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Lights , Camera , Action ! Increasing First-Year Engineering
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Marosi, Karen T. |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | An intensive, week-long, residential pre-orientation program was developed to improve the firstsemester academic performance of students in the Engineering Success Alliance (ESA) Program at Bucknell University. Historically, in the entry level physics and calculus courses taken by all engineering majors in the first semester, students in the ESA would struggle to earn passing grades on the first set of exams that commonly occur during the fourth week of classes. Since poor performance on the first exam jeopardizes future success in these courses, ESA staff recognized a need for a longer period of preparation focused primarily on skills and relationships that optimize academic performance. In the summer of 2012, a pre-orientation program named “Backstage Bucknell” was added to the ESA. Backstage Bucknell was themed around a theatrical production where the students were the “stars” of the show. Each part of the program was designed to support one or more of the goals of the ESA which are 1) building academic self efficacy, 2) creating a sense of community and belonging, 3) balancing academic, social life and self, and ultimately 4) retention. There was a significant increase in the scores on the first physics exam for the Backstage Bucknell ESA 2016 participants as compared to the previous ESA 2015 class. Given that the student selection process and other programming for the ESA students has been the same this academic year as in the past, it is likely that these increases in performance can be attributed to the Backstage Bucknell programming. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.asee.org/public/conferences/20/papers/7385/download |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://peer.asee.org/lights-camera-action-increasing-first-year-engineering-student-academic-performance-via-an-innovative-pre-orientation-program.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
