Trinidad Sotomayor

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | UC · Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica y Metalúrgica

The tenure system in the United States places significant importance on teaching effectiveness. To date, students' evaluations of teaching (SETs) have been the reigning mechanism for assessing effective teaching. However, prior work has shown that SETs are often biased against underrepresented groups and minorities. The present study analyzes optio...

K-12 Engineering Education has placed a lot of attention on students’ attitudes or predispositions towards science and technology. However, most assessment methods are focused on STEM as a whole or only on technology. In this article, we will discuss the instrument called Technology and Engineering Attitude Scale (TEAS) which focuses on attitudes t...

Higher institutions of education represent the social mobility mechanisms that create more just societies. The STEM fields are particularly critical in the development of these modern, more just societies. In the United States, the social and racial justice debates are ever more relevant and present in academia. Studies focused on under-represented...

Today, engineers are expected to face challenges that involve complicated social elements related to new technological developments and their adoption. In this scenario, there needs to be a renewed attention to the instilment of general epistemic beliefs that facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration and the incorporation of social science practic...