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Cheng, Ping-Han; Yang, Ya-Ting Carolyn; Chang, Shih-Hui Gilbert; Kuo, Fan-Ray Revon – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2016
In recent years, many universities have opened courses to increase students' knowledge in the field of nanotechnology. These have been shown to increase students' knowledge of nanotechnology, but beyond this, advanced and applied nanotechnology courses should also focus on learning motivation and scientific enquiry abilities to equip students to…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Scientific Methodology, Handheld Devices, Electronic Learning
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Salleh, Tuan Salwani; Zakaria, Effandi – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2016
The objective of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of a learning strategy using Maple in integral calculus. This research was conducted using a quasi-experimental nonequivalent control group design. One hundred engineering technology students at a technical university were chosen at random. The effectiveness of the learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Calculus, Engineering Education
Ostler, Karl B. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Technical illustration, 3D modeling, and design drafting under the discipline of engineering technology face rapid change and advancements in technologies such that educational leaders must continually anticipate change and make intelligent choices in providing a quality educational experience to adult students. However, how successful program…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Case Studies, Engineering, Engineering Education
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Suvannatsiri, Ratchasak; Santichaianant, Kitidech; Murphy, Elizabeth – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
This paper reports on a project in which students designed, constructed and tested a model of an existing early warning system with simulation of debris flow in a context of a landslide. Students also assessed rural community members' knowledge of this system and subsequently taught them to estimate the time needed for evacuation of the community…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Student Improvement, Emergency Programs
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Katsioloudis, Petros; Fantz, Todd D. – Journal of Technology Education, 2012
In the spring semester of 2010, a materials process course was selected as a means to perform a preferred learning style research study. This course was selected because it contained three groups of students: technology education, engineering technology, and industrial technology. The researchers believed that the differences in the students'…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Cognitive Style, Teaching Styles, Teacher Characteristics
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Ernst, Jeremy V.; Clark, Aaron C. – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2012
Students in introductory engineering graphics courses at North Carolina State University (NCSU) were asked to complete surveys to help educators and administrators understand their attitudes toward learning and their motivation to learn. Analyses of the completed surveys provided the Graphic Communications Program at NCSU with an understanding of…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Learning Motivation, Student Attitudes, Student Surveys
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Hughes, Tim; O'Regan, Nicholas; Sims, Martin A. – Education & Training, 2009
Purpose: Although considerable attention in the extant literature has been devoted to knowledge acquisition and transfer within firms, there is a dearth of research on the effectiveness of outside sources of knowledge for technology-based small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Furthermore, the majority of empirical studies in this area focus on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Small Businesses, Technology Transfer, Information Sources
Cagiltay, Nergiz Ercil; Aydin, Elif Uray; Kara, Ali – Online Submission, 2007
This study aims to find out requirements and needs to be fulfilled in developing remote Radio Frequency (RF) laboratory. Remote laboratories are newly emerging solutions for better supporting of e-learning platforms and for increasing their efficiency and effectiveness in technical education. By this way, modern universities aim to provide…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Laboratories, Technical Education, Needs Assessment
Alden, John D.; And Others – 1972
A report on the present level of engineering salaries is presented on the basis of the Commission's tenth survey among 860 establishments covering 167,225 engineering graduates, about 20 percent of all degree-holding engineers. Two questionnaires are used, one for non-supervisory graduates and the other for those in supervisory positions. Salary…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering Technology, Engineers, Income
Crossfield, Philbert J.; Daugherty, Michael K.; Merril, Chris – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2004
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is a regional examining body that provides examinations for secondary and postsecondary students in Caribbean countries. The CXC administers the mechanical engineering technology examination for secondary students in the Caribbean, which includes Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Jamaica,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tests, Engineering Technology, Teacher Attitudes
Lee, Lung-Sheng; Lai, Chun-Chin – Online Submission, 2004
In comparison with engineering, engineering technology is more practical and purposeful. The engineering technology education programs in Taiwan have been mainly offered in 56 universities/colleges of technology (UTs/CTs) and are anticipated to continuously improve their performance to prepare quality engineering technologists. However, it is…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Engineering Technology, Engineering, Foreign Countries
Babcock, Daniel L.; Eppelsheimer, Daniel S. – 1974
Public Technology has been defined as a technology "explicitly responsive to the policy goals and operational requirements of civil governments." The Council of State Governments found in a recent study that "state universities have a major potential to bring applied science to the service of state governments, and that this…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology, Extension Education
Livieratos, Barbara B. – 1989
In spring 1988, a telephone survey was conducted of students who had been enrolled in Howard Community College's (HCC's) Biomedical Engineering Technology (BMET) program between 1972 and 1987. The study sought to gather information for future student recruitment and program planning efforts. Responses were obtained from 43 (35%) of a potential…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, College Choice, Employment Patterns, Engineering Technology
Oakland Community Coll., Farmington, MI. Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis. – 1991
In 1991, a study was conducted by Oakland Community College (OCC) to evaluate the need for a proposed plastics and composites technology program for design engineers. General information was obtained through a literature search, from the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., the Michigan Employment Security Commission, and interviews with…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Employment Projections, Engineering Technology
Engineers Joint Council, New York, NY. Engineering Manpower Commission. – 1976
The survey is the fifth in a series covering the salaries of engineering technicians, conducted biennially since 1969. The format for salary presentations is maturity curves in which salary is plotted as a function of years of experience, accompanied by the data tables from which the curves were plotted. The survey covers three groups of personnel…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Educational Experience, Educational Status Comparison, Employment Experience
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