Conference Session

General Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Michael Morse, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Venkatesh Uddameri; Elma Annette Hernandez, Texas Tech University; David L. Ernst, Texas Tech University - Construction Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

academic experience include thestudents' lack of understanding of general theoretical concepts of physics, a decreased knowledgeon fundamental engineering principles, decreased math background and limited programming Page 24.1223.2ability, as well as “soft skills” associated with integrating and managing3,7. In fact, Barlish andTraylor8 found there was a disconnect between the skills that students obtain from their degreeprogram and the skills (as defined by the industry) necessary to be successful. Therefore, studieshave looked at how to address this deficiency through proper class sequencing9 emphasizing“life long learning” which calls on the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University; Swaroop Joshi, Ohio State University; Rajiv Ramnath, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

byfreeing up class time to spend on activities that contribute to their soft skills such as teamwork,but also improve the extent to which individual students attain the course outcomes related to thetechnical contents of the course. But in order to reach this potential, it is important to go beyond Page 24.1395.11what has been done so far in most FC classrooms. In particular, it is necessary to engage smallgroups of students in deep discussions about the technical material; and to organize these groupson the basis of well understood theoretical principles. Our approach, and the CONSIDER systemare designed to do that. We plan to use our approach