The effect of matriculation practices and first-year engineering courses on engineering major selection
The effect of matriculation practices and first-year engineering courses on engineering major selection
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预科实践和第一年工程课程对工程专业选择的影响
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2013
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Marisa K. Orr
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C. Brawner;Xingyu Chen;M. Ohland;Marisa K. Orr
61名大二学生在6所大型公共机构接受了采访，以了解他们选择本机构和工程专业的原因。这些院校被分为两类，一是要求学生第一年学习工程专业，二是允许学生直接进入专业。在这些机构，第一年的经验要么需要一门通用的工程导论课程，要么需要一门不是所有专业都通用的工程导论课程，要么包括一门可选的工程导论课程。研究了入学模式对院校选择的影响以及第一年必修课程的有无。我们发现，对于大多数学生来说，入学成本远比入学模式更重要。第一年的必修课和选修课往往有助于学生确认他们之前选择的专业，或者选择符合他们兴趣的工程专业。
Sixty-one sophomores were interviewed at six large public institutions to learn why they chose their institution and their engineering major. The institutions were categorized as either requiring a first-year engineering (FYE) program or allowing students to matriculate directly into a major. At these institutions, the first-year experience either required a common introduction to engineering course, required introduction to engineering courses that were not common to all majors or included an optional introduction to engineering course. The impact of the matriculation mode on selection of the institution and the presence or absence of a required first year course are studied. We find that cost of attendance is far more important than matriculation mode for most students choosing their institutions. Required and optional first-year courses, when taken, do tend to help students either affirm their prior choice of major or select an engineering major that suits their interests.