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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Amir Karimi

, Page 7.442.1Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering (CE, EE, and ME). The first graduating class was in Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationMay 1984. Graduate programs offering MS degrees in CE, EE, and ME began in the Fall of1989; the first MS degree was awarded in Spring 1993. Specialized engineering Ph.D. programsare in planning stages. The Division of Engineering, which was originally a part of the Collegeof Sciences and Engineering, became an independent college in Fall 2000 as a result of theuniversity-wide academic restructuring.Over 1000 students were enrolled in the College of

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Stephanie Adams

behaviors and brainstorm solutions.3 · Help team members accept responsibility for successful development of the team. 3 · Provide training for students on how to work on teams. · Evaluate team task and process performance. 4 Page 7.846.1“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 2793 · Continually develop personal skills in facilitating group process and planning. Learn a

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Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sylvie Ratté; Jocelyne Caron

Adaptation of theoretical resourcesThe resources block was increased gradually with examples and documents covered in class.Exercises connected to the project were suggested every week. For example, the second week wesimulated a barber answering customers in order to introduce the students to the concept ofdiscrete simulation. In other words, theory was always discussed in light of the problem to besolved.3.2.2 Classroom interactionAt the beginning of every class, a summary of the questions received by e-mail or otherwise waspresented and we engaged in a discussion, “where are we”. These short sessions allowed theteacher to orient the planned presentation. When students did not ask questions that could lead tothe introduction of the necessary

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Scott Kiefer

mechatronics course was developed in an independent study course Page 7.1244.1atmosphere using six students (four undergraduate and two graduate). Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe objective of the mechatronics course was to give students the background and experiencenecessary to design and build electromechanical devices in an industrial setting or as a part ofgraduate research. The plan was to use simple hands-on project work and a final design projectto teach students the basics needed

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Trends in Constr. Engr. Educ. I

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2002 Annual Conference

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Andre Mund; Mohammed Haque

cases arerecognized. This acquired “knowledge” can then be used by the Artificial Neural Network topredict unknown output values for a given set of input values. This paper demonstrates thefeasibility of using an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) back-propagation multi-layered modelto estimate loads on shores and slabs during the construction phases of a multistory structure. Italso determines the number of stories above the slab with the maximum load. This modelpermits, in an early planning stage, to establish the minimum cycle time for the erection ofstories given the number of shores and reshores to be used.I. IntroductionIn the construction of a multistory structure, construction loads may exceed the design loads byan appreciable amount. Thus

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Trends in Construction Engr. Educ. II

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2002 Annual Conference

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Erdogan Sener

Equipment expenditures in teaching labs Fund raising Emphasis on Communications Emphasis on using the technology Faculty development Number of full time faculty Staff development License/Certification exams taken by students Strategic Plan development New labs started Increase research and Research grants and contracts

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Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kim Blair; David W. Miller; David Darmofal; Col. Peter W. Young; Doris Brodeur

checklist has useful applications to higher education. The problem statementshould be grounded in student experience, be curriculum based, allow for a variety ofteaching and learning strategies and styles, be unconstrained, focus on a question, and beassessable. 9PBL in Aerospace Engineering at MITAbout five years ago, the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at MIT launched anew strategic plan committing faculty and instructional staff to major curriculum reform.Program and learning outcomes were identified and validated with key constituent groups,new teaching and learning strategies were initiated, and laboratories and workshops werebuilt or re-modeled to emphasize student-centered education. Major resources, bothpersonnel time and funding

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Charles Forsberg

problems were encounteredduring the endeavor. These problems were related to project organization and scheduling;interactions between faculty, students, and lab technicians; equipment procurement; division ofwork among the students; and the students’ abilities and motivation. The paper discusses theproblems and makes suggestions for avoiding or at least minimizing such problems in futuresimilar activities. This information should be very useful to faculty in planning and directingsenior capstone design courses, regardless of topic. Page 7.101.1“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Manufacturing Education and Outreach

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sarah Leach

descriptions, or regularperformance reviews. In response to the introduction of these concepts in the textbook, onestudent asked, “Do any companies really work this way?” Other students were able to shareformal procedures and processes with the class, which emphasized the range of practice presentin manufacturing management. Presentations by student teams included time study projects,budget approval flowcharts, and physical facilities planning examples all drawn from current,local manufacturing organizations.The second group of students all worked for a large, US – based multinational corporationsupplying low-volume, high cost parts to the aircraft industry. Through corporate mergers andtakeovers these students had changed corporate identity three

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ET International Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

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A. A. Al-Anezi

foreignexperts brought by these companies. National manpower in those early days, specializedin administrative, supervisory and financial operations with only a small number oftechnical and engineering specialists.The modern state stage includes the decades of the fifties and the sixties whendevelopment efforts were directed to urban planning and the modernization of the state’sinstitutions and the formation of the modern administrative system, in addition to themodernization of the utilities and the public services. To these efforts was added theestablishment of staff training centers. The Ministry of Education also established somespecialized technical colleges, both commercial and industrial, in addition to theestablishment of a number of technical

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Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Paul Schreuders; Arthur Johnson

Session 2408 The Wizard of BOD Paul D. Schreuders, Arthur Johnson University of Maryland, College ParkAbstractSeveral years ago, the Biological Resources Engineering Department reexamined and updatedthe format of its Capstone Design Project. The revised Capstone Design experience was intendedto give students an opportunity to manage a product while observing resource constraints.Unfortunately, very few course plans survive intact after contact with the students. This casestudy will examine the intended processes, the successes, and the failures of the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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James McCowan; James Mason

plans, some renderings, and a great deal of information about the building may be foundon the web site at http://ilc.queensu.ca/News/gallery.shtml . What follows is a summary of themajor features.(a) teaching studio The studio approach has been the norm in schools of architecture, where the teaching of theoryand its application to design have long been well integrated. While most institutions will haveexamples of such teaching in engineering, few have pursued the issue as consciously as RensselaerPolytechnic Institute. A progression of studio types has led to circular and semicircular designs inwhich the students slip back and forth between a lecture mode, facing inward, and an applicationmode, facing outward. One such studio

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Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

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Amyl Ghanem

members: three junior faculty members, one senior faculty member, one researchstaff member, one undergraduate student, and one graduate student. At the first meeting thefocus of the group was discussed, definitions of mentoring were established, topics fordiscussion were identified and a timetable for meetings was established. The plan developed atthe first meeting is outlined in Figure 1. Page 7.883.1 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”The Learning Circle ProcessFigure 1: Learning Circle

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Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Munro

teams have the flexibility of choosing from a variety of pumps and pipe sizes which are stocked in the laboratory.2. Design: Student teams are required to produce a design of their system, including the selection of specific items of equipment, using the Pipe-Flo Professional software by Engineered Systems, Inc. . Students compute the cost of the process they have designed, including both capital costs and operating costs. The teams are expected to present several alternate combinations of pump and pipe sizes to show that their design is the optimal one for achieving the stated objectives. Students are also expected to prepare a construction and start-up plan that includes safety practices, construction procedures, and start-up

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New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Newman; John Robertson; Lakshmi Munukutla

critical features: · The driver part of the industry is very capital-intensive. This means that continued business success depends on a relatively small number of people using increasingly sophisticated tools. · The cycle time for evolution is very short, so everyone involved – including the providers of educational services - has to plan proactively and adapt quickly.The capital features of the industry are illustrated in figure 1. A lithography tool is one ofthe more expensive examples and there may be 20-30 in a factory. A $2B factoryemploys about 1000 people and the general skill level is rising steadily. 100k 10k Cost of litho tool ($k) 1k

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sudhir Mehta

improves important skills such as analyzing and solving open -ended, real-world problems; finding, evaluating, and using appropriate learning resources;working cooperatively in teams; and communicating effectively, verbally and in writing. Ourstudy, like many other studies, also indicates that there was no gain in students’ performance onstandard tests and exams, and more research is needed. However, it is important to note thatstudents’ performance on the standard tests and exams did not decline either. Based on theabove results, we are planning to increase the number of PBL exercises in the measurementscourse with the support from the NSF and industry.IntroductionThe Boyer Commission’s report from the Carnegie Foundation, “Reinventing

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Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Riffe; Laura Rust; Brenda Lemke

electrical is not onlypossible, it generates three major benefits: 1. Students are exposed to the engineering disciplines available at the University and they can use this course experience to either confirm their initial selection or consider a change. Because of the co-op plan, our students choose a discipline at the time of entering the University. 2. Students become knowledgeable about the product cycle in industry from concept through design to manufacture. This is of great benefit to the co-op employers as they employ the students beginning with their first year of University. 3. Subsequent courses in all of the disciplines can depend upon a practical knowledge base from the students. Since

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Olakunle Harrison

each student question 4.Future WorkIn the future we plan to incorporate some of the design tools used in industry such asFailure Mode and Effects Analysis. This subject will be taught using case studies from industry.We also plan to acquire an engine dynamometer for providing an experimental component to thiscourse, albeit a limited, but interesting one. It is anticipated that a dynamic test such as anengine test will provide additional opportunity for teaching another important component of theengineering function, that of testing and verification.ConclusionsThis paper describes a pilot course in Automotive Systems Design as well as synergisticactivities that are being used to enhance and motivate student learning in mechanicalengineering

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Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Betsy Aller; Andrew Kline

workers, as students’ own individual highest priority item or task does not necessarily deserve an immediate response from someone else. · Documenting conversations and group activities, for later review and clarification. · Negotiating and compromising with other team members to identify and achieve common goals, as well as an acceptable level of quality for the final product of the team effort.Scheduling, Timelines, Planning, and Goals (ABET Criterion 3d, e) · Developing intermediate goals and milestones as the project progresses, rather than being explicitly reassured by a faculty member their answer is correct (as when submitting homework solutions). · Producing significant results by given deadlines, or

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ricardo Teixeira; Pedro Portela; Maria Restivo; Jose Marques

extremely effective in potentiating the initiative and the imagination of theoccasional, but always welcome, small group of proactive students. And besides, as aninspirational contribution to an educational engineering web site 12, they are readily madeavailable to a larger audience. In this particular problem the experimental results supplied theincentive for further exploration using numerical tools that ended up being much more wideranging than initially planned, but this is one of the good points about open-ended problems:one finds the way as one goes along."If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have alwaysgot" 11. This is the traditional, risk-avoiding, time-saving, way of teaching. Exploringmultidisciplinary

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Palm; Thomas Keggler; David Taggart; David Chelidze; Brent Stucker

meaningless results due to seemingly minor input errors(inconsistent units, unrealistic boundary conditions, etc.). During this semester’s activities, all ofthe finite element analysis results were reasonable. Overall, the teaming experience proved to bevaluable but several improvements are planned in the future. Planned modifications includesmaller teams, better documentation of team activities through the use of a team binder andproviding more guidelines for teaming activities.5.0 AcknowledgementsThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Educationand Human Resources (EHR), Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE), Course, Curriculumand Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Award No. 0088315.References1. Barr, R. E

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2002 Annual Conference

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Myrna Swanberg; Daniel Solarek; Allen Rioux

possible toachieve complete articulation, “bridge” courses were specified. Bridge courses are courses Page 7.1038.3needed to transform the associate degree experience into one equivalent to the first two years of Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2547the CSET program as taken at The University of Toledo. This articulation planning provides thestudent with a complete picture of the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Linda Leffel; Glenda Scales; Cheryl Peed

the new millennium.Continuous Process Improvement – CGEP Market ResearchDescription of the StudyFrom October 2000 through May 2001, Virginia Tech conducted a market research study toupdate our understanding of the educational needs of engineers. This comprehensive studycollected information from employers, potential market employees, current students, othernational consortium organizations, faculty, and competitors. A variety of researchmethodologies were used and included personal phone interviews, written questionnaires,and a literature review. Virginia Tech teams from the College of Engineering, UniversityOutreach, Institutional Research and Planning Analysis, and the Center for Survey Researchconducted the study. A total of 1,411

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Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Andrew Otieno

, institutions at all levels must respond bypreparing highly qualified and competitive professionals. In addition, NIU has recently beenadmitted to NASULGC (National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges), Page 7.824.2* SME Manufacturing Education Plan goals; http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/eduhtml.pl?/mep/intro.htm&&&SME& Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationand with this status an increased volume of regional outreach has been earmarked as the nextlogical step

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Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Barry Davidson; Anthony Ingraffea; Alan Zehnder

elective for the Cornell students and, for all SU and many CUseniors, the course was used to satisfy their capstone design requirement. Early in the semesterthe students were split into six teams of five or six students. Each team had members fromSyracuse and Cornell, thereby requiring each team to collaborate at a distance. Two “team-building events” were held early in the semester: an outdoor challenge course and an afternoonof project planning followed by bowling. These helped students get to know each other sociallyand significantly eased the distance collaboration processes. Each team was given the task to perform the preliminary design of a thermo-structural systemfor a specific location on the vehicle shown in Figure 1. Three locations

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Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Angus; Thomas Hulbert

years ago, the authors developed the concept of Just-In-Time Education™ (JITE).It follows many of the principles of Just-in-Time (JIT) Manufacturing. A brief history of JITeducation is summarized to provide an overview of the approach.The JITE objectives were converted into chapter outlines. These outlines are being converted intotheory, laboratory, and technical-communications text material. Each of the resulting texts isbeing designed so it can be used separately or as a package. Finally, an instructor’s manual isbeing developed that will contain strategies for presenting all or a portion of the instruction-material package in part and also as an entity.A trial offering of this course is planned for the Fall of 2004. (Interested faculty

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What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Farhad Sharifi

specifically to suit all various industrial demands, establishment ofa closer interdisciplinary activity among different fields seems to be necessary. This can beexplained as if companies plan to hire students after the second year, but leave them at theuniversity for another two years. Then the post-employment educational program can beperformed at the university. Several studies have been done regarding the importance of the relationship betweenuniversities and industries. Upgrading the training laboratories in the universities with modernstate of the art advanced equipment, with the assistance of local industries, will not only attractcompetitive students to engineering fields, but also trains them for modern industries8. As thenumber of

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New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ricardo Molina; Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

house was a vital step in extending educational activities to a broaderpublic.Investment in distance education culminated in the launch of TV SENAC. The result of aconsistent successful plan for gradual expansion, the new channel soon achieved nationwidecoverage, with the distribution of its signal via satellite, cable and open channels. The firstprivately owned channel in Brazil to deal exclusively with education and the fostering ofcitizenship, SENAC TV Network, to use its present name, is a breathtaking succession ofachievements. Gratifying achievements such as the technical standard of its programming andthe formal solutions of its content. Twenty-four hours a day, every day, the station discussesleisure, culture, quality of life

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Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Josianne Basque; Sylvie Doré

learners define objectives for themselves; establish pertinence with related material within the learning system, with other courses, with the professional practice; avoid stressful situations by planning for a proper workload, by encouraging cooperation rather than competition; offer choices such as bonus activities, the possibility of improving material handed-in for evaluation, different subjects for projects; vary teaching style in order to match a wider range of learning styles, etc. • Another source of complexity is the exponential growth of knowledge, as

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Understanding Students: Cognition

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2002 Annual Conference

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Scott Husson; Richard Rice; James Haile; II, S. Michael Kilbey; Graham Harrison; Douglas Hirt; David Bruce; Charles Gooding; Deborah Switzer

311c 312c,e 321c Ideally, a plan to assess the effectiveness of the interventions would involve forming parallelsections of each course, with some of the students enrolled in the control sections and theremaining students enrolled in the experimental sections. Also, the same professor should teachboth sections of a given course, the cohorts of students should be similar in terms of definedcriteria (e.g., GPA, fraction of commuting students, fraction of co-op students), and the students Page 7.219.3should not cross over from the control to the modified