The Freshman Engineering Experience

一种适合工程学和潜在工程学学生的全面综合新生教育体验正在开发中，它提供了对工程方法和问题解决的“动手”介绍。这两门课的课程材料强调通过使用精心设计的开放式问题，将数学、物理和化学整合到工程学入门课程中。也强调在解决问题和学习方面的书面沟通能力和团队合作能力的发展。该项目涉及来自匹兹堡大学主校区、布拉德福德、格林斯堡、约翰斯敦和泰特斯维尔的分校以及阿勒格尼县社区学院(CCAC)的教职员工。本项目的一个重要部分是评估课程的有效性，并评估与传统课程相比，新课程对学生对工程的态度和学生在课程知识内容方面的表现的影响。各分校和CACC在采用新课程材料方面的滞后，为对照更传统的方法评估新课程材料提供了机会。新的实践，以项目为导向的课程材料，连同教师手册，将被提供给其他学院和大学在他们的课程中采用。

A comprehensive integrated freshman educational experience suitable for both engineering and potential engineering students is being developed, which provides a "hands-on" introduction to engineering methodologies and problem solving. The curricular material for this two course sequence emphasizes the integration of mathematics, physics, and chemistry into introductory engineering sciences through the use of carefully constructed open-ended problems. Development of written communication skills and teamwork in problem solving and learning are also emphasized. The project involves faculty from the University of Pittsburgh main campus, its branch campuses at Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown, and Titusville and the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC). An important part of this project is the evaluation of curricular effectiveness and assessment of the impact of the new courses on student attitudes toward engineering and student performance in course knowledge content compared with more traditional courses. The lag in introduction of new course material at the branch campuses and CACC provides an opportunity to evaluate the new curriculum materials against more traditional approaches. New hands-on, project-oriented curricular material, complete with instructor's manuals, will be available for other colleges and universities to adopt for their courses.