Minneapolis, MN
August 23, 2022
June 26, 2022
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Aerospace Division Technical Session: Pedagogy and Curriculum
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10.18260/1-2--41817
https://peer.asee.org/41817
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Colleges and universities offer first-year seminar courses to improve retention rates and support student success. We require an introduction to aerospace engineering course in which we include not only fundamentals of technical topics, but also seek to create a culture of inclusion, build student confidence, and set up a path for success in their major and their career. One way we develop students’ confidence and prepare them for future success is to incorporate and expand upon an assignment more commonly found in extended orientation first-year seminars: the scavenger hunt. This assignment focuses on the School of AE itself and requires students to identify departmental and professional resources, as well as opportunities available to students throughout their time in the AE school. Beyond these simple tasks, we include a component inspired by story-driven learning, asking students to reflect on their path into the AE school at our institution and envision their unique path forward: what co- and extra-curricular activities do they want to pursue in college and what do they want to do with these after college? This reflection and projection set our assignment apart from others. The purpose of this paper was to explore how adding reflective components to a scavenger hunt assignment in an introduction to aerospace engineering course affects students’ sense of competence and purpose.
Morgan, K., & Griendling, K., & Ruffin, S., & Kinney, J. (2022, August), Work-in-progress: Reflection & Projection: An Exploration of a Scavenger Hunt Assignment in an Introduction to Aerospace Engineering Course Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41817
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