Collaborative Research: Research Initiation: The Use of Mobile Technology and Innovative Pedagogy to Improve Undergraduate Thermal-Fluid Science Learning

合作研究：研究启动：利用移动技术和创新教学法改善本科生热流体科学学习

• 批准号: 2106345
• 负责人: Krishna Pakala
• 金额: $ 15.71万
• 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: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2106345&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Initiation; Use; Mobile

Student retention remains a problem in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs. This project will utilize mobile technologies and a technology-enhanced curriculum to improve student engagement and learning in STEM undergraduate courses. The technology-enhanced curriculum will be fully integrated in the thermal-fluids course to deliver content and to facilitate student engagement with the content, instructor, and peers. This research project will measure how mobile technology, when purposefully integrated into engineering teaching, impacts student engagement, enhancement, and extension of learning to real-life problems. Through the full integration of mobile devices, findings from this research will transform the teaching and learning of the thermal-fluid science curriculum. The study will be led by a researcher who is new to the field of engineering education research who will be mentored through research methods by an engineering education researcher. This aligns with the Research Initiation in Engineering Formation program’s goal of initiating new researchers into engineering formation research to meet the needs of a diverse workforce. Undertaking such research project will supplement the lead researcher’s experience in developing and implementing mobile learning in the classroom while using social science research approaches to advance both the professional formation of future engineers.The underlying goal of this research is to measure how mobile technology, when purposefully integrated into engineering teaching, impacts student engagement, enhancement, and extension of learning. Using an undergraduate thermal-fluid science course as a model course, the primary contribution of this research is to directly improve and transform engineering students’ learning in one of the most difficult and abstract content in engineering curricula. Guided by a social-constructivist theoretical framework and the Triple E framework (Engagement, Enhancement of learning outcomes, and Extension of learning goals to real-life problems), the research team will conduct a mixed-methods study, implementing mobile devices with a stylus and a technology-enhanced curriculum. To examine the impact of mobile devices on student learning, the following research questions will be addressed in the areas of engagement, learning outcomes, and extension of learning goals to real-life problems: (1) Does mobile device use facilitate engagement in thermal-fluid science course content? (2) Does mobile device use increase learning of identified difficult concepts in thermal-fluid science courses as indicated by increased achievement scores? (3) What are student perceptions of using mobile devices for solving real-life problems? The findings from this research will provide educators a blueprint for broader implementation of mobile devices in teaching and learning across STEM disciplines. Further, this project is one of the first applications of the Triple E Framework in higher education, offering potential to bridge research on educational technologies with evidence-based teaching practices. This project is jointly funded by the Research Initiation in Engineering Formation program and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）项目中，学生留用仍然是一个问题。该项目将利用移动技术和技术增强课程来提高学生对STEM本科课程的参与度和学习。技术增强的课程将完全整合到热流体课程中，以提供内容，并促进学生与内容，教师和同龄人的互动。这个研究项目将测量移动技术，当有目的地整合到工程教学中时，如何影响学生的参与，增强和扩展学习到现实生活中的问题。通过移动设备的全面整合，本研究的结果将改变热流体科学课程的教与学。该研究将由工程教育研究领域的新研究员领导，并由工程教育研究员通过研究方法进行指导。这符合工程地层研究启动计划的目标，即启动新的研究人员进入工程地层研究，以满足多样化劳动力的需求。开展这样的研究项目将补充首席研究员在开发和实施课堂移动学习方面的经验，同时利用社会科学研究方法促进未来工程师的专业形成。本研究的潜在目标是衡量当有目的地将移动技术整合到工程教学中时，如何影响学生的参与、增强和扩展学习。本研究以本科热流体科学课程为示范课程，直接改善和转变工科学生对工程课程中最难、最抽象的内容之一的学习。在社会建构主义理论框架和三重E框架（参与、提高学习成果和将学习目标扩展到现实问题）的指导下，研究团队将进行一项混合方法的研究，实施带触笔的移动设备和技术增强课程。为了检验移动设备对学生学习的影响，以下研究问题将在参与、学习成果和将学习目标扩展到现实生活问题的领域得到解决：(1)移动设备的使用是否促进了热流体科学课程内容的参与？(2)在热流体科学课程中，使用移动设备是否能提高学生的学习成绩？(3)学生对使用移动设备解决现实问题的看法是什么？这项研究的结果将为教育工作者在STEM学科的教学和学习中更广泛地实施移动设备提供蓝图。此外，该项目是“三重E”框架在高等教育中的首批应用之一，为教育技术研究与循证教学实践之间的桥梁提供了潜力。该项目由工程形成研究启动计划和促进竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）联合资助。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Work-in-Progress: Mobile Assisted Gains through Innovative Curriculum for Students in the Thermal-Fluids Science Course

正在进行的工作：通过创新课程为热流体科学课程的学生带来移动辅助收益

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 2022 ASEE Annual Conference
• 作者: Bakic, M;Pakala, K;Bairaktarova, D;Bose, D
• 通讯作者: Bose, D

Mobile Learning in STEM: A Case Study in an Undergraduate Engineering Course

STEM 中的移动学习：本科工程课程案例研究

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
• 作者: Pakala, K.;Bakic, M.;Bairaktarova, D.;Bose, D.
• 通讯作者: Bose, D.