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The overall teaching strategy in our basic materials engineering course has been transformed from deductive practice to an inductive teaching and learning system where most of the elements of a student-centered approach are present: cooperative learning, case-based teaching, active/inquiry learning, concept learning, problem-based learning, and constructive alignment. All these principles are supported...
Constructive academic controversy has been available as part of the repertoire of engineering faculty since the early 1980's. In this paper we strive to update and revitalize the approach through: (1) reviewing the development of academic constructive controversy including the benefits of this type of cooperative learning approach, (2) providing instructional references and resources, and (3) reviewing...
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