BESTEAMS Model of Team Development Across the Curriculum

工程--其他(59)本项目的目的是在一个成功的试点项目(EPTTS或工程项目团队培训系统)的基础上，开发一个关于认知风格差异的学生培训模块；一个教师培训研讨会，帮助教师根据自己的课程调整该模块；以及一个广泛的评估基础，其中包括来自焦点小组的定性数据和BESTEAM开发的评估工具)，并开发一个综合的和纵向的(让学生参与整个工程教育经验)工程课程模式，以改善在项目团队环境中的学习。这项工作的一个主要目标是设计团队培训技能的支持性教员工具/辅助工具(称为模块)，可以灵活地整合到几乎任何现有的工程项目中。我们努力的第二个主要成果将是通过研讨会和夏季务虚会对教师进行广泛的培训，以适应他们自己课堂上使用的材料。此外，这个项目试图通过调查社会认知职业理论-SCCT-如何帮助解释个人和团队行为的各个方面，来增加工程教育的文献基础。最后，通过专注于团队技能建设和相关的‘过程技能’，我们期望BESTEAMS课程将成为留住少数族裔和女性工程学的积极干预措施。

Engineering - Other (59) The purpose of this project is to build upon a successful pilot project (EPTTS or Engineering Project Team Training System, which included the development of a student training module about cognitive style differences; a faculty training workshop which assisted instructors in adapting the module for their own classes; and an extensive assessment base which included qualitative data from focus groups and quantitative survey results from BESTEAM developed evaluation tools) and develop an integrated and longitudinal (involving students across their entire engineering education experience) engineering curriculum model to improve learning in project team environments. A primary goal of this effort is to design supportive faculty tools/aids (called modules) of team training skills that can be flexibly integrated into virtually any existing engineering program. A second major outcome of our efforts will be extensive faculty training via workshops and summer retreats in the adaption of the materials for use in their own classes. In addition, this project seeks to add to the literature base of engineering education by investigating how social cognitive career theory-SCCT- can help explain aspects of individual and team's behavior. Finally, by focusing on team skill building and related 'process skills', we expect that the BESTEAMS curriculum will act as a positive intervention in the retention of minorities and women in engineering.