COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Getting Engineers to Think Across Disciplines

协作研究：让工程师跨学科思考

• 批准号: 1129447
• 负责人: Ruth Streveler
• 金额: $ 28.98万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1129447&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: COLLABORATIVE; RESEARCH; Getting; Engineers; Think

This engineering education research project seeks to investigate how conceptual misunderstandings of students in different engineering disciplines have common features. By understanding patterns of misunderstandings, the project will attempt to develop a theory of engineering misconceptions that is trans-disciplinary. The PIs represent three different universities and multiple engineering disciplines. The large amount of data collected and archived by this project can serve to provide new insights on misconceptions.The broader significance and importance of this project, if successful, will be to inform new ways of teaching engineering that better address students' conceptual understanding. Such knowledge is vital for practicing engineers, lays a foundation for lifelong learning, and provides a necessary framework for developing disciplinary expertise. Additionally a sound grasp of concepts may be important for developing innovative engineers, able to see deep connections between engineering fields. This project overlaps with NSF's strategic goals of transforming the frontiers through preparation of an engineering workforce with new capabilities and expertise. Additionally NSF's goal of innovating for society is supported by enabling the development of innovative learning systems.

这一工程教育研究项目旨在调查不同工程学科学生的概念误解如何具有共同特征。通过了解误解的模式，该项目将试图发展一种跨学科的工程误解理论。PI代表三所不同的大学和多个工程学科。这个项目收集和归档的大量数据可以为误解提供新的见解。如果成功，这个项目的更广泛的意义和重要性将是提供新的教学方法，更好地解决学生的概念理解。这些知识对实践工程师至关重要，为终身学习奠定了基础，并为发展学科专业知识提供了必要的框架。此外，对于培养创新工程师来说，对概念的正确把握可能很重要，因为他们能够看到工程领域之间的深刻联系。该项目与NSF的战略目标重叠，即通过培养一支具有新能力和专业知识的工程队伍来改造边境。此外，国家科学基金会为社会创新的目标通过促进创新学习系统的发展而得到支持。