Contending that present measures of student gains resulting from changed teaching methods are ineffective, the author proposes on "automated examining machine" that would enable students to monitor their own progress. This system would allow teachers to become friendly consultants instead of bosses or judges. (Author/WB)

Describes using undergraduates as student advisers to free faculty from routine counseling tasks in undergraduate engineering programs at Purdue. Describes how advisers are selected and trained. (Author/DS)

Describes characteristics of the master teacher which include dedication, scholarship, honesty, and service to others. Also describes the challenges, constraints, and rewards of teaching. (DS)

Describes the use of undergraduate teaching assistants in electronic circuits and engineering management courses. Teaching assistants guide discussions and assist in laboratory exercises. Requirements for using teaching assistants effectively, benefits to teaching assistants, and possible problems are also discussed. (DS)

Discusses laboratory investigations designed to allow students to solve problems without using predetermined mathematical formulas. As a result, laboratory problems force students to think. In addition, some students formulate their own mathematical relationships and enhance their understanding of the connection between mathematics and…

Focuses on nontraditional engineering programs in American universities. Data are given that summarize the enrollment trends since the 1960s at Purdue University's Division of Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies (IDE). Discusses the future of the nontraditional engineering graduate in American industry. (SA)

The author comments on the importance of a strong general education for engineers and presents a set of standards for undergraduate instruction. (SA)

Described is the use of an interactive terminal-oriented computing system that has access to files of thermodynamics data. (Author/SA)

Presents a design for a workshop modeled after the engineering design process. A step-by-step approach is suggested for each aspect of the design process. (SA)

The authors describe a career-enhancement program, at Texas Tech University, for students in chemistry or biology who want to enter the field of chemical engineering. (SA)

A review of the literature reveals that standard tests and grades predict academic success, but not necessarily adult achievement. (BB)

As engineers become increasingly responsive to social issues, technology is no longer the only determinant of what they do. Ecological, social, cultural, psychological, and political influences are important considerations, and the changes are moving engineering schools to reconsider basic changes in both the mode and social content of their…

Discusses the effects that participation in a three-two, liberal arts-engineering program has had on a physics department at a liberal arts college. Among the effects are an increase in the number of physics majors and increased enrollments in physics department courses. (MLH)

Explains the nature of the Advanced Astronomy Camp (AAC), which is held at an observatory at the University of Arizona. For one week, students are immersed in doing science and engineering, using modern astronomical equipment under the guidance of scientists and graduate students. (DDR)

Explains that engineering education is in search of a new rationale because of changes wrought by social concerns for the environment at both the local and global levels. Argues that the changes needed are too fundamental and the rate of change too great to be dealt with adequately by adaptation. (DDR)