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2017 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Steven M. Ciccarelli, Rochester Institute of Technology

2017 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference Cooperative Learning in DC Circuits Laboratory for Improved Student Success and Equipment Proficiency Steven M. Ciccarelli Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractUndergraduate engineering and engineering technology laboratory assignments are oftenperformed as ready-made, step-by-step experiments allowing for little collaboration in theirexecution, with the instructor acting as the content expert and dispenser of facts. In contrast, aconstructivist approach involves the instructor taking less of an authoritarian role and serving asa facilitator, guiding students to