DocumentCode
1959943
Title
The Academic Excellence Program: a new look to an old and reliable tool
Author
Couvertier, I. ; Santos, Jeannette
Author_Institution
Dept. of Gen. Eng., Puerto Rico Univ., Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Volume
1
fYear
1999
fDate
10-13 Nov. 1999
Abstract
The Academic Excellence Program seeks to develop individual problem solving skills and good study habits. This is accomplished using peer group meetings and involves developing the process to obtain the solution to mathematical problems. Participation is voluntary in nature. The performance of the participants is compared to that of the students that did not participate. The results are excellent. The participants obtained on average one letter grade above the nonparticipants.
Keywords
educational courses; engineering education; teaching; Academic Excellence Program; mathematical problems; peer group meetings; problem solving skills; student performance; study habits; Calculus; Reliability engineering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual
Conference_Location
San Juan, Puerto Rico
ISSN
0190-5848
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5643-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FIE.1999.839286
Filename
839286
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