Educational Vocabulary

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Engineering Education Research Methods

Quantitative Methods

  • Multiple Regression
  • ANOVA
  • Treatment Effect
  • Outcome

Qualitative Methods

Mixed Methods

Educational “Conceptual Frameworks” for Knowing and Learning

  1. Behaviorist Framework
  2. Cognitivist Framework
    • Information Processing Theory
    • Social Cognitive Theory
    • Constructivism
  3. Situated Framework

Fundamental Concepts

  • Teaching is not Learning
  • Collaborative Learning
  • Educational Research must be grounded in theory

 Entrepreneurship Educational Outcomes

  • Knowledge, skills, attitudes
  • Entrepreneurial Intent
  • Theory of Planned Behavior
  • Role Congruity
  • Entrepreneurial Self Efficacy
  • Gender Stereotypes
  • High growth entrepreneurial intent
  • Theory of Planned Behavior 

Assessment

Words/Concepts to Know

  • Causal
  • Teaching versus Learning
  • Assessment versus evaluation
  • Instructional Methods
  • SOTL: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  • Learning Style
  • Learning Approaches
  • Pedagogy
  • Discipline based education research 

Types of Learning Studied in Engineering

  • Collaborative Learning
  • Cooperative Learning
  • Problem Based Learning
  • Active Learning
  • Kolb’s Experiential Learning

Types of Learners

  • Self Directed
  • Life long learner