Delivering quality along with quantity: the challenge of teaching a large and heterogeneous engineering class

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Delivering quality along with quantity: the challenge of teaching a large and heterogeneous engineering class

The challenges faced by a lecturer teaching large multidisciplinary engineering classes are identified. These are principally related to the size of the class, the extensive mathematical knowledge that is considered as prerequisite, as well as the heterogeneity of the class due to the diversity of s...

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Main Author:	Chronopoulos, D.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SAGE Publications 2018
Subjects:	Active learning; Mechanical engineering; Large classes; Multidisciplinary classes
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51173/

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