A method for teaching problem assessment [engineering education]

Author

Stuart, Julie Ann

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind., Welding, & Syst. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

5-8 Nov 1997

Firstpage

83

Abstract

In practice, engineers face open-ended problems that they must define and solve. In contrast, engineering class assignments are often well defined. In order to facilitate student learning in exploring and formulating problems, an interactive assignment structure is proposed. In this paper, a project assignment structure is presented to encourage students to ask questions, to cross disciplines in seeking information, and to be creative in defining a problem and developing solution alternatives. A specific implementation of the proposed method is described

Keywords

engineering education; teaching; engineering class assignments; engineering education; interactive assignment structure; project assignment structure; student learning; teaching problem assessment; Bridges; Data engineering; Design engineering; Design methodology; Education; Industrial engineering; Job design; Problem-solving; Systems engineering and theory; Welding;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. 27th Annual Conference. Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change. Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4086-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1997.644816

Filename

644816