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An Analysis of University Academic Achievements of Students Based on Gender - Focusing on the Department of Computer Engineering -

  • Cho, Dong Heon;Koo, Kyung Wan
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.137-141
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    • 2015
  • The purposes of this study were to measure university academic achievement based on gender. We analyzed university academic achievement based on gender. The subjects for this analysis were 322 students from freshmen to seniors who received grades in their first semester in the computer engineering department at a university located in the Chungcheong area. The major findings of this study were as follows. First, the average university academic achievement was 3.01. Second, the university academic achievement of female students was higher than that of male students in the entire curriculum, liberal arts, and major subjects. Students showed higher academic achievement when their grades rose. Male students showed higher rate of rise when their grades rose compared to female students. This paper proposes that it is necessary to develop programs to further adaption to university life for males. Since male students showed significantly lower university academic achievement, various programs like counseling and mentoring are needed.

An Analysis of the Operation Status of Single Accreditation System on Engineering Education Accreditation (공학교육인증에서 단일인증제 운영 현황 분석)

  • Kim, Jung-gyu;Yang, Sung-chae;Doh, Yang-hoi
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.33-39
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    • 2020
  • This paper analyzes the current state of operation and the effect of introduction of the single accreditation system, which was fully introduced in 2016 by the Accreditation Board of Engineering Education Korea(ABEEK). Because Engineering Education Accreditation are program-based certification, and department operates accreditation programs and non-accreditation programs, if a student under the accreditation program fails to graduate from the accreditation program, he or she must complete the transfer to a non-accreditation program at least one year before graduation. Since 2016, when the single accreditation system was introduced, freshmen of department have allowed non-accreditation graduation only for reasons prescribed separately by the program's regulations or guidelines. In order to identify and reflect the operational status and effectiveness of the single accreditation system in the 2020 accreditation review, ABEEK conducted a complete survey on the current status of graduates in February 2020 among 157 programs at 26 universities receiving the 2020 accreditation review. The results of this study are expected to be used as basic data for the improvement of the single accreditation system in the future by examining the effects of the single accreditation system implemented after 2016 and considering the problems at the site due to the introduction of the single accreditation system of programs that ABEEK had not previously expected.

Development of Basic Design Education Materials Incorporating Critico(-Creative) Thinking: Egg Drop Device Design (비판(-창의)적 사고를 접목한 기초 설계 교육 자료 개발: 계란 낙하 기구 설계)

  • Park, Sang Tae;Ku, Jin Hee
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.58-68
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    • 2022
  • This paper aims to prepare basic design education materials explaining the design process of egg drop device by incorporating critico(-creative) thinking. To this end, in this paper, by utilizing the creative problem solving process and the elements and standards of critical thinking, 'the five-step creative engineering design education guidelines' have been prepared so that engineering freshmen can effectively participate in engineering design projects without major knowledge. We would like to apply them to the egg drop device design. The egg drop device design, which is experiment to make and drop a drop device that can protect an egg from breaking when it is dropped freely from high places, is an engineering design project that is widely used not only in elementary, middle and high school science events but also in engineering education courses under the name of 'stunt egg'. Perhaps the basic design education material on the egg drop device design incorporating critico(-creative) thinking in this paper will contribute to incorporating critico(-creative) thinking into engineering education, as well as to achieving the educational goals of the basic design subject.

Shu-gyo-ryoku: An Academic and Career Skills' Enhancement Program for Engineering Students at Gunma University

  • Matsumoto, Hiroyuki;Amagai, Kenji;Yuminaka, Yasushi;Keith, Barry
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.14-18
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    • 2012
  • Shu-gyo-ryoku, a program to enhance students' academic and career skills, was begun in the academic year 2011. Under the new program, "Career Planning" and "Career Design" were introduced as part of the liberal arts education for incoming freshmen. Approximately 500 students majoring in engineering enrolled in "Career Planning" in which they study a "curriculum map" and how it relates to their future fields of employment. The curriculum map illustrates the connections between classes and increases students'understanding of the curriculum structure. In small groups, students discussed the curriculum in order to develop sketches of their career paths. In addition, students answered a career anchor test and though several communicative activities, improved their communication skills. A portfolio system was built into the university network to record the learning history of each student. Students are able to check their learning histories and reflect on the change in themselves during their academic careers.

An Analysis on Core Competency of Underachievers using Data Mining Techniques (데이터마이닝 기술을 이용한 학업 부진학생의 역량 분석)

  • Jun, Bong-Gi
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2016.10a
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    • pp.857-858
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, I analyze the differences of the academic achievement of the freshmen by admission type for the eight years. I analyze the assessment collegiate essential skills and the distribution of the credits of opening courses for the problems of increasing underachievers. The results were increasing courses in curriculum of the liberal arts and having difficulty of studying foreign language courses.

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Analysis of Students' Interest in Computational Thinking (컴퓨팅적 사고 과목에 대한 수강자의 관심도 분석)

  • Kim, Mi Yeon;Lee, Choong Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2022.05a
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    • pp.343-345
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    • 2022
  • Computational thinking is a subject that must be selected by non-major freshmen at H University, and classes are completed regardless of their major. The class content is conducted using block coding that allows easy access to programming. A survey was conducted before the start of the semester class to find out the students' interest in the subject and to help the students understand it. This study analyzes the student's survey response data so that the students' interest in the subject can be grasped at a glance.

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Analysis of University Academic Achievements using the Formal Concept Analysis - Focusing on Computer Engineering Department -

  • Cho, Dong-Heon;Choi, Kyu-Ha;Hwang, Suk-Hyung
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.123-129
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    • 2016
  • This study had a purpose to find the correlation between academic achievement and entrance examination score using FCA and framing a concept of university academic achievement and entrance examination score and then, building concept lattice. The subject for this analysis was admission materials of freshmen in computer engineering department at A university located in Chungcheong area in 2010. Also 56 students in total were subjects for the score analysis of their first semester from 2010 to 2014. The major findings of this study were as follows. We organized and extracted many-valued context, concept lattice, associated rules using FCA. And we analyzed the correlation between University academic achievement and entrance examination score using FCA. The conclusions were as follows. We could get meaningful analyzed results using FCA. University academic achievement had lower relativeness with entrance examination score and female students had higher university academic achievement than male students. The improvement points are summarized below. It is necessary to improve the ratio and application method of the university admission factors and to increase the regular admission for a university. And programs for completing College-preparatory programming for male students in low university academic achievement are necessary.

The Function Concept in Korean Engineering Freshmen and Some Suggestions on the Curriculum in the Function Area (공과대학 신입생들의 함수개념 연구와 함수 영역의 교육과정에 대한 제안)

  • Kim, Yeon-Mi
    • Communications of Mathematical Education
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.417-444
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    • 2008
  • Many research papers on the college students' functional concept show they have poor understanding on this topic. To compare the results with that of Korean students, four interrelated topics are chosen: How do they understand the concept of function?; what are their misconceptions including epistemological obstacles?; How do the function concepts develop and are acquired? For this a survey has been conducted to 95 engineering students just before they start Calculus course. We have done research on other major areas including psychology, economics and statistics to see how function is defined in these areas. Function definitions from US math text books are also introduced. Based on the these and the survey, some suggestions are made on the new curriculum which treat function as a correspondence relation. Vertical line test should be added to the Algebra II/Pre calculus course to check the univalent property.

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A Senior High School Chemistry Laboratory Class Observed by University Students

  • Kamitani, Sachiyo;Arai, Yuka;Konishi, Yuki;Nakanishi, Shinsuke;Oshima, Takuya;Yamaguchi, Junko;Ishii, Arisa;Minagawa, Keiji;Yasuzawa, Mikito
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.15-19
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    • 2010
  • Upon request from the Tokushima Prefectural Senior High School of Science and Technology, two faculty staff members and eight students of The University of Tokushima visited the high school and set up a chemistry laboratory class for 59 students. Since the participating senior high school students were freshmen, four simple, safe and visual experiments were selected: 1) Water purification, 2) Surface modification, 3) Briggs-Rauscher reaction, and 4) Polymer synthesis and characterization. All experiments received a favorable reception as a follow-up questionnaire verified. Since the high school students enjoyed the experiments it is hoped that the results will strengthen the students' interest in chemistry. It was good opportunity for the observers; they recognized the difficulty of teaching students.

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A novel improving Approaches for engineering and science education systems (이공계 대학교육과정의 개선방안)

  • Kim Bok-Ki;Moon Il;Lee Euy-Soo
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.31-39
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    • 2005
  • The speed of the reformation of the Korean engineering and science education systems is very slow compared with the fast change of the society. Current society requires colleges to raise high quality gold color engineers, who can feed tens of thousands people, however current education system cannot fulfill the requirement. So we need a novel education system to adapt the fast change of the society. In this study, we analyzed the difference of the education quality between supplies and demands, and based on the analysis, we suggested a new continuous quality improving system. We also collected current data on the student capability of Korean engineering freshmen and surveyed on the required vocational basic skills. Finally we suggested some programs with that the government could support improving the quality of engineering and science college students.