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Meyer, 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
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Baldock, Tom E.; Chanson, Hubert – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
This paper describes the pedagogical impact of real-world experimental projects undertaken as part of an advanced undergraduate fluid mechanics subject at an Australian university. The projects have been organized to complement traditional lectures and introduce students to the challenges of professional design, physical modelling, data collection…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Mechanics (Physics), Active Learning, Teaching Methods