Workshops vs. tutoring: How ASU's minority engineering program is changing the way engineering students learn

J. K. Adair; M. A. Reyes; M. R. Anderson-Rowland; D. A. Kouris

Workshops vs. tutoring: How ASU's minority engineering program is changing the way engineering students learn

J. K. Adair, M. A. Reyes, M. R. Anderson-Rowland, D. A. Kouris

Computing and Augmented Intelligence, School of (IAFSE-SCAI)

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12 Scopus citations

Abstract

For the past five years, the Minority Engineering Program in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Arizona State University (ASU) has channeled retention efforts through their Academic Excellence Program. This program housed two components: peer tutoring and mentoring and group workshops. While both produced successful retention rates among minority students within the College, both students and faculty strongly expressed a need for a more structured and intensive program to assist engineering students with the more challenging courses. In fall of 2000, ASU's MEP remodeled their efforts at retention and created the Academic Excellence Workshop program. The workshop program replaces tutoring and mentoring programs with weekly workshop sessions. This non-traditional approach to academic support has necessitated a change in paradigm for staff, faculty, and students. The response to this change has been promising. This paper will discuss the AEW program structure and how the workshop concept has been promoted to students and faculty.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference
Volume	2
State	Published - 2001
Event	31st Annual Frontiers in Education Conference- Impact on Engineering and Science Education- - Reno, NV, United States Duration: Oct 10 2001 → Oct 13 2001

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Other	31st Annual Frontiers in Education Conference- Impact on Engineering and Science Education-
Country/Territory	United States
City	Reno, NV
Period	10/10/01 → 10/13/01

Keywords

Faculty/student/staff collaboration
Group-learning
Workshop marketing
Workshop session format

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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