Developing an Engineering Environment for Fostering Effective Critical Thinking (EFFECT) Through Measurements

通过测量开发一个工程环境来培养有效的批判性思维 (EFFECT)

• 批准号: 0633635
• 负责人: Juan Caicedo
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University South Carolina Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-03-01 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0633635&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Engineering; Environment; Fostering; Effective

Civil Engineering (54)Most undergraduate engineering curricula provide the core knowledge and technical skills necessary to practice engineering. However, students rarely comprehend the underlying theory and fundamental concepts because the common assessment instruments can be satisfied through memorization and equation application. Students may not question the validity or potential repercussions of their solution or design, an essential step in any engineering design. Faculty from the University of South Carolina and Midlands Technical College are developing an Engineering Environment for Fostering Effective Critical Thinking (EFFECT) through measurements which relies on a conceptual model of how engineering judgment is formulated. In each EFFECT, students are solving real-world problems in Civil Engineering, while gaining hands-on experience with a directly related engineering measurement. Engineering judgment has three major components: 1) authentic experience, 2) core content knowledge, and 3) fundamental data-based technical skills. These components are synthesized when students think critically to solve the realistic engineering problems that are addressed in each EFFECT using an open-ended, inquiry-based approach. Various assessment methods are being used to evaluate the effectiveness, longitudinal impact, and institutional transferability ofeach EFFECT.

土木工程（54）大多数本科工程课程提供实践工程所需的核心知识和技术技能。 然而，学生很少理解的基本理论和基本概念，因为共同的评估工具可以通过记忆和方程的应用得到满足。 学生不得质疑他们的解决方案或设计的有效性或潜在影响，这是任何工程设计的重要步骤。 来自南卡罗来纳州大学和米德兰兹技术学院的教师正在开发一个工程环境，通过测量来培养有效的批判性思维（EFFECT），该环境依赖于工程判断如何制定的概念模型。 在每个EFFECT中，学生都在解决土木工程中的现实问题，同时获得直接相关工程测量的实践经验。 工程判断有三个主要组成部分：1）真实的经验，2）核心内容知识，3）基于数据的基本技术技能。 当学生批判性地思考解决每个EFFECT中使用开放式，基于探究的方法解决的现实工程问题时，这些组件被合成。 各种评估方法正在被用来评估每一个EFFECT的有效性、纵向影响和机构可转移性。