Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristi Shryock, Texas A&M University; Helen Reed, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

accreditation workshould reflect the program as a whole.Some programs treat the six-year time lag between visits with the following timeline: - Year 1 – Celebrate success of previous ABET visit. - Years 2-4 – Feel that ABET is a long time away. Page 14.148.2 Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education - Year 5 – Begin to worry about ABET visit the following year, and survey every class imaginable to be ready for year 6 with the ABET visit.This

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patrick Brophy, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

. Figure 2. Most common student prediction of deflected shape. (a) (b) Figure 3. Actual deflected shape once instructor applies load to the model in the classroom. (a) If students predict right end will go down, instructor creates this situation. (b) If students predict right end will go up, instructor creates this situation.The instructor then introduces the concept of metacognition. Since their prediction didnot work out well, they should reflect on why they thought it was a good prediction.There was something they assumed or had previously experienced that suggested theirprediction; what was it? Why was their assumption poor, or why did their previousexperience not serve well in this