Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valerie Young, Ohio University-Athens

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Page 15.1118.7open the question of whether non-participants did not hear from their peers about the EFLCs, orwhether they were uninfluenced by what they heard.The general agreement between the electronic survey results and the EFLC course evaluationresults lends confidence to some tentative analysis of the remaining electronic survey data, inspite of the low response rate.Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) at Ohio University denotes an optional, limited-enrollment, 1-credit class associated with a regular course. PLTL sections are led by upperclass students whohave succeeded in the course, with an experienced faculty member coordinating sections,training peer leaders, and providing study exercises. Questions on the electronic survey coveredPLTL

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Cox, Purdue University; Angie Andriot, Purdue University; Stephen Beaudoin, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

facultyresearchers.”6 In addition to allowing students to explore new ideas, undergraduate researchexperiences benefit students in numerous ways. These experiences can have positive effectsupon students' heightened interests in post-graduate science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) careers,7 students' decisions to pursue graduate studies,8 and students'persistence to graduation.9 Kardash10 found that both students and faculty mentors thought that Page 15.576.2students had increased their research skills during their undergraduate research experiences. Onekey distinction within these programs that is often touted is the direct supervision of

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

culture: • Chemical engineering courses aimed at retention – (a departmental stakeholder cultural decision) • Bringing communication, soft skills, etc. into ChE curriculum (a departmental stakeholder decision) • The use of active learning and other ways to improve retention (if faculty members embrace these teaching concepts, they can modify the culture so that the students feel more engaged in the learning process and take ownership of their own learning). • The development of novel curriculum approaches and/or department level involvement (a departmental stakeholder cultural decision)Each of these classifications will now be discussed. In many cases, the concept ofretention is linked to an