Title :
WIP: bridging cognitive and motivational psychology to combat shortage of engineers
Author :
Reisslein, Martin ; Moreno, Roxana ; Reisslein, Jana
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ
Abstract :
The decline in interest among U.S. students in engineering programs of study, which has the potential to severely affect our technology-based society, has motivated the formation of a team of engineers and psychologists to examine the psychological foundations of effective engineering education. The team´s work in progress is focused on a rigorous examination of the cognitive psychology and motivational psychology aspects of engineering education
Keywords :
cognition; engineering education; professional aspects; psychology; societies; cognitive psychology; engineering education; engineering programs; motivational psychology; technology-based society; Computer science; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Educational technology; Engineering education; Guidelines; Maintenance engineering; Psychology; Statistics; Cognitive psychology; cognitive load; engineering education; motivational psychology; multimedia learning; social embedding; student persistence;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Indianopolis, IN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9077-6
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2005.1612018
