Collection

2017 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Steven M. Ciccarelli, Rochester Institute of Technology

ABET student outcomes.Data for the study included pre-and post-lab assessments, laboratory observations and anindividually administered laboratory competency exam. Descriptive and inferential statisticsindicate that, on average, the treatment group outperformed the control group on laboratoryassignments and the competency exam. Implications for teaching engineering and engineeringtechnology laboratories as well as future research are discussed.Keywordsengineering, freshmen, laboratory, cooperative learningIntroductionAs an educator that leans toward a constructivist view of teaching and learning, I believe thatpersonal understanding is socially constructed and subject to change as our understanding of theworld around us changes. This is in