Collaborative Research: Enabling Instructors to Teach Statics Actively

本工程教育研究计划基于先前的研究，即计算机辅助反馈如何改善学生学习工程静力学中与绘图相关的概念。通过研究如何整合教师和学生之间的快速反馈，本项目将使计算机辅助绘图工具能够用于工程静力学入门课程，以改善学生的学习。本项目更广泛的意义和重要性将是克服在课程早期将有效的软件工具集成到关键的、大规模招生的工程课程中的障碍。该合作项目涉及两所具有不同教育使命的大学，以确保其成果广泛适用。在拟议的研究项目中解决了工程专业代表性不足的学生的需求。该项目与NSF的战略目标重叠，即通过加强研究基础设施和数据访问来扩大研究能力，从而改变前沿领域。此外，通过支持创新学习系统的发展，NSF实现了为社会创新的目标。

This engineering education research project builds from previous research on how computer-aided feedback to students improves how the students learn drawing-related concepts in engineering statics. By researching how to integrate rapid feedback between instructor and student, this project will enable computer-assisted drawing tools to be utilized in introductory engineering statics courses to improve student learningThe broader significance and importance of this project will be to overcome barriers for integrating effective software tools into critical, large enrollment engineering courses early in the curriculum. The collaborative project engages two universities with different educational missions to ensure that the results are widely applicable. The needs of students typically under-represented in engineering are addressed in the proposed research project. This project overlaps with NSF's strategic goals of transforming the frontiers by enhancing research infrastructure and data access to broaden research capabilities. Additionally NSF's goal of innovating for society is enabled by supporting the development of innovative learning systems.