Murphy, A. R., & Banks, H. D., & Bohm, M. R., & Nagel, R. L., & Linsey, J. S. (2020, June), Validation of a Mental Model Elicitation Instrument through Deployment of Control Groups in an Undergraduate Engineering Program  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--35481

\bibitem{asee_peer_35481}
  Murphy, A. R., \& Banks, H. D., \& Bohm, M. R., \& Nagel, R. L., \& Linsey, J. S. (2020, June), \emph{Validation of a Mental Model Elicitation Instrument through Deployment of Control Groups in an Undergraduate Engineering Program}
  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line .
  10.18260/1-2--35481

Alexander R. Murphy, Henry David Banks, Matt Robert Bohm, Robert L. Nagel, and Julie S. Linsey.  "Validation of a Mental Model Elicitation Instrument through Deployment of Control Groups in an Undergraduate Engineering Program".  2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2020.  https://peer.asee.org/35481 Internet.  24 Jun, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_35481}
  Alexander R. Murphy, Henry David Banks, Matt Robert Bohm, Robert L. Nagel, and Julie S. Linsey.
  "Validation of a Mental Model Elicitation Instrument through Deployment of Control Groups in an Undergraduate Engineering Program".
  \emph{2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2020.
  https://peer.asee.org/35481 Internet.  24 Jun, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Mental models of engineering systems contain information about the components, connections, inputs/outputs, and function of a system. It is difficult to study mental models because any mental model elicitation method inherently only provides a representation of the mental model and not a realization of the mental model itself. In order to measure engineering students’ systems understanding, a mental model instrument with accompanying scoring rubrics have been developed and deployed in undergraduate and graduate engineering classrooms in previous work. The research presented in this paper explores validation of this mental model elicitation approach through two control groups involving the collection of pre- and post- mental model data without intervention, whereas previous research included a functional modeling intervention. Results from the control groups are discussed and compared to previous results that had an intervention to show whether or not learning effects take place. In addition, this work considers the addition of an explanatory example showing exactly how to complete the given tasks, where one control group is given the example and the other is not. Results show whether or not the example should be provided in future deployments of the mental model instrument and provides insight into how an included example might have affected past results and how it could affect future results. This work serves as a first step towards validation of this new mental model elicitation method, is in contribution to ongoing research on mental models of engineering systems, and will inform future research that utilizes this approach. As we continue to explore how students learn about engineering, it is important that educators and researchers have a way to reliably measure student understanding of various engineering systems while they complete their undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
AU  - Alexander R. Murphy
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AU  - Robert L. Nagel
AU  - Julie S. Linsey
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TI  - Validation of a Mental Model Elicitation Instrument through Deployment of Control Groups in an Undergraduate Engineering Program
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