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1	Measuring Community Engagement in STEM students Julia K Miller (16814877) 15 August 2023 (has links) <p>This paper delves into the current definitions and ideas of the Service-Learning pedagogy and how it ties into community engagement. The importance of service learning and community engagement is talked about in this paper as well as the proven benefits of both. The goal of this paper is to answer and better understand students’ relationships to service-learning courses such as why they take them and how to better engage them in the learning</p> Service learning -- United States EPICS Program Pedagocial approaches Community engagement civic engagement and participation
2	MEASURING AUTHENTIC LEARNING WITHIN PURDUE UNIVERSITY’S EPICS PROGRAM Graham Pierce Lyon (16666329) 27 July 2023 (has links) <p>In this dissertation, I investigate the authentic learning experiences of students participating in the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program at Purdue University within the framework of authentic education. Utilizing a quantitative approach, the study assesses the performance of new and returning students across five key outcomes that measure authentic learning during a single semester. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed significant main effects for time of assessment and type of student on performance, with an overall improvement in all outcomes observed from mid-term to final evaluations and returning students typically outperforming new students. Interaction effects between time and type were also examined, revealing subtle yet complex dynamics in students’ learning trajectories. The findings hold implications for enhancing authentic learning, especially in engineering design contexts, and offer insights to guide future implementation of and improvements to authentic education initiatives, particularly the EPICS program. Despite certain limitations, the research opens avenues for future investigations into diverse aspects of authentic education in STEM and beyond. </p> Education assessment and evaluation Learning sciences Engineering education Authentic Education Authentic Administration Authentic Teaching Authentic Learning Authentic Assessment EPICS Program Service Learning Experiential Learning Project-Based Learning Engineering Design Constructivist Learning Theory Situated Learning Theory Quantitative Research ANOVA

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MEASURING AUTHENTIC LEARNING WITHIN PURDUE UNIVERSITY’S EPICS PROGRAM