TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of a living learning community on first-year engineering students
AU - Flynn, Margaret A.
AU - Everett, Jess W.
AU - Whittinghill, Dex
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/5/3
Y1 - 2016/5/3
N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of an engineering living and learning community (ELC) on first-year engineering students. A control group of non-ELC students was used to compare the experiences of the ELC participants. Analysis of survey data showed that there was significant differences between the ELC students and the non-ELC students in how they responded to questions regarding social support, academic support, connectedness to campus, and satisfaction with the College of Engineering and the institution as a whole. Particularly, there were significant differences between ELC and non-ELC students for questions related to feeling like part of an engineering community, having strong relationships with peers, belonging to a supportive peer network, studying with engineering peers, and spending time with classmates outside of class.
AB - The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of an engineering living and learning community (ELC) on first-year engineering students. A control group of non-ELC students was used to compare the experiences of the ELC participants. Analysis of survey data showed that there was significant differences between the ELC students and the non-ELC students in how they responded to questions regarding social support, academic support, connectedness to campus, and satisfaction with the College of Engineering and the institution as a whole. Particularly, there were significant differences between ELC and non-ELC students for questions related to feeling like part of an engineering community, having strong relationships with peers, belonging to a supportive peer network, studying with engineering peers, and spending time with classmates outside of class.
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U2 - 10.1080/03043797.2015.1059408
DO - 10.1080/03043797.2015.1059408
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84936121740
VL - 41
SP - 331
EP - 341
JO - European Journal of Engineering Education
JF - European Journal of Engineering Education
SN - 0304-3797
IS - 3
ER -