The ability to apply mathematical concepts and procedures in relevant contexts in engineering subjects sets the fundamental basis for the mathematics competencies in engineering education. Among the plethora of digital techniques and tools arises a question: Do the students gain a deep and conceptual enough understanding of mathematics that they…

THE FIELD OF ANALOGIC, OR ICONIC, SIGNS WAS EXPLORED TO (1) DEVELOP AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND (2) PREPARE AN ANALYSIS OF THE SUBJECT AREA. THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY WAS LIMITED TO ONLY THOSE COMPONENTS OF MESSAGES, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, AND COMMUNICATIVE STIMULI THAT CAN BE DESCRIBED PROPERLY AS ICONIC. THE AUTHOR BASED THE STUDY ON A…

Technology, software, and design activities that have been used to create presentations for a class in visual literacy taught to graduate students in the instructional technology program of Northern Illinois University are described. In the past, the language of visuals was introduced through a slide and tape produced for the class. An additional…

Illustrates how a computer software symbolic-processing program can be easily incorporated into an advanced undergraduate microeconomics course. Symbolic-processing programs are relatively sophisticated software packages that combine numeric, symbolic, and graphic computation in a single unified computing environment. Includes examples of…