WIDER: EAGER: Self-Assessment Study of the Use of Evidence-based Instructional Practices in Engineering

这项名为《工程学中循证教学实践使用的自我评估研究》的项目将进行一项自我研究，以确定有多少课程和教师使用循证教学实践，这种实践被使用的频率有多高，以及这些实践如何在宾夕法尼亚州立大学的本科工程学课程中分布。这项研究包括两个阶段：1)专注于在学生所在部门的教员教授的课程中使用循证实践，2)专注于招生人数较多的课程，如计算机科学、数学和物理。研究设计采用了定量和定性相结合的方法。这项研究将为未来在本科工程学课程中更广泛地实施循证实践奠定基础。该项目建议开始工程学院和理学院之间的合作，以影响两所学院提供的大量招生课程。该项目将使行政领导人了解他们对循证做法的认识，他们如何支持使用这种做法，以及他们认为哪些是更广泛使用这种做法的障碍。

The project entitled - Self-Assessment Study of the Use of Evidence-based Instructional Practices in Engineering - will conduct a self-study to determine what fraction of courses and instructors use evidence-based instructional practices, how frequently such practices are used and how the practices are distributed across the undergraduate engineering courses at Pennsylvania State University. The research consists of two phases: 1) a focus on the use of evidence-based practices in courses taught by the faculty in the student's home department, and 2) a focus on large enrollment courses such as Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics. The research design incorporates a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods. The study will lay the foundation for future efforts to implement evidence-based practices more widely within undergraduate engineering programs. The project proposes to begin a cooperation between the College of Engineering and the College of Science to impact large enrollment courses offered in both Colleges. The project will engage administrative leaders to understand their awareness of evidence-based practices, how they are supporting the use of such practices, and what they see as barriers to wider use of such practices.