Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Professional Formation & Career Aspirations

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Norwich University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

important and identify one or more viable ways to address the problem.EPSA Background and Previously Published WorkIn 2010, the US National Science Foundation funded a study to establish the reliability andvalidity of the method and of the inferences and uses made based on EPSA rubric scores forprogram-level assessment purposes. Data was collected from group discussions of 423 studentsin groups of 4-7 in mechanical, civil and electrical engineering programs from sophomore tosenior levels in both technical and design courses from Norwich University, the University ofIdaho and Washington State University. The project’s theoretical proposition was that the EPSAeffectively elicits and accurately describes the content and constructs that comprise

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Strategies for Student Support

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Bahnson, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Eric Trevor McChesney, University of Pittsburgh; Allison Godwin, Cornell University; Christian D Schunn, University of Pittsburgh; Linda DeAngelo, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

, “Gender Gap in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): Current Knowledge, Implications for Practice, Policy, and Future Directions,” Educ Psychol Rev, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 119–140, 2017, doi: 10.1007/s10648- 015-9355-x.[9] C. Seron, S. S. Silbey, E. Cech, and B. Rubineau, “Persistence is cultural: professional socialization and the reproduction of sex segregation,” Work Occup, vol. 43, no. 16, p. 37, 2016, doi: 10.1177/0730888415618728.[10] S. Cheryan and V. C. Plaut, “Explaining Underrepresentation: A Theory of Precluded Interest,” Sex Roles, vol. 63, no. 7–8, pp. 475–488, 2010, doi: 10.1007/s11199-010-9835- x.[11] S. Cheryan, S. A. Ziegler, A. K. Montoya, and L. Jiang, “Why Are