Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jasmine Skye Batten, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

PLTLOnly two articles surrounding implementations of PLTL were found and indicated that PLTLmay show promise for improving self-efficacy, defined as “a person’s belief in their ability tosucceed in a particular situation” [41] for peer leaders and female CS students. Additionally,PLTL was mentioned in a case study to have impacted a female Hispanic/Latina CS transferstudent’s content knowledge and sense of belonging.The first article reported improvement in PLTL peer leaders’ self-efficacy, content knowledge,and soft skills. Their findings [42], collected through a Science Teaching Efficacy BeliefInstrument (STEBI), showed that 60-80% of students viewed PLTL as an experience thatsupported their teaching skill development, communication skills