567
Views
26
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Perceptions of mathematics in engineering

Pages 305-316 | Received 14 Mar 2008, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

References

  • Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board . 1998 . Accreditation criteria and procedures , Ottawa , ON : Canadian Council of Professional Engineers .
  • Clark , C. M. and Peterson , P. L. 1986 . “ Teachers’ thought processes ” . In Handbook of research teaching , Edited by: Wittrock , M. C. 255 – 296 . New York : Macmillan .
  • Dym , C. L. 2005 . Engineering design thinking, teaching and learning . Journal of Engineering Education , 94 ( 1 ) : 103 – 120 .
  • Fairclough , N. 1993 . Critical discourse analysis and the marketization of public discourse: the universities . Discourse and Society , 4 ( 2 ) : 133 – 168 .
  • Fairclough , N. F. 2003 . Analysing discourse: textual analysis for social research , London : Routledge .
  • Fischer , G. 2002 . Desert island: software engineering – a human activity . Automated Software Engineering , 10 ( 2 ) : 233 – 237 .
  • Grayson , L. P. 1993 . The making of an engineer , New York : Wiley .
  • Lane , D. 2006 . “ Hierarchy, complexity, society ” . In Hierarchy in natural and social sciences , Edited by: Pumain , D. 81 – 119 . Dordrecht , , The Netherlands : Springer .
  • Lenk , H. 1999 . Conclusion: technological responsibility and the humanities; the University of Karlsruhe [online] . Society for Philosophy and Technology , 4 ( 4 ) : 26 – 29 . Available from: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/eJournals/SPT/v4n4/pdf/lenk.pdf [Accessed 12 March 2008]
  • Phelan , A. M. and McLaughlin , H. J. 1995 . Educational discourses, the nature of the child, and the practice of new teachers . Journal of Teacher Education , 46 ( 3 ) : 165 – 174 .
  • Shaw, M.C., 2001. Engineering problem solving – a classical perspective [online]. Norwich, NY: Noyes/William Andrew. Available from: http://knovel.com/web/portal/browse/display?_EXT_KNOVEL_DISPLAY_bookid=387&VerticalID=0 [Accessed 28 December 2008]
  • Shinn , T. 1980 . L’École polytechnique , Paris : Presse de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques .
  • Simon , H. 1996 . The sciences of the artificial , 3 , Cambridge , MA : The MIT Press .
  • University of British Columbia, 2008. The faculty of applied science [online]. Available from: http://www.students.ubc.ca/calendar/download/IX_AppliedScience.pdf [Accessed 14 August 2008]
  • University of Cambridge, 2008a. Guide to admissions – academic requirements and preferences by college [online]. Available from: http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/admissions/guide/table1.html [Accessed 20 July 2008]
  • University of Cambridge, 2008b. Recommended reading [online]. Available from: http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/admissions/information/reading.html [Accessed 20 July 2008]
  • University of Karlsruhe, 2008. Vorkurs in mathematik [online]. Available from: http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/zib/html/glossar_262.html [Accessed 30 May 2008]
  • Uppsala University, 2008. Högskoleingenjörsprogrammet i maskinteknik: programbeskrivning [online]. Available from: http://www.teknat.uu.se/utbildning/node93 [Accessed 21 July 2008]
  • van Dijk , T. A. 1993 . Principles of critical discourse analysis . Discourse and Society , 4 ( 2 ) : 249 – 283 .
  • Vaughn , S. , Schumm , J. S. and Singaub , J. 1996 . Focus group interviews in education and psychology , London : Routledge .
  • Winkelman , P. 2006 . Frankenstein goes to engineering school . European Journal of Engineering Education , 4 ( 4 ) : 449 – 457 .
  • Yin , R. 2003 . Case study research: design and methods , Thousand Oaks , CA : Sage Publications .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.