Conference Session

Track: Pre-college - Technical Session I

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Cheryl Beauchamp, Virginia Tech; Cherie D. Edwards, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Glenda D. Young Collins, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre-College

did not agree with one another.ResultsFigure 1 reflects the responses regarding the YLS Inventory questions, which capturedCommunication Skills and Group Work Skills. Universally, students rated themselves positivelyon these measures, with averages ranging from 2.59–2.80. However, boys rated both theircommunication and their group work skills lower than girls. There were not significantdifferences in girls’ perceptions of their communication and group work skills between the co-edand the all-girl program participants. Comparing across the life skills, the girls and the boys allperceived their group work skills more positively than their communication skills

Conference Session

Track: Pre-College - Technical Session 11

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Christine Newman, Johns Hopkins University; Margaret Hart, Johns Hopkins University; Andrea M. Perry, Garrison Forest School; Anitra Michelle Washington, Western High School; Laura Garcia

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre-College

, Anatomy, or AP Biology class. So she saw the students multiple times per week.  The first students encouraged us to change to an online journal so they could type rather than write their reflections. Being in touch with them in person or by email made a big difference. One year there was a student taking a PLTW (Project Lead the Way) class, so the PLTW teacher monitored and helped the student with their presentation. Western enrollment went up requiring more sections of Biology so the research class went away (there were not enough teachers to keep the research class).  This is when the center staff got more involved reading and monitoring public school student journals and providing input on their presentations.WISE expanded to all local

Conference Session

Track : Pre-College - Technical Session 10

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre-College

committees, and on the NSF ENG division’s Advisory Committee. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 CRITICAL GPA AND STANDARDIZED TEST SCORE ADMISSION THRESHOLDSAbstract: We must increasingly engage and capitalize on the contributions of people frombackgrounds underrepresented in engineering, especially women and people of color, if we are toeducate enough engineers to meet demand and propel our nation’s competitiveness through anengineering workforce reflective of our nation’s diversity. This study focuses on broadeningpathways into engineering, expanding both the diversity and size of the engineering studentpopulation. We hypothesized that engineering colleges’ over-reliance on standardized test