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First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dawn Patterson Shew M.Ed., University of Kansas; Lorin P. Maletsky, University of Kansas; Grace Clark; Molly McVey, University of Kansas

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helped to develop different academic support programs across the school including Undergraduate Teaching Fellows to support active learning in the classroom, small-group tutoring in courses, and the Practice Exams.Grace ClarkDr. Molly McVey, University of Kansas Dr. Molly A. McVey is a post-doctoral teaching fellow at the University of Kansas School of Engineering where she works with faculty to incorporate evidence-based and student-centered teaching methods, and to research the impacts of changes made to teaching on student learning and success. Dr. McVey earned her Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kansas. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019

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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College c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Impact of First-Year Programming for Underprepared StudentsAbstractThis Complete Evidence-Based Practice paper addresses an intervention started two years agoat the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth college aimed at improving the first-yearexperience and retention of underprepared students in the engineering major. Programcomponents, program analysis and retention results are presented.Background and MotivationThe percentage of students from underrepresented groups earning degrees inengineering remains low nationally (NSF, 2015). While women earned close to 60% ofall bachelor’s degrees in 2012, less than 20% of those degrees were in engineering(NSF

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First-Year Programs: Unique Projects and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Wonki Lee, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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engagement and achievement in school,” J. Educ. Psychol., vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 22–32, 1990, doi: 10.1037/0022-0663.82.1.22.[26] H. De Loof, A. Struyf, J. Boeve-de Pauw, and P. Van Petegem, “Teachers’ Motivating Style and Students’ Motivation and Engagement in STEM: the Relationship Between Three Key Educational Concepts,” Res. Sci. Educ. Australas. Sci. Educ. Res. Assoc., 2019, doi: 10.1007/s11165-019-9830- 3.[27] G. Crosling, M. Heagney, and L. Thomas, “Improving Student Retention in Higher Education: Improving Teaching and Learning,” Aust. Univ. Rev., Jan. 2009, Accessed: Feb. 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/ielapa.159225407205474.[28] E. A. Skinner and J. R. Pitzer, “Developmental

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First-year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joanne Kay Beckwith, University of Michigan; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan

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