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Ueasiriphan, Tanaporn; Tangkiengsirisin, Supong – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
This paper aims at investigating the effects of a genre-based approach to teaching technical writing to Thai engineers, with a focus on writing work instructions, and the attitudes of Thai engineers toward this genre-based writing. The lesson plan was evaluated by three experts for the appropriateness of teaching technical writing to Thai…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technical Writing, Engineering, Technical Occupations
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Yoon, So Yoon; Diefes-Dux, Heidi; Strobel, Johannes – American Journal of Engineering Education, 2013
The ultimate objective of teacher professional development (TPD) is to deliver a positive impact on students' engagement and performance in class through teacher practice via improving their content and pedagogical content knowledge and changing their attitudes toward the subject being taught. However, compared to other content areas, such as…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Engineering Education, Program Effectiveness
DeChenne, Sue Ellen; Nugent, Gwen; Kunz, Gina; Luo, Linlin; Berry, Brandi; Craven, Katherine; Riggs, April – National Center for Research on Rural Education, 2012
A professional development experience for science and mathematics teachers that included coaches was provided for ten science and math teachers. This professional development experience had the teachers develop a lesson that utilized the engineering context to teach a science or mathematics concept through guided inquiry as an instructional…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Scoring Rubrics, Feedback (Response), Science Teachers
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Hazelton, Pam; Malone, Molly; Gardner, Anne – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2009
Since 2001, the International Institute of Women in Engineering (IIWE) at EPF, Ecole d'ingenieurs generaliste, Sceaux, France, has conducted a 3 week short course for culturally and discipline diverse, recently graduated and final year engineering students. The aim of this course is to introduce young engineers to broad global concepts and issues…
Descriptors: Minicourses, Work Experience Programs, Engineering, Foreign Countries
Merrill, Chris; Custer, Rodney L.; Daugherty, Jenny; Westrick, Martin; Zeng, Yong – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2007
Within primary and secondary school technology education, engineering has been proposed as an avenue to bring about technological literacy. Different initiatives such as curriculum development projects (i.e., Project ProBase and Project Lead The Way) and National Science Foundation funded projects such as the National Center for Engineering and…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Statistical Analysis, Secondary School Teachers, Engineering