Abstract Background Evidence shows that students who are actively engaged with learning materials demonstrate greater gains than those passively engaged. Indeed, cognitive engagement is often cited as a critical component of an educational experience. However, understanding how and in what ways occurs remains challenge for engineering educators. In particular, there exists need to measure evaluate provide information instructors deploy concrete, actionable steps foster students’ engagement....

The school-to-work transition is a challenging period for engineering graduates. In contrast to most curricula, workplace learning involves organizations, people, cultures, and range of non-technical technical elements. Where many researchers have focused on skills gaps across school work, we focus here contexts gaps, or shifts in processes organizational settings. Using reflective journals semi-structured interviews, explored significant events during recent graduates’ transition. theories...

Abstract Background Conceptual change is a process in which an individual's understanding and the basis of this over time. Vosniadou's framework theory explains conceptual terms how students learn to relate observable unobservable everyday phenomena. As result, courses that physical phenomena complex abstractions – such as Mechanics Materials are useful spaces for exploring change. Purpose This paper leverages explore students' reasoning identify trends about their fundamental concepts...

Abstract Introductory engineering mechanics courses (e.g., statics, dynamics) are critical within a curriculum, and student performance in these can have strong influence on future success. As result, such must help students develop the motivation interest needed to persist through their education. One particularly promising tool for this development has been Utility Value Interventions (UVIs) which given opportunities express how course content is personally useful them. But while UVIs used...

Abstract Mentoring Team Conflicts in Capstone Design: Problems and SolutionsTeaming is ubiquitous design education, yet the process of effectively mentoring project teamsposes a range challenges for faculty. Many mentors have little or no formal training inteamwork teams, learned primarily through experience. That experienceprovides valuable resource to education community, particularly when coupled withempirical research on teamwork from fields such as organizational behavior.In this paper,...

Mentoring student teams is critical to entrepreneurship education, but the nature of that mentoring often ill-defined, with little robust understanding effective practices. To bridge this gap, paper presents a qualitative study practices in an startup class. By combining classroom observations semistructured interviews from mentors and students, data provide complete view behaviors their salience within learning environment. Two frameworks guided collection: problem-based capstone design...

Abstract Brainstorming and ideation during preliminary design is a critical aspect of successful engineering processes, ensuring that the space fully explored vital to outcome process. As result, it important educators can facilitate processes in ways lead successful, innovative solutions down road. And while there exist number brainstorming tools support ideation, each method also accompanied by different advantages, drawbacks, challenges. The purpose this paper explore student perceptions...

Abstract The purpose of this work in progress is to provide preliminary findings from efforts develop a valid and reliable instrument measure students' attitudes, beliefs, intentions related social justice engineering contexts. As researchers continue demonstrate the critical links between topics advocate for their integration into curricula, it important that educators have tools assess student growth development these areas as well. By measuring perceptions relationship engineers, we can...

Abstract Brainstorming is a crucial component of the engineering design process and activities conversations that take place during conceptual ideation can have significant downstream impacts on influence outcomes overall project. While researchers focused brainstorming ideas student teams generate, role discourse conversation these remains relatively underexplored. The purpose this paper to provide codebook be used analyze activities. use analysis offer deeper understanding how students...

Abstract Background Conceptual understanding is critical to both engineering education and practice. In fact, many undergraduate courses focus on developing students' knowledge of core concepts. At the same time, a growing body literature points substantial gaps across educational professional practice contexts, including how problems are embodied solved. Purpose The purpose this study was explore potential differences in conceptual students engineers. To do so, we compared responses civil...

If the engineering education community is serious about improving its culture and climate for underrepresented groups, it imperative to educate students importance of diversity inclusion. Effectively incorporating diversity-related course content into curriculum requires an understanding student knowledge attitudes toward diversity. Accordingly, this work-in-progress explores students' beliefs intersection curriculum. Informed by Eccles' Expectancy Value Theory (EVT), authors pose following...

If the field of engineering were more diverse, what would that mean for you? The ways in which answers to this question vary provide useful insight into how students view efforts advance diversity & inclusion engineering. In paper, we use Tripartite Model Attitude explore students' evaluative reactions a hypothetical, diverse environment. We interviewed undergraduate (n=19) and graduate (n=22) at single institution. asked each student imagine world and, subsequently, describe their personal...

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and implementation a qualitative method used study transition experiences recent mechanical engineering graduates. school-to-work critical point on an engineer’s career trajectory involves substantial changes over relatively short period time. To date, however, newcomer engineers have been especially challenging capture through systematic empirical approaches. address noted limitations, we developed data collection strategy...

Abstract Student Perspectives on Capstone Design LearningCapstone courses represent a critical juncture in engineering students’ careers. Whilemuch of an undergraduate curriculum tends to focus technical content,capstone mimic authentic design experiences, which studentsoften have opportunities address realistic open-ended projects and interact with realclients industry professionals. Further, many programs capstone play acritical role developing professional skills necessary for effective...

Creating an inclusive and supportive learning environment is challenging due to the range of issues faced by diverse students. To facilitate efforts help students, it important that educators understand factors influence their ability effectively offer support. The purpose this paper highlight concepts underpin student support in engineering. authors address investigating beliefs practitioners regularly work with students from underrepresented groups. used prevailing development theory...

Abstract This evidence-based practice paper studies the expansion into College of Engineering Learning Assistant (LA) Program implemented at a public state university. LAs are undergraduate students who successfully complete course and then return to help instructors deliver or research-based practices. Development LA is part larger initiative XXX University implement use instructional practices (EBIPs) in science, engineering, mathematics courses. The began 2014 one department as an effort...

The LA Program at Oregon State University began in 2014 one department as an effort to provide support for the implementation of active learning large enrollment Biology courses. Since its start, program has spread include courses five out seven departments College Science and four six Engineering. At OSU, we identified specific course logistics educational goals Engineering developed adapted engineering Program, which a different recruiting procedure pedagogy professional development using...

Abstract Engineering students graduate from their programs with a broad range of skills that are set by professional societies, industry recommendations, and other stakeholders in student success. But when those engineers enter jobs, how utilized nurtured the organizations they enter? The purpose this paper is to present cross-sectional, secondary qualitative analysis research exploring experiences recent engineering graduates as move professional. Of particular interest were ways describe...

Abstract Survey questions are typically presented in one of two formats: closed-ended or open-ended. Despite the widespread use open-ended survey educational research, making sense answers to such remains a challenge. Whereas lend themselves well-known quantitative data-analysis techniques, have tendency illicit responses that more difficult analyze. Open-ended advantageous because they allow researchers explore when 1) question not known advance 2) narrative useful. also used as “catch-all”...

Abstract The transition to a graduate program presents numerous challenges as students must navigate new institution, lifestyle, and culture. Incoming are confronted with such finding an advisor, negotiating funding, working in research setting, establishing record of scholarship, all while successfully completing coursework. Research has shown that this can be even more difficult for underrepresented groups (e.g., females, racial/ethnic minorities). These turn lead feelings isolation...

Abstract Critical Pedagogies and First-year Engineering Students’ Conceptions of ‘What it means to be an Engineer’. Popular stereotypes regarding the type work engineers do, values engineering profession, types people that become tend emphasize technical skills logical problem-solving—often positioning broader global or societal implications as peripheral, secondary concerns. Though numerous studies practice run counter such perceptions, these misconceptions persist nonetheless, creating...

Abstract In this research paper, we examine the development of an instrument designed to measure students’ in-class cognitive engagement. Cognitive engagement is a critical aspect success in engineering program. Students who are more engaged likely succeed, but understanding how and what ways that takes place remains challenge. develop survey informed by existing theoretical framework links overt behaviors states We present results initial factor analysis, differences between anticipated...

This Research Work-in-Progress paper presents ongoing work in engineering and physics courses to create online formative assessments. Mechanics are full of non-intuitive, conceptually challenging principles that difficult understand. In order help students with conceptual growth, particularly if we want develop individualized learning modules, first must determine student's prior understanding. To do this, using coupled-multiple response (CMR) questions introductory (a mechanics course),...