RELATIONSHIP OF ATTITUDES AND HABITS OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS WITH THEIR MATHEMATICAL THOUGHT

The present generation faces more stress. The present study is aimed to find the relationship of Stress with Academic achievement among engineering students. The target population of the study comprised of students of few Engineering colleges under VTU (Visvesvaraya Technological University). For the study, a sample of 20 Undergraduate students of the Visvesvaraya Technological University (studying Engineering) was taken. The Cohen Perceived Stress Scale was used to measure the level stress among the students. The in-depth investigation of the findings obtained through this study reveals that the level of stress was found high for both Low and High scorers. The findings of the study will be useful in assisting Educators, Counselors, Psychologists, and Researchers to develop strategies to enhance students’ psychological well-being.

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From Intermediates through Eidetic Numbers: Plato on the Limits of Counting

Plato Journal ◽

10.14195/2183-4105_18_9 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 ◽

pp. 111-124

Author(s):

Andy German

Keyword(s):

Mathematical Thought ◽

Discursive Thought ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

Many have argued that Plato’s intermediates are not independent entities. Rather, they exemplify the incapacity of discursive thought (διάνοια) to cognizing Forms. But just what does this incapacity consist in? Any successful answer will require going beyond the intermediates themselves to another aspect of Plato’s mathematical thought - his attribution of a quasi-numerical structure to Forms (the ‘eidetic numbers’). For our purposes, the most penetrating account of eidetic numbers is Jacob Klein’s, who saw clearly that eidetic numbers are part of Plato’s inquiry into the ontological basis for all counting: the existence of a plurality of formal elements, distinct yet combinable into internally articulate unities. However, Klein’s study of the Sophist reveals such articulate unities as imperfectly countable and therefore opaque to διάνοια. And only this opacity, I argue, successfully explains the relationship of intermediates to Forms.

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Entrepreneurial Action and Intention: The Role of Entrepreneurial Mindset, Emotional Intelligence, and Grit

Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy ◽

10.1177/2515127421992521 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 251512742199252

Author(s):

Agnieszka Kwapisz ◽

William J. Schell ◽

Kregg Aytes ◽

Scott Bryant

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Engineering Students ◽

Business Students ◽

Engineering Student ◽

Effective Measure ◽

Entrepreneurial Action ◽

Definition Of ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

Increasing students’ entrepreneurial mindset (EM) is one of the main goals of entrepreneurship education, which is increasingly taught across multiple disciplines. One challenge in EM education is finding an effective measure. In this work, we investigate the Engineering Student Entrepreneurial Mindset Assessment (ESEMA), which intends to measure a broad definition of EM. This paper compares the constructs of the ESEMA to those found in related measures of traits and attitudes using a sample that includes engineering students, business students, and practicing entrepreneurs. In addition to validating the instrument constructs, we explore the relationship between the ESEMA factors and measures of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Grit. Our study confirms that the ESEMA survey loads into the six expected factors. We discover that ESEMA-Empathy and EI-Others’ Emotion Appraisal as well as EI-Use of Emotion and Grit-Perseverance are similar constructs. Additionally, our results show EM-Ideation, EM-Interest, and EI-Use of Emotion to consistently and positively relate to entrepreneurial action and intention while EM-Open Mindedness relates negatively. Overall, our study provides a better understanding of how we can measure students’ entrepreneurial mindset, differences in mindsets across disciplines and between students and practicing entrepreneurs, and the relationship of the constructs measured and entrepreneurial actions and intentions.

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Abstract ID : AIMC-2020-EBM-529 Do Students in Engineering Universities behave like Employees/Co-workers? Exploring Relationship of Islamic Work Ethics and Organizational Behaviors among Engineering Students.

Asia Proceedings of Social Sciences ◽

10.31580/apss.v6i2.1315 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 139-145 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Humayun Sattar ◽

Tasweer Hussain Syed ◽

Afshan Naseem

Keyword(s):

Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽

Engineering Students ◽

Citizenship Behavior ◽

Future Research ◽

Work Ethics ◽

Deviant Behaviors ◽

Research Guidelines ◽

Organizational Behaviors ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

This study explores the relationships between Islamic Work Ethics (IWE), workaholism (WA) and positive and negative Organizational Behaviors (OBs) amongst Engineering Students. Most of the researchers have studied OBs and ethics among faculty or administrative staff in universities. Study of these behaviors among students is a novel area of research. This study proposes an integrated framework of Islamic Work Ethics (IWE), Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB), Constructive and Destructive Deviant Behaviors, and workaholism (WA) with the productivity (CGPA) of engineering students and empirically investigates the relationship between productivity, behaviors and ethics and moderating effect of IWE on the relationship of OCB and productivity of engineering students using Preacher and Hayes Technique. This research makes a number of significant contributions: (1) organizational behaviors are explored among engineering students which were previously studied among faculty members/employees only (2) a model of behaviors, ethics, WA and productivity is prepared using hierarchical regression which was not available in literature. The findings and implications are discussed along with future research guidelines. The findings here are important for practitioners and scholars for better understanding of relationship of OBs, WA and ethics with the productivity of engineering students in order to enhance their productivity through promotion of desired behaviors amongst them.

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Social Capital in the Context of Fitness for Purpose: Do Engineering Students in Africa Possesses the Right Capital?

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering - 2 ◽

10.35940/ijrte.b3971.099320 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 331-338

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Staff Development ◽

Engineering Education ◽

Engineering Students ◽

Quality Criterion ◽

Social Capital Theory ◽

Capital Theory ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

The Right ◽

Relationship Of

Social capital is important as it becomes an imperative as key indices for development and growth of students who opt for engineering education. Engineering educators have important role to play in motivating engineering students with untapped potentials to possess the right capital by creating productive teaching platforms. This paper explored the relationship of social capital on engineering education in addition to students possessing the right capital in their respective course of study. This paper argued that engineering educators should develop students’ social capital within the context of social networks and norms by promoting knowledge-based social capital and its productivity among engineering students. This paper was guided by Social Capital Theory, which lay emphases on the views that student learning should be centred on education invested on human capital and social capital. Specifically, we explore engineering students having the right capital in their study and social capital is a quality criterion that enhances students in possessing the right capital towards EE in Africa. Thus, to address the social capital gaps in engineering education, it suggested that engineering educational curriculum as well as staff development and capacity building should be designed in developing engineering student to possess the right capital in their field of study. A number of educational-oriented recommendations for social capital in engineering education investment were made.

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