Effects of Gender and Military Leave on the Academic Performance of Undergraduate Engineering Students
Contribution: This article examines how military leaves of absence affect the academic performance of engineering students compared to those who did not take a military leave of absence or took only a general break. Gender-related differences were also ...
Challenges on the Brazilian Information Systems Education: The Professors’ Perspective
- Vânia de Oliveira Neves,
- Silvana Morita Melo,
- Davi Viana,
- Rodrigo Pereira dos Santos,
- Valdemar Vicente Graciano Neto
Contribution: The main contribution of this study is to gather and report on the challenges faced by IS courses based on the professors’ perspectives. Background: Information systems (ISs) area focuses on the interplay among people, processes/...
Structural Modeling and Measuring Impact of Active Learning Methods in Engineering Education
Contribution: This article presents a novel approach that demonstrates how students’ learning can be improved by increasing classroom adherence to active learning (AL) application, in a typical engineering education (EE) environment. It does that ...
The Challenge of Introducing Informatics Topics From an Early Age in Peru During the Pandemic
Contribution: Adaptation and application of a methodology to introduce Informatics from an early age to students living in disadvantaged areas in Peru and analysis of its effects. Background: On the on hand, during the COVID-19 pandemic, students living ...
An Effective Approach to Teach Instrumentation and Control Systems for Engineering Students
Contribution: This article presents an Instrumentation and Control (I&C) prototype for engineering postgraduate laboratory program designed to fulfill the quality objectives of the institution. Background: The syllabus and teaching methodology for ...
Using Final Letter Grades to Improve Institutional Course Sequence Recommendations
Contribution: This article compares student success via different pathways in which students take mathematics courses required for engineering degrees. Background: Mathematics courses are an integral part of engineering curriculum. Many institutions ...
Improving Soft Skills Through an Interdisciplinary Approach in a Realistic Context Between Education and CS Students in an HCI Course
Contribution: Prior studies on pedagogical methodologies to acquire soft skills have shown that developing collaborative tasks produces positive impact in students’ abilities. In this article, a pedagogical approach based on interdisciplinary ...
Engineering Students’ Perception of Learner Agency Development in an Intercultural PBL (Problem- and Project-Based) Team Setting
Contribution: This study explores the elements engineering students perceive as important for developing their learner agency in the context of intercultural project-based learning (PBL) teams. Background: The concept of learner agency has recently gained ...
Active and Project-Based Learning Implementation in a Constructively Aligned Digital Systems Design Course
- Ismahani Ismail,
- Muhammad Mun’im Ahmad Zabidi,
- Norlina Paraman,
- Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof,
- Nor Farahwahida Abdul Rahman
Contribution: This article describes efforts to improve the teaching and learning process for the digital system design course using active learning (AL) approaches in the classroom and a parallel hands-on project designed based on constructive alignment (...
Using 3-D Printed Badges to Improve Student Performance and Reduce Dropout Rates in STEM Higher Education
Students’ perception of excessive difficulty in STEM degrees lowers their motivation and, therefore, affects their performance. According to prior research, the use of gamification techniques promote engagement, motivation, and fun when learning. ...
MADE: A Multidisciplinary Computational Framework for Aerospace Engineering Education
Contribution: A multidisciplinary computational framework to support undergraduate engineering education is introduced. It is posed as an open-source tool that students can use to understand and apply computational methods commonly required in engineering ...
STEAM Project-Based Learning Approach to Enhance Teaching-Learning Process in the Topic of Pascal’s Principle
With the advancements in information and communications technologies, new teaching approaches arise. In this context, project-based learning (PBL) and science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics model (STEAM) emerge as the most popular in ...
Case Study on the Terms Novice Programmers Use to Describe Code Snippets in Java
Contribution: Most work on languages in computing education currently focuses on non-native speakers. In contrast, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this article is the first response to the call for research on terms that takes into account ...
Curricular Hackathons for Engineering Design Learning: The Case of Engineering Design Days
Contribution: This article defines “curricular hackathons” and describes the features, challenges, and opportunities of adopting the hackathon format into engineering curricula. It is based on experience implementing a series of curricular ...
Effect of Real-World Problem-Posing Strategy on Engineering College Students’ Cognitive and Affective Skills
Contribution: This study systematically developed an educational learning framework titled “Real-world problem-posing strategy with engineering problem-solving” to facilitate engineering college students’ learning. This study ...
Investigating the Impact of Design Thinking-Based STEAM PBL on Students’ Creativity and Computational Thinking
Contribution: This study represents the first systematic attempt to develop Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) integrated project-based learning (PBL) as a transdisciplinary teaching method for fostering students’ ...
