Collaborative Research: Use and Knowledge of Research-Based Instructional Strategies (RBIS) in Engineering Science Courses

这个工程教育研究项目旨在继续正在进行的工作，以更好地了解广泛采用已被证明可以改善学生学习工程的许多方面的教育方法的障碍。 PI计划对电气和化学工程学院进行全面调查;该项目与IEEE（电气工程）和AIChE（化学工程）专业协会合作，以提高参与度。 如果成功的话，这个研究项目将有助于提供教师的观点，对研究证明的教学方法的广泛采用的障碍。更广泛的意义和重要性，这个项目将是了解，然后最终降低，采用已被证明能吸引不同受众的工程专业学生的教学技术的障碍。 虽然这些技术成功地提高了学生的保留率和参与度，包括那些来自代表性不足的群体的学生，但这些技术并没有广泛传播，研究人员还没有清楚地了解原因。

This engineering education research project seeks to continue ongoing work to better understand the barriers to wide adoption of educational methods that have been proven to improve many aspects of student learning in engineering. The PIs plan a comprehensive survey of electrical and chemical engineering faculty; the project partners with the IEEE (electrical engineering) and AIChE (chemical engineering) professional societies to improve participation. If successful, this research project will help provide the faculty perspective on barriers to broad adoption of research-proven pedagogies.The broader significance and importance of this project will be to understand, then ultimately lower, barrier to adoption of teaching techniques that have been proven to engage diverse audiences of engineering students. While successful at improving retention and engagement of students, including those from under-represented groups, these techniques have not spread widely, and researchers do not yet have a clear understanding of why.