Students' Vocational Skills Training of Road and Bridge Engineering

DOI

10.2991/emeit.2012.74How to use a DOI?

Keywords

vocational skills, road and bridge engineering, technology education

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the engineering problem finding ability of high school students of road and bridge engineering. Students were categorized and evaluated qualitatively based on school and gender of respondent. Results indicate that the most consistent predictor of creativity in engineering problem finding scenarios was the number of advanced science classes. The qualitative results showed striking differences in the responses from students. Results show educators need to become more aware of the importance of problem finding in engineering and better encourage the development of problem finding skills among their students.

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© 2012, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaohui XIA
AU  - Yixi YANG
PY  - 2012/09
DA  - 2012/09
TI  - Students' Vocational Skills Training of Road and Bridge Engineering
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Electronic & Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology (EMEIT 2012)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 370
EP  - 373
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/emeit.2012.74
DO  - 10.2991/emeit.2012.74
ID  - XIA2012/09
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