Collaborative Research: Research: Collaboration in Engineering Practitioner and Student Teams: A Study of Beliefs about Effective Behaviors

协作研究：研究：工程从业者和学生团队的协作：有效行为信念的研究

• 批准号: 2217606
• 负责人: Emily Dringenberg
• 金额: $ 4.29万
• 依托单位: Ohio State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2217606&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Collaboration; Engineering; Practitioner

Effective collaboration is a key aspect of engineering learning and practice. Researchers in the field of engineering education have put considerable attention on understanding the nature of team behaviors, structures, and dynamics and their effects on design quality and problem solutions. However, we know little about why engineers choose to perform collaborative behaviors or not. This project aims to uncover 1) similarities and differences between engineering students and practitioners in the performance of effective team behaviors, 2) understand the reasons why engineering students and practitioners choose to perform particular effective behaviors or not when working in engineering design teams, and 3) examine similarities and differences between engineering students and practitioners in their reasons for choosing to perform particular behaviors or not . Effective team behaviors in collaboration settings are central to any engineer’s formation as a professional. This project will 1) identify which effective team behaviors are performed least frequently by students and practitioners in engineering design teams (target behaviors), and 2) characterize why a diverse sample of engineers chooses to perform those behaviors or not. The project findings will provide necessary insight into how to support engineers to become even more effective collaborators in both academic and professional contexts. Also, research products will enhance understanding of how engineers' collaborative behaviors (and reasons for performing particular behaviors or not) are similar or different in school and work contexts. Extending the current literature, we will provide a nuanced characterization of why the target behaviors are not performed in engineering teams, focused at the level of individual beliefs and also considering the role of social, cultural, and political factors that inherently matter in design teams.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

有效的协作是工程学习和实践的关键方面。工程教育领域的研究人员将注意力集中在理解团队行为，结构和动态的性质及其对设计质量和问题解决方案的影响。但是，我们对工程师为何选择是否执行协作行为的原因一无所知。该项目的目的是发现1）工程专业学生和从业人员在有效团队行为表现方面之间的相似性和差异，2）了解工程专业的学生和从业人员选择在工程设计团队工作时选择执行特定有效行为的原因，而3）考试相似之处和差异，以选择工程学生和从事特定行为的理由，以进行特定的行为。协作环境中有效的团队行为对于任何工程师作为专业人士的形成都是核心。该项目将1）确定工程设计团队（目标行为）的学生和从业人员最少执行哪些有效的团队行为，以及2）为何工程师的潜水员样本选择是否执行这些行为。该项目的发现将为如何支持工程师在学术和专业背景下成为更有效的合作者提供必要的见解。此外，研究产品将增强对工程师的协作行为（以及是否执行特定行为的原因）在学校和工作环境中相似或不同的理解。扩展当前的文献，我们将提供一些细微的表征，说明为什么在工程团队中没有执行目标行为，专注于个人信念的水平，并考虑在设计团队中固有重要的社会，文化和政治因素的作用。该奖项颁奖典礼反映了NSF的法定任务，反映了通过评估基金会的诚实对基金会的评估和广泛的影响。