Development of the Engineering Student Entrepreneurial Mindset Assessment (ESEMA)

Autor/inn/en	Brunhaver, Samantha R.; Bekki, Jennifer M.; Carberry, Adam R.; London, Jeremi S.; McKenna, Ann F.
Titel	Development of the Engineering Student Entrepreneurial Mindset Assessment (ESEMA)
Quelle	In: Advances in Engineering Education, 7 (2018) 1, (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-1766
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Engineering Education; Entrepreneurship; Personality Traits; Measures (Individuals); Factor Analysis; Test Items; Test Construction; Altruism; Empathy; Help Seeking; Interests; Metacognition; Motivation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ingenieurausbildung; Unternehmungsgeist; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; Test content; Testaufgabe; Testaufbau; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Empathie; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Bildungsinteresse; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch)
Abstract	The increasing presence of entrepreneurship within many engineering curricula requires a complementary tool to assess the impact on learners. An instrument was developed based on the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network's 3Cs - Curiosity, Connections, and Creation of Value - framework to assess entrepreneurial mindset. The instrument was designed to target twelve total mindsets. Items were pilot tested four times with undergraduate students at a large southwestern public institution. Results in this paper are given for the last of four pilots in Spring 2017. Exploratory factor analysis was utilized to identify the number of emergent factors and overall importance of each item. The ensuing instrument contained 34 items within seven factors. The developed instrument and results of this study provide a foundation to support the accurate assessment of engineering student entrepreneurial mindsets before, during, and after an entrepreneurial experience. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01