Conference Session

Technical Session III

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Renee M. Desing, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Krista M Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Deborah M. Grzybowski, Ohio State University; Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University

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, graduate, and undergraduate teaching assistants.PurposeThe purpose of the first phase of the pilot is to investigate the current practices of five of thethirty-five KEEN institutions that are currently incorporating EML elements into their first-yearengineering curricula. Through assessing these current practices, we will be able to develop acurriculum that integrates the best practices and examines the progress of student motivation,identity, engineering skillsets, and learning over the first year. The overarching research questionthat we are studying is: In what ways do entrepreneurial minded learning (EML) experiencesaffect first-year engineering students’ motivation and identity development? Additionally, we areseeking to answer the following

Conference Session

Technical Session VII

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Dan Burleson, University of Houston; Erin J. McCave, University of Houston

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development in the First Year Experience at the University of Houston, the Course Coordinator for ENGI 1331 (Computing and Problem Solving), and is the outreach and student organization director the Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES).Dr. Erin J. McCave, University of Houston Erin is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston. She joined the University of Houston after completing a postdoctoral/lecturer position split between the General Engineering program and the Engineering & Science Education Department and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Clemson University. Erin’s research interests include preparing students for their sophomore year