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Professional Formation Of Engineers: Enhancing The First Year Student Experience, Eileen Goold
Professional Formation Of Engineers: Enhancing The First Year Student Experience, Eileen Goold
Conference Papers
This paper reports on a study investigating engineering students’ perceptions of engineering practice and whether engineering students’ cognitive engagement benefits from bridging the gap between the technical issues in their education and the practical realities of modern engineering practice.
Investigating Engineering Practice Is Valuable For Mathematics Learning, Eileen Goold Dr
Investigating Engineering Practice Is Valuable For Mathematics Learning, Eileen Goold Dr
Conference Papers
While engineering mathematics curricula often prescribe a fixed body of mathematical knowledge, this study takes a different approach; second-year engineering students are additionally required to investigate and document an aspect of mathematics used in engineering practice. A qualitative approach is used to evaluate the impact that students’ investigations have on their mathematics learning and whether this approach creates greater value for students compared to curriculum mathematics learning. This article contains an account of students’ engagement with and their emotional responses to their investigations of professional engineers’mathematics usage.The study illustrates the positive changes in students’ mathematics attitudes arising from their insights …
The Role Of Mathematics In Engineering Practice And In The Formation Of Engineers, Eileen Goold Dr, F. Devitt
The Role Of Mathematics In Engineering Practice And In The Formation Of Engineers, Eileen Goold Dr, F. Devitt
Conference papers
I n Ireland, the number of school leavers pursuing professional engineering careers has been declining almost continuously over twenty years. Students wishing to pursue professional engineering degree courses are required to demonstrate proficiency in secondary school mathematics at the higher level. Yet, only a 16% minority of secondary school mathematics students in Ireland takes the Leaving Certificate mathematics exam at the higher level. It is widely thought that mathematics is the “key academic hurdle” in producing a supply of engineering graduates.