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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
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Swope, Kurtis J.; Schmitt, Pamela M. – Journal of Economic Education, 2006
Most studies of the determinants of understanding in economics focus on performance in a single course or standardized exam. Taking advantage of a large data set available at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), the authors examined the performance of economics majors over an entire curriculum. They found that gender was not a significant predictor of…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Majors (Students), Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement