Conference Session

FPD 1: Projects and Teamwork in First-Year Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas

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First-Year Programs

, Paper AC 2010-208.2 Prince, M.J., & Felder, R.M. (2006). Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods: Definitions, Comparisons, and Research Bases, Journal of Engineering Education, 95(2), 123-138.3 Prince, M.J., & Felder, R.M. (2007). The Many Faces of Inductive Teaching and Learning, Journal of College Science Teaching, 36(5), 14-20.4 Shepard, T., & Hoxie, A.B. (2011). Converting Heat to Work: A Thermodynamics Design Project, Proceedings of the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. Paper AC 2011-2004.5 Patall, E.A., Cooper, H., & Robinson, J.C. (2008). The Effects of Choice on Intrinsic Motivation and Related

Conference Session

FPD 1: Projects and Teamwork in First-Year Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd R Hamrick, West Virginia University; Robin A.M Hensel, West Virginia University

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First-Year Programs

you know about the non-robotic 16 5 3 version of this course, rate how effective you found this course 5 Compared with your expectations, rate your overall 12 8 4 experience in the course 6 Rate your recommendations on whether the robotic 14 9 1 version of Engr 102 should be continuedLearning outcomes were confirmed in the final exam. A substantively identical comprehensivefinal exam was given to the summer students as had been given to students to previous semesterin the conventional course. The summer students had a far higher percentage of students whoearned 100% on the final, with 15% of the class who aced the final

Conference Session

FPD 8: Engineering Math Issues

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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First-Year Programs

2 1 1 0 0 F D C B A F D C B A Figure 3. Final grade distributions from the spring 2012 pilot 1 pre-calculus course and the subsequent fall 2012 calculus grade distributions.As this GoldShirt cohort moved on, of the 11 students who took calculus 1 in the fall 2012, onlytwo students (18%) earned a B- or better—one student earned a B in one-semester calculus andthe other earned an A in the first semester of yearlong calculus I. Nine students (82%) earned aC, C-, D or F. Compared to the previous results, a lower percentage of students