Ganago, A., & Sivaramakrishnan, S., & DeMonbrun, R. M. (2014, June), Development of Student Motivation in a Required Electrical Engineering (EE) Course for Non-EE Majors  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--20321

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  Ganago, A., \& Sivaramakrishnan, S., \& DeMonbrun, R. M. (2014, June), \emph{Development of Student Motivation in a Required Electrical Engineering (EE) Course for Non-EE Majors}
  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  10.18260/1-2--20321

Alexander Ganago, Sudarshan Sivaramakrishnan, and Robert Matthew DeMonbrun.  "Development of Student Motivation in a Required Electrical Engineering (EE) Course for Non-EE Majors".  2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2014.  https://strategy.asee.org/20321 Internet.  01 Jun, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_20321}
  Alexander Ganago, Sudarshan Sivaramakrishnan, and Robert Matthew DeMonbrun.
  "Development of Student Motivation in a Required Electrical Engineering (EE) Course for Non-EE Majors".
  \emph{2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2014.
  https://strategy.asee.org/20321 Internet.  01 Jun, 2024

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AB  - Development of student motivation in a required Electrical Engineering (EE)                        course for non-EE majorsThe main challenge of teaching a required course is the low interest and lack of motivationamong the students who take it outside of their fields of major. Having set the course outcome toempower students to apply their learning of EE to further non-EE studies and work, we strive toovercome their negative attitudes to the course by helping students see the value of new learningfor their success in their major fields. In this particular study, we focus on students’ motivation totake and succeed in EE course, and on the development of their motivation during the semester.Our goal is to identify teaching strategies, student experiences, and singular events, whichpositively (or negatively) affected the students’ motivation to learn EE.We conduct a longitudinal study, which includes online surveys (combining quantitative andqualitative methods) and semi-structured interviews throughout the semester, and aspire to detectcausal inference (beyond statistic correlation) between the particulars of the course and thestudents’ motivation. In engineering education, very little has been done in this direction; thuswe use the methods developed in other fields, including:   Ø Social studies (previously validated survey questions focused on intrinsic and extrinsic       motivation, perceived competence – a strong indicator of intrinsic motivation, and       development of interest in the application of course topics, etc.)   Ø Medical research (where data on the pre-existing conditions and the effects of treatment       are collected and analyzed for individual patients whose identity is not revealed).Our research team includes members from the College of Engineering and from the School ofEducation; their combined expertise provides a new dimension to our studies.Our Conference report will be based on the materials, which we are collecting during the Fall2013 semester in a class of 190 students, including:    Ø Mechanical (57%), Aerospace (19%), Nuclear (10%), IOE (4%), etc.;    Ø Juniors (64%), Seniors (33%), and Sophomores (3%).We plan to present the statistical analysis along with insightful case stories and statements byindividual students, and identify the teaching strategies and events influential for students’motivation, interest, and achievement in learning. At the time of this writing, we have analyzedthe results of first 2 surveys (166 and 156 respondents), and are planning several follow-upsurveys along with focus groups and individual interviews. The results of our findings areformative: they are promptly used in teaching the class. For example, before the beginning of thesemester, we provided a list of course topics and asked students to identify those of interest; theirranking of particular topics was in stark contrast with similar ranking by engineering faculty.This is a clear message for the instructor to enforce the course with the materials that wouldconvince the students in relevance and importance of EE concepts and tools for other fields ofengineering. Our ultimate goal is to identify the strategies for successful teaching of courses fornon-EE majors at Engineering Schools throughout the country.
AU  - Alexander Ganago
AU  - Sudarshan Sivaramakrishnan
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