TY - JOUR
T1 - Research characteristics and patterns in engineering education
T2 - Content analysis 2000-2009
AU - Chou, Pao Nan
AU - Chang, Chi Cheng
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In the field of engineering education, the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE) is one of the publications listed in the ISI Thomson citation index. Analysing JEE articles may offer a clear understanding of characteristics and patterns in engineering education research. The aim of this study was to investigate the research characteristics present in the JEE from 2000 to 2009, and provide research patterns for engineering educators or those with an interest in engineering education research. A modified, four-step content analysis, which contains sampling, conceptualisation, operationalisation, and coding verification, analyse published works in JEE since 2000. Based on the analysed results from seven focus areas: a) characteristics of research methods; b) research subject; c) engineering discipline; d) research topic; e) citation information; f) author's geographical affiliation; and g) article keywords, 10 major findings were yielded from this study. Several suggestions are proposed for engineering education researchers.
AB - In the field of engineering education, the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE) is one of the publications listed in the ISI Thomson citation index. Analysing JEE articles may offer a clear understanding of characteristics and patterns in engineering education research. The aim of this study was to investigate the research characteristics present in the JEE from 2000 to 2009, and provide research patterns for engineering educators or those with an interest in engineering education research. A modified, four-step content analysis, which contains sampling, conceptualisation, operationalisation, and coding verification, analyse published works in JEE since 2000. Based on the analysed results from seven focus areas: a) characteristics of research methods; b) research subject; c) engineering discipline; d) research topic; e) citation information; f) author's geographical affiliation; and g) article keywords, 10 major findings were yielded from this study. Several suggestions are proposed for engineering education researchers.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84860449833
SN - 1446-2257
VL - 8
SP - 462
EP - 470
JO - World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education
JF - World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education
IS - 4
ER -