Inconclusive Articles were coded as "inconclusive" if they provided evidence that both supported and did not support the outcome, if the statistical results were not sufficient in the authors' view to make a claim of significance, or if they claimed the outcome was inconclusive.
Independent research Research projects that students select, plan, and investigate on their own under supervision of an advisor.
Individual (locus of application) The intervention took place at the level of the individual student, often outside a formal class setting. For instance, the intervention was a computer- or web-based tutorial.
Individual (social arrangement) Social arrangement in which students work by themselves.
Inquiry/discovery/hands-on Inquiry-based learning implies involvement that leads to understanding and the possession of skills and attitudes that permit the learner to seek resolutions to questions and issues while constructing new knowledge. Adapted from http://thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html [Accessed 09/06/05].
Institution/college/university The intervention took place throughout an institution, college, or university.
Integrated curriculum An interdisciplinary approach to instruction designed to help students explore and make connections among disciplines. A major goal of this approach is to enhance students' ability to integrate their knowledge and to apply what they have learned in fundamental courses to solving problems in more advanced courses and in the workplace.
Interactive This indicates a computer program which responds to user inputs or activity.
Interactive voting system An interactive voting system is a technique that facilitates contact between instructors and students. Students individually vote on the answer to the instructor's questions and the instructor responds to the students' votes, thus allowing students to participate more actively in the instructor's presentation.
Internship An intern is one who works in a temporary position with an emphasis on education rather than merely employment, making it similar in some respects to an apprenticeship. An internship may be either paid or unpaid (in the form of stipend), with paid internships being most common in the medical, science, engineering, and technology. Internship positions are available from businesses, government departments, nonprofit groups and organizations. Internships offer benefits that may include instruction and mentorship; work experience; networking opportunities; and a verbal or written letter of reference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intern [Accessed 09/13/05]
Interventions This category provides information about the different instructional practices used in engineering education. It is divided into six subcategories, which each contain numerous items or practices.