Building community and retention among first-year students: engineering First-Year Interest Groups (eFIGSs)

Courter, Sandra; Johnson, George A.

doi:10.1109/fie.2007.4418132

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“…Research in science and engineering education has identified strategies to improve student learning, including: learning communities, collaborative learning, active learning, peer review, and peer tutoring [1][2][3][4] . There is a need to build on this knowledge by developing, validating, and widely implementing educational tools that incorporate these proven strategies.…”

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Evaluation Of Peerwise As An Educational Tool For Bioengineers

Denny¹,

Simon²,

Micou³

2010 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Evaluation Of Peerwise As An Educational Tool For Bioengineers

Denny¹,

Simon²,

Micou³

2010 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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“…Engineering programs have struggled with retention issues for decades with many programs reporting that 30-40% of students leave engineering after the freshmen year. Numerous studies indicate the many factors that impact retention in engineering, including (specific to this paper) a student"s knowledge of Page 22.768.2 engineering careers and her or his ability to understand how the engineering curriculum relates to the skills necessary to be successful as an engineer 2,3,4 .…”

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Helping Freshmen Develop a Personal Identity as an Engineer

Rippon

Collofello²,

Hammond³

2011 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Freshman retention is a top priority in nearly all engineering schools. Increased retention optimizes new-student recruitment dollars, decreases students" time to graduation, impacts school rankings, and helps to meet industry"s increasing demand for engineers. Most researchers and experts in the field agree on a number of basic tenants of retention. Topmost are the tenants of creating community amongst freshmen, bonding freshmen with returning students, creating opportunities for meaningful interaction between freshmen and faculty both in and outside of the classroom, helping freshmen understand and internalize the vision and mission of the school, and helping freshmen develop a personal identity as an Engineer. This paper focuses on the latter.

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“…Faculty members are addressing measurement of knowledge of contemporary issues in a variety of ways. Two ways for assessing this knowledge involve courses at the freshman level 2,3 or in senior design 4,5 . Courter and Johnson looked at forty students in a basic communications course that were also part of a first-year interest group (FIG) that involved common linked courses.…”

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Current Events Articles For Engineering Students

Todd¹,

Warren²,

Burkett³

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2009 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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For the past year, a group of students and faculty have been engaging in weekly discussions regarding articles from Tuesday's Science section of the New York Times. This initiative was started to foster general science and educational literacy among engineering students, as well as to better engage students and faculty in discussions regarding current topics and issues confronting society as a whole. The group meets weekly for a lunch meeting to discuss a subset of the week's articles. One faculty member is responsible for identifying approximately four articles each week that form the basis for our initial discussion. The specific articles that will be discussed are determined by a vote at the start of the meeting as students get their food and drink.

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Building community and retention among first-year students: engineering First-Year Interest Groups (eFIGSs)

Cited by 9 publications

References 14 publications

Evaluation Of Peerwise As An Educational Tool For Bioengineers

Evaluation Of Peerwise As An Educational Tool For Bioengineers

Helping Freshmen Develop a Personal Identity as an Engineer

Current Events Articles For Engineering Students

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