DocumentCode
3138348
Title
“Just like they do in industry”: Concerns about teamwork practices in engineering design courses
Author
Aller, Betsy M.
Author_Institution
Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, MI, USA
fYear
1993
fDate
6-9 Nov 1993
Firstpage
489
Lastpage
492
Abstract
The author reports on a two-year study contrasting senior design course teaching of team practices with those actually used in industry. The study identified concerns in the areas of collaborative practices, group composition, intervention and resolution of group problems, and focus on the product rather than the process
Keywords
design engineering; educational courses; engineering education; collaborative practices; engineering design courses; group composition; industry teamwork teaching; senior design course teaching; teamwork practices; Accreditation; Chemical engineering; Chemical processes; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Design engineering; Design optimization; Engineering management; Industrial training; Teamwork;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1993. Twenty-Third Annual Conference. 'Engineering Education: Renewing America's Technology', Proceedings.
Conference_Location
Washington, DC
ISSN
0190-5848
Print_ISBN
0-7803-1482-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FIE.1993.405476
Filename
405476
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