Civil Engineering Sketch Workbook

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。德克萨斯工程实验站的工程教育研究奖将聘请研究人员开发一种新颖的基于草图的学习系统，该系统将允许学生使用手绘草图输入他们对物理系统组件的作用力图。这项工作将促进理解的自动实时解释的组合文本和图纸。因此，工程学习将得到改善，为学生提供一个自然的不受约束的输入机制和即时反馈，这将减少发展错误概念的概率。此外，工程学院将有新的能力来跟踪常见的学生错误。该工具将部署在第一年的核心工程课程静力学，但在广泛的STEM课程的应用。核心课程的学习得到改善，将有助于工程专业学生为更高层次的学习做好更好的准备。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)This engineering education research award to Texas Engineering Experiment Station will employ researchers to develop a novel sketch recognition-based learning system which will allow students to use freehand sketching to enter their drawings of forces acting on components of physical systems. This work will advance understanding of automatic real-time interpretation of combined text and drawings. As a result, engineering learning will be improved by providing students with a natural unconstrained input mechanism and immediate feedback which will reduce the probability of developing misconceptions. In addition, engineering faculty will have new capability to track common student errors. The tool will be deployed in a first-year core engineering course in statics but has application in a wide range of STEM courses. The improved learning in core courses will contribute to better preparation of engineering students for more advanced study.