Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Smith P.E., University of Virginia; Andrew Jason Hill, University of Southern Indiana; Tom McDonald, University of Southern Indiana

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

, we demonstrate how thevarious experiments are integrated with a variety of writing assignments. In addition to traditionallaboratory or design reports, these include more compact forms of writing such as business letters,executive reports, and short essays. A key aspect to the course design is the combined lecture + lab-oratory format with small class sizes. This allows significant class time to be devoted to instructionon writing, developing drafts, peer review, and refinement.The course was designed to meet multiple ABET outcomes in addition to technical writing re-quirements from the university-level. Both indirect and direct metrics have indicated success inmeeting these outcomes, at least in the short term. The impact of the course on

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Anderson, Montana Engineering Education Research Center; Tariq Akmal, Washington State University; Phillip Himmer, Montana State University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

. i knew how to do the math and one of the other group members was confident enough to check my math and they were much better at the write up portion so they focused on rewriting my explanations into a good lab write up. Unfotunatly we didn't collaborate far enough in advanced so we ended up writing it the night before and the morning of. But their working pre-med students. what can you do? meh. We worked well and met a handful of times as well as collaborated on a google document to get the report written. Group collaboration was a little frustrating. Out of three people, two of us did everything. It would be nice to include some peer evaluation of group mates. Not very good, we didn't know each

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Coleman D. Floyd

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

bring together the different subjects and to relate classroomtheory to real world application. Four laboratory exercises develop the students’ understandingof the material, reinforce prerequisite knowledge, and develop hands-on skills. Good teachinginvolves more than communicating the content of one’s discipline; a good teacher also needsboth to motivate students to continue learning and to teach them the skills and strategies neededfor continued learning.Student teams of two were provided an Arduino microcontroller kit and various components toinclude basic sensors and actuators. Teams had to review lecture material, read componentspecification sheets and instructions, write program code to implement and calibrate thecomponents, and answer

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David F. Radcliffe, Swinburne University of Technology; Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

initially to establish the reality of remote laboratories or the accuracy of simulations for later study. Finally, it is clear that students learn not only from equipment, but from interactions with peers and teachers [7].”This observation highlights the developmental aspect of becoming an effective investigator. Italso recognizes the social dimension of learning.There is a whole body of pedagogical literature that recognizes this developmental dimensionand the need for appropriate scaffolding and support from peers and teachers. Laboratoryexperiences can be characterized in terms of the degree of autonomy afforded to the students; thedegree to which they can exercise agency in what is investigated, how this is done and