Engineering education : research and development in curriculum and instruction /

Heywood, John, 1930-

Engineering education : research and development in curriculum and instruction / John Heywood. - Piscataway, N.J. : Hoboken, N.J. : IEEE Press ; Wiley-Interscience, c2005. - xix, 493 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Curriculum design, implementation and evaluation -- Aims and objectives (outcomes) -- Philosophy and sociology and the aims of the engineering curriculum -- Concepts and principles -- Learning strategies and styles -- Human development -- Curriculum change and changing the curriculum -- Interdisciplinary and integrated studies -- From projects to problem-based learning -- Problem solving-- Creativity -- Design -- Cooperative learning and teamwork -- Other instructional practices and the new technologies -- Assessment and evaluation -- The formal assessment of student learning : alternative assessment -- Attrition and retention.

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Engineering--Study and teaching (Higher)

T65.3 / .H49 2005