Student Success in 4-D (SS4D): Toward a Holistic Understanding of Engineering Student Success in Motivation, Curricular Attainment and Experiential Opportunities across Educational Stages
Опубликована: Фев. 7, 2024
Abstract
Numerical
metrics,
such
as
degree
conferrals,
grade
point
average
(GPA),
and
job
placement
rate
are
often
metrics
for
universities,
colleges,
departments
a
proxy
measuring
the
success
of
students
programs
alike.
However,
these
numbers
limited:
For
example,
if
student
graduates
with
4.0
GPA
but
has
low
conceptual
understanding,
should
that
be
considered
on
part
student,
department/university,
or
neither?
If
time
is
not
psychologically
well
because
hostile
environment,
counted
We
would
posit
in
both
situations,
certain
entities
can
measure
victory
while
holistic
story
more
nuanced,
underserved
many
perspectives.
Therefore,
overarching
research
question
will
launched
by
this
seed
grant
is:
How
engineering
measured?
The
in-progress
goal
our
team
Mechanical
Engineering
at
large,
research-focused
institution,
to
reconceptualize
metric
enfolds
four
dimensions
have
been
previously
siloed
education
literature,
though
even
within
groupings,
researchers
typically
focus
one
phenomenon
time:
Motivation
(success
could
measured
thriving,
well-being,
belongingness,
grit);
Curricular
Attainment
like
completion
rates,
transfer
skills
across
applications);
Experiential
Opportunities
through
understanding
authentic
project
based
learning;
obtaining
internship
experiences
undergraduate
research,
rates).
fourth
dimension
considering
over
career
stages,
conferral
into
either
industry
graduate
school,
including
postdoctoral
stage.
This
WIP
paper
present
results
date
conducting
phenomenographic
multimethod
single
case
study,
which
appropriate
deeply
multiple
stakeholder
perspectives
bounded
case,
Department
[University].
data
streams
we
employing
strategically
capitalize
readily
available
department
access
faculty
colleagues.
Our
cross-sectional
investigate
learning
traditional
classrooms,
labs,
design
courses,
three
primary
modes
education;
from
MS
PhD
students,
online
Master's
students.
Together,
unique
birds-eye
view
success.
Язык: Английский
Social ties, mental well-being and academic self-regulation. Exploring effects through Structural Equation Modeling.
Опубликована: Фев. 7, 2024
Abstract
A
long
tradition
of
studies
in
both
psychology
and
sociology
has
shown
that
social
ties
have
positive
effects
on
mental
well-being
the
population
general
educational
contexts
particular.
Specifically,
researchers
argue
is
systematically
related
to
students'
academic
self-regulation.
However,
it
not
clear
how
these
three
constructs
are
related,
what
direct
indirect
may
exist
from
In
context
engineering
education,
this
question
especially
relevant
because
literature
documented
gaps
formation
minority
groups
-such
as
women
or
ethnic
groups-
which
could
their
This
work
proposes
a
theoretical
model
sense
belonging
mattering
well-being,
while
was
tested
by
using
structural
equation
modeling,
with
data
an
online
survey
applied
1,872
undergraduate
students
during
first
semester
2022.The
results
present
indicators
optimal
adjustments
(RMSEA=0.041;
SRMR=0.038;
CFI=0.998;
TLI=0.998).
The
central
proposed
resulting
statistically
significant,
towards
implies
there
effect
Язык: Английский