Factors influencing students' choice of engineering major
Factors influencing students' choice of engineering major
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影响学生工科专业选择的因素
DOI：
10.18260/1-2--19601
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发表时间：
2013
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影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
T. J. Thomas
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作者：
Maria;Amy E. Thompson;T. J. Thomas
本研究的重点是评估决策的疯狂工程专业学生选择或改变他们的工程学习领域，以确定影响和机制，推动他们选择工程专业在纽黑文大学（UNH）。社交者（父母，同龄人和教师），自我认同的能力，和媒体来源的影响和效果的水平进行了研究后，选择一个工程领域。本研究还调查了学生对本校不同工程专业的看法，以及他们对这些专业的认识和理解。Unders tanding这种类型的决策和知识有助于大学的工程教育工作者在新兴的新本科工程专业或创新的跨学科工程项目吸引和招募学生到这些鲜为人知或理解的专业。本研究的长期目标是开发一种可在其他高校使用的调查工具，以收集工程专业选择的一般信息。本文介绍了选择定量和定性的研究结果。本研究以97位来自工程学院8个本科专业的志愿者为研究对象，进行问卷调查。一些关键的研究结果表明，性别和父母的教育成就水平影响工程专业的选择在UNH。此外，只有66%的工科学生表示，他们在寻找大学之前已经确定了自己的专业。这应该表明大学的工程计划，有很大的机会来影响学生的决定在招聘过程中或在他们的第一年和第二年的研究。
This research focuses upon evaluating decisions mad e by engineering students to choose or change their field of engineering study in order to determine influences and mechanisms that drive their choice of engineering major at the Univ ersity of New Haven (UNH). Socializers (parents, peers, and faculty), self-identified comp etence, and media sources were studied for their level of influence and effect upon the selection of an engineering field. This research also investigates students’ perceptions of different eng ineering majors at the University and their awareness and understanding of those majors. Unders tanding this type of decision and knowledge helps the University’s engineering educat ors in emerging new undergraduate engineering majors or innovative interdisciplinary engineering programs attract and recruit students to these lesser known or understood majors . The long-term goal of this research is to develop a survey instrument that can be used at oth er universities in order to collect generalizeable information of the choice of enginee ring major. This paper presents select quantitative and qualitative results from this stud y. A survey was conducted of 97 voluntary participants from eight undergraduate programs with in e College of Engineering. Some key findings indicate that gender and parental educatio n l achievement levels affect choice of engineering major at UNH. In addition, only 66% of engineering students indicated that they had determined their specific major before visiting pot ential universities during their search. This should indicate to the University’s engineering pro grams that there is significant opportunity to influence student decisions during the recruitment process or during their first and second years of study.