scholarly journals A measured educational experience developing creativity with graduate and undergraduate engineering students

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Morinc ◽  
Jean-Marc Robert ◽  
Liane Gabora
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Creative Performance ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Design Assessment ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Before And After

Creative and innovative people are recognized for their contribution to society’s wellbeing. Engineers are often called upon to produce innovative ideas and thus participate in the improvement of their organization’s products, services, and processes. Not aiming at educating specialists with a degree in creativity, we nonetheless believe future engineers could benefit from a deliberate development of their creative abilities. However, building an effective and valid course to develop participants’ creativity is not without challenges.This paper describes an innovative cognitive approach to enhance creativity as well as the pedagogical strategies underlining a creativity course for engineering students. It also presents the pre-post results measured with a revised version of the CEDA (Creative Engineering Design Assessment). We evaluated the creative performance of 59 students before and after a 45-hour creativity course. Quantitative data shows statistically higher numbers after the course than before. Qualitative data provides further evidence of the course’s relevance and effectiveness.We conclude that students’ creativity can be increase and that the course enables a better understanding of creativity and how to foster it.

The Use of Qualitative Data Analysis for the Evaluation of Design Ethnography Training Among Undergraduate Engineering Students

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather L. Lai ◽  
Tara Eaton
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Qualitative Data Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering

Abstract While qualitative data analysis (QDA) is an established method in education research, QDA is less common in engineering research and may be a challenge for engineering faculty not formally trained in qualitative methods to apply it in engineering education. The following describes the collaborative effort between an engineering design instructor and an anthropologist who used QDA to evaluate the implementation of design ethnography training in a third-year biomedical engineering design course. In their partnership, the study investigators examined student perspectives regarding design ethnography training and how such training in an engineering curriculum may prepare students for careers in biomedical design. Data for the study consisted of reflective essays (N = 42) that the students completed following two primary exercises dedicated to design ethnography skills training. Investigators input typed and anonymized text files of the student essays into ATLAS.ti X7, a qualitative data analysis software program, for qualitative content analysis. QDA was conducted using the constant comparison method to inductively identify pertinent themes. Throughout the QDA process, the investigators routinely met to discuss, merge and interpret themes as needed. Upon the finalization of themes, researchers re-reviewed the data using the finalized codebook (a list of themes and their definitions) for coding reliability. This regular contact was invaluable for the engineering instructor, providing instruction on the process necessary for proper application of QDA. The unique partnership between investigators offered the engineering design instructor the opportunity to evaluate engineering student perceptions of a new curriculum implementation in an in-depth manner not commonly attempted in engineering education. Results from the QDA showed that the incorporation of design ethnography skills training into an engineering design curriculum increased student awareness of the value of ethnography in understanding user environments while offering engineering students the opportunity to develop better observation skills. This study was successful not only in demonstrating efficacy of design ethnography training among undergraduate engineering students, but it also serves as an example of how QDA may be applied by engineering instructors for the evaluation of student experience and work in engineering education.

scholarly journals Psikoeduakasi C4ME Untuk Mengatasi Gangguan Sindrom Pramenstruasi Pada Taruni Militer

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Eunike Setiawati ◽  
Andri Adi Wijaya ◽  
Sri Wahyuningsih
Keyword(s):  
Premenstrual Syndrome ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Military Education ◽  
Health Counseling ◽  
Randomized Design ◽  
Behavioral Techniques ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
The Military

Different situations and lifestyles in the military education academy require the women Navy cadets to adapt to high levels of stress. Stress can potentially disrupt the menstrual cycle and worsen the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) which can reduce their performance as military cadets. This study aims to determine the effect of psychoeducation of Care For Menstruation (C4ME) on overcoming PMS problems in the Navy Academy. C4ME covers health counseling activities that provide information about menstruation and involves interventions based on cognitive-behavioral techniques to cope with PMS symptoms. This quasi-experiment used non-randomized one-group pretest-posttest design. Fifteen women Navy cadets were recruited. Quantitative data were collected using questionnaires of knowledge and attitude towards menstruation and were analyzed using a parametric statistical t-correlated sample. Qualitative data were collected from interviews before and after the intervention and were analyzed using a content analysis. The results show that C4ME psychoeducation is effective in increasing knowledge of menstruation (p = 0.01), changing participants' attitudes toward menstruation being more positive (p <0.01) and decreasing the symptoms of PMS experienced by participants.Keywords:  C4ME Psychoeducation, premenstrual syndrome, women navy cadet Abstrak: Perbedaan situasi dan gaya hidup di akademi pendidikan militer menuntut para taruni Akademi Angkatan Laut (AAL) untuk beradaptasi dengan level stres yang tinggi. Stres berpotensi dapat mengganggu siklus menstruasi dan memperparah gejala sindrom pramenstruasi (PMS) yang dapat menurunkan produktifitas taruni. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh psikoedukasi Care For Menstruation (C4ME) dalam mengatasi masalah PMS pada taruni AAL. Program psikoedukasi meliputi kegiatan penyuluhan kesehatan dan intervensi dengan teknik kognitif-perilaku untuk mengatasi gejala PMS. Metode kuasi-eksperimen dengan non-randomized design one-grup pretest-posttest digunakan. Partisipan penelitian adalah lima belas orang taruni AAL. Data kuantitatif tentang pengetahuan dan sikap terhadap menstruasi diukur menggunakan kuesioner, sedangkan data kualitatif diperoleh melalui wawancara sebelum dan sesudah dilakukan intervensi. Data kuantitatif dianalisis dengan statistik parametrik t-correlated sample, sedangkan data kualitatif dianalisis menggunakan analisis konten. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa psikoedukasi tentang menstruasi efektif dalam meningkatkan pengetahuan (p=0,01), mengubah sikap partisipan menjadi lebih positif terhadap menstruasi (p<=0,01), dan menurunkan gejala PMS pada para taruni.

scholarly journals The Affect Of The Asean China Free Trade Agreement (Acfta) On The SME’s Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Wisnu Panggah Setiyono ◽  
Dewi Andriyani ◽  
Boy Isma Putra
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Paired Samples ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Before And After

This research is aimed to analyze the influence of ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) on the financial performance of SMEs in Sidoarjo. The financial performance of SMEs in this study was measured by the level of sales comparation between the period before and after ACFTA. This research applied mix method technique with squids mixed method strategy, especially sequential explanatory strategy. It is a strategy for the researchers to combine the data that was found from one method with the other method. The steps were begun with the researcher collecting the quantitative data by performing different test or Paired samples T-test then continued with collecting the qualitative data by doing library research. The results show that  there are significant differences in financial performance; first, it is seen from the sales between before and after ACFTA, and second,  it is proven that  that the existence of ACFTA significantly affects the sales rate of SMEs.

Collaborative Information Behaviour of Engineering Students

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasser Saleh ◽  
Andrew Large
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Information Behaviour ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering

Collaborative information behaviour is an emerging area in information science that studies when two or more actors identify, seek, search, and use information to accomplish a task. This paper reports on a recent research investigating the collaborative information behaviour of undergraduate engineering students in the context of engineering design group projects.Le comportement informationnel collaboratif est un sujet émergent en sciences de l’information qui s’intéresse aux moments où deux acteurs ou plus cherchent, repèrent, sélectionnent et utilisent l’information pour accomplir une tâche. Cette communication présente une étude récente sur le comportement informationnel informatif des étudiants en génie dans le contexte de projets de groupe en conception technique.

Initiating Development of a Concept Inventory for Engineering Design

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey R. Mountain
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Design Concept ◽  
Concept Inventory ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
Fundamental Understanding

It has been stated that the topic of design is not conducive to assessment by concept inventory. While design problems are more ambiguous than problems in analytical subjects, such as physics, statics, or thermodynamics; the broader design education community of scholars might agree on a set of concepts that are essential to the fundamental understanding of design. Following a review of textbooks, industry interviews, and other literary sources, this paper will propose a set of commonly accepted overarching concepts that might form a nucleus of an engineering design concept inventory. This is intended primarily to initiate a dialog among the design engineering education community about the future development of a design concept inventory and it’s applicability in assessing the design content knowledge of undergraduate engineering students prior to entering the profession as graduate engineers.

scholarly journals Training Model for Attacking in Football of 16 Years Old

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-18
Author(s):  
Valentino Hary ◽  
Bahtiar Firdiansyah
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Exercise Program ◽  
Training Model ◽  
P Value ◽  
School Students ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Small Test ◽  
The Difference

The aim of this research is to produce a training model for attacking football and also to refute its effectiveness for children aged 16 years. As for the steps in developing the research, the Borg and Gall steps involved 15 subjects for the small test and 60 for the large test. Qualitative data were obtained from observations, documentation and interviews; meanwhile, for the quantitative data using the effectiveness test. The trial of this study used pre and post tests with 10 opposing criteria. In mathematical calculations the significance of the difference t-count = -28.971, db = 43 and p-value = 0.00 <0.05, which means it contains significance before and after giving treatment. It can be concluded that the model is applied effectively to improve the ability for attacking amongst school students aged 16 years. Thus, representing the differences in motor skills highlights the principle of specificity for attacking training at the age of 16 must be considered that the load of portions in the exercise program can be maximized.  

International Trends in Engineering Design Education—A Partial View

1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 540-545
Author(s):  
A. Bar-Cohen
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
International Trends ◽  
Engineering Design Education ◽  
Partial View ◽  
Developed Nations

Approaches to engineering design education in several developing and developed nations are reviewed and found to suggest widespread recognition of the need for early and frequent student exposure to the pragmatic and often controlling aspects of mechanical system design. In this context, it appears that the undergraduate engineering program at most U.S. Universities may not contribute to the ability of engineering students to pursue successful careers in engineering innovation and design.

scholarly journals The Increasing Importance of the e-Health System after the COVID-19 Outbreak with New Healthcare Expectations

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-91
Author(s):  
Zerrin Gamsizkan ◽  
Abdulkadir Kaya ◽  
Mehmet Ali Sungur
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
New Period ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The New Period ◽  
New Situation ◽  
Rapid Transformation

Aim: The health system is undergoing a rapid transformation with the constantly developing world. The Covid-19 pandemic that threatens humanity seems to change the health system as in every field. The study aimed to determine the use of the e-Health system before and after the pandemic and how health services have changed after the pandemic. Methods: The study was designed with a mixed method that includes analysis of qualitative and quantitative data. The quantitative data of the study were collected with the help of a questionnaire before the pandemic. Qualitative data acquisition and analysis were carried out after the pandemic. Results: According to the results of the study, the rate of participants who did not use the e-Health system before the pandemic was 73.5% (n=155). When asked about the reasons for not using the e-Health system; 43.2% of the participants (n=67) stated that they did not need it, 28.4% (n=44) were not aware of the system and 28.4% (n=44) stated that they did not know how to use the system. According to the qualitative data results, five main themes were obtained after the Covid -19 outbreak. The themes were; getting health information and guidance remotely during the pandemic is the best alternative, creating a sense of trust, compliance with the new situation, expectations from the health system in the new period, and expectations for guidance in accessing e-health information. Conclusion: The most important result of this study, the increase in the use of distance health and e-health, seems to be the framework of the new health service. When the results are read in this context, it can be predicted that a large share of the investments in the field of health will be shifted to digital health systems. Keywords: e-Health, digital health, COVID-19, expectations, pandemics

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