Conference Session

Building and Engaging Communities for Scholarship, Advocacy, and Action for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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International, Minorities in Engineering

2015In total, 25 papers were nominated by 21 divisions and four Zones for consideration for BestDiversity Paper, 2015. There were six finalists invited to present; these papers were from the K-12, First Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering and Society, Mechanical Engineering,Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation, and Multidisciplinary Engineering Divisions. Thetop papers presented at the conference included an exploration of changes in Latinx adolescents’perceptions of engineering self-efficacy and of engineering during a community-basedengineering design experience [3], a baseline study on how engineering students identify asengineers and how they view the importance of diversity in engineering, [4], anautoethnographic study of

Conference Session

Study and Research Abroad

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Homero Murzi, Virginia Tech

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International

. Introduction Engineering education has been working for decades on methods to increase students’ motivation andengagement in engineering programs. Engagement is seen as an important part of learning in engineering [1-3]as students need to feel a sense of belonging within their academic program in order to effectively develop theiridentities as engineers. Sense of belonging has been directly linked to successful academic outcomes includingpersistence, self-efficacy, and perceptions of technical competence [4-6]. In order to feel like they belong,engineering students need to have different systems in place to support and complement their formal educationin engineering classrooms. According to Allendoerfer, Wilson [6] those systems come together

Conference Session

International Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Jayantrao Bhaurao Patil, R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur, India; Pramod Jagan Deore, R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur, India; Suhas Pandit Shukla, R. C. Patel Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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International

for completing the higher education. Since we have been practicing this methodfor the last 4 years, we need to study the long-term impact of grouping on the students fromthe early batches. It would be also beneficial to qualitatively analyse students’ and teachers’perspectives including the impact of the method on self-efficacy and engagement of the “abilitygrouped” students. We don’t deny that the “ability grouping” is a controversial method. Further, we don’thave a strong enough evidence of its success at our college. However, the steady improvementin the academic performance over the last four years prompted us to share our findings andopen a discussion on this atypical practice.Acknowledgments We thank the chair of