Ngambeki, I. B., & Evangelou, D., & Graziano, W. G., & Bairaktarova, D., & Branch, S. E., & Woodcock, A. (2011, June), Person-Thing Orientation as a Predictor of Engineering Persistence and Success  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--18503

\bibitem{asee_peer_18503}
  Ngambeki, I. B., \& Evangelou, D., \& Graziano, W. G., \& Bairaktarova, D., \& Branch, S. E., \& Woodcock, A. (2011, June), \emph{Person-Thing Orientation as a Predictor of Engineering Persistence and Success}
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--18503

Ida B. Ngambeki, Demetra Evangelou, William G. Graziano, Diana Bairaktarova, Sara E. Branch, and Anna Woodcock.  "Person-Thing Orientation as a Predictor of Engineering Persistence and Success".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/18503 Internet.  11 Jul, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_18503}
  Ida B. Ngambeki, Demetra Evangelou, William G. Graziano, Diana Bairaktarova, Sara E. Branch, and Anna Woodcock.
  "Person-Thing Orientation as a Predictor of Engineering Persistence and Success".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/18503 Internet.  11 Jul, 2024

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AB  -                       Person-Thing Orientation as a Predictor of Engineering                                 Persistence and SuccessInterest, especially in the United States, is an important motivation for students in choosing amajor and the strength of their commitment to remaining in that major. In the examination ofengineering students’ reasons for persistence and success, interest has not received an in-depthtreatment. Interest as a motivational factor can be characterized and operationalized in severalways. Engineering is often typified as a discipline that primarily deals with the creation andmanipulation of man-made artefacts as opposed to a discipline centered on interpersonalinteraction. For this study interest has been characterized along the Person-Thing dimension.This has been operationalized as a differential orientation to persons, distinguished by an interestin interpersonal interactions, and an orientation to things, distinguished by a desire for masteryover objects.The participants in this study are entering their fourth, and for many their final year of college.This study is a follow up to a study conducted when the participants were first-year engineeringstudents. The initial study questioned students on their differential orientation to persons orthings and about their intention to remain in engineering. That study found that engineeringstudents tend to be higher in thing orientation than person orientation, and those studentsexpressing a stronger orientation towards things showed more interest in continuing engineeringbeyond the first year, while students expressing a weaker orientation towards things morecommonly expressed a desire to leave engineering. These findings were even stronger when onlyfemale students were considered.The follow up study, to be reported in this paper, explores the stability of these person-thingtraits across this group of students to determine whether it is a stable part of their disposition, orwhether it has changed over the course of their college education. The study also examines thesuccess of the person-thing orientation measure in predicting students’ persistence and success inengineering. This research uses a survey administered electronically to students who were in thatclass of first-year engineers. Data collection is ongoing and is expected to be completed withinthe next two months. Approximately 500 students are expected to participate in the study. Thesurvey questions students about whether they have since left engineering, or have remained inengineering and intend to graduate with an engineering degree. The survey also questionsstudents as to their plans after completing college, their performance in their major, andmeasures their current orientation to persons and things.The survey is expected to yield profiles of students’ differential orientation to persons and things.Multivariate analysis of variance will be used to analyze the data and determine whetherstudents’ orientations are stable or whether they changed as a result of their college experience.The predictive power of person-thing orientation to ascertain students’ persistence and success inengineering will also be determined.
AU  - Ida B. Ngambeki
AU  - Demetra Evangelou
AU  - William G. Graziano
AU  - Diana Bairaktarova
AU  - Sara E. Branch
AU  - Anna Woodcock
CY  - Vancouver, BC
DA  - 2011/06/26
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Person-Thing Orientation as a Predictor of Engineering Persistence and Success
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