Transforming Statics Instruction through the Creation and Evaluation of Efficient and Effective Practice Experiences

通过创建和评估高效且有效的实践经验来转变静力学教学

• 批准号: 0935239
• 负责人: Thomas Stahovich
• 金额: $ 39.97万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-10-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0935239&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Transforming; Statics; Instruction; through; Creation

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This engineering education research award to the University of California-Riverside will employ researchers to systematically explore how students learn problem solving skills and advance beyond superficial understanding. It will develop well-defined principles for designing efficient and effective practices for the development of expertise in engineering statics, a fundamental engineering course. The project begins with an in-depth analysis of the background and preparation of a diverse student population. The team will conduct continued formative assessment with inexpensive pen-based technology to capture student answers to a problem, as well as the dynamic process by which the solutions were obtained to gain important insights into students' thought processes. A course in statics is often the most substantial introduction to engineering for engineering students, especially for those who ultimately pursue a civil or mechanical engineering major. Problem solving methods learned in this course influence success in more advanced courses, and this can have a strong impact on student retention. The results of this innovative research will advance general understanding of how students learn to solve complex problems and will lead to better preparation of engineering students for engineering jobs after graduation.

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。这项授予加州大学河滨分校的工程教育研究奖将聘请研究人员系统地探索学生如何学习解决问题的技能，并超越肤浅的理解。它将制定明确的原则，设计高效和有效的做法，在工程静力学的专业知识的发展，一个基本的工程课程。该项目首先深入分析了背景和多样化的学生群体的准备。 该小组将继续进行形成性评估与廉价的笔为基础的技术，以捕捉学生的答案，一个问题，以及动态的过程中，解决方案是获得重要的洞察学生的思维过程。 静力学课程通常是工程专业学生最重要的工程入门课程，特别是对于那些最终攻读土木工程或机械工程专业的学生。在本课程中学到的解决问题的方法会影响更高级课程的成功，这对学生的保留有很大的影响。这项创新研究的结果将促进学生如何学习解决复杂问题的一般理解，并将导致工程专业学生毕业后更好地准备工程工作。