Creativity as a factor in persistence and academic achievement of engineering undergraduates

SA Atwood, JE Pretz - Journal of Engineering Education, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background To date, there has been little research to establish how creativity relates to
engineering student persistence and academic achievement. Purpose This study used …

How to train future engineers to be more creative? An educative experience

S Morin, JM Robert, L Gabora - Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2018 - Elsevier
Because of the nature of their work, engineers are often asked to be innovative. This implies
that they must possess and demonstrate creative abilities However, building an effective and …

Enhancing creative thinking in STEM with 3D CAD modelling

C Carbonell-Carrera, JL Saorin, D Melian-Diaz… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Creative thinking is an essential part of learning for sustainability, as recent studies indicate.
Creativity enables the engineer to find solutions for the design of a new product or for the …

[HTML][HTML] Transnational learning and teaching activities: Smart Healthcare Engineering

LFT Martin, I Fatu, J Mirza-Rosca… - Computational and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The new maintenance engineers become self-taught and learn from daily dedication, from
solving repetitive problems, from exchanging experiences with a colleague, from reading a …

3D creative teaching-learning strategy in surveying engineering education

C Carbonell-Carrera, JL Saorin, D Melian… - Eurasia Journal of …, 2017 - ejmste.com
For the acquisition of spatial reasoning, content is learned more quickly by means of the use
of 3D objects. In the field of surveying engineering education, research has been carried out …

Engineering creativity: Toward an understanding of the relationship between perceptions and performance in engineering design

WA Carpenter - 2016 - rave.ohiolink.edu
Few studies have focused on perceptions of creativity in engineering. Previous researchers
have tended to focus on perceptions concerning the degree to which creative thinking is …

[PDF][PDF] Teaching for creativity, entrepreneurship, and leadership in engineering

SE Zappe, AY Huang-Saad… - International …, 2023 - library.oapen.org
Society is changing at a rapid pace. Although technological advances in engineering have
been prolific, complex problems confronting our world, such as climate change, disease …

A cross-sectional study of engineering students' creative self-concepts: An exploration of creative self-efficacy, personal identity, and expectations

SE Zappe, PM Reeves, IB Mena… - 2015 ASEE Annual …, 2015 - peer.asee.org
A cross-sectional study of engineering students' creative self-concepts: An exploration of
creative self-efficacy, personal identity, and expectations In 2004, the National Academy of …

Creativity and engineering education: A survey of approaches and current state

AM Erro, MME Escudero, MD Somonte - ICERI2016 Proceedings, 2016 - library.iated.org
Creativity is essential for all engineering activities, since finding solutions for complex
technical problems to ideate design concepts for industrial products is as well of much …

[PDF][PDF] Work in Progress: Engineering students' changing conceptions of the value of creativity

SE Zappe, J Tise - 8th Research in Engineering Education …, 2019 - academia.edu
The technical engineering curriculum at most universities does not provide many
opportunities for students to engage in the creative process. Given these limited …