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Session Description

Authors will share results from research into how perceptions can shape attitudes and impact persistence in pursuing a career in engineering.

For those interested in: Broadening Participation in Engineering and Engineering Technology and K-12

Moderated by

1. Prof. Manuel Alejandro Figueroa

Papers Presented

1. Elementary Engineering Student Interests and Attitudes: A Comparison across Treatments [view paper]
   Dr. Cathy P. Lachapelle (Museum of Science) and Dr. Christine M. Cunningham (Museum of Science)
2. Students' Perceptions of a Middle School STEM Innovation and Design Course [view paper]
   Dr. Meltem Alemdar (Georgia Institute of Technology), Dr. Jessica D. Gale (Georgia Institute of Technology, Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing ), Dr. Jeremy Lingle (Georgia Institute of Technology), Dr. Sunni Haag Newton (Georgia Institute of Technology), Dr. Roxanne Moore (Georgia Institute of Technology), Mr. Jeffrey H. Rosen (Georgia Institute of Technology), and Dr. Marion Usselman (Georgia Institute of Technology)
3. They Choose to Attend Academic Summer Camps? A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Motivation for, and the Impact of, an Academic Summer Pre-engineering Camp upon Middle School Students in a Latino Community [view paper]
   Dr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz (Texas State University, San Marcos), Dr. Laura Rodriguez Amaya (Texas State University), Dr. Hiroko Kawaguchi Warshauer (Texas State University), Mrs. Sara Garcia Torres M.Ed. (Texas State University, San Marcos), Erin Scanlon (Texas State University), and Ms. Michelle Pruett (Texas State University)
4. The Role of Gender in Pre-college Students' Perceptions of Engineering [view paper]
   Mrs. Jessica Rush Leeker (Purdue University), Dr. Avneet Hira (Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)), and Dr. Morgan M. Hynes (Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering))
5. Modification and Assessment of a Residential Summer Program for High School Women (Evaluation) [view paper]
   Aimee Cloutier (Texas Tech University), Mr. Guo Zheng Yew (Nanyang Technological University), Mr. Siddhartha Gupta (Texas Tech University), Mrs. C. Kalpani Dissanayake (Affiliation unknown), Dr. Paula Ann Monaco (Texas Tech University), Dr. Susan A. Mengel (Texas Tech University), and Dr. Audra N. Morse P.E. (Michigan Technological University)