An Examination of Interpersonal Competitiveness for Grades Among Undergraduate Engineering Students

This study surveyed over 400 undergraduate engineering students to explore interpersonal competitiveness for grades as a function of gender and classification. The survey measured interpersonal 15 items measured on a Likert scale. The results indicated that the male undergraduate engineering students were significantly more interpersonally competitive for grades than their female peers. No interaction was found between gender and classification when measuring interpersonal competitiveness for grades. While the second hypothesis was that seniors would be more competitive than freshman of the same gender, the opposite results were indicated by this survey. The results of this study may be useful in considering programs for increasing retention of students in engineering.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Administration and Psychological Services

Grantor

Southwest Texas State University

Year dc:date.issued

1998

Author dc:creator

• Jones, Theresa L.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Lyman, Barbara G.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Payne, Emily Miller
• Woods, Sherry E.

• engineering
• higher education
• college students
• competition

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10877/19794

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digital.library.txst.edu:10877/19794