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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Danny Luecke; Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College; Michael Maloy Parker, Cankdeska Cikana Community College; Ann Vallie; Teri Ann Allery; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Karl Haefner

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education research community. Itgives the axioms and lens to discuss and analyze within the social sciences. For scientists, the‘gold standard’ is the double-blind test, two identical populations, experiencing intentionallydifferent situations to determine the impact of that difference on intended outcomes. In somesituations that is relatively easy, i.e. testing the effect of tire pressure on the handling of a car, butwith people, and specifically with particular populations, that is not easily done. Case in point,two populations of students at different tribal colleges, from different Nations, surrounded bydifferent community norms, each experiencing ‘a different approach’ to remedial math.Nothing happens in a void. That is, every aspect of the

Collection

2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Timothy Aaron Wood, The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Tara Hornor, The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel

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faculty director for a scholarship program to recruit and support high-performing, low- income civil engineering students. Dr. Watson is also interested in understanding and assessing students’ cognitive processes, especially related to sustainable design. Dr. Watson is the proud recipient of seven teaching awards and six best paper awards.Dr. Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel Dr. Simon Ghanat is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel (Charleston, S.C.). He received his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Arizona State University. His research interests are in Engineering Education and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. He previously