Changes in freshman engineers´ attitudes-a cross institutional comparison: what makes a difference?

Author

Besterfield-Sacre, Mary ; Atman, Cynthia J. ; Shuman, Larry J. ; Porter, Richard L. ; Felder, Richard M. ; Fuller, Hugh

Author_Institution

Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

6-9 Nov 1996

Firstpage

78

Abstract

The Freshman Engineering Attitude Instrument, developed at the University of Pittsburgh, was administered to the 1995-96 freshman engineering classes at two campuses at the beginning of the year (the pre-survey). The survey was then repeated later in the first year (the post-survey). This paper discusses the results and demonstrates the potential effectiveness of the survey instrument for evaluating freshman engineering programs. This study serves as a pilot for a larger, more comprehensive national survey

Keywords

engineering education; human factors; Freshman Engineering Attitude Instrument; attitude changes; cross-institutional comparison; national survey; post-survey; pre-survey; university campuses; Calculus; Chemistry; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Engineering students; Instruments; Mathematics; Physics computing; Position measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE '96. 26th Annual Conference., Proceedings of

Conference_Location

Salt Lake City, UT

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3348-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1996.567992

Filename

567992