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2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Angela Bielefeldt; Joan Tisdale; Katherine Ramos; Mike Soltys

areprivileged in different admissions models [2]. Overall, there is a need to better understand andsupport students coming into engineering from different admissions pathways.Previous research has found that self-efficacy, identity, belonging, and interest are importantattitudes that impact student recruitment and retention in engineering [5]. Self-efficacy describesthe extent to which a person feels confident and/or capable of particular tasks. Self-efficacy hasbeen shown to be influenced by past experiences of accomplishment and failure, and inparticular mastery experiences [6]. A student’s self-efficacy regarding engineering andengineering-related knowledge and skills are relevant to this context. Engineering identity is theextent to which a person

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2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Ben Weihrauch

persistenceand graduation outcomes (Dewsbury, et al., 2019). In addition to socioeconomic factors, FGSalso choose engineering for the ability to make a societal impact (Thompson, 2021).STEM FGS Academic DeterminantsFGS are enrolled in STEM programs at a lower rate than CGS (Chen & Carroll, 2005) and havelower persistence and graduate rates (Chen & Soldner, 2013). Studies show STEM FGS are lessacademically prepared for college as (determined by college prep courses and standardized testscores), and have lower math and science self-efficacy than CGS (Green & Sanderson, 2017).Despite these precollege academic readiness deficiencies, FGS still enter college with high levelsof interest in engineering programs (Robinson et al., 2018).Performing

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2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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John Annor; Francois Jacobs

Education,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management,vol. 126, no. 3, pp. 169–175, May 2000, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2000)126:3(169).[3] J. Biggs, “The reflective institution: Assuring and enhancing the quality of teaching andlearning,” http://lst-iiep.iiep-unesco.org/cgi-bin/wwwi32.exe/[in=epidoc1.in]/?t2000=016712/(100), vol. 41, Apr. 2001, doi:10.1023/A:1004181331049.[4] M. A. Cavanaugh, G. Milkovich, and J. Tang, “The Effective Use of MultimediaDistance Learning Technology: The Role of Technology Self-Efficacy, Attitudes, Reliability,Use and Distance in a Global Multimedia Distance Learning Classroom,” undefined, 2000,Accessed: May 13, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Effective-Use-of