Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

Collection

2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Authors

Ethan Patrick Adams, Penn State University: Berks Campus; Patrick Joseph Scanlon; Joseph Torres, Penn State Berks GenCyber; Tricia Clark, Penn State Berks; Terence Laughlin, Blue Mountain High School; Abdullah Konak, Penn State Berks

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

asked to completea new task, which combines a few related topics covered in the same hands-on activity, withoutdetailed step-by-step instructions.Evaluation of the Student LearningOne of the main objectives of the camp program is to increase student knowledge, skills, andabilities in cyber security. In order to evaluate the attainment of this objective, we used pre- andpost-camp questionnaires and tests. The questionnaires aimed to measure participants' self-efficacy in common cyber security concepts before and after the camp. Although self-efficacy is aself-reported subjective measure, the research supports that it is one of the important variablesdetermining how successful one will be in a domain. In addition to the self-efficacy measures,we

Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

Collection

2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Authors

Laura Bayerle; Marietta R. Scanlon, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Diversity, Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

AmericanAssociation of University Women (AAUW) study concludes that social and environmentalfactors contribute to the underrepresentation of women in engineering, and that girls’achievements and interest are shaped by the environment around them.4,5 Supporting researchidentifies social pressures such as sexism, discrimination, isolation and lack of role models aspressures that leave female students rejecting the field of engineering.6,7 Another major factorthat plays a prominent role in retention of women in engineering is self-efficacy. Femalestudents typically start college with a lack of confidence in their abilities as compared to theirmale counterparts despite comparable academic skills, and women typically transfer out ofengineering earlier and with a