Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amro El Badawy, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Marie Yeung, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Nazli Yesiller, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Engineering and Public Policy

with changing regulations. The microbiology students analyzed the implications ofthe new policy from the perspective of identifying populations of microbes present in wastes withvarying amounts of organics content to represent current and future wastes. Results of the analyseswere shared between classes by the students. Teaching and learning effectiveness were evaluatedusing direct assessment (homework assignments and laboratory reports) and indirect assessment(student self-perception surveys and oral presentations) methods. Bloom’s Taxonomy ofeducational objectives were used to evaluate levels of cognitive achievement attained throughproject activities. The assessment results demonstrated that the students advanced their knowledgein the

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John R. Reisel P.E., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Engineering and Public Policy

EE 301 and CIV 201), thereis generally a step function increase in section enrollment when the number of sections isreduced. While the result is more dramatic for CIV 201 (Statics) and EE 301 (Electrical CircuitsI) as these large enrollment courses declined from 2 sections to 1 section, the impact on studentsmay be greater in a smaller class such as ME 438 (Mechanical Engineering Experimentation)which dropped from 4 sections a semester in the early part of the decade to 2 sections a semesterin the later part. The student experience in a hands-on laboratory course is likely to be impactedmore by larger class sizes than lecture courses.Overall, from Figures 9 and 10 we can get a sense of what impact budget cuts in the second halfof the decade