The role of mathematics in engineering education: an engineer's view

Scanlan, J.O.

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“…engineers or mathematicians [1,14]. Contrary to expectations, this study found that very few of the 'becoming engineers' expressed any concerns about this aspect of their courses.…”

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“…Interviews with lecturers and other teaching staff revealed that some of them were aware of the challenges faced by the students but, as individuals, very few seemed able to introduce truly integrated mathematics-with-engineering as described by Scanlan [1], presumably due to curriculum requirements, time constraints etc. That said, there were mathematics teachers who provided engineering contexts.…”

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“…One of the original participants, Scanlan [1], explained how the teaching of mathematics needs to be negotiated by engineers with the mathematicians who, he assumed, 'service' mathematics teaching:…”

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Mathematics and its value for engineering students: what are the implications for teaching?

Harris

Black

Hernandez‐Martinez

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International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and

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Mathematics has long been known to be problematic for university engineering students and their teachers, for example Scanlan [1]. This paper presents recent data gathered from interviews with engineering students who experienced problems with mathematics and their lecturers during their transition through the first year in different programme contexts. Our interviews with the students reveal how they understand the relation between engineering and mathematics and we draw on the concept of 'use-and exchange-value' to explore this relationship more fully. This paper challenges both the pedagogical practice of teaching non-contextualized mathematics and also the lack of transparency regarding the significance of mathematics to engineering. We conclude that the value of mathematics in engineering remains a central problem, and argue that mathematics should be a fundamental concern in the design and practice of first year engineering.

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“…engineers or mathematicians [1,14]. Contrary to expectations, this study found that very few of the 'becoming engineers' expressed any concerns about this aspect of their courses.…”

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Mathematics and its value for engineering students: what are the implications for teaching?

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Hernandez‐Martinez

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International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and

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“…To be effective and useful the design of mathematics courses for engineering students must involve a continuous and informed dialogue between engineering and mathematics departments to which each must contribute fully. Because of the negative impact of mathematics on graduation rates from engineering [6,7,8], we are striving to rigorously document what mathematics knowledge and skills students need to successfully enter their engineering degree programs and inform the dialogue that Scanlan [67] calls for.…”

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Mathematical Maturity for Engineering Students

Faulkner

Earl

Herman

2019

Int. J. Res. Undergrad. Math. Ed.

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This dissertation presents four studies on the mathematical education of engineering students. The first study is a qualitative analysis of the beliefs of engineering faculty at a single institution regarding what constitutes "mathematical maturity" for engineering students. Faculty emphasized the need for mathematical modeling skills, fluent symbolic representation skills, and a combination of effortless algebraic fluency and ability to use computational tools. The second study is an analysis of the beliefs of engineering faculty at a variety of institutions. These faculty also emphasized modeling, representation, and computation, corroborating the results of the first study. The third study is an analysis of the mathematical content of engineering circuits and statics homework problems. Just 8% of statics problems and 20% of circuits problems use calculus, and in a much more limited way than what is taught in calculus. The fourth study presents a quantitative survey of engineering sophomores' perceptions of the relevance of mathematics to their engineering studies. The students have somewhat favorable views of the relevance of mathematics, but some high-performing students view mathematics as irrelevant.ii To David Pierce, for starting me on the path to becoming an educator.And to Caitlin McGuire, for helping me complete that journey.iii

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“…a set of techniques? One may say of engineering that it is concerned with physical systems whose behaviour must be (Scanlan, 2006):…”

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The Contribution of Mathematics to the Engineering Education in the Students’ Assessment

Zeidmane¹,

Technologies²,

Rubina³

2018

Rural Environment. Education. Personality

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Abstract:Mathematics studies have an impact on achieving the necessary outcomes in engineering education both directly and indirectly. First, mathematics serves as a tool for solving and calculating various problems. Second, mathematics studies develop mathematical competences such as the ability to ask and answer questions in and with mathematics, and the ability to deal with mathematical language and tools. More than 100 first-year students from the Faculty of Information Technology and Faculty of Engineering of the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies who studied mathematics in 2016/2017 study year and more than 70 second-year students from the same faculties who are studying in 2017/2018 were surveyed. The aim of the study is to identify the contribution of mathematics studies in engineering education in assessment of students. Comparing their own competences before studying mathematics in university and after completion of the higher mathematics course students recognized improvement of the mathematical competences and identified importance of maths studies in engineering education.

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The role of mathematics in engineering education: an engineer's view

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