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Can I really do this? Perceived benefits of a STEM intervention program and women’s engineering self-efficacy

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Christina S. Morton, University of Michigan ; Selyna Beverly, University of Michigan
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

, Science, & Arts and M-Engin which supports the engineering studentsin the College of Engineering. In this study we limit our focus to the experiences of engineeringstudents in the M-Engin program. Specific elements of the M-Engin program include: a summertransition program in which students gain exposure to the engineering curriculum, academiccoaching, study skill building, as well as career and professional development. Our studyexplores the relationship between students’ perceptions of the M-Engin program’s benefits andtheir engineering major confidence (a measure of self-efficacy) after their first year in college.We hypothesize that perceived program benefits of the M-Engin program will be positivelyrelated to women’s engineering major

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Examining the Personal Nature of the K-14 Engineering Pipeline for Young Women

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jennifer S Gurski, Drexel University; Penny Louise Hammrich, Drexel Univeristy
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

persistence in engineering as part of the CAEE’s (2007) Academic PathwaysStudy (APS), which identified 21 variables for persistence in engineering. The instrument’soverall goal was to collect data utilizing relevant questions from each survey instrument onindividuals’ experiences and perceptions during their K-14 and academic careers and to create acomprehensive picture of the culture-sharing group – in this case, the young women that hadpersisted in the research site’s College of Engineering.The MSLQ questions were used to identify within the results a measure of motivationalorientation for college engineering students (Pintrich et al., 1991) and examine women’s feelingsof self-efficacy to determine if patterns existed among the women in the

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An Exploration of Female Engineering Students’ Functional Roles in the Context of First-year Engineering Courses

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Juebei Chen, Shanghai Jiaotong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Tianyi Zheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

engineering,while the lowest, 14 %, in computer-science in 2014 [4]. Some prior studies indicatedthat the low representation of females in engineering program was closely associatedwith gender differences observed in students’ learning experience, self-efficacy andlearning outcomes [5][6][7]. Others, moreover, observed that gender differences in termsof students’ self-efficacy, engagement level and performance presented significantchallenges to the teaching and learning process in engineering education [7].Particular challenges for female students have been observed in the team-workingenvironment of a project-based learning process [8]. Project-based Teaching, as one ofthe core teaching methods, has been widely adopted in engineering education

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Brewing Change: A Forum for Women in Engineering and the Sciences

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Alandra Kahl, Pennsylvania State University, Greater Allegheny
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

. Theinitiative was assessed by participant engagement with the topics and qualitative journalresponses to the discussion prompts.Our effort for this project consists of two main goals: Goal 1: To encourage female students to remain in STEM fields through supportivedialogue. Goal 2: To promote collaboration, self-efficacy and leadership while providing strategiesfor females to change the culture.Each of these goals are in line with new ABET criteria focused on educating the “wholeengineer.” To measure our progress toward these goals, we have begun to capture studentengagement via qualitative journal responses. In the future, we plan an additional survey and alimited number of interviews about the project. Journal data is derived from

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A middle school engineering outreach program for girls yields STEM undergraduates

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Suzanne Sontgerath, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

women from choosing STEMmajors and careers take shape early in a girl’s life. These factors include poor science identity,low self-efficacy in math, gender stereotypes and stereotype threat, lack of role models,misalignment between perception of STEM careers and personal values, and low interest inSTEM subjects. For example, VanLeuvan (2004) found that girls’ interest in math and sciencedropped by about 15% between middle and high school. Moreover, low confidence and self-efficacy in STEM subjects form as early as grade six (Heaverlo et al., 2013). Early interventionto mitigate negative influences can ultimately have an effect on a women’s choice to enterSTEM (Young, Ortiz, & Young 2017; Bieri Buschor, Berweber, Keck Frei, & Kappler

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Encouraging Young Women to Pursue Engineering: 25 Years of Summer Camp Successes and Challenges

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jessica J. Lofton, University of Evansville
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

like-minded peers, female college students, faculty, and practicing engineers in order to provide acritical mass of role models and begin developing a professional support network - both of whichhave been shown to improve retention and self-efficacy of women in STEM fields.The university assesses learning outcomes via a pre-test and post-test covering topics withinvarious engineering disciplines. Participants are asked to provide both qualitative andquantitative feedback regarding the camp experience in an exit survey on the final day of camp.All assessment is completed anonymously; however, archival data are not available for eachyear. This paper highlights qualitative and quantitative findings from the past decade.Introduction and

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Development of a national survey focusing on the relationships between race, class, and gender on the persistence of women engineering faculty

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University; Jung Sook Kim, Ohio State University; Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

them, expectancy, self-concordance, and commitment canbe adopted since WOC faculty in engineering with sustained motivation may be predicted toshow greater goal persistence and attainment .10,11 Buse and Billimoria12 use a mixed methodsapproach in studying the factors related to the retention of women in the engineering profession.They first used a qualitative method to collect narratives of women through interviews. From thenarratives, they argue that one’s personal vision was a contributing factor to persistence. Basedupon this finding, they developed a scale to measure one’s personal vision conceptualized as the“ideal self,” which is comprised of self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and core-identity. They arguethat this ideal self directly

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Female vs Male Secondary Students: Comparing and Contrasting Perceptions of Engineering

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jason Bazylak, University of Toronto; Ruth Childs, University of Toronto; Aimy Bazylak, University of Toronto
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

particular, some reasons provided in the literature paint a highly gendered classification oftalent/capabilities: females are less skilled in science and math, which diminishes femaleconfidence (stereotype threat) [13-15]; females have an inborn disposition for ‘caring’ or‘humanities’ jobs [16], and female secondary students have lower self-efficacy in STEM subjectsand lower interest in engineering [17].The underrepresentation of females in both Canadian and American programs is evident inFigures 1 and 2, but another interesting and yet-to-be-understood phenomenon is theheterogeneous distribution of female enrolment by program. If we understood the causes for therelatively high female enrolment in disciplines such as Chemical Engineering, then we

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Ten Years Later: Where are they Now?

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Vicki Stieha, Boise State University; Ann E. Delaney, Boise State University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

need to hire female math and science instructors and teachers and parents need workshops to help them envision a broader future for their girls.Demetry and Sontgerathi11 reported on the long-lasting effects on perceptions of engineering andengineering self-efficacy for a two-week summer camp held at Worcester Polytechnic Institutefor rising seventh-grade girls. They found that girls who attended the camp and who sustainedtheir contact with the program (e.g. returning to the program as a staff member) had morepositive and accurate perceptions of engineering. Multiple interventions were important – girlswho participated in multiple STEM programs or events had stronger long-term outcomes.Participants in the camp did show

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Getting to Gender Parity in a Top-Tier Mechanical Engineering Department: A Case Study

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Kath Xu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dawn Wendell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Andrea S. Walsh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

with theleadership of both women and men in positions of power.Thematic analysis of interviews reveals that the gender equality so far achieved by thedepartment has been a result of very deliberate structural changes, (e.g. hiring processes), and astrong representation of proactive department members with high levels of self-efficacy—theyare both aware of gender issues and believe in their ability to enact change. Different butcomplementary actions, from changing the way the admissions office recruits admissionscandidates to broadening the faculty hiring searches, have compounded over time to produce thecurrent state of near parity in the undergraduate population. These actions may not have beencoordinated, but, taken together, resulted in a