scholarly journals Study on the Influencing Factors on Network-based Autonomous Learning in Mechanical Engineering English

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Wenting Ma
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Autonomous Learning ◽  
Learning Condition ◽  
Teaching Mode

Exploring the influencing factors of network-based autonomous learning is very important for colleges and universities in the world who have adopted this teaching mode in their education system. Many studies have discussed the teaching mode of autonomous learning, but failed to pay enough attention to the factors influencing students learning results. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between the influencing factors and students’ learning results among different levels, and find better teaching method according to students’ learning condition. Mechanical Engineering students in Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology are employed as the data source. A number of data are collected and compared, and an analysis of various factors that influence the achievement of students’ network-based autonomous learning is performed. Data calculation shows that: students from different grades and levels differ in their learning motivations and beliefs; in learning strategies, they have no difference in cognitive stratagem, but in Meta-cognitive strategy and resource management strategies they are different. There are significant positive correlations between students’ intrinsic motivation and belief of resource management, students’ responsibility strategy use; extrinsic motivation and strategy use are a negative correlation, but not significant.

Study on Practical Method of Mechanical Engineering Management Based on Virtual Sandbox Approaches

2012 ◽  
Vol 239-240 ◽  
pp. 1624-1627
Author(s):  
Yu Zhuo Men ◽  
Hai Bo Yu ◽  
Hua Wang ◽  
Liang Xu
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Practical Method ◽  
Engineering Management ◽  
Engineering Project ◽  
Teaching Mode ◽  
Teaching System ◽  
Engineering Project Management ◽  
Practical Teaching

The practical teaching method is proposed based on the comprehensive training, applies virtual sandbox in practical teaching of mechanical engineering project management, and makes detailed researches on the advantages of virtual sandbox applied in project management as well as design of practical teaching system, in order to improve the practical ability on project management of students in major of mechanical engineering; it is shown from the results that the method is capable of effectively helping students strengthening vocational skills under teaching mode of comprehensive training and enhancing their overall quality and practical ability.

Using Articulate Virtual Laboratories in Teaching Energy Conversion at the U.S. Naval Academy

1997 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
The United States ◽  
Naval Academy ◽  
United States Naval Academy ◽  
Virtual Laboratories ◽  
Engineering Department

The Mechanical Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy is currently evaluating a new teaching method which implements the use of a computer software. Utilizing the thermodynamic based software CyclePad, Intelligent Computer Aided Instruction (ICAI) is incorporated in an advanced energy conversion course (EM443) for Mechanical Engineering students. The use of the CyclePad software enhances lectures and aids students in visualization and design.

scholarly journals First-year English Majors’ Use of Autonomous Learning Strategies

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Duong My Tham
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Metacognitive Strategies ◽  
Autonomous Learning ◽  
First Year ◽  
Monitoring Strategies ◽  
English Majors

This study aimed at investigating the frequency of autonomous learning strategies used by 173 English majors at a Ho Chi Minh City-based university. The quantitative data collected from the closed-ended questionnaire were statistically analyzed by means of SPSS 20. The results showed that there were insignificant differences in terms of frequency among three groups, namely cognitive, metacognitive, and resourse management strategies. Statistically, the resource management strategies group achieved the highest mean score (M=3.31; SD=0.59), followed by the cognitive strategies (M=3.29; SD=0.71) and the metacognitive strategies (M=3.27; SD=0.60). Turing to the details, however, the use of strategies in each group varied in degree. As for the resource management strategies, in particular, the strategies concerning learning environment management, internet-based indendendent learning, and peer learning were preferred to the strategies of teacher support and time management, whereas the participants tended to use more rehearsal and elaboration strategies than organization ones in the cognitive strategies and more critical thinking and monitoring strategies than goal setting ones in the metacognitive strategies.   

scholarly journals Mechanical Engineering Students Perceived Speaking and Listening Competence: A Self-Assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 214-216
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
English Language ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
English As Second Language ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Education Delivery

Speaking and listening are the four essential macro skills in English as Second Language (ESL) learning. In recent years, education evaluation has become a vital indicator in assessing the outcomes of the education delivery system. In this study, speaking and listening skills of students were assessed by using the Can-do scales. The scope of the study is confined to undergraduate and postgraduate mechanical engineering students with the aim to evaluate their capability in practicing their English language skills, particularly speaking and listening. The respondents are undergraduate and postgraduate students from Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). A total of 39 respondents were involved in the survey conducted for this study. It is found that respondents have no difficulties if the conversation is regarding basic topics. Nevertheless, respondents have problems to speak when dealing with unfamiliar topics. The outcomes of this study can be utilised to improve students’ English communication skills. In addition, the teaching method can also be enhanced in order to enable students to communicate their subject matter that is engineering in both academic life and future career.

The Learning Styles of Taiwanese Mechanical Engineering Students

2011 ◽  
Vol 418-420 ◽  
pp. 2143-2146
Author(s):  
Chin Min Hsiung ◽  
Chi Chang Lin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Learning Performance

Learning style has been proven to be an important factor that affects student learning performance. By knowing student learning styles, instructors can modify teaching material and teaching methods accordingly for the greater benefit of students. By understanding the strengths and weaknesses of learning styles, students may adopt complementary learning strategies, thus improving their performance. The Index of Learning Styles (ILS) developed by Felder and Soloman has been widely used in the context of engineering education to enhance both teaching and learning. However, the general statistics and reliability of its Chinese version have not been reported. In this study, we conducted a survey, and 223 students majoring in mechanical engineering at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST), Taiwan, participated. This study involved a comparison of the learning style profiles of the students against the results of prior related research conducted in the United States. Subsequently, the internal consistency coefficients of Cronbach’s alpha were examined. The results show that the participants were active, perceptive, visual, and sequential learners, similar to their counterparts in the United States. The internal consistency coefficients on the four dimensions in ILS are 0.49, 0.59, 0.64, and 0.36, respectively. The statistics are lower or approximately equal to those of the English version ILS.

A Study on the Autonomous Learning Validity of Chinese EFL Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 738
Author(s):  
Guobing Liu
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching Experiment ◽  
Autonomous Learning ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teaching Mode ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Efl Students

In accordance with the autonomous learning theory, the present study mainly reports the validity of junior middle school students’ English autonomous learning and explores the strategies to improve students’ English level by the teaching experiment between two classes of Grade Eight in one of the key schools in Henan, China. The researcher selects 115 students as the research subjects who are from two classes of Grade Eight and the teaching experiment lasts for 18 weeks. In this research, the subjects are investigated with questionnaires and interviews. The research results show that students in class one who learn in autonomous ways have higher remarks than those in class two who learn in traditional ways. Students are quite interested in learning English and their ability of autonomous learning has been promoted with the teaching mode of autonomous learning. From the experiment results, it is shown that students’ learning ability can be improved with the training of the autonomous learning strategies. Based on the research results and the current learning situation, some suggestions on cultivating students’ ability of English learning is put forward in the end of this thesis.

scholarly journals Use of Virtual Reality Technology in Animation Course Teaching

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (17) ◽  
pp. 191
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Ji
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
Teaching Mode

With the rapid development of Internet technology, in consequence of the outbreak of COVID-19, colleges and universities have postponed the start of term, in order to protect the life safety of teachers and students. However, to avoid affecting students’ academic studies, colleges and universities have taken various virtual reality technologies to implement personalized online teaching on students. However, there are still some problems in actual teaching, such as the monotonous teaching mode of animation course, which results in students’ lack of practical animation operation ability; the lectures lay too much emphasis on the textbook content and the pedagogical knowledge in animation is not updated, etc. In our study, we will combine Animation Teaching mode with the educational concept of STEAM, and designs a teaching mode oriented to students’ needs. This teaching mode include five parts: analysis of students’ needs, analysis of learning goals, selection of learning strategies, design of learning activities and design of learning evaluation. At the same time, based on the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Model, our study will also investigate student satisfaction from four dimensions: student expectations, students’ perceived quality, students’ perceived value and student loyalty, with a view to measure the effectiveness of this teaching model. Through the teaching practice, it is found that this teaching mode can significantly promote students’ grades and motivate their enthusiasm for learning. The students’ autonomic learning and mastery of professional knowledge are significantly superior to those of traditional multimedia teaching method. The proposed teaching mode offers an objective reference for the application of virtual reality technology in teaching.

scholarly journals Approaches to promote self-directed learning in Software Engineering

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Maria Schulz
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Exemplary Teaching ◽  
Directed Learning ◽  
Learning Competencies ◽  
Additional Value

  Software engineering is a profession, that requires expertise, but also underlies fast changes of contents and requirements. To cope with these challenges students in this subject need self-directed learning competencies. This paper explores Just-in-Time Teaching as one exemplary teaching method known to support self-directed learning processes. The focus in this analysis lies on a didactical evaluation of the sensitive use of this method concerning the special target group of software engineering students, the teaching content and material. The aim is to avoid a mere transfer of didactical approaches to students without additional value for the learners. Additional didactial consideration are directed towards (already existing) learning strategies of the students, which are essential for enabling students to efficiently benefit from self-directed learning arrangements. Resulting issues need to be evaluated through a serious data collection and analysis, that will be carried out in the subject of software engineering.

scholarly journals Discussion on the Teaching of Student-Centered Circuit Analysis Course

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Yangyang Yu ◽  
Wenjing Liu
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Method ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Circuit Analysis ◽  
Autonomous Learning ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Teaching Mode ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Teaching Reform ◽  
Teaching Content

In view of the problems existing in the teaching of Circuit Analysis in our school, this paper puts forward that the teaching mode based on “teaching” should be changed to “learning”, with teachers as the guide and students as the main body, and students’ autonomous learning ability should be highlighted, so as to improve the teaching quality. This paper through the analysis of circuit analysis course and the characteristics of circuit analysis teaching in our school, takes the principle of improving students’ practical ability and enhancing students’ initiative, constantly promote the teaching reform and improve the teaching effect from the teaching content and teaching method two aspects.

scholarly journals SPADA Implementation on English E-Learning Course: Mechanical Engineering Students’ Perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 536-543
Author(s):  
Tutut Nani Prihatmi ◽  
Maria Istiqoma
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Learning English

This study investigates the Mechanical Engineering students’ perspectives on their E-learning experience using SPADA as the primary platform in learning English, including understanding its features and material delivered, difficulties during the learning process, and suggestions to improve the quality of learning English through SPADA ITN Malang. As the Indonesian government requires every school and institution to begin implementing E-learning, starting from March 2020, in the National Institute of Technology (ITN) Malang, all learning activities that have been performed conventionally converted into virtual learning using the web-based learning management system named SPADA ITN Malang. The findings show that SPADA ITN Malang has positive appraisal by the students in accessibility, comprehension, and satisfaction aspect. However, the difficulties found, which were internet connection and the lack of understanding of the material, should be addressed with suitable learning strategies to create a better English learning environment for the non-English department students.

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