Student Perceptions of Teamwork Support
- Conference
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Tampa, Florida
- Publication Date
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June 15, 2019
- Start Date
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June 15, 2019
- End Date
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June 19, 2019
- Conference Session
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Design in Engineering Education
- Tagged Topic
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Diversity
- Page Count
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14
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--33296
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https://peer.asee.org/33296
- Download Count
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559
Paper Authors
Robin Fowler University of Michigan
Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a "communication coach" to students throughout the curriculum, and she's especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios.
Laura K. Alford University of Michigan
Laura K. Alford is a Lecturer and Research Investigator at the University of Michigan. She researches ways to use data-informed analysis of students' performance and perceptions of classroom environment to support DEI-based curricula improvements.
James A. Coller
University of Michigan
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James Coller is an engineering PhD pre-candidate at the University of Michigan focusing on the use of Bayesian Networks for Early Stage Ship Design. James also completed his BSE and MSE in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in 2017 and 2018 respectively at Michigan. He spent three years during his undergraduate education as an Instructional Assistant for a first year design-build-test-communicate engineering course. His research interests include autonomous robotics for both land and marine environments and ship design for the U.S. Navy.
Stephanie Sheffield University of Michigan
Dr. Sheffield is a Lecturer in Technical Communication in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan.
Magel P. Su
California Institute of Technology
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Magel P. Su is a PhD student in the Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science at the California Institute of Technology. He earned a B.S.E in materials science and engineering and a minor in chemistry from the University of Michigan. At Michigan, he was a member of the Ultrafast Laser - Material Interaction Laboratory and the Engineering Honors Program. He also served as an instructor for several courses including Introduction to Engineering, Introduction to Materials and Manufacturing, and Structural and Chemical Characterization of Materials.
Abstract
In this evidence-based practice paper, we report on a variety of interventions we provide in an attempt to support first-year student teams in a project-based learning course. At the end of the semester, we surveyed students to ask their perception of the usefulness of each of the intervention strategies. While a majority of students rated each of the strategies as useful, the two strategies rated highest were peer mentoring and progress meetings with the instructors.
Fowler, R., & Alford, L. K., & Coller, J. A., & Sheffield, S., & Su, M. P. (2019, June), Student Perceptions of Teamwork Support Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2--33296
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