Paper ID #41805Board #444 - Professional Practice Experiences of Collegiate Rising ScholarsStudents—A Work-in-ProgressMs. Grace Lynn Baldwin Kan-uge Grace Baldwin, joined the Rising Scholar NSF S-STEM program in the Summer of 2017 as a Graduate Research Assistant. She completed her Bachelor of Science, Master’s, and Docterate of Philosophy at Purdue University in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE).Dr. Carol S. Stwalley, Purdue University Dr. Carol S. Stwalley, PE joined the Minority Engineering Program team in the fall of 2007 as Recruitment and Retention Analyst. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
science calculations and design considerations. We hypothesize that theprocess of reflection and iteration inherent to hackathon competitions will strengthen theparticipant groups’ perceived EJ skills. Finally, engineering leadership (EL) skills relate to theleadership style(s) used by individuals to lead groups of engineers to achieve a common goal. Aneffective leader exercises influence at interpersonal, team, and organizational levels, whilesimultaneously building strong relationships. We hypothesize that in the absence of a well-structured project, the need to delegate tasks among team members and develop solutionsquickly will increase the perceived EL abilities of participant groups.To frame this study, we will use the Buck Institute of
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impact on improving student understanding ofspecific course concepts. However, these results counter that of Leininger-Frézal andSprenger [19], who find the use of a VFT did help to enhance student understanding.Common between ours and Dada, et al. [15]’s results are a high percentage (>75%) ofagreement to the pre-survey statement, and thus it is more difficult to make a meaningfulimprovement on student understanding.Comparatively, the remaining 4 statements showed significant differences between pre- andpost-DST survey results (p < 0.05). Observations from Figure 3 in conjunction with this dataimplies the DST was ineffective in assisting students to develop problem solving skills,enabling teamwork, and improving their ability to
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Evaluation (-PE), which informs program administration. The student survey (S-)consists of four categories of questions, detailed in Appendix A: SSB, SCP, SPC and SPE. Thementor survey (M-) consists of three categories, Appendix B: MCP, MPC and MPE.Responses to questions use either a numerical five-point Likert scale or are open-endedresponse-based. The intern surveys are administered at the beginning, midpoint, and end of theinternship period. Mentor surveys are administered at the midpoint and end. Midpoint surveyshave fewer questions, and mainly serve as a check-in point. The majority of the SB, CP and PCquestions are posed at the beginning and end points of the internship period. Some CP questionsare posed only at the end point. PE questions are
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Paper ID #39902Evaluation of a Work-Integrated Learning Program for Undergraduate STEMOutreach InstructorsDr. Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto Lisa Romkey serves as Associate Professor, Teaching and Associate Director of the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice.Daniel Munro, University of TorontoVirginia HallMs. Tracy L. Ross, Actua Tracy Ross holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Environmental Chemistry from Queenˆa C™s University and a M.A. in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology from University of Toronto. She has overseen high quality, targeted STEM outreach programs at a
participate in co-op programs.A significant part of this recruitment process includes evaluating the students in both terms of thequality of a potential new full-time employee but also to understand if the student is interested orgaining interest in the type of engineering discipline(s) that a particular company performs in theindustry [4]. Since recruitment is a significant expense, employers are very concerned withyields from the expense and effort devoted to recruitment. Studies from 1984 and 2015, bothshow that employers were satisfied with recruitment goals resulting from co-op programs [5] [1].Other significant factors that employers want to reduce are employee training costs and turnoverrates. Employer surveys revealed that co-op hires had
funding, so it reduced the number of students that had to seek employmentoutside of FAMU. Moreover, by 2020, a federal NSF S-STEM grant was acquired in addition toother industry partnerships that provided additional funding and the ability to ensure no studentshad to work outside of FAMU, which reduced students' financial needs and heavily increasedretention and average GPAs.E. ConclusionThe EESI program has varied over the years with the change of funding offered, which led to theability to meet goal (1) of the program. However, the core concept of incorporating experientiallearning with academic support has been the same to ensure that the seven (7) program goals aremet. The quantitative results in this study show that the EESI students are
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