Collection

2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

Authors

Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

. Testing. 8- Return on Investment (ROI). 9- Expected Outcomes. Student participants (subjects) completed classification (demographics) and self-efficacysurveys and a modified unusual uses task. The modified unusual uses task and self-efficacy surveywere administered several times during the semester – at the end of the first class (Assessment 1),after project 1 (Assessment 2), after project 2 (Assessment 3), and at the start of the final designcompetition (Assessment 4). Self-efficacy was measured as students’ responses to a 0-100 scalewhere they recorded their confidence level in being able to complete a specific task. 3. Subjects and Context Because data collection required the use of graduate students of different majors who

Collection

2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

Authors

Arielle True-Funk, Iowa State University; Cristina Poleacovschi, Iowa State University; Gloria Jones-Johnson; Scott Grant Feinstein; Meghan Berger M.A., LCMHCA, NCC, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Diversity

studentsof color (Samuelson & Litzler, 2016; Yosso et al., 2009). At the individual level, engineeringundergraduates who experience microaggressions may face decreased academic self-efficacy andself-esteem (True-Funk et al., 2020). Additionally, Camacho and Lord (2011) found thatmicroaggressions contributed to a hostile environment within engineering education. Womenwithin male dominate majors like engineering face environments widespread incidents of sexistmicroaggressions (McCabe, 2009). Among Latinx college students, microaggressions have beenassociated with negative persistence attitudes (Hernández & Villodas, 2019). Women in engineering may experience microaggressions due to their gender and racial orethnic identities (Camacho