Perceptions of team performance: a comparison of male and female engineering students

McAnear, T.P.; Seat, Elaine

doi:10.1109/fie.2001.964012

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“…Yurtseven [23] adds "the role of an engineer has evolved from an independent, self-sufficient and highly motivated inventor to an interdependent team member of a corporate world, small or large" (p. 17). Therefore, it is no longer adequate for engineering students to graduate with strong technical skills [15]. Engineering graduates need a broad range of skills and knowledge beyond that of the technical [17].…”

Section: Engineering Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Student Perceptions of Engineering Entrepreneurship: An Exploratory Study

Dabbagh

Menascé

2006

Journal of Engineering Education

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This study examines students' overall perceptions of the engineering profession in a first-year course in engineering, and the effect of a pedagogical approach aimed at exposing students to engineering entrepreneurship and their perceptions of engineering entrepreneurship. The approach featured a market game that engaged a pilot group of 20 students in forming IT companies and competing for the best design of a travel agent system. The rest of the students in the course completed the traditional class project, which involved designing and building a land sailer. A pre-post Likerttype survey designed to measure students' perceptions of the engineering profession was administered to all students enrolled in this course. In addition, a short answer questionnaire seeking students' pedagogical perceptions of the market game and the land sailer project was administered at the end of the course. Results indicated that students' overall perceptions of the engineering profession significantly improved by the end of the course. More importantly, the results indicated that students who participated in the market game had significantly better perceptions of engineering entrepreneurship, specifically professional skills, than students who participated in the land sailer project. These findings are of considerable interest to engineering schools that want to increase student retention and are looking for novel approaches to assist freshmen in choosing their majors.

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Section: Engineering Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Student Perceptions of Engineering Entrepreneurship: An Exploratory Study

Dabbagh

Menascé

2006

Journal of Engineering Education

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“…Se añade que, en este caso, no hubo diferencias significativas al medir el pensamiento crítico a través de la matemática en estudiantes de ingeniería. Otros estudios han reportado que no existen diferencias significativas en el desempeño de estudiantes de ingeniería entre hombres y mujeres, tanto a nivel individual como en trabajo en equipo (McAnear y Seat, 2002). Se reconoce que la muestra, al igual que la distribución a nivel general de la carrera, presenta un número mucho más bajo de mujeres respecto al número de hombres.…”

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Creación de un instrumento de medición del pensamiento crítico a través de la matemáticaUna aplicación a estudiantes de ingeniería de primer año universitario

Arancibia-Carvajal¹,

Imbert²,

Navarro³

et al. 2022

REXE

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El pensamiento crítico es una habilidad caracterizada por el juicio reflexivo guiado por un propósito, que permite realizar un análisis bien fundamentado y que es esencial para un proceso de toma de decisiones, consistente y exitoso con el aprendizaje requerido por la sociedad actual. En las carreras de Ingeniería, el pensamiento crítico es fundamental para la resolución de problemas complejos. Surge entonces la necesidad de medir oportunamente, el estado del pensamiento crítico desde las matemáticas en los estudiantes de ingeniería, considerando que esta disciplina es esencial en el trabajo de un ingeniero. El objetivo del presente estudio es el diseño de un instrumento de medición del pensamiento crítico, basado en las matemáticas, el cual resulte confiable y válido, tomando en cuenta los elementos de la teoría clásica que miden los tests. Se aplica el instrumento de acuerdo a seis dimensiones del pensamiento crítico a 371 estudiantes de primer año de las carreras de Ingeniería en una universidad chilena durante el año 2020. Entre los resultados obtenidos se observaron debilidades en las dimensiones de “Argumentación”, “Analizar Hipótesis y Resultados” y “Razonamiento lógico”. Por otra parte, se obtuvo que los estudiantes de primer año tienen mayor facilidad en las dimensiones “Interpretar”, “Inferir” y regular habilidad en “Resolución de problemas”. Conocer las dimensiones en las cuales los estudiantes presentan fortalezas y debilidades entrega información relevante para el desarrollo de metodologías de aprendizaje más focalizadas, que permitan fortalecer el pensamiento crítico en estudiantes de ingeniería

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“…Perceptions of male and female team members working on the engineering project were investigated by collecting data from 68 teams with 43 female and 263 male members. The results showed that there was no difference in perception and expectations of male and female team members using a four-dimensional model (McAnear & Seat, 2001). In addition, a study reported that male project managers rate the performance of female project managers lower than male project managers, while female project managers rate performance equally (Szymanska & Rubin, 2018).…”

Section: Expectations and Perceptions Of Project Managers In The Softmentioning

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A Study of Project Management Processes for Sustainable and Successful Projects in Software Industry: Expectations vs Perceptions of Managers

Ahmad¹,

Bilal²,

Latif³

et al. 2021

JAFEE

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Project Management Processes (PMPs) are essential to avoid project failures due to the complexity and nature of projects in the software industry, particularly in emerging economies. The software industry is growing rapidly in Pakistan with an increasing number of local, regional and international clients. The project managers who are familiar with PMPs are therefore needed for the proper implementation of these processes, which will lead to sustainable and successful software projects. However, very limited studies have analyzed the expectations and perceptions of the project managers of these PMPs. In order to fill this gap, therefore, this study examined the role of PMPs in the sustainable development and success of software projects by documenting the expectations and perceptions of managers. A structured questionnaire is designed to collect data from 143 participants working in software houses. SPSS is used for the processing and analysis of data using selected statistical tools. The results show a clear difference in expectations and perceptions for PMPs, which means that project managers are of a less rational, sentimental and emotional nature. The findings of this study also show that the male segment is dominant in the software industry which may be due to of Pakistan’s specific social and cultural environment. There is however no significant difference between expectations and perceptions of both male and female project managers for PMPs. The findings of this study will help researchers, practitioners, academics and other stakeholders in the software industry.

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Perceptions of team performance: a comparison of male and female engineering students

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

Student Perceptions of Engineering Entrepreneurship: An Exploratory Study

Student Perceptions of Engineering Entrepreneurship: An Exploratory Study

Creación de un instrumento de medición del pensamiento crítico a través de la matemáticaUna aplicación a estudiantes de ingeniería de primer año universitario

A Study of Project Management Processes for Sustainable and Successful Projects in Software Industry: Expectations vs Perceptions of Managers

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