Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A Cudney, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Julie Ezzell

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

engineering student motivation by providing a Motivations and Attitudes inEngineering (MAE) test to Bioengineering (BIOE) and Mechanical Engineering (ME) students.The test assessed the student’s perception of his/her present and future abilities to be successful.These students were also given an assessment pertaining to his/her problem solving self-efficacy.The additional assessment evaluated how motivation related to problem solving skills (short-term tasks) is distinct from a student’s goal of obtaining an engineering degree (long-term goals).Kirn and Benson (4) found that student perceptions of the present, future, major-relatedexpectancies, and problem-solving self-efficacy are distinct pieces of student motivation.Students who had progressed