Penn State University , Pennsylvania
July 28, 2019
July 28, 2019
July 30, 2019
FYEE Conference - Paper Submission
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10.18260/1-2--33674
https://peer.asee.org/33674
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Dr. Jarvie-Eggart is a registered professional engineer with over a decade of experience as an environmental engineer. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Engineering Fundamentals department at Michigan Technological University. Her research interests include online learning, active and collaborative learning, technology adoption, first year transition, sustainability and diversity in engineering.
Much attention is paid to the transition from high school to college. Students who have recently gone through this transition may have some of the best advice to offer in-coming first year students. With this in mind, 152 students completing the second course of a common first year engineering program were given team assignments (for a total of 42 teams) asking them to provide approximately 6 pieces of advice for next year’s first year students. Major advice offered by the students included the following themes: time management, utilizing resources, hard work, preparation (the importance of which may be emphasized by the “flipped “class format), teaming (which may have arisen due to the team-nature of the first year program projects), class attendance, social activities, self-care, and persevering through lower grades. These recommendations were then provided to first year students the following fall.
Jarvie-Eggart, M. E., & Singer, A. M., & Mathews, J. (2019, July), Advice from a First Year Paper presented at 2019 FYEE Conference , Penn State University , Pennsylvania. 10.18260/1-2--33674
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