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Where Have All the Civil Engineering Students Gone? A Study of Student Choice of Engineering Department [PDF]

open access: yes, 1981
The problem: students in General Engineering at the University of Waterloo are not choosing as often as before to enter Civil Engineering. Increasing numbers of students are choosing Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, creating a large imbalance in the
Bernhardt, Dan
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Rainfall and runoff data for Hinkson and Grindstone creeks at Columbia, MO. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1909
"A thesis for the degree of bachelor of science in civil engineering. University of Missouri, Department of Engineering, 1909.""The investigation presented in these notes has resulted more satisfactorily than was anticipated when the work was first ...
Hunter, H. G., Phillips, C. F.
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Popular political attitudes in Samoa: Findings of the Pacific Attitudes Survey

open access: yesAsia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 408-429, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Popular political attitudes surveys have been conducted globally for several decades, but the Pacific region remains an exception. This paper presents the findings of the first Pacific Attitudes Survey (PAS), conducted in Samoa from December 2020‐January 2021.
Michael Leach   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teamwork in civil engineering -past, present, and future [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This study is about the past, present and future teamwork in the civil engineering field. Since the topic of this study is very broad, the study will cover on organization structures, teamwork, and Team Development Model (TDM).
Marlene Clarissa, Thomas Likup.
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Factors That Affect Retention of Third Year Civil Engineering Students in a Catholic University in the Philippines [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This study aimed to determine the factors that affect the retention of all 3rd year CE students of Saint Mary’s University using percentage, frequency, rank, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson correlation.
Bonay-og, Rhenalyn Gutierrez   +2 more
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Prescribed performance control approaches, applications and challenges: A comprehensive survey

open access: yesAsian Journal of Control, Volume 25, Issue 1, Page 241-261, January 2023., 2023
Abstract As to control systems, transient performance is as important as steady‐state performance. For some special dynamic systems, transient performance is a more prior index in comparison with the steady‐state one. Prescribed performance control (PPC) has been proved to be a powerful tool that guarantees control system outputs/errors with desired ...
Xiangwei Bu
wiley   +1 more source

Scaffolding in Introductory Engineering Courses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In the past ten years, engineering classrooms have seen an exponential growth in the use of technology, more than during any other previous decade.
Boylan-Ashraf, Peggy   +4 more
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Putting climate change at the heart of education: Is England's strategy a placebo for policy?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, Volume 48, Issue 6, Page 1083-1101, December 2022., 2022
Abstract In this paper we present an analysis of the sustainability and climate change strategy for education and children's services systems in England, produced by the Department for Education. Using critical discourse analysis, we juxtapose qualitative data collected from >200 youth teachers and teacher educators in the context of co‐creating a ...
Lynda Dunlop, Elizabeth A. C. Rushton
wiley   +1 more source

A Case For a Reform in Teaching Introductory, Fundamental Engineering Mechanics Courses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Introductory, fundamental engineering mechanics (IFEM) courses, such as statics of engineering, mechanics of materials, dynamics, and mechanics of fluids, have far too long been focused on intense mathematical and theoretical concepts.
Boylan-Ashraf, Peggy   +4 more
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Politics of evidence: Think tanks and the Academies Act

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, Volume 48, Issue 6, Page 1232-1253, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Previous research has identified political ideology as central in the landmark Academies Act (2010). This article further analyses how politics of evidence played its part in the policy process by focusing on long‐term structural changes and preferences among policymakers. The article draws on policymaker interviews after the reform, a mapping
Jaakko Kauko
wiley   +1 more source

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