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Session Description

The papers presented in this session were selected by reviewers and the First-Year Programs Division Executive Board as the best papers submitted in the Division for the 2019 Annual Conference. The Division's Best Paper Awards will be presented at the end of this session.

Moderated by

1. Dr. Kaitlin Mallouk and Dr. Rachel McCord Ellestad

Papers Presented

1. Easing Students’ Transitions to University Via a Summer Bridge and Outdoor Experience Program [view paper]
   Dr. Noah Salzman (Boise State University), Ms. Ann Delaney (Boise State University), Mrs. Catherine Rose Bates (Institute for STEM & Diversity Initiatives), and Dr. Donna C. Llewellyn (Boise State University)
2. Engineering Major Discernment: A Model for Informing Students and Offering Choice [view paper]
   Dr. Cory Brozina (Youngstown State University) and Dr. Kerry Meyers (University of Notre Dame)
3. Impact of a Modeling Intervention in an Introductory Programming Course [view paper]
   Dr. Kelsey Joy Rodgers (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach), Dr. Jaqi C. McNeil (University of Louisville), Dr. Matthew A. Verleger Ph.D. (He/His/Him) (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach), and Dr. Farshid Marbouti (San Jose State University)
4. Intended and Unintended Consequences of Rapidly Expanding an Engineering Mathematics Intervention for Incoming First-Year Students [view paper]
   Dr. Janet Y. Tsai (University of Colorado, Boulder), Dr. Beth A. Myers (University of Colorado Boulder), Dr. Jacquelyn F. Sullivan (University of Colorado Boulder), and Prof. Kenneth M. Anderson (University of Colorado Boulder)
5. Studying Changes using Concept Maps in First-Year Students' Understanding of the Engineering Design Process [view paper]
   Dr. Haolin Zhu (Arizona State University), Dr. Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh (Arizona State University), and Connor Sonnier (Arizona State University)
6. We Own This: A Class Patent System as Experiential Learning [view paper]
   Dr. Joshua L. Hertz (Northeastern University) and Mr. Noah Daviero (Northeastern University)