The Engineering Student Preferences in Navigating Situational Judgment Inventory (E-SPIN SJI) has 19 scenarios, with five response options for each scenario. The scenarios are typical demands and challenges that arise when navigating undergraduate engineering. The response options highlight various ways to get support. The purpose of this assessment is to help undergraduate students better understand how they prefer to navigate engineering programs and to better support them in their navigation.
The E-SPIN SJI was created by a team of engineering education researchers at Virginia Tech and external collaborators.
- Project Director: Dr. Walter Lee
- Project Manager: Malini Josiam
- Project Contributors: Dr. Crystal Pee, Artre Turner
- Product Manager: Malini Josiam
- Software Engineer: Kyla Levers
Publications on E-SPIN SJI Development:
- Josiam, M., & Lee, W. (2024, February). Using a Summer Bridge Program to Develop a Situational Judgment Inventory: From Year 1 to Year 2. 2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD) Proceedings. 2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD), Arlington, Virginia. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--45493
- Josiam, M., Turner, A., & Lee, W. C. (2023, October). Work in Progress: Development of a Situational Judgment Inventory for Marginalized Student Support. 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE58773.2023.10343415
- Lee, W. C., Josiam, M., Johnson, T., Hall, J., Pee, C. M., & Turner, A. (2023, June 25). Board 378: Responsive Support Structures for Marginalized Students in Engineering: Insights from Years 1–3. 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. https://peer.asee.org/board-378-responsive-support-structures-for-marginalized-students-in-engineering-insights-from-years-1-3