Langara College, as one of the leading undergraduate institutions in the province of British Columbia (BC), offers the “Applied Science for Engineering” two-year diploma program as well as the “Engineering Transfer” two-semest...
The objective of this study is to develop and incorporate a multidisciplinary engineering design experience into an academic success and professional development course that aims to retain non-calculus-ready first-year engineering students. The proje...
Despite growing awareness of the emotional challenges faced by engineering students and their impact on academic performance and retention, the field lacks validated tools to systematically assess affective states in theoretically grounded ways. Firs...
Core mathematics courses are fundamental to the academic success of engineering students in higher education. These courses equip students with skills and knowledge applicable to their specialized fields. However, first-year engineering students ofte...
With growing mental health concerns among college students, they need to effectively develop skills to alleviate stress amidst the demands of university life. Teaching mindfulness skills to engineering students early in their programs, such as during...
Engineering ethics education faces the challenge of moving students from abstract principles toward context-sensitive decision-making. This exploratory mixed-methods study examined associations between participation in a board-game-based strategy and...
In sustainable education, it is important to analyze student diversity in order to create strategies that allow for the implementation of inclusive education based on the differences observed among students. To achieve this, a sample of 321 first-yea...
Advancing Sustainable Development Goals 4 and 10 in higher education requires understanding students’ diverse academic backgrounds and how they relate to performance in early mathematics courses that are critical for academic progression. This...
Learning through augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) experiences has become a valuable approach in modern robotics education. This study evaluated this approach and investigated how 99 first-year industrial engineering students explored r...
This paper explores how the entry profiles of engineering students are related to their academic performance during the first year of university in a sample of 255 first-year engineering students (77 females and 178 males) at a university in Northeas...
Teaching students to think in complex systems and design is presumably intricate, creative, and nonlinear. However, due to the overwhelming number of standardized tools and frameworks, the process sometimes ends up being procedural and deductive. Con...
Laboratory practices in engineering education, and particularly first-year Physics laboratories, are traditionally considered a cornerstone for acquiring technical competencies. However, this study examines whether the correspondence between laborato...
The discussion about first-year engineering students’ difficulties in mathematics is continuous in the fields of engineering, mathematics and higher education. The present study aimed to examine the initial barriers academic math teachers need...
The purpose of this paper is to assess learning outcomes and the process of developing skill sets of online problem-based learning (PBL) for students majoring in science and engineering at a technical university in Japan. PBL course for first-year un...
The subject of Graphic Expression, which is mandatory in the first year of engineering studies, showed poor academic results in recent years. This study analyzes the relationship and predictive capacity of various variables that previous research hig...
Analyzing the integration of scientific knowledge to guide decision-making processes supporting design challenges in engineering education is critical. However, effectively engaging in informed design decision-making processes is challenging, particu...
Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT are reshaping educational practice, yet first-year teacher-education students often lack the prompt-engineering skills and confidence required to use them responsibly. This pilot study examined whether a concise th...
The shift to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic presented a unique challenge for higher education in developing countries such as South Africa, where resources are distributed unevenly. The Department of Chemical Engineering at a South Afri...
Introductory engineering courses must balance guidance with opportunities for independent design. This retrospective repeated-cross-sectional mixed-methods study examined perceptions of a two-semester course progressing from guided Arduino-based acti...
Difficulties in the curricular units (CU) of the mathematical science area, particularly those related to differential and integral calculus (DIC), are often found among students of engineering degrees, leading to high failure rates. A research work...
Spatial ability (SA) refers to the ability to generate, retain and manipulate abstract visual images in one’s head. Research of this ability conducted during the last few decades had shown that SA is an essential ability to the development of m...
Transfer of mathematical learning to science is seen as critical to the development of education and industrial societies, yet it is rarely interrogated in applied research. We present here research looking for evidence of transfer from university ma...
In industrial engineering degrees in Spain, mathematics subjects are usually taught during the first two academic years. Consequently, it is often the case that students sometimes do not feel motivated to learn subjects such as Mathematics II (calcul...
At the Department of Management and Engineering (DTG) of the University of Padova (Italy), the research team led by Prof. Renato Lazzarin, formed by the authors, worked during the first fifteen years of the millennium on different topics focused on s...
College dropout is a global challenge due to its high prevalence and its consequences for individuals, institutions, and society, particularly in terms of institutional sustainability, inefficient use of public resources, and human capital loss. This...
Systems thinking is crucial for understanding and solving complex problems and is considered an important thinking skill in engineering. Active learning is considered an effective approach for fostering STEM students’ systems thinking. However,...
Building a technology-driven world appears to be the main motivational force behind students choosing to undertake engineering studies. The first year of engineering education plays a significant role in demonstrating sufficient mathematical and scie...
The agri-food sector is one of the most important industries in the Spanish economy and requires highly qualified professionals capable of addressing technical, environmental, and productive challenges. This study aimed to analyse the evolution of Ag...
Spatial ability (SA) is a critical cognitive skill across various disciplines, particularly in architecture and engineering. This research, comprising two main studies, investigates the relationship between SA and academic performance among first-yea...
A wiki is an easy-to-use online tool for teachers and students, as it is a collaborative website that provides the opportunity to develop and modify its content to every member in an interactive and fast way. This paper comparatively describes experi...
The Problem- and Technology-Based Research (IBPT) approach constitutes an innovative pedagogical model designed for first-year university students, with the objective of strengthening research and technological competencies through the integration of...
This study compared the effects of academic year, college department, and undergraduate or graduate status on Japanese students’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. From 2021–2023, an online survey was conducted using the Counseli...
First-year university students face mental health challenges like adjusting to independence, forming new friendships and coping with academic pressures. Research highlights mixed findings on social media use; some students use social media to connect...
Students entering engineering programs often exhibit insufficient mathematics knowledge and considerable variability in prior training, which can create learning gaps and challenges for higher education integration. This study aims to characterize st...
Women’s participation in engineering remains well below that of men at all degree levels. However, despite the low enrollment of women in engineering as a whole, some engineering disciplines report above average female enrollment. We used multiple li...
The increasing flexibility and rapid, profound changes in the labor market require employability skills from graduates, dem1anding greater attention from higher education institutions to training opportunities that foster the development of these ski...
The acceptance of myths about intimate partner violence against women by university students can lead to inappropriate and biased professional interventions due to their gender blindness. The aim of this study is to analyze the acceptance of myths ab...
Goldberg and Somerville write of the “missed revolutions” that have had a massive impact on industry but have failed to translate to universities. The literature shows how alternative approaches can modernise curricula and improve motivat...
Gateway engineering courses often expose accumulated gaps in students’ foundational knowledge, affecting progression and retention. This study investigates early predictors of completion and performance in Machine Elements, an integrative secon...
Problem-based learning (PBL) is an educational method which involves learning by solving real problems. However, applying a PBL approach to engineering subjects in some cases became a challenging issue. Thus, it is important to determine the best way...
The flipped teaching method has become increasingly mature and critical. Previous flow experience studies have concentrated on game-based learning, and cognitive load studies have concentrated on different types of teaching materials (e.g., video). D...
Preparing engineers for rapidly changing sociotechnical environments requires a clear account of the competencies that undergraduate engineering programs should foster. This study used the term future outstanding engineers to refer to engineering und...
A cube is one of the most fundamental shapes we can draw and can observe from a drawing. The two visualization methods most commonly applied in mathematics textbooks and education are the axonometric and the perspective representations. However, what...
The Clay N. Hixson Student Success Center within the College of Engineering at Tennessee Tech University has undergone a transformative upgrade by integrating the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC) framework with select Kaizen pri...
This paper presents a simplified model of the population migration problem, addressed to first-year engineering students in order to show them the use of linear algebra tools. The study consists of predicting the census in the city centre and in the...
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Background: The first years of university can be very challenging for students. Previous research has focused on the study of the prevalence of burnout and of psychological distress in medical students. The aim of this study was to investigate the pr...
Current educational practices presume engineering students develop design skills through dedicated design courses and projects. There are many variations in how the courses and projects are implemented, causing disagreement between educators on the m...
In this work, the authors propose the use of technological resources to develop computational thinking following the steps or phases of problem-solving for first-year students. During the development of the activities using technological resources (A...
This paper demonstrates the application of STEM technologies using the example of the problem of a thread with a load. As a training problem, parameter finding of a flexible inextensible thread with a load sliding along it, as well as with a fixed lo...
Student dropout, defined as the abandonment of a high education program before obtaining the degree without reincorporation, is a problem that affects every higher education institution in the world. This study uses machine learning models over two C...
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