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Title: Get Set for Success: An update on the EngCAT project
Contributor(s): Burton, Lorelle J (author); Dowing, David G (author); Kavanagh, Lydia (author); O'Moore, Liza (author); Aubrey, Tim (author); Lowe, David (author); Wilkes, Janelle  (author); Glencross-Grant, Rex  (author)orcid ; McBride, William (author)
Publication Date: 2012
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15205
Abstract: In 2011, the Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) funded a national project entitled "Get set for success: Using online self-assessments to motivate first year engineering students to engage in and manage their learning". This research project aims to identify factors that lead to success in first year engineering studies. The project will deliver a prototype model of the Engineering Career Appraisal Tool (EngCAT), an online educational resource that enables individuals to self-assess their cognitive (e.g., spatial, mathematical, and technical skills) and non-cognitive (e.g., personality traits, career interests and approaches to learning) abilities. Initial data have been collected and some initial results are available for the EngCAT project. Commencing engineering students across five Australian universities completed cognitive and non-cognitive tests to help them self-assess their readiness for the programs and to empower them with self-awareness and learning skills.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: AAEE 2012: 23rd Australasian Association for Engineering Education Annual Conference - The Profession of Engineering Education: Advancing Teaching, Research and Careers, Melbourne, Australia, 3rd - 5th December, 2012
Source of Publication: 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Program Handbook, p. 123-124
Publisher: Swinburne University of Technology
Place of Publication: Melbourne, Australia
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 130208 Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy
130103 Higher Education
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 390109 Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy
390303 Higher education
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 930101 Learner and Learning Achievement
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 160101 Early childhood education
HERDC Category Description: E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://www.aaee.com.au/conferences/2012/?page=program
http://www.aaee.com.au/conferences/2012/documents/abstracts/aaee2012-submission-w7.pdf
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