Title :
Penn State´s Freshmen in the Sciences and Engineering (FISE) House
Author :
Foster, Christian ; Luck, Sharon Jadrnak
Author_Institution :
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
The Freshmen in the Sciences and Engineering (FISE) House is an experiment living/learning program for freshmen in scientific and technical majors. Living/learning refers to the special programming available in the residence hall to develop academic and social skills unavailable in the general classroom environment. FISE House is being evaluated through surveys and interviews with the residents. In addition, the residents will be tracked as they progress through their collegiate career to see if they are retained in a scientific or technical field. Some of the results of the evaluation of the first year are discussed
Keywords :
engineering education; project engineering; teaching; FISE House; Freshmen in the Sciences and Engineering; USA; academic skills; classroom; engineering; interviews; living/learning program; majors; programming; projects; residence hall; residents; science; social skills; students; surveys; university; Atmosphere; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Geoscience; Minerals; Recruitment; Springs;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1993. Twenty-Third Annual Conference. 'Engineering Education: Renewing America's Technology', Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1482-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1993.405400
