EER Taxonomy Version 0.6 (11/08/13)
1. Assessment
2. Teams [syn: Groups]
1.a. Organizational assessment
1.b. Professional licensure
1.b.i. Chartered engineer
1.b.ii. Professional engineer
1. Fundamentals of Engineering exam
1.c. Program evaluation
1.c.i. Accreditation
1. ABET
2. Criteria [syn: Outcomes]
1.c.ii. Advisory boards
1.c.iii. Course assessment
1.c.iv. External evaluation
1.c.v. Multilevel program assessment
1.d. Student assessment
1.d.i. Assessment tools
1. Feedback
a. 360 degree
2. Concept Inventory
3. Grades
a. Automated grading
b. Grading systems
c. Inflation
4. Portfolios
5. Rubric
6. Survey [syn: Questionnaire]
7. Test format [syn: Exam format]
a. Multiple choice
b. Open ended tests
c. Practical examinations [syn: clinical examinations]
d. Standardized
1.d.ii. Knowledge gain
1.d.iii. Knowledge retention
1.d.iv. Method
1. Continuous
2. Diagnostic
3. Formative
4. Outcomes based assessment
5. Peer review
6. Self assessment
7. Summative
1.d.v. Performance assessment
1.d.vi. Setting
1. Individual
2. Group
3. Online
4. Workplace
2.a. Interdisciplinary
2.b. Mental models
2.c. Multidisciplinary
2.d. Team dynamics
2.d.i. Nominal group technique
2.d.ii. Team development [syn: Group development]
2.d.iii. Team formation
2.d.iv. Team performance
2.d.v. Team roles
2.e. Training
2.f. Transdisciplinary
2.g. Virtual [syn: Distributed]
3. Design
3.a. Design practice
3.a.i. Ideation
3.a.ii. Information gathering
3.a.iii. Modeling
1. Physical modeling
a. 3D modeling
b. Prototyping
i. Rapid prototyping
2. Process modeling
a. Flowcharting
3.a.iv. Needs analysis
3.a.v. Problem definition
3.a.vi. Product testing
3.b. Design projects
3.b.i. Capstone projects [syn: Senior projects, Senior design]
3.b.ii. Design competitions
3.b.iii. Multidisciplinary design
3.c. Design process
3.c.i. Human centered design [syn: User centered design]
3.c.ii. Product development
3.c.iii. Product archaeology [syn: Product dissection,
Reverse engineering]
3.d. Design thinking
EER Taxonomy Version 0.6
4. Diversity
4.a. Diversity concerns
4.a.i. Bias
4.a.ii. Discrimination
4.a.iii. Inclusivity
4.a.iv. Multiculturalism
4.a.v. Student diversity
4.a.vi. Underrepresentation [syn: Underrepresented
students]
4.a.vii. Workplace diversity
4.b. Types of diversity
4.b.i. Gender
a. Female [syn: Women, Girls]
b. Male
c. Transgender
4.b.ii. Individual differences
1. Learning styles
2. Personality types
4.b.iii. Nontraditional students
1. Commuter students
2. Part time students
3. Transfer students
4. Veterans
4.b.iv. Race/Ethnicity
4.b.v. Sexual orientation
4.b.vi. Student background
1. First generation
2. International students
3. Socioeconomic status
4.b.vii. Students with disabilities
5. Educational level
5.a. Continuing education
5.b. Graduate education [syn: Postgraduate]
5.b.i. Graduate
1. Master’s students
2. PhD students [syn: Doctoral students]
5.b.ii. Supervision [syn: Advising]
5.c. Higher education [syn: College, University]
5.d. P-12 [syn, P12, K-12, K12]
5.d.i. Elementary school [syn: Primary school]
5.d.ii. High school
1. Advanced Placement courses
2. Pre college preparation
5.d.iii. Middle school
5.d.iv. Pre-engineering
5.d.v. Preschool
5.e. Postdoctoral studies
5.f. Undergraduate
5.f.i. First year [syn: Freshmen, Freshman]
1. First year curriculum
2. First year experience
5.f.ii. Junior
5.f.iii. Senior
5.f.iv. Sophomore
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6. Educational Setting
6.a. Engineering fields
6.a.i. Architectural engineering
6.a.ii. Biomedical engineering
6.a.iii. Chemical engineering
6.a.iv. Civil engineering
6.a.v. Computer Engineering
6.a.vi. Computer science
6.a.vii. Construction engineering
6.a.viii. Electrical engineering
6.a.ix. Engineering Technology
6.a.x. Environmental engineering
1. Green engineering
2. Sustainability
6.a.xi. Industrial Engineering
6.a.xii. Information technology
6.a.xiii. Manufacturing
6.a.xiv. Materials science and engineering
6.a.xv. Mechanical engineering
6.a.xvi. Nuclear engineering
6.a.xvii. Ocean engineering [syn: Marine engineering]
6.b. Informal learning [syn: Outreach]
6.c. Institution type
6.c.i. Baccalaureate institutions
6.c.ii. Community colleges
6.c.iii. Doctoral institutions
6.c.iv. Hispanic serving institutions (HSIs)
6.c.v. Historically black colleges/universities (HBCUs)
6.c.vi. Master's institutions
6.c.vii. Single gender campuses
6.c.viii. Technical colleges
6.c.ix. Tribal colleges
6.d. Learning environment
6.d.i. Classroom
6.d.ii. Co-curricular
6.d.iii. Extracurricular
6.d.iv. Honors programs
6.d.v. International programs
6.d.vi. Laboratory
6.d.vii. Learning communities
6.d.viii. Studio
6.d.ix. Undergraduate research
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EER Taxonomy Version 0.6
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7. Educational Technology [syn: E-learning]
8. Related fields
7.a. Computer-based instruction [syn: Internet-based
instruction]
7.a.i. Educational software
7.a.ii. Games
7.b. Electronic communication
7.b.i. Blog
7.b.ii. Email
7.b.iii. Groupware
7.b.iv. Instant messaging
7.b.v. Online discussions
1. Web discussions [syn: Chat]
2. Wikis
7.b.vi. Online repositories
7.b.vii. Social media
7.b.viii. Streaming Media
1. Streaming audio [syn: Podcast]
2. Streaming video
7.c. Learning modality
7.c.i. Blended learning
7.c.ii. Distance learning
1. Asynchronous
2. Massive Open Online Classes (MOOCs)
3. Synchronous
7.c.iii. Remote laboratories [syn: Virtual laboratories]
7.d. Learning technology
7.d.i. Adaptive computer learning
7.d.ii. Learning Management Systems
7.d.iii. Mobile applications
7.d.iv. Pen and touch devices
7.d.v. Personal response system [syn. Clicker]
7.d.vi. Simulation
7.d.vii. Virtual Reality
8.a. Engineering economics
8.a.i. Employability
1. Industry demand
8.b. Mathematics
8.b.i. Calculus
8.b.ii. Complex numbers
8.b.iii. Differential equations
8.b.iv. Engineering mathematics
8.b.v. Graphing
8.b.vi. Linear algebra
8.b.vii. Pre-Calculus
8.b.viii. Probability theory
8.b.ix. Problem solving
8.b.x. Statistics
8.c. Philosophy of engineering education
8.d. Public policy
8.d.i. Bologna process
8.d.ii. Common core state standards
8.e. Science
8.e.i. Biology
8.e.ii. Chemistry
8.e.iii. Geoscience
8.e.iv. Life science
8.e.v. Physical science
8.e.vi. Physics
8.e.vii. Technology applications
8.f. Technology studies
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EER Taxonomy Version 0.6
9. Instruction
9.a. Conceptual learning [syn: Conceptual change]
9.a.i. Concept inventories
9.a.ii. Concept maps
9.a.iii. Misconceptions
9.a.iv. Preconceptions
9.a.v. Threshold concepts
9.b. Faculty [syn: Instructors]
9.b.i. Faculty attitudes
9.b.ii. Faculty development [syn: Educational development]
1. Pedagogical content knowledge
2. Reflective practice
3. Teaching skills
9.b.iii. Instructional role
1. Adjunct
2. Advisor
3. Faculty
4. Graduate teaching assistant
5. Instructor
6. Peer teaching assistant
9.b.iv. Teaching philosophies
9.b.v. Team teaching
9.c. Institutional change [syn: Institutional transformation,
Organizational change]
9.c.i. Evidence-based practice
9.c.ii. Institutional culture
9.c.iii. Instructional change
9.c.iv. Research to practice
1. Adoption
2. Diffusion
3. Dissemination
9.c.v. Theories of change
9.d. Instructional design
9.d.i. Alignment
9.d.ii. Backwards design
9.d.iii. Bloom's taxonomy
9.d.iv. Course design
9.d.v. Learning objectives
9.e. Instructional methods [syn: Pedagogy]
9.e.i. Active learning
1. Challenge based instruction
2. Experiential learning
3. Inquiry based learning
4. Peer instruction
9.e.ii. Critical pedagogy
9.e.iii. Flipped classroom
9.e.iv. Lecture
9.e.v. Model-eliciting activities
9.e.vi. Mutual learning models
1. Collaborative learning
2. Cooperative learning
3. Team based learning
9.e.vii. Problem based learning
9.e.viii. Project based learning
9.e.ix. Service learning
9.f. Teaching evaluations
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10. Outcomes
10.a. Communication
10.a.i. Audiences
10.a.ii. Communication skills
1. Nonverbal
2. Verbal
a. Listening
b. Oral presentations
c. Speaking
3. Visual communication
a. Engineering graphics
b. Illustrations
4. Written communication
a. Argumentation
b. Reading
c. Writing
5. Visualization [syn: spatial skills]
10.a.iii. Foreign languages
10.b. Computing skills [syn: Computing knowledge]
10.c. Creativity
10.d. Critical thinking
10.e. Engagement
10.f. Entrepreneurship
10.g. Ethics
10.g.i. Academic dishonesty [syn: Academic integrity]
1. Plagiarism
10.g.ii. Social justice
10.g.iii. Social responsibility
10.h. Information literacy [syn: Information fluency]
10.i. Innovation
10.j. Intercultural competence [syn: Global]
10.j.i. Cultural schemas
10.k. Leadership
10.l. Lifelong learning
10.m. Motivation
10.n. Problem solving
10.o. Professional skills [syn: Soft skills]
10.p. Reflection
10.p.i. Critical reflection
10.q. Scientific literacy
10.r. Systems thinking
10.s. Teamwork [syn: Team skills]
10.t. Technical communication
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11. Professional practice
13. Research approaches
11.a. Careers
11.a.i. Career choice
11.a.ii. Career paths
11.b. Engineering management
11.c. Engineering profession
11.c.i. Employers
11.c.ii. Employment
11.c.iii. Workplace culture
11.d. Industry involvement
11.d.i. Cooperative education
11.d.ii. Industry sponsorship
11.d.iii. Internships
13.a. Data collection
13.a.i. Analytics
13.a.ii. Focus groups
13.a.iii. Interviews
13.a.iv. Multi-institution
13.a.v. Observations
13.a.vi. Survey
13.b. Research ethics
13.b.i. Ethical treatment of subjects
13.b.ii. Professional research ethics
13.c. Research evaluation criteria
13.c.i. Credibility
13.c.ii. Dependability
13.c.iii. Generalizability
13.c.iv. Reliability
13.c.v. Transferability
13.c.vi. Trustworthiness
13.c.vii. Validity
13.d. Research methods
13.d.i. Design-based research
13.d.ii. Mixed methods research
13.d.iii. Qualitative
1. Case Study
2. Content analysis
a. Discourse analysis
b. Document analysis
3. Ethnography
4. Grounded theory
5. Phenomenography
6. Phenomenology
13.d.iv. Quantitative
1. Correlation
2. Descriptive statistics
3. Experimental research
4. Factor analysis
5. Inferential statistics
6. Psychometric analysis
7. Regression
8. Structural equation modeling
13.d.v. Systematic review
1. Meta-analysis
12. Recruitment and retention
12.a. Academic support
12.a.i. Supplemental instruction
12.a.ii. Tutoring
12.b. Achievement
12.c. Advising
12.c.i. Academic advising
12.c.ii. Coaching
12.c.iii. Mentoring
1. Peer mentoring
12.d. Preparation
12.e. Recruitment
12.e.i. Engineering recruitment
1. Engineering pipeline
12.e.ii. Enrollment
12.e.iii. Matriculation
12.f. Retention
12.f.i. Attrition
12.f.ii. Persistence
12.f.iii. Retention rate
12.f.iv. Scholarships
12.f.v. Time to degree
12.g. Study behaviors
12.g.i. Study groups
12.g.ii. Time management
12.h. Student development
12.h.i. Absenteeism
12.h.ii. Mental health
1. Depression
2. Stress
3. Test anxiety
12.h.iii. Physical health
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EER Taxonomy Version 0.6
14. Theoretical frameworks
14.a. Affective theories
14.a.i. Emotional learning
14.a.ii. Motivation
1. Achievement goal orientation theory [syn: deep
learning, mastery learning]
2. Attribution theory
3. Behavior theory [syn: Behaviorism]
4. Expectancy Value theory
5. Self-determination theory
14.a.iii. Self efficacy
14.b. Cognitive theories
14.b.i. Constructivist
1. Expert-novice
14.b.ii. Knowledge transfer
14.b.iii. Self regulated learning
1. Metacognition
14.c. Critical theory
14.d. Developmental theory
14.d.i. Adult learning theory
14.d.ii. Agency
14.d.iii. Identity
14.d.iv. Model of Domain Learning
14.d.v. Perry's model of Intellectual Development
14.d.vi. Piaget's Theory of cognitive Development
14.e. Social cognitive theories [syn: Social learning theory]
14.e.i. Activity theory
14.e.ii. Cognitive apprenticeship
14.e.iii. Community of Practice
14.e.iv. Social cognitive career theory
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