Collection

2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

Authors

Brooks Michael Leftwich, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

results ofthe quantitative analysis were varied; the Engineering Ethical Reasoning Instrument (EERI)findings support the theoretical framework showing a significant increase in graduate studentempathic perspective-taking and ethical reasoning, the Defining Issues Test 2 (DIT2) findingsdid not indicate change, and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) measure indicatedperspective-taking tendencies were enhanced [19]. Combining the results of these two studies,the qualitative and quantitative findings seem to suggest that there is tentative support for aframework that makes explicit the role of perspective-taking in engineering students’ ethicaldevelopment.Structured ControversiesThe structured controversies approach was introduced to