Surveyed college representatives from 100 companies (56 percent response rate) to determine relative importance of communication skills (writing, listening, speaking, reading) to practicing engineers and of individual skills within each of these four areas for on-the-job performance. Listening/speaking skills were rated as most important, followed…

Described is an undergraduate course of computer interfacing for scientists and engineers which incorporates the use of digital computers and associated interfacing elements with experiments and special projects performed in an on-line environment in the laboratory. (SL)

Discussed are communication considerations for instructors of undergraduate engineering courses designed to teach students to prepare written technical reports. Illustrated are the differences between "real life" technical writing and classroom writing. (SL)

Described is a "studio" procedure utilized at The University of Michigan for teaching mathematical modeling. (SL)

An experiment designed to train engineering students to two levels of achievement in three-year and five-year programs within a single institution is reported. Organizational and curricular problems created by such integrated schemes are examined. (Author/LBH)

Described is the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' program of continuing education. Included are comparisons between continuing education programs as offered by universities, industry, and professional societies. (SL)

Presented is the view that professional societies should not sponsor professional continuing education courses. (SL)

Described is a program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in which engineering and science students with no education background teach elementary science classes to grades K-5. (SL)

This report describes the background and academic preparation of high school graduates who planned to major in engineering upon college entry, presenting the information by gender and race/ethnicity. Data come from 12 years of research on 750,000 students from the graduating high school classes of 1991-2002 who registered for the ACT Assessment…

This report is based on the analysis of initial interviews with the staff of the Freshmen Learning Community Program (FLCP) staff. FLCP is a pilot program in engineering education that focuses on diversity and cultural change. Data includes structured open-ended interviews and observations of discussion sections and learning program meetings.…

This data brief contains statistics on graduate enrollment of women and minorities in science and engineering. The data is presented in three charts that provide information on the number of graduate students in science and engineering by sex from 1980-96, minority graduate enrollment in science and engineering by race and ethnicity of U.S.…

The Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Development Program of the National Science Foundation supports the development of courses in all disciplines to improve the quality of undergraduate courses and curricula in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. The purpose of the program in Curriculum Development in Mathematics: Calculus and…

The present work has the purpose of showing the evolution of topics or mathematical concepts that are both relevant and with marked grades of abstraction. In this report is specifically described the utilization of metacognitive tools. These include concept maps, the Gowin heuristic vee, and the clinical interview. They are efficient in showing…

This volume, the 14th in a series of monographs on service learning and academic disciplinary areas, is designed as a practical guide for faculty seeking to integrate service learning into an engineering course. The volume also deals with larger issues in engineering education and provides case studies of service-learning courses. The articles…

Although in the liberal arts the main concern is comprehensive education, it is generally accepted that an engineering curriculum, while providing the fundamentals, can change continuously to accommodate technological, industrial, and economical interests. Meanwhile, in recent years many new forms of learning have been proposed that are quite…