solution for everything in our field. The instructormust reflect on whether all course assignments should be turned into games, or if there can bealternatives that could be considered instead.Design Weaknesses:First, building these games requires a substantial amount of effort. Attempting to figure out howbest to convey a topic in a novel manner is a very difficult task when you have never doneanything like this before. Making sure each game is unique and also does not detract from thelesson is a difficult balancing act. In addition, many classes are limited in the amount of time thatcan be spent on instructing how best to play the game at the expense of the time that can beallotted to playing said games.In addition, games have a habit of “running
VL helped me to understand concepts from my previous courses. Q29 This VL affirmed concepts from my previous classes. Q30 This VL helped me make the connections between previous course concepts. IEO The VL motivated me to want to seek more knowledge about this subject Model + Q31 outside of class. Q32 I was able to interpret the data from the lab using only resources provided in the class. Usefulness of the virtual lab for future career Q33 I do not think that the real life of an engineer was reflected in this VL. Q34 The virtual Lab was a good learning experience
, play a crucial role ineducating and training engineers in the southeastern region [50], [51]. The state's commitment toengineering education is reflected in the development of pre-college engineering curricula, theestablishment of specialized engineering facilities, and the implementation of programs aimed atbridging technical skills gaps between high school students and local employers [52]. Florida'suniversities, designated as R1 or R2 in Figure 1, exhibit varying degrees of research intensity.These universities typically have robust research programs across various engineering disciplines,such as materials science, power systems, and micro aerial vehicle aerodynamics [53], [54].2.5. Benchmarking Student Success for Institutional
. Because law is a reflection of the ethical and moral climateof a jurisdiction, it will change as that climate changes. New legislation is passed. Decisions in older Page 4.451.5cases may be overturned or modified. However, the parties in those old cases cannot now return tocourt and get the decisions in their particular case changed – only the law has changed, not theircase. In actual practice it is unlikely the parties even know their case has been overturned or the lawapplicable to their case has changed. Many years or decades may have elapsed.4. The River of Case LawWith all of these different courts making and interpreting the law, how do
to constantly evaluate all aspects of the program and determine what is working and what may need to be adjusted.Finally, a PM program needs to build momentum. Immediate results may not be realized and thisprogram even suffered in recruiting PM’s the first two years as many potential candidates did notrealize the benefit the program provided to the school or the avenues it provided for leadershipand social development.AcknowledgementThe project, entitled First-Year Initiatives for Retention Enhancement (FIRE), is supportedby the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0969382. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the
” (GA, MN, WA, WI) or "__ College of Technology" (TCICollege of Technology in NYC, formerly Technical Careers Institute/ RCA Institute; DunwoodyCollege of Technology (MN), ex-Dunwoody Institute). Some tech institutes got absorbed bynearby Community Colleges. The name change reflected new transferable Associate’s Degreesvs. terminal Certificates (adding Math, English & General Ed.) – but a result was more word/name confusion, as hundreds of “Institutes” were now called “… College of Technology.” 11 12Beyond education, the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET),formed in 1981 by merging two prior groups that certified individual technicians (70,000+ by12/31/84) or technologists (600- by 12/31/84). Yet, though
partially focused ontesting or proving that all three domains are connected in the overall learning process -- they areconnected [17]. It found all the domains to be correlated when evaluating students’ learning,meaning more research should be conducted on how to better connect all three domains in a classstructure for deeper understanding, the rest of their findings predominately relate to the affectiveand psychomotor domain [17]. This idea is directly echoed in another report finding that all threedomains need to be intentionally integrated into a class for more effective learning [10]. This ideathat the domains are connected is reflected in the fact that many studies focus on two domains ata time instead of only one domain at a time [4-5], [10
in theiroriginal peer-reviewedform, preserving theindividuality among thepapers and reflecting theauthor’s style and method.The TABLE OF CONTENTS(FIG 5) classifies thepapers into sevencategories: Structure,Testing & Evaluation,Metals, Polymers,Ceramics, Composites,Electronic & OpticalMaterials and MaterialsCurriculum.To find desireddocument(s) the user can: Fig 5 - Table of ContentsS Browse the Table of Contents which is organized by types of materials or processes, orS Use the full Text Search capability, searching by: Author Title Subject Text words in contextThe PDFs are indexed for full text search when using the ADOBE™ ACROBAT READER