Conference Session

Creating a Positive Environment for Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Thomas D. Rockaway, University of Louisville; Gerold Willing, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

quality, electroactive hydrogels, soft-lithography techniques, Peer- Led-Team-Learning, and development of a students engineering identity. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Peer-Led-Team-Learning in a Mechanics I: Statics CourseAbstractThe PRIMES program (Partnership for Retention Improvement in Mathematics, Engineering,and Science) is an NSF STEP program implemented in three different schools: Engineering,Education, and Arts and Sciences, and across nine different departments at the University ofLouisville. This program is designed to develop Peer-Led-Team-Learning (PLTL) communitiesin courses from the participating departments by utilizing undergraduate teaching assistants(UTAs) as