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.   

Integrated Product Teams at The University of Alabama in Huntsville

2011 ◽  
pp. 68-76
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Turner ◽  
Michael P.J. Benfield ◽  
Dawn R. Utley ◽  
Cynthia A. McPherson
Keyword(s):  
Text Messaging ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Aerospace Engineering ◽  
University Of Alabama ◽  
Senior Design ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
The University ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Product Team

The capstone senior design class in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is taught as a distributed Integrated Product Team (IPT) experience. Engineering students are teamed with students of different disciplines within UAH and with students at universities in other states and Europe. Because of the distributed nature of these teams, the IPT students must use a variety of technologies to communicate. The authors of this chapter found that the students prefer familiar, informal, contemporary forms of communication, including Google Groups/Sites, Skype, instant messaging, e-mail, phone calls, and text messaging for team communication and project management, and reject more formalized forms of communication, even if advanced features are offered. Most importantly, the authors found that the effectiveness of all forms of technology based communication tools is greatly enhanced when the students have the opportunity to personally meet prior to the design semester.

scholarly journals Efektivitas Penggunaan Modul Berbasis Differentiated Instruction untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Pemahaman Konsep Matematika Mahasiswa

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-148
Author(s):  
Triana Harmini
Keyword(s):  
Differentiated Instruction ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Student Characteristics ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Learning Modules ◽  
The University ◽  
Different Characteristics

Teaching material is an essential component of learning. Teaching materials for Calculus courses, especially for the Department of Informatics, remains limited and orients towards a collection of materials and questions that cannot overcome the differences in student characteristics. Therefore, in the form of learning modules that can accommodate variations in student characteristics is a crucial need in teaching material. In this study, the learning module based differentiated instruction was compiled by taking into account the different characteristics of student ability levels. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Calculus learning by using learning modules based on differentiated instruction to students' conceptual understanding of the material of qualities and inequalities of absolute value. This research was experimental research and the subjects were the Informatics Engineering students of the University of Darussalam Gontor, enrolled in the first semester in the academic year 2018-2019. The research instrument was tests of conceptual understanding consisting of short-answer problems given at the beginning and the end of learning. The design of this study used One-Group Pretest-Postest Design and data analysis involved a Wilcoxon test due to the small number of subjects (25 people). The results of the analysis showed that the use of the learning modules based on differentiated instruction effectively enhanced the mathematical conceptual understanding of students.

The Use of Blogs in a Project-Based Learning Context for First-Year Engineering Students’ Teams

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anabela C. Alves ◽  
Ana C. Pereira ◽  
Celina P. Leão ◽  
Sandra Fernandes ◽  
Andre F. Uebe-Mansur
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Industrial Engineering ◽  
First Year ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Development Context ◽  
Project Phases

Abstract The Integrated Project of Industrial Engineering and Management 1 (IPIEM1) is a curricular unit of the first year developed in the first semester of the Integrated Masters degree of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM11) – University of Minho, Portugal. In the 2019’s 1st semester and in the IPIEM1 previous versions, Project-Based Learning (PBL) was usually adopted as a learning methodology. In this pedagogical development context, freshman students develop a project integrating all five courses related to this current semester. To undertake this project, the students work in large teams that comprise nine to ten members. Throughout the semester, each team must accomplish the project phases and tasks. To communicate their progress and results developed during the semester, each team designed a blog. In the IPIEM1 previous editions of PBL of this year in this program, the weblog (blog) digital technology was also adopted, but it was never assessed. Thus, this paper has two main objectives: 1) to evaluate the importance of the blog for the teams; 2) to discuss teams’ engagement during its development, knowing that it would be a part of the assessment method. The survey results revealed that the teams considered the blog useful to keep an update record of the project progress and to stimulate the writing and reflection about project contents. Furthermore, some of teachers’ and students’ considerations showed the need for providing more training and experience in the development of blogs.

scholarly journals Integration of Environmental Management in an industrial and logistic engineer course in Morocco

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
SAFIA LAMRANI
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Technical Aspect ◽  
Industrial Engineering ◽  
Real Case ◽  
Project Approach ◽  
The University

This work describes a real case study of integration of Environmental Management in the training of State engineers in Industrial and Logistics Engineering, from the National Superior School of Electricity and Mechanics (ENSEM) in Casablanca to Morocco. The study focused on the particular aspect of waste management within the university institution. The principle adopted is mainly that of 3R (Reduction; Reuse; Recycling). The project approach was adopted. In addition to the technical aspect, the acquisition, by the engineering students, of managerial and communication skills was made possible thanks to this approach. A multitude of tools inspired by industrial engineering and logistics techniques have been deployed in response to the problems encountered in the field.

Dealing With Student Profile Diversity in an Industrial Engineering and Management Program: PBL vs “Non-PBL”

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anabela C. Alves ◽  
Francisco Moreira ◽  
Celina P. Leão
Keyword(s):  
Management Program ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Industrial Engineering ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Student Profile ◽  
The University ◽  
Transfer Mechanisms ◽  
Pbl Model ◽  
Distinct Approach

The Integrated Master in Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) program has been implementing Project-Based Learning (PBL) for more than 15 years in the first year, first semester. The IEM program is currently attracting students from different programs, using transfer mechanisms, who normally already have passed some of the courses on their original program. Additionally, this program also attracts a number of students already working in some companies. These students are a bit older and their profile is also distinct from that of their fellow colleagues, which enter the university using a regular national ingress process. Thus, distinct situations are identified that demand a different learning approach. The teachers have come-up with one such distinct approach and called it “non-PBL”, since the PBL model is structured in a way that students must have a specific profile, namely, to be first-year IEM student and enrolled a similar set of curricular units. With this in mind, this paper presents these situations, and describes the solution found to address this diversity. The solution must promote similar competences on both PBL and “non-PBL” students. A heavier workload is imposed on the teachers, given that the number of “non-PBL” teams formed can be as much as the number of PBL teams. Nevertheless, the results demonstrate that the “non-PBL” students successfully conclude the first year and that they value the solution proposed, in spite of the difficulties raised with this process.

Personality traits, teamwork competencies and academic performance among first-year engineering students

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuok Ho Daniel Tang
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University

PurposeIt is commonly believed that personality traits determine a person's ability to work in a team and academic performance. However, studies have shown inconsistent results with some personality traits better than the other in predicting students' performance in different academic majors. The purpose of this study is to examine the interrelation between personality traits, teamwork competencies and academic performance among first-year first semester engineering students in an Australian university located in the Sarawak state of Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachThe Individual and Team Performance (ITP) metrics were administered among 189 students to gauge their personality traits as well as self-rated and peer-rated teamwork competencies. The correlations between personality traits and teamwork competencies as well as correlations of both the variables to academic performance were subsequently analyzed.FindingsThis study shows no significant difference between the self-rated and peer-rated teamwork competencies. Adventurous trait appears to negatively correlate with teamwork competencies. This study also reveals teamwork competencies as better predictors of academic performance than personality traits. Commitment and focus show relatively larger effect on academic performance. It can be concluded that commitment is the most significant factor to excel in first-year engineering in the university. Therefore, interventions that promote commitment is crucial to academic performance of the first-year first semester engineering students.Practical implicationsThis study promulgates the development of team competencies which are more crucial to academic excellence than personalities. It is useful for the design of team learning activities which lead to the development of teamwork competencies while improving academic performance. It shows that team activities which reinforce commitment especially and focus secondarily, will have significant positive effect on academic performance of the first-year engineering students generally.Originality/valueWhile most studies in this area examine the correlation between personality traits and academic performance, this study is among the very few that looks into the aspect of teamwork competencies. This study also finds its value in its regional significance as such correlational studies are not prevalent in Malaysia.

scholarly journals Analysis of Learning Motivation in Industrial Engineering Teaching in University of Extremadura (Spain)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 4987
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Sánchez-Barroso ◽  
Jaime González-Domínguez ◽  
Justo García-Sanz-Calcedo ◽  
Francisco Zamora-Polo
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Industrial Engineering ◽  
Fear Of Failure ◽  
Teaching Methodologies ◽  
Homogeneous Groups ◽  
Training Stage ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
High Motivation ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University

Motivational orientations predispose and condition behaviour, and determine the degree of assimilation of concepts by students during their training stage. Knowing them allows professors to conduct their lessons in order to favour maximum achievement for students. The objective of this work is to evaluate the motivation that guides the learning process of Industrial Engineering students at the University of Extremadura (Spain). About three quarters of the students present a high motivation for learning; half of them tend to be result-oriented and less than 10% show a high level of fear of failure. Homogeneous groups were formed based on the level of each dimension, and influential teaching methodologies were discussed. Therefore, it is possible to create a context that favors the acquisition of knowledge by students according to their motivations, and thus achieve maximum academic performance from them. The results shown here may be interesting for the design of promotional activities for SDGs in the university context.

scholarly journals ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND THE LIBRARY - FORGING THAT CRITICAL FIRST LINK

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin M. Perry
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
First Year ◽  
Initial Contact ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Library Support ◽  
The University ◽  
Incoming Students ◽  
Experience Difficulty

Engineering librarians occasionally experience difficulty getting an initial “in,” that all-important first connection with engineering students and faculty. In part, that may be because many do not have engineering degrees themselves. That said, a fundamental question arises- where and how can they make that initial contact? Equally important, how can the goals of the engineering faculty and the Library support one another? Engineering schools usually have a first year course intended to introduce broad aspects of the profession, and to show that Engineering does not exist in isolation. Rather, it interacts with and impacts upon society in a multitude of ways. The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board mandates those same goals, and also requires that students learn to communicate adequately, both orally and in writing, and work effectively as part of a project team. The University of Regina Faculty of Engineering uses two first year classes to begin this process. It is at that point, in the first semester, that a connection between incoming students and the Library starts to be forged.

scholarly journals Die ontwikkeling van ’n opleidingsmikrobeheerder vir nie - elektroniese ingenieurs

1997 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-139
Author(s):  
A. J. Lubbe
Keyword(s):  
Personal Computer ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Communication Protocol ◽  
Control Programme ◽  
Industrial Engineering ◽  
Training Requirements ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
The University

During training of Industrial engineering students at the University of Pretoria it was realized that no suitable micro controller system for the training of non-electronic engineers in the application of micro controllers was locally available. A micro controller system which complies with the unique training requirements of non-electronic engineers was developed. The systems were made availcdyle to the students during training and after two years in use, the design was revised and the deficiencies corrected. A software control programme was developed that combines into one, all the different programmes needed to programme the micro controller Software was also written fo r the controller which handles the communication protocol between the personal computer and the micro controller.

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