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Materials Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Nicole Johnson-Glauch, California Polytechnic State University; Lauren Anne Cooper, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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methods.Quantitative methods consisted of pre- and post- course surveys to measure changes in students’levels of self-efficacy beliefs. Self-efficacy was measured with a 17-item validated instrumentcommonly used to measure general self-efficacy [22]. We used the Shapiro-Wilks test to verifythe normality of the data before conducting a paired t-test to determine the effect of the actionplan assignment on students’ self-efficacy. We used a p value of 0.05 as our basis for statisticalsignificance for both tests. In our survey, we also included six demographics questions such asethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, transfer student status, and employment status.Qualitative methods consisted of a content analysis of the students’ finalized “Action Plan

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Sarah Hoyt, Arizona State University

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Materials Course. 2013 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.11. Zimmerman, B., Bandura, A., and Martinez-Pons, M., (1992). Self-Motivation for Academic Attainment: The Role of Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Personal Goal Setting American, Educational Research Journal, Vol. 29, No. 3 pp. 663-676.