Improving Learning in Engineering Classrooms by Coupling Interactive Simulations and Real-Time Formative Assessment via Pen-Enabled Mobile Technology

这个工程教育研究项目旨在将现成的模拟工具与各种主动学习方法相结合，以教授工程概念。 该项目的一个独特之处是使用平板电脑，让学生能够在真实的时间内以定性的方式解释概念，从而使内容专家能够进行快速的形成性评估。 该项目将在几个工程类中试点创新，并解决将该技术扩展到更大班级规模的问题。 工程误解的基本见解可能会出现从这个项目的大量学生产生的artifactions.The更广泛的意义和重要性，这个项目是为了更好地利用现有的基于计算机的仿真工具，概念内容的教学工程专业的学生，成功的评估。 开发的教学方法将在有大量女学生的班级中试行，这些学生在STEM学科中的代表性往往不足，以及为少数民族学生开设的暑期班。 将调查教学技术在大教室的可扩展性，以更广泛地传播创新。

This engineering education research project seeks to integrate readily available simulation tools with a variety of active learning pedagogies to teach engineering concepts. A unique feature of this project is to use tablet computers to permit students to explain concepts in a qualitative manner in real time, thus allowing rapid formative assessment by content experts. The project will pilot the innovation in several engineering classes and address issues of scaling the technique to larger class sizes. Fundamental insights on engineering misconceptions may arise from this project pending successful evaluation of the large number of student artifacts generated.The broader significance and importance of this project is to allow better use of existing computer-based simulation tools for teaching conceptual content to engineering students. The teaching methods developed will be piloted in classes with a large number of female students, who are often under-represented in STEM disciplines, as well as summer classes for minority students. The scalability of the teaching techniques to large classrooms will be investigated to more broadly disseminate the innovations.