Project-Based Learning in Higher Education

Abstract:

Students learning styles must be taken into account when devising curricula for teaching EFL and EAP at university. The differences in learning styles are frequently more subtle than the mere classification into visual or auditory learners. Therefore, we investigated how project-based learning contributes to better performance by students of engineering in their first and second year at university, as illustrated by the pass rate in English as a Foreign Language. Keywords: EST, project-based learning, student participation, new technologies, higher education

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 371)
• Pages: 739-743
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.371.739
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Andrea Peterlicean, Florica Morar
• Keywords: EST, Higher Education, New Technologies, Project-Based Learning, Student Participation

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DOI: 10.1017/s0047404510000941