Conference Session

New Topics in Engineering Economics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Ristroph, University of Louisiana-Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

Method a b c d e f g h Frequency 0% 3% 6% 10% 13% 52% 10% 6%Alternative ParadigmThe survey suggests that students should accept an approach to engineering homework similar tomethod f or the alternative examined in question 3. The method examined in this paper is craftedwith that in mind as well as addressing concerns of professors; it ‚ provides problems with the same structure, but different numbers; ‚ confirms when a student has entered a correct answer rather than giving the answer be- forehand as a target; ‚ can provide solutions to similar problems (with different numbers) before the due date

Conference Session

Innovation in Teaching Engineering Economics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmad Sarfaraz, California State University-Northridge; Tarek Shraibati, California State University-Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

2006-2182: INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN ENGINEERINGECONOMY CLASSAhmad Sarfaraz, California State University-NorthridgeTarek Shraibati, California State University-Northridge Page 11.750.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING ECONOMY CLASSESAbstractThere are many strategies that can be used to encourage student engagement for an engineeringeconomy class. Two engagement strategies including weekly quizzes and group problem-solvingactivities are considered in this paper. Our goal was to experiment with the selected strategies todetermine which strategy worked best to promote deeper