Expert-Novice Framework to Support Student and Instructor Feedback on Design

设计技能和知识对工程学的所有领域都至关重要，因为工程师们正在设计创新的解决方案，以满足当今和未来的需求。培养学生？因此，对设计的理解和能力是工程教育领域的一个关键因素。然而，设计学习过程中的一个关键因素是学生收到的关于他们的设计产品和设计过程的反馈。这个工程教育研究项目是建立在研究人员的基础上的？以前有过描述和改进教师(以及学生本身)对工科学生的反馈的经验吗？数学建模工作。在这个项目中，研究人员检验了专家设计教育者提供的反馈与新设计教育者相比存在的差异(在同行评议中)，以(1)描述专家设计教育者为促进学习而提供的反馈的形式和实质，以及(2)开发材料来帮助学生以及经验较少的教师学习如何提供更好的反馈。这些材料将首先用于帮助当地(即普渡)学生和教师提供更好的反馈，在评估材料的有效性后，调查人员将通过出版物和研讨会广泛分享材料，为其他教育工作者提供机会来提高他们的设计反馈技能。这项研究的结果将对设计教育产生影响，并提高教师创造符合当今全球经济中工程认证委员会、美国国家工程院和行业领导者所要求的属性的能力。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。

Design skills and knowledge are critical to all fields of engineering as engineers design innovative solutions to meet the needs of today and tomorrow. Developing students? design understanding and abilities is thus a critical enterprise for the field of engineering education. However, a key ingredient in the design learning process is the feedback that students receive on both their design products and design processes. This engineering education research project builds on the investigators? prior experiences with characterizing and improving the feedback that instructors (as well as students themselves) provide on engineering students? mathematical modeling work. In this project, the investigators examine the differences that exist in the feedback provided by expert design educators compared to newer design educators compared to students (in peer review) to (1) characterize the form and substance of the feedback that expert design educators provide to promote learning and (2) develop materials to help students as well as less-experienced instructors learn how to provide better feedback. These materials will first be used to help local (i.e. Purdue) students and instructors to provide better feedback, and after assessing the effectiveness of the materials, the investigators will share the materials widely through publications and workshops to provide opportunities for other educators to improve their design feedback skills.The findings of this research will have impact across design education and enhance the ability of faculty to create experiences that meet the attributes being called for by engineering accreditation boards, the National Academy of Engineering, and industry leaders in today's global economy. This project overlaps with NSF's strategic goals of transforming the frontiers through preparation of an engineering workforce with new capabilities and expertise.