Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee, Boise State University; Linda Huglin, Boise State University; Drew Borresen, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees

-based educational strategies across the engineering curriculum. As part of a"Sounding Board" of potential adopters, faculty will provide guidance, review componentsof redesigned courses, and participate in a series of workshops highlighting a variety ofproblem- and project-based instructional strategies1, 2.A “Test Bed” will act as a venue for the visible redesign of existing courses in ways thatemploy authentic learning and assessment activities--where students do real-worldengineering in the classroom. The redesigned courses will also help students inbound intotheir community of professional practice 3, 4. Project mentors drawn from a localprofessional engineering organization will help students to complete projects, and onlinewebinars/live

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Schneider, Cornell University; Maria Terrell, Cornell University

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Education to theNew Century. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.Olds, B. M. and R. Miller. 2004. The effect of a First-Year Integrated Engineering Curriculum on Graduation Ratesand Student Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Engineering Education 93 (1): 23-35.Ponton, M. K., J. H. Edmister, L. S. Ukeiley, and J. M. Seiner. 2001. Understanding the role of self-efficacy inengineering education. Journal of Engineering Education 90 (2): 247-251.Prince, M. 2004. Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(3).R Development Core Team. 2010. R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation forStatistical Computing: Vienna, Austria.Schneider, L. and M. Terrell. 2010