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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Engineering Instructors"”.
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Through the Lenses of Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Instructor Beliefs: Understanding Engineering Instructors' Enacted Practice
… and uncovered a potential disconnect between instructors' knowledge and beliefs about teaching and their actual teaching practices. While experts of the subject matter, their understanding of teaching and their awareness of their own teaching capability significantly impact their enacted …
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Exploring the Relationship Between Immediacy Behaviors and Student Motivation in Engineering Classrooms: Immediacy as a Cause of Motivation
… is an essential characteristic of effective instructors. Although instructional communication has done extensive research on the impact of immediacy behaviors on students, there is little available research observing immediacy behaviors as predictors of motivation on engineering students. As …
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Exploring Instructors' Classroom Test Beliefs and Behaviors in Fundamental Engineering Courses: A Qualitative Multi-Case Study
… of assessments in concept-heavy, fundamental engineering courses. Tests have benefits to learning, such as the testing effect that helps with the retrieval of knowledge, but there are also disadvantages, like discouraging deep learning approaches and decreasing motivation to learn, that …
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The design process of a collaborative orchestration tool and its implications for instructor uptake
… and analyzed how it was used in the classroom by engineering instructors. The study broadens our understanding of how design-based research processes are enacted to explore this form of learning among researchers. This qualitative study explores interactions within a design brainstorm meeting of …
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The Impact of the Integration of Makerspaces and Making Activities Into Engineering Design Education
… in university campuses is encouraging engineering educators to incorporate making activities and projects into their curriculum to support formal and informal learning, foster multidisciplinary learning environments, promote collaborative learning, and help students develop critical …