Explains the use of the Web as an advanced calculator using numeric, graphic, and symbolic mathematics interactively with the development of XML-standard MathML. Suggests that the problem of decreasing achievement in mathematics courses can be solved using interactive and personalized documents on the Web and improve the understanding of…

Reports on an exploratory study of the ideas that students in the fourth semester of engineering have about conservation. Reviews the Piagetian position on the importance of conservations in logical operational structures in child development. Discusses the development of conservations in science during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries and…

Presents the Chem-E-Car competition in which students build a small car powered by a chemical reaction. Focuses on a controlled chemical reaction in which the car travels a required specific distance and stops. Requires participants to prepare poster presentations. (YDS)

Identifies the major problems facing engineering education in Nigeria. (Author/KHR)

Examines student use of a prototype networked collaborative design environment to support or augment learning about engineering design. Finds that students use the channels for a variety of activities to increase depth of communication, increase breadth of communication, and overcome technical difficulty. Suggests that students need multiple…

Suggests that the quality status of universities must be evaluated on an ongoing basis, but the evaluation perspectives need to be changed. Interest from the superior's point of view should focus on whether and how departments follow up their quality. Presents a workable model for this type of assessment based on four dimensions. (LZ)

Provides job descriptions, outlines academic preparation, compares personal and job-related factors, and describes operations of a technical team for four occupations: scientists, engineers, engineering technologists, and engineering technicians. (SK)

Considers intervention programs designed to increase numbers and percentages of women and minorities in science and engineering. Suggests that one factor critical in ensuring that stated objectives of intervention programs are accomplished is student ownership. Illustrates this concept by tracing development of Women in Engineering Initiative at…

Provides educators with a baseline of approaches to environmental education for nonenvironmental engineering students. Determines the scope of environmental programs offered as special programs. Analyzes survey responses and makes suggestions for program implementation. (DDR)

Describes engineering technikons of post-apartheid South Africa. Discusses challenges facing technikons: adapting to the country's changing educational environment; awarding of undergraduate and graduate degrees, with the attendant concentrations on research; and improving qualifications of technikon educators. Contains 14 references. (MMU)

Examines why some women choose and continue to pursue careers in science, and which structures and mechanisms within the scientific community provide them with ways to construct identities as legitimate and mature practitioners, and which do not. (Author/CCM)

Asserts that efficient use of technology requires development of a culture of environmental concern. Uses a joint program in Mexico for the preparation of engineering technicians to illustrate the goals, cognitive tools, and operational factors involved in technology-efficiency education. (SK)

Addresses the rationales for study abroad in the sciences and engineering; the demographic patterns in study abroad in science and engineering; the perceived barriers to study abroad in science and engineering; and some recommendations for the development of study abroad programs in science and engineering. (Author/VWL)

Discusses French engineering schools flexibility in the management of their international initiatives, and highlights results of a survey of the international activities of French engineering schools. (Author/VWL)

Presents a cultural history of the creation of women and minorities in science and engineering as a statistical category in the United States. Discusses how narratives about the nation, its problems, and solutions shape policies and programs for the education and training of scientists and engineers. (Author/CCM)