After decades of experience, the computer education community has settled upon a relatively standard way of teaching procedural programming. With the growing use of object-oriented languages, the question is whether new ...

For many years the authors have coordinated a large engineering design subject, having a cohort of approximately 300+ students. Lectures are supported by tutorials of approximately 32 students which incorporate collaborative ...

Seventy students from a first semester calculus course ranked 8 mathematics tasks as to perceived difficulty before attempting these tasks and actual difficulty after completing the tasks. Students also completed ...

The provision of course material, including lecture notes and overheads, to students through learning management systems is commonplace in Australian universities, and the practice is well documented in the literature (e.g ...

Humphrey et al. (1997) argued that a range of generic skills are important in enhancing the experience of groupwork for students. These skills include problem solving skills, leadership skills, research skills, study skills, ...

Pro bono work is more commonly associated with the legal profession than with the engineering profession. It is work that is undertaken at significantly reduced cost to a client. While many engineering professionals do ...