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Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University

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Electrical and Computer

Page 23.198.7 Disagree, Strongly Disagree. helpful, Waste of time.There were 14 responses out of 15 students after first term, and 8 out of 12 after the second term.The first survey was administered before grades were posted and the second after they wereposted. Figures 3, 4 and 5 present histograms of student responses. Note that these are rawnumbers which will suffice for qualitative discussion below.Figure 3. Student self-efficacy in the areas of designing circuits, building and testing, writingreports and reading technical literature: a) after the first term, and b) after the second term.It is obvious that after the second quarter students felt more confident across all four categories.We can speculate that this can partially

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Mentoring Minority Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frances Carter-Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Patricia Ordóñez, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras ; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC); Miguel Alfonso Nino, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Minorities in Engineering

workshops in a wide variety of topics, including cross-cultural training, professional development, simultaneous interpretation, and e-learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Examining the Intersection of Graduate Student Funding, Mentoring and Training as a Mechanism of Success for Peer Mentors and their MenteesIntroductionOver the last two decades, mentoring at all levels of education, from students in elementaryschool to professional and graduate schools to staff at universities, has been proven to be aneffective tool for improving retention at schools, increasing self esteem and self efficacy, anddeveloping improved professional skills such as

Conference Session

Outreach Along the K-12 Pathways to Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet L. Yowell, University of Colorado Boulder; Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for engaging K-12 students in the field at an early age. Their research furtherexplored the differences in self-efficacy among engineering students who had pre-collegeengineering experiences vs. those who did not. They found that although much literature existson the factors that affect self-efficacy of students in college, little research is available on thevalue of pre-college experiences in affecting a student’s judgment of their own capabilities.Value of Extracurricular Volunteer Service on University StudentsAmple research supports the benefits of service learning on students’ collegiate experience, bothwhen embedded as a curricular requirement and as an extracurricular offering. Our literaturesearch looked into both types of experiences

Conference Session

Difference, Disability, and (De)Politicization: The Invisible Axes of Diversity

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

cast as holding responsibility for inclusive or exclusive educational experiences. Forexample, one intriguing study found that the learning disparities between deaf and hard ofhearing students under examination arose not from differing student capacities but fromdifferentials in teacher training.11 Obviously, in order for a research study to find instructorcapacity to be the problem, researchers have to start by considering it to be a factor. Self-efficacy-centered models and measurements of student attainment could bring in this factor butdo not routinely do so.42While in some instances like that described above a student has initiated institutional reform, andin others students have led technical projects to create custom-designed assistive

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Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Scott Tracewell StJohn; Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Kevin Rada, University of Central Oklahoma, Department of Engineering and Physics; Juan Camilo Orozco

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Page 23.7.3variety of engineering concepts. The students also are given pretests to evaluate their incomingknowledge and understanding of mathematics and physics concepts.Overall, the laboratory class and design project are intended to prepare students both for theiracademic endeavors in the upper level courses, as well as provide an early exposure of the designproject expectations in the department’s senior design course. Ultimately, the primary intent isto help the students with the journey of transformation from being an engineering student tobecome a practice engineer. Studies, which indicated factors that students associated with theirsense of self-efficacy, produced a list of influences that were given by more than 20% of

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Retention and Persistence in Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Amy E Thompson, University of New Haven; Terance Joshua Thomas, University of New Haven

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Educational Research and Methods

ofstudy.Influences upon the Choice of Major DecisionSocial cognitive career theory (SCCT) as proposed by Lent et al.5 hypothesizes that behavior(choice of career) is a function of the dynamic interplay between beliefs and environmentalconditions. General social cognitive theory suggests that self-efficacy beliefs determine whetheran action will be pursued, how much effort will be given to that pursuit, the persistence in theface of obstacles and ultimately the performance level of the action.6 In 1996, Lent, Brown andHackett,7 proposed a concentric model of environmental layers that surround the person andform the context for his or her career behavior. Furthermore, a person with interest in a particularcareer path is unlikely to pursue that path if the

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Research Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Tillman, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

ifnecessary. Students finished the survey in an average of 10 minutes.ResultsResponse options to the engagement and self-efficacy surveys were coded with values of 3, 2, or1 for “A Lot Like Me,” “A Little Like Me,” and “Not at All Like Me,” respectively, and enteredinto PASW Statistics 18.0. Missing data were handled with multiple imputation.Factor AnalysesExploratory factor analyses (EFA). First, a series of exploratory factor analyses were done toexplore how the engagement survey items grouped together. A confirmatory factor analysisfollowed to evaluate how well the model fit the data.For the exploratory analyses, a few key standards were used for retaining factors, includingeigenvalues above one,29 scree plots,30 and the percent of variance

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Retention and Persistence in Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Corey T Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; George D Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Classification System for Engineering Students Characteristics Affecting College Enrollment and Retention,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 98, pp. 361-376, 2009.5 Marra, R.M., Rodgers, K.A., Shen D. & Bogue B., “Women Engineering Students and Self-Efficacy: Multi-Year, Multi-Institution Study of Women Engineering Student Self-Efficacy,”Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 98, pp. 27-38, 2009.6 Hartman, M., & Hartman, M. "Leaving Engineering: Lessons from Rowan University? s College of Engineering'” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 95, pp. 49-61, 2006.7 Bestfield-Sacre, M., Moreno, M., Shuman, L.J. & Atman, C.J., “Gender and Ethnicity Differences in Freshman Engineering Student Attitudes: A

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The D/M/A of CE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Emmanuelle Reynaud, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Ella Willard-Schmoe, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Community Engagement Division

had significant positive effects on 11 outcome measures: academic performance (GPA,writing skills, critical thinking skills), values (commitment to activism and to promoting racialunderstanding), self-efficacy, leadership (leadership activities, self-rated leadership ability,interpersonal skills), choice of a service career, and plans to participate in service after college.In all measures except self-efficacy, leadership, and interpersonal skills, service-learning wasfound to be significantly more effective than service alone.12,13 This longitudinal study isongoing.Since the 2004 inception of the UMass Lowell Francis College of Engineering college-wideservice-learning effort (assisted by an NSF grant), 58 faculty members have taught at least

Conference Session

Retention and Persistence in Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Potvin, Clemson University; Zahra Hazari, Florida International University; Leidy Klotz, Clemson University; Allison Godwin, Clemson University; Robynne M. Lock, Department of Engineering and Science Education, Clemson University; Jennifer Dawn Cribbs, Western Kentucky University; Nicole Barclay, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

carrying out the tasks as part ofthe role, and their beliefs in their ability to perform in the role. In fact, previous work14,16 hasshown that the performance and competence domains are not statistically independent and,instead, load together in factor analyses. Thus, there are three statistically distinct aspects ofone's identity in a subject: interest, recognition, and performance/competence.Another framework with a long and venerated history of use in understanding engineeringstudent career choice is the social cognitive career theory17,18. This framework, implementing thesocial cognitive theories of Bandura19 in the domain of career choice, uses two affectiveconstructs in particular: self-efficacy beliefs (which has some overlap with the

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Sullivan, Virginia Military Institute; Jon-michael Hardin P.E., Virginia Military Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

mastery” that enhance feelings of self-efficacy in, and increases the likelihood of, success in engineering12.The benefits of integrating design problems into the curriculum during the freshman year areundeniable, however such integration typically requires a heavy commitment in faculty time andin resources3,10,11. At the Virginia Military Institute, a small state supported military college inthe south, the amount of design-based project content in the curriculum of its 1-creditintroduction to mechanical engineering course, ME-105, has been increased through theintroduction of a „design challenge‟ hovercraft development project. All students are required totake this introductory course during the fall semester of their freshmen year. Design

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten S. Hochstedt, Penn State University ; Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University; Richard John Schuhmann, Gordon–MIT Engineering Leadership Program

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

assessment then becomes a part of the learning experience instead of simplyan exogenous metric.As mentioned earlier in this paper, a literature review revealed a paucity of investigation intoassessment linking student course expectations to instructor expectations; therefore, it is difficultto interpret the specific results of this work within the context of the current literature. Within thecontext of assessing student self-efficacy, various facets of this assessment instrument touchedon the students’ self-measure of ability to accomplish specific tasks (e.g. Judgment, Item 3, “Ican apply different ethical frameworks to analyze an ethical problem.”) and reach specific goals(e.g. Confidence, Item 10, “I feel I can do something when I hear about bad

Conference Session

It's Elementary

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chrissy Hobson Foster, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Christine Mendoza

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

science in the future, weargue that the intervention must influence teacher and students’ goals and beliefs. Research inmotivation has demonstrated that teachers are unlikely to engage in instructional innovationsunless they are confident in their ability to instruct in this new way15,16. Teacher confidence intheir instructional skills has been called teaching self-efficacy. Likewise it is important thatstudents’ have positive/adaptive goals for learning about science. Mastery goals have beenassociated with student persistence and increases in interest over time17,18. The teacher from this Page 23.518.15learning experience wrote written

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Teaching with Technology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael L Falk, Johns Hopkins University; Mike Reese, Johns Hopkins University; Camilo Vieira, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

takingmultiple non-CPMSE computing courses. Also, although students’ perceptions regarding utilityand intention of use did not show significant increase from the pretest to the posttest, they did notdecrease either. And both of them showed a reasonable positive score during the pretest (Utility= 3.43, Intention of Use = 2.78).The results of this study can be explained through the lens of the literature in self-efficacy.Previous research about student self-efficacy has identified that students’ confidence in theirabilities to complete a variety of tasks, specifically mathematical-related tasks in courses at thecollege level, predicted their future interests in mathematics courses 39. We believe that this mayalso be the case with exposure to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; James P. De Clerck, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Laura Maria Roberts; William J. Endres, Michigan Technological University; Kevin David Hale

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Thisquestionnaire is based on an expectancy-value theory for motivation and measurescontrol beliefs, extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, task value, and Page 23.895.3test anxiety. MSLQ   • Tutorial  on  osmosis  (or  Northern  Lights),  including  pre   and  post  tests   Task  Value   • Tutorial  on  Northern  Lights  (or  osmosis),  including  pre   Manipulation   and  post  tests   • ReBlection  on  task  value   • Tutorial  on

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Engineering Ethics Division - Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Donald D. Carpenter P.E., Lawrence Technological University; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

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Engineering Ethics

conducted several investigations on the influence of non-traditional teaching methods (e.g. service learning, project-based learning) on student motivation and self-efficacy. He is also PI on several projects investigating the degradation of biomedical materials in physiological environments. Dr. Harding presently serves as associate editor of the on-line journal Advances in Engineering Education, and served as chair of the Materials Division and vice-chair of the ERM Division of ASEE. Dr. Harding received the 2010 ASEE Pacific Southwest Section Outstanding Teaching Award and the 2008 President’s Service Learning Award for innovations in the use of service learning at Cal Poly. In 2004 he was named a Templeton Research

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Assessment of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theresa M. Vitolo, Gannon University; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University; Barry J Brinkman, Gannon University; Scott E Steinbrink, Gannon University

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Community Engagement Division

artifact in comparison to the agreed-upon engineering specifications.3.2 Student Identity and Attitude towards Service AssessmentA conceptualization of the impact of project-based service-learning on the knowledge, skills,attitudes, and identity of the participants is presented by Bielefeldt et al.11 and a general list ofindicators (demographics, self-efficacy, attitudes towards learning, engineering learningoutcomes, well-being, mindset, work and life, engineering identity, and interculturalcompetency) is presented by Patterson et al.12 to study the impacts of learning through service.The extent to which each one of these dimensions/indicators is affected will depend on the levelof complexity of the experience as well as the learning objectives

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Assessment of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; David A Howell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Leah C. Newman, MSOE

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Community Engagement Division

Connected Through Servant LeadershipAbstractServant-Leadership is a leadership paradigm that emphasizes power sharing in decision makingprocesses. It also encourages leaders to serve those they manage by propelling them toward highachievement while promoting their professional growth and self-efficacy. Servant-Leadership isalso being pioneered as a teaching pedagogy at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, anapproach that is unique because most academic institutions subscribe instead to the service-learning model. In conventional academic settings, instructors are the authority figures withcontrol over content, knowledge, assessment, and course outcomes. By contrast, servant-leadership places instructors at the bottom of an inverted power pyramid

Conference Session

Real and Virtual - "New" Approaches to Teaching "Old" Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard L. Zollars, Washington State University; Christopher Hundhausen, Washington State University; Adam Scott Carter, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

problems thatmake them initially more doable; the modifications are then gradually removed aslearners gain more skills. The tool would, in addition, give students an opportunity forearly success in the material/energy balance class, leading to enhanced learning accordingto self-efficacy theory.13Unlike typical process simulation packages (HYSYS, ASPEN, PRO/II), in ChemProVthe development of the process flow diagram and the needed balance equations were leftentirely to the students and no numerical solution programming was provided. A numberof other educational software programs for material/energy balance classes have recentlyappeared, for example the offerings of Sapling Learning. These tend to be overlyprescriptive in the problem solving

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RET Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Rebecca P. Blust, University of Dayton; Suzanne Franco, Wright State University; Renee Beach; Sandra M Preiss, Dayton Regional STEM Center

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Thesample size prevents confirmation that the distributions are normal, an assumption for the t test.The reason the questionable result is presented here is because it is the only composite that maybe significantly different post program. There are many factors that could have contributed to theincrease; the professional development experience could be one of those factors. Analyses fromfuture summer programs may confirm or weaken this finding.The STEBI-A instrument measures personal science teaching self-efficacy (PSTE) and scienceteaching outcome expectancy (STOE) for in-service science teachers. The instrument wasdeveloped based on Bandura’s theory of social learning.36 The theory posits that people aremotivated to perform an action if the

Conference Session

It Takes a Village: Engineering Beyond the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Inez N. Moore, Howard University; Dawn G. Williams, Howard University; Leonard Bernard Bliss; Kalynda Chivon Smith, Howard University

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Minorities in Engineering

Black students in the U.S. attended a HBCUs in 200725. TheseHBCUs represent 104 colleges and universities that are federally-recognized MSIs establishedprior to 1964 with a primary mission to educate African Americans. Although HSIs werefederally-recognized more recently in 1992, HSIs enroll nearly 65% of all Hispanic collegestudents and nearly one-third of all U.S. underrepresented students11.Theoretical Framework The current study utilizes Social Cognitive Career Theory21 as a framework tohighlight the significance of social support and barriers for underrepresented engineeringstudents. SCCT builds on Albert Bandura‘s Social Cognitive Theory1 which emphasizes therelationship between social interaction and self-efficacy. SCCT not only

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CIP Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

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College Industry Partnerships

engineering education to the engineering workforce.The EPS study used a sequential, exploratory mixed-methods design, where findings frominterviews with 30 early career engineering graduates were used to develop the Pathways ofEngineering Alumni Research Survey, or PEARS, instrument34-35. PEARS was designed withtwo goals: (1) to identify the educational and workplace factors that most influence engineeringgraduates’ initial and future career plans, and (2) to develop a better understanding of their earlycareer work, experiences, and perspectives.To achieve the first goal, PEARS was framed in Social Cognitive Career Theory, or SCCT,which posits that career goals and actions are influenced directly by self-efficacy, outcomeexpectations, and interests

Conference Session

Computers and Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, American University of Beirut

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Computers in Education

?" Research in Higher Education, Vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 87-102.14. Peng, H., C.C Tsai, and Y.T. Wu. (2006). "University Students' Self-Efficacy and Their Attitudes toward the Internet: The Role of Students' Perceptions of the Internet." Educational Studies, Vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 73-86.15. Tsai, C.C, S.S Lin, and M.J. Tsai. (2001). "Developing and Internet Attitude Scale for High School Students." Computers and Education, Vol. 37, pp. 41-51.16. Gay, L. R., G. E. Mills, and P. Airasian. (2006). Educational Research, Competencies for Analysis and Applications. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.17. Baytiyeh, Hoda, and Mohamad Naja. (2012). "Identifying the Challenging Factors in the Transition from

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Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Talbot; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

mechanical engineering undergraduate students" in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings (0-87823-241-9, 978-0-87823-241-3).[13] Olds, Suzanne A. (2003). "Designing an outreach project that trains both future faculty and future engineers". ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings (0190-1052), p. 4233.[14] Mieke Schuurman, Michael Alley, Melissa Marshall, Chris Johnstone, and Sarah Zappe (2008, June). The effect of a targeted speech communication course on the public speaking self-efficacy of engineering undergraduates. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE National Conference. Pittsburgh, PA: American Society of Engineering Educators.[15] National Academy of Engineering (2008). Changing the

Conference Session

FPD 7: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part II: Perceptions and Paradigms

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; Burford J. Furman, San Jose State University; Ping Hsu, San Jose State University; Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University

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First-Year Programs

) because this is the first engineering class students take andis prerequisite to all other engineering classes. Impacts outside ENGR 10 include participating ina variety of student success programs at University A, such the summer two-week project-basedengineering orientation program (EXCEED), the engineering learning and living community(CELL), or the MESA engineering program for underrepresented students. The survey did notexplore the impact of pre-college pre-engineering programs. Students are also impacted by mathand science courses they are taking, their academic advising, and student clubs they participatein. The top two factors students reported are both related to self-efficacy: ‘my personalabilities/talents “fit” the requirements in

Conference Session

Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael W. Prairie, Norwich University; Gregory Wight P.E., Norwich University; Peter Kjeer, Harvard University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

betweendisciplines can open up new pathways to creative solutions to emerging problems. Moreover,being a critical part of a larger project promotes interdependence among the players onmultidisciplinary teams, which tends to develop the self efficacy of the individual in terms oftheir own ability to contribute, recognizing the contribution of others, and the ability to “speakthe language” of the other members and even make contributions in their domain.1The emphasis of the project was on the engineering design process within a multidisciplinaryteam, while the technical scope was designed to be a vehicle for this process while introducingtechnical concepts that the students would study in depth later in their programs. The technicalscope was therefore

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technolog Programs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, The American university of Beirut

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Computing & Information Technology

, whereas social influence plays the role of a subjective normand is a direct determinant of behavioural intention. Marchewka, Liu and Kostiwa 8tested the UTAUT model to understand students’ perceptions about using Blackboardand showed that effort expectancy and social influence were significant determinants ofstudents’ behavioural intention. Chiu and Wang 9 indicated that performance expectancy,effort expectancy, computer self-efficacy, attainment value, utility value and intrinsicvalue are significant predictors of individuals’ intentions to continue using Web-basedlearning, while anxiety can have a significant negative effect.Because of its novelty in the field of user acceptance research, the UTAUT model waschosen as a theoretical framework in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

bioengineering plans employedEvaluators their bio- concentration concentration Measurement ofFunding from medical # of students en- Increase secondary Self efficacy forNSF courses rolling into single students under- STEM and Career Workshop courses of the standing and inter- aspirations (for sec- material for concentration est in STEM ca- ondary and post- secondary # of students reers secondary students) school teach- Improved and Plan to replicate or

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Mentoring Minority Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine S Grant, North Carolina State University; Tuere Bowles, NC State University; Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University; Rex E Jeffries, North Carolina State University; Barbara Smith, North Carolina State University

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Minorities in Engineering

doctoral students at the Adult Education program at NCSU.Dr. Rex E Jeffries, North Carolina State UniversityMs. Barbara Smith, North Carolina State University Page 23.8.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Mentoring Minority Students in Biomedical Engineering: An Engaged ApproachAbstract There is a compelling need for a program that develops self-efficacy inUnderrepresented Minority (URM) students in STEM related fields. To answer this need, aprofessor and lifelong mentor developed the national mentored-leadership initiative program toempower URM

Conference Session

Engineering Identity 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Kalynda Chivon Smith, Howard University; Dawn G. Williams, Howard University; Leonard B. Bliss, Florida International University

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Educational Research and Methods

programs, based on Tinto’s theory of retention. The second survey, theEngineering Fields Questionnaire was constructed and validated as described in Lent, et al.33 toprobe students’ self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and distal and proximal contextualinfluences. Participants’ demographic data was also collected.Semi-structured interviews. The one-on-one semi-structured interview design was astandardized list of questions that allowed for additional probing when deemed necessary. Thesemi-structured interviews were aligned with the survey and allowed for the collection ofspecific information related to engineering education, particularly identity development. Theresearchers were conscious of the participants’ perspective and oftentimes adjusted