Cynthia J. Atman
University of Washington
164 Papers
1.4K Citations
Cynthia J. Atman is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Engineering education & Engineering design process. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 164 publications. Previous affiliations of Cynthia J. Atman include Columbia University & University of Pittsburgh.
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Papers
Undergraduate reflections on learning engineering design
Kristina Krause,McKenzie Huneke,Ken Yasuhara,Cynthia J. Atman +3 more
- 15 Jul 2013
TL;DR: Qualitative analysis of interviews of 121 engineering students suggests the educational value of reflecting on and communicating about learning experiences in engineering, and how educators might facilitate these activities.
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“Spend another day in our class talking about this research please”: Student insights from a research - based design thinking exercise
Cynthia J. Atman,Arif Ahmer,Kathryn Shroyer,Jennifer Turns,Jim Borgford-Parnell +4 more
- 25 Jun 2016
TL;DR: In this paper, a specific instance of a guided discovery activity in which engineering students were invited to engage with selected timelines from a study of designer processes; guidance included prompts at two points in time.
Special session - research findings on engineering student learning and engineering teaching: Interactively exploring the implications for engineering education
Debbie Chachra,Cynthia J. Atman,Jennifer Turns,Ken Yasuhara,Sheri Sheppard +4 more
- 18 Oct 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present emerging findings from an extensive set of data collected by the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE) through two of its constituent studies, the Academic Pathways Study (APS) of engineering undergraduate development and the Studies of Engineering Educator Decisions (SEED).
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Surfacing the Hidden Brain (System 1) in Engineering Education Teaching, Learning, and Research
Emily Dringenberg,E. H. Ruth Wertz,Cynthia J. Atman,Kelly J. Cross,Elif Miskioglu,Giselle Guanes +5 more
- 01 Oct 2019
TL;DR: This special session aims to generate awareness of and discussion about System 1 within the FIE community, and generate a working definition for System 1, to continue to build momentum for including System 1 in the authors' approaches to and assumptions about engineering education.
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