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Work in Progress: Creating Effective Prompts for “Teaming” Sessions

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 9

Tagged Division

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

Tagged Topic

Diversity

Page Count

9

DOI

10.18260/1-2--44197

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https://peer.asee.org/44197

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213

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Jennifer A. Turns University of Washington

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Dr. Jennifer Turns is a full professor in the Human Centered Design & Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington. Engineering education is her primary area of scholarship, and has been throughout her career. In her work, she currently focuses on the role of reflection in engineering student learning and the relationship of research and practice in engineering education. In recent years, she has been the co-director of the Consortium to Promote Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE, funded by the Helmsley Charitable Trust), a member of the governing board for the International Research in Engineering Education Network, and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Engineering Education. Dr. Turns has published over 175 journal and conference papers on topics related to engineering education.

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Yen-Lin Han Seattle University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-2027-803X

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Yen-Lin Han is an Associate Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Seattle University. Dr. Han received her BS degree in Material Science and Engineering from National Tsing-Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan, her PhD degree in Aerospace

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Kathleen E. Cook Seattle University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0003-3990-2880

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Kathleen Cook, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Psychology Department at Seattle University. Dr. Cook received her doctorate in Social and Personality Psychology from the University of Washington, with a minor in quantitative methods and emphases in cognitive

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Gregory Mason, P.E. zyBooks, A Wiley Brand

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Gregory S. Mason received the B.S.M.E. degree from Gonzaga University in 1983, the M.S.M.E. degree in manufacturing automation from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1984 and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering, specializing in multi-rate digital

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Teodora Rutar Shuman Seattle University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0001-8640-1224

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Professor Teodora Rutar Shuman is the Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Seattle University. She is the PI on a NSF-RED grant. Her research also includes electro-mechanical systems for sustainable processing of microalgae. Her work is published in venues including the Journal of Engineering Education, IEEE Transactions on Education, International Journal of Engineering Education, Transactions of ASME, Chemical Engineering Journal, Bioresource Technology, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, and Combustion and Flame. She is a member of the ASEE, ASME, and the Algae Biomass Organization. Dr. Shuman served as Chair for the ASEE Energy Conversion and Conservation Division.

She received a Dipl. Ing. degree in mechanical engineering from Belgrade University and an M.S.M.E. and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. She has held the title of Paccar Professor and is an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington.

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Abstract

This paper represents a second work-in-progress update on a collaborative activity we call teaming. “Teaming” refers to a structured form of dialogue that can play an important role in engineering education change efforts. The previous ASEE publication outlined the basic principles of a teaming session and explained theoretical reasons for the connection between this form of dialogue and culture change. It also offered a window into the kinds of outcomes (e.g., shared responsibility, inspiration, trust) associated with teaming as well as the mechanisms that connect the teaming principles to the outcomes. It would be great to have a larger body of research around teaming and its impact, but getting to such a larger body of research involves dissemination and uptake of this practice. Toward that goal, this paper will address a practical problem – the creation of teaming prompts. While teaming is relatively simple, analysis of our ongoing work has identified the construction of prompts as a pivotal part of teaming and a part that must be continually done. This paper asks: What is involved in creating an effective prompt for a teaming experience? In particular, this paper will investigate the broad work of finding inspiration for prompts and the detailed work of refining a prompt. As data, we will consider a set of nine prompts that span two academic years and a departmental leadership change. Examples prompts include, “What experiences/thoughts have you had about grading recently,” and “Picture one or more students that have inspired you. Share what you are thinking about how/why they inspire you.” In addition, we will be working with traces that capture the thinking that went into the creation of these prompts, various perspectives on the effectiveness of the prompts, and traces about what happened when the prompts were deployed. We will rely primarily on a constant-comparison logic to identify findings. The trustworthiness of our research is strengthened by the interdisciplinary nature of our research team and the data collection that captured our thinking during the process of using the nine prompts. To address the question of prompt inspiration, we will analyze our data to recover the stories behind each of the prompts (e.g., why did we ask about grading) and aim to articulate a set of suggestions stemming from our experiences. To address the question of prompt refinement, we will report on dimensions of variation identifiable in the prompts. We will pay particular attention to features of prompts that seem to connect to the outcomes of a teaming session such as shared ownership, inspiration, trust. Our goal is a set of features that can function as a guide for others when making their own prompts. By sharing the collection of prompts and the evidence-based insights related to creating them, we aim to make teaming easier to adopt. We hope that this catalyzes the use of teaming so that others may benefit and a larger body of scholarship may develop.

Turns, J. A., & Han, Y., & Cook, K. E., & Mason,, G., & Shuman, T. R. (2023, June), Work in Progress: Creating Effective Prompts for “Teaming” Sessions Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--44197

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