hypothesis were tinkering self-efficacy (three items, Cronbach alpha value0.89), engineering recognition (3 items, Table 1 Out-of-school STEM exposureCronbach alpha value 0.85), and engineering Categories listed on Survey Yes Noagency beliefs (seven items, Cronbach alpha Science fair 6 12value 0.87; [50]–[53] and one item to examine Robotics competition 1 17 Engineering competition 1 17understanding, i.e., I know what engineering After school STEM 4 14is. All survey questions were measured using program/cluba Likert scale of 0
relational. Conversely, graduatingengineers tend to be primarily analytical despite industry demand for greater diversity. This aspectis spurred by research indicating diverse teams produce better results. Therefore, new elementswere integrated into selected C&A courses to better engage and retain students in all HBDIquadrants, such as: Experiential workshops Service-learning Kinesthetic "hands-on" activities Group discussion and cooperative learning Brainstorming and visualization Industrial site visits Engineering design case studies Teaming Engineering synthesis and historical perspectivesResults of student typology and self-efficacy assessment about student professional developmentand curricular
self-efficacy,sense of belonging and increased self-care. In general, having a strong sense of belonging andself-efficacy within STEM is strongly linked to academic success [8] and increases motivation topursue STEM education [9]. The researchers adapted measures form the Prematriculation Inventory (PMI) developedat and for the University of Illinois at Chicago. The PMI measures noncognitive assets that havebeen found to correlate to academic success for first year undergraduate students [10]. The PMIis administered at UIC to first year students prior to starting their first semester (i.e. pre-matriculation). The PMI includes a battery of items focused on what it terms noncognitive assets.Noncognitive assets include skills, strategies
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the program improved on their leadership self-efficacy and belief that womencan be successful in leadership positions. In addition, the Women in Engineering LeadershipInstitute (WELI) has also held workshops to support the formation of a network of womencolleagues and mentors that help participants evaluate future leadership opportunities to succeedin academia. Participants reported that the program helped them to prepare for complexleadership roles by developing critical leadership knowledge and skills [5].Purpose of studyThis “work in progress” paper highlights how women engineering students acquire leadershipknowledge and skills to develop their leadership identity in a project-based engineeringleadership course with teams composed
manufacturing course at three large state universities:Texas Tech University, Kansas State University, and California State University – Northridge.The research questions addressed are: (1) What are the changes in skill and knowledge concerning additive manufacturingexperienced by undergraduate students? (2) What is the effect of this course on attitudes towards engineering and self-efficacy inengineering for enrolled undergraduate students?The sample consists of four years of data from the undergraduate students enrolled in the courseat all three universities (combined N = 196). Our method for data collection was matched-pairsurveys that contained both (i) an assessment for content knowledge and (ii) an attitudinalassessment previously
teams were reminded to complete their bi-weekly logs and their weekly mindmaps. During the final week, undergraduates completed the post-test survey during class to limitattrition.MeasuresStudents completed both quantitative measures and qualitative measures. The self-report surveysof the soft skills measures included a problem-solving inventory, and an interpersonalcompetence scale. The multiple perspectives measures included an interpersonal competencyquestionnaire, and an interpersonal reactivity index. The openness to failure measures included ageneral self-efficacy scale, a theory of intelligences survey, and a curiosity and explorationinventory.A. Problem-Solving (Heppner & Petersen [12] Problem-Solving Inventory) consisted of 32
success in the major is evident. In 2017, women comprisedapproximately 20% of engineering graduates, up from 18% in 1997, and 15% never entered theengineering workforce. In 2019, women comprised 48% of the workforce, 34% of the STEMworkforce, and only 16% of practicing engineers, a 3% increase from 2009. In an effort to betterunderstand these disparities, this mixed methods research investigated the creative self-efficacy(CSE) of women engineering majors and their beliefs about creativity in relation to livedexperiences and explores the research question: In what ways do undergraduate womenengineering students describe their creativity and how their lived experiences influenced theirdecision to major in engineering? The researchers investigated
the EDVES, the VESAS, Carberry’sEngineering Design Self-Efficacy Scale, and the STEM-CIS were the primary contributors to itemcontent and wording in the EDVES while Eccles’ Expectancy-Value Theory grounded the attitude-focused items [3-6] [9-10]. Note that the three scales exhibited their own validity and reliabilityby their creators, and subsequently allowed us to ensure EDVES items were created withestablished, high-quality practices in mind. Upon assembling and finalizing all items, theinstrument was reviewed by two engineering faculty members and a psychometrician. Additionalrevision of the instrument was conducted upon receiving their feedback and gave rise to the currentform of the EDVES (see Appendix 1) where items measure expectancy
post empathy surveys atthe beginning and at the end of the semester. The pre/post-tests consisted of three empathysubscales that served as proxies to assess the cognitive, affective, and behavioral components ofempathy. Two subscales (perspective taking and empathic concern) were taken from theInterpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) [15] and one subscale (interpersonal self-efficacy) was takenfrom Hess et al. [16]. The full survey instrument is included as an appendix.The IRI is a tool that measures empathy using a multi-dimensional approach [15] and waschosen because it is the standardized tool that is widely used and accepted among scholars whomeasure empathy. Empathic concern assesses "other-oriented" feelings of sympathy and concernfor others
-efficacy. 6Although finding statistically significant improvement in self-efficacy is difficult to measure with such asmall n (n = 10), the analysis nevertheless shows participant growth in a number of categories. Thegraph below shows growth across topics. Because of the small n, growth at both the 0.1 and 0.05 levelsare reported. Growth statistically significant at the 0.1 level is somewhat likely to gain statisticalsignificance at the 0.05 level when combined with future cohorts to expand the sample size. Differencesstatistically significant at the 0.1 level are indicated with a plus sign (+) following the question, whiledifferences
Processing Immunoglobulin (IG) 500Instrument Development and EmploymentTwo survey instruments to measure self-efficacy and engineering identity were chosen based onthe literature. Both instruments were piloted in two different courses at the end of the Fall 2020semester. Upon analyzing the results of the surveys, self-efficacy survey instruments wereslightly modified, including changing the Likert scale. On the other hand, the engineeringidentity survey instrument was found to be outdated, and another up-to-date engineering identityinstrument was chosen based on the literature. Both surveys were implemented at the beginningand end of the Spring 2021 and Fall 2021 semesters.The graduate research assistant
, though the program might not have had a positive impact on student self-efficacy inSTEM.Keywordsbroadening participation, engineering education, high schoolIntroductionIt is well established that the domestic need for a qualified, technical workforce is increasinglyimportant, and increasingly unmet. This need is especially acute in the greater Detroit area withits historical reliance on the automotive and manufacturing industries. Such need provides animperative to improve pathways for our nation’s youth to enter STEM fields. This is true, inparticular, for students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM professions. As of2017, only 4.1% of engineering bachelor’s degree in the U.S. were awarded to Black studentsand only 11.1% to
440 first-year engineering students during thefirst month of the Fall 2021 semester, including psychometrically sound measures of mental healthhelp-seeking attitudes, perceived norms, personal agency, and intention developed in accordancewith the Integrated Behavioral Model. Results show 12% of students self-report symptoms ofmoderate or higher depression and 14% moderate or higher anxiety. While these statistics arelower than the national averages for college students, breakdowns by gender showed that femalestudents showed a higher prevalence of anxiety and depression compared to the correspondingnational average. In general, students had positive attitudes, control, and self-efficacy related toseeking help for a mental health concern. Mean
], [17]. Young people’sconsideration of entry into an engineering major has been studied extensively and linked tostudent sociodemographic and academic factors [18], [19], [20]. In one study, researchers foundthat advanced science course-taking positively predicted students’ likelihood of deciding tomajor in STEM fields [21]. Moreover, researchers have linked students’ attitudes and beliefs totheir intentions to major in engineering [15], [21], [22]. To illustrate, one longitudinal study onundergraduate students found that their self-efficacy was positively related to their decision tomajor in engineering [23]. In another longitudinal study, the researchers noted a significantassociation between adolescent girls’ counter-stereotypic beliefs
engineering disciplines each academic year.This analysis found that the number of female faculty may account for some of the increase inenrolled female students; however, the data available is insufficient to prove it.Understanding the causes of higher-than-expected enrollment requires continued assessment ofthe composition of the student body and an approach to assessing the less tangible reasonsbehind our success to date. From prior work [9, 10], factors such as self-efficacy and recognitionof capability are important for those women who persist in engineering. Future work todetermine the cause of higher-than-expected enrollment include assessing self-efficacy andrecognition. These assessments could help shed more light on the reason for higher
international consulting projects. While at MIT, his dissertation research and collaborative research with institute colleagues focused on domain-specific self-efficacy in engineering entrepreneurship, and on the impact of project-based pedagogies on persistence in engineering among undergraduate students. He served as Director of Institutional Research at Goshen College for five years before coming to EMU in 2016. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com STEM Scholars Engaging in Local ProblemsAbstract Eastern Mennonite University received a 5-year S-STEM award for their STEM ScholarsEngaging in Local
career pathways in thesefields, stronger relationships with engineering professionals, and greater self-confidence in mathand science.The Phase III pilot program included six virtual networking events, three in spring 2021 andthree in fall 2021. The aim of the networking program was to (1) provide more information aboutcareer pathways, (2) strengthen interpersonal relationships, networking, and mentorship, and (3)boost confidence through connections with same-gender STEM experts to counteractstereotypes.Research QuestionsThe questions guiding the evaluation of the intervention were: 1. Does the STEM networking intervention increase community college women’s motivation, self-efficacy, and confidence in engineering and computer science? 2
evaluate student interest and motivationtoward sustainability and 11-point rating items on confidence/self-efficacy. Student perceptionon sustainability was found to differ by: course, discipline, gender, major, student previousknowledge, and student general interests. Within each course, impactful factors include thelearning objectives, quantity of sustainability inclusion and method of delivery. A given courseis not the sole determining factor of students’ awareness of sustainability, but it can have aneffect. Sustainability can look different across engineering disciplines, and each area and methodof incorporating sustainability has its own place, value, and impact.Introduction and Background “Development can be considered sustainable if it
]. However, self-regulation is strongly influenced by external factors such as the learningenvironment, instructor and instruction, modeling, and peer interaction [9]. Effective self-regulation requires not only the provision of clear instruction and explicitmodeling of possible solutions and problem-solving strategies, but also designing a learningenvironment conducive to such learning [10]. The level of self-regulation depends on the extentof the learner’s knowledge within the subject domain [9]. A key facet of self-regulation is self-efficacy, which requires the knowledge and use ofspecific learning strategies and performance self-monitoring [11]. Thus, self-efficacy indicateslearners’ belief in their innate ability to achieve
behaviors communicate agenuine investment in students’ personal and academic well-being, and they demonstrate awillingness to connect and work with their students [10],[11]. The second dimension includes aprofessor’s encouragement of questions and discussions as well as a student’s general feelingsabout the class.Rapport between professors and students is identified as promoting engagement [12]; motivationand satisfaction [8]; grades [13]; self-efficacy, i.e. a belief in one’s capabilities [14],[15];student success [16]; and, performance, persistence and retention in engineering [17],[18]. Onthe other hand, lack of such connection has been observed to contribute to loss of motivation andengagement [19], hence negatively impacting self-efficacy [20
entire class.Bergin and Reilly [12] examined 15 possible predictors, finding that student’s comfort level withprogramming and perception of their programming performance were the strongest individualpredictors. However, the perception of programming performance was surveyed in the secondsemester of the course, which would not permit early detection of high-risk students. Thecombination of students’ perception of programming performance, comfort level, high schoolmath score, and gender accounted for 79% of the variance in programming performance.Quille and Bergin [6] revisited that earlier work, confirming that high school math scores andstudent’s programming self-efficacy are significant predictors of success. They explored severalcombinations
self-efficacy scale labeled from 1 = Not at all confidence to 5 = Extremely confidence.This entrance survey for the MDaS student takes 10-15 minutes to complete.In Table 2, we provide a brief definition for each construct, the number of items associated withthe construct, and citations. Table 2 Entrance Survey Measure Definitions Construct Definition # of Item Intrinsic Value Intrinsic value often results from the enjoyment that a student obtains from 5 an activity [17], [18], [19]. Attainment Attainment
/15428052.2012.677610.[21] A. R. Carberry, H.-S. Lee, and M. W. Ohland, “Measuring Engineering Design Self- Efficacy,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 99, no. 1, pp. 71–79, Jan. 2010, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2010.tb01043.x.[22] E. Cevik et al., “Assessing the Effects of Authentic Experiential Learning Activities on Teacher Confidence with Engineering Concepts,” in 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jun. 2018, p. 29827. doi: 10.18260/1-2-- 29827.
. Details of the GradTrack structure arediscussed in the next section.GradTrack Program StructureFormatGradTrack is an academic-year-long program with monthly online meetings, four meetings eachin fall and spring semesters. Structuring the program to be fully online and incorporating virtualmentoring is a unique and strategic aspect of the GradTrack Program. While the practice ofonline mentoring – or e-mentoring – has existed for over 20 years [8], [9], [10], the COVID-19pandemic has led to the transition of on-campus student success and URM-focused programsinto a virtual setting [5]. Virtual mentoring has also been shown to increase STEM achievement,self-efficacy, and drive to persist in mentors and mentees in a recent study performed at
interventions for undergraduate level coursework with the goal ofincreasing student exposure in microelectronics. Fig. 1. Social Cognitive Career Theory Interest Model Flow Chart. Adapted from [3]Students having an idea about what they as individuals can contribute to a field (self-efficacy),and developing outcome expectations for their schooling and career can trigger the followingstages in the flowchart. The program that is being developed aims to be a source of activityselection and practice, eventually certifying performance outcomes for the students. SCCT wasused in the planning and development of this program, and Figure 1 outlines many of the aims ofthe program. Although the project as a whole aims to target all aspects of the SCCT model
well as their beliefs about others’ behavior (i.e., do they believe that their friendsor family would seek help for themselves?). Finally, personal agency is a person’s evaluation ofwhether they will be able to seek help, given their beliefs about barriers and facilitators to seekinghelp and their self-efficacy beliefs (i.e., confidence in their ability to seek help). These sixcategories of beliefs are influenced by background variables such as demographic characteristics,culture, socioeconomic status, environment, and personality. A strength of the IBM is that it allowsfor identification of the beliefs that drive behavior. Identifying the specific beliefs that drive mentalhealth related help-seeking behavior in undergraduate engineering
38% 3.02 2.13 114 Figure 2: Comparison of URM and Non-URM studentsThe Hornet Leadership Program (HLP) address S1, S2, S3, and all the long-term outcomes.Outcome S2 is initially captured by the baseline data from the student survey which shows thatany formal leadership training or experience at Sacramento State are linked to increases in thefollowing: self-efficacy, sense of belonging, GPA, and intentions to persist in a STEM career.Future work will focus on the specific impact of the HLP activities on these measures in thestudent survey.Outcome S3 is addressed from data related to the HLP Scholars. Student participants in the HLPScholars leadership experience during Summer 2021 were asked to reflect on
Examples of Student Outcomes development Cognitive and intellectual Academic performance, conceptual understandings, problem-solving development skills, design thinking, research skills, and other cognitive skills Psychosocial and identity Gender and racial identity, professional identity, self-efficacy development Affective changes Empathy, ethical reasoning, awareness of human-oriented dimension of engineering (such as social responsibility and social justice), academic emotional engagement, environmental awareness, and changes in