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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3 - Co-op Recruitment and Factors Affecting Success

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Amy Huynh, University of California, Irvine; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad, Ford Motor Company; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Paper ID #29854Exploring how innovation self-efficacy measures relate to engineeringinternship motivations and outcomesAmy Huynh, University of California, Irvine Amy Huynh is a mechanical and aerospace engineering undergraduate student at the University of Cal- ifornia, Irvine. She is interested in better understanding and supporting the experiences of female and underrepresented engineers in the classroom and in industry. She is a Brooke Owens Fellow and has interned at NASA Goddard, Made In Space, and NASA Ames.Dr. Helen L. Chen, Stanford University Helen L. Chen is a research scientist in the Designing Education Lab

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1 - Skill and Competency Development through the Co-op Experience

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Katherine M. Ehlert, Clemson University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Engineering Education, 2020 Understanding How Co-op Students View their LearningAbstractThis research paper discusses student perspectives on learning while on co-op and suggests waysto improve co-op experiences for students. Successful outcomes of co-op, like graduating withhigher GPAs [1], [2], having an easier time transitioning into full-time work [3], or beginningwith higher starting salaries [2], [4] have been discussed in the past, however, little is formallydocumented on the ways in which co-op provides these benefits. These benefits could be realizedthrough many different pathways which may include students improving technical and/orprofessional skills, refining their identity, and increasing their self-efficacy, among

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1 - Skill and Competency Development through the Co-op Experience

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy; David Pistrui, University of Detroit Mercy; Ron Bonnstetter, Target Training International; Eric T. Gehrig, Target Training International

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

personalities and psyches. Adding to the mix is thatmany programs have a required co-op rotation that adds an entire range of influences, many ofwhich are unforeseen and out of the control of the engineering programs.Co-op education has been shown to have numerous effects on students. Co-op education hasbeen shown to have an academic effect, with co-op students getting higher grades in somecourses, particularly in those based on soft skills [1]. Co-op education has also been shown tohelp in self-efficacy, particularly in work-related activities and has also shown to have a positiveeffect on retention [2]. Co-op education has also been shown to have a positive effect on startingsalaries (nearly 10%) [3]. The goal of this study is to gauge the effect of

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2 - Development, Assessment, and Impact of Experiential Education

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Beata Johnson, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

, orSES. In the third and final pass, we focused on reading for details related to themes identified inthe initial analysis, including discussion of the conceptual framework and patterns in types of out-of-class involvement.Findings and DiscussionProfessional Development Outcomes Associated with Student Organization Involvement.Researchers have defined and examined student outcomes impacted by out-of-class experiencesin a variety of ways. In the realm of professional development, these outcomes range fromintellectual and competency development to value constructs (e.g., ethics, professionalresponsibility, sustainability affect) and constructs of self-efficacy and professional identity(including sense of belonging, work self-efficacy, and

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1 - Skill and Competency Development through the Co-op Experience

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Haaniyah Ali, York University; Jeffrey Harris, York University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

. The model was updated based on conversations with professors, facultymembers, and students outside of the institute of this study. This is because the model ismeant to be transcendent of location and context.Furthermore, certain exclusions to the data gathering and literature review were made: ● This project is focused on comparing programs; therefore, the individual experience is not as important as the group experience. This means that we excluded components of these skills that relate to the self (efficacy, comfort, confidence, etc.) ● We are using the community-centered framework, which means student motivation is not a major part of this study. It is accepted as part of the questioning and for contextualizing