Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division (MVD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyson G. Eggleston, Pennsylvania State University; Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Allison Miles, Utah State University; Hannah Wilkinson, Utah State University; Samuel Shaw, Utah State University; Robert J. Rabb P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Jerry Lynn Dahlberg Jr, University of Tennessee, Space Institute; B Grant Crawford P.E., Quinnipiac University; Oscar Barton, Jr. P.E., Morgan State University; Catherine Kime, Utah State University; Michael Scott Sheppard Jr., Colorado School of Mines

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took the list of labelsand worked independently to group the labels together into categories. After these independentcategorizations were complete, a single researcher synthesized the four categorizations into asingle set of categorizations that best reflected the individual categorizations. Once thecategorization synthesis was complete, the researchers met again as a group to review, verify,and modify the categorization synthesis and concurrently develop the labels into a refined list of71 initial codes that described one or more excerpts and comprised the categories.Once consensus was reached, the categories were given descriptive names to becomesubordinate themes, or sub-themes [21]. Table 2 presents the sub-themes derived from

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division (MVD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason M Newell, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Bryan Watson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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systems. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Academic Parallels from a Military Merit ListAbstract To explore the extent that military training can provide pedagogical insight, this research seeks todiscover relationships between classroom (on-campus formative assessment) and “real world”performance (summer training summative assessment) for Army Cadets. This analysis examinesdata from three years of one program’s Army Reserve Officer Training Corps participants. Weestablish what factors on-campus correlate to Cadet Summer Training success.The goal of this research is to spur a discussion about different assessments that could reflect real-world performance. Another goal of this

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division (MVD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Rabb P.E., Penn State University; Alyson G. Eggleston, Penn State University; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel; Jerry Lynn Dahlberg Jr, University of Tennessee, Space Institute; David M. Feinauer P.E., Virginia Military Institute; B Grant Crawford P.E., Quinnipiac University; Samuel Shaw, Utah State University

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veteran combat experience and employmentexpectations do not have a civilian corollary, as indicated in Table 1. These myths or stereotypesare sourced from known veteran stereotypes of veterans [8] and do not reflect the authors’perspectives.Table 1: Veteran and civilian-coded survey items Veteran Veteran-coded Civilian Civilian-coded Item Item 1 Veterans are more likely to suffer 13 Civilians are less likely to suffer from PTSD than civilians. from PTSD than veterans. 2 Veterans are more likely to be 14 Civilians are more likely to be educated than