Relevancy Enhancement Achieved by Laboratories and Lecture Integrated for Engineering Education (REAL LIFE) Adoption of a Relevant Undergraduate Curriculum

建议编号：0230695 PRINCIPAL调查员：切维尔，理查德州名称：俄克拉荷马州立大学TITLE：通过实验室和讲座实现的相关性增强工程教育(真实生活)采用相关的本科课程摘要俄克拉荷马州立大学(OSU)在改革中迫切需要工程教育，因为学生，特别是女性和代表性不足的少数族裔，在工程课程中的保留率低得令人无法接受。这项建议的论点是，留校率低的根本原因是学生不认为工程课程与他们的生活相关。俄克拉荷马州立大学提出了一项为期一年的课程改革计划，旨在将工程课程纳入其中。拟议的改革努力是基于当地已有专门知识的行之有效的教学模式。讨论了规划、实施和评估。短期和长期目标都有明确的定义。

PROPOSAL NO.: 0230695PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Cheville, RichardINSTITUTION NAME: Oklahoma State UniversityTITLE: Relevancy Enhancement Achieved by Laboratories and Lecture Integrated for Engineering Education (REAL LIFE) Adoption of a Relevant Undergraduate CurriculumAbstractThere is a critical need for engineering education at reform at Oklahoma State University (OSU) due to an unacceptably low retention of students, particularly women and under-represented minorities, in the engineering program . The thesis of this proposal is that the root cause of low retention is that students do not perceive engineering courses as relevant to their lives. Oklahoma State University proposes a one-year curriculum reform effort designed to bring relevancy to the engineering curriculum. The proposed reform effort is based on proven pedagogical models for which local expertise exists. Planning, implementation, and assessment are addressed. Both short-term and long-term goals are clearly defined.