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An Overview of First-Year Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Problem Solving in Engineering during a Major Exploration Course

Collection
2021 First-Year Engineering Experience
Authors
Baker A. Martin, Clemson University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University; Steven C Brandon, Clemson University; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University
perceptions of students enrolled in the major or faculty in that major, thisdisconnect could lead to dissatisfaction and retention issues.This work will present initial findings from a single-institution study of an optional majorexploration course in engineering where students were asked to describe what engineers do for aliving both before and after completing the course. This work will later be expanded to illustratethe impact the major exploration course has on first year engineering students’ perceptions ofengineering. Additional future work will also connect course completion with future majorswitching or lack thereof and graduation rates.Literature ReviewIn Seymour and Hewitt’s seminal work, they conclude, among other things, that interest in
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An ecosystem to support sense-making, identity formation, and belonging for first-year engineering students

Collection
2021 First-Year Engineering Experience
Authors
Kurt Paterson, James Madison University; Justin J Henriques; Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University; Shraddha Joshi, James Madison University; Callie Miller, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Jason Forsyth, James Madison University
each other, engineering students more senior to themselves,departmental faculty and staff, and alumni. Each program attempts to activate criticalingredients known to influence professional wayfinding and academic success. Takencollectively, they provide a robust ecosystem for supporting better transitions to college,discovering personal motivations to pursue an engineering education (or not), and creatingpositive connections to others on campus.The co-curriculars also facilitate a culture of entrepreneurially-minded learning (EML) adoptedthroughout MADE. The EML framework consists of (1) exploring one’s innate curiosity of theworld around them; (2) finding connections to realize how engineering is interrelated withcomplex sociocultural
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