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Student Engagement and Motivation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Senay Purzer

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2008-633: DEVELOPING AN INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE TINKERING ANDTECHNICAL SELF-EFFICACY IN ENGINEERINGDale Baker, Arizona State University Dale Baker, Arizona State University Dale R. Baker is a Professor of Science Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at ASU and is the Co-Editor of The Journal of Research in Science Teaching. She teaches courses in science curricula, teaching and learning, and assessment courses with an emphasis on constructivist theory and issues of equity. Her research focuses on issues of gender, science, and science teaching. She has won two awards for her research in these areas.Stephen Krause, Arizona State University Stephen Krause, Arizona

Conference Session

Fostering and Assessing Effective Teaming

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Senay Purzer; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

explore if such a relationship exists in the context ofengineering.Research QuestionsThe main goal of this study is to describe the characteristics of team interactions that relate toachievement and self-efficacy. However, before investigating these correlations, we establishedthe reliability and the validity of the instruments we developed. We investigated three researchquestions: 1. Is there a correlation between the self-efficacy scores, measured by the instrument designed for this study, and student achievement? Page 13.415.4 2. What type of team interactions correlate with self-efficacy? 3. What type of team

Conference Session

STEM Pipeline: Pre-College to Post-Baccalaureate

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Trenor, University of Houston; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University

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Educational Research and Methods

’ Academic and Career PlansAbstractUndergraduate research experiences in engineering have recently received significant interest asmechanisms for attracting undergraduates to graduate-level work. In particular, the NationalScience Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) initiative aims to recruitstudents to careers in research. Our work employs a social cognitive theoretical framework toinvestigate how participation in a summer undergraduate research program influencesparticipants’ academic and career plans (specifically plans to pursue a Ph.D.) and their self-efficacy for future scientific research. A mixed-methods approach, incorporating surveyinstruments, interviews, and weekly self-reflective journal entries, was utilized to

Conference Session

Problem Solving and Misconceptions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mica Hutchison, Northwestern University; Ann McKenna, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2008-865: UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS’ USE OF INNOVATIVE LEARNINGSTRATEGIESMica Hutchison, Northwestern University Mica A. Hutchison is a CASEE postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University. She received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Idaho in 2002, a Masters in Chemistry from Purdue University in 2006, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue in 2007. Her research interests include engineering and design education and the retention of engineering students. She investigates these areas using self-efficacy theory and the adaptive expertise framework.Ann McKenna, Northwestern University Ann McKenna is the Director of Education Improvement in the Robert R. McCormick

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University; Joe Jien-Jou Lin, Purdue University; Alexander Malyscheff, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

% Asian/Pacific Islander, 2.88% Hispanic, 78.21%Caucasian and 6.81% Others.Non-cognitive survey instruments and cognitive dataThe students’ non-cognitive measures were collected across nine scales in a self-reported onlinesurvey completed prior to the freshman year. This non-cognitive survey instrument waspreviously reported in the works by Maller et al.5 and Immekus et al14. These scales are:Leadership (23 items), Deep vs. Surface Learning Types (20 items), Teamwork (10 items), Self-efficacy (10 items), Motivation (25 items), Meta-cognition (20 items), Expectancy-value (32items), and Major decision (28 items). All Cronbach’s coefficient alphas for these scales were ≥.80, except for the Teamwork scale (r=.74)14. Scales may be divided into

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Rachel Reed, Calvin College; Crystal Bruxvoort, Calvin College; Neil Carlson, Calvin College

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Educational Research and Methods

Many studies also note a lack of self-efficacy (self-confidence specific to thetasks of engineering) among students who leave.11,12 This low self-efficacy is often a poorrepresentation of real ability, as measured by objective evidence.13Much current effort is also dedicated to assessment of existing intervention programs. In order totranslate such work to new settings, it would first be necessary to identify how the students (andtheir reasons for persisting in or leaving engineering) are similar at different schools and indifferent types of programs (or engineering departments). This strategy requires having a way tomeasure both the characteristics that correlate with persistence as well as factors that areassociated with the context in which

Conference Session

Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University; Dennis Gouran, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

#0206630 (PI McGourty): http://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=02066305. Mickelson, S.K., Hanneman, L. F., Guardiola, R. & Brumm, T.J. (2001). Development of Workplace Competencies Sufficient to Measure ABET Outcomes. Conference Proceedings of Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition. June 2001, Albuquerque, New Mexico.6. Bandura (1986). Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. Page 13.238.87. Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.8. Bandura, A. (1989). Human agency in social

Conference Session

Fostering and Assessing Effective Teaming

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; James Duvall, Oklahoma State University

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Educational Research and Methods

project. This goal is assumed to be related to mastery goals since effort isrequired for mastery. The third goal is designed to measure student effectiveness defined as theratio of results and effort. Effectiveness is assumed to be related to self efficacy and is anintrinsic and mastery oriented goal. Determining effectiveness as the ratio of two separatemeasurements—effort and results—may additionally permit the determination of whetherstudent perceive effort or results as contributing more to team design projects.Research QuestionsThe overall research question addressed in this study is to understand what formats of peerevaluation instruments are more or less effective for measuring student performance on divide-and-conquer team projects. To

Conference Session

Student Engagement and Motivation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University; William Hughes, California Polytechnic State University

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Educational Research and Methods

, self-assessment skills, andmoral reasoning. Finally, a documentary on alternative transportation called Energy:Power Shift was shown in class to activate a vision of the role students can personallyplay in contributing to society as engineers. This served the dual purpose of promotingunderstanding the broader context, and initiating systems thinking as it helped connectstudents to concepts that at first seem disconnected (e.g., public policy and engineeringdesign). Equipped with a broad contextual understanding of their responsibility as futureengineers, students began working on their solar water heater projects.The primary goal of the first project was to build a sense of mastery and self-efficacy. Asshown on the 4DDD, mastery strengthens