Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 3 - Social & Leadership

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dong Zhao, Michigan State University; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida; Meltem Duva, Michigan State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

and class belonging which was adapted from the belongingness and psychologicalsense of community scale [6, 7].Our measurement of the sense of class belonging contains five items, as follows:  I feel comfortable in the class. (M1)  I feel like a part of the class. (M2)  I feel supported by my classmates. (M3)  I feel committed to the individuals in class. (M4)  I often feel like an outsider in my class. (M5)3.3 Measure of social network positionThe social network analysis (SNA) is based on three domains of social network characteristics asmeasures of social engagement: (1) function measures, which reflect the content of network ties,and the provided network resources or information by the active learning in classroom

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

, construction manager, and constructionengineering. This shift is mostly associated with reductions in previous sports career interests, asthere is a notable drop in sports career interests from middle-school (16%) to high school (2%),as students become increasingly aware of some challenges to their sports career goals. Changesin career interests associated with science, engineering, and arts are minimal, with no changeobserved in the percentage of respondents interested in fine and performing arts.College: During the early college years, most of the respondents showed interest in technology,engineering, science, sports, and arts (Table 1); however, 2% of the respondents indicates thatthey have no career interests at this stage. This reflects undecided