Conference Session

Diversity, Inclusion, and Access

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Samuel Darko; Gurcan Comert; Jessica Furrer, Benedict College; Andress Carter-Sims, Benedict College; Balaji Iyangar, Benedict College

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Diversity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access

60second-semester STEM students at Benedict College. We conducted a mixed-methods study toexamine the impact of a learning community model (the Benedict College Scientific Village),fused with critical pedagogy and hands-on laboratory research, on the collegiate success andretention of minority students in the STEM disciplines (Pantiwati, 2013). By introducing thismodel to students early in their college careers, we anticipated that various psychosocial and socio-economical impediments to student learning, retention, and academic success would beminimized. We confirmed that the Scientific Village model has a significant impact on theachievement, retention, and self-efficacy of STEM students at a small, historically Black college.The model and

Conference Session

Labs and Experiential Learning

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Benjamin D McPheron, Anderson University; Kenneth Michael Parson, Thor Motor Coach

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Labs and experiential learning

2.0 to graduate. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 35245In addition, a 9 question Likert scale survey was used to assess student self-efficacy of theachievement of course outcomes. The following statements were rated, with 1 being stronglydisagree and 5 being strongly agree: 1. Building guitar pedals in ACD lab helped me better understand the design of discrete amplifiers 2. Building guitar pedals in ACD lab helped me better understand the design and analysis of multistage amplifiers 3. Building guitar pedals in ACD lab helped me analyze the frequency response of electronic circuits 4. Building guitar

Conference Session

Labs and Experiential Learning

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Gurcan Comert; Zulfikar Berk, University of South Carolina; Robert Petrulis; Balaji Iyangar; Esmail M Abuhdima, Benedict college; Negash Begashaw, Benedict College

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Diversity, Labs and experiential learning

) Least Strongest Mean 1 2 3 4 5 As 5 being very successful, how successful was the research experience overall learning new materials 4.89 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 88.9% and methods? Again 5 being strongest, how much the research experience increased your self efficacy towards 4.67 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% research and continuous learning? As 5 being very likely, given chance and you continue at the College, how likely you would like to continue 4.67 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% research on this or similar topics? As 5 being strongest, how this

Conference Session

Labs and Experiential Learning

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

David Olawale, R.B. Annis School of Engineering, University of Indianapolis; Payton Ashby Staman, University of Indianapolis; James T Emery II, University of Indianapolis

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Labs and experiential learning

]. In addition, it has been shown that an Online PBL environment supports self-efficacy, a key elementfor students’ success in the online environment [12].According to (Kow, 2019) [7], the online PBL model is not different from the traditional classroommodel, only the environment changes. The PBL model employed for this course follows that by Peffers etal, 2007 [14] as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3: Project-Based Lesson Structure Model [14]3.0 Method 3The Project AssignmentThe team of three mechanical engineering students were given the project description below. The methodto be employed in executing the project included site visits, customer interviews, engineering