Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paulina Z. Sidwell, McLennan Community College

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Engineering Economy

her M.S. in Industrial Engineering from NMSU while conducting research over scheduling and policy optimization in health- care. At McLennan Community College, she serves in various committees, including the Mars 101 Com- mittee and the Strategic Planning Committee. She has participated in various study-travel experiences as sponsor/faculty, such as Mars 101, Geology Field Course, and the Australia/New Zealand Overseas Experience. She also serves as an advisor for the Engineering & Physics Club. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering Economics International Experience for Community College StudentsAbstractMcLennan Community

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey Kiassat, PhD, MBA, PE P.E., Quinnipiac University; Xiaoyue Jiang, Quinnipiac University

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ASEE Diversity Committee

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Engineering Economy

in Engineering, 13(4), 38–41. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(1997)13:4(38) 9. Hall, D.T., and Seibert, K.W. (1992). Strategic management development: Linking organizational strategy succession planning, and managerial learning. In Montross, D.H. (Ed) and Shinkman, C.J. (Ed) (1992). Career development: Theory and practice. Springfield, IL, England: Charles C Thomas, Publisher. 10. ABET. (2016). Criteria for accrediting engineering programs: Effective for review during the 2016–2017 accreditation cycle. Retrieved from http://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for- accrediting-engineering-programs-2016-2017/ 11. Michaelsen, L.K., Davidson, N., and Major, C.H. (2014). Team-based learning

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Ann Pedraza, Texas Tech University; Mario G. Beruvides P.E., Texas Tech University

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ASEE Diversity Committee

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

and demographicvariables were also independent predictors of a student’s approach to learning. And thus, theirresearch indicates that course experience causes a student’s approach to learning. The authorsalso found that as far as subgroups of students, there were differences between students who didnot intend to continue psychology studies as compared to the rest of the students. Those whointended to continue their studies in psychology had more favorable course experiences andapproaches to learning and higher efforts and performed better on the exam as opposed to thosewho do not plan to continue their studies in psychology. Even though their mean high schoolgrade point average was similar to those who did not intend to continue their studies