dc.contributor.advisor | Morkos, Beshoy | |
dc.contributor.author | Clark, McKenzie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-02T17:05:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-02T17:05:04Z | |
dc.date.created | 2019-07 | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-07 | |
dc.date.submitted | July 2019 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11141/2946 | |
dc.description | Thesis (M.S.) - Florida Institute of Technology, 2019. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines the process of developing an effective in-depth interview protocol to
measure student motivation and engineering identity. Several methods were employed
during the creation, refining, and analysis portions of this study to ensure reliability and
validity of the qualitative research instrument.
In a multifaceted course such as senior capstone design, it is integral to ensure students are
receiving a value adding experience. In most universities across the United States, senior
capstone design is a multiple semester sequence where design is heavily emphasized and
students are encouraged to test their skills, both technical and nontechnical, by solving and
implementing solutions to real industry problems. Given the nature of design courses, the
takeaways are not things that can be measured solely through the use of a letter grade. Rather,
an in-depth reflective interview must be performed to fully comprehend what students
received from the course. In this study, an in-depth interview protocol was developed to
understand the effectiveness of engineering design courses and improve design education as
a whole.
This paper outlines the phases that contribute towards the development of an effective
interview protocol for implementation in senior capstone design curriculum. The
formulation and considerations are outlined with respect to design curriculum and student
success. This protocol will be utilized to perform a Reflection Interview for each senior design project team at the end of the spring 2019 semester. The assignment is not graded and
is inquisitive on the students’ perceptions of motivation during their time at Florida Tech.
The qualitative data gathered will be eligible for further studies and analysis. | en_US |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.rights | CC BY 4.0 | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org.licenses/by/4.0/legalcode | en_US |
dc.title | Developing an Interview Protocol for an Engineering Design Capstone Course to Measure Student Motivation and Engineering Identity | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2019-08-13T15:17:26Z | |
thesis.degree.name | Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | en_US |
thesis.degree.discipline | Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
thesis.degree.department | Mechanical and Civil Engineering | en_US |
thesis.degree.grantor | Florida Institute of Technology | en_US |
dc.type.material | text | |