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Exploring eXtended-based Learning approaches in Portuguese higher education: a ...
Alves, Anabela C.; Lima, Rui M.; Diana Mesquita; Malheiro, M. T.; Leão, Celina P.This paper presents a comprehensive study of what is named in this study as eXtended-Based Learning (xBL) approaches within the Portuguese educational landscape, including Problem-Based Learning (PBL), Project-Based Learning (PjBL), Challenge-Based Learning (ChBL), Service-Based Learning, and others. The study will contribute to characterizing different approaches being implemented by educators in Industrial En...
Beyond Scores: Early Findings on TBL's Impact in Engineering Education
Sena-Esteves, M. Teresa; Ribeiro, Margarida; Morais, Cristina; Brás-Pereira, Isabel; Guedes, Anabela; Soares, Filomena; Leão, Celina P.This paper presents the preliminary findings of an ongoing study investigating the influence of Team-Based Learning (TBL) on the academic performance of engineering students, particularly its impact on their grasp of subject matter and ability to solve real-world problems. Quantitative data analysis explored correlations between students' entry-level academic scores and their performance in a course incorporati...
Revisiting Team-Based Learning in a Fluid Mechanics Module: Enhancing Students’...
Sena-Esteves, M. Teresa; Ribeiro, Margarida; Morais, Cristina; Brás-Pereira, Isabel; Guedes, Anabela; Soares, Filomena; Leão, Celina P.This study investigates the evolution of students’ perceptions and experiences with Team-Based Learning (TBL) over three academic years (2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24) applied to the Fluid Mechanics course’ viscosity module of the second year of a chemical engineering degree, 1st semester. Through questionnaire data and qualitative evaluation, competences acquired and changes in teamwork and critical thinking we...
Team-based learning to enhance student’ competencies in a fluid mechanics module
Sena-Esteves, M. Teresa; Ribeiro, Margarida; Morais, Cristina; Brás-Pereira, Isabel; Guedes, Anabela; Soares, Filomena; Leão, Celina P.To graduate students with the necessary qualities, competencies and understanding needed in professional life, Higher Education Institutions should do more than only teach content in a traditional way. Team-Based Learning (TBL) is a small-group-based active learning-teaching strategy which supports the development of essential competencies while controlling course content. In this paper a TBL experience ap plie...
Safety culture in higher education institutions: Knowledge and training prefere...
Filho, P. C. Anacleto; Dall-Orsoletta, Alaize; Carneiro, Paula; Colim, Ana; Leão, Celina P.; Rodrigues, Matilde; Costa, Susana; Costa, NelsonThe development of a positive culture is a key element within an organization to achieve performance against a strategic objective. In terms of safety, universities play a very important role in training new professionals who must be increasingly aware and prepared for the challenges of the labour market and daily activities. Therefore, this study aims to assess the safety culture of newcomer students to higher...
Meteorological time series: an exploratory statistical and critical analysis
Gonçalves, A. Manuela; Pereira, F. Catarina; Costa, Marco; Leão, Celina P.Increasingly, reduction of water availability has been a real- ity, and population growth, pollution, and climate change have con- tributed to exacerbating this problem. Dry periods, which occur when precipitation is lower than expected in a given territory, have become more frequent and prolonged, and therefore it is crucial to efficiently manage water use in response to environmental concerns. The main chal- ...
IEM@ProjectNetworking revisited: freshmen students closer to professional practice
Alves, Anabela C.; Oliveira, Sérgio; Leão, Celina P.; Fernandes, SandraThis paper describes a challenge given to freshman students of the Integrated Master degree of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) – University of Minho, Portugal. It was developed in the context of the Integrated Project of Industrial Engineering and Management 1 (IPIEM1). First-year students were challenged to interview an Industrial Engineer, or someone with this function, in a company. That was the ...
Promoting assessment as learning in PBL: findings from blogs created by first y...
Alves, Anabela C.; Leão, Celina P.; Fernandes, SandraThis paper aims to present findings from first year engineering students involved in a Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach developed within the first cycle degree of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) – University of Minho, Portugal. Student assessment in PBL includes both formative and summative assessment, with a variety of different methods and purposes. One of the assessment methods in this PBL a...
Women and STEM: a methodology for studying factors affecting attractivity
Pereira, Rita; Williams, Bill; Soares, Filomena; Cunha, João Carlos; Leão, Celina P.; Borges, Cristina; Coutinho, Fernanda; Vaz, Gilberto; João, IsabelA research group formed by several higher education institutions (HEIs) came together with a common objective: study the factors that influence the choice of female students in STEM programs like engineering and technological ones. Based on a phenomenological analysis, semi-structured in-depth interviews were first conducted as pilot studies in two HEIs and these were used to arrive at the final methodological ...
The Relationship of Higher Education Access with Final Marks in a Core Chemical...
Sena-Esteves, Maria Teresa; Morais, Cristina; Ribeiro, Margarida; Pereira, Isabel; Guedes, Anabela; Soares, Filomena; Leão, Celina P.This present work cracks to understand the relationship between final marks in a topic with competences that are core of Chemical Engineering and students’ access grades to a Portuguese Higher Education Institution (HEI). The study is based on data gathered through a questionnaire concerning students’ perceptions about assessment and teaching-learning methodologies in four academic years (2016-2017 to 2019-2020...