An investigation into the application of research strategies in the final-year undergraduate engineering and surveying projects
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Paper/Presentation Title | An investigation into the application of research strategies in the final-year undergraduate engineering and surveying projects |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Cochrane, Sandra (Author), Goh, Steven (Author) and Ku, Harry (Author) |
Editors | Kestell, Colin, Grainger, Steven and Cheung, John |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2009) |
ERA Conference ID | 42271 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2009 |
Place of Publication | Adelaide, Australia |
ISBN | 1876346590 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://aaee.com.au/ |
Conference/Event | 20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association of Engineering Education (AAEE 2009) |
Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) | |
Event Details | Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Rank B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B |
Event Details | 20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association of Engineering Education (AAEE 2009) Parent Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Delivery In person Event Date 06 to end of 09 Dec 2009 Event Location Adelaide, Australia |
Abstract | Anecdotal evidence gathered from USQ's capstone Research Project students and their supervisors suggests that many students have difficulty completing the literature review associated with the Project and fail to use the literature review to inform their Project's technical components. This paper provides a preliminary report on a USQ Associate Fellowship project designed to better understand students' experiences and propose further work designed to overcome difficulties discovered by the preliminary research. With reference to responses collated from a pre-test survey, an intervention (in the form of five workshops) was designed and then conducted with participants. On completion of the intervention, a post-test survey was administered. Data from these surveys and observations from the intervention will be analysed along with 'pseudo' assessment data being gathered half way through the Research Project via the Project Appreciation's literature review and again via the actual Dissertation's literature review. |
Keywords | engineering education; research skills; information literacy; literature research; capstone projects; research projects |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390113. Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy |
461002. Human information behaviour | |
460508. Information retrieval and web search | |
Public Notes | © Cochrane, Goh & Ku, 2009. This publication is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for the purposes of study, research, or review, but is subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source. |
Byline Affiliations | Library Services |
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9z631/an-investigation-into-the-application-of-research-strategies-in-the-final-year-undergraduate-engineering-and-surveying-projects
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