| Description |
213 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Situating Our Work -- 1.2.A Short History of the Center -- 1.3.Goals of This Report and a Reader's Guide -- 2.Student Learning Experiences: The Academic Pathways Study -- 2.1.Overview of the APS -- 2.2.The College Experience -- 2.3.Motivation to Study Engineering -- 2.4.The Engineering College Experience -- 2.5.Engineering Knowledge, Conceptions, and Confidence -- 2.6.Engineering Design Knowledge, Conceptions, and Confidence -- 2.7.Looking Beyond Graduation: Student Plans -- 2.8.Looking Beyond Graduation: Experiences in the Work World -- 2.9.Summarizing Results about Diversity -- 2.10.Enabling Success for Engineering Students: A Summary of Research on Student Learning Experiences -- 3.Faculty Approaches to Teaching: Studies of Engineering Educator Decisions -- 3.1.Approach -- 3.2.RQ1 Decisions and Commitment to Action -- 3.3.RQ2 Decisions and Effective Teaching Practices -- 3.4.RQ3 Decisions and Conceptions of Students -- 3.5.RQ4 Decisions and Teacher Professional Development -- 3.6.Summary -- 4.A Focus on Teaching: Engineering Teaching Portfolio Program -- 4.1.The Program and Its Development -- 4.2.Offerings at the University of Washington and Beyond -- 4.3.Impact on Participants -- 4.4.Summary -- 5.Building the National Community of Engineering Education Researchers: Institute for Scholarship on Engineering Education -- 5.1.Institute Organization and Themes -- 5.2.The Impact of the Institutes -- 5.3.The ISEE Model -- 5.4.Research Findings on How Educators Enter, Navigate, and Work in the Interdisciplinary Field of Engineering Education -- 5.5.Summary -- 6.Getting the Word Out -- 6.1.Sharing Findings at Different Venues, Addressing Different Audiences -- 6.2.Creating a Set of Resources for General Use -- 6.3.Getting the Word Out... Through a Large and Diverse Team and Collaborating with Others -- 7.Looking Ahead: Ideas for Further Work -- 7.1.Effecting Change on Engineering Campuses -- 7.2.Ideas for Future Research -- 7.3.A Research Infrastructure for Scholarship in Engineering Education -- 7.4.Remembering the Big Picture -- 8.Dedication -- 9.Acknowledgements -- 9.1.National Science Foundation -- 9.2.People -- A Appendix References and Cumulative Bibliography -- A.1.External References -- A.2.Journal Articles, Conference Papers, Technical Reports, and Dissertations -- A.3.Other CAEE Outputs -- A.4.Selected Outputs from the Institute Scholars (2005-2007) -- B Appendix Cumulative Team List and Advisory Board Members -- B.1.Faculty, Research Scientists, and Staff -- B.2.Graduate Research Assistants -- B.3.ISEE Institute Scholars -- B.4.External Advisory Board Members -- B.5.Internal Advisory Board Members -- C Appendix APS Headlines -- D Appendix Local Inquiry Questions -- D.1.Welcoming Students into Engineering -- D.2.Understanding and Connecting with Today's Learners -- D.3.Helping Students Become Engineers -- D.4.Developing the Whole Learner -- D.5.Positioning Students for Professional Success -- D.6.Welcoming Students into the Work World -- E Appendix Looking Ahead: Ideas for Future Research -- E.1.On Pathways -- E.2.On Learning Engineering -- E.3.On Significant Learning Experiences -- E.4.On Engineering Knowing -- E.5.On Teaching Engineering Students -- E.6.On Researching Issues in Engineering Education |
| Notes |
"CAEE-TR-10-02" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-188) |
| Subject |
Engineering -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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| Author |
Atman, Cynthia J.
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Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education
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| ISBN |
1608455629 |
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9781608455621 |
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