Ada Hurst
University of Waterloo
30 Papers
28 Citations
Ada Hurst is an academic researcher from University of Waterloo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Teamwork & Capstone. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 25 publications.
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Papers
Perceptions of non-CS majors in intro programming: The rise of the conversational programmer
Parmit K. Chilana,Celena Alcock,Shruti Dembla,Anson Ho,Ada Hurst,Brett Armstrong,Philip J. Guo +6 more
- 17 Dec 2015
TL;DR: An in-depth case study of first-year management engineering students enrolled in a required introductory programming course at a large North American university provides insights into students' motivations, career goals, perceptions of programming, and reactions to the Java and Processing languages.
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Towards a Multidisciplinary Teamwork Training Series for Undergraduate Engineering Students: Development and Assessment of Two First-year Workshops
Ada Hurst,Erin Jobidon,Andrea Prier,Taghi Khaniyev,Chris Rennick,Rania Al-Hammoud,Carol Hulls,Jason Grove,S. S. Mohamed,Stephanie Joan Johnson,Sanjeev Bedi +10 more
- 26 Jun 2016
TL;DR: The first workshop as mentioned in this paper focused on team-forming and building, team communication, and conflict management for engineering students in all disciplines in their first three years of study, and the second workshop focused on building active listening skills and asking effective questions.
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Teamwork for engineering students: improving skills through experiential teaching modules
Rania Al-Hammoud,Ada Hurst,Andrea Prier,Mehrnaz Mostafapour,Chris Rennick,Carol Hulls,Erin Jobidon,Eugene Li,Jason Grove,Sanjeev Bedi +9 more
- 21 Feb 2018
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of six teamwork training modules are being designed for each of the students' first six academic terms, motivated by a perceived deficiency in teamwork skills of graduating engineering students, a careful pilotrevise-implement design cycle has resulted in the development of a number of variations of each module, catering to different disciplines' needs for integration with the curriculum.
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A "lattice" approach to design education: Bringing real and integrated design experience to the classroom through Engineering Design Days
Ada Hurst,Chris Rennick,Sanjeev Bedi +2 more
- 01 Jul 2019
TL;DR: In this article, a short review of how the model of engineering education in Canada has evolved over the last two centuries, identify the current deficiencies in teaching design in engineering curricula, and review how Chairs in Design Engineering at various Canadian engineering schools have tackled this identified need.
A Comparison of Design Activity of Academics and Practitioners Using the FBS Ontology: A Case Study
Ada Hurst,Oscar Nespoli,Sarah Abdellahi,John S. Gero +3 more
- 01 Jul 2019
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the design activity of a team of experts and practitioners in a case study using the Function-Behaviour-Structure (FBS) ontology, and found that the team of practitioners constructs the design space earlier and generally spends more time in the solution space than the experts.