Conference Session

CEED Technical Session II: Developing Research and Design Skills Through Experiential Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Bowers, Arizona State University; Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University; Kate Fisher; Zachary Holman, Arizona State University; Mathew D. Evans, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

oreven rewards for their contribution”4. Additionally, NSF encourages REU programs to includefreshmen and sophomore students, adding pressure to programs to prepare lower-level studentsthrough an apprenticeship model traditionally used for advanced-level graduate students.Although typical graduate students working in apprenticeship programs are surrounded by socialrelationships and activities through which the core practices of the engineering community aremade visible over long periods of time, the same may not be true for typical REU studentsworking under shortened timeframes and in more peripheral conditions. Typical REU studentsare legitimately involved in specific laboratory practices but their participation in the field atlarge remains