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Table 5 Summary of study population demographics for all student responses

From: Development of the student course cognitive engagement instrument (SCCEI) for college engineering courses

 

Study sample

Engr. student population

Institution type

 Large, public northwest R1 institution

47%

-

 Moderately-sized, public northwest R2 institution

13%

-

 Small, private southwest teaching institution

7%

-

 Large, public southwest R1 institution

7%

-

 Large, public western teaching institution

7%

-

 Large, public southeast R1 institution

7%

-

 Small, private northwest teaching institution

7%

-

 Moderately-sized, private midwest research institution

7%

-

Course focus

  

 Civil and construction engineering

40%

8%

 General engineering

27%

5%

 Chemical engineering

7%

7%

 Mechanical engineering

7%

22%

 Electrical engineering

7%

17%

 Aerospace engineering

7%

4%

 Computer science

7%

13%

Academic level

 Freshman

38%

-

 Sophomore

9%

-

 Junior

23%

-

 Senior

30%

-

Gender

 Male

82%

78%

 Female

18%

22%

 Nonbinary

0.7%

N/A

Race and ethnicity

 Caucasian

78%

67%

 Asian

13%

16%

 Hispanic/Latinx

4%

12%

 Black/African American

4%

4%

 Native American

0.4%

0.3%

 Pacific Islander

0.2%

0.2%

  1. Note: For race and ethnicity, multiple options could be selected. All demographic information collected was optional. Engineering student population data was collected from Engineering by the numbers (Yoder, 2018)