Using SI and SCCT to explore MIDFIELD

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。普渡大学的工程教育研究奖将研究学生通过选择工程专业的进展。 特别是这项研究将解决为什么学生选择在一个工程学科，而不是另一个，什么因素影响他们的决定留在该学科，移动到另一个或离开工程。结果将提供建设性的信息招聘和保留工程的复杂问题。这项研究将在普渡大学工程教育系进行，使用现有的中场数据库的学生记录从十所大学。 这将通过对普渡学生的深入调查来加强。该研究团队由工程教育和心理学专家组成，完全有能力解决该研究的多学科性质。这项研究的结果将对了解所有工科学生，特别是女生和少数民族学生的决策过程具有重要意义。我们的目标是通过更有效地发展他们的职业生涯，更好地为学生的工程实践做好准备。 结果将改善招收工程专业学生的努力，并将增加完成工程学位并准备填补工程工作的学生人数。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)This engineering education research award to Purdue University will study the progression of students through their choice of engineering major. In particular the study will address why students choose to enroll in one engineering discipline rather that another and what factors influence their decision to stay in that discipline, move to another or to leave engineering. The results will offer constructive information on the complex issue of recruitment to and retention in engineering. The study will take place at Purdue University, Department of Engineering Education using the existing MIDFIELD data base of student records from ten universities. This will be augmented with in depth surveys of Purdue students. The research team is well positioned to address the multidisciplinary nature of the research, comprised of experts in both engineering education and psychology. The findings of the study will be significant in terms of understanding the decision-making processes of all engineering students and in particular of women and minority students. The goal is to better prepare students for the practice of engineering through more effective development of their careers. The results will improve efforts to recruit students to engineering, and will enhance the number of students who complete engineering degrees and are ready to fill engineering jobs.