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Civil Engineering Students as Avoidant Actors: Using Culturally Relevant Problem-Solving to Increase Critical Action Attitudes
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Drake, Riley; Poleacovschi, Cristina; Faust, Kasey M.; True-Funk, Arie; Kaminsky, Jessica – Journal of Engineering Education, 2023
Background: Civil engineers design systems that have the potential to impact existing oppressive societal conditions. Critical action--the ability to recognize and act against oppressive conditions--is an obligation for civil engineers committed to building a more just world. Purpose/Hypothesis: History reveals that civil engineers often do not…
Descriptors: Civil Engineering, Engineering Education, College Students, Culturally Relevant Education
Model-Eliciting Activity with Civil Engineering Students to Solve a Problem Involving Binomial Distribution
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Martha Elena Aguiar Barrera; Humberto Gutierrez Pulido; Veronica Vargas Alejo – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2023
This research presents the results of the implementation of a model-eliciting activity called Brickyards, designed to promote the learning of the binomial distribution. The theoretical framework used was the Models and Modeling Perspective, and the participants were undergraduate students enrolled in a probability and statistics course of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Civil Engineering, Learning Activities
Using Creative Projects to Foster Inclusion, Creativity, and Learning in Engineering: Project Outcomes in a Large Statics Course
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Shinae Jang; Christa L. Taylor; Maria Chrysochoou – Journal of Civil Engineering Education, 2025
Making engineering courses more diverse and inclusive has received increased support recently. The Include program aims to transform the academic environment in engineering to empower students who identify as neurodiverse; and, as part of the program, the statics course, a required course for all civil engineering majors, was redesigned based on…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Creativity, Engineering Education, Civil Engineering
Impact of a Research Experiences for Teachers Site on Secondary Educator Preparedness for Civil Engineering Instruction in the First Year
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Beena Ajmera; Sarah L. Crary – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2025
National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) programs provide opportunities for professional development for teachers. The goal of the RET site at North Dakota State University (NDSU), established in May 2020 (NSF Awards #1953102 and #2224135), was to increase the knowledge of secondary (6th to 12th grade)…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Civil Engineering, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes