Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

M. Palani Natha Raja ¹, A. M. Abirami ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, IN
2 Department of Information Technology, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, IN

Abstract

Achieving Performance Excellence in Engineering Education becomes essential now-a-days so as to focus on the customers and other stakeholders. Some of the challenging tasks like global recognition for the curriculum, performance improvement, research projects and bridging the gap between academia and industry can be addressed effectively, if integrated Quality Model can be adopted and practiced by the Institute. The model proposed in this paper enables the Institute to outperform excellence in education and sustain in the competitive environment.

Keywords

Quality Model For Engineering Education, Performance Excellence, Quality Award.

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M. Palaninatha Raja ¹, A. M. Abirami ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Mechatronics, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, IN
2 Department of Information Technology, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, IN

Abstract

Ethics is an important attribute for any professions like engineering, medicine, legal and so on. Despite its importance, ethics has come down among the engineers in the recent past and the day to day events in the nation witnesses the engineering as collapsible or substandard bridges, development of illegal arms, unworthy clothing for uniformed people, etc,. Engineering Ethics is introduced into curriculum and the students are assessed and evaluated theoretically as per the legal directions. This loses the focus and the purpose of ethics. Engineering ethics is an important outcome specified in the Graduate Attributes of Accreditation at national and international level. Specifically, the code of conduct or the behavior of student could be measured based on the identified and well proven ethical principles. Questionnaire has been prepared against eleven basic principles of ethics. Students' thinking on each of these principles is measured through 1-5 likert scale. Face validity is adopted in this survey. It is an indirect assessment method which enables to achieve the objective of assessing the ethical behavior of engineering students. The results show that the actual thinking on ethical practices and their emotions have been captured and reported among engineering students.

Keywords

Engineering Ethics, Measurement of Ethics, Behavior, Attitude.

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A. Sheik Abdullah ¹, N. Gayathri ¹, A. M. Abirami ¹, R. Parkavi ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Information Technology, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, IN

Abstract

One of the major challenges in engineering education is to train the students in an efficient way to determine the exposable skills in a collaborative manner to solve complex and weakly structured problems. This research work focus towards the development of a predictive data analytical model using statistical inference techniques. Each of the courses instructed to the students will have certain outcomes to be addressed. Experimental evaluation has been done with the non-applicability of active learning strategies and applicability of active learning strategies over the course outcome values attained by the students over the two batches of students. The data has been formalized to normal distribution to discover the statistical relevance. Newly formulated control limits have been established to determine the course outcome target value. With the initialization of heuristic values we came to a conclusion over the target fixing mechanism for the attainment of course outcomes. Hence from these results we can obviously fix the student target measures for any subjects by which we can deploy the mechanism of deliverables over the reality and the nature of the courses to be learnt.

Keywords

Predictive Analysis, Statistics, Education Technology, Control Limits, Course Outcomes, Target Measures.

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A. M. Abirami ¹, P. Kiruthiga ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Information Technology Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

Collaborative learning makes the students to learn in amore formal way in a team. It increases the student engagement and there exists continuous interaction between the participants. It improves critical thinking and problem solving capabilities of learners. Courses which require these technical and soft skills can adopt Collaborative Learning strategies. Apart from the improvement in these skills, it also improves their behaviours in communication, team building skills among the students and so on. It ultimately shows greater improvement in their campus placement, which is the ideal objective of every graduate today.

Keywords

Collaborative Learning, Active Learning Strategies, Flipped Classroom, Think Pair Share, Data Structures, Labquiz.

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A. M. Abirami ¹, M. Palaninatha Raja ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Information Technology, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, IN
2 Department of Mechatronics, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, IN

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a downtrend in the pass percentage of UG Engineering Mathematics papers among students. Students find it difficult to score pass marks in the subject in the recent batches. Factors like lack of understanding in basic concepts, lack of quality of teaching, lack of quality in question papers, strict evaluation, and so on may be related to poor performance of students. Hence, it becomes necessary to examine the nature of final examination question papers, especially for the maths courses. It is essential to assess the type of questions asked in the examinations using the statistical techniques and measures. In this paper, the descriptive study has been made to evaluate the quality of question papers of Mathematics with the result data.

Keywords

Engineering Mathematics, Item Analysis, Difficulty Index, Discrimination Index, Student Performance, Question Paper Quality.

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C. Jeyamala ¹, A. M. Abirami ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Information Technology, Thiagarajar College of Engineering , Madurai, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

The paper presents a detailed impact analysis of incorporating appropriate active learning strategies for enhancing student learning and engagement in the first year introductory course on Problem Solving using Computers. The major challenge in Education system is that, most of the graduates learn by rote all the way from school to college. Most of the students do not have prior experience in programming and exhibit an aversion towards programming. Active learning techniques have been proved as a viable solution to eradicate rote learning. In order to promote higher order cognitive skills and student engagement, a systematic plan incorporating appropriate active learning techniques has been designed. The experimental study has been carried out in a first year student group comprising of 119 members from the Department of Information Technology at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai. Along with traditional assessment strategies, exclusive rubrics have been designed to measure the learning outcomes.This blend of instructor led and inquiry based teaching practices in the introductory course on Problem Solving using Computers has shown positive impact on student learning and engagement. Compared with the previous academic years, Students' performance in continuous assessment and End Semester Examinations has improved significantly. Positive feedback from students and increased count of participation in programming contests and online certifications demonstrate the improved effectiveness of the adopted teaching learning strategies in promoting self learning.

Keywords

Computer Programming, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning, Higher Order Thinking Skills, Self Learning.

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P. Karthikeyan ¹, A. M. Abirami ¹, M. Thangavel ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Information Technology, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

The Programme Outcomes (PO) of students are measured after the completion of every Under Graduate (UG) programme. Contributions of engineering projects on programme outcomes are significantly more when compared with other courses. The final year projects are evaluated by rubrics at different stages. The projects may fall in different categories; mapping of each project with PO needs to be carried out based on the nature of the problem and its solution. Hence, there exists a need for micro-level assessment and evaluation processes for projects. It is really a challenging process to define the set of activities needed for this. In this paper, a micro-level assessment methodology for attaining programme outcomes through UG Engineering Projects has been proposed and implemented. The process is defined in alignment with the ADDIE instructional design model and recommended to have different phases like plan, design, implement, evaluate and assessment. Project-PO mapping guidelines are prepared and used in the assessment process. This study explores the attainment level of different POs for each student and analyzes how the project helps in the attainment of Graduate Attribute (GA) for each individual. This paper discusses the detailed processes that have been carried out for the project course and how these processes help in the PO attainment level for two different batches of BTech IT students. The results of PO attainment prove that the proposed process would help in the attainment of PO, hence the Graduate Attribute level of each student.

Keywords

Engineering Project Review Process, Programme Outcome Attainment, Project PO Mapping, Project PO Attainment Calculation, Project Review Rubrics.

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