The goal of this study is to (i) understand the characteristics of high-, averageand low-level performing students in a first year computer programming course, and (ii) investigate whether their performance can be predicted accurately and early enough in the semester for timely intervention. We triangulate data from three sources: submission steps and outcomes in an automatic marking system tha...

Delay discounting, as a behavioral measure of impulsive choice, is strongly related to substance abuse and other risky behaviors. Therefore, effective techniques that alter delay discounting are of great interest. We explored the ability of a semester long financial education course to change delay discounting. Participants were recruited from a financial education course (n = 237) and an abnor...

Authentic research experiences are valuable components of effective undergraduate education. Research experiences during the first years of college are especially critical to increase persistence in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. The Science Education Alliance Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) model provides a high-impact research ...

This study documents an alternative for freshman engineering students to attending a large lecture in their introductory engineering course. In the fall semester students are required to be physically present in lecture. In the spring semester students are given the option of either being physically present, when the lecture is given, or viewing the recorded lecture. Attendance is recorded in t...

This paper shares a story of community, vulnerability, art-making and possibility that arose within the context of a Social Foundations of Education course. Drawing on arts-informed epistemologies, the authors began the semester by inviting students to critically engage with the central ideas of the course through the process of creating a mandala. At the end of the semester, students were once...

Dissertation writing is often the most challenging aspect of the doctoral program. In an effort to raise completion rates and lower time-to-degree as well as increase student satisfaction with the program, professors in an Ed.D. program developed a semester-long course to support students writing their dissertations. This case study describes the development of the course and the implementation...

A quasi-experimental quantitative study was performed to investigate the effect of computer simulation and animation (CSA) on student learning in kinematics in a foundational engineering dynamics course. The study involved 149 student participants in two recent semesters: 67 in a comparison semester and 82 in an intervention semester. This short paper describes two CSA modules we developed for ...

Mid-semester student feedback is a teaching assessment technique designed to elicit formative feedback from students during the semester, when it can be acted on to improve the course and students’ learning. Gathering student feedback at mid-semester is optimal for an instructor to get the pulse of the course––to find out what students are thinking about the instructor, the course material, and...

Mid-semester student feedback is a teaching assessment technique designed to elicit formative feedback from students during the semester, when it can be acted on to improve the course and students’ learning. Gathering student feedback at mid-semester is optimal for an instructor to get the pulse of the course––to find out what students are thinking about the instructor, the course material, and...