Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Joseph Lombardo, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Daniela Faas, Harvard University; Avinash Uttamchandani, Harvard SEAS; Evelyn Lynn Hu, SEAS Harvard

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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International

(pre = 63.33 ± 5.77, post = 83.33 ± 5.77). There areno significant differences between the majors (Mechanical Engineering n = 4, Applied Math n =1, Electrical Engineering n = 2).Lastly, students were asked whether they changed their views of pursuing graduate degrees aftergraduation. There is no significant difference between the pre-self-efficacy measures andchanges in views towards graduate school, F (2,7) = 0.48, p > 0.789. This may indicate that self-directed opportunities during the undergraduate curriculum can be viewed as supplemental, butnot necessarily as a way to introduce graduate research habits. Since the students were notworking with any graduate students. Figure 3 shows students’ self-efficacy scores before andafter

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University ; Cody A. Chapman, University of Tulsa

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Diversity

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International

a measure of self-efficacy (1 = not at all true, 4 = exactly true). The final sectionasks students about their career plans and uses the same scale as the second section. Theinstrument was developed by the Georgia Tech Office of Assessment and uses an externallyvalidated General Self-Efficacy Scale to assess an individual’s ability to cope with stressful lifeevents.405.0 ResultsMean scores from the GITIIS were computed for both programs, and independent anddependent samples t-tests were conducted in order to assess between and within group meandifferences, respectively. The complete results are reported in the appendix, but this paper willfocus on the student responses to items measuring perceived level of preparation at the end oftheir