Collection

2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Constantin Ciocanel; Mohammad Elahinia

Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Educationeducation emphasize the importance of teaching the principles. Pitts, using several examples,shows the importance of basic engineering principles in each discipline10. Figure 1 - Problem-solving learning contrasted with subject-based learning1In redeveloping the Mechanics and Vibration Laboratory, several methods were considered inorder to improve students’ learning and to ensure achieving the course objectives. Consequently,a problem solving approach was chosen. In the redeveloped course, the number of experimentsfor each semester is reduced and the step-by-step lab procedures are no longer provided to thestudents. Instead, a practical problem is designed around each