Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 3 - Social & Leadership

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University; Victor Ofori-Boadu, Penuel Consult Inc.; Iyshea Borders-Taylor; Lewis Waller; Paul Akangah, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

, which is associated with persistence and career success [9][33]. Empiricalfindings from PID research will guide construction educators and policy makers towardsdecisions and practices that will support the effective identification, motivation, preparation,retention, graduation and transition of students into construction professions. Consequently, thepurpose of this research study was to gain insights into construction students’ lived experiencesthat influence their CPID. Specifically, this present research study involves an examination ofthe personal and academic experiences of HBCU construction students that influenced theirCPID across four educational stages (elementary, middle, high, and college). To this effect, theresearch questions are

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Accreditation II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Lopez del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Humberto Eduardo Cavallin, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus; Jose L. Perdomo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus; Jonathan Munoz Barreto, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez ; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez ; Fabio Andrade, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

exploring thespace between the world of theory and the experience of practice” [8]. In order to support ourproject-based learning strategy, we advocate for the use of evidence as a tool to inform bothlearning and decision-making. The evidence to be used will be provided by previous casesrelated to the impact of natural events to the infrastructure in Puerto Rico, using the case-basedlearning method. We use the definition stated by [9] in which a case study is “an intense study ofa single unit with the purpose of a larger class of (similar) units”, and with the pedagogicalpurposes cases have been used in academia following the methods originally pioneered byChristopher Langdell in which cases are used as instances to understand situations that later