Development and Assessment of Teaching Tools to Facilitate the Implementation of Construction Industry Simulation (COINS) in Lower Division Courses

教学工具的开发和评估，以促进建筑行业模拟（COINS）在低年级课程中的实施

• 批准号: 1431845
• 负责人: Thomas Korman
• 金额: $ 29.99万
• 依托单位: California Polytechnic State University Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1431845&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Assessment; Teaching; Tools; Facilitate

A knowledge and skills gap exists in the civil and construction engineering curricula in applying theoretical knowledge to practice and in extending this knowledge outside students' fields of study. In an attempt to address this issue in civil and construction engineering curricula, investigators at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (CPSLO) have developed a virtual Construction Industry Simulation (COINS) to supplement traditional classroom instructional delivery methods. COINS provides a virtual environment to immerse students in active learning by posing problems and situations that require them to engage in practical engineering problem solving. Through the implementation of COINS, engineering faculty will be able to enhance their instructional repertoire and gain confidence in employing new, effective instructional approaches. In so doing, they will be better equipped to meet the learning styles and needs of a broader range of students. Through COINS, students will learn how to communicate and overcome obstacles in a multidisciplinary team and they will gain valuable skills that are needed to transition to jobs in industry and to participate in advanced research projects. The project has two primary objectives: (1) to develop an instructor's module for effective COINS implementation in lower division engineering courses at two- and four-year institutions of higher education and (2) to study the impact of COINS on student learning. The investigators seek to advance knowledge and understanding in the areas of project-based learning, multidisciplinary projects, undergraduate research, and teamwork by measuring the impact of COINS simulation on student learning, identifying effective implementation strategies, and developing materials to facilitate the use of COINS by faculty. This will increase access to the COINS approach so that more students will participate in project-based learning experiences using the COINS simulation thus enabling these students to experience true concurrent engineering through an integrated experience. The project will be assessed using student work, interviews, focus groups, reflection exercises and observations. The expected outcomes are numerous; major contributions will be: introductory civil/construction engineering course content that will improve articulation between community colleges and four-year institutions; an online community of practice to facilitate sharing of ideas, solutions, and practices as well as providing feedback on instructional materials and methods; and improved student learning and capabilities in engineering problem solving, teamwork, and communication.

在土木和建筑工程课程中，在将理论知识应用于实践以及将这一知识扩展到学生学习领域之外方面，存在着知识和技能差距。 为了在土木和建筑工程课程中解决这个问题，圣路易斯奥比斯波州立大学理工大学加州（CPSLO）的研究人员开发了一个虚拟建筑业模拟（COINS），以补充传统的课堂教学方法。 COINS提供了一个虚拟的环境，让学生沉浸在主动学习中，提出问题和情况，要求他们参与实际的工程问题解决。 通过COINS的实施，工程学院将能够提高他们的教学曲目，并获得采用新的，有效的教学方法的信心。这样，他们将更好地满足更广泛的学生的学习风格和需求。 通过COINS，学生将学习如何在多学科团队中沟通和克服障碍，他们将获得过渡到行业工作和参与高级研究项目所需的宝贵技能。该项目有两个主要目标：（1）为在两年制和四年制高等教育机构的低年级工程课程中有效实施COINS开发一个教员模块;（2）研究COINS对学生学习的影响。 研究人员寻求通过测量COINS模拟对学生学习的影响，确定有效的实施策略，以及开发材料以促进教师使用COINS，来促进基于项目的学习，多学科项目，本科生研究和团队合作领域的知识和理解。这将增加对COINS方法的访问，以便更多的学生将使用COINS模拟参与基于项目的学习体验，从而使这些学生能够通过综合体验体验真正的并行工程。该项目将使用学生的工作，访谈，焦点小组，反思练习和观察进行评估。 预期成果很多;主要贡献将是：介绍性土木/建筑工程课程内容，将改善社区学院和四年制院校之间的联系;在线实践社区，以促进交流想法、解决方案和做法，并就教学材料和方法提供反馈;提高了学生的学习能力和解决工程问题、团队合作和沟通的能力。