Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. Enhancing Engineering Education Research Capacity through Building a Community of Practice. in Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. 2005.13. Walker, G.E., et al., The Formation of Scholars. First ed. 2008, San Francisco: Jossey Bass. 232.14. Wenger, E., Cultivating Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning and Identity. 1998: Cambridge University Press.15. Nettles, M.T. and C.M. Millett, Three Magic Letters-Getting to PhD. 2006, Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 329.16. Lovitts, B.E., Leaving the Ivory Tower: The Causes and Consequences of Departure from Doctoral Study. 2001, Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc. 307.17. Golde

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lokesh Padhye, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gretchen Goldman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nadia Szeinbaum, Georgia Institute of Technology; Scott Rogers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Recep Goktas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Zohre Kurt, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. These questions were of much significance since by comparing responses for thesetwo sets side by side, one can estimate the contribution of coursework in developing certainskills in the student population. For example, graduate coursework in the program seemed tohave helped students in understanding fundamental concepts in environmental engineering aswas observed from significant difference in the confidence interval (from the UVA results) ofinitial preparedness and contribution of courses in that area. Conversely, for analyzing andinterpreting data, for locating technical literature, for conducting experiments and for written andoral communication, the difference in confidence intervals was not significant. These arecertainly important areas