Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American; Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Cristina Villalobos, University of Texas, Pan American; Stephen Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert Wrinkle, University of Texas, Pan American; Olga Ramirez, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

will be presented infuture publications.During the two workdays, faculty members are given time and resources to develop coursecontent for one of their STEM courses. The initial implementation is a single lecture using theCBI methods built on the Legacy Cycle. The CBI lecture content exposes the faculty andstudents to CBI and provides data to the faculty on the effectiveness and efficiency of thepedagogical method. Several CBI examples were presented to faculty from former participantswho served as mentors during the workdays. The workdays were scheduled in a computer lab onthe UTPA campus where the faculty members were provided with training and access to anumber of online tools helpful in the development of CBI content and delivery. The CBI