scholarly journals Forecasting Construction Engineering Students’ Learning Outcomes by Means of Computational Pedagogys

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-500
Author(s):  
Juriy A. Tashkinov
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Optimal Time ◽  
Construction Engineering ◽  
Modern Computer ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Civil Engineers

Introduction. The prediction of learning outcomes plays an important role in professional training of the future civil engineers. The relevance of the article lies in the lack of a unified approach to predicting the formation of basic professional competencies among students of civil engineering universities. The purpose of the article is to describe the creation of a technology for predicting the formation of professional competencies of future civil engineers using modern computer technologies. Materials and Methods. The study was carried out on the basis of the results of the analysis of publications on the creation of social and pedagogical forecasts by computer methods, followed by the construction of “competence-based profiles”. To study the problem, empirical information from the results of passed examinations, tests performed by students of the academic programme 03/08/01 “Construction engineering” (102 students) was analysed. The data were presented in a 3D OLAP cube format. Results. As a result of the research, the author has created a step-by-step technology for quantitative forecasting of the formation of general professional, professional and universal competencies of future civil engineers, in accordance with the educational standard. A competence-based profile of a student enrolled with the construction engineering university has been built. Donbass National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture served as experimental facility. The analytical tool “Competence calculator of a future civil engineer” was developed. The optimal time for forecast development was revealed: making a forecast at the early stages of training while maintaining suf ficient accuracy. Discussion and Conclusion. The results of the study open a new theoretical direction in the study of the influence of various factors on the results of pedagogical forecasting: identifying the dynamics of achieving each of the educational results in each of the academic semesters; study of factors and indicators of the forecast background.

scholarly journals ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS OF CIVIL ENGINEERS IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 568-584
Author(s):  
Inna Khyzhniak ◽  
Vasyl Kravets ◽  
Larysa Lysak ◽  
Vita Hryhorieva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
General Education ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
Civil Engineers

In the context of the man-made burden on the natural environment, the issues of developing civil engineering students’ environmental awareness are important and particularly relevant to low environmental security countries, which include Ukraine. The authors emphasize the need for broad implementation of the Concept of Sustainable Development in professional training of civil engineering students, determine the level of their environmental awareness, compare the levels of formation of environmental awareness components, and pursue to identify effective ways to environmentalize engineering training. The study involved the students of Donbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture. The authors selected the semi-structured questionnaire method combining rating, Likert and importance scales, alternative and unstructured questions, as well as elements of the Azapagic and the Naturafil techniques. The results did not prove the formation level of the civil engineering students’ environmental awareness to be unsatisfactory. It was also found that the civil engineering students have steady environmental beliefs and are willing to comply with environmental norms in their activities. This fact brought the authors to the conclusion that the current practice of higher technical education in Ukraine takes account of sustainable development. The level of the civil engineering students’ environmental knowledge was also determined as sufficient, while their environmental activity and environmental management skills were seen as low. According to the authors, the use of integrated and practice-oriented approaches to teaching professional subjects and the introduction of environmental topics into general education subjects will contribute to strengthened environmentalization of professional training of civil engineers. Keywords: civil engineer, environmental awareness, higher school, sustainable development, technical education

English for Civil Engineering. Student's Book. Part II

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ionela Ionitiu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Professional Certification ◽  
Topic Area ◽  
Authentic Texts ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Engineering Environment ◽  
Civil Engineers

The textbook is a compilation based on the authentic texts adapted from websites and magazines (USA, UK, Canada) and is intended for civil engineering students. One of the aims of this project has been to develop materials both for testing the foreign language competence of civil engineers and for teaching them the language that they need to require for their professional certification. I do not assume that my users will have an in-depth knowledge of civil engineering works. Therefore, the units have been devised to help students improve their knowledge and use of English in an engineering environment. Each unit covers vocabulary related to a certain topic area- ranging from basic civil engineering vocabulary to roads, architecture, bridges, types of foundations and so on- and is designed to reinforce and improve their communicative skills.

scholarly journals GEODETIC SURVEYING STUDIES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS AT TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-91
Author(s):  
Nelli Ustinova ◽  
Vello Kala ◽  
Tarvo Mill ◽  
Artu Ellmann
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Modular System ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Optical Theodolite ◽  
Geodetic Surveying

Studies in the Tallinn University of Technology are based on a modular system, where geodetic surveying comprises a self-contained study module in the curricula of all civil engineering specialities. Due to geodetic surveying being taught to all first year students of civil engineering, it serves as a touchstone to test a student's suitability for an engineering specialism. Future civil engineers are taught basic geodetic measurements and how to use optical theodolite, levelling instrument and laser level. The paper gives an overview of geodetic surveying lectures, laboratory classes and field survey camp. Teaching and assessment are based on learning outcomes. Students who have passed the exam are allowed to participate in the summer field survey camp, the aim of which is consolidating the knowledge acquired throughout the year and practising teamwork.

scholarly journals Cloud and Mobile Systems as a Means of Forming Professional Competencies in Economics and Engineering Students

Webology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (Special Issue 04) ◽  
pp. 665-686
Author(s):  
Lyubov Mikhailovna Tyger ◽  
Mikhail Vctorovich Afonin ◽  
Vladimir Dmitrievich Sekerin ◽  
Svetlana Ivanovna Artemyeva ◽  
Anatoly Nikolaevish Andreev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Mobile Systems ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Cloud Technologies

The study is relevant since there is a contradiction between growing requirements for the informational and communicative competence of different students, including the use of cloud-based computer modeling systems, and the insufficient use of cloud technologies in teaching bachelors of economics and technology. The study aims at determining cloud-based systems that are advisable to use as a means of forming the professional competencies of future specialists in economics and technology and developing guidelines for their use. Based on the analysis of various programs, the authors have proved that the most appropriate is the use of specific software in the professional training of future specialists. Scattered software and cloud services need integration based on unified access that a Google account can provide. They also developed a method of using cloud technologies as a means of forming the informational and communicative competence of bachelors of economics and technology. The use of cloud-based information and communication technologies ensures an increase in the level of professional competence of future specialists.

scholarly journals Pedagogical System of Continuous Socio-Ecological Education of the Future University Professor

2021 ◽  
Vol 291 ◽  
pp. 05028
Author(s):  
Amina Niyazova ◽  
Anvar Khuziakhmetov ◽  
Rafis Shaimardanov ◽  
Olga Balina ◽  
Aram Vartanian
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Ecological Education ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Creation

Education is the leading springboard for the formation of an environmentally cultured and educated person who can live and work in today’s rapidly changing society. The environmental crisis and the focus on sustainable development determine the relevance of socio-ecological education in the interests of the Concept of Sustainable Development (1994). The process of professional training of the future professor is based on the Federal State Educational Standard of Pedagogical Education and the professional standard, which defines the universal, general professional, and professional competencies and labor actions of the professor. The lack of special competencies indicates the formation of knowledge, abilities, skills, and experience in the field of socio-ecological education within the framework of general professional and professional competencies. The result of the future professor’s readiness for continuous socio-ecological education of students is determined by the socio-ecological knowledge. The development of socio-ecological knowledge in the conditions of professional training at the university requires the creation of a specific pedagogical system, including forms, methods, technologies, and pedagogical conditions for its development. These conditions include the creation of a socio-eco-oriented educational environment, the integration of formal, non-formal, and informal education, the use of modern digital, information and communication, and educational technologies. The selected components of socio-ecological knowledge: motivational-value, cognitive, activity, and reflexive formed the basis of the experimental study.

scholarly journals Findings from the Assessment of Students’ Learning Outcomes in Engineering Mathematics

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-297
Author(s):  
Chung Lim Christopher KWAN
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Soil Mechanics ◽  
General Description ◽  
Highway Engineering ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Engineering Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Test ◽  
Random Samples

Engineering Mathematics which is one of the core subjects in civil engineering education is designed to equip civil engineering students with a strong mathematical knowledge for solving engineering problems in other courses such as fluid mechanics, soil mechanics, structural mechanics, transportation and highway engineering. The purposes of the present study are to report the findings from the assessment of students' learning outcomes in a mathematics test and to explore the issues related to the misconception and difficulties in the manipulation of the solutions. A total of 136 third year degree students were given a set of four questions related to probability and statistics in a test during the first semester of the academic year 2015-16. The answers provided by students were analysed with respect to their being correct, partial, wrong and void which yielded a general description of students' performance. It was found that only 35% of students could successfully use the integration by parts for evaluating the double integrals in probability related questions. 33% of students had a misconception about the complement of an event when they worked out the probability. In addition, only 38% of students could correctly use the logarithmic function and determine the maximum likelihood estimator from random samples. It was concluded that 60% of students faced with various levels of difficulty in the manipulation of the solutions.

scholarly journals THE PROBLEM OF UPDATING THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL COMPONENT OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (34) ◽  
Author(s):  
K.N GATSUNAEV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Cultural Component ◽  
The University

The article expresses the author's position on the theory and practice of implementing the historical and cultural component of professional training at the university of civil engineering. The principles of formation of this component, the practical experience of its implementation, available to date, as well as problems related to both teaching and the perception of subjects of the historical and cultural cycle by students, have been investigated. New concrete approaches to updating the content and teaching methods of the disciplines "History," "Cultural Studies," "History of World Civilizations" are recommended. The purpose of the article is to investigate the theoretical and practical aspects of the implementation of the historical and cultural component of professional training at the university of civil engineering in order to develop proposals for its improvement and updating. The methodological basis of the study is competent and systematic approaches to managing the quality of professional activities of scientific and pedagogical workers. The results and practical significance of the study lie in the author's recommendations on updating both the content of the taught disciplines of the historical and cultural cycle, and on the methodological improvement of this component. The creation of an innovative educational environment, the introduction of practical-oriented mechanisms and personal-oriented technologies into the educational process meets the tasks of implementing the most complete and consistent process of forming a vocational-oriented and socially active person. Further development of the problem of updating the historical and cultural component of professional training will contribute to the creation of new mechanisms for maintaining the high quality of scientific and educational activities at the university of civil engineering.

scholarly journals Perception Analysis Of PNJ Civil Engineering Students Toward Main Course Using Importance Performance Analysis Method

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-78
Author(s):  
Amalia Amalia ◽  
Muhammad Fathur Rouf Hasan ◽  
Erlina Yanuarini ◽  
Yanuar Setiawan ◽  
Jonathan Saputra
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Study Program

The suitability between expectations and reality of the quality of education students get during college affects students' perceptions of education quality in a study program. Information on the achievement of the implementation of main courses subjects and the teaching and learning process can be used as a basis for evaluating and mapping the gaps between the curriculum and the teaching and learning process with the required competencies. This study aims to determine students' perceptions of core subjects' learning outcomes in the D3 KS and D3 KG Pograms, Department of Civil Engineering PNJ. The method used in this research is the survey method, with purposive random sampling and descriptive analysis approach. Meanwhile, the performance and gap analysis use the Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) method. The results denote that the students' perceptions of the learning outcomes of the main courses of the D3 KG and D3 KS Programs, Department of Civil Engineering PNJ showed promising results. The IPA analysis shows that six of the seven D3 KG Study Program main courses are in Quadrant II, and six of the eight D3 KS Program main courses are also in Quadrant II.

Implementation of the Second-year course in an Engineering Professional Spine

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umar Iqbal ◽  
Deena Salem ◽  
David Strong
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Research University ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
First Year ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Core Courses ◽  
Second Year ◽  
First Time ◽  
Academic Year

The objective of this paper is to document the experience of developing and implementing a second-year course in an engineering professional spine that was developed in a first-tier research university and relies on project-based core courses. The main objective of this spine is to develop the students’ cognitive and employability skills that will allow them to stand out from the crowd of other engineering graduates.The spine was developed and delivered for the first time in the academic year 2010-2011 for first-year general engineering students. In the year 2011-2012, those students joined different programs, and accordingly the second-year course was tailored to align with the different programs’ learning outcomes. This paper discusses the development and implementation of the course in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department.

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