Abstract
A team of several faculty members and graduate students at Universidad de las Amricas Puebla is improving engineering design teaching and learning by creating richer learning environments that promote an interactive classroom while integrating formative assessment into classroom practices by means of Tablet PCs and associated technologies. Learning environments that are knowledge-, learner-, community-, and assessment-centered as highlighted by the How People Learn framework, have been developed. To date, the redesign of the undergraduate course entitled Introduction to Engineering Design has signicantly (p<0.05) increased student participation; formative assessment and feedback are more common and rapid; and instructors are utilizing the information gained through real-time formative assessments to tailor instruction to meet student needs. Particularly important have been opportunities to make student thinking visible and to give them chances to revise, as well as opportunities for "what if" thinking.
Highlights
Universidad de las Americas Puebla (UDLAP) is a Mexican private institution of higher learning committed to first class teaching, public service, research and learning in a wide range of academic disciplines including business administration, the physical and social sciences, engineering, humanities, and the arts
The major goal of this project was to improve engineering design teaching and learning by creating richer learning environments that promote an interactive classroom while integrating formative assessment into EI100 classroom practices
CECIT contributed in the design of rubrics and assessment procedures, as well as evaluation of learning outcomes for the redesigned EI-100 course using Tablet PC technologies and HPL framework to compare the results of the previous course and the redesigned one to be sure of the impact of this proposal on teaching, classroom activities and student learning (Bransford et al, 2000; Pellegrino et al, 2001; Shavelson & Towne, 2002)
Summary
Universidad de las Americas Puebla (UDLAP) is a Mexican private institution of higher learning committed to first class teaching, public service, research and learning in a wide range of academic disciplines including business administration, the physical and social sciences, engineering, humanities, and the arts. The goal of EI-100 is to introduce students to the Engineering Method, which is accomplished by focusing on six course objectives: self-regulation, communication, working co-operatively and collaboratively, problem solv-. “Concepts” introduce students to the engineering design process, problem-solving techniques, working in teams, engineering as a profession, and planning for success that students apply in “Laboratory” on two actual design projects. EI-100 is a team-taught course that uses active, collaborative and cooperative learning, which has been a major player in UDLAP’s efforts to reform engineering education since 2001 (Palou & Tamborero, 2009). By re-designing the EI100 course we could improve student understanding of the engineering method and student ability to solve practical engineering problems, and complete real-world engineering projects while increasing active student participation, peer-team interactions and feedback processes
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