EMD Full-Scale Development: An Active Learning Approach to Mechanics of Materials Using Hands-On Activities, Written Content, and Multi-Media Courseware

工程机械（56）该项目正在为材料力学课程开发主动学习产品（ALP），为具有不同学习风格和需求的学生创造有效的教学/学习环境。ALP产品包括：（1）课堂上的主动学习辅助工具（例如动手活动），（2）网络/CD内容（例如交互式多媒体）和（3）教科书中ALP模块形式的书面内容。该项目正在统一、评估和传播这些材料，以便教育工作者直接有效地实施。主动学习的方法和程序是基于柯尔贝学习周期，包括（1）主动实验，（2）具体经验，（3）反思观察和（4）抽象假设和概念化。对学生学习的评估是基于他们批判性思维技能的发展。该项目是建立在以前的获奖工作，是由PI和CoPI在他们的家乡机构，得克萨斯大学和美国空军学院合作开发的。奥斯汀社区学院的教师正在确定如何将这些材料改编并转移到社区学院环境中。 该项目产生的更广泛影响包括与密苏里大学罗拉分校直接合作，后者正在为同一课程制作光盘互动课程。正在制作每个项目的材料，以便将其纳入一个连贯的一揽子计划。该方法为材料力学及其他工程学科的教具开发提供了一种模式。这些材料通过商业出版物、商业网站和MSC有限元软件链接在全国范围内传播。随着项目的成熟，正在制定和实施培训教师使用这些技术的讲习班。

Engineering-Mechanical (56) The project is developing active learning products (ALP) for Mechanics of Materials courses to create an effective teaching/learning environment for students with different learning styles and needs. ALP products include: (1) active learning aids for the classroom (for example hands-on activities), (2) web/CD content (for example interactive multimedia) and (3) written content in the form of ALP modules for a textbook. The project is unifying, assessing, and disseminating these materials for direct and efficient implementation by educators. Active learning methodologies and procedures are based on the Kolbe Cycle of learning that includes (1) active experimentation, (2) concrete experience, (3) reflective observation and (4) abstract hypothesis and conceptualization. Assessment of student learning is based on their development of critical thinking skills. The project is building upon prior, award-winning work that was developed collaboratively by the PI and CoPI at their home institutions, the University of Texas and the United States Air Force Academy. Faculty members from Austin Community College are determining how the material can be adapted and transferred to a community college environment. Broader impacts from the project include direct collaboration with the University of Missouri-Rolla, which is developing CD interactive curriculum for the same course. Materials from each project are being created so that they can be integrated into a coherent package. The approach is providing a model for developing teaching aids in Mechanics of Materials as well as other engineering subject matter. National dissemination of the materials is through commercial publishing, commercial web sites, and links to MSC finite element software. Workshops to train faculty to use these techniques are being developed and are being implemented as the project matures.