Campus Units
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
7-2020
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Mechanical Design
Volume
142
Issue
7
First Page
072003
DOI
10.1115/1.4045300
Abstract
Students in design courses work on projects that are influenced by ambiguity, gender orientation, and domain relatedness. This study investigates the impacts of these factors on student self-efficacy in order to increase retention in engineering disciplines. From a comprehensive literature review and feedback from engineering experts, an instrument is developed to assess student perceptions on tolerance to ambiguity (STA), project gender orientation (PGO), and project domain relatedness (PDR). Statistical analyses are conducted to examine the influence of STA, PGO, and PDR on student self-efficacy and collective efficacy. Results indicate that an increase in the gender orientation of the project decreases student self-efficacy. Furthermore, gender bias of the design project diminishes student tolerance to deal with ambiguous situations. Therefore, instructors should consider choosing more gender-neutral projects or make appropriate adjustments in project descriptions to minimize gender bias.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright Owner
ASME
Copyright Date
2020
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Günay, Elif Elcin; Guo, Xiuyan; Jackson, Kathy Lou; Wu, Xinli; and Okudan Kremer, Gül E., "An Investigation on the Effects of Ambiguity, Gender Orientation, and Domain Relatedness of Design Projects on Student Performance" (2020). Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Publications. 237.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/imse_pubs/237
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Engineering Education Commons, Other Mechanical Engineering Commons, Other Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering Commons
Comments
This is a manuscript of an article published as Günay, Elif Elcin, Xiuyan Guo, Kathy Lou Jackson, Xinli Wu, and Gül E. Okudan Kremer. "An Investigation on the Effects of Ambiguity, Gender Orientation, and Domain Relatedness of Design Projects on Student Performance." Journal of Mechanical Design 142, no. 7 (2020). Paper No: MD-18-1705. DOI: 10.1115/1.4045300. Posted with permission.