Conference Session

Student Division Diversity and Persistence Related Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeannie Marie Purchase, Virginia Tech ; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Student

believed these experiences helpedthem become well-rounded individuals. Their experiences have contributed to the developmentof skills that will be beneficial in the work world. For example, both students credited theirexperiences to improving their interpersonal skills with diverse groups, and Isabel explicitlyexpressed that meticulous time management is crucial for her to manage her course work andout-of-class activities.Curricular ContextTheme 3 - Deep learning experiences increase student engagement: When the participantswere asked to recall when they considered engineering fun, the participants provided examplesthat were tied to deep learning experiences. For this study, deep learning experiences are definedas experiences of instructional

Conference Session

Student Division Innovative Research Methods Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel K. Anderson, Clemson University; Julie P Martin, Clemson University

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Student

syllabus and handled communication and assignment posting on the onlinecourse management system for the project.Decisions Made in “Making the Data”My qualitative research study followed an emergent7 design combining methodologicaltraditions in ethnographic 21–23 and case study 24–26 research. My data collection process closelyfollowed an ethnographic approach, where I was a “participant observer” 10,21 on a student team.In my study, I interacted with a group of students enrolled in a cross-disciplinary team projectover the course of a semester. This specific context makes my work an ethnographic case studyof a single cross-disciplinary student team 23. Following ethnographic and case studymethodologies, I collected data from multiple sources