The effects of an orientation course on the attitudes of freshmen engineering students
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| Audience/Grade: | -College Freshman |
| Discipline(s): |
Engineering Education Research General Engineering, Engineering Science |
| Special Topic(s): |
Teaching and Learning Research Center |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - Educational Research Paper |
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| Description: | Abstract: Increasing the retention rate of beginning students in engineering is an important goal for engineering education. Our study examined the attitudes of freshmen in regard to the academic counseling they received. Orientation classes have been offered in groups of 40 to students on a voluntary basis, and surveys have been done to examine the effectiveness of these courses in increasing students’ commitment to and positive perception of the University. A comparison of students enrolled in the orientation course and students in a control group found significant differences in the positive perception of academic counseling. Those students in the orientation course were more satisfied with the counseling they received than those without this course. <citation>Deborah M. Hatton, Phillip D. Wankat, William K. LeBold; The effects of an orientation course on the attitudes of freshmen engineering students; Journal of Engineering Education; 87; 1; 23-27; 1998</citation> |
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| Is Component of: |
Journal of Engineering Education |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
Retention |
| Intervention(s): |
Orientation program |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Very low |
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| Publication Date: | January 1998 |
| Platform/Format: |
Cross Platform |
| Cost: |
Not free |
| Download URL: | http://www.asee.org/publications/jee/PAPERS/display.cfm?pdf=85.pd |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
Pr2ove-It
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