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Nebojsa Jaksic; Jeff Piquette; Melvin Druelinger; David Lehmpuhl; Helen Caprioglio; Juyun Cho; Paul Chacon; Michael Mincic

-income, first-generation collegestudents. Engle and Tinto8 address barriers to college success for low-income students. Theyclaim that “After six years, only 11 percent of low-income, first-generation students had earnedbachelor‟s degrees compared to 55 percent of their more advantaged peers.” Some of theirrecommendations include additional financial aid to students and cohort development. Engstromand Tinto9 show that the learning community model improves the persistence of low-incomeand/or first generation students to stay in college and graduate. Statistics for science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM), low-income, first generation college students have not Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering

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Lizabeth Thompson Schlemer; Faith Mimnaugh

that anindividual can draw on these skills when they are needed. In the context of basketball this meansreviewing basics such as shooting and dribbling, developing new skills such as defensive movement orrebounding, developing plays which focus on team interactions, and preparing for a particular opponentor situations. In preparing for a project, students must do similar activities. They have to repeat basicskills like report writing or preparing charts and diagrams, they must acquire new skills like the designof an assembly line. They also need to work together as a team where individuals develop designs forcomponents that must fit together into the final product. They must also look outside their own team toprepare for the client

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Amelito Enriquez

and Latinos make up lessthan 7% of the individuals with B.S. or higher-degrees in the science and engineering fields2.Strategies that have been proven effective in increasing the retention and success of minoritystudents in science and engineering include mentoring programs3,4, introducing context inintroductory courses5, alternative instructional strategies such as collaborative and interactivelearning6, summer bridge programs7,8, and academic support services such as tutoring, AcademicExcellence Workshops (AEWs), and peer mentoring9.In 2008, Cañada College, a Hispanic-Serving community college in Redwood City, CA, wasawarded a Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) grant by the USDepartment of Education. The project

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Kenneth W. Santarelli

Writing Exam _______ Fall Seventh Semester Spring Eighth Semester Name (Units) Taken Name (Units) Taken ME 145 – Heat and Mass Transfer –(3) _______ ME 155 – Elements of Systems Design –( 3) _______ ME 154 – Design of Machine Elements –( 3) _______ ME 166 – Design –( 3) _______ ME 156 – Advanced Thermodynamics –( 3

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& Shane Brown............................................................................................................ 331“Engineering Economy with „Green‟ and Energy Evaluations” William Bloxsom .................................................................................................................................... 339“Understanding Student and Workplace Writing in Civil Engineering”* Susan Conrad, Peter Dusicksa, & Timothy Pfeiffer ............................................................................... 342“The Relationship between Self-Efficacy, Critical Thinking, and the Quality of First Year Engineering Students” Ann-Marie Vollstedt & Eric Wang