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Fleischmann, Corinna; Nakagawa, Elizabeth; Kelley, Tyler – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
As the National Science Foundation and engineers throughout the world seek to strengthen the future of the engineering profession, the Civil Engineering (CE) program at the United States Coast Guard Academy embodies this initiative with a student focused approach. One course in particular, Materials for Civil and Construction Engineers (CE…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Case Studies, Personality
Novoa, Mauricio – Design and Technology Education, 2018
This article elaborates on design research in a final capstone industrial design studio unit and on the application of outcomes over eight years within a School of Engineering and its recent incarnation as School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics. Research and curriculum innovation linked students to the new global design-driven innovation…
Descriptors: Industrial Arts, Design, Engineering Education, Computer Science Education
Garcia, Oscar N.; Varanasi, Murali R.; Acevedo, Miguel F.; Guturu, Parthasarathy – Advances in Engineering Education, 2011
We analyze and study the beginning of a new Electrical Engineering Department, supported by an NSF Departmental Level Reform award, within a new College of Engineering in the 21st Century and also describe the academic approach and influences of an innovative cognitive-based approach to curriculum development. In addition, the approach taken…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Electrical Occupations, Engineering, Departments
Harris, Michael; Cullen, Roxanne – Innovative Higher Education, 2009
The ability to teach one's self is a critical skill for workers in the 21st century because of the rapidity of change and innovation. To educate students to meet this challenge, we need to re-envision curriculum with the goal of producing graduates who have the ability to complete the transition from novice to expert after graduation and continue…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Expertise, Lifelong Learning, Curriculum Development

Brillhart, Lia – Computers and Education, 1980
Describes computer utilization in the engineering curriculum at a community college, placing special emphasis on meeting the needs of student learning styles. (Author/CMV)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Development

Dixon, Anthony G.; Clark, William M.; DiBiasio, David – Chemical Engineering Education, 2000
Reports the development, delivery, and assessment of a project-based spiral curriculum for the first sequence chemical engineering courses. Technical proficiency of students under the spiral curriculum was equal to or better than that of students under a traditional curriculum. Attitudes toward chemical engineering and teamwork were better, and…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Cognitive Style, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development
Daneshvar, K.; Tranjan, F. M. – 1998
Although in the liberal arts the main concern is comprehensive education, it is generally accepted that an engineering curriculum, while providing the fundamentals, can change continuously to accommodate technological, industrial, and economical interests. Meanwhile, in recent years many new forms of learning have been proposed that are quite…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Engineering Education
Armstrong, Robert C. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2006
A dramatic shift in chemical engineering undergraduate education is envisioned, based on discipline-wide workshop discussions that have taken place over the last two years. Faculty from more than 53 universities and industry representatives from 19 companies participated. Through this process broad consensus has been developed regarding basic…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Undergraduate Study, Educational Change, Futures (of Society)
Brillhart, Lia V. – Engineering Education, 1981
With less time to spend with individual students, teachers of large classes may need course materials that augment texts and lectures. The author discusses what criteria such materials must meet and gives examples from a course in statics. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Science, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Bellamy, Lynn; Raupp, Gregory B. – 1994
This document consists of a workshop presentation on the development of a new engineering science core curriculum at Arizona State University (ASU). Part 1 presents an overview of the project, which was designed to return a true commonality to the engineering science core and increase understanding of fundamental concepts by reinserting design…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Instruction, Competency Based Education
McNeill, Barry W.; Bellamy, Lynn – 1994
This document consists of a workshop presentation on curriculum development, design, specification, and assessment in the engineering classroom. Ten sessions focus on: (1) the format and purpose of the workshop, which is designed to help instructors develop an understanding of the basic principles of curriculum and instruction and the ability to…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Instruction
Vest, Jennifer L.; And Others – 1996
This report summarizes the Engineering Curriculum Transformation Project (ECTP) instituted at the University of Maryland during the 1995-1996 academic year. This initiative focused on facilitating the development of engineering course curricula based on diverse learning styles, more inclusive examples, and the incorporation of diversity and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cognitive Style, College Faculty, Curriculum Development
Lazinica, Aleksandar, Ed.; Calafate, Carlos, Ed. – InTech, 2009
The widespread deployment and use of Information Technologies (IT) has paved the way for change in many fields of our societies. The Internet, mobile computing, social networks and many other advances in human communications have become essential to promote and boost education, technology and industry. On the education side, the new challenges…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Educational Technology, Experiential Learning
Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Crawford, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
For the twenty-seventh year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the National AECT Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Communications, Educational Technology, Mathematics Instruction