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161 gap statements mined from Engineering Education and Pedagogy papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 2,075 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • Whilst the project is limited by the semester time, dedicated programming and electronic workshops may assist fresh engineering students in the project, and not just traditional workshops but ones fully integrated to the PBL project.

    Learning to Engineer: Integrating Robotics-Centred Project-Based Learning in Early Undergraduate Education · 2026 · DOI

  • Industry-sponsored capstone engineering projects bridge theoretical knowledge and professional practice, yet student perceptions of these experiences remain understudied.

    Navigating Industry Collaboration in Capstone Projects: Benefits and Challenges from Student Perspectives · 2026 · DOI

  • Moreover, the aspects related to the widespread use of artificial intelligence, both in professional activities and in everyday life, remain insufficiently studied.

    Engineering Activity and Engineering Thinking in the Context of Artificial Intelligence Expansion · 2024 · DOI

  • Traditional digital assessment systems lack diversity in problem configurations. There is a need for methods that can produce richer, more diverse sets of problems.

    Flexible Problem Design for Practice and Assessment in Engineering Mechanics · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research can evaluate the effectiveness of the optimized laboratory sections. Future research can explore the potential challenges of implementing the proposed approach. Future research can investigate the impact of the paper's approach on student learning outcomes.

    Making Connection of Learning and Teaching Different Levels and Different Subject Courses' Laboratories with Upper-Level Engineering Courses · 2026 · DOI

  • The need for a practical approach to training mechanical engineers in programming control systems. The lack of a training system that covers the Ladder Diagram (LD), Function Block Diagram (FBD), and Structured Text (ST) languages.

    The problem of training future design engineers in programming control systems for technological equipment · 2026 · DOI

  • Based on the outcomes of this study, several avenues for future research are recommended. Scaling across contexts: Replication across multiple universities, including both well-resourced and under-resourced institutions, would test the scalability and adaptability of scaffolding within PBL.

    Concept scaffolding in problem-based learning: Enhancing conceptual understanding of circular motion in a first-year physics module for engineering students · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should consider a longer implementation period, as Capobianco et al. Future research may address this limitation by adopting mixed-methods designs that integrate systematically analyzed rubric scores and additional quantitative measures alongside qualitative analyses.

    Exploring preservice primary teachers' understanding of the engineering design process through integrated STEM laboratory activities · 2026 · DOI

  • The traditional soil mechanics classroom teaching mode is solidified and lacks diversified interaction design. The industry's evaluation criteria for civil engineering graduates have changed significantly.

    The Teaching Reform Path and Practical Exploration of Soil Mechanics Course under the Background of AI Empowerment · 2026 · DOI

  • Further research can be conducted to explore the effectiveness of incorporating humanities education in engineering programs. Studies can be done to compare the outcomes of engineering students who receive humanities education with those who do not.

    Humanities Education for Engineering Students: Enhancing Soft Skills Development · 2025 · DOI

  • The incorporation of soft skills in engineering programs has been slow. There is a need to enhance the development of soft skills in engineering students.

    Humanities Education for Engineering Students: Enhancing Soft Skills Development · 2025 · DOI

  • The gap is that students rarely think of math and language arts as being compatible skills. The gap is that there is a need for techniques that promote interdisciplinary learning.

    Novel Engineering: Students Offer Solutions for Peter in The Snowy Day · 2018 · DOI

  • There is a need to help students better understand engineering and its impact on daily life. The engineering community is working to ensure that STEM education and informal STEM experiences accurately portray the impact of engineering on daily life.

    Unpacking the Engineering Process: Resourcing Trade Books and Biographies · 2018 · DOI

  • These standards sound good, but they beg several questions; namely, what do we know about how, why, and when do engineers read and write as they do their work every day? What do teachers charged with engineering education know about the daily practices of engineers, let alone the literacy practices? In short, little is known about the literacy practices of engineers in the course of their daily work.

    Learning from the Professions: Examining How, Why, and When Engineers Read and Write · 2017 · DOI

  • Because the effectiveness of reaching pedagogical goals with virtual training was demonstrated, it was concluded that the developed software could be substituted for field practice, offering a viable alternative in situations where there are insufficient economic resources for the teaching of topographic surveying.

    Developing Topographic Surveying Software to Train Civil Engineers · 2016 · DOI

  • Implementing hands-on learning approaches in resource-limited educational settings.

    Fostering Prevocational STEAM Learning through Motion-to-Electricity Module: A Hands-on Approach for Elementary Students · 2026 · DOI

  • The study used a one-shot quasi-experimental design, which may not be fully utilized in primary schools. The sample size was limited to 28 fifth-grade students. The study was conducted in a single elementary school in the Banten province.

    Fostering Prevocational STEAM Learning through Motion-to-Electricity Module: A Hands-on Approach for Elementary Students · 2026 · DOI

  • A package of learning materials, including an open-ended mathematical CAL (computer-aided learning) package, was used to support students whose ability, ambitions and subsequent programmes vary widely.

    Strategies for Teaching Mixed-Attainment Groups in Engineering Education · 2000 · DOI

  • The origins of smaller mechanics' institutes are particularly obscure.

    The Origins of the Mechanics’ Institutes of North Lancashire · 1987 · DOI

  • Optimizing laboratory sections to better prepare students for professional practice. Identifying knowledge gaps and connecting different courses' laboratory learning. Implementing a progressive and cyclic approach to teaching laboratory components.

    Making Connection of Learning and Teaching Different Levels and Different Subject Courses' Laboratories with Upper-Level Engineering Courses · 2026 · DOI

  • To adjust and optimize the school-running conditions for colleges and universities with different school-running levels and regional geological characteristics. To apply the new teaching mode to similar engineering basic courses.

    The Teaching Reform Path and Practical Exploration of Soil Mechanics Course under the Background of AI Empowerment · 2026 · DOI

  • To monitor development and validate the results over time. To apply the approach to other engineering programs. To compare the approach to traditional teaching methods.

    A PROJECT-BASED APPROACH TO CAD EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY · 2026 · DOI

  • We discuss our findings by using them to highlight ways in which engineering educators are already thinking effectively, to suggest how the adoption of innovation and professional problem‐solving can serve as promising frameworks for thinking about teaching activity, and to suggest that additional research on engineering teaching take advantage of distributed cognition models to truly understand how our students…

    Investigating the Teaching Concerns of Engineering Educators · 2007 · DOI

  • The increasing depth of knowledge required for proficiency in the basic engineering sciences, - The appearance of numerous new engineering disciplines, - The need for interdisciplinary engineering…

    THE NEW ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES AND THE ADAPTIVENESS AND FLEXIBILITY OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION · 1987 · DOI

  • Further study on the effectiveness of university-industry collaboration. Investigation into the benefits of students spending a year in industry before university.

    Mechanical engineering · 1983 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) Industry-sponsored capstone engineering projects bridge theoretical knowledge and professional practice, yet student perceptions of these experiences remain understudied (“Navigating Industry Collaboration in Capstone Projects: Benefits and Challenges…”, 2026); (2) There is a need for methods that can produce richer, more diverse sets of problems (“Flexible Problem Design for Practice and Assessment in Engineering Mechanics”, 2026); (3) Future research can evaluate the effectiveness of the optimized laboratory sections (“Making Connection of Learning and Teaching Different Levels and Different…”, 2026); (4) The lack of a training system that covers the Ladder Diagram (LD), Function Block Diagram (FBD), and Structured Text (ST) languages (“The problem of training future design engineers in programming control systems…”, 2026); (5) There is a need to enhance the development of soft skills in engineering students (“Humanities Education for Engineering Students: Enhancing Soft Skills Development”, 2025). 161 gap statements have been mined from Engineering Education and Pedagogy papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 2,075 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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