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Studies suggest that students' attitudes toward engineering courses may determine whether they persist in engineering, rather than academic performance alone. We take a mixed-methods approach to explore gritty attitudes and to confirm whether previous research on grit can be applied to undergraduate engineering students. We address two main research questions: (1) Does the grit scale predict retention...
Most engineers and scientists would readily agree that the ability to ask and pursue productive questions can lead to a more globally competitive workforce; students with this ability can also enrich the STEM classroom learning environment. Through demonstration, active learning, and small group activities, this special session explores how we can help tomorrow's engineers ask productive questions...
Through undergraduate engineering education, we hope to create graduates who have the ability to think creatively and be innovative. Yet, prior studies suggest that students might be losing their creative edge during their undergraduate education. In this workshop, we will review key literature on engineering students' views of innovation and results from a series of studies conducted by the presenters...
Agile methods are the fastest rising software lifecycle process methods in software engineering. Educators are converting traditional and project-base courses to agile in response, but this is a daunting task with few structured teaching resources methods available to reduce the burden on the educator. In professional practice, agile methods have been particularly effective in empowering experienced...
Engineering and Computer Science (E&CS) Education is an emerging discipline and is a subset of the larger field of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education. E&CS Education has a relatively brief history, and many individuals who are not directly involved in the discipline are often confused about its purpose. In this special session, we will use up to two background stories...
The IC'15 iCampus Forum is part of the International iCampus Initiative led by Etisalat BT Innovation Center (EBTIC) — a joint British Telecom (BT) research centre located in the middle-east region. More information about the initiative can be found in http://www.intelligentcampus.org.
This special session takes the form of a guided discussion, using a hands-on flow visualization exercise as focal point. Our goals are 1) to foster conversation and document ideas about how the aesthetic qualities of engineering topics can be used to deliberately draw the emotional engagement of students; 2) to gauge how the FIE community currently views the aesthetics of engineering, and brainstorm...
Metaphors help create realities for us, especially social realities. A metaphor influences behavior; to attract and/or divide. Metaphors for education provide symbolic representations of what we intend in education; insight into the philosophy that underlines both how we educate, and what we are trying to educate. E.g., "Education as a journey" conveys a different meaning and intention than...
The Editorial Board for the IEEE Transactions of Education developed and published a new set of review criteria. The review criteria have been built on the foundation of the areas of scholarship offered by Ernest Boyer. The purpose of this workshop is to help authors address the review criteria.
The purpose of this proposed mini-workshop is to connect our research in conceptual change [Collaborative research: Getting Engineers to Talk Across Disciplines, EEC 1129447] to instructional practice. Our research suggests that one potential indicator of students' conceptual understanding across several engineering disciplines is their use (or misuse) of language. During this mini-workshop participants...
Joint ACM/IEEE Computer Society undergraduate computer engineering curriculum guidelines are slated for release in 2016. These update the 2004 guidelines commonly known as CE2004. The presenters are part of the task group leading the revisions and will give an overview of the latest draft. Participants will engage in discussions on potential improvements to the guidelines to ensure that they are useful...
Students frequently spend too little time understanding the problem in their design projects and jump to solutions without considering alternatives. This leads to inefficient use of time and suboptimal results in the final design. Instead of re-inventing the wheel, students need to explore and understand the work of others applied to similar situations, using strong information gathering, application,...
Participants in this special session will: 1. Learn about the knowledge, skills, and attitudes possessed by Makers 2. Discuss the similarities and differences between Makers and Engineers 3. Discuss how Makers fit ABET's model for engineering graduates 4. Discuss how Makers fit the Engineer of 2020 model for engineering graduates 5. Leave enlightened and informed on how the worlds of Making and Engineering...
This study investigated the effect of Google SketchUp on students' learning achievements in spatial visualization. A quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design was used to conduct the research. Eighty-four fifth graders from a public elementary school in Taiwan voluntarily participated in the study. Students from different classes were divided into three instructional modules: Google SketchUp...
In the traditional form of teaching and classroom organization, lectures are given in class, and tests and examinations are given in class. The major drawback of this approach has been the difficulty of getting the students engaged in a traditional lecture. A computer science course in programming seems to be a natural class to implement a flipped classroom approach: individualized pacing for theory...
Community Engagement or Service-learning is a rapidly growing pedagogy in higher education and has come under increased visibility within engineering and computing education. It has been cited as a potential tool for increasing student engagement as well as diversity among our engineering, technology and computing student bodies. It also has opportunities to prepare the next generation of professionals,...
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