Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges II: Assessing Non-traditional Approaches

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Kenneth J. Williamson, Oregon State University; Jeffrey A. Nason, Oregon State University; Goran Jovanovic Ph.D., Oregon State University; Chih-hung Chang, Oregon State University; Adam Z. Higgins, Oregon State University; Craig M. Gates, Oregon State University; Richard Mark Roehner, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

the pre-term training program for GTAs, there are regular biweeklymeetings between the entire instruction team and weekly meetings between personnel in a givenclass. These meetings contain a broad array of topics, including studio design and delivery;effectiveness and assessment; and uniform delivery, formatting, and grading. One intention is toalign the design and delivery amongst classes and between classes. In this way, we hope to createa consistent expectation among students in a studio, lowering the cognitive demand that wouldbe used in interpreting different formats and allowing strong student focus. Such alignment alsoallows more coordinated and effective graduate student training. Another intention is to create alearning community