Collaborative Research: Enabling Instructors to Teach Statics Actively

这个工程教育研究项目建立在以前的研究如何计算机辅助反馈给学生提高学生如何学习工程静力学中与绘图相关的概念。 通过研究如何整合教师和学生之间的快速反馈，这个项目将使计算机辅助绘图工具，利用在介绍工程静力学课程，以提高学生的学习更广泛的意义和重要性，这个项目将克服障碍，有效的软件工具集成到关键的，大招生工程课程早期。 该合作项目涉及两所具有不同教育使命的大学，以确保结果广泛适用。 在拟议的研究项目中，学生的需求通常在工程中代表不足。 该项目与NSF的战略目标重叠，即通过加强研究基础设施和数据访问来扩大研究能力，从而改变前沿。 此外，NSF通过支持创新学习系统的发展，实现了为社会创新的目标。

This engineering education research project builds from previous research on how computer-aided feedback to students improves how the students learn drawing-related concepts in engineering statics. By researching how to integrate rapid feedback between instructor and student, this project will enable computer-assisted drawing tools to be utilized in introductory engineering statics courses to improve student learningThe broader significance and importance of this project will be to overcome barriers for integrating effective software tools into critical, large enrollment engineering courses early in the curriculum. The collaborative project engages two universities with different educational missions to ensure that the results are widely applicable. The needs of students typically under-represented in engineering are addressed in the proposed research project. This project overlaps with NSF's strategic goals of transforming the frontiers by enhancing research infrastructure and data access to broaden research capabilities. Additionally NSF's goal of innovating for society is enabled by supporting the development of innovative learning systems.