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Direct linkMeyer, Jan H. F.; Knight, David B.; Callaghan, David P.; Baldock, Tom E. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
Threshold concepts are transformative, integrative, and provocative; understanding these difficult concepts allows students to be capable of solving advanced problems. This investigation and evaluation of a metacognitive curricular approach explore variation in students' and teachers' discernment of structural complexity of concepts and its…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Civil Engineering, Engineering Education, Statistical Analysis
Peer reviewedJennings, Alan; Ferguson, J. D. – Studies in Higher Education, 1995
An instructional approach used in a civil engineering curriculum at Queens University of Belfast (Northern Ireland) incorporates development of communication skills into active learning assignments. A "learning from disasters" exercise and two mock public inquiries illustrate the use and benefits of the technique. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Civil Engineering, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills
