How do students build their identities as professional engineers while learning about the roles and responsibilities related to professional engineering practice? By what process does this identity construction occur, and how can we as educators more effectively guide it...
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The harmful effects of academic anxiety on student performance have long been recognized. However, the consequences of math anxiety on engineering students are not widely studied. To what extent do engineering students suffer from math anxiety? How does it affect their performance...
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While researchers in engineering education have long been interested in understanding who persists in undergraduate engineering and who migrates out, we now know that some measures produce more nuanced information than others. Persistence varies by race and gender, and how we measure persistence matters in understanding this variation...
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Engineers use knowledge to solve problems, so it makes sense to involve students in learning based on problem situations. Theoretically, problem-based learning (PBL) can make content relevant to students and enhance their understanding. Until now, however, research on the impact of PBL has been limited to student and faculty perceptions of this approach...
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To mark 100 years of the Journal of Engineering Education, a special January issue reflects on the emergence of engineering education as a research-based discipline and explores what the future holds...
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The demanding credit requirements of engineering may be turning away students who think that the major could limit their personal and social development. A recent study used data from the National Survey of Student Engagement to assess the undergraduate experiences of students...
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Calls for a larger and more diverse pool of engineers have prompted closer examination of student persistence in engineering programs. While previous research has examined the characteristics of students who stay in engineering versus those who leave, our study provides a different perspective, the student perspective...
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Five years ago, a blue-ribbon panel warned in “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” that the scientific and technical building blocks of U.S. economic leadership were eroding compared with other nations...
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Each year, the National Science Foundation invests millions to support educational research and develop innovative instructional strategies. To what extent have these investments systemically influenced practice in engineering classrooms, and how can returns on investment be improved...
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Staff of campus teaching and learning centers frequently complain that few engineers attend their programs, and those who come often dismiss what they hear as irrelevant to engineering. On the other hand, some instructional development programs have attracted and influenced many engineering faculty members...
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For more than 10 years, culture and cultural change have been spotlighted as key to systemic reform in engineering education. But how well do we, as engineering educators, understand the complex, multifaceted concept of culture and its relationship to behavior and practices...
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Globalization means more technology, and education is no exception. International distance courses can include real-time audiovisual communication between people in different countries, something rarely feasible even 10 years ago...
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Each year, the National Science Foundation invests millions to support educational research and develop innovative instructional strategies. To what extent have these investments systemically influenced practice in engineering classrooms, and how can returns on investment be improved?
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In its 2008 report “Changing the Conversation,” the National Academy of Engineering encouraged the engineering profession to present messages that appeal to young people’s desire to improve lives and make a difference in the world...
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"Study Seeks to Improve Retention Among Women Engineering Students,” declares a 2008 news release announcing a grant to four universities. Countless other articles cite female retention as a grave problem. This focus on retention drives a host of strategies to increase the number of women engineers...
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Do students who complete engineering majors pursue engineering-related careers? Not necessarily. Wrestling with career choices, graduates often reach impulsive and transitory decisions...
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Janelle, an A student, is assured by teachers that she has what it takes to be an engineer. Although uncertain, she decides to go for it. But in her first engineering course, all the guys seem to know more than she, especially when it comes to using equipment. Her TA expresses surprise that she is not more adept...
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A central question in engineering education is why women, despite comparatively good grades, leave engineering programs at higher rates than men. Team projects are often proposed as a solution to this attrition problem on the assumption that women will respond positively to the social interaction and cooperation that such projects promote...
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Engineering professors’ teaching approaches are often rooted in their own experience as students. Conceptions of teaching develop over a lengthy period and are often quite resistant to change. Our study investigated whether faculty approaches to and conceptions of teaching can change as a result of collaboration between engineering faculty and learning specialists...
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Engineering educators are well aware of the urgent need to produce more engineering graduates in the United States, but an equally important challenge is to create a more diverse pipeline of students committed to the field. That means attracting more women and under-represented minority students to major in engineering — and to pursue it as a career...
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For many engineering faculty, the desire to engage intellectually with students and make a difference in their lives provides a strong incentive to be an effective teacher. However, until recently, opportunities for faculty to improve their teaching skills have been rare...
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Each fall, engineering halls across the country are flooded with first-year students, excited about learning to become engineers. Unfortunately, by the end of this first year, many of these once-eager, self-confident students decide to abandon engineering for other fields...
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Engineering design work demands a deep understanding of a client’s needs. So too, designs for engineering education require an understanding of our students — who they are, how they learn and how to reach them...
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The Journal of Engineering Education (JEE) is a peer-reviewed international journal published quarterly by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) in partnership with a global community of engineering education societies and associations.
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