Assessing the Change in Student Mindset in Entrepreneurial Education
Assessing student outcomes as a result of entrepreneurial education has
been ongoing for a number of years. There are debates about which method
of measurement is best for determining student outcomes and very little
discussion to date regarding student outcomes specific to the Lean
Startup method and Ries’ principles for teaching entrepreneurship. At
Virginia Tech, our engineering education department has been using the
Business Model Canvas and the methods developed by Alexander Osterwalder
and pioneered by Steve Blank to teach our class on entrepreneurship.
Through this presentation, we will show how we are measuring student
outcomes and what that assessment has revealed about attainment of
identified outcomes. We will also discuss the next steps we intend on
pursuing as we continue to educate students interested in
entrepreneurial endeavors.
