Conference Session

NEE - 3: Improving Homework and Problem-solving Performance

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia Baumann, Arizona State University; Stephanie M. Gillespie, Arizona State University; Nicolle Sanchez, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

of teaching assistants in the classroom is oneapproach that instructors use to help with implementation of active learning activities and anoption to provide peer-to-peer guidance. While teaching assistants can come in both flavors ofgraduate and undergraduate, multiple studies show the positive effects of using undergraduateteaching assistants (UGTA) on the overall student experience.In a 2015 study by Arizona State University Schools of Engineering [2], undergraduate studentretention practices were analyzed to determine the factors of retention of first-year engineeringprograms. Comparisons in the value of curricular and co-curricular experiences as well asstudent support programs showed that providing peer mentors as role models or UGTAs