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Elementary strength of materials is a core undergraduate engineering course that introduces the mechanics of deformable bodies. Traditionally, the focus of the course is on analysis, but we have recast the course to apply analysis to design in order to better prepare students to become engineers - design being the primary function of practicing engineers. A semester-long design project has been implemented...
Model-eliciting activities (MEAs) are a class of interdisciplinary problems designed to simulate authentic, client-driven situations in classroom settings. MEAs allow teachers and researchers to observe student development of conceptual models by requiring students to make their models explicit through design-test-revise cycles. Here, we present a method for assessing the design of MEAs and the learning...
Student naive reasonings in an undergraduate engineering course, signals and systems, were investigated in order to provide the groundwork for designing effective instructional material. Students majoring in aerospace engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were interviewed to probe their reasoning about different signals and systems topics, particularly in their analysis of continuous-time,...
Needless to say, an effective teaching approach plays a significant part in the dynamics of the educational process. Yet, there is not a ready made recipe that can be ideally suited to teach all courses. Thus, since the beginning of the educational process, many endeavors have been made to find that magic/optimal teaching method that suits everyone, everywhere at optimal time and cost. The material...
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