NDLI: Engineering elements profile among first- and final-year engineering students in Malaysia

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Author	Phang, F.A. Ali, M.B. Bakar, M.N. Zanzali, N.A.A. Rahman, N.F.A. Mohtar, L.E. Ghazali, N.M. Puteh, M.
Copyright Year	2011
Description	Author affiliation: Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor, Malaysia (Phang, F.A.; Ali, M.B.; Bakar, M.N.; Zanzali, N.A.A.; Rahman, N.F.A.; Mohtar, L.E.) \|\| Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor, Malaysia (Ghazali, N.M.) \|\| Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) International Campus, Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Puteh, M.)
Abstract	Under the Malaysian New Economic Model, a few strategic reform initiatives (SRI) call for globally competitive and excellent engineers. The recruitment of students into engineering programs at Malaysian higher education institutes is based solely on the students' examination results. Hence, it is not known whether students who apply for engineering programs have the correct pre-conception of what constitute engineering. This study aims at identifying engineering elements that can be integrated into school science and mathematics curriculum to introduce engineering at the school level. The engineering elements serve as the basis to produce an engineering profile database which is useful to identify potential school students to enroll in engineering programs. This paper reports the identification of engineering elements and surveys carried out among first-year and final-year engineering students studying at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, the only research university in Malaysia that specialized in engineering. The engineering elements, namely inquiry, design, operation and sustainability, were identified through literature review and interview with experts in engineering education while a set of questionnaire was used to identify the profiles of the students. The profiles of the first-year and final-year engineering students were compared to map out the engineering elements developed among them.
Starting Page	70
Ending Page	73
File Size	85264
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781612846422
e-ISBN	9781612846439
DOI	10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773115
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-04-04
Publisher Place	Jordan
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Conferences Student Profile Engineering Elements Educational institutions Mathematics Engineering students Interviews
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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