A Synergistic Approach to Prevent Persistent Misconceptions with First-year Engineering Students

防止一年级工科学生持续存在误解的协同方法

• 批准号: 1232761
• 负责人: Yang Dazhi
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Boise State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-15 至 2016-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1232761&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Synergistic; Approach; Prevent; Persistent; Misconceptions

This engineering education research project seeks to understand how to prevent, rather than repair, misconceptions in engineering. Misconceptions-students' misunderstandings of basic scientific principles-are very difficult to correct once they are established. The investigators will undertake a longitudinal study with both control and sample groups to investigate the effects of a series of interventions to prevent misconceptions from developing in thermodynamics and fluids, areas critical to much engineering practice. The interventions developed have the potential to be broadly applicable in other STEM disciplines. The broader significance and importance of this project will be to demonstrate a path to improve the efficiency of engineering programs by reducing the amount of time that is spent to correct, or remediate, stubborn misconceptions. The PIs plan a series of workshops for K-12 teachers following successful demonstration so that the techniques researched can be applied earlier in STEM programs, thus further minimizing misconceptions. 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 enabled by creating results and research that are useful for society by informing educational policy and practices.

这个工程教育研究项目旨在了解如何预防而不是修复工程中的误解。 错误概念-学生对基本科学原理的误解-一旦形成就很难纠正。 研究人员将对对照组和样本组进行纵向研究，以调查一系列干预措施的效果，以防止在热力学和流体中产生误解，这些领域对许多工程实践至关重要。 开发的干预措施有可能广泛适用于其他STEM学科。 这个项目更广泛的意义和重要性将是展示一条通过减少纠正或纠正顽固误解所花费的时间来提高工程项目效率的途径。 PI计划在成功演示后为K-12教师举办一系列研讨会，以便研究的技术可以更早地应用于STEM项目，从而进一步减少误解。 该项目与NSF的战略目标重叠，即通过准备一支具有新能力和专业知识的工程队伍来改变前沿。 此外，NSF为社会创新的目标是通过为教育政策和实践提供信息来创造对社会有用的结果和研究。

项目成果

Using schema training to facilitate students' understanding of challenging engineering concepts in heat transfer and thermodynamics

• DOI: 10.1002/jee.20360
• 发表时间: 2020-09-29
• 期刊: JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION
• 影响因子: 3.4
• 作者: Yang, Dazhi;Streveler, Ruth;Slotta, Jim
• 通讯作者: Slotta, Jim

A Unified Approach to Explain Thermo-Fluid Science Concepts Using Interactive Molecular-Level Simulations

使用交互式分子级模拟解释热流体科学概念的统一方法

• DOI: 10.18260/1-2--20015
• 发表时间: 2014
• 期刊: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
• 作者: Webb, Jeremy;Senocak, Inanc;Yang, Dazhi
• 通讯作者: Yang, Dazhi

The Search for Strategies to Prevent Persistent Misconceptions

寻找防止持续误解的策略

• DOI: 10.18260/1-2--22616
• 发表时间: 2013
• 期刊: 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
• 作者: Yang, Dazhi;Senocak, Inanc
• 通讯作者: Senocak, Inanc