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Improving Engineering Education: A Research‐Based Framework For Teaching
Author(s) -
Clough Michael P.,
Kauffman Kenneth J.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1999.tb00481.x
Subject(s) - engineering education , value (mathematics) , engineering ethics , best practice , teaching method , mathematics education , psychology , pedagogy , engineering , engineering management , computer science , political science , machine learning , law
Instructional methods suggested to improve engineering education often follow primarily from personal experience and disparate research findings. While acknowledging the value of anecdotal evidence and individual studies, we advocate treating teaching as an ongoing scholarly practice where existing and new research is organized into a robust framework that produces a total effect greater than the sum of the independent parts. This paper describes the major components in a research‐based framework for teaching and applies it to engineering education. While initially time intensive, this approach promotes an interplay of pedagogical decisions resulting in a synergism that best advances effective engineering education.