Enhancing Team Dynamics in Engineering Education: A Design-Based Workshop Approach

• In Event: AERA Graduate Student Research-in-Progress Session 5
  In Roundtable Session: Epistemic Exclusion, Teaming, and First-Generation Student Experiences in Engineering Education (Table 1)

Abstract

One of the desired student outcomes outlined in the ABET criteria for accrediting engineering programs is the "ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks and meet objectives (ABET, p.9)." Despite one of the seven ABET criteria for students to have the ability to function in high-performing teams, there is no consensus on the attributes that promote effective teamwork in engineering education (Adams et al., 2002; Davis & Ulseth, 2013). We used design-based research methodologies to develop a workshop to help students reflect and improve their teaming experience.

Author

• Krina Patel, University of California - Berkeley