Enhancing the Problem-Solving Learning Process by Adding Hands-on Experiences in the Civil Engineering Courses.

通过在土木工程课程中添加实践经验来加强解决问题的学习过程。

• 批准号: 9950222
• 负责人: Daniel Wendichansky
• 金额: $ 2.39万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-08-01 至 2001-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9950222&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enhancing; Problem; Solving; Learning; Process

This project strengthens Civil Engineering courses in structures by combining problem-based learning and hands-on experiences to expose students to realistic design and analysis challenges. The implementation at the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez is based on two adaptations. First, the problem based learning approach is adapted from work at McMaster University, MIT, Dartmouth College, and other universities. Second, the hands-on approach is adapted from the Mechanical Dissection work at Tuskegee University, as well as similar efforts at Purdue University, Cornell University, and other schools.The main objectives of the project are: 1) to modify the current undergraduate structural engineering courses to incorporate skills such as teamwork, critical thinking, and real-world applications; 2) to enhance each student's ability to use the techniques, skills, and tools necessary for the future multidisciplinary environment of engineering practice; 3) to complement the civil engineering department's plan to develop its current curriculum to meet accreditation criteria. The following two tasks are being completed: development of a workbench for undergraduate structural testing applications, and the incorporation of the hands-on learning technique in current courses.

该项目通过结合基于问题的学习和实践经验来加强土木工程结构课程，使学生接触到现实的设计和分析挑战。 波多黎各大学-马亚圭斯分校的实施基于两项调整。 首先，基于问题的学习方法是从麦克马斯特大学，麻省理工学院，达特茅斯学院和其他大学的工作改编的。 第二，实践方法是从塔斯基吉大学的机械解剖工作，以及在普渡大学，康奈尔大学和其他学校的类似努力改编的。该项目的主要目标是：1）修改当前的本科结构工程课程，以纳入团队合作，批判性思维和现实世界的应用等技能; 2）提高每个学生使用技术，技能和工具的能力，以适应未来多学科的工程实践环境; 3）补充土木工程系的计划，以发展其现有的课程，以满足认证标准。 以下两个任务正在完成：本科结构测试应用程序的工作台的开发，并在当前的课程中纳入动手学习技术。