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Role of diverse teams and socio-cultural aspects on students learning in freshman design course

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Conference

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

Social Justice and the Curriculum: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 3

Page Count

21

DOI

10.18260/1-2--41820

Permanent URL

https://peer.asee.org/41820

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369

Paper Authors

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Raghu Pucha Georgia Institute of Technology

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Dr. Raghu Pucha is a Principal Lecturer at the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, in the area of CAD/CAE and Manufacturing. Dr. Pucha teaches design, mechanics and manufacturing related courses at Georgia Tech., and conducts research in the area of developing computational tools for the design, analysis and manufacturing of advanced materials and systems. Dr. Pucha has three provisional U.S. patents and co-authored over 70 research papers. He is honored with Inaugural Georgia Tech. College of Engineering Outstanding Teacher Award in 2022, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award in 2020, Geoffrey G. Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award in 2015 and Undergraduate Educator Award in 2012 from the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), Georgia Tech.

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Terri Dunbar Georgia Institute of Technology

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Terri Dunbar is currently a PhD candidate in Engineering Psychology at the Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Tech's Center for Teaching & Learning. Her research focuses on identify best practices in how to scaffold and sequence the learning activities to support the development of systems thinking while using simulations.

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Ruth Yow Georgia Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Accounting for social and cultural context is key to success in engineering design. This work-in-progress research presents the role of diverse teams and socio-cultural aspects on student learning in a freshman engineering design course: to identify the individual or personal characteristics that a student brings to an educational setting and their influence on students’ learning, to study the role of diverse teams on pedagogical and psychological aspects on team interaction and learning, and to study the role of socio-cultural aspects in student design work products. This research provides a framework on how diversity and socio-cultural aspects can be directly linked to the disciplinary work in understanding student learning with increased sense of belonging. Preliminary quantitative and qualitative results in the freshman engineering design course show effectiveness of these interventions in increased student interactions and engagement while understanding the potential of their cultural capital and diversity in creative product design. This framework can be extended to many engineering courses with project-based learning.

Pucha, R., & Dunbar, T., & Yow, R. (2022, August), Role of diverse teams and socio-cultural aspects on students learning in freshman design course Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41820

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