Conference Session

Environmental Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

- it stressed me out so much that sometimes it made it hard to focus on the information I was learning instead of the quickest way to get through the quizzes. M. I never took a course that was structured this way and I really enjoyed it. The minimum workload wasn't too much and there was room for the students to earn more if they wanted.” [6].And, “About the course [5605 Environmental Modeling] format: C. Please spend less time going over the 'rules'. Yes, the class has a unique structure, but students should read the syllabus. D. A major strength in this class is the grading system - any student who doesn't earn an 'A' is either lazy or stupid or both. E. The grading system encourages students to take

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

buffet of optional summative assessments used to assign a final grade, it isessential to include a course module to introduce these concepts13. The author prefers tointroduce these concepts to students using “Happy Saint Syllabus Day” as the title for theinaugural course meeting. The author distributes a hard copy of the detailed syllabus to all of thestudents, and then proceeds to deliver a “traditional” didactic lecture introducing the details ofthe syllabus through a series of hand written notes on a white board. This in the one-and-only“traditional” lecture delivered during the entire semester. Between the first and second meetingsof the course, students are instructed to complete a series of online activities delivered using aLearning