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Reeping, David; Grote, Dustin M.; Knight, David B. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2021
Contribution: This article details the potential impacts of a curricular revision at a four-year institution on electrical and computer engineering (ECE) vertical transfer students using Heileman et al.'s curricular complexity framework. Background: The curriculum refresh was prompted by a National Science Foundation funded program called…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Educational Change, College Transfer Students, Curriculum Development
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Reeping, David – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
The framework of threshold concepts has been used across several disciplines in higher education. Although the literature surrounding the identification of threshold concepts and their nature has flourished, their conceptualization has seemingly diverged across disciplinary lines, which should be recognized by educational developers who work with…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, College Curriculum, Engineering, Writing (Composition)
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Reeping, David; McNair, Lisa – Advances in Engineering Education, 2020
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Virginia Tech is in the fourth year of a large-scale change project called "Revolutionizing Engineering Departments" (NSF RED) (Lord et al., 2018). Our project has three interrelated goals: (1) broaden the range of students entering the department, (2) expand the boundaries…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Engineering Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes