Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: First-year Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Courtney A. Lemasney, Rowan University; Hayley M. Shuster, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation, First-Year Programs

kappa of 0.627indicates a moderate level of agreement between the researchers. The results from this paperprovide insight into how students interpret Curiosity and can be used to develop materials aboutEM that might better resonate with first-year students. Future work will explore the remainingtwo “Cs”: Connections and Creating Value.IntroductionThis study involves integrating fortnightly reflective practice into a first-year engineering coursewhile simultaneously beginning to instill an entrepreneurial mindset (EM) (as defined by theKern Engineering Entrepreneurship Network (KEEN)) in the engineering students at a mid-size,Mid-Atlantic, public university. Of particular interest is understanding students’ conception ofCuriosity, one of the