Engineering education : research and development in curriculum and instruction /
John Heywood.
- xix, 493 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Curriculum design, implementation and evaluation -- Aims and objectives (outcomes) -- Philosophy and sociology and the aims of the engineering curriculum -- Concepts and principles -- Learning strategies and styles -- Human development -- Curriculum change and changing the curriculum -- Interdisciplinary and integrated studies -- From projects to problem-based learning -- Problem solving-- Creativity -- Design -- Cooperative learning and teamwork -- Other instructional practices and the new technologies -- Assessment and evaluation -- The formal assessment of student learning : alternative assessment -- Attrition and retention.