Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Outreach and Retention

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Liang Zhu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Charles D. Eggleton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Ronghui Ma, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Timmie Topoleski, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Deepa Madan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

In partnership with the psychology department in our institution, a survey was developedand it contained measurable items regarding their attitudes, perspectives, science/engineeringidentity, and research self-efficacy. The first section of the survey consisted of 10 questionsfocusing on students’ demographic information. The second section contained Likert scaleditems to include “Research Self-Efficacy” (9 questions), “Science/Engineering Identity” (5questions), “Expectations and Goals” (4 questions), “Academic Integration” (5 questions), and“Senses of Belonging to Program and Campus (8 questions)”. The following describesdevelopment of the questions in each category. Research Self-Efficacy: It is measured by items from the

Conference Session

Dynamics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremiah J. Neubert, University of North Dakota; Joel Kevin Ness, University of North Dakota

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

number of students that fail to complete the coursewith a C or better, a requirement to avoid retaking the course. The impact of the supervisionswas measured through the use of final course grades, student performance on summativeassessments, and surveys. The results show that supervisions positively impacted student successand persistence, but there is some concern with its effects on student self-efficacy. In addition, itwas found that supervisions did not affect student use of crutches.SupervisionsCambridge and Oxford Universities both assign problems to students that become the focus ofsmall group discussions called supervisions. The discussions are facilitated by a supervisor.Typically, the supervisor a graduate student, post-doctoral