Conference Session

Track 1 - Session I - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Teresa Restivo, University of Porto

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Invited - Student Development

Paper ID #8376Invited Paper - University of Porto, its Faculty of Engineering and ProjectBased Learning (PBL) ApproachesMs. Teresa Restivo, University of Porto Maria Teresa Restivo has a degree in Solid State Physics and a PhD in Engineering Sciences. Her research and teaching activities, both at under and postgraduate level, are accomplished within the Automation, In- strumentation and Control Group of the Mechanical Engineering Department (DEMec) of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). These activities are related with the intelligent control of laboratory/industrial systems, development of

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session I - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Eleonore Lickl, HBLVA for Chemical Industry

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Invited - Student Development

practical work in laboratories,building yards and others16, 17. The curriculum dates from 2008, according to the federal status ofAustria nine versions are in use18.Diploma projects for groups of students are supervised by one or more members of the faculty inparallel, mostly combining experts from different fields. To rely on the quality of the projects theAustrian ministry for Education has published standards already in 199919 (for schools and forcolleges). Didactic guidelines said  differentiation according to the individual possibilities, demands and needs of the student within the learner group,  acquiring new knowledge and realizing connections and structures with the help of examples (learning by examples)  ability