Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Session: Understanding Issues Faced by Graduate Students and Faculty

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eduardo Rodriguez Mejia, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

(Please specify)).Utility, intrinsic, and attainment values were grouped and only cost STV was presented as anindependent entry in the survey. The results of the study focused on the cost STV and suggestedstrategies to reduce it. Factor analysis of the responses supports Eccles’ EVT as a consistentframework for studying and analyzing motivation in a graduate context. 2MethodsThis study consisted of a think-aloud protocol that was conducted with 6 engineering doctoralstudents at a research intensive university in the mid-Atlantic region. The aim is not to transferthe findings at this early stage of the project, but to get a better understanding of

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Session: Supporting Students To, Through, and Beyond Transitions

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison, Rowan University; Justin Charles Major, Rowan University ; Alexandra Mary Jackson, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

focus in our study are undergraduate engineering students ata mid-Atlantic R2 Carnegie Classification university enrolled in one of six available engineeringmajors at the institution (mechanical, civil and environmental, chemical, biomedical, electrical andcomputer, or engineering entrepreneurship). The population of the institution’s engineeringprogram is approximately 34% non-White and 22% non-Male. Across the institution itself, a thirdof students are first-generation while nearly 44% are identified as “food insecure.”Interview Protocol Development – Our semi-structured interview protocol was developed byadapting our colleagues’, Kirn and Benson [5], past work with FTP and engineering studentproblem-solving behaviors to our own, engineering

Conference Session

Investigating Student Pathways to and through Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Collette Patricia Higgins; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University & Carthage College

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

options forexposure and involvement [4].Two types of learning arrangements, structured and unstructured, as well as two forms ofcuriosity, specific and diversive, have been previously identified and expressed as a matrix [5].Students’ pathways provide insight into the overlapping experiences of learning in formaleducational settings as well informal settings such as the home. Towards the exploration of thecomplex definition and validation of this model, seven targeted interviews were conducted withstudents enrolled in a non-disciplinary engineering program at a mid-Atlantic, primarilyundergraduate, comprehensive, public university. Exploring in detail the unique livedexperiences of each of these students gives insight into the development of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Inventive Thinking & Student Beliefs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cayla Ritz, Rowan University; Jeffrey Stransky, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Emily Dringenberg, The Ohio State University; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

’ approach toprocess safety judgements [34], [36]. There were five senior-level chemical engineering studentsrecruited from a process safety course at a mid-Atlantic institution for this pilot. Due toscheduling complications, only three students completed all phases of the data collection process.The participants were selected at random after they filled out an interest and consent form. Theirdata has been de-identified as part of the analysis process and pseudonyms were assigned to thestudents (Alex, Bradley, and Charlie). These students were all male, senior-level chemicalengineering students. The selected participants then completed the three-phase pilot researchstudy that took place over the course of the spring 2022 semester. IRB approval was