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FORTE Program External/Internal Board Meeting September 28, 2012

FORTE Program External/Internal Board Meeting September 28, 2012. College of Engineering & Applied Science. Re-Introductions. John Reisel – PI Ethan Munson – mentoring / LLC George Hanson – Bridge Program Ed Beimborn – Bridge Program Hossein Hosseini – Faculty Mentors

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FORTE Program External/Internal Board Meeting September 28, 2012

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  1. FORTE ProgramExternal/Internal Board MeetingSeptember 28, 2012 College of Engineering & Applied Science

  2. Re-Introductions • John Reisel – PI • Ethan Munson – mentoring / LLC • George Hanson – Bridge Program • Ed Beimborn – Bridge Program • Hossein Hosseini – Faculty Mentors • Marissa Jablonski – Coordinator

  3. Project Summary • Improve CEAS retention and graduation • Summer Bridge Program • Living Learning Community (LLC) • Peer Mentoring / Study Groups • Faculty Mentoring • Evaluation – Assessment

  4. Summer Bridge Program • Program format is working to improve math placement • Number of students down (campus trend)

  5. Summer Bridge Program • Revised Engineering Activities: • Week 1 – Bridge Building • Week 2 – RC Car Modification • Week 3 – Micro Hydro Power • Week 4 – Distortion Circuit Design • Offered scholarship money for participation level and contest winners. • Contingent on getting a C or better in Fall math class • Evening Math tutoring available – used by few • Teaming of mentors with students

  6. Living-Learning Community • Fourth year of “Innovation House” is just beginning. students are participating. • 68 Engineering / CS students signed up for 2012-13. (4 others as well.) • Each student had at least one course in common with others in the course. • Fall – Robotics / Media creation program with Discovery World • Spring – Engineering Olympics

  7. Study Groups • Designed as study groups for math and introductory engineering and CS courses. • 2011 Fall participation increased to 82% of incoming CEAS freshmen participated to some extent, and 95% of those attended 9 or more sessions. • Working best at Calculus level (2.62 GPA compared to 2.04 GPA for participants/non-participants). • Improvement not as great at Pre-Calc levels.

  8. Program Evaluation • Worked with Consulting Office of Research and Evaluation (CORE) to set up and maintain tracking database. • Most procedures for data collection have been ironed out, and a database for each of the last three years’ freshmen has been established. The 2007-08 and 2008-09 cohorts act as baselines, and the 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 cohorts are being used to monitor the effectiveness of the interventions.

  9. Other • Papers were presented on the study groups and the preliminary effectiveness of the summer bridge program at the 2012 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition (June, San Antonio, TX) • Journal article appeared in the International Journal of Mathematics in Science and Technology (43:421-433)

  10. Plans for 2012-2013 • Maintain Basic Program Format • Continue Evaluation • Need to Continue Transition to Post-Grant Period • No-Cost Extension Request • Future STEP Grant? • Type 1B grants are not easy to get (so far). • Cooperate on a larger scale with rest of campus?

  11. Questions?

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