Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

quantitatively. In an attempt to do that, Question L (Q-L)(see Appendix A) was included in the survey in an attempt to determine the effectiveness ofusing visual aids as a teaching style. The results for of Q-L are summarized in Fig. 2. In both theMaterials and the Flexible and Rigid Pavements classes, almost all of the students selected theauthor’s teaching method, which included the use of PowerPoint presentations and video clips.During this time, the choice was strictly to select between visual aids and the conventional styleof teaching. In the comments sections from the Rigid and Flexible Pavements course, one studentsuggested a combination of visual aids and a conventional style teaching approach. Theinstructor valued the student’s recommendation