Capturing Students' Perception of Entrepreneurial Mindset: Tools for What and Why

Autor/inn/en	Bodnar, Cheryl A.; Hixson, Cory
Titel	Capturing Students' Perception of Entrepreneurial Mindset: Tools for What and Why
Quelle	In: Advances in Engineering Education, 7 (2018) 1, (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-1766
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Entrepreneurship; Undergraduate Students; Concept Mapping; Evaluation Methods; First Generation College Students; Job Skills; Knowledge Level; Ability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Unternehmungsgeist; Concept Map; Produktive Fertigkeit; Wissensbasis; Fähigkeit; Fertigkeit
Abstract	Despite an increased focused on developing and understanding engineering undergraduates' entrepreneurial mindsets, best practices related to assessing this mindset remain nascent. In an attempt to evaluate concept mapping as a potential assessment tool for entrepreneurial mindset and identify the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) first-year engineering students associate with this mindset, we asked students to create "entrepreneurial mindset" concept maps. These maps were scored using the Integrated Rubric for Scoring Concept Maps (Besterfield-Sacre, et al., 2004) -- a holistic tool for evaluating concept maps' "organization," "comprehensiveness," and "correctness." Through the application of this assessment strategy, we not only demonstrated the promise of concept mapping, but also captured 1) the KSAs students believe are relevant to entrepreneurship and 2) students' perspectives regarding the connections between KSAs. Our findings afford program directors and educators the opportunity to prepare educational activities that meet first-year students' program/course objectives and build upon students' current understanding. More generally, assessment using concept mapping offers educators a window into students' mental models and the baseline understanding needed to enhance student learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01