Conference Session

MVCC Technical Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith A. Landry PE, Georgia Southern University; Mike Jackson, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans Constituent Committee

influence the persistence or resilience of STEM students to stay focused and engaged in pursuitof their personal academic goals.Of particular importance to Packard’s STEM mentorship program development are three factorsshe labels “capacity”, “interest” and “belongingness.” Capacity refers to a student’s ability to learnand demonstrate requisite performance. Mentors can help students improve their personal capacitythrough various practice opportunities and timely, effective feedback. More importantly, suchmentoring can improve a student’s self-efficacy of confidence which Packard indicates is often abetter predictor of future performance than demonstrated capability. A student’s interest in STEMcan be expected to wax and wane as they pursue their