Crockett, C., & Prpich, G., & Smith, N. (2023, June), Experimental Self-Efficacy and Troubleshooting Ability in a Chemical Engineering Laboratory  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43573

\bibitem{asee_peer_43573}
  Crockett, C., \& Prpich, G., \& Smith, N. (2023, June), \emph{Experimental Self-Efficacy and Troubleshooting Ability in a Chemical Engineering Laboratory}
  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland.
  10.18260/1-2--43573

Caroline Crockett, George Prpich, and Natasha Smith P.E..  "Experimental Self-Efficacy and Troubleshooting Ability in a Chemical Engineering Laboratory".  2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/43573 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_43573}
  Caroline Crockett, George Prpich, and Natasha Smith P.E..
  "Experimental Self-Efficacy and Troubleshooting Ability in a Chemical Engineering Laboratory".
  \emph{2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/43573 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - This research serves as a first step toward investigating how educators might evaluate (and eventually improve) students’ self-efficacy and troubleshooting ability in an engineering laboratory. This study uses an established survey to assess the experimental self-efficacy (ESE) of students enrolled in a fourth-year chemical engineering laboratory course at the University of Virginia. The survey measures ESE using four factors: conceptual understanding, procedural complexity, laboratory hazards, and lack of sufficient resources. Results from the ESE survey suggest that students had higher confidence in their conceptual understanding and their ability to avoid laboratory hazards. This study also analyzes students’ troubleshooting abilities using an existing chemical reactor system (a water gas shift reaction). Students were asked to use the experimental equipment to perform an activity. To succeed, students needed to identify and correct a series of challenges (e.g., closed gas valves, empty reactant reservoirs). Researchers recorded their observations about students’ technical knowledge, processes, and troubleshooting strategies. Analysis of these observations suggests that students are more likely to read and follow directions or “spitball” ideas without strong use of troubleshooting strategies, though some participants successfully referenced conceptual understanding or used backtracking as troubleshooting strategies.
AU  - Caroline Crockett
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