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1. Academic support
1.a. Academic advising
1.b. Computer based student support
1.c. Encouragement of student activity
1.c.i. Coaching
1.c.ii. Individual interaction
1.c.iii. Mandatory residential sessions
1.d. Mentoring
1.d.i. Mentoring for female students
1.d.ii. Mentors competencies
1.d.iii. Peer mentoring
1.d.iv. Student mentoring
1.e. Tutoring
1.e.i. Naturalistic tutoring
1.e.ii. Tutor roles
1.e.iii. Tutorial services
1.e.iv. Tutoring models
2. Assessment
2.a. Assessment of organizations
2.b. Program evaluation
2.b.i. ABET
1. ABET criteria
a. EC 2000 criteria
2. ABET outcomes
2.b.ii. Accreditation
1. Agricultural degree accreditation
2. Professional accreditation
2.b.iii. Achievement of criteria
2.b.iv. Advisory boards
2.b.v. Alignment
2.b.vi. Assessment of the quality of education
2.b.vii. Course assessment
1. Automatic analysis of grades
2. Classroom assessment
2.b.viii. Education quality
1. Education quality management
2. Multilevel program assessment
3. Program educational objectives
2.b.ix. External evaluation
2.b.x. Quality assessment
1. Quality assurance
a. Quality assurance on distance learning
2. Service quality
2.b.xi. Teaching evaluation
1. Assessment of new teaching methods
2. Teacher knowledge
3. Teaching quality
2.c. Student assessment
2.c.i. Assessment criteria
1. Academic performance
2. Body of knowledge
3. Evidence based improvement
4. Performance measures
2.c.ii. Assessment methods
1. Combined assessment
2. Continuous assessment
3. Formative assessment
4. Large group assessment
5. Learning assessments
a. Blooms taxonomy
b. Knowledge building
c. Knowledge gain
d. Knowledge retention
e. Learning combination inventory
f. Learning gain
6. Outcomes based assessment
7. Performance assessment
a. Student performance
8. Self and peer assessment
a. Peer assessment
i. Peer review
b. Self assessment
i. Self assessed learning outcomes
c. Student assessment of learning gains
9. Synergistic use of multiple assessment
10. Team based assessment
11. Web based assessment
12. Workplace assessment
2.c.iii. Assessment reliability
1. Biases in assessment
2. Inadequacy of the estimation the achievements of
the examinees
2.c.iv. Assessment tools
1. Blooms taxonomy
2. Feedback
a. 360 degree feedback
b. Formative feedback
c. Laboratory feedback
d. Rapid feedback
e. Student feedback
3. Grading
a. Automatic analysis of grades
b. Grade inflation
c. Grading discrepancies
4. Questionnaire tools
5. Tests
a. Computer tests
i. Computer aided instruction
b. Examinations
c. Multiple choice tests
d. Online testing
e. Practical examinations
f. Standardized tests
g. Test administration
2.c.v. Comparison of assessment methods
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3. Business
3.a. Alliance with entrepreneurs
3.b. Business plan competition
3.c. Engineering economics
3.d. Engineering profession
3.d.i. Alumni research
3.d.ii. Alumni surveys
3.d.iii. Careers
1. Career options
2. Career performance
3. Career satisfaction
3.d.iv. Employment
1. Employability
a. Industry demand
i. Industrial competencies
ii. Industrial experience
b. Life and career aspirations
2. Employers
a. Employer engagement
b. Employer perceptions
3. Employment of graduates
4. Engineering work
a. Civil engineering
b. Electrical engineering
c. Industrial engineering
d. Laboratory work
i. Experimentation
ii. Laboratory feedback
iii. Laboratory reports
e. Mechanical engineering
f. Professional engineering
3.d.v. Professional and research culture
1. Professional competencies
a. Adaptive expertise
b. Dynamic simulation
c. Engineering practice
d. Industrial competencies
e. Professional practice
f. Professional qualification
g. Professional self reflection
h. Professional skills
i. Subject specific competences
2. Professional development
a. Continuing education
b. Continuing professional development
3. Remuneration
4. Workplaces
a. Work based learning
b. Work environment
c. Work practices
d. Workplace assessment
e. Workplace culture
3.e. Entrepreneurship
3.e.i. Entrepreneurial education
3.e.ii. Entrepreneurial leadership
3.e.iii. Entrepreneurial skills
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3.f. Industry
3.f.i. Industrial involvement
1. Industrial placements
2. Industry academic collaboration
a. Industrial PhD programs
b. Industrial partnerships
c. Industrial sponsorship
d. Industry sponsored projects
e. Internships
i. Engineering interns
ii. Internship efficacy
3. Industry advice
4. Industry cooperation
5. Industry training
a. Industrial PhD programs
b. Internships
i. Engineering interns
ii. Internship efficacy
3.f.ii. Industry demand
1. Industrial competencies
2. Industrial experience
3.g. Intrapreneurship
3.h. Leadership
3.h.i. Informal leadership
3.h.ii. Leadership development
3.h.iii. Leadership skills
3.i. Lean production
3.j. Management
3.j.i. Engineering management
3.j.ii. Global management
3.j.iii. Management games
3.j.iv. Project management
1. Project management skills
2. Workflow management
3.j.v. Supply chain management
1. Inventory management
2. Logistics management
3. Workflow management
4. Collaboration
4.a. Global collaboration
4.a.i. Bologna process
4.a.ii. Global teams
4.a.iii. Globally dispersed design teams
4.b. Groupware
4.c. Mutual learning models
4.c.i. Collaborative teaching and learning
4.c.ii. Cooperative learning
1. Cooperative hands on active and problem based
learning
2. Cooperative problem based learning
3. Face to face collaborative learning
4.c.iii. Group learning
1. Group learning outcomes
2. Small group learning
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4.c.iv. Team based learning
4.d. Social collaborative experiences
4.e. Teamwork
4.e.i. Group functioning
1. Group decision making
a. Nominal group technique
i. Online nominal group technique
2. Group development
4.e.ii. Interdisciplinary teamwork
4.e.iii. International teamwork
4.e.iv. Multidisciplinary teamwork
4.e.v. Professional team work
4.e.vi. Social and task dimensions
4.e.vii. Team activities
1. Collaborative design
a. Team based design
i. Team based interdisciplinary design projects
2. Collaborative engineering
a. Collaborative reverse engineering
4.e.viii. Team formation
1. Team performance
2. Team roles
3. Teamwork training
4.e.ix. Team notes
4.e.x. Team skills
1. Collaborative knowledge
2. Collaborative skills
3. Team ability
4. Teamwork competence
4.e.xi. Teams
1. Design teams
2. Distributed teams
3. Interdisciplinary teams
4. International teams
5. Multidisciplinary teams
6. Newly formed groups
7. Project teams
8. Self managing work teams
9. Virtual teams
4.e.xii. Virtual teamwork
1. E teams
2. Ecollaboration
3. Virtual laboratories
5. Communication
5.a. Communication studies
5.a.i. Communication competencies
1. English language teaching
2. Interpersonal skills
a. Flattery
b. Humor
3. Presentations
a. Oral presentations
b. Presentation evaluation
c. Presentation skills
d. Presentation techniques
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e. Student presentations
4. Professional communication
5. Rhetoric
a. Rhetorical behavior of engineers
b. Visual rhetoric
6. Technical communication
7. Writing skills
a. Writing
i. Report writing
1. Field journals
2. Laboratory reports
3. Team notes
ii. Structured writing
1. Logbooks
2. Technical writing
b. Writing across the curriculum
c. Writing improvement
5.a.ii. Communication training
5.b. Graphic communication
5.b.i. Rapid graphical communication
5.c. Language across curriculum
6. Competencies
6.a. ABET criteria
6.a.i. EC 2000 criteria
6.b. ABET outcomes
6.c. Accidental competency
6.d. Achievement of criteria
6.e. Competency gaps
6.f. Core competencies
6.g. Embedded indicators
6.h. General skills
6.h.i. Cognitive skills
1. Critical thinking
2. Divergent thinking
6.h.ii. Creativity
1. Creative design
2. Creative engineering
3. Creativity fostering
4. Creativity profiles
5. Creativity survey
6. Student creativity
a. Creativity profiles
6.h.iii. Developing skills
6.h.iv. Examination skills
6.h.v. General professional competencies
6.h.vi. Generic capabilities
6.h.vii. Generic competences
6.h.viii. Idea generation
6.h.ix. Information literacy
6.h.x. Information literacy skills
6.h.xi. Innovation
1. Innovation development
2. Innovation processes
3. Innovation training
6.h.xii. Logical thinking
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6.h.xiii. Problem solving
1. Open ended problem solving
2. Problem definition
3. Problem framing
4. Problem scoping
5. Problem solving models
6. Problem solving processes
7. Problem solving skills
8. Systematic problem solving
6.h.xiv. Reasoning skills
6.h.xv. Reflective practice
6.h.xvi. Research skills
1. Undergraduate research skills
6.h.xvii. Social competence
6.h.xviii. Social skills
6.h.xix. Spatial skills
6.h.xx. Students information fluency
6.h.xxi. Transferable skills
6.i. Generic skills
6.j. Global competence
6.j.i. Content and language integrated learning
6.j.ii. Cross cultural challenges
1. Cross cultural communication
2. Cross cultural issues
3. Cultural awareness
4. Cultural differences
5. English language teaching
6. English proficiency
7. Global awareness
8. Intercultural communication
9. Intercultural development inventory
10. Intercultural learning
11. International comparison
12. International context
13. International experiences
14. Internationalism
15. Internationalization
16. Managing national and international diversity in
engineering
6.j.iii. Cultural schemas
6.j.iv. Culture as constructions
6.j.v. Global economy
1. Developing world
2. Flat world
3. Globalization
4. Third world
6.j.vi. Global education
6.j.vii. Global engineering
1. Global issues in engineering
2. Global management
3. Global problem solvers
4. Global skills
6.j.viii. Global learning
6.j.ix. International collaboration
1. Global collaboration
a. Bologna process
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b. Global teams
c. Globally dispersed design teams
2. Global teams
3. International design projects
4. International initiatives
5. International teams
6. International teamwork
6.j.x. International education
6.j.xi. International learning
6.j.xii. International programs
1. International students
a. International student exchange
2. Student exchange
3. Studying abroad
4. Working abroad
6.j.xiii. International survey
6.j.xiv. Language
1. Foreign language learning
2. Foreign languages
3. Language effects
6.j.xv. Mobility
6.j.xvi. World class engineers
6.k. New competence
6.l. Professional competencies
6.l.i. Adaptive expertise
6.l.ii. Dynamic simulation
6.l.iii. Engineering practice
6.l.iv. Industrial competencies
6.l.v. Professional practice
6.l.vi. Professional qualification
6.l.vii. Professional self reflection
6.l.viii. Professional skills
6.l.ix. Subject specific competences
6.m. Technical competencies
6.m.i. Computer skills
1. Computer programming
a. Console programming
b. GUI programming
c. Programming laboratories
d. Programming languages
e. Visual basic for applications
2. Databases
3. Information technology
4. Software design
a. Agile methods
b. Agile process
5. Software skills
a. Breeze
b. Content management systems
c. Flash
d. Mathcad
e. Matlab
i. Matlab toolboxes
f. Mdsolids
g. Powerpoint
h. Spreadsheets
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i. Excel
6. Web 2.0
6.m.ii. Engineering skills
1. Complex systems
2. Engineering competencies
a. New engineering competencies
b. Requirements engineering
c. Simultaneous engineering
3. Generic engineering skills
a. Analysis
b. Articulating complexity
c. Experimentation
d. Graph analysis
e. Invention
f. Inventive problems
g. Numerical methods
4. Product development
a. Integrated product development
b. Life cycle assessment
5. System design
a. System integration
b. System level perspective
c. Systems thinking
7. Diversity
7.a. Diversity issues
7.a.i. Cultural inclusivity
7.a.ii. Discrimination
7.a.iii. Gender
1. Gender balance
2. Gender differences
a. Femininity
b. Masculinity
3. Gendered education
4. Single gender campuses
7.a.iv. Inclusivity
7.a.v. Managing national and international diversity in
engineering
7.a.vi. Multiculturalism
7.a.vii. Race
1. American indians
2. Minorities
a. Graduate minority retention
b. Increasing minority enrollment
c. Minority participation
d. Minority serving institution
e. Minority students
7.a.viii. Student diversity
7.a.ix. Underrepresentation
1. Underrepresented ethnic students
7.a.x. Workplace diversity
7.b. Diversity lectures
7.c. Mens networks
7.d. Women
7.d.i. Mothers
7.d.ii. Women and engineering studies
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1. Influences on female engineering students
2. Mentoring for female students
3. Retention of female engineering students
7.d.iii. Womens careers
1. Women engineers careers
a. Women in engineering
2. Women in management
8. Education
8.a. Continuing education
8.b. Curricula
8.b.i. Capability driven curricula
8.b.ii. Course and curriculum design
1. Course design
a. Course inversion
b. Course reform
c. Course trilogy
2. Curriculum design
a. Curriculum change
i. Curriculum reform
1. IE&M curriculum reform
b. Curriculum development
c. Curriculum evaluation
d. Curriculum greening
e. Curriculum issues
f. Curriculum names
g. Degree length
8.b.iii. Engineering curricula
1. Image processing curricula
2. Sensors curricula
8.b.iv. English education
1. English literacy
2. English proficiency
8.b.v. Innovative curricula
8.b.vi. Integrated curricula
1. Integrated and two tier programmes
8.b.vii. New laboratory courses
8.b.viii. Outcomes based curricula
1. Outcomes based degrees
8.b.ix. Social, political, and organizational studies
1. Assessment of organizations
2. Disciplinary discourses
3. Discipline formation
4. Epistemologies
5. Ethics
a. Corporate social responsibility
b. Ethics for scientists
c. Humanitarian engineering
d. Social responsibility
e. Values
6. Higher education policy
7. Images of engineering
8. Institutional and organizational factors
a. Institutional and organizational change
b. Institutional models
c. Organizational culture
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9. Public policy
10. Science, technology and society studies
a. Philosophy of science
b. Technology and society
c. Technology history
11. Societal context
a. Cultural change
8.b.x. Studio courses
8.b.xi. Subject programming
8.c. Design education
8.c.i. Collaborative design
1. Team based design
a. Team based interdisciplinary design projects
8.c.ii. Conceptual design
8.c.iii. Creative design
8.c.iv. Design
8.c.v. Design competition
8.c.vi. Design decisions
8.c.vii. Design for human development
8.c.viii. Design frameworks
8.c.ix. Design knowledge framework
8.c.x. Design methods
8.c.xi. Design outcomes
8.c.xii. Design portfolios
8.c.xiii. Design practice
8.c.xiv. Design problems
8.c.xv. Design processes
8.c.xvi. Design projects
8.c.xvii. Design rationales
8.c.xviii. Design research
8.c.xix. Design strategies table
8.c.xx. Design structure diagram
8.c.xxi. Design subjects
8.c.xxii. Design subsystems
8.c.xxiii. Design tasks
8.c.xxiv. Design teams
8.c.xxv. Design thinking
8.c.xxvi. Digital design
8.c.xxvii. Disciplined design
8.c.xxviii. Engineering design
8.c.xxix. Engineering design courses
8.c.xxx. Engineering design education
8.c.xxxi. Engineering design in k12 practice
8.c.xxxii. Engineering design process
8.c.xxxiii. Engineering design task
8.c.xxxiv. First year design
1. First year design experience
8.c.xxxv. Heuristics
8.c.xxxvi. Human centered design
8.c.xxxvii. Impromptu design
8.c.xxxviii. Industrial design
8.c.xxxix. Integrated design project
8.c.xl. Integrated product development
8.c.xli. International design projects
8.c.xlii. Machine design
8.c.xliii. Multidisciplinary design
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8.c.xliv. New product development
8.c.xlv. Object oriented design pattern learning
8.c.xlvi. Part visualization
8.c.xlvii. Product design
8.c.xlviii. Product development
1. Integrated product development
2. Life cycle assessment
8.c.xlix. Product dissection
8.c.l. Product family design
8.c.li. Product realization
8.c.lii. Prototyping
8.c.liii. Safe design
8.c.liv. Socially responsible design
8.c.lv. Software design
1. Agile methods
2. Agile process
8.c.lvi. Software skills
1. Breeze
2. Content management systems
3. Flash
4. Mathcad
5. Matlab
a. Matlab toolboxes
6. Mdsolids
7. Powerpoint
8. Spreadsheets
a. Excel
8.c.lvii. Sophomore engineering design
8.c.lviii. Student design journals
8.c.lix. Student's design concept
8.c.lx. Sustainable design
1. Sustainable design practice
8.c.lxi. Sustainable design practice
8.c.lxii. System design
1. System integration
2. System level perspective
3. Systems thinking
8.c.lxiii. Team based design
1. Team based interdisciplinary design projects
8.d. Environmental education
8.d.i. Curriculum greening
8.d.ii. Developing world
8.d.iii. Environment
1. Environmental impact
2. Global environmental concerns
8.d.iv. Environmental curricula
8.d.v. Green engineering
1. Pollution prevention
8.d.vi. Socially responsible design
8.d.vii. Sustainability
1. Alternative energy
2. Sustainability education
3. Sustainable design
a. Sustainable design practice
4. Sustainable development
a. Education for sustainable development
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b. International sustainable development
i. International sustainable development
programs
5. Sustainable engineering
6. Sustainable products
a. Sustainable product service systems
8.e. Higher education
8.e.i. Capstones
1. Capstone projects
a. Software engineering capstones
2. Centerpiece projects
3. Final year projects
4. Senior projects
8.e.ii. First year
1. Engineering freshman
2. First year design
a. First year design experience
3. First year design experience
4. First year engineering
5. First year engineering students
6. First year experience
7. First year programs
8. First year students
9. Foundation year
10. Freshmen experience
8.e.iii. Graduate education
1. Changing research culture
2. Comparative postgraduate education
3. Graduate courses
4. Graduate student perceptions
5. Industrial PhD programs
6. PhD supervision
7. PhD time requirements
8. Prospective engineering faculty
9. Tertiary engineering education
10. Thesis projects
8.e.iv. Postgraduate education
1. Fundamentals of engineering exam
8.f. Industrial education
8.g. Industry related education
8.g.i. Computer programming courses
8.g.ii. Cooperative education
8.g.iii. Employer engagement
8.g.iv. Engineering education centers
8.g.v. Gaps between industrial and academic units
8.g.vi. Information technology education
8.g.vii. Student employment
1. Internships
a. Engineering interns
b. Internship efficacy
2. Work study
8.g.viii. University and industry education cooperation
models
8.g.ix. Vacation work
8.g.x. Vocational colleges and faculty
8.h. Interdisciplinary education
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8.h.i. Disciplinary barriers
8.h.ii. Interdisciplinary engineering
8.h.iii. Interdisciplinary engineering education
8.h.iv. Interdisciplinary learning
8.h.v. Interdisciplinary project working
8.h.vi. Interdisciplinary projects
8.h.vii. Interdisciplinary teams
8.h.viii. Multidisciplinary design
8.h.ix. Multidisciplinary education
8.h.x. Multidisciplinary teams
8.i. K12
8.i.i. After school programs
8.i.ii. Elementary school science projects
8.i.iii. High school
1. AP engineering courses
2. Grades 9 12
3. K12 engineering education
4. K12 outreach
5. K12 technology education
6. Pre college preparation
a. Pre college outreach
b. Pre engineering programs
8.i.iv. Middle school
1. K5 design
2. K6
3. K6 education
4. Middle school education
5. Middle school science and maths
8.i.v. School science laboratories
8.i.vi. Second level results
8.i.vii. University K12 partnerships
8.j. Math and science education
8.j.i. Mathematical education
1. Mathematical skills
2. Mathematics achievement
3. Mathematics for engineering students
4. Mathematics library learning modules
5. Mathematics support
6. Mathematics teaching
a. Mathematics curriculum development
b. Statistics teaching
7. Undergraduate mathematics
8.j.ii. Mathematics
1. Calculus
2. Complex numbers
3. Engineering mathematics
4. Linear algebra
5. Probability theory
6. Statistics
8.j.iii. Science
1. Biology
2. Chemistry
3. Physics
a. Engineering physics
i. Engineering mechanics
b. Introductory physics
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8.j.iv. Science education
1. Biology teaching
2. Chemistry education
a. Achievement in chemistry
b. Attitudes towards chemistry
i. Attitudes towards chemistry laboratories
c. Chemistry education students
3. Physics education research
4. Science integration
5. Scientific literacy
a. Scientific processing skills
i. Students anxiety and scientific process skill
b. Scientific thinking
8.k. Recruitment
8.k.i. Engineering recruitment
1. Engineering pipeline
a. Leaky pipeline
8.k.ii. Prospective engineering faculty
8.k.iii. Student enrollment
1. Increasing enrollment
a. Increasing minority enrollment
b. Increasing student enrollment
8.k.iv. Student recruitment
1. Attracting prospective students
8.l. Retention
8.l.i. Attrition
1. Students leaving engineering
8.l.ii. Graduate minority retention
8.l.iii. Long term retention
1. Agricultural degree accreditation
8.l.iv. Retention of female engineering students
8.l.v. Retention rate
8.l.vi. Reward and recognition schemes
8.m. Teaching and learning
8.m.i. Learning
1. Barriers to learning
a. Difficult concepts
b. Knowledge blockage
c. Pre existing knowledge
d. Student misconceptions
2. Conceptions of learning
a. Learning to learn
b. Shared cognition
c. Troublesome knowledge
d. Variation theory
3. Conceptual understanding
a. Basic concepts
b. Concept inventories
c. Concept tests
d. Conceptual learning
e. Conceptual maps
f. Course concept inventories
g. Student conceptions
h. Threshold concepts
4. Learning approaches
a. Blended learning
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b. Conventional learning
c. Deep learning
d. Design of a learning process through active
experimentation
e. Double loop learning
f. Enhanced learning
g. Guided discovery
h. Immersion
i. Inclusive learning
j. Independent learning
k. Informal learning
l. Managed learning
m. Mastery learning
n. Meaningful learning
o. Multimedia learning
p. Mutual learning models
i. Collaborative teaching and learning
ii. Cooperative learning
1. Cooperative hands on active and problem
based learning
2. Cooperative problem based learning
3. Face to face collaborative learning
iii. Group learning
1. Group learning outcomes
2. Small group learning
iv. Team based learning
q. New learning methods
r. On site learning
s. Problem and project based learning
i. Cooperative problem based learning
ii. Interdisciplinary project working
iii. PBL environments
iv. Problem based cooperative learning
v. Problem based learning
vi. Project and problem based learning
vii. Project based learning
1. Service learning project
viii. Project centered learning
ix. Project course
x. Project learning
xi. Project led education
xii. Project oriented laboratory course
xiii. Project teams
xiv. Project work
xv. Projects
1. Class projects
2. Laboratory based projects
3. Real life projects
4. Student projects
5. Student selected projects
6. Two tiered project
xvi. Shared understanding
xvii. Study groups
xviii. Vertically integrated projects programs
t. Remote learning
u. Self directed learning
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v. Self regulated learning
w. Service learning
i. Community based learning
ii. Community based projects
iii. Community engagement
iv. Community intervention
v. Community partnership
vi. Community service
vii. Engineering outreach
viii. Engineering projects in community service
ix. Epics
x. Outreach
xi. Service learning project
xii. Social impact
x. Small group learning
y. Student centered learning
z. Studio learning
aa. Subject based learning
bb. Transferability autonomous learning
5. Learning assessments
a. Blooms taxonomy
b. Knowledge building
c. Knowledge gain
d. Knowledge retention
e. Learning combination inventory
f. Learning gain
6. Learning environments
a. Distance learning
i. Asynchronous education
ii. Open distance learning
b. Learning communities
c. Mobile learning
7. Learning history
8. Learning objectives
9. Learning orientations
10. Learning outcomes
a. Group learning outcomes
b. Learning transformation
11. Learning processes
a. Learning cycles
b. Learning patterns
c. Learning variables
12. Learning styles
a. Active learning
i. Applied learning
ii. Authentic contexts
iii. Challenge based educational modules
iv. Computer based active learning
v. Cooperative hands on active and problem
based learning
vi. Create an experience
vii. Engagement
viii. Experiential learning
ix. Hands on learning
1. Hands on activities
2. Hands on imaging equipment
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3. Hands on model
4. Hands on projects
x. Inquiry based learning
xi. Inquiry learning
xii. Integrative and experiential learning
xiii. Interactivity
1. Interactive learning
2. Interactive learning environments
b. Auditory learning
c. Autonomous learning
d. Cognitive style
e. Felder silverman learning style model
f. Index of learning styles
g. Kinaesthetic learning
h. Learner types
i. Learning profiles
j. Learning style preference
k. Learning styles theory
l. Net Generation learners
m. Tactile learning
n. Visual learning
13. Learning tools
a. Computer assisted learning
b. Computer based learning
i. Computer based active learning
ii. Digital game based learning
iii. Driven electronic learning
iv. Educational software
v. Internet based learning
vi. Media based tutorials
vii. Multimedia
1. Multimedia modules
2. Multimedia recordings
viii. Simulation based learning
ix. Tele education
c. Learning guides
d. Mind maps
e. Multimedia learning
14. Lifelong learning
a. Qualifications framework for lifelong learning
15. Student understanding
16. Thinking processes
a. Cognition
i. Cognitive patterns
ii. Cognitive practices
iii. Cognitive skills
1. Critical thinking
2. Divergent thinking
iv. Metacognition
b. Logical thinking
8.m.ii. Teaching
1. Constructivism
a. Constructivism theory
b. Constructivist education
c. Constructivist learning theory
d. Constructivist pedagogy
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2. Pedagogical effect
3. Pedagogical effects
a. Productive pedagogy
4. Teaching experience
5. Teaching methods
a. Challenge based instruction
b. Co teaching
c. Developing teaching methods
d. Inquiry based teaching
e. Interactive teaching methods
f. Multimedia teaching
g. Non traditional teaching strategies
h. Problem based teaching
i. Student centered teaching methods
i. Student centered activities for large enrollment
university programs
6. Teaching modes
a. Biology teaching
b. Engineering pedagogy
c. Instructional science
d. Mathematics teaching
i. Mathematics curriculum development
ii. Statistics teaching
e. Postmodern pedagogy and engineering education
f. Teaching in engineering
7. Teaching skills
a. Pedagogical use of learning management systems
8.m.iii. Teaching and learning strategies
1. Learning strategies
2. Reflective learning and teaching
3. Teaching strategies
a. Technology aided teaching strategies
9. Educational technology
9.a. Computer based learning
9.a.i. Computer based active learning
9.a.ii. Digital game based learning
9.a.iii. Driven electronic learning
9.a.iv. Educational software
9.a.v. Internet based learning
9.a.vi. Media based tutorials
9.a.vii. Multimedia
1. Multimedia modules
2. Multimedia recordings
9.a.viii. Simulation based learning
9.a.ix. Tele education
9.b. Computer mediated communication
9.b.i. Email
9.b.ii. Instant messaging
9.b.iii. Intercom telephones
9.b.iv. Podcasting
9.b.v. Remote discussions
9.b.vi. Video mediated communication
1. Electronic whiteboard
9.c. Distance laboratories
9.c.i. E laboratories
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9.c.ii. Online laboratory experiments
9.c.iii. Remote laboratories
1. Remote access laboratories
2. Remote experimentation
9.c.iv. Virtual laboratories
9.d. Instructional technology
9.d.i. Audiovisual
9.d.ii. Computer applications technology
9.d.iii. Digital repositories
9.d.iv. Educational software
9.d.v. Educational television
9.d.vi. Eportfolio
9.d.vii. Handheld computers
9.d.viii. Information technology
9.d.ix. Intelligent agents
9.d.x. Interactive multimedia E learning systems
9.d.xi. M learning management system
9.d.xii. Mobile technology
9.d.xiii. Personal digital assistants
9.d.xiv. Powerpoint
9.d.xv. Streaming
9.d.xvi. Virtual reality
9.d.xvii. Wired classrooms
1. Classroom performance system
9.e. Online tools
9.e.i. Groupware
9.e.ii. Online laboratory experiments
9.e.iii. Online roleplay simulations
9.e.iv. Online testing
9.e.v. Open course ware
9.e.vi. Threaded discussions
9.e.vii. Wikis
9.f. Virtual teamwork
9.f.i. E teams
9.f.ii. Ecollaboration
9.f.iii. Virtual laboratories
9.g. Web based education
9.g.i. E learning
9.g.ii. Free online education
9.g.iii. Online courses
9.g.iv. Online degrees
9.g.v. Streaming video
9.g.vi. Synchronized streaming media
9.g.vii. Video lectures
9.g.viii. Virtual learning environments
1. Blackboard learning system
2. Learning management systems
9.g.ix. Web based course modules
9.g.x. Web based discussions
9.g.xi. Web based engineering education
9.g.xii. Web based resources
9.g.xiii. Web delivered tutorials
9.g.xiv. Web lectures
9.g.xv. WebCT
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10. Engineering drawing and graphics
10.a. 3D modeling
10.a.i. 3D forms
10.a.ii. 3D reconstruction
10.a.iii. 3D simulation
10.a.iv. Geometric constraints
10.a.v. Geometric loci
10.a.vi. Geometrical constructions
10.b. Computer aided engineering
10.c. Design and graphics
10.c.i. Computer aided design
1. Computer aided design across universities
10.c.ii. Simulation
10.d. Engineering drawing
10.d.i. Feature based representations
10.d.ii. Freehand drawing
1. Freehand sketching
10.d.iii. Mechanical drawing
10.d.iv. Sketching
10.e. Graphic communication
10.e.i. Rapid graphical communication
10.f. Graphics
10.f.i. Illustrations
10.f.ii. Informal graphics
10.g. Visualization
10.g.i. Students visualization abilities
1. Mental imagery
2. Part visualization
3. Spatial visualization
10.g.ii. Visual learning
10.g.iii. Visuals
11. Faculty
11.a. Community of practice
11.b. Faculty attitudes
11.b.i. Faculty commitment
11.b.ii. Faculty perspective
11.c. Faculty scholarship
11.d. Faculty surveys
11.e. Staff development
11.e.i. Faculty teaching techniques
11.e.ii. Professional teacher development
11.e.iii. Teacher training
1. Teacher education
2. Teacher professional development
11.f. Teaching research nexus
12. Laboratories
12.a. Assembly laboratories
12.b. Distance laboratories
12.b.i. E laboratories
12.b.ii. Online laboratory experiments
12.b.iii. Remote laboratories
1. Remote access laboratories
2. Remote experimentation
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12.b.iv. Virtual laboratories
12.c. Laboratory development
12.d. Massive laboratories
12.e. Programming laboratories
12.f. Project oriented laboratory course
12.g. Roving laboratories
12.h. Thermal science laboratories
13. Students
13.a. Nontraditional students
13.a.i. Elite students
13.a.ii. Off campus students
13.a.iii. Part time students
13.a.iv. Special needs students
1. At risk students
2. Deaf blind tertiary students
13.b. Student characteristics
13.b.i. Academic integrity
13.b.ii. Attributes of engineers
13.b.iii. Graduate attributes
1. Generic graduate attributes
13.b.iv. Identity construction
1. Affective self beliefs
2. Discursive identities
3. Family
a. Mothers
4. Generation
5. Personas
6. Role models
7. Self beliefs
8. Self theories
13.b.v. Noncognitive measures
13.b.vi. Personal ability
1. Intelligence
2. Readiness
13.b.vii. Personality characteristics
1. Confidence
2. Creative characteristics
3. Persistence
4. Personality types
a. Five factor model
b. Myers Briggs type indicator
5. Self efficacy
6. Student creativity
a. Creativity profiles
13.b.viii. Student attitudes
1. Attitude shifts
2. Attitudes towards chemistry
a. Attitudes towards chemistry laboratories
3. Student confidence
13.b.ix. Student motivation
1. Engineering motivation
2. Motivation based learning
3. Motivation of a challenge
13.b.x. Students visualization abilities
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1. Mental imagery
2. Part visualization
3. Spatial visualization
13.b.xi. Submission patterns
13.b.xii. Time management
13.c. Student development
13.c.i. Life and career aspirations
13.c.ii. Personal development plans
13.c.iii. Student employment
1. Internships
a. Engineering interns
b. Internship efficacy
2. Work study
13.c.iv. Student experiences
13.c.v. Student participation
13.d. Student difficulties
13.d.i. Academic dishonesty
1. Plagiarism
13.d.ii. Deficiencies
13.d.iii. Dyslexia
13.d.iv. Student anxiety
1. Stress
a. Examination stress
2. Students anxiety and scientific process skill
3. Test anxiety
13.d.v. Student attendance
1. Student absenteeism
2. Student tardiness
13.d.vi. Workload
13.e. Student perceptions
13.e.i. Perception of creativity
13.e.ii. Perception of engineering
13.e.iii. Perceptions of quality
13.e.iv. Student conceptions of engineering
13.e.v. Student perceptions of lectures
13.f. Student success
13.f.i. Predictors of success
13.f.ii. Student success rates
13.f.iii. Work placements
13.g. Students readiness and interest
13.g.i. Academic history
13.g.ii. Background knowledge
13.g.iii. College Student Inventory
13.g.iv. Differential aptitude test
13.g.v. Student engagement
13.g.vi. Student interest
1. Course interest
13.h. Students satisfaction
13.h.i. Customer satisfaction index
13.h.ii. Satisfaction scores
13.h.iii. Student attitude surveys
13.i. Study behaviors
13.i.i. Self study
13.i.ii. Study and work
13.i.iii. Study groups
13.i.iv. Study success
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