Conference Session

FPD9 - First Year Learning & Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Halada, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

a scenario-based, task-specific on-line assessmentinstrument, the Self-Efficacy Assessment Survey (SEAS), and evaluated its use for pre- andpost-assessment of students in a first year Introduction to Engineering course. Through acombination of the SEAS and other quantitative and qualitative assessment tools, incorporationof problem-based and active learning activities are found to enhance student self-belief in theirability to learn engineering-related material and accomplish certain engineering-related tasks.Use of scenario-based questions to measure student confidence levels (as has been done in theSEAS) provides a unique mechanism to gain insight into student self-efficacy, though questionsmust be carefully designed to limit the impact

Conference Session

FPD5 - Teaming and Peer Performance

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlisa Labrie Richardson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Services in the NASA Center for Success in Math & Science at Estrella Mountain Community College, she utilizes her academic preparation and extensive engineering background to prepare students for successful careers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields through student internships and summer research experiences. Page 13.1289.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Tinkering Self-Efficacy and Team Interaction on Freshman Engineering Design TeamsIntroductionIn the book Talking about Leaving, Seymour and Hewitt interviewed hundreds of