Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elif Akcali, University of Florida; Wayne C.W. Giang, University of Florida; McKenzie Landrum, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

”). The final score for each factor is based on the average of the relevant items.  SSCS is a 11-item questionnaire that evaluates creative self-efficacy (CSE) (6 items), one’s belief that they can be creative (e.g, “I know I can efficiently solve even complicated problems”), and creative personal identity (CPI) (5-items), one’s belief that they are creative (e.g., “I think I am a creative person”). Participants respond on a 5-point scale between strongly disagree and strongly agree, with a final score being the average of the relevant items.  CMS is a 10-item questionnaire that measures two types of mindsets towards creativity, a fixed mindset (5-items), representing a view that creativity is

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Christian Enmanuel Lopez, Lafayette College; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University; James Devin Cunningham; Conrad Tucker, Carnegie Mellon University; Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

fundamental topics and real-world problems 1,2. The separationin time and context across different courses could account for this lack of connection 2.Unfortunately, this lack of connection and understanding could impact students’ attrition rates.The graduation rate of engineering students has stayed consistently around 50% for more than 60years 3–8. Some of the many factors that contribute to these low rates include classroom andacademic climate (e.g., feeling of engagement and teaching styles), grades and conceptualunderstanding, self-efficacy and self-confidence, high school preparation, interest, and careergoals, and race and gender 9. Moreover, factors such as low grades and lack of conceptualunderstanding may drive students away 9. Hence, there