Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Brittany Claar, Colorado School of Mines; Tori Bailey, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

and experiences shape their decisions whether to persist inengineering.Research Methods and ParticipantsThe Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE) is a multi-year study ofundergraduate engineering education. One facet of this research is the Academic PathwaysStudy (APS), which follows a cohort of students enrolled in four different universitiesnationwide from the freshmen through senior years.13 Identified by pseudonym, theseinstitutions are Mountain Technical Institute (MT or Mountain Tech), a small public universityspecializing in teaching engineering and technology; Oliver University, a private, historicallyblack mid-Atlantic institution; University of West State, a large public university in theNorthwest; and

Conference Session

New Models for Teaching and Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Morozov, University of Washington; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington; Cynthia Atman, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

Engineering Education is a multi-institution, mixed-method, longitudinal study whichexamines engineering students’ learning and development as they move into, through, andbeyond their undergraduate institutions. Data were collected from students at each of four Page 12.321.11institutions: Mountain Technical Institute (MT), a public university specializing in teachingengineering and technology; Oliver University, a private historically black mid-Atlantic 10institution; University of West State, a state university in the Northwest U.S.; and University ofColeman