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- Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Pedagogy of Lab Courses
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- 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Gene Hou, Old Dominion University; Feifei Zhong, Southwest Jiaotong University; Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University
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traditional,descriptive ones. Furthermore, as new technologies continue to progress rapidly and coursecontent and laboratory instrumentation continue to evolve in order to keep pace, laboratorymanuals will also have to be revised frequently in order to stay relevant and effective. A laboratory manual revision process was developed in this study in order to supportthese new types of laboratory classes. It is a four-step process, which includes: 1) CollectingAudience Responses, 2) Scaffolding the Class Project, 3) Project Report Writing Requirementand 4) Peer-Review and Reflection. This development was carried out based upon the technicalwriting framework, as it is believed that technical writing can promote critical thinking andactive learning
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- Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Bring-Your-Own-Experiments 1
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- 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Rebecca Marie Reck, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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wereapproximately 75 students enrolled in the course during the first run. One lecture section isoffered each semester of the first run. To measure the effectiveness of each type of equipment,both qualitative and quantitative data are being collected from the students. The quantitative datacollected included exam scores, laboratory report scores, concept inventory, and satisfactionsurvey. The concept inventory was based on the test by Bristow et al. 11 The qualitative dataincludes laboratory observation and student reflections included in their individual laboratoryreports. The data between the two groups were analyzed for differences in overall courseperformance as well as the attainment of the objectives listed in the experiments above
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- Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Best Papers
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Anahid Behrouzi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Daniel Kuchma, Tufts University
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whichincluded (i) 6, (ii) 9, and (iii) 2 questions for each of the three sections. Comparatively, the end-term survey had 19 questions of (i) 11, (ii) 4, and (iii) 4 questions. All the original questionsfrom sections (i) and (iii) were maintained and supplemental questions were added. Section (ii)was modified to reflect class activities that had occurred since the mid-semester survey. Specificquestions will be discussed in greater detail in the following section analyzing student feedback.Summary of Student FeedbackEighteen of the twenty students enrolled in the DBE course consented to participate in theresearch study, sharing their assessment of this new curriculum. The remainder of this sectionaggregates both the responses from Likert scale rating