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Swab, A. Geoffrey – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study of cooperative learning in post-secondary engineering education investigated achievement of engineering students enrolled in two intact sections of a computer-aided drafting (CAD) course. Quasi-experimental and qualitative methods were employed in comparing student achievement resulting from out-of-class cooperative and individualistic…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Postsecondary Education, Cooperative Learning, Academic Achievement
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Assaad, R. S.; Silva-Martinez, J. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2009
Current methods of teaching basic amplifier design at the undergraduate level need further development to match today's technological advances. The general class approach to amplifier design is analytical and heavily based on mathematical manipulations. However, the students mathematical abilities are generally modest, creating a void in which…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Engineering Education, Engineering, Electronics
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Bohemia, Erik; Ghassan, Aysar – American Journal of Distance Education, 2012
This article explores project-based cross-cultural and cross-institutional learning. Using Web 2.0 technologies, this project involved more than 240 students and eighteen academic staff from seven international universities. The focus of this article relates to a project-based learning activity named "The Gift". At each institution the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Projects, Distance Education, Active Learning