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- Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part II
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- 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Brooke Charae Coley, University of Virginia; Carolyn A. Vallas, University of Virginia
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. There is an explicit goal to increase the number of students graduating, transferring or earning a workforce credential by more than 90,0009. The accomplishment of such goals will result in greater applicant pools and students interested in transferring to the university, which will ultimately need to be accommodated at the university level. According to a 2005-‐06 VCCS report, 38% of students who graduated from VCCS in a STEM field continued in a STEM field at a 4-‐year institution. Additionally, of students earning an associate’s degree from VCCS and transferring to a 4-‐year institution, 75% completed a bachelor’s degree9. Although
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- Best Practices for Two-Year Students Majoring in Engineering & STEM Fields
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- 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Karen M. Groppi P.E., Cabrillo College; Susan Tappero, Cabrillo College
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in sharing their logical thought processes as well as beingquestioned about them.Intentional community building in PREP begins on Day 1 of the intensive when students,TAs and faculty are randomly paired, interview each other and then introduce their partnerto the group. The same short bios are later posted to a members-only website that supportsthe cohort, next to a photo of that person. During the first week other ice-breaker andteam-building activities continue to be implemented so that students bond and feelknown. Having this sense of ease among the group is important, as the academic tasks theyare given can be daunting. Students are divided into four different small groups over thetwo weeks so that they have worked closely with nearly
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- Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part I
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- 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Tanya Karam-Zanders, Louisiana State University; Dina Acklin, Louisiana State University; Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University
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Page 26.289.5own self-efficacy in an engineering program. Table 2. Level of agreement with statements regarding self-efficacy in an engineeringdepartment based on the two groups of students. The range of responses were 1 – 5 where higher numbers indicate greater agreement. Existing, Anticipating, n=27 n=31 All faculty members treat me with fairness and respect* 4.1 4.6 I feel that I am an equal participant in group work 4.0 4.3 I am comfortable approaching instructors for help outside of class