Collection

2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Joie Marhefka, Penn State New Kensington; Dalynn D Park, Penn State New Kensington; Laura E Cruz, Penn State

, connection,integration, literacy, and recommendation. It should be noted that not all outcomes applied to allassignments. Formative assessment questions were offered periodically across the semester.Following each problem-based assignment, students were asked to answer two questions thatpertained to knowledge of the topic, their understanding of the topic in relation to future career,and their ability to assess themselves. These qualitative data were coded using a structuredcoding method based on the five desired learning outcomes (listed above).IV. FindingsWe chose the widely-used career decision self-efficacy scale to measure gains in career literacy,motivation, awareness, and (perceived) skills [27], [28]. Based on the learner self