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  • Civil engineering students' and practicing civil engineers' understanding of engineering concepts

    Creator:
    Urlacher, Mark A.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this thesis is to explore civil engineering students’ and professional civil engineers' understanding of concepts within statics and fluid mechanics. The studies described herein begin to examine theories of situated cognition utilizing concept inventories, which are sets of multiple-choice questions where the incorrect answers are based on...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Background: Engineering concept inventories have been broadly used to assess student conceptual knowledge

  • Students' Conceptual Understanding of Mechanics and Materials for Axial and Bending Load Cases

    Creator:
    Berger, Amber D.
    Abstract:
    As people learn new concepts, they experience a process termed conceptual change. There are several theories that attempt to explain conceptual change, and this paper uses the framework theory to explain how students learn mechanics of materials. Semi-structured interviews with ninety students were qualitatively analyzed for this research in an...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    THESIS OF Amber D. Berger for the degree of Master of Science in Civil Engineering presented on June

  • Student Engagement : Exploring How and Why Students Engage In- and Out-of-Class

    Creator:
    Pascoe, Jason J.
    Abstract:
    Student engagement in a course plays a vital role in a student’s ability to process and construct knowledge. Student engagement research has investigated how students engage in and out of the classroom on a macro scale, through observation and survey data collection of large student populations, which lack focus on...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jason J. Pascoe for the degree of Master of Science in Civil Engineering