Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura P. Ford, University of Tulsa

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Using a Journal Article with Sophomores to Increase Lifelong Learning ConfidenceIntroductionJournal articles are often used in upper-level engineering courses as reference material toencourage students to develop life-long learning skills. How early in the curriculum are journalarticles introduced? This paper presents the results of a study on using a journal article in asophomore-level class.Chemical Engineering Progress often includes articles appropriate for use in sophomore andjunior engineering science classes of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer 1-6.These articles use only the concepts covered in the course and include analytical results