Tolbert, D., & Cardella, M. E. (2017, June), Understanding the Role of Mathematics in Engineering Problem Solving  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. 10.18260/1-2--29056

\bibitem{asee_peer_29056}
  Tolbert, D., \& Cardella, M. E. (2017, June), \emph{Understanding the Role of Mathematics in Engineering Problem Solving}
  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio.
  10.18260/1-2--29056

DeLean Tolbert and Monica E. Cardella.  "Understanding the Role of Mathematics in Engineering Problem Solving".  2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2017.  https://peer.asee.org/29056 Internet.  18 Jul, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_29056}
  DeLean Tolbert and Monica E. Cardella.
  "Understanding the Role of Mathematics in Engineering Problem Solving".
  \emph{2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2017.
  https://peer.asee.org/29056 Internet.  18 Jul, 2024

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title = "Understanding the Role of Mathematics in Engineering Problem Solving"
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - This NSF-funded study was designed to explore the ways that students from different disciplinary backgrounds engage in mathematical and design thinking as solve a design task. Ultimately, the objective is to understand how mathematics may be an inhibitor or propellant for engineering students as they matriculate through their engineering programs and solve engineering problems. Therefore, design and mathematical thinking behaviors exhibited by engineering and mathematics college students will be investigated in order to characterize these behaviors provide insight into the ways that mathematics can act as a gatekeeper to engineering for some aspiring students. 

Data and findings from the non-engineering students will be presented in this paper. Students in engineering majors (n=17) and mathematics majors (n=13) were recruited to work independently on a design task. Data collected from their participation include: video and audio recording, design solution artifacts, pre-study interest survey responses and post-design session interview responses. The final design solutions are being analyzed for solution quality, and the design session video recordings are being analyzed using narrative analysis methods in order to gain insight into the student’s process and understand the design and mathematics behaviors and practices exhibited by students in this study. Ultimately, the research team anticipates making comparisons between design quality, design and mathematics processes revealed through narrative analysis and student responses to post-study interview questions to create an understanding of the role mathematics and design thinking in this task and create a baseline for comparison engineering student’s mathematics and design behaviors in future analysis. 




AU  - DeLean Tolbert
AU  - Monica E. Cardella
CY  - Columbus, Ohio
DA  - 2017/06/24
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Understanding the Role of Mathematics in Engineering Problem Solving
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DO  - 10.18260/1-2--29056
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