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Jennifer L. Chiu; James P. Bywater; Tugba Karabiyik; Alejandra Magana; Corey Schimpf; Ying Ying Seah – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2024
Despite an increasing focus on integrating engineering design in K-12 settings, relatively few studies have investigated how to support students to engage in systematic processes to optimize the designs of their solutions. Emerging learning technologies such as computational models and simulations enable rapid feedback to learners about their…
Descriptors: Engineering, Middle School Students, High School Students, Building Design
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Martinez, Guadalupe; Perez, Angel Luis; Suero, Maria Isabel; Pardo, Pedro J. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2013
A study was conducted to quantify the effectiveness of concept maps in learning physics in engineering degrees. The following research question was posed: What was the difference in learning results from the use of concept maps to study a particular topic in an engineering course? The study design was quasi-experimental and used a post-test as a…
Descriptors: Homogeneous Grouping, Physics, Evaluation, Teaching Methods
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Jou, Min; Hung, Chen-Kang; Lai, Shih-Hung – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2014
Universities in Taiwan can be divided into two major categories of comprehensive universities and technological universities. Students studying engineering majors in comprehensive universities are often recruited from academic high schools while those in technological universities tend to be recruited from vocational high schools. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, High School Students, Vocational Education
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Pando Cerra, Pablo; Suárez González, Jesús M.; Busto Parra, Bernardo; Rodríguez Ortiz, Diana; Álvarez Peñín, Pedro I. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2014
Many current Web-based learning environments facilitate the theoretical teaching of a subject but this may not be sufficient for those disciplines that require a significant use of graphic mechanisms to resolve problems. This research study looks at the use of an environment that can help students learn engineering drawing with Web-based CAD…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology, Comparative Analysis
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Concannon, James P.; Barrow, Lloyd H. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2009
This is a cross-sectional study of 519 undergraduate engineering majors' self-efficacy beliefs at a large, research extensive, Midwestern university. Engineering self-efficacy is an individual's belief in his or her ability to successfully negotiate the academic hurdles of the engineering program. Engineering self-efficacy was obtained from four…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Ethnicity, Self Efficacy, Engineering
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Concannon, James P.; Barrow, Lloyd H. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2010
This is a quantitative study of 493 undergraduate engineering majors' intentions to persist in their engineering program. Using a multiple analysis of variance analysis, men and women had one common predictor for their intentions to persist, engineering career outcome expectations. However, the best sociocognitive predictor for men's persistence…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Females, Persistence, Academic Standards