Conference Session

Work in Progress: Assessment, Evaluation and Hands-on Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julianne Vernon, Vanderbilt University; Matthew Rogers, Vanderbilt University; Benjamin Joseph Saba; Yin Huang

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

often perceived by students as heavily lecture-based,with a predominance on theory and mathematics and without translatable activities [1-2]. Thiscan be problematic for students, who often do not fully understand the distinction betweendifferent disciplines or are wary about choosing an engineering major without connections toreal-world applications [3-4]. Vanderbilt University is a partner in the KEEN, KERNEntrepreneurial Engineering network. The goal of the network is to increase student’s“entrepreneurial mindset”. This mindset can be summarized by the 3C’s: curiosity, connectionsand creating value [5]. Papers attempting to understand and improve the first-year engineer’sclassroom experience demonstrate the ability of a course designed around

Conference Session

Course Design, Course Projects, and Student Perceptions in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Amy F. Golightly, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

and students did not completely agreeabout the presence or absence of course attributes. Because we hypothesize that student attitudeis most closely correlated with student perceptions of course design more than faculty’s, thepresent study reexamines these data from the student perspective and includes an additionalsemester of data.MethodsThe present study builds upon prior work (8, 9) that used a multiple-choice self-report instrumentto assess and compare motivation and curiosity in students who were taking elective courses, andthe work of (7) that used the same instrument to examine whether certain course attributespositively affected students’ entrepreneurial mindsets within the KEEN framework (10). Thisinstrument has two components: The