Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven; Judy Randi, University of New Haven; Jenna Pack Sheffield, University of New Haven

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

time when (an instructor) asked us to write, I was like ‘ughhh.’ Ihad no idea. I just made up something. I did not know how to tackle it. I definitely did not try inthat class.”Whether students acquire these self-concepts through exposure to stereotypes or throughunpleasant experiences in writing (e.g., “red pencil” comments and poor grades), they interferewith students’ acquisition of technical communication habits and impede writing fluency,especially critical in a career where so much rests on the ability to communicate complexconcepts accurately and clearly. As demonstrated in one review of the research on self-efficacyand writing achievement [40], self-efficacy may influence students’ choice of majors and thusengineering students may