The Freshman Engineering Experience

新生工程经验

• 批准号: 9254271
• 负责人: Larry Shuman
• 金额: $ 21万
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-01-15 至 1995-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9254271&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Freshman; Engineering; Experience

A comprehensive integrated freshman educational experience suitable for both engineering and potential engineering students is being developed, which provides a "hands-on" introduction to engineering methodologies and problem solving. The curricular material for this two course sequence emphasizes the integration of mathematics, physics, and chemistry into introductory engineering sciences through the use of carefully constructed open-ended problems. Development of written communication skills and teamwork in problem solving and learning are also emphasized. The project involves faculty from the University of Pittsburgh main campus, its branch campuses at Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown, and Titusville and the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC). An important part of this project is the evaluation of curricular effectiveness and assessment of the impact of the new courses on student attitudes toward engineering and student performance in course knowledge content compared with more traditional courses. The lag in introduction of new course material at the branch campuses and CACC provides an opportunity to evaluate the new curriculum materials against more traditional approaches. New hands-on, project-oriented curricular material, complete with instructor's manuals, will be available for other colleges and universities to adopt for their courses.

一个全面的综合新生教育经验 适用于工程和潜在工程 学生正在开发，这提供了一个“动手” 介绍工程方法和解决问题的方法。 这两门课程的教材强调 数学、物理和化学的融合， 介绍工程科学通过使用仔细 构建开放式问题。 书面的发展 沟通技巧和团队合作解决问题， 学习也很重要。 该项目涉及教师 从匹兹堡大学主校区，它的分支 布拉德福德、格林斯堡、约翰斯敦和蒂图斯维尔的校园， 阿勒格尼县社区学院（Community College of Allegheny County，CCAC）一个重要 该项目的一部分是评估课程 新课程的效果和影响评估 学生对工程的态度和学生的表现 在课程知识内容上较传统的 课程 新教材的引进滞后， 分支校区和CACC提供了一个评估 新课程教材与传统教材相比 接近。 新的实践，项目导向的课程 将提供包括教师手册在内的材料 供其他学院和大学在课程中采用。