Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning and Motivation in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

allay some students’ concerns that they are alone intheir work without instructor help. In the biotransport course studied here, students reported lackof preparation for class discussions even though they recognized the benefit of low-stakespractice problems and online resources and even though learning goals and rationale werediscussed in class and the interactive online syllabus. Instructor involvement with studentsduring their interaction with course material would perhaps help students feel less confused andoverwhelmed by the new, heavily quantitative material in this course.It becomes especially important for instructors to articulate clearly the rationale and goals behindexpectations for students to initiate and direct their own learning

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Towles, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John G. Davis, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Brian Frushour, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Design TeamsIntroductionProject management, a course/field that aims to teach students the application of knowledge, skillsand techniques to project activities to meet project requirements, is popular among a variety ofprofessions. Project management courses are often taught online, or in short-course format with aseries of extended lectures with little to no application.Emerging evidence from research on teaching methods strongly indicates that active learningmethods lead to better educational outcomes than standard lecture methods (Wieman, 2014).Further, it has been shown that a project-based learning approach is effective at teaching projectmanagement concepts (Keser and Karahoca, 2010