Conference Session

Issues of Cooperative Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

female students participating in co-op experiences?Herein, we employed a survey instrument, National Engineering Students’ Learning OutcomesSurvey (NESLOS), derived from ABET criteria and extensive literature review, to assessstudents’ learning outcomes as a result of participating in a co-op experience. Survey itememphasis was placed on assessing knowledge and skills pertaining to but not limited to: (1)problem-solving, (2) writing and communication skills, (3) understanding and applyingknowledge, (4) teamwork, (5) confidence gains, (6) organization and management skills, and (7)interest and engagement of project. In this paper, we present key findings of what studentslearned and valued, insight into variations across female and male students

Conference Session

Issues of Cooperative Education II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College; Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Patrick kinnicutt, Central Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

and outside of class time. To achievethis goal, design projects designed to make students work in teams are assigned during the courseof the semester. Active learning techniques are not new [1-7]. On the other hand, its support forteaching at the university level has been a hot topic of research in recent years [8-19]. Accordingto Bonwell and Eison, Active Learning is described as follows: "When using active learningstudents are engaged in more activities than just listening. They are involved in dialog, debate,writing, and problem solving, as well as higher-order thinking, e.g., analysis, synthesis,evaluation." [4].According to Johnson, Johnson, and Smith, Cooperative Learning is described as follows: "Is aninstructional paradigm in which