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1. Assessment
1.a. Classroom assessment
1.b. Organizational assessment
1.c. Professional accreditation
1.c.i. Chartered engineer accreditation
1.c.ii. Professional engineer accreditation
1. Fundamentals of Engineering exam
1.d. Program evaluation
1.d.i. Accreditation
1. ABET
a. ABET criteria
i. EC 2000 criteria
b. ABET outcomes
2. Program educational objectives
1.d.ii. Advisory boards
1.d.iii. Course assessment
1.d.iv. External evaluation
1.e. Student assessment
1.e.i. Assessment criteria
1. Academic performance
2. Body of knowledge
3. Evidence based improvement
4. Performance measures
1.e.ii. Assessment methods
1. Assessment reliability
a. Assessment biases
b. Assessment validity
2. Combined assessment
3. Continuous assessment
4. Formative assessment
5. Large group assessment
6. Learning assessments
a. Knowledge building
b. Knowledge gain
c. Knowledge retention
d. Learning combination inventory
e. Learning gain
7. Outcomes based assessment
8. Peer assessment
a. Peer review
9. Performance assessment
a. Student performance
10. Self assessment
a. Self assessed learning outcomes
11. Summative assessment
12. Team based assessment
13. Web based assessment
14. Workplace assessment
1.e.iii. Assessment tools
1. Assessment management systems
2. Feedback
a. 360 degree feedback
b. Adaptive feedback
c. Formative feedback
d. Immediate feedback
e. Student feedback
f. Summative feedback
3. Grading
a. Automatic analysis of grades
b. Grade inflation
c. Grading discrepancies
4. Multilevel program assessment
5. Portfolios
6. Questionnaire tools
7. Student assessment of learning gains
8. Tests
a. Collaborative tests
b. Computer tests
i. Computer aided instruction
c. Examinations
d. Multiple choice tests
e. Online testing
f. Practical examinations
g. Standardized tests
h. Test administration
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2. Collaboration
2.a. Collaborative design
2.a.i. Team based design
2.b. Informal collaboration
2.c. Teamwork
2.c.i. Group functioning
1. Group decision making
a. Nominal group technique
2. Group development
2.c.ii. Interdisciplinary teamwork
2.c.iii. International teamwork
2.c.iv. Multidisciplinary teamwork
2.c.v. Professional team work
2.c.vi. Social and task dimensions
2.c.vii. Team activities
1. Collaborative engineering
a. Collaborative reverse engineering
2.c.viii. Team formation
1. Team performance
2. Team roles
3. Teamwork training
2.c.ix. Team notes
2.c.x. Team skills
1. Collaborative knowledge
2. Collaborative skills
3. Team ability
4. Teamwork competence
2.c.xi. Teams
1. Distributed teams
2. Interdisciplinary teams
3. International teams
4. Multidisciplinary teams
5. Newly formed groups
6. Project teams
7. Self managing work teams
8. Virtual teams
2.c.xii. Virtual teamwork
1. E teams
2. Ecollaboration
3. Virtual laboratories
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3. Communication
3.a. Audiences
3.b. Communication skills
3.b.i. Etiquette
3.b.ii. Interpersonal skills
3.b.iii. Protocol
3.b.iv. Rhetoric
1. Argumentation
3.c. Language
3.c.i. Foreign languages
3.c.ii. Language effects
3.c.iii. Second languages
3.d. Modes of communication
3.d.i. Multimedia communication
3.d.ii. Nonverbal communication
3.d.iii. Oral communication
1. Listening
2. Oral presentations
3. Speaking
3.d.iv. Visual communication
1. Graphic communication
a. Engineering graphics
b. Sketching
c. Computer aided design
d. Drafting
e. Engineering drawing
i. Feature based representations
ii. Freehand drawing
iii. Mechanical drawing
2. Illustrations
a. Charts
b. Illustrated figures
3.d.v. Written communication
1. Reading
2. Writing
a. Documentation
b. Reflective writing
3.e. Multicultural communication
3.e.i. Second languages
3.f. Professional communications
3.f.i. Design intent communication
3.f.ii. Legal documentation
3.f.iii. Professional correspondence
3.f.iv. Professional policy
3.f.v. Proposals
3.f.vi. Public communications
3.f.vii. Reports
3.f.viii. Technical specifications
3.g. Visualization abilities
3.g.i. Mental imagery
3.g.ii. Part visualization
3.g.iii. Spatial visualization
3.g.iv. Virtual prototyping
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4. Design
4.a. Design activities
4.a.i. Creative design
4.a.ii. Design benchmarking
4.a.iii. Design for assembly
4.a.iv. Design for manufacturing
4.a.v. Design needs analysis
4.a.vi. Design portfolios
4.a.vii. Design research
4.b. Design approaches
4.b.i. Heuristics
4.b.ii. Human centered design
4.b.iii. Product development
1. Life cycle assessment
4.b.iv. Product dissection
4.b.v. Reverse engineering
4.b.vi. Sustainable design
4.b.vii. Systems based design
4.b.viii. User centered design
4.c. Design outcomes
4.d. Design practice
4.d.i. Conceptual design
4.d.ii. Design problem definition
4.d.iii. Design testing and evaluation
4.d.iv. Design verification and validation
4.d.v. Product design
4.d.vi. Product realization
4.d.vii. Prototyping
1. Rapid prototyping
4.d.viii. Requirements generation
4.e. Design projects
4.e.i. Capstone projects
4.e.ii. Centerpiece projects
4.e.iii. Cornerstone projects
4.e.iv. Design competitions
4.e.v. International design projects
4.e.vi. Multidisciplinary design
4.e.vii. Senior projects
4.f. Design thinking
4.g. Modeling
4.g.i. Information modeling
1. Data visualization
2. Interoperability
3. Simulation
4.g.ii. Physical modeling
1. 3D modeling
a. 3D forms
b. 3D reconstruction
c. 3D simulation
d. Geometric constraints
e. Geometrical constructions
2. Prototyping
a. Rapid prototyping
4.g.iii. Process modeling
1. Flowcharting
2. Process mapping
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5. Diversity issues
5.a. Cultural inclusivity
5.b. Discrimination
5.c. Ethnicity
5.c.i. Hispanic
5.c.ii. Latino
5.d. First generation
5.e. Gender
5.e.i. Gender balance
5.e.ii. Gender differences
1. Femininity
2. Masculinity
5.e.iii. Gendered education
5.e.iv. Single gender campuses
5.f. Inclusivity
5.g. International students
5.h. Minority
5.i. Multiculturalism
5.j. Nontraditional students
5.j.i. Elite students
5.j.ii. Off campus students
5.j.iii. Part time students
5.j.iv. Special needs students
1. At risk students
2. Deaf blind tertiary students
5.k. Race
5.k.i. African American
5.k.ii. Alaskan Native
5.k.iii. American Indian
5.k.iv. Asian
5.k.v. Black
5.k.vi. Native Hawaiian
5.k.vii. Pacific Islander
5.k.viii. White
5.l. Sexual orientation
5.m. Socioeconomic status
5.n. Student diversity
5.o. Transfer students
5.p. Underrepresentation
5.p.i. Underrepresented ethnic students
5.q. Women
5.r. Workplace diversity
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6. Educational level
6.a. Graduate/postgraduate education [syn]
6.a.i. Graduate curriculum
6.a.ii. Graduate degree time requirements
6.a.iii. Graduate student supervision
6.a.iv. Graduate students
6.a.v. Research culture
6.b. K-12 education
6.b.i. Afterschool programs
6.b.ii. Elementary school
6.b.iii. High school
1. Advanced Placement courses
2. Pre college preparation
6.b.iv. Middle school
6.b.v. Outreach programs
6.b.vi. Preschool
6.b.vii. Pre-engineering
6.b.viii. University K-12 partnerships
6.c. Post-baccalaureate education
6.d. Postdoctoral studies
6.e. Undergraduate education
6.e.i. Final year/senior
6.e.ii. First year students /Freshmen [syn]
1. First year curriculum
2. First year experience
6.e.iii. Middle years/sophomore and junior
6.e.iv. Pre-engineering
6.e.v. Undergraduate curriculum
6.e.vi. Undergraduate degree time requirements
6.e.vii. Undergraduate level comparisons
6.e.viii. Undergraduate students
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7. Educational setting
7.a. Classroom context
7.b. Engineering economics
7.b.i. Employability
1. Industry demand
a. Industrial competencies
b. Industrial experience
7.b.ii. Global economy
1. Developing world
2. Flat world
3. Globalization
7.c. Language competency context
7.c.i. English as a Second Language
7.c.ii. English literacy
7.c.iii. English proficiency
7.c.iv. Foreign language literacy
7.d. Engineering courses
7.e. Environmental context
7.e.i. Developing world
7.e.ii. Environment
1. Environmental impact
2. Global environmental concerns
7.e.iii. Environmental curricula
7.e.iv. Green engineering
1. Pollution prevention
7.e.v. Socially responsible design
1. Agile methods
2. Agile process
3. Safe design
7.e.vi. Sustainability
1. Alternative energies
2. Sustainable design
3. Sustainable development
a. Education for sustainable development
b. International sustainable development
4. Sustainable engineering
5. Sustainable products
7.f. Grand challenges
7.f.i. General Grand Challenge thinking
7.f.ii. NAE Grand Challenge list
7.g. Informal learning
7.g.i. Museums
7.h. Institutional context
7.h.i. Baccalaureate college
7.h.ii. Co-curricular context
7.h.iii. Community/Technical colleges
7.h.iv. Extra curricular context
7.h.v. Historically Black College/ University (HBCU)
7.h.vi. Living/Learning communities
7.h.vii. Master's College
7.h.viii. Minority Serving Institution (MSI)
7.h.ix. Research intensive university
7.h.x. Tribal college
7.h.xi. Undergraduate
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8. Educational technology
7.i. Interdisciplinary education
7.i.i. Disciplinary barriers
7.i.ii. Interdisciplinary engineering education
7.i.iii. Interdisciplinary learning
7.i.iv. Interdisciplinary projects
7.i.v. Interdisciplinary teams
7.j. International programs
7.j.i. International students
1. International student exchange
7.j.ii. Student exchange
7.j.iii. Studying abroad
7.j.iv. Working abroad
7.k. Laboratory context
7.k.i. Laboratory costs
7.k.ii. Laboratory scaling
7.k.iii. Laboratory training
7.l. Mathematics
7.l.i. Calculus
7.l.ii. Complex numbers
7.l.iii. Differential equations
7.l.iv. Engineering mathematics
7.l.v. Linear algebra
7.l.vi. Mathematical skills
7.l.vii. Mathematics achievement
7.l.viii. Mathematics for engineering students
7.l.ix. Mathematics learning modules
7.l.x. Mathematics support
7.l.xi. Precalculus
7.l.xii. Probability theory
7.l.xiii. Statistics
7.l.xiv. Undergraduate mathematics
7.m. Multidisciplinary education
7.m.i. Multidisciplinary design
7.m.ii. Multidisciplinary teams
7.n. Science
7.n.i. Biology
7.n.ii. Chemistry
7.n.iii. Physics
1. Engineering physics
2. Introductory physics
7.o. Studio context
7.p. Technology studies
7.p.i. Technology and society
7.p.ii. Technology history
7.q. Trans-disciplinary education
8.a. Blended learning
8.a.i. Flipped classroom
8.b. Computer applications technology
8.b.i. Digital repositories
8.b.ii. Educational software
8.b.iii. Intelligent agents
8.b.iv. Interactive multimedia E learning systems
8.b.v. Learning management systems
8.b.vi. Mobile technology
8.b.vii. Virtual reality
8.c. Computer based learning
8.c.i. Digital game based learning
8.c.ii. E laboratories
8.c.iii. Educational software
8.c.iv. Interactive multimedia learning
8.c.v. Internet based learning
8.c.vi. Media based tutorials
8.c.vii. Noninteractive multimedia
1. Multimedia modules
2. Multimedia recordings
8.c.viii. Simulation based learning
8.c.ix. Tele education
8.c.x. Virtual lab
8.d. Computer mediated communication
8.d.i. Email
8.d.ii. Instant messaging
8.d.iii. Intercom telephones
8.d.iv. Podcasting
8.d.v. Remote discussions
8.d.vi. Video mediated communication
1. Electronic whiteboard
8.e. Learning environments
8.e.i. Distance learning
1. Asynchronous education
2. Open distance learning
8.e.ii. Informal learning
8.e.iii. Learning communities
8.e.iv. Mobile learning
8.e.v. Remote learning
8.e.vi. Work based learning
8.f. Learning tools
8.f.i. Adaptive computer learning
8.f.ii. Graphic organizers
1. Concept maps
2. Fish bones
3. Mind maps
8.f.iii. Learning guides
8.f.iv. Learning strategies
8.f.v. Mobile devices
8.f.vi. Multimedia learning
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9. Instruction
8.g. Online tools
8.g.i. Groupware
8.g.ii. Online laboratory experiments
8.g.iii. Online roleplay simulations
8.g.iv. Online testing
8.g.v. Open course ware
8.g.vi. Personal response system
8.g.vii. Threaded discussions
8.g.viii. Wikis
8.h. Streaming
8.i. Web based education
8.i.i. E learning
8.i.ii. Massive Open Online Classes (MOOCs)
8.i.iii. Online courses
8.i.iv. Online degrees
8.i.v. Streaming video
8.i.vi. Synchronized streaming media
8.i.vii. Video lectures
8.i.viii. Virtual learning environments
1. Blackboard learning system
2. Course management systems
8.i.ix. Web based course modules
8.i.x. Web based discussions
8.i.xi. Web based engineering education
8.i.xii. Web based resources
8.i.xiii. Web delivered tutorials
8.i.xiv. Web lectures
8.i.xv. WebCT
8.j. Virtual teamwork
8.j.i. E teams
8.j.ii. Ecollaboration
8.j.iii. Virtual laboratories
9.a. Change
9.a.i. Department level reform
9.a.ii. Faculty adoption
9.a.iii. Institutional transformation
9.a.iv. Institutional culture
9.a.v. Institutional policy
9.a.vi. Research to practice
1. Diffusion
2. Dissemination
3. Reflective practice
9.a.vii. Theories of change
1. Immunity to change
9.b. Class management
9.c. Educators
9.c.i. Faculty attitudes
1. Faculty commitment
2. Faculty perspective
9.c.ii. Faculty recruitment
9.c.iii. Faculty retention
9.c.iv. Faculty scholarship
9.c.v. Instructional role
1. Adjunct
2. Graduate teaching assistant
3. Instructor
4. Peer teaching assistant
9.c.vi. Teacher development
1. Critical reflection
2. Mentoring
3. Professional reflection
4. Teacher learning
a. Teacher conceptual learning
b. Pedagogical content knowledge
5. Teacher preparation
a. Teacher education
b. Teacher professional development
9.c.vii. Teaching philosophies
9.c.viii. Teaching skills
9.d. Instructional design
9.d.i. Course design
1. Learning objectives
2. Syllabus
9.d.ii. Curriculum design
1. Curriculum change
a. Curriculum reform
2. Curriculum development
9.d.iii. Program design
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10. Learning outcomes
9.e. Instructional methods
9.e.i. Active experimentation
9.e.ii. Active learning
1. Authentic contexts
2. Challenge based educational modules
3. Experiential learning
4. Hands on learning
5. Inquiry based learning
6. Interactive learning environments
7. Interactive multimedia learning
9.e.iii. Challenge based instruction
9.e.iv. Co teaching
9.e.v. Critical pedagogy
9.e.vi. Inclusive learning
9.e.vii. Inquiry based teaching
9.e.viii. Interactive teaching methods
9.e.ix. Learning objectives
9.e.x. Mutual learning models
1. Collaborative teaching and learning
2. Cooperative learning
a. Face to face collaborative learning
3. Group learning
a. Group learning outcomes
b. Small group learning
4. Team based learning
9.e.xi. Problem based learning
1. Problem based cooperative learning
9.e.xii. Project based learning
1. Project centered learning
2. Projects
a. Class projects
b. Laboratory based projects
c. Real life projects
d. Student projects
e. Student selected projects
f. Two tiered project
3. Shared understanding
4. Study groups
5. Vertically integrated projects
9.e.xiii. Problem based teaching
9.e.xiv. Service learning
9.e.xv. Small group learning
9.e.xvi. Studio learning
9.e.xvii. Student centered teaching methods
9.f. Teaching evaluations
9.f.i. Assessment of new teaching methods
9.f.ii. Teacher knowledge
9.f.iii. Teaching quality
10.a. Computing skills/knowledge
10.a.i. Databases
10.a.ii. Hardware
10.a.iii. Information literacy/fluency
10.a.iv. Internet
10.a.v. Programming
10.a.vi. Software design
10.a.vii. Software use
10.b. Creativity
10.c. Ethics
10.c.i. Academic dishonesty
1. Plagiarism
10.c.ii. Academic integrity
10.c.iii. Global awareness
10.c.iv. Humanitarian engineering
10.c.v. Philosophy of science
10.c.vi. Professional ethics
1. Ethics for scientists
2. Professional responsibility
10.c.vii. Social justice
10.c.viii. Social responsibility
1. Corporate social responsibility
10.d. Global competence
10.d.i. Cross cultural challenges
1. Cross cultural communication
2. Cross cultural issues
3. Cultural awareness
4. Cultural differences
5. English proficiency
6. Global awareness
7. Intercultural communication
8. Intercultural development inventory
9. Intercultural learning
10. International context
11. International experiences
12. Internationalism
13. Internationalization
10.d.ii. Cultural schemas
10.d.iii. Global education
10.d.iv. Global engineering
1. Global issues in engineering
2. Global management
3. Global problem solvers
4. Global skills
10.d.v. International collaboration
1. Global collaboration
a. Bologna process
b. Global teams
2. Global teams
3. International design projects
4. International initiatives
5. International teams
6. International teamwork
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11. Professional practice
10.d.vi. Language
1. Foreign languages
2. Language effects
3. Second languages
10.d.vii. Mobility
10.e. Innovation
10.f. Lifelong learning
10.g. Research skills
10.h. Problem solving
10.h.i. Model-eliciting activities
10.h.ii. Open ended problem solving
10.h.iii. Problem definition
10.h.iv. Problem framing
10.h.v. Problem scoping
10.h.vi. Problem solving models
10.h.vii. Problem solving processes
10.h.viii. Systematic problem solving
10.i. Professional skills
10.i.i. Business skills
1. Entrepreneurship skills
10.i.ii. Collaboration skills
1. Communication
a. Spoken
b. Written
c. Visual
2. Leadership skills
a. Project management
3. Managing conflict
10.j. Technical skills/knowledge
10.j.i. Analysis
10.j.ii. Complex systems
10.j.iii. Design
10.j.iv. Laboratory learning outcomes
1. Laboratory technical skills
2. Professional laboratory skills
10.j.v. Managing complexity
10.j.vi. Mathematics
10.j.vii. Product development
10.j.viii. Scientific literacy
1. Scientific processing skills
2. Scientific thinking
10.j.ix. Technical literacy
10.k. Ways of thinking
10.k.i. Abstraction
10.k.ii. Convergent thinking
10.k.iii. Critical thinking
10.k.iv. Divergent thinking
10.k.v. Logical thinking
10.k.vi. Metacognition
10.k.vii. Reasoning skills
10.k.viii. Reflection
1. Critical reflection
2. Reflective practice
10.k.ix. Spatial skills
10.k.x. Systems thinking
11.a. Careers
11.a.i. Career paths
1. Academic engineering careers
2. Government engineering careers
3. Industrial engineering careers
4. Nonprofit engineering careers
5. Postdoctoral studies
11.a.ii. Career performance
11.a.iii. Career satisfaction
11.a.iv. Life and career planning
11.b. Engineering profession
11.b.i. Employers
1. Employer perceptions
11.b.ii. Employment
1. Demand for engineers
2. Employment of graduates
11.b.iii. Renumeration
11.c. Engineering work
11.c.i. Laboratory work
1. Assembly laboratories
2. Distance laboratories
3. E laboratories
4. Laboratory development
5. Laboratory equipment
6. Laboratory experiments
a. Online laboratory experiments
b. Remote laboratory experiments
7. Laboratory facilities
8. Massive laboratories
9. Physical laboratories
10. Programming laboratories
11. Remote laboratories
a. Remote access laboratories
b. Remote experimentation
12. Roving laboratories
13. Simulation laboratories
14. Thermal science laboratories
15. Virtual laboratories
11.c.ii. Professional and research culture
1. Professional competencies
2. Professional development
a. Continuing education
b. Continuing professional development
11.c.iii. Work environment
1. Work practices
2. Workplaces
a. Workplace assessment
b. Workplace culture
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12. Recruitment and retention
11.d. Entrepreneurship
11.d.i. Business plan competition
11.d.ii. Entrepreneurial education
11.d.iii. Entrepreneurial leadership
11.d.iv. Entrepreneurial skills
11.d.v. Intrapreneurship
11.d.vi. Leadership
1. Informal leadership
2. Leadership development
3. Leadership skills
11.e. Industry involvement
11.e.i. Cooperative education
11.e.ii. Industry cooperation
11.e.iii. Industry demand
1. Industrial competencies
2. Industrial experience
11.e.iv. Industry liason boards
11.e.v. Industrial partnerships
11.e.vi. Industrial PhD programs
11.e.vii. Industrial placements
11.e.viii. Industry research collaboration
11.e.ix. Industry sponsored programs
11.e.x. Industry sponsored projects
11.e.xi. Industry training
11.e.xii. Internships
1. Part time internships
2. Research internships
3. Summer internships
4. Yearly internships
11.f. Management
11.f.i. Engineering management
11.f.ii. Global management
11.f.iii. Management games
11.f.iv. Project management
1. Project management skills
2. Workflow management
11.f.v. Supply chain management
1. Inventory management
2. Logistics management
3. Workflow management
4. Work study
12.a. Academic support
12.a.i. Encouragement of student activity
1. Individual interaction
2. Mandatory residential sessions
12.a.ii. Supplemental instruction
12.a.iii. Tutoring
1. Tutor roles
2. Tutorial services
3. Tutoring models
12.b. Advising
12.b.i. Academic advising
12.b.ii. Coaching
12.b.iii. Mentoring
1. Mentoring for underrepresented populations
2. Mentors competencies
3. Peer mentoring
4. Student mentoring
12.c. Recruitment
12.c.i. Engineering recruitment
1. Engineering pipeline
12.c.ii. Student enrollment
1. Increasing enrollment
2. Increasing underrepresented populations
12.c.iii. Student recruitment
1. Graduate student recruitment
2. PhD student recruitment
3. Undergraduate recruitment
4. Underrepresented population recruitment
12.d. Retention
12.d.i. Attrition
12.d.ii. Persistence
12.d.iii. Retention rate
12.d.iv. Reward and recognition schemes
1. Scholarships
12.d.v. Student retention
1. Graduate student retention
2. PhD student retention
3. Undergraduate student retention
4. Underrepresented population retention
12.e. Student satisfaction
12.e.i. Customer satisfaction index
12.e.ii. Satisfaction scores
12.e.iii. Student attitude surveys
12.f. Study behaviors
12.f.i. Self study
12.f.ii. Study and work
12.f.iii. Study groups
12.f.iv. Study success
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13. Research methods
12.g. Student development
12.g.i. Life and career planning
12.g.ii. Health
12.g.iii. Student anxiety
1. Stress
2. Test anxiety
12.g.iv. Student attendance
1. Student absenteeism
2. Student tardiness
12.g.v. Time management
12.g.vi. Workload
12.h. Student readiness
12.h.i. Academic history
12.h.ii. Background knowledge
12.h.iii. College Student Inventory
12.h.iv. Preparation
12.i. Student interest
12.i.i. Differential aptitude test
12.i.ii. Student engagement
13.a. Mixed research methods
13.a.i. Concurrent research
13.a.ii. Sequential research
1. Explanatory research
2. Exploratory research
13.b. Qualitative research
13.b.i. Content analysis
13.b.ii. Discourse analysis
13.b.iii. Ethnography
13.b.iv. Grounded theory
13.b.v. Participatory action research
13.b.vi. Phenomography
13.b.vii. Thematic analysis
13.c. Quantitative research
13.c.i. Data analysis
1. Data correlation
2. Descriptive statistics
3. Educational data mining
4. Inferential statistics
5. Metaanalysis
6. Statistical regression
7. Structural equation modeling
a. Confirmatory factor analysis
b. Exploratory factor analysis
c. Growth modeling
d. Item response theory
e. Latent state-trait theory
f. Multilevel modelling
g. Path analysis
13.c.ii. Quantitative data
1. Level
a. Course level data
i. Gradebook data
ii. Course-management data
b. Institutional level data
2. Type
a. Direct observation
b. Student records data
c. Survey and opinion data
i. Teaching-evaluation data
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14. Theoretical frameworks
13.d. Research evaluation criteria
13.d.i. Effect size
13.d.ii. Quantitative
1. Reliability
a. Interrater reliability
b. Chronbach's alpha
c. Test-retest reliability
2. Validity
a. Constructive validity
b. Face validity
c. Convergent validity
d. Predictive validity
13.d.iii. Qualitative
1. Triangulation
13.d.iv. Research dependability
13.d.v. Research generalizability
13.d.vi. Research objectivity
13.d.vii. Research reflexivity
13.d.viii. Research transferability
13.d.ix. Research trustworthiness
14.a. Cognitive theories
14.a.i. Conceptual change
1. Knowledge in pieces
2. Mental models
3. Naïve theories
4. Ontological shift
5. Social linguistic
14.a.ii. Constructivist
14.a.iii. Double loop learning
14.a.iv. Information processing
14.a.v. Learning cycles
14.a.vi. Meaningful learning
14.a.vii. Self regulated learning
14.a.viii. Socio-constructivist
14.b. Developmental theory
14.b.i. Adult learning theory
14.b.ii. Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory
14.b.iii. Model of Domain Learning
14.b.iv. Perry's model of Intellectual Development
14.b.v. Personal Epistemology
14.b.vi. Piaget's Theory of cognitive Development
14.b.vii. Self-authorship
14.b.viii. Vygotsky's Activity Theory
14.c. Epistemologies
14.c.i. Constructivism
14.c.ii. Critical theory
14.c.iii. Interpretivism
14.c.iv. Positivism
14.c.v. Postmodernism
14.c.vi. Postpositivism
14.c.vii. Poststructuralism
14.c.viii. Social constructionism
14.d. Identity construction
14.d.i. Affective self beliefs
14.d.ii. Discursive identities
14.d.iii. Family
14.d.iv. Generation
14.d.v. Personas
14.d.vi. Professional identity
14.d.vii. Role models
14.d.viii. Self beliefs
14.d.ix. Self theories
14.e. Individual differences
14.e.i. Learning styles
1. Auditory learning
2. Autonomous learning
3. Global learning
4. Kinaesthetic learning
5. Kolb's Learning Styles
6. Multimodal learning
7. Reflexive learning
8. Sequential learning
9. Tactile learning
10. Verbal learning
11. Visual learning
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14.e.ii. Personality types
1. Big Five
2. Bolton and Grover-Bolton Workstyles
3. Myers Briggs type indicator
14.f. Knowledge-centered theories
14.f.i. Affective/Emotional learning
14.f.ii. Bloom's taxonomy of learning domains
14.f.iii. Conceptual learning
1. Concept inventories
2. Concept maps
3. Preexisting knowledge
4. Student alternative conceptions
5. Student incomplete conceptions
6. Student misconceptions
7. Student preconceptions
8. Threshold concepts
14.f.iv. Critical-race theory
14.f.v. Design theory
14.f.vi. Educational anthropology/cultures of engineering
education
14.f.vii. Evidence-based practice
14.f.viii. Feminist theory
14.f.ix. Ontologies
14.f.x. Philosophy of engineering
14.f.xi. Philosophy of engineering education
14.f.xii. Praxis
14.f.xiii. Queer theory
14.f.xiv. Sociology of education
14.f.xv. Team-development Theories (Tuckman, etc.)
14.f.xvi. Theory building
14.g. Motivation
14.g.i. Achievement goal orientation theory
1. Deep learning
2. Mastery learning
3. Surface learning
14.g.ii. Attitudes
14.g.iii. Attribution theory
14.g.iv. Behavior theory/Behaviorism
14.g.v. Expectancy Value theory
14.g.vi. Extrinisis motivation
14.g.vii. Intrinsic motivation
14.g.viii. Self-determination theory
14.h. Organizational studies
14.h.i. Disciplinary discourses
14.h.ii. Discipline formation
14.h.iii. Institutional and organizational change
14.h.iv. Institutional models
14.h.v. Organizational culture
14.i. Social cognitive theories [syn: social learning theory]
14.i.i. Cognitive apprenticeship
14.i.ii. Community of Practice
14.i.iii. Expert/novice
14.i.iv. Observational learning
14.i.v. Self efficacy/Self confidence
14.i.vi. Mental models
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