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Attributes of Research Mindset for Early Career Engineering Researchers

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

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June 28, 2023

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 8: Professional Development for Graduate Students

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

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15

DOI

10.18260/1-2--42344

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https://peer.asee.org/42344

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Sanjeev M Kavale Arizona State University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0003-3338-8526

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Sanjeev Kavale is currently a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education Systems and Design (EESD) at Arizona State University (ASU). His research interests are mindsets and their applicability in engineering, outcomes-based education, and problem / project-based learning. He is having a teaching experience of 11 years and an industry experience of 2 years prior to joining PhD.

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Adam R. Carberry Arizona State University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0003-0041-7060

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Dr. Adam Carberry is an associate professor at Arizona State University in the Fulton Schools of Engineering, The Polytechnic School. He earned a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering from Alfred University, and received his M.S. and Ph.D., both from Tufts University, in Chemistry and Engineering Education respectively. His research investigates the development of new classroom innovations, assessment techniques, and identifying new ways to empirically understand how engineering students and educators learn. He currently serves as the Graduate Program Chair for the Engineering Education Systems and Design Ph.D. program. He is also the immediate past chair of the Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN) and a deputy editor for the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). Prior to joining ASU he was a graduate research assistant at the Tufts’ Center for Engineering Education and Outreach.

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Abstract

Mindset refers to a set of beliefs, attitudes, and assumptions that individuals hold about themselves and the world around them. The literature exploring mindsets suggests the existence of many mindsets relating to the performance of different tasks. Research is one such task or set of tasks undertaken by scholars that requires a mindset to perform research activities. Understanding research mindset is important because researchers are at the center of the research process. The term research mindset is used in the extant literature, but no theoretical base for the usage of this term has been established. The following work-in-progress study is a first attempt to understand the attributes of the research mindset among engineering doctoral researchers. Interviews were conducted with seven early career engineering researchers. Initial findings suggest that research mindset is comprised of six attributes: (1) open-mindedness, (2) believing in oneself and the research, (3) persistence, (4) honesty, (5) being critical, and (6) a writing mindset. The findings from this study provide a foundation for further explorations of research mindset.

Kavale, S. M., & Carberry, A. R. (2023, June), Attributes of Research Mindset for Early Career Engineering Researchers Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--42344

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