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14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

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Erin J. McCave, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Darren K Maczka, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

students. To incorporate more focus on well-being and student success, thecourse credits were increased to allow for more contact with these students and dedicated time inthe classroom for a focus on well-being, introduction to resources on campus, and academicsuccess interventions.This work, conducted with support from an internal student success grant, has just completed thefirst year of data collection. Our goals for this project are to (1) develop increased confidence(self-efficacy) in ability to achieve in math and physics concepts and (2) understand howmindfulness can impact these students’ mental, physical, and emotional well-being and beincorporated into the classroom. To assess the impact of incorporating well-being measures intothe

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14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

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Darren K Maczka, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Erin J. McCave, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

instrumentadapting existing self-efficacy and motivation measures to the CT and engineering problemsolving context. We will share a draft edition of this survey and solicit feedback.References [1] Jeannette Wing. Computational thinking. 24(6):6–7. [2] Kenneth Reid and David Reeping. A classification scheme for “introduction to engineering” courses: Defining first-year courses based on descriptions, outcomes, and assessment. In American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Indianapolis, IN (1-11). Washington DC: American Society for Engineering Education. [3] Michael McCracken, Vicki Almstrum, Danny Diaz, Mark Guzdial, Dianne Hagan, Yifat Ben-David Kolikant, Cary Laxer, Lynda Thomas, Ian Utting, and Tadeusz

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S6C: Full Papers - Cannot Have Too Much Math!

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14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

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Katherine A Grover, Utah State University; Kristina T Glaittli, Utah State University; Christian R. Bolander, Utah State University Department of Engineering Education ; Thomas H Fronk, Utah State University

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efforts these centers ofhigher education had made to specifically support engineering students in their math courses. Aresource as specific as an engineering math resource center was not found in any otheruniversity, although other resources, including broad curriculum changes (such as thoseimplemented at Wright State University [2]), university-wide math tutoring centers, and summerprograms were explored. Therefore, rather than following a previously implemented model for amath resource center, the creation of the EMRC at USU focused on underlying conceptuallearning principles. These principles included the importance of self-efficacy, storytelling as amethod for student engagement, and presenting math principles in a suitable context.Based on

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S6A: Full Papers - Out with the Old, In with the New

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14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

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Joshua Eron Stone, University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of Engineering - Keystone Program; Forrest Milner; Sophie Roberts-Weigert

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efforts, outcomes, and student responses received by introducing ML tofirst-year engineering students in ENES100.PilotDuring the spring 2023 semester, a machine learning curriculum was piloted to three sections,totaling 120 students in ENES100. The goal was to determine the most effective way toimplement ML in ENES100. The team decided that the integration of hands-on, interactivemachine learning projects would be the most beneficial approach. Huang used a project basedlearning (PBL) paradigm when designing a machine learning module for first-year students atLoyola Marymount University because PBL has been shown to positively impact studentengagement, motivation, and self-efficacy [2]. Since ENES100 already follows a project basedapproach