TY - GEN
T1 - Exploration of first-year students' resource networks to complete engineering homework
AU - Diehl, Emily
AU - Faber, Courtney
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/7/2
Y1 - 2018/7/2
N2 - This Research Work in Progress paper presents our initial findings using network analysis to explore the resources (peers, teaching assistants, faculty, textbook, class notes, online, etc.) first-year engineering students use to complete homework in their engineering course. We designed a survey with open and closed-ended items to begin to explore what resources students use and why they use specific resources when completing a course assignment. Based on the data related to what resources students use, we created a weighted edge network using the statistical software, R. Through this analysis we identified the pairs of resources that were used the most by students. The open-ended survey responses were analyzed using conventional qualitative content analysis to understand why students use specific resources. This analysis identified four themes (contingency, isolation, convenience, and comfort) that represent how students make decisions about resources to use when completing homework.
AB - This Research Work in Progress paper presents our initial findings using network analysis to explore the resources (peers, teaching assistants, faculty, textbook, class notes, online, etc.) first-year engineering students use to complete homework in their engineering course. We designed a survey with open and closed-ended items to begin to explore what resources students use and why they use specific resources when completing a course assignment. Based on the data related to what resources students use, we created a weighted edge network using the statistical software, R. Through this analysis we identified the pairs of resources that were used the most by students. The open-ended survey responses were analyzed using conventional qualitative content analysis to understand why students use specific resources. This analysis identified four themes (contingency, isolation, convenience, and comfort) that represent how students make decisions about resources to use when completing homework.
KW - First-year engineering
KW - Mixed-methods
KW - Social network analysis
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85063538301
U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2018.8658781
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2018.8658781
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85063538301
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
BT - Frontiers in Education
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 48th Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2018
Y2 - 3 October 2018 through 6 October 2018
ER -