• DocumentCode
    387293
  • Title

    International project experiences: assessing impact on students´ educational and personal development

  • Author

    Demetry, Chrysanthe ; Vaz, Richard F.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    6-9 Nov. 2002
  • Abstract
    We are examining the impact of global, interdisciplinary project experiences on WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) students. A first step is to understand pre-existing differences in students who choose to do their project overseas and those who do not. Here we report results of an analysis of CIRP freshman survey data that shows significant differences in social and civic orientation between these two cohorts of students.
  • Keywords
    education; CIRP freshman survey; Worcester Polytechnic Institute; global interdisciplinary project experiences; international education; international project experiences; outcomes assessment; student development; students´ educational development; students´ personal development; Cascading style sheets; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Engineering students; Input variables; Instruments; Probes; Regression analysis; Security;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frontiers in Education, 2002. FIE 2002. 32nd Annual
  • ISSN
    0190-5848
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7444-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FIE.2002.1158220
  • Filename
    1158220