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Conceptual Representations within the Social and Material Contexts of an Engineering Workplace and Academic Environments

Creator:

Barner, Matthew S.

Abstract:

Situated cognition theory emphasizes the role that social and material contexts have on learning and knowledge application. Several studies of engineering workplace environments have noted differences between the social and material contexts of the workplace and those of undergraduate engineering education. No existing research has studied the social and material...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

, & Sheppard, 2017; Sheppard, Colby, Macatangay, & Sullivan, 2007; Trevelyan 2010). This has led to concerns