A study into the impact of introducing Year 5 students to university and electronic engineering

Linfoot, S. and Cobb, A. (2005) A study into the impact of introducing Year 5 students to university and electronic engineering. International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 42 (1). pp. 96-106. ISSN 0020-7209

Abstract/Summary

This paper demonstrates the benefits of introducing Year 5 school students to university life, encountering styles of teaching to which they would be otherwise unaccustomed; and the results of a survey conducted both before and after the study visit to determine whether the visit was beneficial to the students in academic terms.