Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Tennessee State University

2006-323: THE FORMATION OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING TEAMS BASEDUPON STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICSCarlotta Berry, Tennessee State University Page 11.1291.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The formation of cooperative learning teams based upon student demographicsAbstractThis paper examines the methodology used to form cooperative learning teams for anintroductory circuits course. In the 2004 school year, the engineering undergraduate populationat Tennessee State University was 88 % African American and 26 % female. This demographicdistribution presents some interesting research questions. How does cooperative learning teamformation