Conference Session

Construction Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas, San Antonio; Vincent B. Canizaro, University of Texas, San Antonio; John D. Murphy Jr., University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Supervision, 10, 227-249.12. Mills, T.H., Auchey, F.L., and Beliveau, Y.J. (1996) The Development of a Vertically and Horizontally Integrated Undergraduate Building Construction Curriculum for the Twenty First Century. Journal of Construction Education, Summer 1996, 1(1) pp. 34 - 4413. Hauck, A.J. (1998) Construction Management Curriculum Reform and Integration with a Broader Discipline: A Case Study Journal of Construction Education, Summer 1998, 3(2) pp. 118-13014. Al-Holou, N, Corleto, C., Demel, J., Froyd, J., Hoit, M., Morgan, J., and Wells, D. (1998), First-Year Integrated Curricula Across Engineering Education Coalitions, 1998 Frontiers in Education Conference, Tempe, AZ.15. Yost, S. A. and Hoback, A. S. (2000) A team approach

Conference Session

Assessment in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Weston Elliott, Colorado State University; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Pajares40 posit that females Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)students gain their self-efficacy through social persuasion and vicarious experience, whereasmales increase their self-efficacy through mastery experiences. Further, women in STEM fieldsrely on relationships to create and support their confidence to succeed in male-dominatedfields40. Both the present study and previous research in STEM education underscore the needfor effective interventions to increase self-efficacy among female students and thereby increaserecruitment and retention of females in construction management programs.Several potential interventions, as suggested by Lopez del Puerto, Guggemos and Shane,18 thatinfluence female student’s self-efficacy through