Scaling up Arizona State University's first-year integrated program in engineering: problems and solutions

Relationships among learning community participation, student self-efficacy, confidence, outcome expectations, and commitment

“…Many of the first-year integrated curriculums were developed through innovations and collaborations of National Science Foundation-supported engineering education coalitions (Al-Holou et al, 1998. Institutions that have developed integrated first-year experiences through coalition efforts include Arizona State University (Duerden et al, 1997;Evans, 1995), North Carolina State (Felder et al, 1995(Felder et al, , 1997(Felder et al, , 1998, Texas A&M (Corleto et al, 1996(Corleto et al, ,1997, and the University of Alabama (Friar, 1995;Parker et al, 1995). Some of the integrated curriculum efforts remain at the trial stage, working with smaller cohorts within the engineering population.…”

Hybrid Courses Based on Basic Sciences and Green Technologies in Engineering Programs

“…Direct communication with students specifies the necessity to implement the gradient operator "∇" in (2). It is expected that students pass up to the second course of calculus in which the gradient operator is linked to a geometrical view such as the tangent.…”

“…An appropriate time to show the promising green technologies to freshmen [1][2][3] would be the first semester. In particular, all programs in engineering have to be aggregated in the curricula.…”

A Curriculum Collaboration Model: Working With Upper Division Students To Improve A First Year Program

“…Curriculum research has been an integral part of the curriculum development agenda for the First-Year Engineering Program. [2][3][4][5]7,8,[11][12][13][14] The research and development of new labs has helped the program stay novel and appealing for the students as well as the faculty. New ideas from various engineering disciplines have been incorporated in labs to engage students' backgrounds and interests.…”