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Heddy, Benjamin C.; Danielson, Robert W.; Ross, Kelly; Goldman, Jacqueline A. – Journal of Engineering Education, 2023
Background: Promoting engagement and motivation in early engineering experiences is important for fostering interest and retention in engineering. One method that has been effective for doing so is facilitating transformative experiences (TEs), which occurs when students apply academic content to everyday experience. Our goal was to explore the…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Transformative Learning, Program Effectiveness, Middle School Students
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Heddy, Benjamin C.; Nelson, Katherine G.; Husman, Jenefer; Cheng, Katherine C.; Goldman, Jacqueline A.; Chancey, John B. – Educational Psychology, 2021
Our aim was to explore the usefulness of Use, Change, Value (UCV) discussions to facilitate Transformative Experiences (TE) in online engineering courses. We investigated the predictive relationship between perceived instrumentality (PI) and interest on TE. We also investigated gender differences in the predictive relationships between the…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Online Courses, Transformative Learning, Gender Differences