• DocumentCode
    1973832
  • Title

    Enough of this science and mathematics, let´s do some engineering [education]

  • Author

    Howard, Bob

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California State Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    10-13 Nov. 1999
  • Abstract
    This paper suggests that student learning can be improved by requiring them to deal with implicit problem statements rather than explicit. This forces students to figure out what the problem is (and solve it). This is in contrast to explicitly stating the problem, leaving students only to manipulate the equations and plug in the numbers.
  • Keywords
    engineering education; teaching; engineering education; implicit problem statements; student learning; Algebra; Educational institutions; Equations; Games; Mathematics; Pressure measurement; TV; Transducers; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual
  • Conference_Location
    San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • ISSN
    0190-5848
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5643-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FIE.1999.840456
  • Filename
    840456