The primary goal of the Scholarship on Learning (SoL) element is to conduct research on the engineering student learning experience in order to provide a comprehensive account--across diverse student populations and environments--of how people become engineers. To that end the team is conducting in-depth longitudinal studies of engineering students' educational experiences and transitions to the workplace. The emphasis is on the challenges students face and how they handle those challenges. These longitudinal studies (referred to as the Academic Pathways Study or APS) were followed up with the Academic Pathways of People Learning Engineering (APPLE) survey of students at a broader set of national institutions in spring 2008. The SoL element is also conducting a set of "targeted studies" to investigate core components of engineering knowledge and practice.
Leadership:
Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University
Lorraine Fleming, Howard University
Reed Stevens, University of Washington
Ron Miller, Colorado School of Mines
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0227558. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF). |