Usage of combinatorics for the construction of meaning and mathematical thought development in first semester engineering students

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 3599-3605
Author(s):  
Orlando Garcia Hurtado ◽  
Roberto Manuel Poveda Chaves ◽  
Claudia Suarez Pardo
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Mathematical Thought ◽  
Construction Of Meaning

First-Year Engineering Students’ Conceptualization of Entrepreneurial Mindset

2021 ◽  
pp. 251512742110292
Author(s):  
Darby R. Riley ◽  
Hayley M. Shuster ◽  
Courtney A. LeMasney ◽  
Carla E. Silvestri ◽  
Kaitlin E. Mallouk
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
College Student ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Multidisciplinary Design ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Semester ◽  
First Year College ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Reflection Prompts

This study was conducted to examine how first-year engineering students conceptualize the Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) and how that conceptualization changes over the course of their first semester of college, using the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)’s 3Cs as a starting point. Students enrolled in an introductory, multidisciplinary design course responded to biweekly reflection prompts on their educational experiences (either in high school or as a first-year college student) and related this experience to one of the 3Cs of EM: Curiosity, Connections, or Creating Value. Results indicate that students’ conceptualization of the 3Cs often align with definitions of EM from KEEN, as well as foundational works in the entrepreneurship field, and that their interpretation of each of the 3Cs does change during their first semester in college. For instance, students were less likely to write about curiosity and more likely to write about creating value at the end of the semester compared to the beginning.

scholarly journals Evasion of Industrial Engineering students of FT/UFAM

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 551-564
Author(s):  
Jéssica Barbosa Da Silva ◽  
Jonas Gomes da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Industrial Engineering ◽  
Electronic Questionnaire ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Vocational Orientation ◽  
The University ◽  
E Mail

The undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering at the Faculty of Technology (FT) of the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) completed 15 years in the first semester of 2019. During this period, enrolled 837 students, of which 238 (28%) have already graduated, 335 (40 %) continue to study and 263 (32%) have left the course. Given this percentage of dropout and the need to research more about the topic, this article aims to investigate the main causes of abandonment in this course in order to propose strategies to minimize the problem. The method used was the Survey, which applied a five-part electronic questionnaire sent to 203 dropout students who had e-mail. After analyzing the answers of 39 (19.21%), it was concluded that most students did not receive vocational orientation before joining the University and the main reasons that influenced the students to quit the course were the didactic-pedagogical deficiency of the teachers, the difficulty in conciliating study and work, and the course did not satisfy their expectations.

scholarly journals Value-added model of basic mathematics-physics training in engineering students

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 528-536
Author(s):  
Henry de Jesús Gallardo Pérez ◽  
Mawency Vergel Ortega ◽  
Marling Carolina Cordero Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Physics Courses ◽  
The University

The added value in education refers to the contribution that the educational institution effectively makes to student learning, expressed as the growth in knowledge, skills and abilities, in a period of time, as a result of their educational experience. The objective of the research is to determine the added value of the academic work of the Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander in the development of physical- mathematical thinking in engineering students and the estimation of a mathematical model that allows its valuation. In model allows analyzing the trajectory of the group of engineering students who entered in the first semester of 2018 and involves endogenous and exogenous variables associated with the process. The research is framed in the quantitative paradigm, descriptive, multivariate and correlational. We work with two types of data, the secondary data are constituted by the students’ grades in 2018 and 2019, this information may present biases because they are different courses with different teachers, however, it allows to see the evolution of students in calculus, statistics and physics courses. Primary data were obtained from a test applied in 2018 and a similar test applied in 2019, graded using item response theory. Results were compared and differences were evaluated to estimate the contribution effectively made by the university.   

Constructionist Prototype Programming in a First Semester HCI Course for Engineering Students

2014 ◽  
pp. 50-71
Author(s):  
Jacob Nielsen ◽  
Gunver Majgaard
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Design Processes ◽  
First Semester ◽  
User Centred Design ◽  
Multiple Interfaces ◽  
Programming Tools ◽  
Learning Capabilities

How can we merge interactive design processes and the development of interactive prototypes for first-semester students without prior programming experience? The authors provide a selection of relevant contructionism-inspired programming tools and provide indications on how one of them can enrich a user-centred design project for first-semester software and IT engineering students. They do this by describing the experiences from two runs of a HCI course and the concurrent semester projects. The students developed interactive touch-based learning apps for children in the fourth to sixth grade using App Inventor. Most of the project groups managed to do three iterations of specifying requirements, doing conceptual design, physical and interactive prototyping, and user evaluation. The groups implemented quite complex programs with multiple-screen switching, multiple interfaces, media such as pictures, animations and sound, database connection, Web-server connection, and integrated sensors, such as camera, accelerometer, etc. The students did a lot more project iterations and spent more time on the creative designs in real-life situations than the authors expected. This also allowed for the students' professional reflections on their prototypes, usability, interaction, and the design processes. All in all, this gave them a more profound real-life experience in the user-centred design process. The authors compare the two runs and suggest how to introduce contructionist prototype programming in a HCI course curriculum and conclude that contructionist programming tools can be a valuable addition to the teaching of HCI, and they suggest that further research should be conducted to explore how to best integrate these tools in order to optimize the students' learning capabilities.

scholarly journals Preparatory Mathematics Course for Non-Traditional Engineering Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Kälberer ◽  
Cornelia Böhmer ◽  
Katrin Tschirpke ◽  
Brigitte Petendra ◽  
Eva Maria Beck-Meuth
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Traditional Students ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Study Phase ◽  
Study Program ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Non Traditional Students ◽  
Preparatory Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Course

This paper reports the concept of a preparatory mathematics course for non-traditional students in electrical engineering, and its evaluation. The blended-learning course is part of the initial study phase smoothing the transition to learning at university level. The instructional design of the preparatory course is aligned with that of the Bachelor’s study program. However, it takes place prior to the beginning of the first semester. The initial phase additionally encompasses the whole first semester with different courses meant to help students getting ready for studying. Prospective students indicated that they needed to refresh their knowledge in mathematics. Thus, a preparatory mathematics course was given priority. This course serves several purposes: Students get an impression of the requirements in mathematics necessary for the study program; they refresh their basic knowledge; they make themselves familiar with self-organized learning and the blended-learning concept of the program. Design and implementation were evaluated with a questionnaire at the end of the course and after the first semester. The results show that the course is an appropriate instrument prior to engineering studies in order to prepare and support non-traditional students. In the conclusions potential for improvement is identified.

scholarly journals Pretesting on the First Semester Engineering Students in UKM: Does It Make Difference?

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
Nur Arzilah bt Ismail ◽  
Fadiah Hirza Mohammad Ariff ◽  
Izamarlina Asshaari ◽  
Haliza Othman ◽  
Zulkifli Mohd Nopiah
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
First Semester

scholarly journals Needs Analysis for Informatics Engineering Students as a Basis to Develop Teaching Materials on English for Specific Purposes

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-67
Author(s):  
Kadek Yogi Susana ◽  
Agus Ari Iswara
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
The Subject

This research aims is to find and describe students' needs for ESP and find out students' perceptions of ESP teaching that has been running. This research is a descriptive research with a qualitative approach. The subject of this research was the first semester students of Informatics Engineering of STMIK STIKOM Indonesia. The data collection was done using online questionnaire on google form application. The data obtained were then classified so that the needs of Informatics Engineering students on English learning can be identified and then be described. The results of this research can be used as a reference for subsequent research, namely syllabus planning and the development of teaching materials of ESP. Referring to students awareness of the importance of speaking skill and the also the need of having grammar lessons as basis for their practical competence, it is a task for ESP lecturer to apply teaching strategies which are interesting, motivating and engaging to cover both areas in equal portion.

scholarly journals Student Responses to a Tough Early Assessment: A Useful “Kick up the Bum”?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Wilson ◽  
Kate F Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Diagnostic Assessment ◽  
First Year ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
High Failure Rate ◽  
Early Assessment ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
First Semester ◽  
The Right ◽  
Depth Interviews

First year is a delicate time for students. Many have little idea what to expect of university, and their sense of identity as tertiary students is fragile. A diagnostic assessment early in first semester may reassure students that they have chosen the right path. However, some academics, particularly in engineering, argue that this early assessment should be very demanding – so tough, in fact, that some students fail - in order to alert students to the hard work required to pass the course. This study uses a mixed methods design (weekly surveys and in-depth interviews) to explore the effects of a purposefully tough early assessment on first year engineering students at an Australian university. We find that, across the cohort, the high failure rate was not associated with a significant slump or spike in motivation. Although some students were initially dismayed by their results, most went on to address their study with resilience, and appreciated the “kick up the bum”, as they described it.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTING SUGGESTOPEDIA LEARNING METHOD IN DEVELOPING WRITING ABILITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Epigram ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-31
Author(s):  
Juvrianto Chrissunday Jakob ◽  
Ahmad Nusi ◽  
Hindri Febri Ana Sari
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
T Test ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
Quasi Experimental

ABSTRACT This present research conducted in Civil Engineering Department and reports the implementation of Suggestopedia Learning Method in developing students’ writing ability. The objective of the research was to find out whether or not the first semester of TKJJ Study Program in Civil Engineering Department of Politeknik Negeri Ambon can develop their writing ability through Suggestopedia Learning Method. A quasi-experimental design as a part a quantitative research employed in this study. The dates obtained through the Pretest and Posttest. The sample was using cluster random sampling. Based on the result of observation, it concluded that: The result of the data analysis showed that the teaching through suggestopedia improved significantly the writing ability of the first semester of TKJJ Study Program in Civil Engineering Department of Politeknik Negeri Ambon. It was proved by the mean score on pretest was 47.077 and the posttest was 79.35. In addition, after analyzing the data by using the test formula, the result of t-test value was 3.746 and t-table value 1,684. It means that the t-test value was greater than t-table value it indicated that H1 was accepted and H0 was rejecting. Therefore, the hypothesis of the research is the students’ writing ability that was taught through Suggestopedia Learning Method was better than the students who were taught through conversation method.  

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