scholarly journals Evaluation of social competencies in chemical engineering: Application and results of the pilot test (academic year 2012-2013)

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco José Suñé Grande ◽  
Hans Jörg Witt ◽  
Josep Bonet Avalos
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Application ◽  
Pilot Test ◽  
Social Competencies ◽  
Academic Year

scholarly journals Compartmental Learning versus Joint Learning in Engineering Education

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 662
Author(s):  
María Jesús Santos ◽  
Alejandro Medina ◽  
José Miguel Mateos Roco ◽  
Araceli Queiruga-Dios
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Linear Equations ◽  
Mathematical Software ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
Joint Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Non Linear Equations ◽  
Mathematics And Physics

Sophomore students from the Chemical Engineering undergraduate Degree at the University of Salamanca are involved in a Mathematics course during the third semester and in an Engineering Thermodynamics course during the fourth one. When they participate in the latter they are already familiar with mathematical software and mathematical concepts about numerical methods, including non-linear equations, interpolation or differential equations. We have focused this study on the way engineering students learn Mathematics and Engineering Thermodynamics. As students use to learn each matter separately and do not associate Mathematics and Physics, they separate each matter into different and independent compartments. We have proposed an experience to increase the interrelationship between different subjects, to promote transversal skills, and to make the subjects closer to real work. The satisfactory results of the experience are exposed in this work. Moreover, we have analyzed the results obtained in both courses during the academic year 2018–2019. We found that there is a relation between both courses and student’s final marks do not depend on the course.

Electronic Lecture Versus Traditional Lecture

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 65-75
Author(s):  
David G. Hassell ◽  
Buddhika Hewakandamby ◽  
Lee Kok Yueh
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Mode Of Delivery ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Student Attendance ◽  
Obvious Effect ◽  
Traditional Lecture ◽  
Traditional Lectures ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Academic Year

This article presents work undertaken in the 2010-2011 academic year at two international campuses of Nottingham University. Although the data was shared after seven years, it is believed the findings have implications for the present time. The primary aim of this study was to compare the use of podcasts against traditional lectures on student learning of a course designed for Bachelors of Engineering (BEng) and Masters of Engineering (MEng) students majoring in chemical engineering, and chemical and environmental engineering. The campus based in the UK (UNUK) taught the module using a conventional “chalk-and-talk” approach whilst the other in Malaysia (UNMC) used electronic lectures (podcasts) to deliver the taught component of the module. The same assessment (exam and coursework) was used in both campuses to measure the differences in effectiveness of the two approaches. The comparison found that the mode of delivery has no obvious effect on the academic performance of the students for both coursework and exam components, however, the electronic lecture approach was found to have a negative impact on student attendance on campus.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Outbreak: Insights about Teaching Tasks in a Chemical Engineering Laboratory

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Nogales-Delgado ◽  
Silvia Román Suero ◽  
José María Encinar Martín
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Virtual Tools ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Government ◽  
Online Library ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

Apart from the evident tragedy that the COVID-19 outbreak has meant regarding both personal and economic costs, the normal functioning of the academic year has been drastically altered at all educational levels. Regarding Spain, the state of alert implemented by the government from mid-March to June has affected traditional face-to-face sessions at universities, as they were forbidden and replaced by online lessons. The aim of this work was to explain our own experience during the COVID-19 outbreak in a chemical engineering laboratory at the University of Extremadura, concerning the university teaching and the final degree project follow-up, whose method of teaching was active and participatory, based on constructivism and focused on the student as the center of the learning process. Thus, the confinement affected both the teachers and students differently, depending on the degree of completion of their main tasks and their previous skills with computing and virtual tools, among other factors. The existence of an operating virtual campus and an online library has made the transition to total e-learning and telework easier for teachers and students.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING ATTITUDE SCALE TOWARDS THE EFFECT OF LISTENING ‎SKILLS OF TALES

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (59) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Social Competencies ◽  
Fifth Grade Students ◽  
Listening Skill ◽  
5Th Grade ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
The Universe

Listening is among the fundamental language skills that are important in an individual's ‎life. Listening is the fundamental skill that individuals need in communicating with ‎others. Without this skill, it is not possible for an individual to develop social ‎relationships. Listening skill is a fundamental skill that should be acquired from an early ‎age in an individual's life. Listening skill can be acquired through education in ‎individuals. Listening skill is a skill that is aimed to be acquired in Turkish education ‎and training and requires students' cognitive and social competencies such as perceiving, ‎understanding, inferring, interpreting, evaluating and communicating. Tales are thought ‎to contribute to the development of listening skills in children. However, at the fifth ‎grade level, there is no scale that allows examining the effect of fairy tales on listening ‎skill. In this context, it was aimed to develop an attitude scale for fifth grade students to ‎improve the listening skills of fairy tales. The universe of the research consists of 5th ‎grade students studying in Samsun in the 2020-2021 academic year. The sample of the ‎research, on the other hand, consists of 702 students randomly selected from the ‎universe. Analysis of the research data was made using SPSS24 and AMOS26 ‎programs. As a result of the research, "attitude scale towards listening to fairy tales" ‎consisting of five sub-dimensions and 22 items was developed. The sub-dimensions of ‎the scale were determined as "Attitude Towards Tablela, Understanding, Analyzing, ‎Associating with Life, Presentation of the Tale, Active Participation". The scale was ‎prepared in 5-point Likert type, and the cronbach alpha reliability coefficient for the ‎overall scale was found as ,87 and 47.73% of the total variance explained in the 5 sub-‎dimensions.‎ Keywords: Tale, listening skill, attitude, scale

scholarly journals Effective integration of computational tools into Chemical Engineering studies at an international level

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moises Garcia-Morales ◽  
Claudia Roman ◽  
Miguel Angel Delgado ◽  
Francisco Lemos ◽  
Maria Amelia Lemos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Engineering Application ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Computational Tools ◽  
Engineering Studies ◽  
Efficient Learning

Current Higher Education students have grown up in a society characterized by the massive use of information technologies, which affects the way they expect to acquire new knowledge. In Chemical Engineering studies, in particular, traditional problem solving methods tend to bore students and, as a result, do not yield efficient learning. Fortunately, there exists a large list of software packages with specific Engineering application which, if properly used, may help create a better learning environment. Under the above premise, a project is being conducted, between 4 Higher Education institutions from 3 different countries (Spain, Portugal and Romania), on the effect that the integration of computational tools may exert on the students’ knowledge acquisition and predisposition to learn. We also aim to establish a comparative evaluation of the advantages and drawbacks of different computer software when facing typical Chemical Engineering problems. From our survey results and students’ comments we conclude that, in general, the new methodological approach engaged their interest more than the traditional one, and helped them gain knowledge on the working principles of simulations. Moreover, the use of computer software in the classroom is acknowledged by the great majority of the students as a key skill which may improve their employability prospects. 

scholarly journals Investigating Iraqi EFL Learners' Ability to Recognize and Produce English Multi –Word Verbs

2018 ◽  
Vol 215 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-32
Author(s):  
Prof. Nidham Sheet Hameed (PH.D) ◽  
Lecturer Ala'a Hussein Jassim (MA)
Keyword(s):  
Poor Performance ◽  
Production Level ◽  
Pilot Test ◽  
Fourth Stage ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Level Of Difficulty ◽  
Recognition Level ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Year 2013

The study deals with English multi-word verbs. It aims at investigating the Iraqi EFL learner's ability to recognize and produce phrasal and prepositional verbs and so find out what types of multi-word verbs they find most difficult. To achieve this aim, a test has been conducted on fifty students from the fourth stage at the College of Arts- University of Baghdad for the academic year 2013/2014, preceded by a pilot test two weeks before. It has been found that the level of difficulty of the test ranges between (0.30) and (0.80). The results showed that EFL learners demonstrated poor performance in using the suitable preposition or particle when they were asked to recognize or produce multi-word verbs. The students performed better on the whole recognition level (51.4%) than the production level (22.1%).

scholarly journals Investigación en el aula: evaluación de la metodología de aprendizaje basado en problemas en la asignatura de corrosión

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Sánchez - Tovar ◽  
Ramón M. Fernández - Domene ◽  
Patricia Batista - Grau ◽  
Gemma Roselló - Márquez ◽  
Rafael Leiva - García ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject ◽  
First Time ◽  
Academic Year

The Problem-Based Learning (PBL) methodology was first introduced in a Corrosion course of the Master of Chemical Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, during the 2018-2019 academic year. Different problems related to all these concepts were designed and presented as a problem-based learning methodology. To evaluate the use of this type of active methodology, an individual and anonymous survey was proposed to the students and, on the other hand, students developed in groups a matrix of present and future scenarios for the subject. It is important to point out that although for many students (67%) this was the first time they worked with the PBL methodology in class, all of them consider that it is useful and most of the students (89%) consider that PBL methodology will help them to face real corrosion problems in the future.

scholarly journals CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES IN CHEMISTRY FOR ENGINEERS LECTURE AND LABORATORY

2020 ◽  
pp. 159-163
Author(s):  
Aileen I. Atienza ◽  
Marivic G. Molina ◽  
Maculeta E. Omiles
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Subjects ◽  
Academic Year

As mandated by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), one of the core subjects being taken by the engineering students at tertiary level in any academic institutions, whether private or government is the Chemistry for Engineers which is offered as lecture and laboratory classes. This study primarily focused on the identification of the association between the academic performances of the engineering students in the subjects Chemistry for Engineers Lecture and the corresponding Chemistry for Engineers Laboratory. Five hundred eighty five (585) engineering students from the nine (9) different fields who enrolled the said subjects in the Academic Year 2019-2020, 1st semester served as respondents in the study, namely Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering. The overall grades were gathered and subjected to Spearman’s rho Correlation analysis aside from the analysis made under descriptive statistics. Results show that there is a significant but weak positive association in the academic performances of the students in the lecture and laboratory subjects. KEYWORDS: Chemistry for Engineers, Correlation, Laboratory class, Lecture class

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