Conference Session

Educational Issues in Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Yi-Lung Mo, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

not only metacognition knowledge and strategies, but also metacognition controlexperience over specific cognitive tasks through efforts driven by intrinsic motivation. Thecreativity and self-regulated learning are essentially interacted attributes and can result in optimalperformance and self-efficacy (or confidence), and in return help forming positive attitudes andenhancing intrinsic motivation, which lead to persistent efforts for pursuing further self-directedlearning and creativity. There is a synergic cycles among these attributes. Based on cognitivetheoretical frameworks, a new Pedagogical Model is proposed to integrate new CognitiveInstruction Model and Problem/Project-Based learning into co-curricular design projects, inwhich