Report
Characterizing Design Learning through the Use of Language: A Mixed-Methods Study of Engineering Designers. Research Brief
Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education
Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education
11/2009
Abstract
This analysis, that utilizes data from part of the Academic Pathways Study (APS) of the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE), found that as a result of taking a course in engineering design and/or studying engineering for four years, students acquire engineering design language that is common to a larger community of practice as well as situated in their own programs and institutions of higher learning. The study also suggests that engineering design language shapes the knowledge that students have about engineering design. Finally, students did not always put this knowledge into practice, suggesting the need for educational improvements, as well as research to better define the kinds of knowledge necessary to bridge
the gap.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Characterizing Design Learning through the Use of Language: A Mixed-Methods Study of Engineering Designers. Research Brief
- Creators
- Cindy AtmanDeborah KilgoreAnn McKenna
- Resource Type
- Report
- Publication Details
- Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education
- Publisher
- Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2009
- Description audience
- Higher Education
- Academic Unit
- Engineering Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984462631802771
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