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View article: Toward Benchmarking Student Progress in Mechanics: Assessing Learning Cycles through Mastery Learning and Concept Questions
Toward Benchmarking Student Progress in Mechanics: Assessing Learning Cycles through Mastery Learning and Concept Questions Open
In mechanics, the standard 3-credit, 45-hour course is sufficient to deliver standard lectures with prepared examples and questions. Moreover, it is not only feasible, but preferable, to employ any of a variety of active learning and teach…
View article: Understanding Context: Propagation and Effectiveness of the Concept Warehouse in Mechanical Engineering at Five Diverse Institutions and Beyond – Results from Year 2
Understanding Context: Propagation and Effectiveness of the Concept Warehouse in Mechanical Engineering at Five Diverse Institutions and Beyond – Results from Year 2 Open
It has been well-established that concept-based active learning strategies increase student retention, improve engagement and student achievement, and reduce the performance gap of underrepresented students. Despite the evidence supporting…
View article: Changing the Static: Insights and Early Results of a Shift toward a Studio-Style Statics Class
Changing the Static: Insights and Early Results of a Shift toward a Studio-Style Statics Class Open
In this paper I will provide a first-person account of the evolution of my approach to teaching Statics, culminating in a recent fundamental change (Fall 2022) to teach statics in a "studio style" format versus a conventional classroom for…
View article: Board 418: Understanding Context: Propagation and Effectiveness of the Concept Warehouse in Mechanical Engineering at Five Diverse Institutions and Beyond – Results from Year 4
Board 418: Understanding Context: Propagation and Effectiveness of the Concept Warehouse in Mechanical Engineering at Five Diverse Institutions and Beyond – Results from Year 4 Open
Several consensus reports cite a critical need to dramatically increase the number and diversity of STEM graduates over the next decade. They conclude that a change to evidence-based instructional practices, such as concept-based active le…
View article: Board 142: A New Paradigm for Sustainability Engineering: A Transdisciplinary, Learner-Centered, and DEI-Focused Approach
Board 142: A New Paradigm for Sustainability Engineering: A Transdisciplinary, Learner-Centered, and DEI-Focused Approach Open
Sustainability is an overarching challenge for the 21st century at local, national, and international levels. A new generation of engineers trained in sustainability is crucial to ensure the quality of life for current and future generatio…
View article: Context Matters: Continued Study of Results of Common Concept Questions at Several Diverse Institutions
Context Matters: Continued Study of Results of Common Concept Questions at Several Diverse Institutions Open
Concept-based instruction is an approach to deploy "concept questions" which are qualitative and designed to elicit patterns of thought that complement or reinforce those required for procedural questions. Typically, concept questions are …
View article: Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies (NOCMAT 2022)
Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies (NOCMAT 2022) Open
Full proceedings of NOCMAT 2022
View article: DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD TO TEST BAMBOO CULMS IN DIRECT TORSION
DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD TO TEST BAMBOO CULMS IN DIRECT TORSION Open
The development of a method for testing whole bamboo culms under direct torsion is described. The overall approach is an adaptation of the direct test for timber as describe in the ASTM D198-15 standard, which implements a universal testin…
View article: Community Designers: A Pilot Virtual Community Codesign Symposium
Community Designers: A Pilot Virtual Community Codesign Symposium Open
Community Designers: A Pilot Virtual Community Co-Design Symposium Among the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic is how to develop innovative strategies to address repeating and overlapping catastrophic events, and how to achieve…
View article: Leveraging Simulation Tools to Deliver Ill-structured Problems in Statics and Mechanics of Materials
Leveraging Simulation Tools to Deliver Ill-structured Problems in Statics and Mechanics of Materials Open
NSF Poster: Leveraging Simulation Tools to Deliver Ill-Structured Problems in Statics and Mechanics of MaterialsThis poster will represent the philosophy, strategy, and goals of a recently funded NSF TUESproject Leveraging Simulation Tools…
View article: On Integrating Appropriate Technology Responsive to Community Capabilities: A Case Study from Haiti
On Integrating Appropriate Technology Responsive to Community Capabilities: A Case Study from Haiti Open
On Integrating Appropriate Technology in Developing Communities A Case Study from HaitiDuring past decades, many efforts have been made to apply engineering to address problems ofdeveloping communities. Many of these efforts are identified…
View article: Understanding Context: Propagation and Effectiveness of the Concept Warehouse in Mechanical Engineering at Five Diverse Institutions and Beyond – Results from Year 1
Understanding Context: Propagation and Effectiveness of the Concept Warehouse in Mechanical Engineering at Five Diverse Institutions and Beyond – Results from Year 1 Open
Several consensus reports cite a critical need to dramatically increase the number and diversity of STEM graduates over the next decade. They conclude that a change to evidence-based instructional practices, such as concept-based active le…
View article: WIP: Large-scale Development and Deployment of Concept Questions in Statics
WIP: Large-scale Development and Deployment of Concept Questions in Statics Open
For more than three decades, mechanics educators have been aware that even students who perform well on quantitative and procedural exercises often fail to demonstrate understanding of the underlying concepts (Clement 1982)(McDermott 1984)…
View article: Development Of A Targeted Engineering Application Course To Improve Retention
Development Of A Targeted Engineering Application Course To Improve Retention Open
NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu of an abstract Development of a targeted engineering application course to improve retention Dale N. Buechler, Christopher M. Papadopoulos, Todd R. Jo…
View article: Initial Results of Introducing Design and Simulation-Based Instruction in Mechanics of Materials
Initial Results of Introducing Design and Simulation-Based Instruction in Mechanics of Materials Open
Initial Results of Implementing Simulation Based Instruction in Mechanics of Materials This paper describes results of an NSF-sponsored project in which simulation tools arebeing incorporated into the instruction of Statics and Mechanics o…
View article: An Industrial Engineering Design Experience Reflecting upon Moral Development and Wellbeing
An Industrial Engineering Design Experience Reflecting upon Moral Development and Wellbeing Open
Typical design projects in the Industrial Engineering (IE) curriculum use a systematic process improvement methodology to solve problems for the manufacturing or service industries, where students have an opportunity to apply the knowledge…
View article: Development of an Alternative Statics Concept Inventory Usable as a Pretest
Development of an Alternative Statics Concept Inventory Usable as a Pretest Open
Concept inventories (CI’s) are now an established means to measure students’ qualitative understanding of basic concepts and principles. In particular, CI’s consist of multiple choice questions with one correct answer and several “distract…