Contribution: This research explores the effectiveness of a proposed teaching strategy in blockchain education, finding that it enhances learning outcomes, cognitive well-being, and student engagement in tertiary education, ultimately resulting in a shallower learning curve for STEM knowledge. Background: In the context of Industry 4.0, blockchain…

Electronic industry is an economic pillar in China. Due to the Moore's Law, the industry requires continuous development and innovation. In order to achieve these goals, the cultivation of electronic application-oriented undergraduate is essential. However, at current, the innovative educational concepts and teaching methods are lagging behind so…

Humans have become the most dominant animal on the planet. They have adaptations providing advantages over other animals. They have even out competed other species in their own genus. Humans have opposable forefingers and thumbs for superior dexterity, very large brains for intelligence, walk upright with bipedal locomotion to cover distances more…

Innovation has been an important aspect of economic and scientific success in the United States for decades. Hobday, Coffey, Saalfeld, and Colwell (2011) suggested that, in order to produce innovative ideas, one must have a design-thinking mentality. This article provides the readers with an example of brainstorming techniques that have been…

Engaging the digital natives isn't as daunting as one thinks. This article describes how three classrooms do it. One of these is in Brevard Public Schools in Viera, Florida. Pete Episcopo, the digital-media artist of the school, wanted to share his love of all things digital and teach essential 21st-century skills so students could be better…

The objective of the Industrial Arts Curriculum Project (IACP) was to develop, refine, and institutionalize a new and relevant 2-year junior high industrial arts program. The study focused on "industrial technology," the knowledge of management, production, and personnel practices used by men to produce goods to satisfy their needs…

Traditional and novel uses of enzymes and microbes in the baking, brewing, and dairy industries are described. Cheese, yogurt, baking, brewing, vinegar, soy sauce, single-cell proteins, enzymes, food modification, vanilla, citric acid, monosodium glutamate, xanthan gum, aspartame, and cochineal are discussed. Industrial links with firms involved…

The simplification of selected technologies for instructional use involves the five steps of selection, delimitation, venture analysis, prototype development, and dissemination which are outlined here for numerous products and processes. (MU)

Describes components of Kolb's learning styles model and the results of administration of Kolb's Learning Style Inventory to 52 industrial technology students. Matches teaching activities to styles and advocates a balanced instructional delivery system. (Contains 19 references.) (SK)

This manual on current building materials technology and selling, together with a separate answer key for the self-study assignments, contains detailed product information purchased from The Retail Lumber Dealers Foundation of Rochester, New York, teaching guidelines, behavioral objectives, and occupational information. Developed by means of a…

Advocates alternatives to lectures for developing hands-on, interdisciplinary industrial technology practitioners. Discusses the efficacy of contextual methods such as cooperative, cross-functional, and experiential learning. (Contains 24 references.) (SK)

Two approaches to teaching college algebra were evaluated to determine their effectiveness in achieving the objectives of college algebra in the industrial technology curriculum. The null hypothesis of no significant difference in the effectiveness of the traditional approach to teaching college algebra and an experimental approach was…

Man's technology may be the determining factor of his future society. (GB)