Conference Session

Research on Engineering Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Yoon Suk Lee, Virginia Tech; John S Gero, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

) Be<>Bs Documentation (5) S>D Reformulation I (6) S>S Reformulation II (7) S>Be Reformulation III (8) S>F Page 25.619.43. Experimental Methods3.1 ParticipantsParticipants in this study were drawn from mechanical engineering (ME) and engineeringmechanics (EM) departments at a large mid-Atlantic land grant university. The EM students areconsidered the control group in this research, as the EM curriculum has a theoretical orientationthat focuses on

Conference Session

Contextual Competencies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Kyoung Ro, Carnegie Mellon University; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; Dan Merson, Pennsylvania State University; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students atthe 31 institutions were invited to participate in web-based surveys. The student survey includedquestions regarding respondents’ background and demographic characteristics, future careerplans, perceptions of classroom practices, out-of-class interactions with faculty, andextracurricular experiences. The survey also queried students’ self-assessments of selectedlearning outcomes, including contextual competency. [Copies of these instruments are availableat: http://www.ed.psu.edu/educ/e2020/surveys-1/E20204yrStudentSurvey.pdf.] The survey instrument was first pilot tested on a sample of 478 engineering students fromtwo four-year public institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The finalversion of the survey