Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 3: Education Track

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jan DeWaters P.E., Clarkson University; Stefan J. Grimberg, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

in year 1 but still less than the MS response (inJanuary) of 85% (data not shown). Compared to HS students, MS students exhibited greaterfeelings of self-efficacy about their ability to contribute toward solving issues related to energyand the environment, although the HS response went up between years 1 and 2 (data not shown).These findings are consistent with our earlier studies looking at energy-related attitudes andbehaviors, where MS students had more positive energy-related behaviors and greater feelings ofenergy-related self-efficacy than HS students [28]. The link between self-efficacy and behavioris consistent with the work of Bandura et al. [29] who provided empirical evidence that people’sbehavior is strongly influenced by the