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Sankar, Chetan S.; Raju, P. K. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2011
In this paper, we integrate organizational, engineering education, and educational learning literature to develop a model of student learning so as to research how learning style, behavioral tendencies, gender, and race have the potential to act as facilitators or barriers to the learning process. We argue that the gains in higher-order cognitive…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Research Design, Cognitive Style, Self Efficacy
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Sankar, Chetan S.; Kawulich, Barbara; Clayton, Howard; Raju, P. K. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2010
A literature review identifies a partial list of leadership skills to include developing higher-order cognitive skills, team working skills, positive attitude, and ability to transfer these skills to future environment. This paper discusses the results of research conducted on the use of multiple instructional methodologies in two different…
Descriptors: Tests, Engineering, Case Studies, Leadership
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Raju, P. K.; Sankar, Chetan S.; Xue, Yajiong – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2004
Rapidly changing engineering designs and business scenarios make it essential for engineers and technical personnel to be trained to be effective team players and project managers. This paper reports the experiences gained in developing and implementing a workshop to train engineers at a steel manufacturing plant. The objective of the workshop was…
Descriptors: Workshops, Engineering Education, Multimedia Instruction, Teamwork