No significant differences between Engineering and Technology exam questions in novelty and level of communication¶
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q2 i? Differences between Engineering and Engineering Technology exam questions in novelty and level of communication were found to be insignificant. → Zakani 2019
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Zakani 2019¶
Zakani, S., Kaupp, J., Turner, R. D., & Frank, B. (2019). Analyzing implicit science and math outcomes in engineering and technology programs. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2019.1.7994
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Instructor survey scoring of novelty and communication on physics exam questions from four participating programs (10 university and 8 college questions). The article reports the differences were "found to be insignificant"; no effect size or test statistic is printed, so equivalence was not tested.
"The differences between the exam questions from the two types of programs in novelty and level of communications were found to be insignificant"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Engineering physics exam questions demand more approach selection or synthesis while Technology questions often prescribe a specific approach — related
- Variation among Engineering programs is as large as variation between Engineering and Technology programs — related
- Collected exam questions required no cognitive processes above apply and no originality in analysis or high-level interdependence — related
- Technology programs examine discipline-related physics topics at higher cognitive levels within a disciplinary context — related
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No significant differences between Engineering and Technology exam questions in novelty and level of communication |
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No significant differences between Engineering and Technology exam questions in novelty and level of communication |
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