CAREER: Designing Effective Teams in the Engineering Classroom for the Enhancement of Learning

本职业发展计画的研究目标是开发、测试及验证工程课堂有效的团队合作模式。该模式的目标是促进课堂上的团队合作；在学习一门学科和学习如何在团队中工作时衡量个人的成长；并衡量团队的效率。该项目教育部分的主要目标是重新设计工程管理课程；开发一门新的关于团队动力学原理的本科/研究生交叉课程；开发和实施教师培训研讨会，以应用该模式；以及交互式网络培训模块的开发，为团队遇到的问题提供持续的教程。为了响应雇主对准备好团队工作的工程毕业生的请求，以及工程与技术认证委员会（ABET）重新定义的项目成果，更多的团队活动被纳入工程课堂。在她之前工作的基础上，PI制定了她的计划，分析工程课堂上团队合作的本质，制定一个评估团队合作的指标，并用该指标来研究促进团队发展的方法。宾夕法尼亚州立大学，国家大学发明家和创新者联盟（NCIIA）和PI。他自己的内布拉斯加大学林肯分校（University of Nebraska-Lincoln）将让他们的工程专业学生参与数据收集。所提出的模型是新颖的，因为它将同时关注个人。S和团队对有效团队结构的掌握程度。这些活动将加强工程教育工作者的能力，使学生充分准备利用科学、数学、工程和技术方面的团队。

The research objective of this career-development project is to develop, test and validate a model of effective teaming for the engineering classroom. The goals of the model are to facilitate teamwork in the classroom; to measure individual growth when learning a subject and learning how to work in a team; and to measure teamwork effectiveness. The primary goal of the education component of the project is redesign engineering management courses; develop a new cross-listed undergraduate/graduate course on the principles of group/team dynamics; develop and implement faculty training workshops on the application of the model; and the development of interactive web training modules to provide ongoing tutorials on problems and issues encountered by teams. In response to a plea from employers for engineering graduates prepared to work in teams and redefined program outcomes from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), more teaming activities are being incorporated into the engineering classroom. To build on her previous work, the PI has developed her plan to analyze the nature of teamwork in the engineering classroom, develop a measure to assess teamwork and use that measure to investigate methods of promoting team development. Pennsylvania State University, the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) and the PI.s own University of Nebraska-Lincoln will make their engineering students available for data collection. The proposed model is novel because it will focus on both the individual.s and the team's mastery of effective teaming constructs. The activities will strengthen the ability of engineering educators to fully prepare students to utilize teams in science, mathematics, engineering and technology.