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FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert B Austin P.E., Bowling Green State University

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about the important role that effort plays in success [37].There are three main cognitive motivational theories: goal theory, expectancy value theory, andattribution theory that apply to students.In goal theory, motivation is induced by the discrepancy between their current condition asstudents and their future condition (i.e., goal) of being a practicing professional. Self-efficacy, orone’s ability to succeed in a specific situation, plays a significant role in goal theory. A student’sgoals should be challenging but not be perceived as beyond their capability. If individuals mustexpend a great amount of time and effort to accomplish a goal, then they are more likely tochoose an activity that they feel capable of performing successfully and

Conference Session

FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico

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ASEE Headquarters

students’ self-efficacy [44]. Our own work has built on this approach, finding thatdiverse undergraduate students bring engineering assets from their everyday experiences [1-3].Like funds of knowledge, asset-based approaches aim to meet students where they are, valuingtheir experiences and engaging them as co-constructors of their expertise [45].In this study, we extend prior research on asset-based approaches by investigating how to helpstudents see professional skills as assets they and their teammates bring.MethodsWe used the design-based research (DBR) approach to developing and testing our theory thathaving students view their teammates from a strengths-based stance and critically consider theircollective team strengths and gaps would help