Conference Session

Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Otto, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin, and Singapore University of Technology & Design; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD); Giacomo Nannicini, SUTD; Roland Bouffanais, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Elica Kyoseva, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Jean Wan Hong Yong, SUTD; Dario Poletti, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Robert E Simpson; Aditya Prasad Mathur

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

Critical Thinking, Leadership, and Creativity

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacey Beddoes, Oregon State University; Corey M. Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

novel ways.85 In other words the theories’tenets are left unexamined (hence prepackaged), and theoretical development does not occur. Page 24.934.8Some examples of theories popular in EER that have been employed this way include self-efficacy, social capital, and some identity theories. However, as Anyon and others have argued,to deeply understand the complexities of a given phenomenon, the evidence collected should alsobe contrasted with the theory (or theories) the researcher employs.86-87 Concept matching as thedominant use of theory in engineering education is not unique: it reflects the dominant use oftheory in education research more