Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Potpourri I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-408: UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENT PERCEP-TIONS OF GRADUATE SCHOOL AND THE DECISION TO ENROLLErin Crede, Virginia Tech Erin D. Crede is a PhD candidate at Virginia Tech, where she also completed her B.S and M.S in Aerospace Engineering. Her doctoral research focuses on the social aspects of graduate education in engineering departments with internationally diverse populations using a mixed methods approach.Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech Maura Borrego is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She is currently serving a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship at the National Science Foundation. Her research interests focus on interdisciplinary faculty

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; George D. Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

both environmental and personality factors. The studyuses measures based on career theories such as Social Cognitive Career Theory, which has usedextensively to explore vocational choice in engineering. These theories will be supplementedwith measures of social influence and personality to explain disciplinary choices. In addition,this study considers the climate students are exposed to in the various engineering disciplines.IntroductionPrior research with the MIDFIELD database (a National Science Foundation fundedlongitudinal database containing records of undergraduate students at ten US institutions) hasconcluded that at an average of 57%, the rate of retention to eight semesters in engineering ishigh compared to other disciplines 1

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Potpourri I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

skills (e.g., leadership, communication, and teamwork skills)influences graduate school plans as well as the. In addition, while previous studies haveexamined engineering and science students’ plans for engineering graduate school, they have not Page 22.1167.4determined whether those considering engineering graduate study are planning for academic orprofessional careers. I examined the impact of students’ self-assessed abilities on graduate schoolplans leading to a career as an engineering faculty member; as preparation for work in theengineering profession; and for work outside engineering (business, medicine, law, etc.).Specifically, the

Conference Session

Fostering Student Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-772: THE EFFECT OF PREVIOUS TEAM EXPERIENCES ONSTUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERINGPROBLEMSAlexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology Alexandra Coso is a graduate student in the Cognitive Engineering Center at Georgia Tech, where she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering. She received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT and her M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include interdisciplinary engineering education, mixed method research, and cognitive engineering.Reid Bailey, University of Virginia Reid Bailey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Nicki Wendy Sochacka, University of Georgia; Nadia N. Kellam, University of Georgia

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Educational Research and Methods

. As a later individual exercise, the student were asked to compile a written account of one of their learning experiences and analyze it in terms of their learning and formulate decisions for future, similar situations for an example of a useful structure for the analysis see: 32.Thematic analysis of student reflections in the focus groupsThe focus groups in the context of the study were digitally recorded and transcribed for thesubsequent analysis using the qualitative data software NVivo8. The following presents an earlythematic analysis of the focus group transcripts. The presentation in the context of this paperserves two purposes: (i) to explicate and explore some of the categories of emotional indicatorsthrough students

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Ozgur Eris, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Educational Research and Methods

shortcomings of this construct is that it only provides a glimpse of student‟s plans upto three years into the future. It does not capture the fine-grained complexities that oftenaccompany career decision-making, e.g., the plan to use an engineering job as a stepping stone toa non-engineering job, or the decision to pursue a non-engineering job before eventuallyreturning to engineering. The APPLE survey addressed this issue by asking participants howlikely it was that they would do each of the following after graduation: work in an engineeringjob, working in a non-engineering job, go to graduate school in an engineering discipline, and goto graduate school in a non-engineering discipline1.Table 7: Professional Persistence by GroupGroup Number Group

Conference Session

Open-Ended Problems and Student Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Rosa Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

, entrepreneurship, and modeling. She has served as an associate editor for the JEE and is currently associate editor for the AEE Journal.Rosa Goldstein , University of Pittsburgh Rosa Goldstein is an Undergraduate Industrial Engineering student at the University of Pittsburgh. Ms. Goldstein has been an active member of the University of Pittsburgh’s SHPE (Society of Hispanic Pro- fessional Engineers) chapter and currently holds the position as President. She recently studied abroad for a semester in Spain at Saint Louis University in Madrid. She will be starting her career this summer at Accenture and is hoping that her research experience this past year will reinforce her plans to attend graduate school in a few years

Conference Session

Special Session: Discovering implications of the Academic Pathways Study for YOUR Campus

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington; Sheri Sheppard, P.E., Stanford University; Samantha Brunhaver, Stanford University; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington; Micah Lande, Stanford University; Gary Lichtenstein, Quality Evaluation Designs; Dennis Lund, University of Washington; Karl A. Smith, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

your college offer courses or programs (such as speaker series)that reveal to students the range of jobs and careers within the engineering field? How arestudents encouraged to integrate a variety of experiences into informed decision making onmajoring in engineering? Do they have an accurate and sufficient understanding of the field ofengineering and their place in it? How is re-examination of their decisions to stay in engineeringsupported through advising?Pathways: What is the range of pathways that your students take through your curricula? Wheredo they find support? What organizations, faculty, student groups, and peers help studentsnavigate through the institution? Does your institution support varied pathways through theundergraduate

Conference Session

Persistence and Retention II: Curricular Issues

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison A. Dingwall, Howard University; Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Junaid A. Siddiqui, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

, Purdue University, West Lafayette Junaid Siddiqui is a doctoral student at the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University. Before joining the doctoral program he worked for nine years at the faculty development office of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. In this role he was involved in several faculty development activities, particularly working with the faculty members for exploring the use of web-based technologies in the support of classroom teaching. He received his MS in Civil Engineering from KFUPM while he has also earned an MPBL degree from Aalborg University, Denmark. His research focus during his doctoral studies is on institutional and faculty development in

Conference Session

Professional Identity

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine M. Morley; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-850: GENDER AND ENGINEERING: USING PHOTO ELICITA-TION AS A METHOD OF INQUIRYKatherine M. Morley Katherine is an undergraduate student in Aeronautical Engineering at Purdue University. As a member of the Society of Women in Engineering, and a participant in the Women in Engineering Program at Purdue University, she took interest in feminist engineering research. She is particularly interested to learn how engineering is conceptualized and gendered.Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Alice L. Pawley is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s Studies Program at Purdue University. She has a B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering

Conference Session

Special Session: Moving Towards the Intended, Explicit, and Authentic: Addressing Critical Misalignments in Engineering Learning within Secondary and University Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy C. Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas Dean McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy K. Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

problems while being mentored by moresenior engineers, faculty or graduate students should take on roles as practicing engineer 13 14mentors. They could also take on roles as mock clients where actual clients are not available.This type of learning needs to move beyond the senior design seminar and become a greaterportion of learning throughout undergraduate education. Additionally, faculty members need to explicitly connect learning about propercommunication to engineering courses. There should not be an assumption that these skills willbe sufficiently learned in communications courses that are

Conference Session

Persistence and Retention II: Curricular Issues

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas F. Wolff, Michigan State University; Steven M. Cramer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Barbara A. Masi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-1416: RETENTION: QUANTIFYING THE APPLES AND OR-ANGESThomas F. Wolff, Michigan State University Dr. Thomas F. Wolff is Associate Dean of Engineering for Undergraduate Studies at Michigan State University. In this capacity, he is responsible for all activities related to student services (academic ad- ministration, advising, career planning, women and diversity programs, etc.) and curricular issues. He is principal investigator on several NSF grants related to retention of engineering students. As a faculty member in civil engineering, he co-teaches a large introductory course in civil engineering. His research and consulting activities have focused on the safety and reliability of hydraulic structures, and he

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research in K-12

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen A. High, Oklahoma State University; Melanie C. Page, Oklahoma State University; Julie Thomas, Oklahoma State University

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Educational Research and Methods, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-1489: EARLY ENGINEERING INTERESTS AND ATTITUDES:CAN WE IDENTIFY THEM?Karen A High, Oklahoma State University KAREN HIGH earned her B.S. from the University of Michigan in 1985 and her M.S. in 1988 and Ph.D. in 1991 from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. High is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University where she has been since 1991. Her main technical research interests are Sustainable Process Design, Industrial Catalysis, and Multicriteria Decision Mak- ing. Her engineering education activities include enhancing mathematics, communication skills, critical thinking and creativity in engineering students and teaching science and engineering to education