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AC 2007-2883: AN ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR PATTERNS IN GENERATION Y ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS IN THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS

The issue of multitasking behavior and the impact of technology in the generation of students populating the classrooms of today’s engineering programs have created contradicting views among those who advocate for new patterns in the teaching-learning process and those who support traditional methods. This paper presents an analysis of the learning styles and behavioral patterns of a segment of computer engineering students and professors where the pervasiveness of information and communications technologies have begun to reshape the student behavior, creating questions on its implications in the teaching-learning process of engineering disciplines.