Practicing Civil Engineers’ Understanding of Statics Concept Inventory Questions
Practicing Civil Engineers’ Understanding of Statics Concept Inventory Questions
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练习土木工程师对静力学概念清单问题的理解
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2015
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Floraliza Bornasal
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Mark A. Urlacher;Shane A. Brown;P. Steif;Floraliza Bornasal
背景资料：工程概念量表已被广泛用于评估学生的概念知识和评估教育创新的有效性。开发概念库存问题是为了隔离概念，通常包括常见的误解，可能是不正确的答案。情境认知理论认为知识是个体与情境之间的相互作用，孤立的概念在解决工程设计问题时可能价值有限。我们开始测试这个命题管理静力学概念清单执业土木工程师。目的：本研究的目的是收集有关执业土木工程师在静力学概念清单上表现的数据。研究方法：静力学概念清单，作为一个在线调查，收集了从实践工程师的范围内的经验，从1年到45年的工程师的反应。结果：共有25名参与者，他们都是执业土木工程师。参与者的平均经验年数为11.4年。参与者平均回答了13个问题（共27个问题），正确率约为50%。结论：我们的研究结果提供了专业的土木工程师理解静力学概念库存的概念。虽然数据集不一定是专业工程师的更大的社区的指示，它提供了早期的证据，并不是所有的概念从静力学概念库存可能是相关的执业土木工程师。需要更多的研究来了解学术概念如何以及为什么对土木工程实践很重要。
Background: Engineering concept inventories have been broadly used to assess student conceptual knowledge and evaluate the effectiveness of educational innovations. Concept inventory questions were developed to isolate concepts and typically include common misconceptions as possible incorrect answers. Situated cognition theory suggests that knowledge is an interaction between the individual and the context and that isolated concepts may be of limited value in solving engineering design problems. We began to test this proposition by administering the statics concept inventory to practicing civil engineers. Purpose: The purpose of this research is to gather data on practicing civil engineers’ performance on the statics concept inventory. Methods: The statics concept inventory, implemented as an online survey, collected responses from practicing engineers with a range of experience from 1 year to 45 years as an engineer. Results: There were 25 participants, all of whom were practicing civil engineers. The average number of years of experience was 11.4 yrs. The participants, on average, answered 13 questions (out of 27 questions) correctly or a score of about 50%. Conclusions: Our results provide insights into professional civil engineers understanding of statics concept inventory concepts. Although the data set is not necessarily indicative of the larger community of professional engineers, it provides early evidence that not all concepts from the statics concept inventory may be relevant for practicing civil engineers. More research is needed to understand how and why academic concepts are important to civil engineering practice.