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Vigneshkumar Chellappa – Journal of Civil Engineering Education, 2025
Ergonomic risk factors in the workplace can result in nonfatal injuries among construction workers, leading to absenteeism, project delays, and reduced organizational productivity. Previous studies have highlighted a lack of knowledge about ergonomics among construction practitioners, hindering effective strategies. This knowledge gap can be…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Civil Engineering, Engineering Education, Human Factors Engineering
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Cook-Chennault, Kimberly; Villanueva Alarcón, Idalis; Jacob, Gabrielle – Education Sciences, 2022
The use of educational digital games as supplemental tools to course instruction materials has increased over the last several decades and especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Though these types of instructional games have been employed in the majority of STEM disciplines, less is known about how diverse populations of students interpret and…
Descriptors: Video Games, Computer Games, Educational Games, Game Based Learning
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Boonsamritphol, Navarat; Rungrojsuwan, Sorabud – English Language Teaching, 2021
This research aimed to develop the World Englishes instructional model to enhance students' listening comprehension of varieties of English. The student's needs analysis was conducted in the first step of the study to gather data concerning the needs, problems, and opinions on teaching and learning English listening. Thirty students participated…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Variation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Murzi, Homero; Mazzurco, Andrea; Pikaar, Ilje; Gibbes, Badin – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2019
Environmental awareness and ethical moral reasoning are important aspects of the engineering profession. Yet, engineering programmes have been struggling to teach these topics and measure the effectiveness of these educational interventions. In this study, we tested the effectiveness of two independent measures of environmental awareness and moral…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Ethics, Moral Values, Course Content
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Chen, Xiang-jun; Zhou, Ying – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2012
The sustainable development of an economy and a society cannot be realized without the help of modern geoscience. Engineering geology knowledge is necessary on a civil engineering construction site to ensure the construction work goes smoothly. This paper first discusses the importance of geoscience, especially the study of engineering geology.…
Descriptors: Geology, Civil Engineering, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries
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Tickles, Virginia C.; Li, Yadong; Walters, Wilbur L. – College Student Journal, 2013
Much criticism exists concerning a lack of focus on real-world problem-solving in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) infrastructures. Many of these critics say that current educational infrastructures are incapable in preparing future scientists and engineers to solve the complex and multidisciplinary problems this society…
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Education, Economics, Program Administration
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Barroso, Luciana R.; Morgan, James R. – Advances in Engineering Education, 2012
This paper describes the creation and evolution of an undergraduate dynamics and vibrations course for civil engineering students. Incorporating vibrations into the course allows students to see and study "real" civil engineering applications of the course content. This connection of academic principles to real life situations is in…
Descriptors: Civil Engineering, Undergraduate Study, Program Development, Undergraduate Students