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Session Description

Research studies and investigations of first-year programs, self-directed learning, and projects can illuminate for us the ways in which improvements can made. The papers in this session have varying topics but are relevant in helping us learn who our students are and how first-year outcomes are affected by what we do.

Moderated by

1. Dr. Susan F Freeman

Papers Presented

1. The Effect of Contextual Support in the First Year on Self-Efficacy in Undergraduate Engineering Programs [view paper]
   Rachelle Reisberg (Northeastern University), Joseph A. Raelin (Northeastern University), Margaret B. Bailey (Rochester Institute of Technology), Jerry Carl Hamann (University of Wyoming), David L. Whitman (University of Wyoming), and Leslie K. Pendleton (Virginia Tech)
2. Comparative Study of First-Year Engineering Honors Programs between U.S. and China [view paper]
   Xiang Gong (Beihang University, Beijing, Institute of Higher Education), Dr. Monica E. Cardella (Purdue University, West Lafayette), and Prof. Qing Lei (Beihang University, Beijing)
3. The Freshman Engineering Experience: Results from a Mixed-Method Evaluation Study [view paper]
   Jae Hoon Lim (University of North Carolina, Charlotte), Patricia A. Tolley (University of North Carolina, Charlotte), Kimberly Warren (University of North Carolina, Charlotte), and Peter Thomas Tkacik (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
4. Self-Directed Learning Contention: Faculty and Student Views [view paper]
   Casey Canfield (Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering), Brittany Strachota (Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering), and Yevgeniya V. Zastavker (Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering)
5. First-Year Engineering Students’ Environmental Awareness and Conceptual Understanding through a Pilot Sustainable Development Module [view paper]
   Nicole R. Weber (Purdue University), Melissa Dyehouse (Purdue University), Constance A Harris (Purdue University), Ray David (Purdue University), Jun Fang (Purdue University), Inez Hua (Purdue University), and Johannes Strobel (Purdue University, West Lafayette)