NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Minerva Bonilla; Daniel Findley – Advances in Engineering Education, 2024
Educators and institutions have considered and continue to explore alternatives to measure students' learning and track their performance. An alternative that started to gain popularity due to its effectiveness in promoting learning engagement, equity, and inclusion, and helping mitigate concerns due to mental health was "ungrading."…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Undergraduate Students, Civil Engineering, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Faber, Courtney; Ellestad, Rachel; Walsh, Alexis – Advances in Engineering Education, 2022
The abundance of information available to us every day continues to increase, largely because of society's reliance on the internet. While the internet provides access to a wealth of information, information may be inaccurate or irrelevant because anyone can publish content on the internet. As a result, it is critical for individuals to develop…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, College Freshmen, Engineering Education, Units of Study
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Yang, Zheng; Naresh, Nirmala; Edwards, Michael Todd – Advances in Engineering Education, 2020
In this paper, we focus on resolving three key challenges during COVID-19 distance learning: engagement, understanding, and assessment. In particular, as a case study for an undergraduate Engineering calculus course, we develop the Desmos activities and the Think Alouds to provide effective solutions for these challenges.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Distance Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Streveler, Ruth A.; Smith, Karl A. – Advances in Engineering Education, 2020
The recent pandemic forced most faculty to move from face-to-face to remote instruction, sometimes necessitating a redesign of content and assessment, as well as the mode of instruction. This opinion piece presents the Content-Assessment-Pedagogy (CAP) triangle, a course design framework adapted from backward design, that parallels the engineering…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Instructional Design, Distance Education, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Bodnar, Cheryl A.; Hixson, Cory – Advances in Engineering Education, 2018
Despite an increased focused on developing and understanding engineering undergraduates' entrepreneurial mindsets, best practices related to assessing this mindset remain nascent. In an attempt to evaluate concept mapping as a potential assessment tool for entrepreneurial mindset and identify the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) first-year…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Entrepreneurship, Undergraduate Students, Concept Mapping
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Brown, Nicola – Advances in Engineering Education, 2017
While teaching methods tend to be updated frequently, the implementation of new innovative assessment tools is much slower. For example project based learning has become popular as a teaching technique, however, the assessment tends to be via traditional reports. This paper reports on the implementation and evaluation of using website development…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Web Sites, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Purzer, Senay; Fila, Nicholas; Nataraja, Kavin – Advances in Engineering Education, 2016
Quality assessment is an essential component of education that allows educators to support student learning and improve educational programs. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current state of assessment in engineering entrepreneurship education. We identified 52 assessment instruments covered in 29 journal articles and conference…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Entrepreneurship, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation