sampling approach waschosen for this study because of the ability to easily access participants for the study. The smallsample size limited the generalizability of the findings for this work. The sample size, however,allowed us to dive deeper into the lived experiences of the participants to understand their senseof belonging. In future work, we plan to continue understanding the sense of belonging ofwomen and other minoritized students in the academic makerspace environment with a largersample size. We hope, in future work, to create interventions that create a culture that encouragesstudent belonging in the makerspace environment.References[1] E. Pines, P. A. Sullivan, and L. Nogales, “Broadening Participation Through Engagement in the Maker
NAE's GrandChallenges, which states that the world's water supply is facing increasing threats [4]. Afterforming teams and learning about effective teamwork, teams progress through the steps of theengineering design process. This involves identifying constraints and success criteria, reviewingrelevant scientific information, coming up with design solutions using the MATLAB tool,building prototypes, and creating a plan for testing. Finally, teams must consider how to improvetheir design and effectively communicate their solution to relevant parties.In this activity, the students are prompted by their teacher to create a water filter on theircamping trip to substitute for the filter they left at home using only materials found in theirbackpack
-abroad/advantages-of-multidisciplinary-curriculum (accessed Jul. 13, 2022).[21] R. M. Leicht and J. I. Messner, “Improving Site Utilization Planning through the Use of Interactive Workspaces,” in Construction Research Congress 2009, Seattle, Washington, United States, Apr. 2009, pp. 437–446. doi: 10.1061/41020(339)45.[22] R. Solnosky, M. K. Parfitt, and R. J. Holland, “IPD and BIM–Focused Capstone Course Based on AEC Industry Needs and Involvement,” J. Prof. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract., vol. 140, no. 4, p. A4013001, Oct. 2014, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000157.[23] R. Solnosky, M. K. Parfitt, R. Holland, and M. Ling, “Integrative Multidisciplinary Architectural Engineering Capstone with a Student-Centered Team Approach
the lab and going to our work area. And this is the whole of the canoe which concrete gets placed on. And then that's how the canoe is created. So, I think this glimpse made me feel like an engineer because throughout my college career so far, most of our work has been just very ... Like writing, you don't actually get to see real-world applications.”Under theme 2, students described spaces where they were able to get together with other students tosocialize and plan outside of the classroom setting such as crafting projects, club meetings, and potlucks.One University B student described her crafting project, Figure 4: Cider made by RedShirt student to unwind after a test. “I was like in a quiz
-long professional development program focusedon educating institutional teams of faculty, campus leadership and faculty developers about theInclusive Professional Framework and how to integrate its components, individually and asteams, to improve STEM faculty inclusive behaviors. During the Institute, participants explorethe IPF by engaging in a mix of expert presentations, discussions, case-based scenarios, roleplays, as well as individual and group reflection. Teams action plan to operationalize learning inboth their individual roles and at an organizational level. In addition, participants can engagewith an ongoing Community of Practice. To gauge the impact of participation in the ASI, participants were invited to completelinked pre
classes with first-year students and was upset at how Marshall Universityhandled her transfer credits. The second student who left the program was a White male student.In an email to the program director, he noted that he enjoyed the program, but it was taking toomuch of his time. This student noted he is pretty happy with his choice of STEM and plans onbecoming a software engineer to make money. In addition, he has had an exceptional mentorexperience that resulted in him getting a research project in the summer between his first andsecond years. He decided to leave the program after securing a job related to his major after hisfirst year in college.Interestingly, we have found that two of our female students who have the highest perseveranceGrit
Experienced Engineers’ ApproachesAbstractEngineering design processes often focus on beginning with a problem and considering multiplepossible solutions, following problem-first design practices. Alternatively, design processes canstart with a solution and diverge to identify potential problem applications it can solve beforeconverging on one problem application to pursue, termed “solution mapping.” Most design toolsand strategies have been developed to support problem-first design practices. Tools andstrategies to support solution mapping have been underexplored. We plan to expand on our priorwork and build a tool to support solution mapping by examining engineering practitioners’approaches. Experienced engineers gain expertise as they spend more
a plan to test their device and confirm their Needs Criteria were met.Students built their prototypes of their device, testing and optimizing it, as needed. Examples ofsome of the projects students worked on were various modifications to face masks,improvements for finding veins for injections, and modifications to the nose swap to improvesample collection. Throughout the process students presented their work orally or in writtencommunications with a final presentation and report due at the end of the semester.One Biodesign course focused on ideation of a problem while the other focused on prototypingand testing, but both have students work on at least one project fully from start to finish using theDT process. In the Summer Clinical
masking their neurodiversity and hiding their struggles, especially within the context oftheir advisor-advisee relationship. Masking may be defined as covering or modifying one’sneurodivergent behaviors to blend in with neurotypical people [50]. Camouflaging to pass asneurotypical is associated with decreased mental health among neurodivergent individuals [51,52]. Nancy, who reported an auditory processing disorder (APD) and an anxiety disorder,described how daily efforts to mask her neurodiversity in front of her advisor contribute to hermental health challenges: I do this masking where I put on that I'm very together for - in front of her and I have all these plans, and my calendar is all marked, but then my day to day, I don't feel
people, and hasconsistently seen a significant reduction in Total Capital to Labour ratio expenditure over thepast few years. This reduction means that more focus is being placed on retaining the servicesof the mining labour force, even in the advent of digital transformation in mining, driven bythe core technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Most underground hard-rockmining companies have adopted some form of automation where possible, however thenature of the orebodies and infrastructure constraints favour conventional and human-centredmechanised mining methods over completely automated production environments. Theskillset of the workforce is therefore crucial in maintaining high production levels with zeroharm, whilst planning for
studentsuccess.ConclusionsBased on the results from the first semester of the program, the team has made a few changes tothe SD-FIRST program to benefit students. Monthly workshops and events will continue as inthe Fall 2021 semester, with a heavier focus on hands-on, confidence in STEM building eventsand social events to build relationships within the 2021-2022 cohort. Planned activities includeprofessional development and career fair preparation, a panel of faculty to discuss summerresearch opportunities, a hands-on design challenge and competition, and a tour of a localengineering facility. Weekly tutoring at any existing campus tutoring session is now required forall SD-FIRST students (two hours per week) and to-date has been met with enthusiasm from thescholars. To
faculty engaged in the CLIMB-UP project have joineda single faculty-learning community to share efforts and challenges. The faculty include six at ourinstitution and two additional faculty who teach at feeder community colleges. The implementation plan involves three phases: (1) Course Redesign by project team, (2) Development of hybrid training course for future MBG adopters, and (3) Course Adoption by additional instructors. Table 1. Timeline and Activities for CLIMB Project Implementation Summer (August) Fall Spring Year 1 ● Project Team attended MBG 4-day 2021- interactive
-medium size companies and multi-national enterprises such as global strategy planning, cross-border business entry, middle manager training, and partner development. These business achievements are reflected in his aca- demic activities through the designing of lectures and mobility programs with practical implementation perspectives. Ishizaki has been actively presenting and publishing his academic achievements at interna- tional conferences in the Asia Pacific region and North America such as APAIE, WERA, and NAFSA. He earned a Master of Business Administration majoring in international business at the University of Southern California in the United States of America, and a Bachelor in Law at Hitotsubashi University
including a model ofFDR’s plan to generate electricity from tidal power and the 100+ years old Raye’s Mustard Factory, and ahike to learn about the ecology of Shackford State Park. Additional activities included measuring currentvelocities in Cobscook Bay and wind velocities in order to understand the energy content of the runningthat could be harnessed to generate electricity; experiments on photovoltaics, and performing solarthermal experiments involving light and dark cups as well as liquids of different heat capacities. Studentsmay also hike in West Quoddy Head State Park Bog and the spruce-moose/forest rocky coast of Maine.Upon their return home, students complete surveys and write essays detailing their experiences.Project-Based Freshman
most students in our sample verbalized SCH and SCL strategies,they were unable to go a step forward, such as generate a hypothesis or test a hypothesis, whichcharacterizes debugging for expert programmers [17]. In addition, all students in this study wereable to develop a plan involving more than one debugging strategy, which characterizes expertprogrammers [16].Finally, the importance of debugging for software development and the preparedness of ourstudents for the workplace is of foremost importance [4]–[6], [33]. While we explore ways tohelp students acquire expert programming levels as early as possible, acknowledging theimportance of debugging in teaching others, more complex programming skills are critical [15].Individual practice may
instructor and student benefit.Plans for Future Research The results of this pilot study represent one semester’s worth of research across threecourses. Much more data is needed to be able to statistically support the preliminary observationsmade here, and to expand the level of detail of information captured by the survey. An attemptwas made to collect additional data in the fall 2022 semester. Unfortunately, due to thePI/instructor having fewer courses suited to a HyFlex format and a delay in the IRB process forthat semester, only one additional response was collected. Plans are in place to administer thesurvey in all relevant courses taught by the PI/instructor through spring 2024, and perhapsbeyond depending on the findings from these
asking students, “How do youplan to reinforce what you have learned from this assignment?” Figure 17: Reflection topic data on how students plan to reinforce learning.19 students brought up how they would continue to use the remote lab resources to strengthentheir learning. The size of this population was similar to those who wanted to refer to their notes,21 students, or work on future assignments, 19 students. These students overwhelminglyacknowledge that the BEADLE curriculum tools were critical in their learning development. Afew students mentioned using the “LabsLand boolean algebra tool” to “practice converting toand from gates, algebra, and K-Maps.” It is important to note that other students mentioned usingonline lectures
; 8 Completely relevant background, covering organizational, technical 3) Intro & 8 background needs, and basic approach very well, yet concisely. Also includes background brief, necessary theory (eqns) for audience to understand lab 4) Objectives 4 The objectives present a very clear picture of the experimental and 4) Objectives 4 stats goal of the lab. The objectives utilize active verbs that can be measured and that are not redundant 5) Method 4 Contains all relevant sections, in particular a clear plan of work to 5) Method 8
-Emotional Factors in Black College Students,” Counseling Psychologist, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 594–621, 2022. [Online]. https://journals-sagepub-com. Available: [Accessed Jan 10, 2023].[20] M. Ojala, “Hope and Anticipation in Education for a Sustainable Future,” Futures: the journal of policy, planning and futures studies, vol. 94, pp. 76–84, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2016.10.004. [Accessed Jan 10, 2023].[21] P. Freire, Pedagogy of Hope: Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Rio de Janeiro: Paz e Terra, 1992.[22] D. Webb, “Paulo Freire and the need for a kind of education in hope,” Cambridge Journal of Education, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 327–339, 2010. [Online]. Available: http.//web-s
bettercareer decisions. For example, one of the study participants said the following: “During the introductory classes, inform students about different types of engineering fields so students can decide which discipline they want to go to.” (Student 5).Some participants were also of the view that undergraduate engineering study is too much to becompleted in four years. They expected their institution to work on extending the duration of anengineering undergraduate engineering degree to five years and allow students to plan it properlywhile they are in their first year. 5.1.2 | Need for delivering needed information about student’s MHW and academicsStudy participants expected their institutions and faculty to be more cognizant of the MHW
specifically aligned to Herzberg’s [24] motivational andhygiene factors. Additionally, future investigation should include increased stratification ofdemographics, including gender and race, to help identify the impacts that factors have onvarying groups.References[1] McTaggart, R. (1991). Principles for participatory action research. Adult Education Quarterly, 41(3), 168-187.[2] Tugden, A. “On the Verge of Burnout: COVID -19’s Impact on Faculty Well-Being and Career Plans 2020,” The Chronicle for Higher Education, Washington, DC, USA, 2020. Accessed February 2023. [Online] Available: https://connect.chronicle.com/rs/931-EKA- 218/images/COVID%26FacultyCareerPaths_Fidelity_ResearchBrief_v3%20%281%29.p df[3] Coiro M.J
engineering educationat present and in the future, to closely combine the requirements of the nationalstrategic planning, make full use of the program accreditation mechanism ofengineering education, organically integrate the program accreditation and reformpractice of engineering education, and lead the systematic and in-depth reform ofengineering education.3.2 External motivation: challenges of integrating international rules and normsThe tide of globalization has driven countries to actively carry out educationalexchanges with countries around the world. In order to share educational resourcesand gain international recognition, many countries attach importance to theinternationalization of engineering education, actively participate in the
importantimplications. In order to further effectively achieve teacher cooperation, theevaluation committee needs to work closely with the curriculum committee.3.3 Student power“Student-centered” teaching is one of the educational philosophies followed by 4colleges and universities. The main function of the school is to maximize the role ofthe student in teaching. “student-centered” teaching is the foundation of the survivaland development of colleges and universities, and individualized education forstudents is the embodiment of the school’s characteristics. Taking WPI as an example,“student-centered” teaching is the basic educational philosophy of the “WPI Plan”.Under the guidance of the “student-centered” teaching
Conference & Exposition, 2011, p. 22.1656. 1- 22.1656. 15. doi: 10.18260/1-2--18492.[27] M. Q. Patton, Qualitative research & evaluation methods: Integrating theory and practice. Sage publications, 2014.[28] J. W. Creswell and T. C. Guetterman, Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research . New York, US. Pearson, 2019.
system. The team also chose not to construct the incubator casing out of acrylic because there was not an effective way to cut it in the DesignCube. Even if teams resort to using tools or materials that are not found in LMIC environments, they do so with the knowledge that this reduces the robustness of their design. Generally, final prototypes from EGR101 teams built in the DesignCube are devoid of inappropriate materials and are successfully manufactured with only DesignCube tools.Makerere DesignCubeAssessment at the Makerere DesignCube is ongoing. No teams have completed the reflectionassessment at this time, though it is planned for future work. Observations by the teaching teamhave identified several benefits to having the
make heraccompliceship status public such that center directors know she expects them to take a direct approachairing their complaints. This can be done via emails were everyone is copied or via a meeting with allparties are present to discuss concerns about Chloe. At the end of such a meeting, Chloe and Amanda canco-create measures to ensure their expectations are aired along with a plan to resolve issues in the future.Space should be created to outline consequences for causing harm and to discuss what that means in theirwork space. HR, equity, and DEI professionals may be inviting to discuss policies and practical ways tomove forward as proposed.Although our suggestions for Amanda’s accompliceship sound noble, we acknowledge that the
to other passive teammates. Some teamswith mix-gendered teammates were found to have unequal work distribution with men doingmore technical work, while women were doing more work related to communication or planning[3]. Thus, in order to ensure students are able to enjoy the benefits of TBL, teamwork assessmentand support tools such as CATME or Tandem can be used to monitor the students’ performancesand notice any changes within the team [4]–[7]. By using teamwork assessment and support tools, learning analytics can be performed tooptimize students’ learning experiences. The large amount of data collected by the teamworkassessment and support tools provide an opportunity for researchers and instructors to detectvarious changes and
. LaFerriere, “Enabling Meaningful Labor: Narratives of Participation in a Grading Contract,” J. Writ. Assess., vol. 13, no. 2, p. 1, 2020, doi: 10.35360/njes.316.[12] A. M. Shubert, “Contracts for a Time of Crisis : What I Learned from Grading in a Pandemic,” vol. 1, no. 17, 2021.[13] T. S. Harding, M. J. Mayhew, C. J. Finelli, and D. D. Carpenter, “The Theory of Planned Behavior as a Model of Academic Dishonesty in Engineering and Humanities Undergraduates,” Ethics Behav., vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 255–279, Sep. 2007, doi: 10.1080/10508420701519239.[14] T. VanDeGrift, H. Dillon, and L. Camp, “Changing the Engineering Student Culture with Respect to Academic Integrity and Ethics,” Sci. Eng. Ethics, pp. 1–24, Nov. 2016, doi:10.1007
vagueness. To use the metaphormore precisely requires looking beneath its surface to discern the implications of the mentalmodel it embodies. 5The most well-known use of the metaphor is in the context of Social Security benefits, which aredesigned “to be only one part of a complete approach to retirement planning” [7].The historian’soffice of the Social Security Administration (1996) traces the history of the metaphor toReinhard Hohaus, an actuary for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and “an importantprivate-sector authority on Social Security.” In a speech given in 1949, Hohaus captured whatappears to be the essence of the concept: Each
Areas for Improvement Format Interpretation Planning / Procedure Solution Execution Figures Equations Units Checking WorkReflectReflect on how to improve concept mastery and homework performance in the next homework.Consider the Initial Coversheet Strategize and Reflect questions.SubmitSubmit a single PDF document scan of self-assessed problems on Canvas (LMS) including thiscoversheet as the first page and the initial coversheet as the second page.Appendix A.4. Assignment RubricsAppendix B. LMS Sample HW Assignment- Junior Level CourseBefore Assignment is Opened:Upon Opening Assignment:Appendix C. LMS Sample HW Assignment- Senior Level CourseBefore Assignment is Opened:Upon Opening Assignment:Rework Assignment Instructions in LMS: