they had done before in high school English, history, and other non-technical courses. Furthermore, they went through a writing revision process in which their paper went through three iterations of review: self, peer, and instructor review. All reviews were done prior to the final grading of the paper.• Individual Oral Presentation: The second project that was assigned early in the semester was an individual oral presentation (IOP) of the ITW paper. This project’s objective was to demonstrate effective oral communication of technical content. A lecture focusing on effective oral presentation techniques was presented to demonstrate effective oral presentations. Students presented their IOP in class. The presentations
attention, there is limited peer-reviewed literature related toChatGPT and its impact on engineering education. Searching the Journal of EngineeringEducation archives and ASEE Conference Proceedings through PEER for the term “ChatGPT”or “generative AI” yielded no results. We describe a few notable exceptions below that arerelated to our work. Reference [5] provides examples of how ChatGPT can be used in bothtechnical and creative writing courses and highlights the importance of being able to ask goodquestions (prompts) of large language models. Reference [6] conducted a hypothetical designproject using ChatGPT and discusses the benefits and limitations of using this tool in the designprocess. This article makes an important methodological
shown that most first-year engineering programs include programming orcomputer tools courses in their first-year curriculum [1]. Many challenges occur in teachingcomputing and computer tools in first-year engineering education courses. Students’ preparationand prior experience vary significantly. Students demonstrate difficulty learning the concepts incomputing and applying those concepts to writing code in a specific language [2][3]. Forengineering students, there can be a disconnect between the learning outcomes desired byinstructors and students’ perception of the connection of writing code to their future profession.This disconnect can impact engineering students’ performance to write code. One of our majorlearning outcomes for our students
: Starting Successful Study System - In this drill, students develop a plan for approaching exams by creating an individual study system. Students assess their inputs (time, content, resources, person: mental, physical, emotional) and make adjustments to achieve desired outputs in their first set of exams. 3. Fall Semester Drill Week 8: Post-Test Analysis: System Check - Students reflect on their first set of exams and evaluate their study systems to make strategic adjustments. Students also learn how to develop habits, foster self-awareness, and conclude by writing a detailed goal commitment with tangible steps and outcomes. 4. Fall Semester Drill Week 14: Finals Prep - In this drill, students assess their courses