, and motivation.Prof. Michael Wolf, Rice University Michael Wolf is Milton B. Porter Professor in Mathematics at Rice University as well as Faculty Director of the Rice Emerging Scholars Program, an initiative he co-founded in 2012. The Rice Emerging Scholars program is a comprehensive 2-4 year program that begins the summer before matriculation for a group of matriculating Rice students whose preparation for STEM is weaker than those of their peers. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Differential Effects of Bridge Program Participation on Perceived Belongingand Peer Support for STEM Degree Seekers During The COVID-19PandemicAbstractThis NSF S-STEM
we share some of the quotes we heard from the students: “I am still very cognizant of my accent. I always fear that I make grammatical mistakes as I talk. Like very often I make the mistake of using a plural verb for a singular noun. It’s hard. It doesn’t come naturally to me. I know it might be a small mistake, but I have that in my mind all the time. When I talk, I constantly remind myself to check my verbs - did I use that little ‘s’ at the end of the verb or not?. I fear what if I don’t get it correct during the presentations. Are reviewers going to doubt my capabilities? I am more confident in front of my advisor or others who believe I know my work and I am good at it. But when it comes
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asystematic review of literature on the impact(s) of involving undergraduates in engineeringoutreach with a particular focus on studies that report on the impact on the undergraduatestudents. Supporting this effort is the NSF EArly-concept Grant for Exploratory Research(EAGER) program.Introduction In response to the need to increase interest and persistence in STEM careers, manyuniversities have created organized outreach initiatives. Engineering outreach by undergraduatestudents takes different forms but can include leading summer camps, teaching afterschoolprograms, conducting classroom presentations, and hosting engineering fairs and competitionson colleges campuses. The focus of evaluation efforts for K-12 outreach programs is typically
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significant differences in perceivedabilities at either the course outset or end of the course across the control and experimentalsections. In experimental sections, the majority of team tasks were broken down and assigned,whereas in the control sections this was left up to the team. It is possible that students in controlsections were more aware of each other’s work because task assignments required ongoingnegotiation throughout the quarter. Alternatively, control teams who divided tasks throughout thequarter according to teammates’ perceived strengths may have felt able to assess teammates’contributions by referencing the perceived quality of the deliverable(s) for which each teammatewas primarily responsible.To gain additional insight, we isolated
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number of students in Spring 2016 class. The Spring 2015 class had total of 20 studentswhere 2 students did not continue the class after the first Midterm. Spring 2016 class had 18students and 2 students did not continue after the first midterm. Furthermore, the same amount ofcourse material was covered in both the classes.ResultsSpring 2015 and Spring 2016 grading criteria is shown in Table 1. For comparison, Spring2016’s midterms total points are converted to the equivalent of Spring 2015 total midterm pointsof 50%. Figure 1 shows the total points students received in both the semesters at the end of allthe Midterms. Average Midterm exam score and standard deviation of Spring 2015 was 32 (totalscore of 50) and 7.06 respectively. Midterm exam
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