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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Wenli Guo; Vazgen Shekoyan

Homework Corrections: Improving Learning by Encouraging Students to Reflect on Their Own Mistakes Wenli Guo and Vazgen Shekoyan Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside, NY 11364 Abstract. In spite of using active-engagement techniques in our classes, big percentage of students can not answer straightforward questions of the type we have covered in class and assigned as homework. We believe that students lack one of the essential components of meaningful learning: self-reflection. How do we engage students in a meaningful self-reflection and measure its implications? We hypothesize that we can achieve that by having students reflect on their

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Robert T. Bailey

materials, and the slides for each class follow a specific format that includes student grading of prior homework; well-defined student learning objectives; a short, multiple-choice pre-quiz based on the assigned reading (2-3 questions); real-life introductory applications of the day’s topic; a mini-lecture presenting the relevant concepts and theory; one or more example problems; a short, multiple-choice “concept” quiz to test understanding (2-3 questions); a group problem-solving exercise; and a short, multiple-choice “attention” quiz to assess final understanding (2-3 questions).A mapping of these items and activities to the four elements of Kolb’s cycle (concreteexperience, reflective

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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content. Grade “GoingTodo, Doing, Rant triplets.” Make sure they arenot recording what they already know how to do. Make sure that they are Ranting appropriately.Rant means “Reflect, Analyze, NexT.” Count the triplets. More triplets, better writing, higherscore.The goal of introduction to engineering is to teach students what an engineering project is. Thecreative, fun part of this class is to move students from playing, to doing things first, to designand finally to problem solving. The notebook the forum in which this narrative can be seen. TheGoingToDo, Doing, Rant triplets map to the emergence of design in all of it’s art, science andbusiness aspects. Counting triples creates a student incentive to record more detail that leads tomore drawing

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Jumoke Ladeji-Osias; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein; John Wheatland; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke

. Goal Setting: At the beginning of each semester, students set academic and personal goals which they are encouraged to post in a visible place. More than half of the students (56%) reported posting these goals. At the end of the semester, they reflect on the goals and what factors impacted their ability to achieve these goals. b. Internships: The coordinator for student work experience provided a workshop for students on applying for internships and research experiences. Additionally, information on security clearances was provided. Internship strategies were also discussed during monthly meetings. Over 85% of the students obtained