Uses extracts from a Learning Activity Package in basic surveying to illustrate the motivating factors found in the audio-tutorial system of instruction. (JR)

Briefly describes a number of laboratory and instructional materials that are commerically available and of interest to engineering educators. (JR)

Discusses the effectiveness of using television and radio spots to attract students' interests in engineering. Indicates that virtually all of the engineering schools reported increases in enrollment after using visual communication programs. (CC)

Discusses the industry's increasing interests in in-house continuing education of employees to avoid technical obsolescence. Included are sample courses, a description of criteria for topic selection, and a summary of the educational techniques used in continuing education programs. (CC)

This survey of engineering freshmen is the fourth of a series of five surveys seeking to determine the characteristics and attitudes of engineering students and the changes in these areas which occur as the students proceed through their first two years in engineering. Thirteen of the original sixteen schools included in the spring 1977 freshman…

This survey of engineering sophomores is the last of a series of five surveys seeking to determine the characteristics and attitudes of engineering students, and the changes in these areas which occur as the students proceed through their first two years in engineering. Fourteen of the original sixteen schools included in the fall 1975 survey were…

This guide is designed to assist engineering teachers in developing an understanding of fluid mechanics in their students. The course is designed around a set of nine self-paced learning modules, each of which contains a discussion of the subject matter; incremental objectives; problem index, set and answers; resource materials; and a quiz with…

Describes a course designed to demonstrate the relationship between design, manufacturing technology, and materials engineering. The course uses a lecture-discussion and laboratory-workshop approach including an analysis of engineering case histories and several service failures. (GS)

Concludes that quantitative requirements for humanities and social science courses in engineering curricula have not significantly changed since 1968, but that the report summarized has encouraged and has resulted in interdisciplinary efforts at a number of schools. Criticizes the report for not stating objectives behaviorally and makes…

Lists authors and titles of papers presented at the Humanities-Social Science Project Workshop at the University of Virginia, 1973, and background papers, all obtainable from the American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, D.C. (See SE 512 799.) (GH)

Experience at Westchester Community College has indicated that a significant percentage of students enrolled in the Engineering Technologies program, and almost all of those enrolled in the Engineering Science program, transferred to four-year institutions. Course work in higher level mathematics, as well as inorganic chemistry and modern physics,…

The central task of the workshop summarized in this report was to examine the relationship of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) aeronautical research capabilities to the state of U.S. aviation and to make recommendations about NASA's future roles in aeronautics. Topics include NASA's role in: (1) aeronautics research and…

This report presents information describing labor market conditions for scientists and engineers, focusing only on those scientists and engineers who hold scientific or engineering (S/E) jobs. The scope of this report consists of an analysis of trends in the seventies, an attempt to identify in a qualitative way some of the factors that underlie…