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A Quantitative Analysis of the Identification of Personality Traits in Engineering Students and Their Relation to Academic Performance
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Cárdenas Moren, Camila; Crawford Augant, Kathleen; Crawford Labrin, Broderick; Soto de Giorgis, Ricardo; de la Fuente-Mella, Hanns; Peña Fritz, Álvaro; Valenzuela Saavedra, Matías; Hermosilla Monckton, Pamela; Álvarez Castelli, Lorena – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
This study focuses on identifying personality traits in engineering students and testing whether they are related to academic performance. In addition, the importance of the personality construct in the educational and vocational training context was studied. A sample of 235 students from the Construction Engineering and Computer Engineering…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Engineering Education, Academic Achievement, Correlation
Flipped Classroom Experiences and Their Impact on Engineering Students' Attitudes towards University-Level Mathematics
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Turra, Héctor; Carrasco, Valeria; González, Ciro; Sandoval, Vicente; Yáñez, Soledad – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2019
This paper analyzes the impact of a Course Transformation process based on a Flipped Classroom strategy on Chilean Engineering students' attitudes toward university-level mathematics. The Attitudes Toward Mathematics Inventory (ATMI) questionnaire was applied as both pre- and post-test to 76 students in three mathematic courses (Calculus I,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Pretests Posttests, Mathematics Instruction
Lessons Learnt from a CDIO-Based Curricular Reform of the Computer Science Program at the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Chile
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Muñoz, Marcia; Martínez, Claudia; Cárdenas, Cristian; Medina, Mario – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
We present the lessons learnt in the process of adopting the Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate (CDIO) approach for the curricular reform of the Computer Science program at the School of Engineering of the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Chile. These lessons were gathered through a participatory and iterative process involving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Educational Change, Engineering Education
Ethical Competencies and the Organizational Competency 'Responsible University Social Innovation': Looking at New Ways of Understanding Universities and the Competency-Based Education Model in the Context of Significant Social Changes in Latin America
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Olaeta, Javier Villar – Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2017
Ethical competencies are included in all competency-based education models and are considered essential for the professional preparation of students, especially in terms of their professional conduct and workplace preparedness. As such, the Tuning Academy, along with incorporating ethical competencies in its group of generic competencies, also…
Descriptors: Social Change, Social Responsibility, Service Learning, Ethics
The Concept and Context of the Engaged University in the Global South: Lessons from Latin America to Guide a Research Agenda
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Appe, Susan; Rubaii, Nadia; Líppez-De Castro, Sebastian; Capobianco, Stephen – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2017
Engagement is widely recognized by higher education institutions, nation-states, and international organizations as the third pillar in the mission of university education. Despite the global reach of this concept, published research is disproportionately based on examples from the United States. This article brings to light the rich and extensive…
Descriptors: Universities, Institutional Mission, Social Justice, Social Responsibility
Higher Education and the State in Latin American: Private Challenges to Public Dominance.
Levy, Daniel C. – 1986
Major patterns of relationship between the public and private sectors in Latin American higher education are discussed. Three key evolutionary waves are identified that have led to three private-public patterns dominant in Latin America today. For both the public and private sectors, attention is directed to origins and growth, who pays and rules,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Catholic Schools, Centralization, Church Related Colleges