Using a Collaborative Learner-Constructed Engineering-Concept Representation Model in Engineering Education

该项目旨在实施工程教学实践，显著提高整个工程学院不同学生群体的留存率、成就率和满意度。协作学习者构建的工程概念表达和表达(CLEAR)模式首先在“入门”课程中启动，然后在核心工程课程中启动，以显著提高学生的学习、社会发展和工程文化认同感。计划拨款是为了实现三门课程中的两门课程的改革，这些课程服务于学院所有的本科工程学课程，并建设教师在整个学院采用的能力。目标是：1)采用和改进Clear教学模式，以便学生有效地学习和认同工程学社区；2)准备支持工程概念主动学习的课程材料，同时使用Clear教学模式；3)培养工程学教师在学院成功长期采用Clear教学模式的能力；4)评估学生的学习和满意度以及教师使用Clear教学模式的有效性；5)传播在工程教育中广泛实施Clear模式的结果。项目负责人带来协作学习、概念表达、话语分析、评估、少数族裔项目和网络辅导方面的专业知识，以应对工程教育中关键的学生学习和保留挑战。来自大学管理人员、工程和教育学院院长、系主任和工程教育研究中心的强烈支持，使这一多样化的学者群体能够在整个大学范围内进行改革。该项目综合了教育研究成果，以制定强大的清晰教学模式：1.在不同学生之间建立学习社区并支持保留的协作；2.学习者在相关环境中构建对概念的理解和应用；3.从概念的应用到实际工程问题的工程概念实践；4.将语言和技术知识固定在学习者头脑中的理解的清晰表达；5.以原始形式表示概念，以提高对概念的理解和测试。

The project is to implement engineering instructional practices that markedly increase retention, success, and satisfaction of diverse student populations across an engineering college. A Collaborative Learner-constructed Engineering-concept Articulation and Representation (CLEAR) model is initiated in "gateway" classes and then in core engineering classes to significantly improve learning, social development, and engineering cultural identity for students. The planning grant is to achieve reform in two of three "gateway"courses that serve all undergraduate engineering programs in the college and to build faculty capacity for college-wide adoption. The objectives are: 1) Adopt and refine the CLEAR instructional model for effective student learning and identification with an engineering community; 2) Prepare course materials that support active learning of engineering concepts while employing the CLEAR instructional model; 3) Build engineering faculty capacity for successful long-term adoption of the CLEAR instructional model in the college; 4) Assess student learning and satisfaction and faculty effectiveness in using the CLEAR instructional model; 5) Disseminate results for broad implementation of the CLEAR model in engineering education.Project leaders bring expertise in collaborative learning, concept representation, discourse analysis, assessment, minority programs, and cyber tutoring to address crucial student learning and retention challenges in engineering education. Strong endorsements from university administrators, Engineering and Education college deans, department chairs, and an Engineering Education Research Center empower this diverse community of scholars for college-wide reform. This project synthesizes educational research findings to craft the powerful CLEAR instructional model with:1. Collaboration that builds learning communities among diverse students and supports retention,2. Learner-constructed understanding and application of concepts in relevant contexts,3. Engineering-concept practice from application of concepts to practical engineering problems,4. Articulation of understanding that anchors verbal and technical knowledge in learner minds,5. Representation of concepts in original forms that elevate understanding and test concepts.