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Development of leadership and design skills among ECE juniors and graduate students

Creator:: Luo, Ding
Abstract:: Engineering students spend a significant amount of their undergraduate careers focused on technical theory and practice. This intensive student prepares them for their technical challenges in the future. This training is so intense that often the more 'soft skills' such as communication, leadership, design, and troubleshooting are left out or...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for Learning (PFL) program to provide quality education to its engineering students for both

How do engineering students develop and reason with concepts of electricity within a project-based course?

Creator:: Bledsoe, Karen E.
Abstract:: Reform in science education has often emphasized task-based learning as an instructional method to improve student understanding and retention of concepts, and to promote the development of reasoning and problem-solving. Yet studies assessing student knowledge at the beginning and end of a task-based class show mixed results. Students in task-based...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Education presented on March 16, 2007. Title: How Do Engineering Students Develop and Reason With

Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Undergraduate Engineering Students: Perspectives, Resiliency, and Suggestions for Improving Engineering Education

Creator:: Haverkamp, Andrea E.
Abstract:: Gender has been the subject of study in engineering education and science social research for decades. However, little attention has been given to transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) experiences or perspectives. The role of cisgender or gender conforming status has not been investigated nor considered in prevailing frameworks of gender...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Resiliency, and Suggestions for Improving Engineering Education Abstract approved

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: chapter of this thesis begins by presenting the ways in which a student may engage with their education

A descriptive study of the locus of control in selected medical office assisting students and its relationship to certain characteristics an academic success as measured by grade achievement

Creator:: Bode, Elizabeth Ann
Abstract:: The central purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship of locus of control and academic success in selected medical office assisting students. The instrument for locus of control assessment was the Adult Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Scale (ANSIES). Structured interviews were used to elicit personal responses for the purpose of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: with a lower level of academic achievement. The principal implication of this research for education

Instructors as learning managers : span of control as a factor of class size in higher education

Creator:: McKiel, Carol J.
Abstract:: Research suggests that a key factor in student persistence and success is the relationships students form with faculty (Chickering & Gamson, 1991; Kuh et al., 2005; Tinto, 1987). While it appears to be intuitive that small classes would promote these instructor/student relationships, research on class size provides conflicting results, with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: problems of attrition are causing increased pressure on higher education to improve student retention and

The decision to pursue education in an Oregon community college : a study of Latino credit and non-credit students

Creator:: Daniels, Rachelle E.
Abstract:: A historical overview of Latino enrollment in the community college is resented. Thirty Latino occupational, transfer, and non-credit students attending an Oregon college were interviewed, examining educational and familial background, and college services as indicators of their decision to pursue postsecondary studies at the two-year institution. Results are analyzed, supplemented...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of College, 1991 46 5 Higher Education Degrees Earned by US Latinos, 1991 47 6 Student Enrollment

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
Full Text:: Introduction Within engineering education research there is very little work that focuses on professional

Recommendations for preparing college and university learning assistance professionals developed from a descriptive study of practitioners in public postsecondary institutions in California

Creator:: Bezayiff, David Allen
Abstract:: This study examined the education and preparation of 220 full-time learning assistance professionals in California's public Community College, State University, and University of California systems. The purpose of the study was to describe selected characteristics of the professionals and to assess their implications for future training programs. The results were...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: three public systems of higher education. The results of the study also suggested the importance of a

The human spirit and higher education : landscapes of persistence in first generation students of color

Creator:: Valdez, Cristobal
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of first-generation persons of color attending and persisting at a community technical college. Students of color continue to be an increasing population in our higher education system. Many of these persons of color are choosing to attend two-year institutions. A...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: student retention with minorities, dropout rates of minorities and higher education retention

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Development of leadership and design skills among ECE juniors and graduate students

How do engineering students develop and reason with concepts of electricity within a project-based course?

Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Undergraduate Engineering Students: Perspectives, Resiliency, and Suggestions for Improving Engineering Education

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

A descriptive study of the locus of control in selected medical office assisting students and its relationship to certain characteristics an academic success as measured by grade achievement

Instructors as learning managers : span of control as a factor of class size in higher education

The decision to pursue education in an Oregon community college : a study of Latino credit and non-credit students

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

Recommendations for preparing college and university learning assistance professionals developed from a descriptive study of practitioners in public postsecondary institutions in California

The human spirit and higher education : landscapes of persistence in first generation students of color

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