The relationships of taiwanese college students' conceptions, approaches, and self-efficacy to learning civil engineering in a flipped classroom

Meilun Shih, Yi Nan Huang, Jyh Chong Liang*, Min Hsien Lee, Silvia Wen Yu Lee

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Abstract

This study examined the relationships among Taiwanese college students' conceptions of learning engineering, approaches to learning engineering, and self-efficacy of learning engineering. Three questionnaires: the Conceptions of Learning Engineering questionnaire (COLE), the Approaches to Learning Engineering questionnaire (ALE), and Self-efficacy of learning engineering (SELE) were used to gathered data from 111 college students majoring in Engineering in Taiwan. The analysis of correlational, stepwise regression, and multiple regression analysis results support that students with lower-level conceptions (LC) of learning engineering tend to display surface motive and surface approaches to learning engineering. Testing was the only significant COLE predictors explaining the surface motive, surface strategy of the ALE. While students' higher-level COLE (collaboration and engineering learning) positively related to their SELE, their SELE also foster students higher-level COLE. In addition, students' “Engineering” conception could significantly and positively predict their SELE, no matter they possess higher-level or lower level of COLE.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICCE 2017 - 25th International Conference on Computers in Education
Subtitle of host publicationTechnology and Innovation: Computer-Based Educational Systems for the 21st Century, Workshop Proceedings
EditorsYusuke Hayashi, Thepchai Supnithi, Moffat Mathews, Su Luan Wong, Ahmad Fauzi Mohd Ayub, Antonija Mitrovic, Wenli Chen, Jie-Chi Yang
PublisherAsia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education
Pages22-27
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9789869401227
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Event25th International Conference on Computers in Education: Technology and Innovation: Computer-Based Educational Systems for the 21st Century, ICCE 2017 - Christchurch, New Zealand
Duration: 2017 Dec 42017 Dec 8

Publication series

NameICCE 2017 - 25th International Conference on Computers in Education: Technology and Innovation: Computer-Based Educational Systems for the 21st Century, Workshop Proceedings

Other

Other25th International Conference on Computers in Education: Technology and Innovation: Computer-Based Educational Systems for the 21st Century, ICCE 2017
Country/TerritoryNew Zealand
CityChristchurch
Period2017/12/042017/12/08

Keywords

  • Approaches to learning
  • Civil engineering
  • Conceptions of learning
  • Flipped classroom
  • Self-efficacy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Education
  • Computer Science (miscellaneous)

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