questions about what they learned from the program, if the programchanged their goals/plans, and their satisfaction with the program. The pre-survey also gathereddemographic information and background academic information.Table 2: Questions from the pre-survey administered at the start of each summer program. Pre-Survey Question Question Type Participant identification (Student ID Number, Year, Faculty Text boxes and Lists Mentor) Participant background academic information (Major, GPA, etc.) Text boxes and Lists Participant demographic information (Gender, Race and Ethnicity) Select from lists Q: What interested you about this summer program? Open-ended comment Q
ofresearch, (4) an interactive tour of the conference hardware competition which provides concreteexamples of cutting edge research, (5) a small group Q&A with graduate students engaged inresearch, and finally (6) a panel discussion with diverse research faculty committed to post-secondary engineering education. The challenges associated with this approach to outreach, theadvantages of incorporating a STEM intervention into a technical research conference, andsuccessful methods for locating a group of underserved students are discussed. In addition, thescale and impact of the intervention are evaluated through open-ended and quantitative surveys.The survey results document the positive student reaction to this intervention. The positivestudent
,Introjected, and Identified w ere obtained from further categorization of Extrinsic Motivation.Each subscale is measured by 4 items. Further separation of Amotivation was not done in theoriginal study and so it remains its own subscale with 4 corresponding items. Motivation ismeasured by the Academic Motivation Scale which is created from the aggregation of the sevensubscales. (see Appendix A; Q2: 1-10, Q3: 1-10, Q4: 1-8). Table 1 Academic Motivation (AMS) and Corresponding Items Academic Motivation Scale Intrinsic Motivation Extrinsic Motivation Amotivation Know Q2: 2, 9, Q3: 6, Q
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original model is not normally distributed, as shown in Figure 3, a WilcoxonSigned Rank Test is performed. The hypothesis of the Wilcoxon Signed Rank test is shown inTable 3. The p-value from the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test of 2.2x10-16 indicates that proposedModel performs better than the original model so the null hypothesis is rejected. Figure 3. Phase Two Q-Q Plot Table 3. Null and alternative hypothesis of the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test Null Hypothesis: Difference between the pairs follows a symmetric distribution around zero Alternative Hypothesis: Difference between the pairs does not follow a symmetric distribution around zeroThe following subsection outlines
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forward with their failures.” Another student alsocommented that it was important to realize that many have faced challenges. “Just learning ofothers' experiences really helps let me know that I am not alone in the hardships I face and haveto overcome.”Students were asked to suggest changes to improve the Epic Fail event. One student suggestedlengthening the event time. A number of others suggested providing more time for interactionthrough a Q and A session and time for a discussion or for sharing.DiscussionThe intent of this evaluation was to determine if the EPIC program is meeting its goals throughthe implementation of its three
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