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Conference Session
Design for Community
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Rex Ramsier; H Michael Cheung; Edward Evans; Francis Broadway; Helen Qammar
for Engineering Education”example, the mentor is the most suitable individual to record satisfactory participation duringteam meetings, faculty gauge the technical merits of the final reports as well as the writtenmemos, and peer evaluations assess overall teaming performance. Details for the grading strategyare shown in the appendix and discussed below.In any grading scheme, the free-rider problem is perhaps the dominant issue for academic teams(Felder, 2001; Joyce, 1999). In our VITDP, students earn 30% of their score from individualcontributions and 70% of their score from team efforts. The individual score is based onparticipation at and preparedness for meetings as well as submission of work logs and journals.The team score is based on
Conference Session
Bridging Content and Context in the Classroom
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Melissa Ellen Ko, Stanford University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity
, students are subject to widely held human psychologicalneeds: the desire for esteem and recognition in the eyes of their instructor and peers, and the evenstronger influence of their fears of negative evaluation. Grades provide a standardized andstructural means of providing this recognition or judgment. All too often, instructors use gradesas one of the sole means to give students feedback, without attention to coaching and other formsof feedback not tied to the “carrot” or the “stick” of a specific grade.As grades represent a point of continuous and structurally endorsed feedback for students, themessaging sent by the grade that students receive can overwrite their own self-concept, i.e.whether they are good at the subject matter or have the
Conference Session
Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering
Collection
2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Arizona State University; John Thieken, Arizona State University; Monica Elser, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University; James Middleton, Arizona State University; Jay Golden, Arizona State University
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
. Student learning was assessed using pre and post assessments; brief write-ups andsketches describing their circuit designs; white board presentations to peers, parents, and adultfacilitators on what they have learned; and demonstrations of their chain reaction creation.Urban Heat Island UnitStudents were engaged with the notion of the urban heat island phenomenon in the area wherethey live by going on a field trip to the local research-intensive university’s green building andexploration of various areas on the university’s campus on one of two trails to find the best placefor having lunch outdoors. Students measured humidity, temperature, and wind at designatedlocations on the trail and recorded data. Average measures were computed for the group
Conference Session
Mentoring and Development of New Faculty
Collection
2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Millman, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
New Engineering Educators
, University of Kentucky’s NSF GK-12 program. Dr. Millman has co-authored four books in mathematics, co-edited three other scholarly works. He has published over 40 articles about mathematics or mathematics education. He received an Outstanding Performance Award of the National Science Foundation and, with a former student, was awarded an Excel Prize for Expository Writing. Page 14.429.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Designing Effective Educational Initiatives for Grant ProposalsAbstractThe National Science Foundation requires that grantees make an effort to extend the reach ofacademic
Conference Session
Homework, Learning, and Problem Solving in Mechanics
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Wilson, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions
Mechanics
) circumstances, andthat the problem had to be non-trivial. We also decided to make three simultaneous, real-timemeasurements of student actions: • Problem solving actions: student wrote their solution to the dynamics problem in a Livescribe notebook. We used an Echo smartpen system, which employs a small camera in the tip of the pen (along with specially printed paper) to record everything the student writes in a time-stamped way. • Thought process: we asked students to follow a think-aloud protocol and describe their thoughts and actions verbally during the experiment. These verbal expressions were audio recorded using the Echo smartpen, which automatically synchronizes the audio recording with the written
Conference Session
Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Richard Brown Bankhead III, Highline College; Tessa Alice Olmstead, Highline College; Judy Mannard PE, Highline Community College
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Two Year College Division
Engineering Course at a Two-Year CollegeAbstractFirst-year engineering students are often underprepared for success in preparatory core classes.To support aspiring student engineers on their path towards degree completion, student behaviorsand attitudes conducive to success as engineering students are developed through the use ofreflective teaching practices in an Introduction to Engineering course. With a progressive seriesof student assignments, in-class activities, and weekly retrospective writing assignments,students are guided to reflect on class experiences. These tasks help students to use classroomlearning to inform future decisions. Recognizing the diverse strengths and backgrounds of ourstudents, the assignments
Conference Session
Social Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mayra S. Artiles , Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Old Dominion University; Coletta E Johnson Bey, Old Dominion University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
expectations held for a role incumbent” [6, p. 12]. This stage consistsof the preparatory and recruitment phases of a student into the doctoral program, where the student’sknowledge about graduate education is mostly based on stereotypes and generalizations. In the formal stageof the socialization process, the student receives formal instruction regarding the role. The student, as anapprentice, observes older students in the same role of pursuing a Ph.D. and learns the normativeexpectations of the role. The student’s interactions are mostly informative and aim to integrate them into therole. The informal stage consists of the student learning of the informal expectations of the role. In thisstage, student “develop their own peer culture and social and
Conference Session
First-year Programs: Focus on Students
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Philip Reid Brown, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Ilene J. Rosen, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Tagged Divisions
First-Year Programs
Engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Misunderstandings, mistakes, and dishonesty: A post-hoc analysis of a large- scale plagiarism case in a first-year computer programming courseIntroduction In this evidence-based practice paper, we discuss the issue of plagiarism in a first-yearengineering computer programming course. Plagiarism is an issue that can plague any coursethat asks students to submit independently created work. Traditionally, plagiarism has beenassociated with writing assignments, and there are a wide variety of tools and interventionsavailable for both identifying and preventing plagiarism on these assignments. However,although computer programming courses also report a
Conference Session
Manufacturing Program Innovation
Collection
2005 Annual Conference
Authors
Lenea Howe; Jr., Elijah Kannatey-Asibu
: Responsibility and Ethical Dilemmas in Academia • June 10 o GRE Class 2 • June 11 o Friday Meeting o REU/ERC-All Barbeque • June 15 o GRE Class 3 • June 16 o Seminar #4: Writing Your Graduate School Application Essay • June 17 o GRE Class 4 • June 18 o Friday Meeting o Engineering Ethics Workshop • June 22 o GRE Class 5 • June 24 o GRE Class 6 o Seminar #5: Developing Your Abstract-Writing and Presentation Skills • June 29 o GRE Class 7 Page 10.1176.9 • June 30 o Seminar #6: Basic Components of the Graduate School Application Process“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for
Conference Session
Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Eric Soulsby
-time college students who were employed rose from 36% in 1973 to 69% in 1995/96. Those working 20 hours or more increased from 17% to 37%. · In the fall of 1995, 81% of public 4-year colleges and 100% of public 2-year colleges offered remedial programs. Of all first-time freshman twenty-nine percent took at least one remedial course (24% math, 17% writing, and 13% reading). · In 1997, just 34% of freshmen reported having spent six or more hours per week studying during their senior year in high school, an all-time low (compared to 44% in 1987). In fact, the average student spent only 3.8 hours per week in 1997, down from 4.9 hours in 1987. · Freshmen
Conference Session
Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2
Collection
2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Chasz Griego, Carnegie Mellon University; Cheng Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University; Wenchao Hu, Carnegie Mellon University; Ziyong Ma, Carnegie Mellon University; Andy Ouyang, Carnegie Mellon University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)
experiment or extracting from other research 6. Analyze the data 7. Check the results against the hypothesis 8. Write up whether the hypothesis was correct or incorrect 9. Reassess and develop a new experiment, identify different variables or biasesWe compared our list of steps to the following list, which was prepared before lecture by theinstructor based on their own experience and interpretation: 1. Make an observation 2. Ask a question 3. Develop a hypothesis 4. Do background research and identify appropriate variables 5. Conduct an experiment to test the hypothesis and selected variables 6. Analyze results 7. Write conclusions 8. IterateSeveral parallels exist between the two lists, with the major
Conference Session
Graduate Student Experience
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Irene B. Mena, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies, Student
community; it is “the development of the individual as a social being andparticipant in society,” (p. 3) a process undertaken so that individuals can conform to theirsocieties or groups 2. The process of socialization generally includes acquisition of transmittedknowledge and language, and “learning of social roles and of moral norms” 2 (p. 4).This definition of socialization can be translated to the context of doctoral education. In thiscontext, the process of socialization still involves an individual‟s process of becoming a part of agroup; the difference lies in the community or culture the individuals are being socialized into.Golde 3 writes that socialization for graduate students is really an “unusual double socialization”(p.56): students
Conference Session
Assessment and Curriculum Development
Collection
2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland; Rosalind Archer, University of Auckland; Paul Denny, University of Auckland; Margaret Hyland, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Karl Stol, University of Auckland
Tagged Divisions
First-Year Programs
on by Baillie10 in 1998, collated from a survey of over 100 institutions in12 countries, could be viewed as the “combined wisdom about best practice” at that time.She identified six major categories in approaches to first-year engineering programs. These Page 14.736.3were: creating a short introductory course, additional help with one aspect of the course,developing a new or overhauled subject, introducing an entire curriculum change,mentoring/tutoring by staff and peer tutoring. At that time, Baillie identified that the mostcommon way institutions were addressing first-year issues was by the introduction or changeof an existing subject with an
Conference Session
Action on Diversity - Disability Experiences & Empathy
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Golf Coast University
Tagged Topics
ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity
students. While there aremany types of accommodations that can help an LD student, one common characteristic most allLD students have is that they require more time to assimilate any newly presented material. Thiscan present a problem if the active learning activity is immediately following the lecture. Forexample, the minute paper activity requires the student to write on the topic just covered for oneminute. Then present or otherwise submit the writing perhaps for a grade. A learning disabledstudent may not be able to acquire sufficient knowledge from the lecture part, in the time given,to be in a position to write such a piece. Furthermore, the process of writing itself may presentadditional problems as many types of learning disabilities
Conference Session
Design Methodologies 1
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Aaron Justin Joya, Georgetown University; Khadijah Jordan; Miranda Nicole Washington; Grace Barar, University of Washington; Alison Gray, University of Washington; Rylie Sweem; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington
Tagged Divisions
Design in Engineering Education
of designing solutions for ill-structured problems [2]. Wewanted to understand this reflection-in-action component. Like the “water” that the fish swimthrough in Wallace’s story, we see parallels to the ways in which our design students navigatethe design processes they engage in. Here, questioning “what the hell is water?” is a moment ofreflection-in-action. Schön writes that professional practitioners often consider their actionswhile they are doing them and states that they ask questions like “‘What features do I noticewhen I recognize this thing? What are the criteria by which I make this judgment? Whatprocedures am I enacting when I perform this skill? How am I framing the problem that I amtrying to solve?’” (pg 50).Our goal for our
Conference Session
Meeting ABET Requirements
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University
Tagged Divisions
Mechanical Engineering
), specifically supported five of the 14 outcomes: a, b, e, g, andk. The assessment tools comprised prelab homework, exams, an experimental design project,written reports, oral presentations and team/peer evaluation. The senior capstone design course,taken in addition to ME Lab, accounted for another seven outcomes. It was decided by thefaculty that one or two courses are not sufficient to demonstrate the necessary assessment of theprogram outcomes. There were several outcomes, though, which made more sense to beassessed by a laboratory course. For instance, all accredited engineering programs must have acomponent of experimental design in their curriculum. ABET Criterion 3b states “Engineering
Conference Session
Aerospace Technical Session
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University
Tagged Divisions
Aerospace
meaningful to communicative, i.e., independent comprehension. With respect to writing, current pedagogical trends take the emphasis off the final product, seen only by the instructor (a dependency), and places it on the student and their peers (independence). The emphasis in writing is on the process or development of the piece, whereby the student controls the various versions, not the instructor. Page 25.139.8 4. Use the tools – In languages the best way to learn is to continue to use it. Several tools are taught in aerospace engineering classes. The best way to learn and retain them is to use them. Again
Collection
2024 ASEE PSW Conference
Authors
Claire Rogers, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Cecilia La Place, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University
project/teamassignment. This was to help guide students in answering the questions. Table I. ChatGPT Interview Protocol Interview Sections Questions Overview of ChatGPT 1. What are your general views on ChatGPT? 2. Have you used it in a class besides EGR 304 (Embedded Systems Design Project)? a. If so, what did it help you accomplish? 3. Have you seen your peers use ChatGPT? a. What did they use it for? Classroom ChatGPT Next, let’s talk about a [classroom, homework, coding] assignment
Conference Session
Mathematics Division Technical Session 5: From Functions to Big Data–A Hands-on Challenge
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Paran Rebekah Norton, Clemson University; Karen A. High, Clemson University; William Bridges, Clemson University
Tagged Divisions
Mathematics
research projects. He has collaborated extensively with colleagues across the University on the design, analysis, and presentation of data from both surveys and experiments. He is a co-author on peer-reviewed publications and a co-PI on funded research projects each year. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate level courses in statistical methods, regression analysis, statistical research design, and data analysis. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Towards Creating Motivationally Supportive Course Structures for Introductory CalculusAbstractThis paper reports the qualitative phase of a sequential explanatory mixed
Conference Session
Student Feedback and Assessment in Design
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jackson Lyall Autrey, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma
Tagged Divisions
Design in Engineering Education
Engineering at the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering of University of Oklahoma. His research interest include product family design, advanced material and engineering education. He is interested in motivation of engineering students, peer-to-peer learning, flat learning environments, technology assisted engineering education and experiential learning. He is the coordinator of the industry sponsored capstone from at his school and is the advisor of OU’s FSAE team.Prof. Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma Farrokh’s passion is to have fun in providing an opportunity for highly motivated and talented people to learn how to define and achieve their dreams. Farrokh Mistree holds the L. A. Comp Chair in the
Conference Session
Homework, Learning, and Problem Solving in Mechanics
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kai Jun Chew, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Beth Rieken, Stanford University; Autumn Turpin, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University
Tagged Divisions
Mechanics
of reflections. Onecategory is students affirming specific things on which they made fewer mistakes. For example,on the HW3 and HW4 wrappers students offered such comments as: “Signs were not a problemanymore. Success!” and “I was organized with solutions, I answered specifically whathomework asked, my signs were on point.” Similarly, a student on her post-Exam 2 wrapperoffered: “Yes, I made no mistakes in regards to external vs. internal loads, or pin jointsspecifically.”The second category of open-ended wrapper responses is on identifying and implementingstrategies for successfully completing homework and for preparing for Exam 2. Examples ofsuch strategies are: being deliberate and writing more in presenting a solution, reviewing
Collection
2003 GSW
Authors
Richard Bannerot; Ross Kastor
result of a group activity, a significant amount of subjectivity isrequired in assigning grades. Usually neither engineering students nor faculty aresatisfied with this situations. Peer reviews8 are often used to aid in the distribution of thegroup grade. Projects can be divided into group and individual components,9 but thisapproach usually requires more work for the instructor. Of course, individuals maysimply be assigned their group grade. The Current PhilosophyThe major changes listed above are due primarily to our contention that one semester isnot enough time to initiate and complete a meaningful project, let alone introducingsignificant new material. (In 1995 approximately half of the project oriented
Conference Session
Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Tagged Divisions
Student
workshopsthat the CTL puts on during the year. Other than being an active participant in these trainingactivities, it is important to get on the listserv for subsequent CTL workshops as well as developfriendships with students in/outside of your home department that you can coordinate with (andprovide peer motivation to) when planning to attend the workshops.Review the subsequent emails that come from the CTL, and make efforts to attend workshopsthat you feel will further your teaching skillset. To provide a few brief examples, topics caninclude: writing effective rubrics, integrating hands-on activities in lecture classes to promotediscovery-based learning, use of humor in the classroom, accessibility for students withdisabilities, implementing
Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Juebei Chen, Shanghai Jiaotong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Tianyi Zheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
findings of this study could be used to help femaleengineering students formulate appropriate learning strategies in project-based learning,and provide suggestions for them to take on suitable roles in group study. Possiblestrategies to optimize the design of future collaborative learning projects were alsoproposed.Literature reviewGender study constitutes an important part in engineering education. As found byprevious empirical studies, female engineering students had lower entrance opportunity,lower persistence rate, and lower grades than males, and their self-confidence,satisfaction level, educational engagement and academic performance were also foundto be at lower levels than their male peers [5][13].As to the possible causes, Felder’s study
Conference Session
Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Kyle D. Feuz, Weber State University; Linda DuHadway, Weber State University; Hugo Edilberto Valle, Weber State University; Richard C. Fry, Weber State University; Kim Marie Murphy, Weber State University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Software Engineering Division
format. For example, in a face-to-face format, collaboration and pairprogramming works well. Some instructors have even been successful implementing distributedpair programming in an online course [5]. However, in a flexible schedule, online format (Flex),the implementation of these activities is particularly challenging. In the Flex format, studentsstart the course at different points in the semester, work at their own pace and may not beworking on the same module at the same time. The asynchronous nature of the class makes itparticularly difficult for students to interact with each other. We propose the use of discussionboards within the learning management system to help create peer-to-peer code sharingexperiences in a Flex class. In this
Conference Session
Advances in Civil Engineering Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Matthew Dettman
2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”student work that utilizes project management software and methodologies would be present andassessed. Lesson #2 allowed the faculty to freely write outcomes knowing that the student workcollected would ultimately define each outcome. Lesson #3 was the process of actually choosingthe student work that clearly matched the outcome to be assessed in a project-based environment.In a research driven environment, it would be expected that a similar outcome would exist, butthe student work collected would look very different and highlight the use of very differentengineering tools.The
Conference Session
Novel Courses for CHEs
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Chih-hung Chang; Skip Rochefort; Shoichi Kimura; Milo Koretsky
throughlectures, class work assignments and homework assignments. Eight lectures cover projectmanagement, meeting skills, technical writing, oral presentations, safety, rational managementprocesses (situational, problem, decision and potential problem analysis), personality self-assessment and conflict resolution. All students complete writing assignments and oralpresentations to practice the professional skill as well as demonstrate technical understanding ofthe unit operation. The instructor, the student and the student’s peers assess each student’s workprocess skills, safety performance and team behaviors.The following professional practices have been incorporated into the Senior Unit OperationsLaboratory. The key mode for delivering the course
Conference Session
Measuring Impact: Libraries, Librarians, Instruction, and Institutions
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
William H. Mischo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ivan Favila, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Dana Michelle Tempel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Elisandro Cabada, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Libraries
-Champaign, has established, withinthe Library, the CARE (Center for Academic Resources in Engineering) program. CARE isdesigned to enhance the student academic experience in a variety of ways and to better integratethe Grainger Engineering Library into the day-to-day lives of engineering students. Theoverarching goal is to provide enhanced student academic services, increase engineering studentretention rates, provide peer mentoring and focused instructional assistance, provide increasedcontact with teaching assistants (TA), give students advanced collaborative resources andfacilities, and better integrate the Grainger Engineering Library services with student needs. TheGrainger Library has repurposed 3,966 feet of classroom and group study space
Conference Session
Multidisciplinary Design II
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz; Patrick E. Mantey, University of California, Santa Cruz; Stephen C. Petersen P.E., University of California, Santa Cruz; John F Vesecky, University of California, Santa Cruz
Tagged Divisions
Multidisciplinary Engineering
satisfies the Disciplinary Communication General Education requirement; thus, learnersmust have satisfied Entry Level Writing and Composition.PreparationThe first quarter of the sequence, normally taught in fall, is devoted to acclimating learners to theindustry management model. The quarter begins in a highly structured lecture format withdesignated class times and assigned (mock) project teams (discussed later in detail). Lecturetopics correspond to project framing activities which are applied to the mock project with clear,ordered deadlines and direct instructor feedback. Around week six, instructors begin thetransition to the role of facilitator while students self-assemble into capstone project teams. Atthis point, one lecture session per week
Conference Session
Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 4: Mentoring Programs in Graduate Education
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nahndi Tirrell Kirk-Bradley, Texas A&M University; Cara London, Texas A&M University; Eldridge Raymond Jr., Texas A&M University; Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies Division (GSD)
as they navigate the complexities ofSTEM education and careers. Through this literature review, we aim to identify gaps in currentmentoring approaches for minority graduate and undergraduate students in STEM fields anddevelop a new mentoring strategy that addresses their specific needs and challenges. Historically, academic mentorship has concentrated on learning rather than careerdevelopment or psychosocial needs (Ensher, 1997; Stromei, 1998). According to research,undergraduate students who are mentored had higher GPAs, greater retention rates, and moreunits finished each semester than their unmentored peers (Campbell and Campbell 1997).Mentoring addresses key aspects of student identification and social integration into