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- Myths About Gender and Race
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- 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University
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- Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering
attempts to correct minority underrepresentation in the engineering disciplines,educational researchers, cognitive psychologists, and scholars in related fields have since the1980s developed many studies centered on the notion of student self-efficacy. 1-6 These studiesseek to measure the degree to which under-represented minority or otherwise marginalizedstudents experience a sense of self-confidence or feeling that they are able to counter "barrierconditions." Those conditions might include discrimination or other challenging social andintellectual situations encountered in college. While such studies are certainly preferable to adenial of differences between minority and majority experiences, they intentionally or otherwisesupport the notion
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- New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering
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- 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- K.L. Jordan, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Tammy L Haut Donahue, Michigan Technological University
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- Minorities in Engineering
3 2 122 Sophomore 14 94 3 0 111 Junior 8 83 4 1 96 Senior 14 49 2 0 65 Total 53 326 12 3 394Table 1: Distribution of sample size my class and ethnicityInstrumentThe LAESE (Longitudinal Assessment of Engineering Self-efficacy) and APPLES(Academic Pathways of People Learning Engineering Survey) instruments werecombined and revised into an 86 item survey that would serve the needs of this researchstudy. The LAESE instrument was created, tested, and validated to measure self-efficacy,inclusion, and outcome expectations8. The APPLES
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- Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I
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- 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University; Chandra Y. Austin, Auburn University; Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University; Daniel L. Householder, Utah State University
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- Minorities in Engineering
relationship betweenoutcome expectations and other behavior factors such as self-efficacy and interest. SCT is basedupon the assumption that human ability is a dynamic attribute, and that competence in complextasks requires both well-developed skills and a strong sense of efficacy to deploy one’s resourceseffectively. Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) provides a base for exploring the interactionamong personal, environmental, and behavioral influences in career development.7 SCCTemphasizes the role of self-efficacy, beliefs, outcome expectation and goals in career selection.The instrument was designed to measure three constructs related to engineering: self-efficacy,interest, and perceptions. Self-efficacy refers to the composite beliefs about
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- Broadening Participation of Minority Students in and with K-12 Engineering
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- 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University; Heather Scott Smith, California Polytechnic State University; Teana Fredeen, California Polytechnic State University
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- K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Minorities in Engineering
different from the last two ranked traits (“writes neatly” and “draws well”). Whattraits students believe are to be important and their confidence or self-efficacy of them may playa role in whether they choose to pursue engineering.Figures 6. Average ranking of traits in terms of importance to being a successful engineer.The high school or middle school student probably has a limited understanding of the professionof engineering. Throughout the camp, the students were told that creativity and innovation areimportant factors in engineering design. This seemed to contribute to the students understandingof engineering as a multifaceted profession. The summary of the questions and how the answerschanged after the camp are in Figure 7. These were
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- Attracting Young Minds: Part I
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- 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Tanya D. Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder; Jana B. Milford, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder
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- Minorities in Engineering
enough self-efficacy to apply to engineering if they donot think they will be admitted.To better understand where the population of young women who apply to our college comefrom, we analyzed which high schools had the most women apply to our college and ultimatelyenroll. We found that the schools that sent the most women were the top-performing local highschools. We did the same for minority students and found that in addition to one top-rankedschool about an hour from our campus, our partner schools where we have active K-12engineering education programs matriculated the most minority students. This highlights theneed to continue our partnerships with minority-serving high schools and recruit more effectivelylocally.We have taken steps to