There is widespread agreement on the important role higher education plays in preparing students to enter the workplace as positive contributors able to work in multidisciplinary teams. This is especially true in Engineering and Technology education where many pundits have estimated there will be a shortfall of qualified STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) graduates equal t...

Fast food is popular among children and adolescents; however, its consumption has often been associated with negative impacts on nutrition and health. This study examined current fast food consumption status among middle school students and explored factors influencing fast food consumption by applying Theory of Planned Behavior. A total of 354 (52.5% boys) students were recruited from a middle...

In this paper, our experience in developing learner-centered technical review techniques in programming courses is described. To better serve educational purposes, our learner-centered technical reviews define review artifact, review outcomes, expectation and format, etc according to the levels of programming course. Our learner-centered technical reviews have been proven to be very effective i...

Luleå University of Technology has since 1997 been using net-based learning environments based on desktop video-conferencing tools to distribute courses to students. It has previously been claimed that such environments give remotely and traditionally attending students equal possibilities to take an active part of a course, in addition to enhancing the learning experience for all students. Thi...

 Students enrolled in scientific or technical disciplines often exhibit a reasonably narrow focus of intellectual interest. The demands of a highly technical curriculum force them to pursue immediate concerns, sometimes to the detriment of a broad appreciation of the humanities. This work describes the creative use of forgery to introduce first year Computer Science students to both historic l...

Technical skills, even for technical positions, are insufficient for subsequent success beyond an entry-level position, since it usually requires proficiency in soft-skills areas such as: communication, leadership, conflict resolution and self-management, amongst others. Hence, helping technical students to develop and improve such soft-skills areas is of real need, and that is why generic comp...

In this particular paper, an attempt has been made to highlight that the graphical learning is more effective than text learning in technical education system. Technical Education is the learning act of educating or obtaining knowledge or developing skill by a learning process, relating to or involving technology, particularly scientific technology. It covers courses and programs in engineering...

The article considers the main factors determining increase in special performance of technical university students preparation cyclic sports, as well a set physical endurance exercises