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Tiêu đề
Follow-up on a freshman engineering course experiment
Tác giả
Venable Wallace; McConnell Robert; Stiller Alfred
Năm xuất bản
1997
Source title
Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference
Số trích dẫn
2
DOI
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Tóm tắt
In 1994-95 the authors conducted new Freshman Engineering courses at West Virginia University which integrated computers, math, and design while giving a more rigorous introduction to engineering. At the end of the first year, as we reported at the 1995 FIE, there was no difference in retention between the experimental course and the 'standard' classes. This paper examines longer term effects. For this study, transcripts for engineering students from the previous study who remained in engineering after 2 1/2 years were examined. It was found that the experimental sections had about 20% higher retention, but this difference is not highly significant. During transcript analysis some interesting patterns in 'liberal arts' were observed. It is concluded that more rigor in our freshman engineering courses certainly does not hurt, and might help retention. The authors remain satisfied that they delivered a high quality experience, but the College has not chosen to adopt the approach.
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Tài liệu tham khảo
Nơi xuất bản
IEEE
Hình thức xuất bản
Conference paper
Open Access
Nguồn
Scopus