IJEE

Vol 29-4

Contents

Abstracts

Guide for Authors

Covers F1 F2 B1 B2

Section I

Special Issue

Selected papers from the 2012 International STEM in Education Conference,

Beijing, P. R. China

Guest Editor

Feng-Kuang Chiang—School of Educational Technology, Faculty of Education,

Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China

Ahmad Ibrahim	Editorial
Feng-Kuang Chiang	Guest Editorial
Peter Hudson, Lyn D. English and Les Dawes	Female Students’ Interactions in a Middle School Engineering Project: A Case Study
Merilyn (Lyn) G. Carter	A Picture is worth a Thousand Words: A Cross-curricular Approach to Learning about Visuals in STEM
Guo-Wei Chen and Chung-Shan Sun	Acceptance Level of Junior High School Students of Network Educational Games
Kar-Tin Lee and Rod Nason	The Recruitment of STEM-Talented Students into Teacher Education Programs
Samson M. Nashon and David Anderson	Teacher Change: The Effect of Student Learning on Science Teachers’ Teaching in Kenya
Gillian Kidman, Stephen Keast and Rebecca Cooper	Enhancing Preservice Teacher Learning through Slowmation Animation
Su Cai, Feng-Kuang Chiang and Xu Wang	Using the Augmented Reality 3D Technique for a Convex Imaging Experiment in a Physics Course

Section II

Contributions in: Creativity, Problem-Based Learning, Motivation, Retention, Student Stress, Professional Skills, Oral Presentations, Ethical Reasoning, Assessment, Computing Engineering, Virtual Laboratories, Software Tutorials, Robot Simulation, Architectural Design, Physics & Engineering, Outreach

Chunfang Zhou and Anette Kolmos	Interplay between Individual Creativity and Group Creativity in Problem and Project-Based Learning (PBL) Environment in Engineering Education
DeLean A. Tolbert and Shanna R. Daly	First-Year Engineering Student Perceptions of Creative Opportunities in Design
Josep M. Mateo-Sanz, Carme Olive´ and Dolors Puigjaner	Two New Moodle Modules for the Enhancement of a Problem-Based Learning Approach
Zin Eddine Dadach	Quantifying the Effects of an Active Learning Strategy on the Motivation of Students
Brandi N. Geisinger and D. Raj Raman	Why They Leave: Understanding Student Attrition from Engineering Majors
Ali Rizwan, Muhammad Abbas Choudhary, Mirza Jahanzaib, Ali Imran, Umair Manzoor and Ammar Ali	Analysis of Factors Affecting the Stress Level of Engineering Students from Remote Areas
Ashrif A. Bakar, Rosdiadee Nordin, Nasharuddin Zainal, Khadijah Alavi, M. M. Mustafa and H. Hussain	Nurturing Engineering Enthusiasm and Soft Skills in High School Students
Luc de Grez and Martin Valcke	Student Response System and How to Make Engineering Students Learn Oral Presentation Skills
Ewa A. Rudnicka, Mary Besterfield-Sacre and Larry J. Shuman	Development and Evaluation of a Model to Assess Engineering Ethical Reasoning and Decision Making
Mohamed Sharaf, Abdullah Alsadaawi, Mohamed Elmadany, Saeed Al-Zahrani and Abdelhamid Ajbar	Identification of Top Competencies Required from Engineering Graduates: A Case Study of Saudi Arabia
Desmond Adair and Martin Jaeger	A Scoring Method Based on Simple Probability Theory that Considers Partial Knowledge and Omission of Answers in Multiple-Choice Testing
Carme Mart´ın, Toni Urp´ı, M. Jose´ Casany, Xavier Burgue´s, Carme Quer, M. Elena Rodr´ıguez and Alberto Abello´	Improving Learning in a Database Course using Collaborative Learning Techniques
Boris Blostotsky, Elia Efraim and Yuri Ribakov	Virtual Laboratory for Studying Seismic Response of Base Isolated Bridges
Dragoljub Novakovic´, Neda Milic´ and Branko Milosavljevic´	Animated vs. Illustrated Software Tutorials: Screencasts for Acquisition and Screenshots for Recalling
Jer-Vui Lee, Zahari Taha, Hwa-Jen Yap and Azeddien Kinsheel	Constructivist Game-based Robotics Simulator in Engineering Education
Sherif El-Fiki	Towards a Process-based Model for Teaching Architectural Design, with Reference to Design Studio One
Aharon Gero	Interdisciplinary Program on Aviation Weapon Systems as a Means of Improving High School Students’ Attitudes towards Physics and Engineering
	Guide for Authors