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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremy C. Helm, Arizona State University; Tami Coronella, Arizona State University; Tim Rooney, Arizona State University

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successful academic advising and an increase in student retentionand graduation rates. Through the requirement of mandatory advising for freshmen, advisorsand students can collaboratively develop strategies for engagement with resources that willpromote academic success. Theories and research focusing on academic advising approachesand student engagement guide advising discussions.Alexander Astin [1], [2] developed the Theory of Student Involvement (TSI) model. Withrespect to academic advising effectiveness, Astin suggests “...that a particular curriculum, toachieve the effects intended, must elicit sufficient student effort and investment of energy tobring about the desired learning and development [1]”. From TSI emerged the “I-E-O Model”,which

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qudsia Tahmina, Ohio State University at Marion

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pleasant for the students. Several learning pedagogies have been implemented by instructorssuch as active learning, flipped classroom and interactive discussion groups. In-class activitiesand forming teams are part of the active learning techniques that help students overcome the fearand anxiety and allow them to openly discuss and share ideas. However, there is still a need toexplore strategies to further enhance students’ performance and overall success. Mentoring hasbeen described in the prior studies as a process in which a more-experienced individual (mentor)guides a less-experienced individual (mentee) in a professional and academic setting [1, 2]. It isevident through research that the peer mentoring helps mentees in transitioning into post

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth R. Kurban, University of Maryland, College Park; Paige E. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Kurubel Belay, University of Maryland

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. Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study is to investigate the longitudinal progress of studentsparticipating in the FYSE program, focusing on L&S students’ transfer into the School ofEngineering and engineering students’ progress toward degree completion. As a work inprogress, we ultimately seek to assess the impact of the FYSE program on engineering studentdevelopment and their progress toward an engineering degree. Methodology From summer 2012 to 2017, there have been 240 FYSE participants, including 106students majoring in engineering and 134 students in the Letters & Sciences division as reportedin Table 1. Ninety-three percent of the FYSE participants successfully completed

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krystal S. Corbett, Louisiana Tech University; Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Stacey McAdams; Julie Gaudin; Madison Abigail Walker, Society of Women Engineers; Tyler Scott Fontenot

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lifeexperiences. One of the most challenging transitions for someone to make is to move from thecontrolled environment of high school to the more independent atmosphere of college. Manyuniversities implement mentorship programs to help their students make this transition. In thepaper “Engineers Need Mentors Too!” the authors describe a successful mentorship programcalled GUIDE where they pair first-year engineering students with an upperclassman and agraduate student. From the survey data collected by the authors, they concluded that “having amentor made adjusting to college life an easy transition. [1]” Similarly, Southern IllinoisUniversity, Carbondale instituted a program with their residential first and second yearengineering students. The students

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Ann Delaney, Boise State University; Katherine Christine Tetrick, Washington State University; Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington; Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego; Tanya D. Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jana Milford, University of Colorado, Boulder; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michelle Ferrez, University of California, San Diego

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compared tostudents who attended better-resourced schools [1]. Four-year engineering and computer sciencecurricula are designed for students who are calculus-ready, but many students who are eager tobecome engineers or computer scientists need additional time and support to succeed. The needfor an extra year of targeted support to prepare highly-motivated but underprepared studentsdrove the creation of the Engineering GoldShirt Program at the University of Colorado Boulder(CU-B) in 2009. The name was derived from the practice of “redshirting” in college athletics -providing athletes with an extra performance-enhancing year to prepare them to compete at thecollege level [2]. The NSF-funded Redshirt in Engineering Consortium was formed as

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hadil Mustafa, California State University, Chico

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and mentoring, as one of the leading elements that contribute to students’ success [1],figure 1. Figure 1: Elements of Students' Success [1]In practice, peer tutoring has been utilized to support students in large introductory classes, suchas math, chemistry, and biology, with little-to-no support in engineering classes. Tutoringservices that target lower level engineering courses have been limited to individual attempts orclub organizations, e.g., IEEE and HKN. Additionally, limited studies are evaluating generaltutoring services in higher education [2].In 2017, the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at California State University,Chico established a tutoring center to provide drop-in tutoring

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mayari I. Serrano, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Beth M. Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rachel Ann Baker, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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1, 2, and 3 . This ability can be used as a prognostication factor for achievement andattainment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) 4, 5 . It is well documentedthat 3D spatial skills can be developed through practice. Sorby has shown that a course aimed atdeveloping the 3D spatial skills of first-year engineering students has a positive impact on studentsuccess, especially for women 6 . The research team has developed a semester-long online, spatialskills workshop. The content incorporates online resources related to mental rotation, 2D and 3Dspatial visualization, and abstract reasoning. An experimental group of female first-yearengineering students will participate in the weekly online workshop. To assess

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krystal S. Corbett, Louisiana Tech University

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managed various educational enterprises. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Redesigning Curriculum to Foster Student SuccessMotivationFor years various organizations and institutions like The National Academy of Engineering [1],the National Science Foundation [2], and the American Society of Engineering Education [3],have called for curriculum reform in engineering education. On group called Big Beacon, whichwas formed by faculty at Olin College and Illinois Foundry for Innovation in EngineeringEducation developed the Big Beacon manifesto which points out that the best students of today“come to school in search of the excitement of creating cutting edge technology or

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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First-Year Programs

-predictedacademic success. The results of the first semester of the program pointed to success for somecategories of students, suggesting the overall concept is promising.BackgroundAll engineering students at Clemson begin their academic journey as a GE major and arerequired to complete a first-year curriculum sequence before declaring their intendedengineering major, shown in Figure 1. To matriculate outof GE and into a degree-granting engineering major,students must pass the following classes with a C or better,and meet the grade point ratio (GPR) requirement for thedesired engineering department: Chemistry, one semester;Calculus I and II; Physics, one semester; GeneralEngineering, two semesters; and English Composition.Most departments require a 2.0 GPR

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First-year Programs Division: Student Success

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno

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confident intheir ability to do well in their major.IntroductionThis paper describes the Engineering Freshmen Intensive Transition (E-FIT) program, which is aweek-long summer boot camp designed based on best practices for retaining students [1] and theBiology Intensive Orientation for Students (BIOS) program at Louisiana State University (LSU)[2]. Studies have shown that difficulty adjusting to college life for new students can lead to lowgrades and issues with persistence in completing a degree. [3], [4]. Stress can also negativelyaffect first-year students and in some cases lead to students dropping out of college [5], [6].Furthermore, studies show that students who are academically unprepared for the rigors ofuniversity courses leave school

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FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Srinjita Bhaduri, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katie Van Horne Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder; Peter Gyory, University of Colorado, Boulder; Hannie Ngo; Tamara Sumner, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

Visualizer) to help them visualize the transition from 2D models to 3Dmodels with the UAV augmented to the scene.Our research examines how using 3D modeling with AR can enhance youth spatial reasoningskills. We collected both product and process data in the form of artifacts generated duringdesign iterations, pre and post activity mental rotation tests, screen-recordings of youth using the3D AR Visualizer, and youth design reflections. Our results indicate that youth were able tobetter understand the strengths and weaknesses of pre-designed 3D models with the help of theAR application, and they made better and more informed design decisions that resulted insuccessful delivery of supplies to the disaster area.IntroductionAs Osborn and Agogino [1

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First-year Programs Division: Student Success

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hossein Rahemi, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Amir Elzawawy , Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Margaret Ducharme, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

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indirect measure, a rubric survey based on the contents of the SEEprogram is distributed to students to assess the effectiveness of this program.Keywords: MATLAB, C++, Student Learning Outcomes1. IntroductionThe main objective of the Summer Engineering Experience (SEE) program is to provide studentswith the basic computational and hands-on project-based learning in numerical analysis withMATLAB and C++ programming, aerodynamics, bridge truss design & analysis, technicalwriting and presentation. This program not only introduces students to basic skills in developingsolutions to engineering problems, but also enhances their ability to develop programs tofacilitate the solution of a physical system [1], [2].The SEE program is designed to enhance

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First-year Programs Division: Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Liang Li Wu, University of California, Irvine; Christian Fischer, University of California, Irvine; Fernando Rodriguez, University of California, Irvine; Gregory N. Washington, University of California, Irvine

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sections.IntroductionThe traditional engineering curricula require students to take majority of their first-year andsecond-year courses in physical sciences and math before enrolling in engineering courses tocomplete their upper division. This lack of engineering-based experiences during the first yearsof students’ college experience may have a negative impact on retention, in that many studentslose interest and leave engineering during the first year, without understanding the importance ofrigorous training in math and physical sciences. Many universities have implemented innovativefirst-year programs to improve the retention[1].We started our first-year program six years ago by incorporating evidence-based practices thatprior work has shown to be effective [2

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First-year Programs Division: Online Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary; Mohammad Moshirpour, University of Calgary; Mahmood Moussavi, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat P.Eng., University of Calgary; Yasaman Amannejad, University of Calgary

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Engineering Education, 2018 Evidence-Based Best Practices for First-Year Blended Learning ImplementationAbstractThe objective of this evidence-based study is to synthesize best practices for developing flippedclassroom material in large-scale first year courses. These best practices are extracted from threeyears of flipped classroom implementation experience in both technical and design engineeringcourses mandatory for first year students. This research will present valuable lessons and analyzedifferences between the suitability of different course types for the flipped educational model.Best Practice #1: Implementation of the flipped teaching and learning approach should beassociated with three phases. Starting with a pre-classroom phase, followed

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First-year Programs Division: Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University

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projects. Now in its third year of continued refinement and analysis, theUniversity is offering 5 sections of the 8 credit hour course (Full Cornerstone) and 20 sections ofa version with 2 separate 4 credit hour courses (Split Cornerstone) that run over the fall andspring semester. Each section is populated with approximately 30 first-year students from a totalfirst-year class size exceeding 700 students.With two versions implemented over the past two years, there has been enough redesign towarrant more discussion. The course redesign has been driven by feedback and evidence,fundamentally following the design process we teach in the course. The data used to drive thisredesign has come from four sources: 1) a survey of students in both the

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First-year Programs Division: Student Success

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lydia Yang Yang, Kansas State University; Bette Grauer P.E., Kansas State University

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Inclusion, Kansas State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Examining the effectiveness of Scholars Assisting Scholars program among undergraduate engineering studentsRationale and Literature ReviewRetaining engineering students is a critical issue in engineering education, especially inthe first two years of college when the attrition rate in engineering has been stubbornlyhigh.1, 2 Peer tutoring and supplemental instruction are widely used techniques to helpstudents succeed in challenging courses in universities.3-5 Peer tutoring has shown toimprove academic outcomes such as achieving higher GPAs, higher retention rates, andimproving student engagement.5-9 In this study, we

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First-year Programs Division: Self Efficacy

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacey Leigh Kelly, Virginia Tech; Darren K. Maczka, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

Engineering Education, 2018 Exploring Engineering Major Choice and Self-concept through First-Year Surveys 2018-04-30Choosing an appropriate major is an important factor in ensuring a productive and successful college experience.Major choice determines the type of work the students will engage in and the faculty and peers that they will come incontact with, both of which have been shown to impact student learning, satisfaction, and persistence.1 Forengineering students, the selection of a discipline can be an overwhelming task. Many first-year students have onlyvague notions about what engineering is and a limited understanding of the scope of the work that might be typical

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First-year Programs Division: Collection

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University; Mark Weichold, Texas A&M University

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the program.IntroductionHigh college student attrition is a problem has been widely studied for the last few years. Thisproblem is even greater in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)disciplines. For instance, Wilson et al. [1] report that fewer than 50% of STEM students wouldeventually graduate with the same degree they started as freshmen. While there are lowerretention rates in STEM disciplines across a wide spectrum of students, this problem is moresevere in low income and first generation students [2]. Higher education literature suggests thatthe first generation (FG) students enter into a college with “distinct disadvantages” as comparedto their peers in many ways including “academic preparation in high school

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First-year Programs Division: Collection

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Christopher Peter Scianna, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

learningefforts have enhanced or detracted from students’ engineering education as a whole incomparison to their non-service learning peers, and if the practices and outcomes of thesesections create new trajectories and plans for students, specifically whether it enhances futureinvolvement in community outreach efforts.IntroductionNortheastern University is a top fifty university [1] located adjacent to the Roxburyneighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Thanks to exponential growth and development overthe last decade, Northeastern has become a landmark within the community. For decades, it hasbeen shaped by its urban backdrop and has recently taken innovative steps to use its status in thecommunity to provide an impactful outreach program. The backbone of

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First-year Programs Division: Best Papers

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew H. Phillips, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; David A. Delaine, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

duties depending on their role withineach course. GTAs are primarily responsible for delivering and managing the lab content of thecourse and UTAs have primary responsibilities in grading, providing peer mentoring, andassisting students in class. The Midwestern university has two primary first-year tracks: astandard and an honors version. The standard version has an instructional team that consists of 1instructor, 1 GTA, and 3-4 UTAs per section of 72 students. The honors version has aninstructional team that consists of 1 instructor, 1 GTA, and 3-4 UTAs per section of 36 students.To prepare teaching assistants for the first-semester course in the classroom and lab, TAs arerequired to complete formal training in three areas: Grading, Lab, and

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First-year Programs Division: Self Efficacy

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College; Kurt M. DeGoede, Elizabethtown College; Stacey L. Zimmerman, Elizabethtown College

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American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Gallup StrengthsFinder in EngineeringAbstractThe Gallup StrengthsFinder® Inventory identifies individual’s top-five Strengths from the 34themes in the inventory [1]. Strengths such as Activator, Deliberative, and Restorative aregrouped into four domains: executing, influencing, relationship building and strategic thinking.All of our first-year students at Elizabethtown College complete the Strengths Inventory.Throughout the two-semester Introduction to Engineering (ItE) course sequence, wecontextualize Strengths for engineering students by contrasting strengths and skills. We use theStrengthsFinder to capture personal strengths and define engineering skills through the lens

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Celena Arreola, University of Texas, El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Crystal Fernandez-Pena, University of Texas, El Paso; Helen Elizabeth Geller, University of Texas, El Paso; Giselle Andrade, STEMGrow; Diane Elisa Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas, El Paso; Melissa Stearns

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c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Growing Character Strengths Across BoundariesAbstractCreating a community of purpose amongst engineering students is helpful in guiding theirsuccessful transition from high school to higher education learning environments. In suchlearning environments, the capacity to studiously pursue long-term goals can be a definingcharacteristic of successful students. Duckworth and associates refer to this as the “tendency tosustain interest in and effort towards very long-term goals” [1]. In this paper, we will discuss thework we are currently doing to develop strength in character for our students.First, it is important to understand the word ‘grit’ as one that encompasses

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First-year Programs Division: Collection

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mohd Iramul Hoque, CATME

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has been integrated into many different courses in a variety of differentacademic disciplines. This is largely due to the importance that companies place on teamworkskills in potential new employees [1-2] as well as the incorporation of teamwork requirementsfor accreditation across a variety of disciplines [2-5]. Studies have also shown learning and otherbenefits of working in teams while in college [6-7]. However, Chen argues that many studentslack these important teamwork skills when they enter the workforce [8]. Since about half of U.S.companies, [9] and 81% of Fortune 500 companies [10] have company rely heavily on team-based structures, students who are deficient in their teamwork skills are ill-equipped to functionwithin these companies

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First-Year Programs Division - Visualization and Mathematics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashish Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Moshe Kam P.E., New Jersey Institute of Technology; Edwin Hou, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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mathematics placement test to all incoming first time full-time first yearstudents, except those with proof of advanced placement or transfer credits for calculus courses.Performance on this placement test determines students’ starting point in the calculus sequence.Students will either be placed in Calculus-I, which is the preferred scenario, or one of the twopre-calculus courses. Students that are placed in pre-calculus courses start 1-2 courses behind ascompared to those placed in Calculus-I. In addition, performance in the mathematics placementtest also drives placement in physics and chemistry. All this put together means that students thatdo not do well on the mathematics placement test are looking at 1-2 added semester(s) to theirgraduation

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First-year Programs Division: Online Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Jane Grigg, Clemson University; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University

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First-Year Programs

solving (aka. ENGR 1) andsecond semester programming (aka. ENGR 2) courses. Each course was divided into learningmodules that build off the knowledge and skills developed in prior modules. For each module,students were instructed to PREP: Preview the material; get Ready for class; Expand theirknowledge; and then Prove it by completing the homework. Prior to each exam, students wereasked "ARE you ready?" and encouraged to answer this question by Assessing their performanceon each module by analyzing mistakes made on assignments and asking questions of theinstructor for further clarification; Reviewing any topics not mastered; then taking the Exam.This work will discuss the (PREP)ARE model in detail, giving examples of activities for eachstage to

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First-year Programs Division: Online Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline C. McNeil, University of Louisville; Angela Thompson P.E., University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville

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for Engineering Education, 2018 A Comparison of Students Learning Programming with Online Modules, Instruction and Team ActivitiesAbstractThis paper investigates how first-year students learn programming through lectures involvingteam-based activities. Although programming instruction has traditionally been performedthrough individual means, advocates of “pair-programming” provide support for collaborativelearning in software engineering. While these studies have explored dyads of programmingstudents, this study goes further and investigates the effects of learning introductory computerprogramming in teams of four or five students. The primary research questions beinginvestigated in this paper include: 1) how do team

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First-year Programs Division: Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oziel Rios, University of Texas, Dallas; Dani Fadda, University of Texas, Dallas

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First-Year Programs

simulations on CAD software.The activity was successfully administered to an introduction to mechanical engineering class of221 students during the Spring semester of 2017. A discussion of the resources and personnelrequired (faculty and graduate teaching assistants) is also presented. The activity is consideredsimple to implement only requiring a computer station with installed CAD software offered bymost engineering programs. Continuous improvements to the activity are made based on facultyobservations as well as a survey administered to the students.1. IntroductionIncorporating team-based design projects into first-year engineering courses is beneficial to first-year engineering students [1]. First-year design projects have been proven to increase

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First-year Programs Division: Retention

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado, Denver; Dakota Ryan Edmonds, University of Colorado, Denver

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that 40% of the engineering and pre-engineering students enrolled in a Calculus Icourse in the fall 2016 semester, did not end up completing the course. There are several factors that affect retention rates in engineering, including inadequateadvising and poor problem-solving and project management skills [1]. The low retention ratescan also be caused by lack of recognition and support [2]. Another important factor is the socialconnections between the new students, their peers, and the faculty. The students who do not feelconnected to their peers or to their program department are more likely to leave [3][4]. With theunderstanding that these are the key factors that are negatively affecting engineering retentionrates, a solution was

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First-year Programs Division: Collection

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Ricco, University of Kentucky; Janet K. Lumpp, University of Kentucky; Joshua Parsons; Shannon Lee Sampson; Brad A. Hubbard, University of Kentucky

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toavoid any potential ethical conflicts. Beyond ethical conflicts, this is also important as there arefaculty both within the college of engineering (CoE) and the FYE group itself with groupinterview experience and one with significant experience with engineering education. Facultybeing interviewed may not have been as forthright knowing data gathering was being performedby their peers. Furthermore, members of the FYE program abstained from surveys responses andfocus groups. A series of four questions was asked in survey form of all faculty: 1. What is your understanding of the rational motivating this curriculum change? 2. From your perspective, what are the potential benefits of the FYE program? 3. What concerns do you have

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First-year Programs Division: Retention

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Matthew T. Stimpson, North Carolina State University

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College of Engineering Student Success Strategic Plan. In developing thestrategic plan four organizing themes emerged: messaging, structural, support, and community.Table 1 provides details of the strategic plan themes.B. Strategy DetailsThe structure chosen to improve student experiences and performance in the college includedelements as given above in Table 1. Details are provided below.B.1. Messaging ThemeThis theme concerns how the college messages about engineering to various audiences. Thisincludes the type of work engineers do, studying engineering, preparing for careers inengineering, the nature of engineering work and its impact, and how engineers intersect withothers in society to drive progress and prosperity. In this regard, the 2008