Conference Session

A Focus on Non-Traditional Students and Non-Traditional Course Delivery Methods

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Armineh Noravian, San Francisco State University; Patricia Irvine, San Francisco State University

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Two Year College Division

on the degree to which their instructor directed their activities. Cohort 2students were asked to compare their experiences in their second year project and a first yearproject. This approach allowed the researchers to understand whether, and if so, which aspects ofstudents’ experiences in well- and ill- structured problems affected their professional identitiesand technical capital.The demographics of the participants reflected the program’s and the county’s demographics inwhich NWCC was situated. The students were white and from working class backgrounds. Theone participant who was female was the only female in the entire program. Some students hadentered the program from high school, while others entered the program after being laid off

Conference Session

An Examination of Methods to Enhance Transfer Student Enrollment, Retenion, Persistence, and Outcomes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shen Liu, West Kentucky Community and Technical College

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Two Year College Division

results during the conference presentation.ConclusionThe encouraging survey results have reflected a strong agreement with the main goals ofincorporation of the PBL into traditional lecture-based courses. Projects have served as bridgesto connect classroom learning and real-life applications. The implementation of hand-on projectshave made the learning of science and engineering principles more enjoyable. Through project-based learning, students are not only more confident with their understandings of the materialspresented in a course, but they are also better prepared for the upper-level engineering design andlaboratory courses.References 1. Blumenfeld, P., Soloway, E., Marx, R., Krajcik, J., Guzdial, M., & Palincsar, A. (1991

Conference Session

An Examination of Methods to Enhance Transfer Student Enrollment, Retenion, Persistence, and Outcomes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Inger M. Bergom, University of Michigan; Brian A. Burt, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan

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Two Year College Division

student success is parental education levels, which appear to affectstudents’ likelihoods of majoring in science and engineering26 as well as their probabilities ofearning a bachelor’s degree in any field27.Academic preparation as reflected in high school GPA, high school class rank, and standardizedtest scores is also a significant predictor of college academic performance28,29. One early studyof more than 36,000 college students found that a student’s high school records and SAT scoreswere positively related to academic performance in college18. Similarly, data on over 1,000freshmen engineers at Penn State indicated that high school GPA and grades in calculus andphysics were the best predictors of persistence in engineering in the first two

Conference Session

Enhancing Success/Peristence at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

Algebra. The next program iterations includedIntroduction to Computing and then Introductory Physics as substitutes, along with self-pacedcomputer-based math enrichment programs such as Plato. The substitute courses did not providetransferable credits (for STEM degrees) however, and as enrollments remained flat we continuedto seek new program innovations. One of the annual modifications that turned out to be verypopular was a robotics project. This element has become a permanent fixture of the program.During this period a multitude of engineering summer bridge programs were introduced inalmost every school across the country and in our area 8,9,10, 11. The students had multiple choicesto spend their summers and enrollment reflected these

Conference Session

Gainful Employment: Preparing Technicians to Satisfy the Needs of Industry

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

serves. ABET presently lists14 twenty-three specific criteria for programs that have beenrecognized as viable technology disciplines. Even though ABET provides language to accountfor subtle name differences (e.g. Bioengineering Technology and Similarly Named Programs)the specific program criteria are very prescriptive in the definition of program graduates skillsets. ABET is constantly revising and updating the particular criteria to reflect changes withinthe technology. However, the twenty-three program criteria effectively form technology siloswith very little cross-over from one technology to another and to some extent discourage inter-disciplinary programs. Furthermore, the two-year college graduates of these programs typicallydeal with the