Developing an Engineering Environment for Fostering Effective Critical Thinking (EFFECT) Through Measurements

土木工程(54)大多数本科工程课程提供了实践工程所必需的核心知识和技术技能。然而，学生很少理解基本的理论和基本概念，因为常用的评估工具可以通过记忆和公式应用来满足。学生不得质疑其解决方案或设计的有效性或潜在影响，这是任何工程设计中必不可少的一步。南卡罗来纳大学和米德兰兹技术学院的教员正在开发一种工程环境，通过测量来培养有效的批判性思维(效果)，这依赖于如何制定工程判断的概念模型。在每一种效果中，学生们都在解决土木工程中的现实世界问题，同时获得与直接相关的工程测量的实践经验。工程判断有三个主要组成部分：1)真实的经验，2)核心内容知识，3)基于数据的基本技术技能。当学生批判性地思考解决现实的工程问题时，这些组成部分就会被综合起来，这些问题通过开放式的、基于探究的方法在每种效果中得到解决。正在使用各种评估方法来评估每种效果的有效性、纵向影响和机构可转移性。

Civil Engineering (54)Most undergraduate engineering curricula provide the core knowledge and technical skills necessary to practice engineering. However, students rarely comprehend the underlying theory and fundamental concepts because the common assessment instruments can be satisfied through memorization and equation application. Students may not question the validity or potential repercussions of their solution or design, an essential step in any engineering design. Faculty from the University of South Carolina and Midlands Technical College are developing an Engineering Environment for Fostering Effective Critical Thinking (EFFECT) through measurements which relies on a conceptual model of how engineering judgment is formulated. In each EFFECT, students are solving real-world problems in Civil Engineering, while gaining hands-on experience with a directly related engineering measurement. Engineering judgment has three major components: 1) authentic experience, 2) core content knowledge, and 3) fundamental data-based technical skills. These components are synthesized when students think critically to solve the realistic engineering problems that are addressed in each EFFECT using an open-ended, inquiry-based approach. Various assessment methods are being used to evaluate the effectiveness, longitudinal impact, and institutional transferability ofeach EFFECT.