Reversing the Trend of Engineering Enrollment Declines With Innovative Outreach, Recruiting, and Retention Programs

Davis, Chad E.; Yeary, Mark; Sluss, James J.

doi:10.1109/te.2011.2157921

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“…Attitudes at primary (elementary) school in particular can influence later interest in STEM, especially for girls who develop their gender identity and consequently the appropriateness of STEM as a career before entering secondary school (aged 11 in the UK) (EngineeringUK 2015;Archer et al 2012;Murphy and Whitelegg 2006). Several education outreach programmes have shown specific improvements in children's attitudes towards engineering (Louis S. Callahan 2011;Stapleton et al 2009;Molina-Gaudo et al 2010), along with stable (not declining) recruitment to local engineering HE programmes (Davis, Yeary, and Sluss 2012;Martínez-Jiménez et al 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

Paired peer learning through engineering education outreach

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Edmonds

2016

European Journal of Engineering Education

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Paired peer learning through engineering education outreach

Fogg‐Rogers

Lewis

Edmonds

2016

European Journal of Engineering Education

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“…The education of engineers involves an integral component of hands-on (interactive) work along with delivery of theoretical (sometimes abstract) concepts [3]. This is also true for many science and technology based subjects such as Physics which include a compulsory experimental component [4].…”

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confidence: 99%

A Low Cost Implementation of an Existing Hands-on Laboratory Experiment in Electronic Engineering

2014

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Abstract-In engineering the pedagogical content of most formative programs includes a significant amount of practical laboratory hands-on activity designed to deliver knowledge acquisition from actual experience alongside traditional face-to-face classroom based lectures and tutorials; this hands-on aspect is not always adequately addressed by current e-learning platforms.An innovative approach to e-learning in engineering, named computer aided engineering education (CAEE) is about the use of computer aids for the enhanced, interactive delivery of educational materials in different fields of engineering through two separate but related components; one for classroom and another for practical hands-on laboratory work. The component for hands-on laboratory practical work focuses on the use of mixed reality (video-based augmented reality) tools on mobile devices/platforms. This paper presents the computer aided engineering education (CAEE) implementation of a laboratory experiment in micro-electronics that highlights some features such as the ability to closely implement an existing laboratory based hands-on experiment with lower associated costs and the ability to conduct the experiment off-line while maintaining existing pedagogical contents and standards.

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“…Elements such as study centers, course clustering, tutoring and structured study groups that foster collaborative learning have been found to promote student success for underrepresented students [21][22][23] . Students who also engaged in student societies, research, employment, meeting with faculty and other activities within their colleges of engineering have been found to show higher persistence due to a sense of belonging in engineering 24,25 .…”

Section: K-12 Programsmentioning

confidence: 99%