Expert-Novice Framework to Support Student and Instructor Feedback on Design

设计技能和知识对于所有工程领域都至关重要，因为工程师设计创新的解决方案以满足当今和未来的需求。发展学生?因此，对设计的理解和能力是工程教育领域的一项重要任务。然而，设计学习过程中的一个关键因素是学生收到的关于他们的设计产品和设计过程的反馈。这个工程教育研究项目建立在研究者的基础上。在描述和改进教师（以及学生自己）提供给工程专业学生的反馈方面的经验？数学建模工作。在这个项目中，研究者检查了专家设计教育者提供的反馈与新设计教育者和学生（在同行评审中）之间存在的差异，以(1)描述专家设计教育者提供的反馈的形式和内容，以促进学习；(2)开发材料，帮助学生和经验不足的教师学习如何提供更好的反馈。这些材料将首先用于帮助当地（即普渡大学）的学生和教师提供更好的反馈，在评估材料的有效性后，研究人员将通过出版物和研讨会广泛分享这些材料，为其他教育工作者提供机会，以提高他们的设计反馈技能。这项研究的结果将对整个设计教育产生影响，并提高教师创造经验的能力，以满足工程认证委员会、美国国家工程院和当今全球经济中行业领导者所要求的属性。该项目与NSF的战略目标重叠，即通过培养具有新能力和专业知识的工程人才来改变前沿。

Design skills and knowledge are critical to all fields of engineering as engineers design innovative solutions to meet the needs of today and tomorrow. Developing students? design understanding and abilities is thus a critical enterprise for the field of engineering education. However, a key ingredient in the design learning process is the feedback that students receive on both their design products and design processes. This engineering education research project builds on the investigators? prior experiences with characterizing and improving the feedback that instructors (as well as students themselves) provide on engineering students? mathematical modeling work. In this project, the investigators examine the differences that exist in the feedback provided by expert design educators compared to newer design educators compared to students (in peer review) to (1) characterize the form and substance of the feedback that expert design educators provide to promote learning and (2) develop materials to help students as well as less-experienced instructors learn how to provide better feedback. These materials will first be used to help local (i.e. Purdue) students and instructors to provide better feedback, and after assessing the effectiveness of the materials, the investigators will share the materials widely through publications and workshops to provide opportunities for other educators to improve their design feedback skills.The findings of this research will have impact across design education and enhance the ability of faculty to create experiences that meet the attributes being called for by engineering accreditation boards, the National Academy of Engineering, and industry leaders in today's global economy. This project overlaps with NSF's strategic goals of transforming the frontiers through preparation of an engineering workforce with new capabilities and expertise.