Strengthening critical thinking in engineering students

Caratozzolo, Patricia; Alvarez-Delgado, Alvaro; Hosseini, Samira

doi:10.1007/s12008-019-00559-6

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“… Engineering skill: professional skills of engineering students suitable for smart construction include both hard and soft skills. Hard skills refer to generic skills in specified engineering majors, such as design and development, application of modern tools, project management and financial analysis, research and study, and engineering analysis [ 31 , 32 , 64 ], while soft skills include exploring and management skills as well as communication skills [ 65 – 67 ]. …”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Testing the Effects of the Digital Linguistic Landscape on Engineering Education for Smart Construction

Lin

Zhang

Yin

et al. 2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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This study investigates the mechanism of digital linguistic landscapes in enabling engineering education for smart construction according to the educational dimensions of A (ability), S (skill), and K (knowledge). A questionnaire survey was conducted based on the core concepts of the informative dimension and symbolic dimension in digital language landscape as well as the ability dimension, knowledge dimension, and skill dimension in engineering education. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used as the test method. The results of the research demonstrate that the informative dimension and symbolic dimension are two main aspects of DLL in education of engineering students for smart construction. Additionally, DLL has a significant positive impact on the ability, knowledge, and skill education of engineering students for smart construction. The research has theoretical and practical significance, as it not only enriches research on the relationship between DLL and engineering education for smart construction but also expands the theoretical understanding of engineering education from the perspective of linguistics. Furthermore, the study explores the path of the practical application of digital language landscape to engineering education for smart construction.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Testing the Effects of the Digital Linguistic Landscape on Engineering Education for Smart Construction

Lin

Zhang

Yin

et al. 2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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“…A remarkable decline in the vocabulary of university students has been reported, which is even more pronounced for discipline-specific language (Caratozzolo et al, 2019;Twenge et al, 2019). The acquisition of appropriate scientific-disciplinary language is key for professional development and one of the skills regularly requested by employers (Caratozzolo et al, 2019).…”

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New tools for online teaching and their impact on student learning

Huguet

Pearse

Esteve

2021

7th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'21)

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In the context of the global Covid-19 crisis, a practical introductory Geosciences course was redesigned to aid student learning in a 100% virtual format. New materials were created to i) improve disciplinary language range and concept acquisition; ii) make classes more dynamic; iii) provide tools for self-regulated learning and assessment and iv) maintain student motivation. Usefulness of the new materials was evaluated using a voluntary online survey that was answered by 40% of the students. Additional information was obtained from the university's student evaluation survey. All tools were well-rated, but self-assessment quizzes and class presentations had the highest overall scores. Students commented on their usefulness in terms of knowledge acquisition and self-assessment. Perhaps not surprisingly, self-assessment quizzes were the one tool students felt kept them more motivated. These were closely followed by class presentations and short in-class quizzes. Students found the online access to all lesson materials very useful for self-paced learning. According to a majority of students, the in-class quizzes and student participation using the digital the whiteboard made classes more dynamic. Overall, the new strategies succeeded in improving students' learning and independence, but more work is needed to make classes more dynamic, and especially to improve student motivation. Intrinsic motivation is perhaps the most difficult to improve because in a 100% virtual course, it is difficult to promote student-student interactions and receive visual feedback from the class. In view of the survey results, we introduce bonus activities in order to improve extrinsic motivation.

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“…All the creativity in criticality experiences included in this project aimed to expose the students (enrolled in curricular courses TE3053 and TE2042) to the concepts of Smart Technologies for Power Generation and Distribution, Efficient Energy Generation and Conversion, Electricity Storage Systems, Renewable Energy Technologies, Green Facilities and Industries. The best strategy for the incorporation of active learning was in the form of didactic interventions with an integrated infusionimmersion approach (Alan Bensley & Spero, 2014)(P. Caratozzolo et al, 2019). The activities were designed considering the actual cognitive understanding of the students, according to Kieran Egan's theory (Egan, 1997).…”

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Education 4.0 Framework: Enriching Active Learning With Virtual and Technological Tools

Caratozzolo¹,

Alvarez-Delgado²

2021

International Conference on Education

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At the beginning of 2020, many educators were still unclear what exactly it meant to design teaching-learning processes in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, “Education 4.0”. Despite this, and due to the Corona crisis, all institutions were dizzyingly pushed into partially known digital and technological environments, dragging teachers and students with them. In the field of higher education, the situation was doubly challenging: there were still deep misunderstandings about how to improve the cognitive abilities of Generation Z students, and serious confusion about the fact that technological tools -even advanced- can hardly replace an entire cognitive theory. The present work is a study on the effectiveness of the Active Learning approach in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics); the didactic use of technological tools (including screencasting and podcasting) and, the design of innovative strategies to enhance the development of the skills declared in the Education 4.0 Framework: global citizenship, innovation and creativity, digital literacy and interpersonal awareness. The methodology used was quantitative-experimental with a 4-group Solomon design, involved more than 250 students and was developed over three years, including the two semesters of 2020 (fully online environments). The use of VALUE rubrics (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) allowed the obtaining of conclusive results: (i) the importance of a correct diagnosis of the development of digital literacy skills to promote the formation of metacognitive awareness; (ii) the impact of the design and implementation of adequate cognitive tools in the quality of the learning outcomes; and (iii) the relevance of the dosed use of technological tools in each stage of a 2D learning taxonomy (cognitive process dimension / orthogonal knowledge dimension). Keywords: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Higher Education, Educational Innovation

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Strengthening critical thinking in engineering students

Cited by 25 publications

References 5 publications

Testing the Effects of the Digital Linguistic Landscape on Engineering Education for Smart Construction

Testing the Effects of the Digital Linguistic Landscape on Engineering Education for Smart Construction

New tools for online teaching and their impact on student learning

Education 4.0 Framework: Enriching Active Learning With Virtual and Technological Tools

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