Adapting Multiple Intelligence Principles to Increase the Number of Quality Hispanic Engineering Graduates

采用多元智能原理来增加优质西班牙裔工程毕业生的数量

• 批准号: 0411320
• 负责人: Louis Everett
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-01 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0411320&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Adapting; Multiple; Intelligence; Principles; Increase

UTEP is increasing the success rates of undergraduate engineering students by adapting methods from the New Mexico State University. The methods address multiple intelligences and areimplemented in a peer facilitator environment. The project integrates hands on demonstrations, computer simulations, and other learning aids into a collaborative undergraduate engineering classroom to produce deeper understanding of the basics of engineering. Expectations include higher pass rates and better longitudinal performance as compared to historic data.Consider for example, the scenario in which a group of students studying dynamics are shown a vibratory feeder in which screws seem to magically walk themselves up a ramp into a predetermined location where they are picked up by a robot. The phenomenon is a simple application of stick/slip friction. The students experiment with the device to discover how it works, use a simulation to determine the effect of changing parameters, then design a new vibratory input to move the screws as quickly as possible.Formative assessment measures are being used to direct the curriculum development. Summative assessments are being used to test the efficacy of the interventions in both the short and long term.

UTEP正在通过采用新墨西哥州州立大学的方法来提高本科工程专业学生的成功率。这些方法涉及多元智能，并在同伴促进者环境中实施。该项目将动手演示、计算机模拟和其他学习辅助工具集成到协作的本科工程课堂中，以加深对工程基础知识的理解。与历史数据相比，期望值包括更高的通过率和更好的纵向性能。例如，考虑以下场景：一组学习动力学的学生被展示给振动给料器，其中螺钉似乎神奇地沿着斜坡走到预定位置，在那里它们被机器人拾取。该现象是粘/滑摩擦的简单应用。学生们对该设备进行实验，以发现其工作原理，使用模拟来确定更改参数的影响，然后设计新的振动输入以尽快移动螺丝。形成性评估措施正在用于指导课程开发。正在使用总结性评估来检验干预措施的短期和长期效力。