Improving Students’ Advanced Manufacturing Skills with Mastery Learning

掌握学习为学生提供了一个以自己的速度学习新技能的机会。如果有足够的时间和指导支持，学生可以展示一套技能的高水平成就。随着制造商采用新技术来提高生产力和产品质量，行业对先进制造业熟练技术人员的需求持续增长。该项目将在一系列核心课程中实施掌握学习，以满足行业对先进制造技术人员的需求，这些技术人员具有必要的基础技能和实践经验，能够在技术人员队伍中取得成功。一个基于区域高中学生掌握学习的双招生计划将为学生进入先进制造计划提供一条途径。项目小组将评估掌握学习对学生学习成果的影响以及高中生招聘活动的有效性。项目成果将通过该州的社区学院系统在区域范围内传播给其他制造项目的教师。从实施掌握学习中获得的经验教训将在全国会议上提出，重点放在技术教育。区域制造商最近合作，确定学生在皮埃蒙特弗吉尼亚社区学院现有的先进制造计划的基本技能。该项目的目标是：1）提高学生在先进制造业基础技能方面的学习成果; 2）增加先进制造业课程的毕业生人数; 3）帮助学生了解区域制造商的工作环境。掌握学习将在六门核心课程中实施，采用翻转课堂方法，并通过动手学习先进制造技术。课程将被构建为一系列模块，学生按照自己的节奏完成。每个模块都建立在以前模块的内容上，同时引入更高级的概念。学生必须在进入下一个模块之前实现模块的学习目标。该项目将为高中教师提供专业发展，以实施四个双招生课程的模块。项目团队将与现有的俱乐部、组织和项目合作，开展招聘活动，重点是扩大先进制造项目的参与度。学生将有机会通过结构化的活动，如实地考察和工作阴影，使学生可以了解工作场所的做法与区域产业参与。项目结果将为技术教育界提供关于先进制造项目中掌握学习的有效性的见解。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于推动国家经济的先进技术领域的技术人员的教育。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Mastery learning provides students with an opportunity to learn new skills at their own pace. Given sufficient time and instructional support, students can demonstrate a high level of achievement for a set of skills. Industry demand for skilled technicians in advanced manufacturing continues to grow as manufacturers adopt new technologies to improve productivity and product quality. This project will implement mastery learning in a core set of courses to address industry’s need for advanced manufacturing technicians who have the necessary foundational skills and hands-on experience to be successful in the technician workforce. A dual enrollment program based on mastery learning for regional high school students will provide a pathway for students into the advanced manufacturing program. The project team will assess the impact of mastery learning on student learning outcomes and the effectiveness of recruiting activities for high school students. Project results will be disseminated regionally through the state’s community college system to instructors in other manufacturing programs. Lessons learned from implementing mastery learning will be presented at national conferences focused on technical education.Regional manufacturers recently collaborated on identifying foundational skills for students in an existing advanced manufacturing program at Piedmont Virginia Community College. The goals of this project are to: 1) improve student learning outcomes for foundational skills in advanced manufacturing; 2) increase the number of graduates from the advanced manufacturing program; and 3) help students understand the workplace environment at regional manufacturers. Mastery learning will be implemented in six core courses using a flipped classroom approach with hands-on learning for advanced manufacturing technologies. Courses will be structured as a sequence of modules that students complete at their own pace. Each module builds on the content of previous modules while introducing more advanced concepts. Students must achieve the learning objectives for a module before moving to the next module. This project will provide professional development for high school teachers to implement the modules in four dual enrollment courses. The project team will partner with existing clubs, organizations, and programs to develop recruiting activities that will focus on broadening participation in the advanced manufacturing program. Students will have opportunities to engage with regional industry through structured activities such as site visits and job shadowing so that students can learn about workplace practices. Project results will provide insights for the technical education community on the effectiveness of mastery learning in advanced manufacturing programs. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced technology fields that drive the nation’s economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.