Conference Session

New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari L. Jordan, Ohio State University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Susan L. Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

persistence in engineering by way of self-regulation theauthors point to two influential studies. French et al. note several cognitive (high school rank,SAT scores, cumulative grade point average) and noncognitive variables (academic motivationand institutional integration) that influence students’ persistence in engineering, with motivationbeing significantly related to persistence3. Vogt et al. measured self-variables including academicself-confidence and self-efficacy, as well as other environmental and behavior variables to learnwhat influences a student’s academic achievement4. They found that academic achievement wasinfluenced by self-efficacy and academic self-confidence.The results of these studies support social cognitive theory and provide

Conference Session

New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

addressidentification with specific domains (e.g. engineering, math, history).Results from studies of identification consistently show statistically significant positive Page 25.710.3correlations between level of academic identification and desired academic outcomes such asstrong self-efficacy,11 higher overall GPA,12 lower absenteeism,6 and decreased cheating.13However, Osborne also found that the correlation between academic identification andachievement scores varies among different racial/ethnic groups, and also varies by gender withingroups.8 In all cases, though, decreases in identification were linked to decreases in academicperformance.8 Later work by

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rochelle Letrice Williams, ABET; Eyassu Woldesenbet, Southern University and A&M College

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

Education, 19, 100-118.9. Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review, 84, 191-215.10. Kerlinger, F.N. and Pedhazur, E.J. (1973). Multiple regression in behavior research. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.11. Thompson, B. (2006). Research synthesis: Effect sizes. In J. Green, G. Camilli, & P. B. Elmore (Eds.). Handbook of complementary methods in education research (pp. 583–603). Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association.12. Pintrich, P. R., Smith, D. A. F., Garcia, T., & McKeachie, W. J. (1993). Reliability and predictive validity of the motivated strategies for learning questionnaire (MSLQ). Educational and Psychological

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Solving (CPS); and to communicate the potential impact of thisscaffolding on underserved minority students’ higher-order skill development through Project-Based Service Learning (PBSL). It contends that adoption of engineering design process inexperiential learning could promote students’ demands for cognitive and metacognitive strategiesof Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) and Creative Problem Solving (CPS), and scaffolding withquestion prompts based on cognitive research findings could better facilitate SRL and CPSprocess of underserved minority students, and lead to their enriched metacognitive experience,meaningful accomplishment, and improvement of self-efficacy and higher-order skills. Theoverall goal of the presented scaffolding instruction is