Highlights several topics discussed at an Effective Teaching Institute (ETI) attended by engineering educators, including educational objectives, student confidence, feedback, and transfer of learning. (MLH)

Describes a chemical engineering course that combines self-paced methods and lectures. (MLH)

Reports results of a nationwide survey on undergraduate mechanics education. These results are compared with previous surveys to document trends in mechanics education. Areas addressed include degrees granted, courses required, teaching responsibility, quality of teachers and students, subject matter taught, evaluation methods, and teaching…

SUCCEED (Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education)is an 8-campus coalition of engineering schools formed in 1992 under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. In 1997, members of SUCCEED's faculty development and program assessment teams designed a faculty survey of instructional practices and attitudes…

Since Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC 2000) was first introduced as the standard for American engineering education programs, most discussion in the literature has focused on how to assess Outcomes 3a-3k (specific outcomes or abilities engineering students must acquire as defined by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology) and…

Aiming at turning theory of structures into a captivating subject to civil engineering students and at helping them understand the link between the mathematical models and the real structures, a new experience is underway at the Department of Structural and Foundation Engineering of Excola Politecnica da Universidada de Sao Paulo: transparencies…

Tongue-in-cheek suggestions on how, by adopting the methods of private industry, public schools might become profitable corporations. (SP)

Describes four one-term computer engineering courses conveying to the student an overall understanding of hardware, software, logic, computer systems and broad scope of computer technology. (IR)

The first ACADEMOS (Academic Demonstrations) was held during the 1971 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and presented a smorgasbord of demonstrations encompassing many instructional modes, both traditional and avant-grade. (Author/PR)

Testing shows technical students do better working out lab experiments either individually or in pairs rather than in larger groups. Technical Education is a bimonthly supplement to Industrial Arts and Vocational Education. (Editor/GB)

A teaching strategy called personalized system of instruction has been developed in which all elements are carefully chosen and interrelated to maximize student learning. (IR)

Article describes nine He-Ne laser projects which have been successfully carried out by junior and senior electrical engineering students. (IR)

Clarifies and stimulates interest in the concept of the human systems approach; presents a theoretical framework that incorporates systems and subsystems in industrial arts; and suggests an activity for teachers to implement an idea that was stimulated by the theoretical framework and a need in industry. (CT)