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First-year Programs Division: Retention

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darlee Gerrard, University of Toronto; Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto

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domestically and internationally. His work spans various engagements with engineering ed- ucation, including collaborations with the Royal Canadian Navy on resiliency projects, graduate students on multi-institutional studies of teaching assistant efficacy and engineering curriculum planning, as well as using sentiment analysis and natural language processing to interpret large-scale student feedback. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Bridges and barriers: A multi-year study of workload-related learning experiences from diverse student and instructor perspectives in first-year engineering educationIntroductionThis paper reports on the work of a multi-year

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Student Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenai Kelley Brown, Clemson University; Natalie Stringer, Clemson University; Rachel K. Anderson, Clemson University; Laurel Whisler, Clemson University

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peer leader. These topicsbecome the basis for the formation of new practice groups. Each group then designs theirapproach to investigating the topic and plans for ways to present this new information. Thepurpose of the final project is to share the knowledge they have researched or generated withothers in the course support community as a whole (Community of Practice).Training our peer leaders to model self-directed learning approaches in their sessions is the firststep toward supporting students as they transition into college and develop skills in reflecting onchallenges and adapting to improve success. We have intentionally designed our peer leadertraining course to immerse new leaders in a self-directed learning environment, by allowing

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College; Alicia Betsinger, Dartmouth College; Holly Wilkinson P.E., Dartmouth College; Ray Helm, Dartmouth College; Yanmin Zhang, Dartmouth College; Pritish Ponaka, Dartmouth College

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out to students that they believe could be a good fit to be a TA. ● If at all possible, it would be great to have an extensive database that TAs can reference ahead of time to become aware of what topics the students' homework assignments and projects will contain. In addition, some more community-building activities could benefit the students' experiences and hopefully inspire them to continue pursuing engineering. ● More specialization with regards to which classes which TAs know best.DiscussionThe results support the conclusion that this new program, aimed at supportingunderprepared students through their prerequisites, both academically and emotionallyis having the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Evaluating and Measuring Recruiting and Major Selection Strategies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaqi C. McNeil, University of Louisville; Angela Thompson P.E., University of Louisville

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disciplines andasked to post a response to the following questions on an online discussion board: 1. What questions do you have for faculty and/or students in these disciplines? (This can be discipline-specific or general for all engineering disciplines) 2. What interests you most about each discipline? 3. What similarities and differences do you notice about the various disciplines?Department faculty retained autonomy in developing their presentations, so there was no pre-determined format. Some departments brought graduate and undergraduate students for aquestion and answer session. Some departments brought faculty and department heads that gavecompelling presentations, and some brought demonstrations of projects students may work on

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Using Video, Games, and More in the First Year

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krista M Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati; Kerry L. Meyers, Youngstown State University

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a larger programming project at the end of the semesterthat uses the highest levels of analyzing, evaluating, and creating. Page 26.72.4Survey DescriptionUniversity A and University B gathered survey data at the beginning and end of the semesterasking students to rate their perceived benefits of the inverted classroom approach on a 5 pointLikert scale. While University C did not include questions about the benefits of the invertedapproach, all three universities asked students at the beginning and end of the semester to selecttheir preferred classroom approach: traditional lecture based, inverted classroom, or partially-inverted and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Helm, Arizona State University; Tami Coronella, Arizona State University

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and Dweck compiled research conductedon resilience, mindset, and people’s understanding of malleability of intelligence16. Yeager andDweck conclusions included the role parents and educations can take towards positivelyinfluencing a student’s resilience. Parents and educators should reinforce the malleability ofmindset through the guidance provided in discussions.The third theory guiding the research project is Self-Efficacy. Coined by Albert Bandura, Self-Efficacy is a term which has been defined as a person’s belief that he/she can act purposefullytoward achievement of the goal3. Through achievement of goals, people served as agents of theirown future. Professional development is an effective approach for enhancing a professional’sself

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University; Laurel Whisler, Clemson University; Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University

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3.4. The two students selected from this group areMary (African American female) and Geoffrey (Caucasian male). Mary earned D or “no pass”in her STEM courses, while Geoffrey passed or earned an A or B in the same courses.Mary: In her written assignments in the study skills course, Mary expressed an internal locus ofcontrol for her learning, yet she did not exercise self-regulation. Thus, though she did notalways follow through with her goals, she was aware that any shortcomings were her owndoing. For example, Mary made lists of the coursework and did projects on the importance ofmotivation and time management but struggled with following through. Lack of motivation,distractions, and ineffective prioritization of her responsibilities were

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Major Choice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Michael Dailey, University of Michigan

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men’s health-related attitudes and behaviors,” Psychol. Men Masc., vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 5–16, 2008.[34] W. H. Courtenay, “Constructions of masculinity and their influence on men’s well-being: a theory of gender and health,” Soc. Sci. Med., vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 1385–1401, 2000.[35] L. Hirshfield, J. Whinnery, D. M. Gilbuena, and M. D. Koretsky, “A study of feedback provided to student teams engaged in open-ended projects,” in American Society for Engineering Education, 2014.[36] L. Hirshfield, M. Dailey, and S. Edington, “Work in Progress: Common Reading Experience: Assessing the impact on perceptions, identity, and belonging among first-year engineering students,” in American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Andrew P. Kruzic, University of Texas, Arlington; Beth R. Isbell, University of Texas at Arlington; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; Carter Tiernan, University of Texas, Arlington; Vu V. Pham, University of Texas at Arlington

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AC 2011-2827: MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE AND FIRST YEAR RE-TENTION OF STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING LEARNING COMMUNI-TIESYvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington Dr. Yvette Pearson Weatherton received her Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science (Environmental Engineering) from the University of New Orleans in 2000. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Pearson Weatherton’s expertise is in the areas of air quality including monitoring and modeling and engineering education. She is currently PI or Co-PI on a number of NSF-funded engineering education projects including ”Focus On Retention in Cohorts of Engineering Students”, which is the subject

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FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Joseph A. Raelin, Northeastern University; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jerry Carl Hamann, University of Wyoming; David L. Whitman, University of Wyoming; Leslie K. Pendleton, Virginia Tech

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programs.IntroductionThis study is part of a larger research project, supported by a National Science FoundationResearch on Gender in Science and Engineering program grant, designed to determine the effectof self-efficacy and other factors on the retention of women in undergraduate engineeringprograms. These data represent the initial pre-survey of the study completed in the 2009-2010academic year. Students completed a 96-item survey (not included in this paper due to theproprietary nature of some components). This survey was administered mostly in class and inwritten form at the start of their sophomore year; thus their responses were a reflection on theirfirst year experiences. Data will be gathered at two additional points in years two and three of thestudy

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FPD IV: Improving Student Success: Mentoring, Intervening, and Supplementing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elora Candace Voyles, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Rhonda K. Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; John W. Nicklow, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Robert Ricks

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. Page 22.1244.2IntroductionLow retention rates of undergraduate engineering majors, has lead many universities toimplement a variety of programs to combat attrition. 1, 2 Engineering student retention hasbecome critical due to a decrease in graduation rates and a projected need for more engineers inthe field. 3 The effectiveness of retention initiatives has become a central research topic inengineering education. Peer mentoring models are often utilized in engineering programs toincrease retention.Mentoring describes a relationship between a more experienced and a less experiencedindividual. Typically the more experienced person, called the mentor, guides the lessexperienced mentee through a new professional or academic environment. 4 Mentoring

Conference Session

FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Roesch Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Engineering Professional Development

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reinforcement or linksbetween the classes, while the other fifteen students noted a positive affect. One student wrote,“By studying similar topics, I was able to gain a deeper understanding of the assigned topics.”Another added, “ I loved the content overlap between InterEngr 102 and EPD 155. I was able todo two projects on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, which I found very interesting. I would definitelyrecommend FIG to anyone interested in engineering. ” And finally this comment, “I had a goodbackground on energy coming into102 class because of the EPD 155 class.”ConclusionIn conclusion, the goal of creating transformative class as defined by Engel (5) was successful.The required reflections, the class discussions, and the weekly emails to the

Conference Session

FPD 1: The Path to Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Marisa K. Orr, Louisiana Tech University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University

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, her bubbly personality was evident. She wasperfectly made up and wore jewelry and perfume making an immediate impression that wasdifferent from that of most of the dozens of other women we have interviewed over the yearsthrough the MIDFIELD project. It is her story that begat the title of “Accidental Engineer.”Bethany is a white woman who comes from a family where neither parent attended college. Hercareer plan was to be a doctor and she applied to A-State with that in mind. She was acceptedinto a program, Diamonds in the Rough, for students who the college of engineering believeshave potential that may not be demonstrated by grades or test scores

Conference Session

FPD 5: Transitions and Student Success, Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University; Steven R. Eisenbarth, Baylor University

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, this project was intended to help students complete their degreeprograms in the shortest time possible.SAS scholarships, totaling $458,600 over 5 years, were awarded to fifty-four academicallytalented students of limited financial means. Preliminary analysis of retention data indicates thatSAS scholars were successful in their engineering and computer science (ECS) majors to agreater degree when compared to traditional students (i.e., students enrolling at our university asfreshmen directly after high school graduation) and to transfer students who were not eligible forSAS scholarships (i.e., non-SAS transfer students): Percent retention of SAS scholars in ECS majors was 39% greater than traditional students and 103% greater than non-SAS

Conference Session

First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Goodwin, University of South Florida; John Pharo Morgan III, University of South Florida; Yan Wang, University of South Florida; Michelle King, University of South Florida College of Engineering; Blake A Burton, University of South Florida

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so that additional requests for retention data for newcategories or subcategories could be calculated in minutes. An undergraduate computer sciencemajor was hired at $10 per hour and spent about 25 hours working on developing the program.The hours include the time the student needed to learn the basics of Python.Python was chosen since a student group as part of a class project had recently used thislanguage to create what was called a “deficiency” report. This project allowed for reports onstudents who, for example, failed courses more than the allowed amount, or had a low grade pointaverage for too many semesters in a row, etc. Python is relatively easy to learn, and it is veryreadable so it is easy to maintain the program. This program

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: First-Year Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University

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focused on high-level feedback in order to receive a high percentage of studentresponses. In addition, the orientation sessions have only been offered a handful of times whichis another contributing factor to limited data. The intent at this stage in the project was to use thesurvey results to gather some high level feedback from student participants to help determinestudent impressions of the event and, more specifically, what aspects of the orientation resonatedwith the students the most.It would be worthwhile to conduct a more expansive long-term study to follow-up with thesestudents to investigate the overall impact of the orientation session on their first-year experience.In addition, it would be informative to survey students who did not

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2B: Strategies for Writing and Communication Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendi M. Kappers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

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. This is the researcher’s next planned step in the data review process. Lastly, futureinvestigations should provide a more in-depth analysis of the reflective comments presentedfrom the reviewer to gauge the ability of the reviewer to provide feedback to fellow students inorder to ascertain levels of equivalence of review. These are planned future projects ofinvestigation for follow-up. References1. Søndergaard, H., & Mulder, R. A. (2012). Collaborative learning through formative peer review: Pedagogy, programs and potential. Computer Science Education, 22(4), 343-367. doi:10.1080/08993408.2012.7280412. Keengwe, J., Onchwari, G., & Agamba, J. (2014). Promoting effective e-learning

Conference Session

The Best of First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darlee Gerrard, University of Toronto; Kirstin Newfield, University of Toronto; Narges Balouchestani Asli, University of Toronto; Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto

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online survey. Two surveys were developed as partof this study to target the two participant groups: instructors and students. Additional dataconsidered in this study includes a schedule of the first-year engineering course workload(anticipated assignment, quiz, test, project, laboratory due dates) furnished by all first-yearcoordinators.The first survey was distributed to all first-year engineering course coordinators via email(N~10). The survey received a 50% response rate. This survey consisted of a template forcoordinators to provide consistent quantitative information regarding course deliverablesincluding, the topic of the deliverable, the weight of the deliverable in the course, the deliverabledue date, and the estimated time for the

Conference Session

FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Laurie Laird, Ohio Northern University; John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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Projects,” Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, paper 2006-853, Chicago, IL, June 2006.6. M. Oakleaf, “Using Rubrics to Collect Evidence for Decision-Making: What do Librarians Need to Learn?”, 4th International Evidence Based Library & Information Practice Conference, Chapel-Hill, NC, May 2007. Online: http://www.eblip4.unc.edu/papers/Oakleaf.pdf. Page 13.518.16Appendix A.Notes on Oral Presentation EvaluationsThis class utilizes a rubric that measures a portion of the RSVP specification criteria for evaluating oral presentationsdeveloped by Jessica Renaud of

Conference Session

FPD VII: Research on First-year Programs Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University

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andmathematics over the next decade2.Like the rest of the country, Boise State University has implemented research projectsand initiatives to study and improve mathematics success among engineering students,with particular emphasis on freshman retention. An engineering professor who has ledseveral of these initiatives decided to experience freshman-level calculus firsthand by re-taking Calculus 1 nearly 30 years after her own freshman days. Her instructor was thechair of the mathematics department, a professor with whom she has collaborated onnumerous research projects. The evidence presented in this paper is based on the Page 25.267.2experiences of these two

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FPD 8: Engineering Math Issues

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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engineering and technical project management. Tanya most recently taught mathematics at the Denver School of Science and Technology, the highest performing high school in Denver Public Schools.Dr. Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, BoulderDr. Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder BEVERLY LOUIE is the director for teaching and learning initiatives in the Broadening Opportunities through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center in CU’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering from CU, and a D.Phil. in mechanical engineer- ing from the University of Oxford, England. Dr. Louie’s research interests are in the areas of engineering student retention and