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Engineering Students' Thinking About Technical Systems: An Ontological Categories Approach

Dokumenttyp:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Autor(en):
Hofer, Sarah; Reinhold, Frank; Loch, Frieder; Vogel-Heuser, Birgit
Abstract:
This paper aims at identifying ontological categories as higher-order knowledge structures that underlie engineering students' thinking about technical systems. Derived from interviews, these ontological categories include, inter alia, a focus on the behavior, structure, or purpose of a technical system. We designed and administered a paper-based test to assess these ontological categories in a sample of N = 340 first-year students in different engineering disciplines. Based on their activa...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
Frontiers in Education
Jahr:
2020
Band / Volume:
5
Monat:
May
Heft / Issue:
66
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
13
Nachgewiesen in:
Scopus; Web of Science
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.3389/feduc.2020.00066
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