scholarly journals Forensic Investigation on The High Failure Rate of Civil Engineering Solid Mechanics Course

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 227
Author(s):  
Siong Wee Lee ◽  
Mohammad Hazizi Jamal ◽  
Mohd Amran Hasbullah ◽  
Mohd Johan Mohamed Ibrahim ◽  
Shahrul Nizam Mohammad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Failure Rate ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Solid Mechanics ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
High Failure Rate ◽  
Program Outcomes ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Impact

Abstract: The attainment of program outcomes for Solid Mechanic course offered to the Diploma in Civil Engineering students is evaluated. It was found that most of the students were incapable to demonstrate graduate attributes which applying knowledge of mathematics, natural science and engineering fundamentals and the ability to analyse engineering problems. Therefore, this study investigates the impact of physics and maths scores on the students’ performance of solid mechanics. Analysis of the previous results in physics and maths shows that there is a clear link between students’ fundamentals knowledge and the understanding of solid mechanics. Meanwhile, this study also aims to find out the root causes that led to the high failure rate of solid mechanics. A quantitative method was employed and a total of 180 students responded to the survey. Results of survey indicate that most of the students perceived that they had limited time to gain deep understanding of the course and they could not visualise the complex problems in solid mechanics. Majority of the students admitted that they did not manage to solve all questions during their final exam, and they were indeed not well prepared for it. Hence, the problem of high failure rate is feasible to be solved provided both lecturers and students making efforts in striving the success of this course.      Keywords: Solid mechanics, Program outcomes, Failure rate, Problem solving, Applying knowledge

scholarly journals Student Attainment Measurement System in Civil Engineering Undergraduate Programme:

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 191
Author(s):  
Mazlina Mohamad ◽  
Oh Chai Lian ◽  
Mohd Raizamzamani Md Zain ◽  
Balqis Md Yunus ◽  
Norbaya Hj. Sidek
Keyword(s):  
Measurement System ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Program Outcomes ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Outcome Based Education ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Abstract : In ensuring the quality of the offered programs in Malaysia, it is crucial to comply with the long chain of Quality Management processes in obtaining and maintaining accreditation of undergraduate engineering programs. One of the processes is to continually and effectively measure the students’ attainment of program outcomes amid the implementation of Outcome-Based Education. This paper focuses on MyCOPO system, the evaluation of undergraduate bachelor degree engineering students’ attainment measurement system in the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam. A quantitative survey has been conducted to measure academic staff and students’ satisfaction level of MyCOPO implementation in the faculty. This survey has been conducted in line with the university strategy in promoting organisation operational excellence via MyCOPO system, where 47 and 227 respondents were recorded for academic staff and students, respectively. Two sets of questionnaires were designed to determine the impact of the system, the effectiveness on delivery and quality of the system and users’ happiness index. This system is found to be impactful in ease the work, increase the quality and provide satisfaction to related parties. The usage of MyCOPO system is effective and the average rating of happiness index for academic staff and students are 8.2 and 7.2 out of 10 for happiness index, respectively.   Keywords: Attainment measurement system, Civil engineering, outcome-based education, satisfaction.  

A Study on Design of a Breech Mechanism Test-Platform Drive

2010 ◽  
Vol 139-141 ◽  
pp. 1018-1021
Author(s):  
Jia Jun Yao ◽  
Ji Sheng Ma
Keyword(s):  
Failure Rate ◽  
Virtual Prototype ◽  
Prototype Model ◽  
High Failure Rate ◽  
Negative Direction ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Test Platform ◽  
The Impact

The breech mechanism is a very important part of artillery with a high failure rate. It is planned to build a test-platform for the investigation of the breech mechanism. By this test-platform the motion of the breech, while the artillery is shooting, can be simulated as the same. While the artillery is shooting, the energy for the opening and shutting action of the breechblock comes from the impact between the breechblock operating cam and crank, when the breech is returning. But this action of a hugely heavy thing is very difficult to simulate. So the negative direction action is considered, which makes the breechblock operating cam moved to impact the crank. In this paper the virtual prototype model based on ADAMS is used to measure the load etc. of the key-parts of the breech mechanism by simulation experimentations.

scholarly journals The effect of Kahoot on undergraduate student anxiety and confidence when studying statistics

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda J Shaker ◽  
Pamela S Hurst ◽  
Ellen M Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Student Anxiety ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Study Experience ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

Many undergraduate students are required to study statistics, but often struggle understanding concepts, lack engagement, lack confidence, or feel anxious about statistics. Kahoot is a game-based learning platform that can be used to increase student engagement and learning through real-time quizzes. This study aimed to evaluate the use of Kahoot on improving students’ experience of studying statistics in an undergraduate (year 2) course. Pre and post Likert scale questionnaires (including Statistical Anxiety Measure - SAM) were used to collect student responses about their statistics study experience. Questions related to anxiety, confidence, and for the post quiz, additional questions on the impact of Kahoot on behavioural engagement. Post survey results indicate positive changes in students’ perceptions towards studying statistics in terms of anxiety and confidence. Kahoot was shown to have a significant and positive effect on student confidence and was also linked to lowered anxiety. Despite limited data, help-seeking anxiety explained over 50% of variation in final exam performance. Further research is recommended on the effect of Kahoot on student anxiety when studying statistics, particularly as it relates to confidence and performance.

scholarly journals Students’ perception on the Digital Storytelling implementation on Developing the Writing Skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Sektalonir Oscarini Wati Bhakti
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
The Impact

This research tried to explore Civil Engineering students’ perception on the impact of Digital Storytelling strategy on developing the students’ writing skills.  There were 48 participants from two classes in Civil Engineering Department in Politeknik Negeri Samarinda filled out the adopted questionnaires.  The questionnaire was asked divided into two sections.  The sections were the students’ perspective regarding the digital storytelling and the students’ writing.  The results showed that 85% of the students agreed that Digital Storytelling helped them in the process of learning in the class.  They found out that this strategy made them enjoy the class.  And, whilst 88% of the participants agreed that the digital storytelling helped them to write well since they know the elements of writing. The keyword: Perception, digital storytelling, writing skills

The Impact of Direct Competency Testing (DCT)

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey G. Marchetta ◽  
John I. Hochstein ◽  
Teong E. Tan
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Valuable Component ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Program Accreditation ◽  
Competency Testing ◽  
Faculty Survey ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Impact

Direct Competency Testing (DCT) was developed and implemented to measure the ability of mechanical engineering students to correctly solve problems in the fundamental areas for each course in the mechanical engineering curriculum. Almost 10 years since the inception of DCT, an effort is made to assess the efficacy of DCT as a measure of student ability. Qualitative and quantitative assessments are conducted to evaluate the impact of administration, documentation, and evaluation of DCT on students and faculty. Student surveys focus on the perception of competency testing as a component of coursework and whether DCT is a reasonable measure of learning. Faculty survey results yield historical data of student DCT and provide perceptions of the effectiveness of DCT in mechanical engineering coursework. The impact of DCT on program accreditation and the connection to EC2000 criteria are examined. Evidence is provided that competency testing helps instructors assess a minimum threshold above which to evaluate the success of their students and that the majority of students believed DCT was a valuable component of an engineering curriculum. Results are presented to support the merit of continuing and further refining the methods for DCT.

scholarly journals The Impact of Entrepreneurship on Engineering Education

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majed Jarrar ◽  
Hanan Anis
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Engineering schools are integrating entrepreneurship within their curriculum in order to equip their students with the capacity to adapt quickly to technological innovation. The University of Ottawa has developed an entrepreneurship course that is open to all engineering students, and aims to provide them with a hands-on approach to starting and growing a technology start-up. This paper is centred on assessing the students who took this course. The results of the survey analyze the impact entrepreneurship has had on their engineering skillset. This skillset reflects the graduate attributes that the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) expects engineering students to develop. We will observe whether this impact has changed since the inception of this course in 2012 and throughout 5 course cycles. Using the survey results as well as the direct observation during those semesters, we present our analysis on how these outcomes can be replicated in other environments.

scholarly journals COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY IN RELATION TO THEIR STUDY PROGRAM

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Kosić-Jeremić
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Spatial Abilities ◽  
Descriptive Geometry ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Ability Test ◽  
Entrance Exam ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

Descriptive geometry is one of the fundamental subjects in the education of future architects, civil engineers and engineers of geodesy. During the course, certain differences in mastering the teaching material have been noticed, as well as the divergence in performance of students in relation to their study program. In order to analyse these differences more closely, we made comparison of the students achievements at the first and second colloquium and final exam, analyzed the differences in relation to the study program, as well as the impact (correlation) of the entrance exam and the success in the secondary school on the final results in the course. Special attention was paid to the analysis of the results of the architecture students in the spatial ability test in order to determine whether the students of the architecture have more success in the subject of Descriptive geometry, considering that they have undergone certain training of spatial abilities through their preparation for the entrance exam.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Process of Academic Education on Differences in Landscape Perception between the Students of Environmental Engineering and Civil Engineering

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 188
Author(s):  
Andrzej Greinert ◽  
Maria Mrówczyńska
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

As technical and technological progress takes place, there is dissonance between teaching good engineering and technological techniques and respect for the landscape. Engineering students are educated to act as initiators and performers of activities that change space. The purpose of this study is to answer question regarding how the engineering students recognize problems related to shaping the landscape. In the years 2012–2015, surveys were conducted in a group of 274 students of the University in their final year of environmental engineering and civil engineering studies, in order to find the main characteristics related to the problem. Students tended to assess the landscape in a manner determined by their education in natural science—emphasizing the division between the well-shaped natural landscape and the malformed anthropogenic one. There were differences between the groups of students—civil engineering students noticed the qualities of architectural objects and shaped greenery in their perception of the landscape in urban areas more often than the environmental engineering students did. There were no differences in the perception of the landscape in rural areas. The harmonious landscape was described as rural, modern, undeveloped and common. The landscape regarded as degraded was built-up and common. There were no changes in the perception of the landscape resulting from the educational profile among the environmental engineering students. The time has come to change methods of teaching the students of engineering and technical sciences about the landscape. This should result in an improvement in their perception of landscape phenomena.

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