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Weber, Karen – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2018
This article examines engineering employers' perspectives on an electronic portfolio for hiring purposes. Eleven employers of engineers viewed one student's electronic portfolio (ePortfolio). To learn the potential for using ePortfolios within the hiring process, hiring managers, human resources directors, and recruiters from the engineering…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employers, Electronic Publishing, Portfolios (Background Materials)
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Odinokaya, Maria; Krepkaia, Tatyana; Karpovich, Irina; Ivanova, Tatiana – Education Sciences, 2019
This paper addresses the problem of the formation of the self-regulation of educational activities of students studying in a technical university. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the problem of the self-regulation of educational activities of students, presenting data from an experimental study of students' self-regulation. Special…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Engineering, Engineering Education, Self Management
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Desai, Niranjan; Stefanek, George – American Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
Student access to the Internet has made it much easier for students to find solutions to traditional homework problems online and thereby has made this traditional assessment method of monitoring student progress and gauging the assimilation of knowledge in engineering and technology courses less reliable. This paper presents an in-class,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Homework, Technology, Tests
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van der Wal, Nathalie J.; Bakker, Arthur; Drijvers, Paul – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
Due to increased use of technology, the workplace practices of engineers have changed. So-called techno-mathematical literacies (TmL) are necessary for engineers of the 21st century. Because it is still unknown which TmL engineers actually use in their professional practices, the purpose of this study was to identify these TmL. Fourteen…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Numeracy, Engineering, Technical Occupations
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Tlhoaele, Malefyane; Suhre, Cor; Hofman, Adriaan – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Cooperative learning may improve students' motivation, understanding of course concepts, and academic performance. This study therefore enhanced a cooperative, group-project learning technique with technology resources to determine whether doing so improved students' deep learning and performance. A sample of 118 engineering students, randomly…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Comprehension, Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning
National Assessment Governing Board, 2013
To what extent can young people analyze the pros and cons of a proposal to develop a new source of energy? Construct and test a model or prototype? Use the Internet to find and summarize data and information in order to solve a problem or achieve a goal? The exploding growth in the world of technology and the need to answer questions similar to…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Technological Literacy, Information Technology, Engineering