Do the Math, Engineering Field Day
2006 Do the Math-Engineering Field Day Program Impacts

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Description: A half-day event for selected high schools held at WSU Vancouver; co-sponsored with MacKay & Sposito Engineering, Inc. Faculty, staff and students from WSU Vancouver, Clark College, 10 local engineering firms and 6 other agencies/organizations volunteered as short-course instructors. The event was coordinated with local high schools and districts.

Impacts: Two hundred twenty-five (225) teens from five Clark County high schools attended. Of these, 211 completed program evaluations. Twenty-two volunteer instructors and presenters provided approximately 50 hours of small group/large group instruction.

Participants ranked the following on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being "strongly agree":
Instructors presented material clearly:4.33
Instructors encouraged participation: 4.16
Instructors managed discussions well: 4.26
Instructors responded to questions well: 4.48
Instructors used available time effectively: 4.27
Courses were well organized: 4.24
Course length was appropriate: 4.05
Courses met my needs or expectations: 4.18
Participants ranked the conference at the following level of difficulty:
  • 3% very elementary
  • 14% somewhat elementary
  • 59% about right
  • 21% somewhat difficult
  • 3% very difficult

Overall participant ranking of the conference:

  • 33% excellent
  • 58% good
  • 8% average
  • 1% fair

Selected written comments:

  • "I definitely want to do Civil Engineering. Mr. Ornelas was very influential."
  • "Because of the presentation I find the engineering field more appealing."
  • "I really liked the electrical fitness one because I learned about other types of engineering."
  • "This experience has gotten me more interested in becoming an engineer."
  • "The HP presentation has made me more sure of engineering."
  • "I'm now more interested in my dream."
  • "It helped me see that WSU is a good college for me."
  • "I knew I would attend college, but now I really see how nice this college is."
  • "I thought the AutoCAD was really interesting because I never knew what it was."
  • "I'm going to go here now."
  • "I wasn't planning to go to college and now I do."

Center for Youth Workforce Preparation