Conference Session

Teaching & Learning Statics and Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Lee, Arizona State University; Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

studies to validatetheir results due to the short length of their research or small classroom size. In addition, many ofthese studies do not measure student attitudes, such as self-efficacy, or the difference in timespent out of class on coursework.The objective of this research is to determine the effectiveness of the flipped classroom system incomparison to the traditional classroom system (TC) in a large mechanics of materials course.Specifically, it aims to measure student performance, student self-efficacy, student attitudes onlecture quality, motivation, attendance, hours spent out of class, practice, and support, anddifference in impact between high, middle, and low achieving students. In order to accomplishthis, three undergraduate

Conference Session

Mechanics Classroom Demonstrations

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, Angelo State University; Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University; Benjamin James Call, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Steven David Wood, Utah State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

simplicity of the modeland the potential for learning. Some of the participants indicated the benefit of “having thephysical experience” and “looking at if it was stretching or compressing.” Other participantsexpressed what they observed while working with the physical manipulative such as “I can takemy work from paper to real life,” “I can see the effects of forces at different points,” and “I canlook for deformation and I can feel confident assuming directions using the model.” The latterhas large potential impacts upon self-efficacy for those who crave a visual confirmation of whatthey analytically prove. One of the participants mentioned that “it took me going throughmultiple homework problems to figure out what I could figure out here in just a

Conference Session

Homework, Learning, and Problem Solving in Mechanics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael K. Swanbom PE, Louisiana Tech University; Daniel William Moller, Louisiana Tech University; Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Timothy Reeves, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

better than those receiving face-to-face instruction” [5]. A study of college algebra students at a community college producedsimilar findings, showing that online homework was “just as effective as textbook homework inhelping students learn college algebra and in improving students’ self-efficacy” [6]. It was alsoobserved that “online homework may be even more effective for helping the large population ofcollege algebra students who enroll in the course with inadequate prerequisite math skills.” Someuniversities have found that the use of WeBWorK correlated with small, yet statisticallysignificant improvement in performance on exams relative to classes that did not use it [7, 2].Diverse groups of students seem to react positively to using