Conference Session

Preparation for Graduate Research

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eric Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David F. Radcliffe, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

. students involved are exposed mostly to the practice ofprofessionals in industry and other universities, not with those in government.Collaborator InteractionsThe interaction among the collaborators also plays a role in the engineering Ph.D. studentresearch experiences. For example, the collaborators’ interaction frequency affects the type ofrelationship that faculty and students develop with collaborators, and tends to be in one of thethree categories: infrequent, intermittent or recurrent [42]. Research with industry partners,including ERCs, tends to have more frequent and deeper relationships [6, 43]. Theserelationships are often attributed to the fact that many of the industrial firms want to hire studentsafter graduation [44]. Typically

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Teaching Preparation in Graduate Programs

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chang Kyoung Choi, Michigan Technological University; Nancy B. Barr, Michigan Technological University

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Graduate Studies

[16, 17]. Cognitive modeling occurs when instructorsverbalize their thought process as they perform a task [18]. Schunk argues that "Modeling informsand motivates. Models provide information about what sequence of actions will lead to successand which actions have undesirable consequences. Models can raise efficacy among observerswho are apt to believe that they, too, will be successful if they follow the same behavioralsequence" [19]. Schunk found that modeling strategies for understanding a text led to improvedreading and writing [20]. While graduate students are likely to be strong readers, those who arenew to research may be unfamiliar with the genre of scholarly research communication and thusmay need guidance in how to approach reading