Expanding Understanding Of First Year Engineering Student Retention And Team Effectiveness Through Social Styles Assessment

Daniel Knight, University of Colorado at Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the engineering assessment specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program and Laboratory. He holds a BS in psychology from Louisiana State University, and an MS degree in industrial/organizational psychology and PhD degree in counseling psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. Prior to joining the University of Colorado at Boulder, he gained extensive experience in assessment and teamwork in an engineering education context through the development and evaluation of a team facilitation training course for engineering undergraduate students. Dr. Knight’s research interests are in the areas of retention, program evaluation and teamwork practices in engineering education. His current duties include the assessment and evaluation of the ITL Program’s hands-on undergraduate courses and K-12 engineering outreach initiatives. Address: Integrated Teaching and Learning Program and Laboratory, 522 UCB, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0522; telephone: 303-735-5160; fax: 303-492-8825; email: Daniel.Knight@Colorado.edu.