Category Archives: Non-academic Influences
Building Diversity in Engineering Competition Teams by Modeling Industry Best-Practices
Abstract Each year, thousands of students compete in student, experiential-learning, engineering competition teams (SELECT) to practice and improve their engineering skills. SELECT attract tremendous resources from both industry and academia. Despite considerable efforts over the past decades to recruit and … Continue reading
Posted in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Non-academic Influences
Tagged Competition Team, Foor, Pan, Shehab, Trytten, Walden
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The Role of Pre-Collegiate Heuristic Knowledge: Expanding the Local Model of Minority Student Success
Abstract To make money, one must first have money. Similarly, to acquire knowledge, one must first know how to play the game of knowledge acquisition. The Local Model of Minority Student Success (LMMSS) introduced by Padilla, Trevino, Gonzalez and Trevino … Continue reading
Posted in American Educational Research Association, Non-academic Influences
Tagged Foor, Shehab, Trytten, URM Success, Walden
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