Empowering Students with Engineering Literacy and Systematic Problem Solving through Interactive and Cost-Effective Games

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。这项授予罗文大学和卡姆登社区学院的工程教育研究奖将聘请研究人员开发虚拟现实游戏，以提高学生的阅读理解和解决问题的能力。基于二维虚拟现实主题的游戏系统将工程素养注入低年级核心电气和计算机工程课程。游戏将被设计为演示解决问题的方法，允许协作，并跟踪学生的表现。这些游戏将在比简单的实验室练习更广泛更现实的背景下模拟设计挑战，例如电网模拟，并且在社会问题的背景下设置技术概念可能会增加对工程和学生保留的兴趣。因为这项研究解决了所有工程专业学生所需的基本技能，在游戏的形式，是舒适的大多数学生，它有可能显着提高学生的阅读和解决问题的能力，更好地为学生准备先进的学习和工程工作。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)This engineering education research award to Rowan University and Camden Community College will employ researchers to develop virtual reality games to improve students' reading comprehension and problem-solving abilities. The two-dimensional virtual reality theme based game system will infuse engineering literacy into lower division core electrical and computer engineering courses. The games will be designed to demonstrate problem solving methodology, allow collaboration, and track student performance. The games will simulate design challenges, such as power grid simulations, in a broader more realistic context than simple laboratory exercises, and this setting of technical concepts in a context of social issues may increase interest in engineering and student retention. Because this research addresses fundamental skills needed by all engineering students in a game format that is comfortable for most students, it has the potential to significantly improve student reading and problem solving abilities and better prepare students for advanced study and engineering jobs.