An innovative way is presented in this paper for teaching digital communication courses. A project SAM, soft acoustic modem, is integrated into the courses to give students experience on the design of practical systems and on the setup of technical standards. In addition, students form technical groups to compete with each other in developing the SAM and the corresponding standard. The modem in...

The accepted methodologies for construction engineering and management education have long recognized that students need to learn a combination of technical and non-technical competencies. Educators then develop their curricula to facilitate learning of these competencies and then assess the students’ understanding. For a competency such as cost estimating, these tasks can be accomplished throu...

The technical adequacy of CBM maze-scores as indicators of reading level and growth for seventh-grade secondary-school students was examined. Participants were 452 Dutch students who completed weekly maze measures over a period of 23 weeks. Criterion measures were school level, dyslexia status, scores and growth on a standardized reading test. Results supported the technical adequacy of maze sc...

To teach students circuit design with respect to system integration in an actual application environment, we use FPGAs as a part of the control system of a technical process. An infrared light based sensor system and an infrared based communication system together with controlling software have been developed by students in this context. All digital processing is implemented with Altera FPGAs t...

This paper presents a web hosting service model that provides students web hosting service in e-commerce programs. The web hosting service provides each individual student a client server environment to support the development cycle of web application development. The web hosting service consists of main service and support service. The primary service provider is technical staff. Students in e...

At the University of Queensland, mechatronic engineering is introduced to first year students through a project-based subject in which students design and build a robot to play Robo-Cricket. The aim of the subject is to introduce students to engineering design and, most importantly, to the range of personal and interpersonal skills required to complete mechatronic engineering projects. The impl...

Students with sensory and physical disabilities are underrepresented in medical schools despite the availability of assistive technologies and accommodations. Unfortunately, many medical schools have adopted restrictive "organic" technical standards based on deficits rather than on the ability to do the work. Compelling ethical considerations of justice and beneficence should prompt change in t...

OBJECTIVE To verify the opinion of Nursing Technical Training students on the stages of construction of the End-of-Course Paper. METHOD A cross-sectional study with a qualitative and quantitative approach. A total of 94 students participated from a Nursing Technical course of an institution in the State of São Paulo. A questionnaire was used with assertions, followed by a "Likert Scale" and o...

We analyze students’ knowledge and risk perception of four technologies. The aim is to find out whether there is a relationship between area of study (self-selection) and progress of study (socialization) on the one hand and risk perception of technologies regarding health, environment and society on the other. The four technology fields under study are renewable energies, genetic engineering, ...

AIM To evaluate the radiographic technical quality of root fillings and the incidence of iatrogenic errors in treatment provided by undergraduate students. METHODOLOGY Endodontic records and periapical radiographs of 759 root filled teeth were selected following exclusion of 25 (3.3%). A final total of 734 cases were used to assess the technical quality of root fillings in 1109 root canals pe...