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STUDENT DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES
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Students are one of our greatest assets and we endeavor to support them as they become emerging professionals in the field of engineering. This support takes various forms including formation of a student council composed of representatives from each partner institution to offer critical feedback and to assist in the development and implementation of the program.
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There are 16 projects in this section.
1. A Discipline Specific Writing Center
2. ELA Manual
3. ELA Report
4. ELA Workshop
5. Final Report on the NJIT Interdisciplinary Writing
6. Interdisciplinary Writing Improvement Program
7. Interdisciplinary Writing Program for Undergraduate Engineer
8. Leadership Initiative In Engineering Education
9. Making the Writer the Expert
10. McNair Conference Booklet
11. Summary of Writing Center Conference papers
12. Teaching Writing in Engineering:The TA�s Guide:
13. Technical Presentation: Learning from our Errors
14. Web Based Tutoring System Animated Demonstration
15. Workshop on Writing and Professional Communication
16. Writing Center Project-Final Report
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A Discipline Specific Writing Center
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This document describes the establishment, operation, and assessment of a student writing center within the ECE Dept. of the Univ. of South Carolina. The document is the Ph.D. thesis of Ms. Deanna Elizabeth Ramey titled "Assessing Writing Instruction in a Sophomore Engineering Course:
Iterations of Integrating Writing from 1995-1999" completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in English, with a specialization in Rhetoric and Composition. While she pursued her Ph.D., Dr. Ramey was a writing consultant in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department�s Writing Center, a Gateway-supported project that has since been institutionalized as the Professional Communications Center of the University of South Carolina College of Engineering and Information Technology.
This is one in a series of Monographs in Engineering Education Excellence edited by
Edward Ernst, University of South Carolina and resulting from work supported by the Gateway Engineering Education Coalition.
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ELA Manual
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| Contact Name: Clarisa Gonzalez |
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology |
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The Educational Learning Assistants program at NJIT is designed to improve the retention rate for students participating in the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP).� The program uses peer advising and focuses on lower division students.� Details of the program implementation are available in the manual Educational Learning Assistants (ELA) Program: Program Description and Operations Manual.� An analysis of the outcomes of this program are available in the report Educational Learning Assistants Program: Impact on Engineering Students.
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ELA Report
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| Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology |
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| Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology |
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The Educational Learning Assistants program at NJIT is designed to improve the retention rate for students participating in the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP).� The program uses peer advising and focuses on lower division students.� Details of the program implementation are available in the manual Educational Learning Assistants (ELA) Program: Program Description and Operations Manual.� An analysis of the outcomes of this program are available in the report Educational Learning Assistants Program: Impact on Engineering Students.
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ELA Workshop
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| Contact Name: Clarisa Gonzalez |
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology |
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The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) developed a new retention initiative called the Educational Learning Assistant (ELA) Program.� The main goal of the ELA Program was to increase the retention rate of EOP sophomores from 74 percent to 84 percent over one academic year.� The objective was to develop a special treatment, which included but was not limited to the assignment of role model peers to work closely with the EOP resident and commuter sophomores to provide tutoring, peer counseling, and academic and academic support workshops.� Through the funding received from the Gateway Education Engineering Coalition, NJIT was better able to establish a successful outreach program.� This program allowed the Educational Learning Assistants (ELAs), who resided in the residence halls, to develop and maintain regular contact with the EOP sophomores, and provide timely feedback to the professional staff who were then be able to implement effective intervention regardless of whether the problem was academic, financial or social-emotional.
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Final Report on the NJIT Interdisciplinary Writing
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| Contact Name: Friedman |
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology |
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Final Report on the NJIT Interdisciplinary Writing Center for YR5.
Brief discussion of the activities conducted on this project
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Interdisciplinary Writing Improvement Program
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| Contact Name: Hudgins |
Organization: University of South Carolina |
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Interdisciplinary Writing Improvement Program-TA Training Session report
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Interdisciplinary Writing Program for Undergraduate Engineer
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| Organization: University of South Carolina |
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The Interdisciplinary Writing Program for Undergraduate Engineers at USC involves integrating writing instruction
into the engineering lab sequence, assessing writing, and developing model workshops. Each of these components
of the Interdisciplinary Writing Program will produce deliverables that can be provided to other Gateway
institutions.
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Leadership Initiative In Engineering Education
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| Contact Name: Judith Lyczko |
Organization: The Cooper Union |
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LEAP is the Cooper Union School Of Engineering's new leadership initiative
in engineering education, designed to offer engineering students a
structured, yet flexible, selection of participatory leadership
opportunities, workshops, courses, and experiences. The goal of LEAP is to
cultivate the professional and personal skills of engineering students and
to enhance their leadership potential in both college and the workplace,
thereby advancing the profession of engineering.
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Making the Writer the Expert
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In this document the author uses the interrelatedness of theory and practice as a means of analyzing the writing of engineering students and uncovering some definitive traits of engineering communications. He brings theories of composition and rhetoric from the humanities into the context of engineering writing and identifies engineering discourse, with its emphasis on clarity, objectivity, and brevity, as a product of Current �Traditional approaches to composition.
The document is the Ph.D. thesis of Thomas S. Bowers titled "Making the Writer the Expert: The Importance of Composition and Rhetorical Theory to Writing in the Disciplines" written in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree in English, with a specialization in Rhetoric and Composition. While he pursued this degree, Bowers was a writing consultant in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department�s Writing Center, a Gateway-supported project that has since been institutionalized as the Professional Communications Center of the University of South Carolina College of Engineering and Information Technology.
This document is one in a series of Monographs in Engineering Education Excellence edited by
Edward Ernst, University of South Carolina and resulting from work supported by the Gateway Engineering Education Coalition.
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McNair Conference Booklet
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| Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology |
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The McNair Program, in conjunction with Gateway, fosters undergraduate research opportunities for students from underrepresented populations. The goal of the program is to expose these students to research opportunities so that more students from these groups will pursue graduate studies. Every year NJIT runs a symposium on the research performed in this program.� This booklet describes the projects undertaken by McNair program participants this year, and includes brief biographies of the student participants and their faculty mentors.
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Summary of Writing Center Conference papers
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| Contact Name: Hudgins |
Organization: University of South Carolina |
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Summary of Writing Center Conference papers. A summary of 10 papers given at 3 different conferences in 1997.
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Teaching Writing in Engineering:The TA�s Guide:
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| Contact Name: Hudgins |
Organization: University of South Carolina |
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Final version of Teaching Writing in Engineering:The TA�s Guide: Materials developed by team from Engineering and English Depts to help TAs teach writing skills.15 sections prepared.
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Technical Presentation: Learning from our Errors
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| Contact Name: Ronald H Rockland |
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology |
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Industry wants students who are effective communicators, and one of the main methods of communication in the professional world is through presentations. While knowing how to use an application, such as Microsoft's PowerPoint, is important for a good presentation, what is more important is knowing how to present - what are the qualities of a good slide, how to overcome anxiety, and how to more effectively deliver this presentation.� This presentation will describe, through a series of examples and a seven step method, how students can create and present effective technical presentations.
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Web Based Tutoring System Animated Demonstration
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| Contact Name: Golgen Bengu |
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology |
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An interactive tutorial system for aiding students who have difficulty with the pre-lab quiz is developed in addition to the quiz system. While students are taking the quiz they can request "live" help from an on-line intelligent tutoring tool. System brings up similar examples and guides in a systematic manner to help the student to solve the problems. The system tracks the students' previously demonstrated skills and mastery of particular topics and offers step-by-step assistance with the calculations.� The 'intelligence' of this system tailors the tutoring needs of each student. It allows suggestions to be made which are more likely to address the student's difficulty, without repeating material that has already been shown to have been mastered. The Intelligent Tutorial System was developed by Dr. Golgen Bengu, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology.� For more information and availability, contact Dr. Bengu at [email protected].
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Workshop on Writing and Professional Communication
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| Contact Name: Hudgins |
Organization: University of South Carolina |
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Workshop on Writing and Professional Communications Centers Proceedings. Contains summaries of breakout group discussions and group presentations at the workshop.
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Writing Center Project-Final Report
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| Contact Name: Gallagher |
Organization: Polytehnic University |
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Writing Center Project-Final Report
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