Conference Session

Relationships Between Skills and Knowledge Domains

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Zhen Zhao, Arizona State University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University

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interpersonalskills are less likely to pursue a career in engineering (vs. in a non-engineering field) thanstudents with lower self-confidence in these skills [6, 10]. However, only one of the abovestudies [9] investigated the connection between engineering undergraduates' self-efficacy in theircommunication skills and their perceived importance of these skills directly, despite a suggestionfrom Riemer [4] that they might be related. Further, none of the above studies developedinstantiated items with which to measure communication skills. They instead relied on genericterms such as verbal communication skills, written communication skills, or presentation skills,suggesting that engineering students may not have a true understanding of what is involved ineach

Conference Session

Novel Strategies for Studying Liberal Education

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Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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our research group include a more detailed synthesis of these frameworks and thedevelopment and validation of a measure that can be used across different outreach programs.Conclusion The current body of literature suggests the presence of common impacts onundergraduate engineering students who participate in outreach. Communication and technicalskills were frequently included as an area of improvement, along with motivational and identity-related constructs such as identification with engineering and self-efficacy for professionalbehaviors. Although research and evaluation of engineering outreach has increased over the past20 years, further efforts must more clearly theorize, assess, and compare the impact of varioustypes and

Conference Session

Identity, Culture, and Socialization

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Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Angela Harris, North Carolina State University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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todemographic characteristics (underrepresented racial/ethnic minority (URM), women, URM women),college experiences (internships/co-ops, having a job, conducting research, and study abroad), andengineering task self-efficacy (ETSE) which is a respondent characteristic that may be targeted ineducational interventions (i.e., outcome indicator for evaluation of impact of an intervention). All ofthese measures were collected on the survey instrument via self-report by student respondents to fixed-choice survey questions.Table 1. Variables compared between students classified as first-generation/low-income based on definitions Demographic Characteristics URM Underrepresented racial/ethnic minority status in response to ‘racial or ethnic

Conference Session

Programmatic Integration of Liberal Education

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Rebecca Balakrishnan, University of Manitoba; Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Priya Subra Mani

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first-time student retention at a public Midwest community college (Published doctoral dissertation)., Saint Louis University, USA., 2013.[14] P. K. Roberts, Perceived changes in career decidedness following completion of a for- credit career class (Published doctoral dissertation), University of Northern Colorado, USA, 2004.[15] R. Reese and C. Miller, "Effects of a university career development course on career decision-making self-efficacy," Journal of Career Assessment, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 252-266, 2006.[16] A. Scott and K. CIani, "Effects of an undergraduate career class on men’s and women’s career decision-making self-efficacy and vocational identity," Journal of Career Development, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 263

Conference Session

Relationships Between Skills and Knowledge Domains

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Ryan H. Koontz, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Daniel F. Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Kimberly Karen Osberg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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to obtain a measure of EI, an example being the Emotional Knowledge Test [8] and theMayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) [9], [10].The mixed model approach is coined because the assessment includes non-ability measures andintelligent behaviors [6], [11], [12], [13]. These types of mixed approaches work to evaluateconcepts such as emotional perception but then add in scales such as happiness and stresstolerance [6].Pérez [14] defines the difference in emotional intelligence not by the approach of the model butby the distinction of concept. This concept leads to trait EI, also known as emotional self-efficacy and ability EI, also known as cognitive-emotional ability. Pérez argues that thedifference between mixed and

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Integration

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Jacquelene Erickson, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder

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. Results also show thatlong-term retention of learning improved for all topics, including ones where student examperformance was traditionally satisfactory. Finally, she reported that student interest in coursematerial increased slightly for male students following the implementation of E3s, butsignificantly for female students. She cites this as an important finding since interest in a topichas been correlated with students’ self-efficacy, which in turn relates to persistence rates inengineering, a field which fails to retain female students at the same rates as male students [34].Use of real-world examples with sociotechnical integrationDuring our search of the literature, the work of Andrade and Tomblim emerged as a case studyon the use of real