Conference Session

Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Chosang Tendhar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

Brown’s Social Cognitive CareerTheory (SCCT) model was used. A quantitative survey was developed and sent to students atfive community colleges in the state of Virginia. The purpose of the study was to test thepredictive relationship among four variables (self-efficacy, outcome expectations, interests, andgoals) of the SCCT model and to measure participants’ motivation to pursue engineering degreesand careers. The data from 68 responses were analyzed using internal consistency measures,descriptive statistics, correlations, factor analyses, and multiple regression. KMO and Barlett’sTest yielded significant results to allow factor analyses. The mean of all four variables wereabove the mid-point of five-point Likert scale. Intercorrelation among the