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Utilization of Real-Life Hands-On Pedagogy to Motivate Undergraduate Students in Grasping Transportation Related Concepts

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Baltimore , Maryland

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June 25, 2023

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June 25, 2023

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June 28, 2023

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Models, Models, & More Models

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

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Diversity

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19

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10.18260/1-2--44591

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https://peer.asee.org/44591

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Adebayo Iyanuoluwa Olude Morgan State University

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Oludare Adegbola Owolabi, P.E. Morgan State University

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Adebayo Olude is a doctoral student and research assistant at Morgan State University's Department of Civil Engineering in Baltimore, Maryland. Adebayo formerly worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at Eastern Mediterranean University in North Cyprus, where he earned his master's degree in civil engineering. He also worked as a project Analyst with AgileP3 after graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) in civil engineering from Covenant University, Nigeria. Adebayo has taught courses in Transportation and Chemistry at Morgan State University as part of his commitment to the STEM profession. He has attended conferences across the Transportation engineering field.

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Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun Morgan State University

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Pelumi Abiodun is a current doctoral student and research assistant at the Department of Civil Engineering, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland. Pelumi got his BSc and MSc degree in Physics from Obafemi Awolowo University, where he also served as a research assistant at the Environmental Pollution Research unit, in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. As part of his contribution to science and engineering, Pelumi has taught as a teaching assistant both at Morgan State University and Obafemi Awolowo University. With a passion to communicate research findings gleaned from experts in the field as he advances his career, Olaitan has attended several in-person and virtual conferences and workshops, and at some of them, made presentations on findings on air pollution, wastewater reuse, and heavy metal contamination.

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Hannah Abedoh Morgan State University

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Petronella A James Morgan State University

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Dr. Petronella James is a faculty member at Morgan State University in both the Electrical Engineering and Transportation departments. Dr. James has experience in accreditation, program assessment and evaluation process and was recently (2016-2019), the accreditation coordinator for the school of Engineering. Her interest in engineering education emphasizes developing new classroom innovations and assessment techniques and supporting student engagement. Her research interests include broadening participation in STEM, equity and diversity, engineering ethics, online engineering pedagogy, program assessment solutions, transportation planning, transportation impact on quality of life issues, and bicycle access. She is a proud Morgan Alum (2011), having earned a Doctorate in Civil Engineering, with a focus on transportation. Dr. Petronella James earned her Doctor of Engineering (Transportation) and Masters of City & Regional Planning. She completed a B.S. Management Studies, at the University of the West Indies (Mona), Jamaica.

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Celeste Chavis, P.E. Morgan State University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-3737-2364

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Celeste Chavis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Transportation & Urban Infrastructure Studies in the School of Engineering at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Chavis is a registered professional engineer in the State of Mary

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Eazaz Sadeghvaziri Morgan State University

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Dr. Eazaz Vaziri is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Urban Mobility & Equity Center and an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Transportation & Urban Infrastructure at Morgan State University. Also, he is an Engineering Postdoctoral Fellow (eFellows) at the American Society for Engineering Education through funding provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). He has almost ten years of experience in the Transportation Engineering field and has conducted different research projects. His research interests include connected and autonomous vehicle, micro mobility, equity in transportation, transportation planning, travel pattern analysis, driver behavior analysis, traffic simulation, and traffic safety. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, his Master of Science in Civil Engineering (Transportation Planning), and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering). He serves as a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on Workforce Development and Organizational Excellence (AJE15). Also, he serves as a member of the TRB Standing Committee on Rural, Intercity Bus, and Specialized Transportation (AP055). He is a paper reviewer for different TRB committees, and has reviewed, presented, and published numerous research papers. He served the ITE student chapter at Florida International University as Secretary and Membership Chapter for two years. He has been PI/Co-PI for nine research grants funded by state agencies totaling over $1,018,659. He has also worked as a transportation engineer in private companies. Having both academic and industry backgrounds, Dr. Vaziri continues his practical research and works with students and practicing engineers.

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Di Yang

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Neda Bazyar Shourabi Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Mulugeta T. Dugda Morgan State University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-6801-3225

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Krishna Bista

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Krishna Bista is an Associate Professor at Morgan State University, Maryland (USA).

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Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias Morgan State University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-8645-696X

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Dr. J. 'Kemi Ladeji-Osias is Professor in the School of Engineering at Morgan State University in Baltimore. She is a rotating Program Director in the Division of Engineering Education from 2021 - 2023.

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Abstract

Real-life hands-on pedagogy that is adequately grounded on workable social learning theory is a precursor in motivating students in grasping transportation related concepts. At a historical black university an evidence-based, experiment-focused real-life hands-on pedagogy was adopted in the transportation discipline from Fall 2020 till date. The paper outlines the development and implementation of the hands-on pedagogy in the transportation systems discipline from Fall 2020 to Fall 2022. The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) developed by Pintrich, Smith, García, and McKeachie, in 1991 was used to measure key constructs associated with students’ success, such as motivation, epistemic and perceptual curiosity and self-efficacy. Signature assignments were developed to measure student success outcomes resulting from the adoption of the pedagogy. Additionally, student success was also measured by academic performance as well as retention and graduation rates of the students impacted by the pedagogy. Results of the MSLQ administered on over 150 students impacted by the pedagogy reveal a significant increase in the students’ key constructs associated with success. The pedagogy equally reveals a better knowledge gain and classroom engagement than the traditional teaching approach.

Olude, A. I., & Owolabi,, O. A., & Abiodun, P. O., & Abedoh, H., & Efe, F., & James, P. A., & Chavis,, C., & Sadeghvaziri, E., & Yang, D., & Bazyar Shourabi, N., & Dugda, M. T., & Bista, K., & Ladeji-Osias, J. K. (2023, June), Utilization of Real-Life Hands-On Pedagogy to Motivate Undergraduate Students in Grasping Transportation Related Concepts Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--44591

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