Development and Transfer of Innovative Problem Solving Strategies and Related Confidence in Biomedical Engineering
Development and Transfer of Innovative Problem Solving Strategies and Related Confidence in Biomedical Engineering
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生物医学工程创新问题解决策略的发展和转移及相关信心
DOI：
10.26153/tsw/6897
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2019
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K. Diller
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John R. Clegg;K. Diller
二十九个生物医学工程（BME）的本科生参加了一个基于挑战的指令生物运输课程，由UT奥斯汀BME部门提供的加速格式，在剑桥大学。学生的态度，并解决真正的和复杂的生物医学问题的能力进行了评估，整个学期通过调查，访谈，观察和课堂考试。学生解决问题的能力在整个学期都得到了提高，其方式与内容知识的发展无关。到学期结束时，学生们很容易转移的问题解决框架，在生物运输的背景下学习，解决生物力学问题。此外，我们观察到随着时间的推移，学生对自己完成生物运输领域内外挑战的能力的信心显着增加。我们相信，这个说明性的案例研究提供了重要的定量证据支持工程课程的挑战为基础的教学法的有效性。
Twenty-nine biomedical engineering (BME) undergraduates participated in a challenge-based instruction biotransport course, offered by the UT Austin BME Department in an accelerated format, at the University of Cambridge. Students’ attitudes toward, and aptitude for solving genuine and complex biomedical problems were assessed throughout the semester through surveys, interviews, observations, and in-class examinations. Students’ aptitude for problem solving improved throughout the semester, in a manner independent of content knowledge development. By the end of the semester, students readily transferred the problem-solving framework, learned within a biotransport context, to solve biomechanics problems. Additionally, we observed significant increases over time in students’ confidence in their ability to complete challenges within and outside of the biotransport domain. We believe that this illustrative case study provides significant quantitative evidence supporting the effectiveness of challenge-based pedagogies for engineering courses.