scholarly journals The Impact of Internships on Civil Engineering Students’ Exploration of Learning Styles

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hwangbo Bae ◽  
Madeline Polmear ◽  
Denise Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Students’ perception on the Digital Storytelling implementation on Developing the Writing Skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Sektalonir Oscarini Wati Bhakti
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
The Impact

This research tried to explore Civil Engineering students’ perception on the impact of Digital Storytelling strategy on developing the students’ writing skills.  There were 48 participants from two classes in Civil Engineering Department in Politeknik Negeri Samarinda filled out the adopted questionnaires.  The questionnaire was asked divided into two sections.  The sections were the students’ perspective regarding the digital storytelling and the students’ writing.  The results showed that 85% of the students agreed that Digital Storytelling helped them in the process of learning in the class.  They found out that this strategy made them enjoy the class.  And, whilst 88% of the participants agreed that the digital storytelling helped them to write well since they know the elements of writing. The keyword: Perception, digital storytelling, writing skills

scholarly journals Forensic Investigation on The High Failure Rate of Civil Engineering Solid Mechanics Course

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 227
Author(s):  
Siong Wee Lee ◽  
Mohammad Hazizi Jamal ◽  
Mohd Amran Hasbullah ◽  
Mohd Johan Mohamed Ibrahim ◽  
Shahrul Nizam Mohammad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Failure Rate ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Solid Mechanics ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
High Failure Rate ◽  
Program Outcomes ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Impact

Abstract: The attainment of program outcomes for Solid Mechanic course offered to the Diploma in Civil Engineering students is evaluated. It was found that most of the students were incapable to demonstrate graduate attributes which applying knowledge of mathematics, natural science and engineering fundamentals and the ability to analyse engineering problems. Therefore, this study investigates the impact of physics and maths scores on the students’ performance of solid mechanics. Analysis of the previous results in physics and maths shows that there is a clear link between students’ fundamentals knowledge and the understanding of solid mechanics. Meanwhile, this study also aims to find out the root causes that led to the high failure rate of solid mechanics. A quantitative method was employed and a total of 180 students responded to the survey. Results of survey indicate that most of the students perceived that they had limited time to gain deep understanding of the course and they could not visualise the complex problems in solid mechanics. Majority of the students admitted that they did not manage to solve all questions during their final exam, and they were indeed not well prepared for it. Hence, the problem of high failure rate is feasible to be solved provided both lecturers and students making efforts in striving the success of this course.      Keywords: Solid mechanics, Program outcomes, Failure rate, Problem solving, Applying knowledge

scholarly journals The Impact of the Process of Academic Education on Differences in Landscape Perception between the Students of Environmental Engineering and Civil Engineering

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 188
Author(s):  
Andrzej Greinert ◽  
Maria Mrówczyńska
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

As technical and technological progress takes place, there is dissonance between teaching good engineering and technological techniques and respect for the landscape. Engineering students are educated to act as initiators and performers of activities that change space. The purpose of this study is to answer question regarding how the engineering students recognize problems related to shaping the landscape. In the years 2012–2015, surveys were conducted in a group of 274 students of the University in their final year of environmental engineering and civil engineering studies, in order to find the main characteristics related to the problem. Students tended to assess the landscape in a manner determined by their education in natural science—emphasizing the division between the well-shaped natural landscape and the malformed anthropogenic one. There were differences between the groups of students—civil engineering students noticed the qualities of architectural objects and shaped greenery in their perception of the landscape in urban areas more often than the environmental engineering students did. There were no differences in the perception of the landscape in rural areas. The harmonious landscape was described as rural, modern, undeveloped and common. The landscape regarded as degraded was built-up and common. There were no changes in the perception of the landscape resulting from the educational profile among the environmental engineering students. The time has come to change methods of teaching the students of engineering and technical sciences about the landscape. This should result in an improvement in their perception of landscape phenomena.

scholarly journals Student Attainment Measurement System in Civil Engineering Undergraduate Programme:

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 191
Author(s):  
Mazlina Mohamad ◽  
Oh Chai Lian ◽  
Mohd Raizamzamani Md Zain ◽  
Balqis Md Yunus ◽  
Norbaya Hj. Sidek
Keyword(s):  
Measurement System ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Program Outcomes ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Outcome Based Education ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Abstract : In ensuring the quality of the offered programs in Malaysia, it is crucial to comply with the long chain of Quality Management processes in obtaining and maintaining accreditation of undergraduate engineering programs. One of the processes is to continually and effectively measure the students’ attainment of program outcomes amid the implementation of Outcome-Based Education. This paper focuses on MyCOPO system, the evaluation of undergraduate bachelor degree engineering students’ attainment measurement system in the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam. A quantitative survey has been conducted to measure academic staff and students’ satisfaction level of MyCOPO implementation in the faculty. This survey has been conducted in line with the university strategy in promoting organisation operational excellence via MyCOPO system, where 47 and 227 respondents were recorded for academic staff and students, respectively. Two sets of questionnaires were designed to determine the impact of the system, the effectiveness on delivery and quality of the system and users’ happiness index. This system is found to be impactful in ease the work, increase the quality and provide satisfaction to related parties. The usage of MyCOPO system is effective and the average rating of happiness index for academic staff and students are 8.2 and 7.2 out of 10 for happiness index, respectively.   Keywords: Attainment measurement system, Civil engineering, outcome-based education, satisfaction.  

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