Minneapolis, MN
August 23, 2022
June 26, 2022
June 29, 2022
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10.18260/1-2--40685
https://peer.asee.org/40685
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Pennsylvania State University Industrial Engineering PhD Student
STEM students’ decision making on the use of a technology for determining STEM related problems can be challenging. Web-based applications as well as computer and calculator programs are often used for engineering calculations Students’ background in each institution is driven by the technological solutions that they are trained to use. These different technologies are impactful on students’ learning paradigms. The objective of this work is to investigate undergraduate and graduate STEM students’ technology solution choice differences and commonalities with the justifications of their choices to solve a calculus problem. The findings presented in this work can particularly help educators in making technology choices for different calculus concepts through the realization of STEM students’ interest to solve different calculus questions as well as the variational analysis of STEM majors between two institutions located in the U.S. While majority of the participants preferred to use the technology that they are most familiar with or learned how to solve the research question, some of the computing students’ chose to solve calculus problems based on the technology that they are proficient in using even if they didn’t know how to solve such problems.
Tokgoz, E., & Tekalp, E., & Tekalp, B., & Tekalp, H., & Scarpinella, S., & Giannone, M. (2022, August), STEM Students’ Technology Choice Differences for Solving a Graphing Question - Two Different Institution Students’ Preferences for Solving a Graphing Question Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--40685
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