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This paper is a work in progress analysis of major choices by first-year engineering students in the General Engineering (GE) program at Virginia Tech. A series of surveys are administered to GE students at three times over the course of their first year: in August at the beginning of the fall semester; in December at the end of the fall semester; and in April at the end of the spring semester. The...
In recent years, use of and interest in active learning techniques has been on the rise. In this special session, participants will be immersed in kinesthetic experiential learning activities that emphasize the “active” in active learning. Participants will be guided through a number of in-class activities and the underlying pedagogical philosophy. The session will end with open discussion and Q&A,...
When it comes to evidence-based practices (EBPs) such as interactive engagement, collaborative problem solving, and project-based learning, the proof is in the name. These pedagogies are called “evidence-based” because there is little conflicting evidence about their efficacy. Yet, discipline-based education research still tends to focus on students' outcomes from EBPs, rather than on how to successfully...
A design education approach is presented using a model-based framework emphasizing information collection and construction of model views. This approach is based upon a “meta-model” from the field of systems engineering and includes a keen focus on creating value as a primary outcome. With a model-based approach, the emphasis shifts to information collection and synthesis and away from the traditional...
This interactive workshop uses the metaphor of a baseball team to illustrate the variety of people-roles involved in making educational improvements happen, as well as the academic ecosystem in which these changes occur. When making smaller-scale changes, the members may be more loosely structured like an informal sandlot team, though core roles still need to be fulfilled. Larger-scale changes may...
One of the biggest challenges of organizations in contemporary times is the ability to manage rapid changes in business environment. Software and expert information systems can help to manage changes and thus contribute to addressing this challenge. The initial, and perhaps, most important activities in software and expert systems development are to elicit, analyze, specify, and validate requirements...
This is a Work-in-Progress paper that will explore how concept maps can be utilized to make engineering curricula, pedagogy, and assessment more inclusive. Making engineering more inclusive is one method in increasing the representation of women, underrepresented minority (URM) students, and underserved populations in an engineering program. The paper will show how inclusive curriculum, pedagogy and...
Engineering design is a complex experience for students to undertake and for instructors to assess. Conducting tests is a critical design practice, yet the research on K-12 students' conceptions on conducting experiments is limited. Such research is essential as we attempt to understand how students become informed designers and ways in which we can support their transformation. By analyzing students'...
This work-in-progress studies empathy in middle-school engineering design pedagogy. A model of empathy in engineering as a core skill, as a practice orientation and a professional way of being that can be taught in university programs has been proposed [1]. Does an emotional intelligence model of empathy need to be taught earlier than at the university level? The engineering design process has been...
Mathematics courses are a major source of engineering student attrition. Many engineering students drop out before even taking an engineering course. While the mismatch between mathematics content and following engineering coursework is already a concern, it is often studied heuristically by talking to engineering faculty. Few rigorous studies empirically document when students actually need to use...
Cross-institutional curricular collaborations are complex human affairs, and often include instances of misunderstanding and confusion. This work-in-progress paper introduces the concept of curricular culture literacy and employs it as a way of making sense of these “miscodes.” Unpacking these incidents via the lens of curricular culture literacy allows them to be understood and addressed as collisions...
This work-in-progress paper suggests that engineering recruitment messaging and engineering pedagogy send mixed messages to students. We describe the early stages of a critical discourse analysis study that shows recruitment messaging often portraying engineers as powerful agents of change, while the phrasings of pedagogical documents such as textbooks and homework assignments often position engineering...
This paper examines the impact of departmental policy changes on the trend in DFW proportions for Calculus II at a large research university. Calculus I and II have been shown to be barrier courses for STEM majors, so increasing student success in these courses is imperative to retaining more students in STEM fields. A study was conducted to investigate how the DFW proportions for Calculus II changed...
In this work-in-progress paper, we present a framework for developing an individual's capacity to engage in curricular culture change. It is part of a larger project that looks at curricular change through a cultural lens by analyzing cross-institutional curricular collaborations. An individual's capacity depends on three aspects: transferability (the presence of a testable hypothesis for transferring...
There is resurging interest in the engineering education community in entrepreneurial activities and the development of an entrepreneurial mindset (EM). According to the KERN Entrepreneurship Education Network, facets of an EM include curiosity, an emphasis on creating value, and the ability to make connections. While extracurricular activities are the primary mechanism by which this topic has been...
Lab-based teaching in which hands-on experiments are to be conducted by students takes an important part for a wide range of engineering and science disciplines. In our current practice, the lab-based teaching involves live demonstration and tutorials after the off-line lab manual review. This has become particularly problematic when the number of students is large and insufficiency on the lab-supporting...
What images come to mind when you encounter the word “professor”? In many cases, our notions of a professor lead us to think of someone conducting research and teaching classes. However, our understanding of professors is in part limited by the professors we have been in contact with through our own educational experiences. Most people with PhD degrees attended a Doctoral University with Highest Research...
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) attract learners with different learner intentions, background knowledge, and skills as compared to traditional, closed enrollment settings. This level of diversity in learners introduces new factors that impact student persistence and engagement. Previous research has analyzed MOOC learners who are either fully engaged in a course in its entirety or at least consistently...
This innovative practice work in progress describes the Klamath Connection (KC) program at Humboldt State University (HSU). The KC Program is a place-based learning community designed to foster a sense of belonging to improve STEM first-year performance. Initiated through the California State University STEM Collaboratives project, the program is comprised of four high impact practices (a summer immersion,...
Psychological safety (PS) refers to the shared belief that a team environment is safe for taking interpersonal risks (i.e., it is ok to be wrong or assert new ideas). PS has been shown to improve the cohesiveness of co-workers and improve group problem solving in various situations. In the flipped classroom model of instruction students watch video lectures before coming to class, then participate...
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