working collaboratively with others to develop ajoint project - the interactive process helped to more quickly hone in on a research question.Participants also identified one-on-one interactions with workshop facilitators as very useful.One participant writes it succinctly: 1) Most important: Discussion with facilitators about mytopic 2) Second most important: Discussion with participants about my topic. Participants alsoappreciated the presentation on theoretical frameworks and the opportunity that the workshopprovided for developing their research questions. Common responses to the question

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Ethics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

affective domain as it does to the cognitive.Recent research shows the importance of the peer group, together with interaction with faculty tobe the most important factors in student achievement and development. Faculty have a majorrole to play in helping engineering students overcome negative attitudes toward liberalism, asdoes mixing with students who have other interests. Enlargement of mind is helped by anacquaintance with the perennial problems of philosophy since the answers a person gives to theminfluence her/his thinking and behaviour. In the discussion that ends the paper, attention is drawnto recent research on the experience of students of their undergraduate education that supportssome of the contentions made in this paper.Recent

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Focused on Female Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanna R. Wieselmann, University of Minnesota; Emily Anna Dare, Florida International University; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota; Elizabeth Ring-Whalen, St. Catherine University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

understand how changes in classroom instruction impacts their attitudes towards and beliefs about STEM fields. In particular, she is looking at methods that positively impact girls, which may increase the number of women pursuing careers in STEM-related fields where they are currently underrepresented.Dr. Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota Dr. Roehrig is a professor of STEM Education at the University of Minnesota. Her research explores issues of professional development for K-12 science teachers, with a focus on beginning teachers and implementation of integrated STEM learning environments. She has received over $30 million in federal and state grants and published over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and book

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics: Modes and Methods

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

establish a weekly problem set of traditional textbookproblems, lead an opening discussion of how to approach them, and then allow students time towork on them in class, with opportunity to consult directly with me, a peer tutor, or with a fellowstudent. I aimed that students would ‘crack the egg’ of the fundamental ideas during theseworking periods, and then complete them for homework. Nevertheless, I still had the mentality“to cover the material” and “to show students how”. Thus, lectures would tend to migrate backto me serving as the central figure leading a class discussion on how to outline problemsolutions. True, I was not reciting lecture notes, and using a Socratic style, I would not show anyexplicit steps unless a student provided it. I