DocumentCode :
1925841
Title :
Work in progress - behavioral aspects of student engineering design experiences
Author :
Karanian, Barbara A. ; Chedid, Loutfallah Georges ; Lande, Micah ; Monaghan, Gloria
fYear :
2008
fDate :
22-25 Oct. 2008
Abstract :
Problem- and project-based learning courses have come to be popular as underlying pedagogies for engineering design classes. Though shown to increase student learning and engagement such active learning approaches also sometimes fall short of addressing student and faculty uneasiness with novel and seemingly unorthodox course designs. Through a planned 2-year qualitative comparison evaluation of two capstone engineering design courses at two different universities, the difficulties and successes of both students and faculty engaged in such courses will be described and characterized on a social plane. Qualitative and projective methods will be utilized to report project development across three dimensions: (1) assignment milestones of design iterations, (2) student and team reflections, and (3) instructor team reports on progress. It is planned that from these affective and social observations, interventions can be constructed and organized into a workshop format for students participating in these problem- and project-based learning engineering design courses.
Keywords :
educational courses; educational institutions; engineering education; active learning approaches; behavioral aspects; problem-project-based learning courses; project development; student engineering design experiences; unorthodox course designs; Biomedical engineering; Collaborative work; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Feedback; Information resources; Mechanical engineering; Prototypes; Scholarships; Active Learning; Engineering Design; Problem-Based Learning; Student and Faculty Difficulties;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2008. FIE 2008. 38th Annual
Conference_Location :
Saratoga Springs, NY
ISSN :
0190-5848
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1969-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2008.4720672
Filename :
4720672
Link To Document :
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