Conference Session

Systems Engineering Learning Outcomes and Assessment

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar H. Salcedo, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

measurable constructs of affect.Exploring affect in the STEM education literature11, we identified possible constructs. For thepurpose of this study, the constructs of affect are: interest, motivation, attitude, and self-efficacy.Interest reflects the level of student engagement or reengagement with the STEM contentpresented in the Structures course. Motivation triggers or maintains a students’ goal-orientatedbehavior to further engage with STEM content. Students’ attitude, positive or negative, providesan evaluation about the content presented in Structures. Students’ self-efficacy for STEM contentreflects their expectancy about his or her ability to do well on a specific STEM-related task.Utilizing the framework defining STEM-literacy and student