TY - GEN
T1 - Abstract Thinking of Beginning Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Students
AU - Gero, Aharon
AU - Hadish, Mohammed Ali
AU - Kvatinsky, Shahar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Abstract thinking is the capability to deal with relevant information for a given phase while temporarily disregarding the irrelevant details for the current step. Abstract thinking is required in a wide variety of disciplines. It is of special importance in engineering, where examining many topics at different detail levels is needed. However, the literature implies that the abstract thinking of beginning students is insufficient. In light of the above, the research aimed to assess the abstract thinking of beginning electrical engineering and computer science students. The study used closed and open-ended instruments, and involved 64 undergraduate students at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. According to the findings, the average abstract thinking of the participants is moderate, with no significant difference between the two groups of students.
AB - Abstract thinking is the capability to deal with relevant information for a given phase while temporarily disregarding the irrelevant details for the current step. Abstract thinking is required in a wide variety of disciplines. It is of special importance in engineering, where examining many topics at different detail levels is needed. However, the literature implies that the abstract thinking of beginning students is insufficient. In light of the above, the research aimed to assess the abstract thinking of beginning electrical engineering and computer science students. The study used closed and open-ended instruments, and involved 64 undergraduate students at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. According to the findings, the average abstract thinking of the participants is moderate, with no significant difference between the two groups of students.
KW - Abstract Thinking
KW - Computer Science Students
KW - Electrical Engineering Students
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85185714581&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-53022-7_33
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-53022-7_33
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AN - SCOPUS:85185714581
SN - 9783031530210
T3 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
SP - 323
EP - 328
BT - Towards a Hybrid, Flexible and Socially Engaged Higher Education - Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning ICL 2023
A2 - Auer, M.E.
A2 - Cukierman, U.R.
A2 - Vendrell Vidal, Eduardo
A2 - Tovar Caro, Edmundo
T2 - 26th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2023
Y2 - 26 September 2023 through 29 September 2023
ER -