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Download full textSouza da Costa, Therezinha; Alberto dos Reis Parise, Jose; Azevedo da Silveira, Marcos; Scavarda do Carmo, Luiz Carlos – 1998
This paper is a report on the teaching experiment conducted in the Introduction to Engineering I course at PUC-Rio's Technical-Scientific Center (CTC) during the two terms of 1997. The idea was to test and develop hands-on teaching methodology as set forth in "Hands-on Teaching and Concurrent Teaching: Relations and Difficulties" (Carmo…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, College Freshmen, Dropout Rate
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Direct linkCase, Jennifer; Jawitz, Jeff – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
It has been proposed that situated cognition theory, in which learning is conceptualized as induction into a community of practice through the activity of legitimate peripheral participation, offers an appropriate theoretical perspective for examining issues of gender in science education. This study critically engages with this proposal by means…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Focus Groups, Chemical Engineering, Gender Issues
