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Elevating Equity in Public Engagement
Get PDFPublic engagement is the foundation of our work. For engagement to be meaningful and equitable, agencies must meet people where they are and connect with them using tools and tactics that allow all voices to be heard. Attendees will learn about the development of the INDOT Public Engagement Guide, which leverages socioeconomic, demographic, and social equity data to help the agency make data-informed decisions about how to best reach the people it serves
Geometric Constraints and Visual Field Related to Speed Management
Get PDFThis study investigates the challenges inherent in rural arterial roads and highways connecting small towns and cities in Indiana. Despite their pivotal role in transportation and development, these roads often experience a high frequency of traffic accidents attributed to speeding, particularly at transition areas from high-speed to low-speed roads. To address this issue, this study investigated cost-efficient and effective speed management countermeasures. This study emphasized the importance of considering cost-efficient and effective speed management strategies, with a focus on roadside vegetation and lane widths near small-town entrances on arterial roads and highway ramps. Proposing four countermeasures for each scenario—such as large spacing bush, small spacing bush, hedge, and narrow lane width for arterial roads or a delineator for highway exit ramps—the investigation employed driving simulator studies involving sixty human subjects to assess the individual and interactive effects of these interventions. The results on driving speed and deceleration rate show that specific combinations of narrow lanes and roadside vegetation were effective in mitigating speeding on arterial roads and highway ramps, especially during the transition zones. The study also revealed that the speed reduction effects of these countermeasures do not persist in post-countermeasure segments, which reduce the boarder impacts of these interventions. The research underscores the importance of a targeted and context-aware approach in selecting and implementing speed management measures and emphasized the need for tailored interventions based on the specific characteristics of each roadway type and scenario
Characterising STEM Ways of Thinking in Engineering Design (ED)-based tasks
Get PDFInvestigating students\u27 thinking in routine classroom tasks, especially in science and engineering, is crucial. Given the rising interest in STEM Ways of Thinking (SWoT), in this exploratory study, we focus on two multi-week Engineering Design tasks within an undergraduate physics laboratory. Given that the term \u27ways of thinking\u27 has varied interpretations, we aim to further the discourse by identifying four SWoTs: Design Thinking, Physics Concepts, Mathematical Constructs, and Metacognitive Reflection. Analyzing discussions from 14 student-groups reveals notable differences in how students solve an instructor-assigned challenge given earlier in the semester and a student-generated challenge later in the semester. Students considered physics concepts more frequently and combined mathematical and physics concepts in more detail in the latter task. Our findings underscore the value of small-group discussions in understanding and operationalizing SWoT. We acknowledge the need for diverse frameworks and believe our study can benefit educators and researchers exploring similar strategies
IMPACT FLC report Spring 2024: A report by the IMPACT evaluation team
Get PDFThis is the 2024 Spring report of Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation (IMPACT) Week. IMPACT was created in 2010, and is a large collaborative initiative on the Purdue West Lafayette campus involving multiple key partners across campus including the Office of the Provost, Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE), Purdue Online (PO), Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies (Libraries), the Evaluation and Learning Research Center (ELRC), and Institutional Data Analytics and Assessment (IDA+A). IMPACT works with instructors to redesign large enrollment, foundational courses with the aim of engaging students more fully in their learning and creating a more student-centered environment, with the expectation that this will improve student success. IMPACT Week is a self-paced, hybrid version of the IMPACT program
