Bagaka's, J. G., & Delatte, N., & Bosela, P. A. (2012, June), The Role of Exposure to Failure Case Studies on Students’ Technical and Professional Growth:  A Mixed Method Approach  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--22096

\bibitem{asee_peer_22096}
  Bagaka's, J. G., \& Delatte, N., \& Bosela, P. A. (2012, June), \emph{The Role of Exposure to Failure Case Studies on Students’ Technical and Professional Growth:  A Mixed Method Approach}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--22096

Joshua Gisemba Bagaka's, Norb Delatte, and Paul A. Bosela P.E..  "The Role of Exposure to Failure Case Studies on Students’ Technical and Professional Growth:  A Mixed Method Approach".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/22096 Internet.  13 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_22096}
  Joshua Gisemba Bagaka's, Norb Delatte, and Paul A. Bosela P.E..
  "The Role of Exposure to Failure Case Studies on Students’ Technical and Professional Growth:  A Mixed Method Approach".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/22096 Internet.  13 Dec, 2024

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AB  -      The role of exposure to failure case studies on students’ technical and               professional growth: A mixed method approachA number of studies have assessed the value of including failure case studies in the civilengineering curriculums. It has been argued that failure case studies should be integrated into theengineering curriculum, early enough in order for young professionals to connect with theproblems encountered by engineers and perhaps trigger interest, excitement, and relevance of theprofession. In other works, exposing students to factors that result to failure and disaster canhelp them learn how to create designs while minimizing the probability of failure. While thevalue of exposure to failure case studies to students is well documented, their relative benefits ondifferent aspects of the student (professional, technical, ethics, etc.) is not well documented. Thepurpose of the study is to assess the impact of including case studies in civil engineering andengineering mechanics courses on students’ technical and professional development. Existingand new failure case studies are being included in a number of undergraduate courses offeredacross a number of semesters in a number of participating universities. Each semester,participating students respond to a survey designed to assess the extent to which failure casestudies in the curriculums contribute to students’ knowledge, abilities, and interests in the course.A mixed-method of data analysis using both quantitative and qualitative approach is used todetermine the extent to which usage of case studies can impact different aspects of studentgrowth. Factors analysis with VARMAX rotation with Crombach Alpha reliability will be usedto identify aspects of students’ growth. Content analysis is also used to identify different themesfrom the focus group data.Preliminary Analysis:Based on about 300 students’ responses from four universities, two factors (dimensions) ofstudents growth, namely technical and professional development have been identified with AlphaReliability of 0.82 and 0.75 respectively. With additional data expected in fall 2011 and spring2012, further analysis will be undertaken to determine the extent to which case studies in civilengineering and engineering mechanics courses can impact students’ technical and professionaldevelopment.
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