What Changes Over the Summer Before Entering an Engineering Program?

• In Event: 18.072 - Roundtable Session 6
  In Roundtable Session: 18.072-4 - Fostering Engagement, Motivation, and Achievement in Engineering Education

Abstract

We used text messaging to survey 37 entering freshmen over the course of the summer in June, July, and August before beginning an undergraduate program in engineering, administering surveys of interest in and self-efficacy for engineering. We analyze differences by the intersection of race and sex (i.e., males vs females within groups over- and underrepresented in engineering), and present preliminary data on changes in interest in and self-efficacy for engineering.

Authors

• Jennifer G. Cromley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Jennifer Seidel, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign