International Journal of Technology in Education and Science
Feb 04, 2019 Volume 3, Number 2
Editors
Valarie Akerson
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 4
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Why STEM? Factors that Influence Gifted Students’ Choice of College Majors
Phu Vu, Dena Harshbarger, Sherry Crow & Shelby Henderson
The purpose of this study was to examine talented/gifted students’ choices of college majors and what factors most likely affected their decision. By utilizing a data collecting technique called... More
pp. 63-71
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Software Development Estimation Techniques in Industrial Contexts: An Exploratory Multiple Case-Study
Ahmed Zarour & Samer Zein
Software Effort Estimation is one of the most challenging aspects in the software development life cycle. Recent empirical studies in the area of software development estimation indicate the... More
pp. 72-84
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Students as Future Workers: Cross-border Multidisciplinary Learning Labs in Higher Education
Wilfried Admiraal, Lysanne Post, Pengyue Guo, Nadira Saab, Sari Makinen, Ohto Rainio, Johanna Vuori, Jacky Bourgeois, Gerd Kortuem & Gerard Danford
One promising way to cope with changing requirements from the labor market in the domain of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), but also to keep the field up to date, to start ... More
pp. 85-94
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Technology Education in Finland, Slovenia, Estonia and Iceland: The Structure of Students’ Attitudes towards Technology
Ossi Autio, Janez Jamsek, Mart Soobik & Brynjar Olafsson
The research is based on a comparative study of craft and technology education curriculums and students’ attitudes towards craft and technology in Finland, Slovenia, Estonia and Iceland. The study ... More
pp. 95-106