Conference Session

Engineering Career Attitudes

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah A. Roller, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Sandra A. Lampley, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Monica Letrece Dillihunt, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Michael P.J. Benfield, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Matthew William Turner, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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Pre-College Engineering Education

,Ericson, Wu, & Martinez, 2012; Romine, Sadler, Presley, & Klosterman, 2012), there have beenfew that systematically gather the information across all STEM subject areas (Erkut&Marx,2005; Tyler-Wood, Knezek, & Christensen, 2010). There have been two surveys that haveutilized the SCCT framework in their development: the Student Attitudes toward STEM (S-STEM; Unfried, Faber, Stanhope, & Wiebe, 2015) and the STEM Career Interest Survey(STEM-CIS; Kier, Blanchard, Osborne, & Albert, 2013). The S-STEM (Unfried et al., 2015)measures student attitudes in STEM and interests in STEM careers. However, it does notseparate the various socio-cognitive mechanisms of self-efficacy, outcome expectations, andpersonal goals. The STEM-CIS

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University; Angelitha Daniel, North Carolina State University; Braska Williams Jr., Newport News Public Schools; LaTricia Walker Townsend, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

InterviewsMSEN teachers, student participants, and mentors participated in either focus groups or interviewsto determine the program’s impact on the items outlined in the evaluation criteria. Semi-structuredinterview protocols were used to guide discussions with participants. Interviews and focus groupswere digitally recorded and transcribed. A reflective analysis process was used to analyze andinterpret interviews and focus groups.Test of Students’ Science KnowledgeA student science content knowledge assessment aligned to the instructional goals of the researchcourse was developed and administered at the onset and conclusion of each part of the course.S-STEM SurveyThe S-STEM Student Survey measures student self-efficacy related to STEM content

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra M. Pike, Juanita High School

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

abilities of most high school STEM teachers. Pre-planning with these circuit boards was a significant factor in the project’s success (Appendix B).Results and AnalysisResults from the 2017 implementation cycle are presented in this paper; these results indicatethat the unit successfully met its three objectives. Results from the 2018 cycle, in which a fewimprovements to the unit were incorporated, will be included once they are available.Objective 1: Before starting the unit, all 59 students were given a survey with twenty statementsadapted from the Friday Institute highschool S-STEM survey [9], NGSS 21stCentury skills statements, and NGSSengineering design standards. Thesewere grouped according to threethemes: students’ interest inengineering (ex