Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Pape, Central Michigan University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Page 11.100.10 one. It is also generally more difficult to write. Reports are not graded by the pound. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2006, American Society for Engineering EducationAppendix B: Technical Memo Evaluation RubricAuthor: Lab Partner: Professor: Each Evaluator Should Score Each Parameter From 0 to 5Evaluation Parameter Evaluator Self Peer Prof1. Form: Is the report in memo form? Does the memo use language and vocabulary appropriate for technical writing

Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nobuyuki Kitashoji, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Eiichi Sentoku, Kanazawa Institute of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

) Satisfied Page 11.719.13 - Conducting an experiment on the theme found in a self-directed manner was interesting. - We learned a series of experiment processes. - A poster session gave us a good opportunity to learn about the experiments of our peers. - It was a hard lesson for me, but it gave me a sense of mastery. - I acquired report writing skills. - I learned the merits of a team-based activity.(2) Not satisfied - The self-directed work was too difficult for me. - It took too much time for me to work on this course and not enough time left for studying other courses. -There was variation in grading standards among instructors. - A wider

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Stanfield, North Carolina A&T State University; Caroline Moineau, North Carolina A&T State University; Shona Morgan, North Carolina A&T State University; Silvanus Udoka, North Carolina A&T State University

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business. ALIVE provides a practical and consistentmeans of developing realistic problem solving skills in engineering and business studentsreaching a variety of learning styles.Student assessment within the ALIVE system is achieved through an authentic assessmentprocess. The process uses instructor, industry, and student/peer feedback according to the sixlevels of authentic assessment: Basic Knowledge, Inquiry, Explanation, Problem-solving,Representation of Knowledge, and Metacognition. Rubrics are developed for each evaluationsource to encourage development of skills relevant to practice throughout the curriculum. Ascoring mechanism is described to alleviate the tension in student peer assessment betweenloyalty and honesty. Though this paper

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Tian Yu, University of Oklahoma; Robert Palmer, University of Oklahoma; Mike Biggerstaff, University of Oklahoma; L. Fink, University of Oklahoma; Carolyn Ahern, Ahern and Associates

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. Page 11.52.1L. Fink, University of Oklahoma Dr. L. Dee Fink, an off-campus evaluator, is the person responsible for developing and implementing the evaluation plan, and he has an extensive background in pedagogy and assessment. Because of this expertise, Dr. Fink will be responsible for: 1.) developing and© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 monitoring the pedagogical models being used, 2.) leading the orientation programs for both undergraduate peer teachers and the faculty members involved, to make sure they fully understand the pedagogy procedures being used, 3.) developing the evaluation plan and materials, 4.) collecting and analyzing the evaluation

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed Marquart, Ohio Northern University; David Sawyers, Ohio Northern University

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• Equations required for data reduction • How data is to be presented • ReferencesAt the end of the first week students exchange lab plans, which are evaluated by their peersand returned with suggestions for improvement. Corrections and suggestions do not affectthe grade of the authors; however, if a group evaluates a lab plan which subsequently turnsout to be incomplete or incorrect, the evaluating group is penalized. While this penalty israrely invoked, it does provide motivation for students to perform a thorough review.Once a lab plan has been completed, reviewed by peers, and approved by the instructor,students have one week to perform the experiment and write a final report. At the end of thesecond week, these reports are collected and a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Elsa Villa, University of Texas-El Paso

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interventions the class works in small teams. To facilitate the team, peer facilitatorsand teaching assistants (whenever they are available) help during class periods. To provide an incentive to encourage the students to help each other, they wereoffered extra credit on exams. After scoring the first exam, the students were allowed tore-form their teams of three and the team composition remained fixed for the balance of Page 11.255.3the term. Extra credit for exam N was determined as follows. The team summed theirpoints on exam (N-1) and they summed their scores on exam N. If the sum on exam N isgreater than or equal to 30 plus the sum on exam (N-1) then

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Lee, San Jose State University; Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Tai-Ran Hsu, San Jose State University; David Parent, San Jose State University

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reveal a strong trendtoward engineering more functionality in smaller dimensional scale. Examples of technologyareas include wireless communication, portable audio, and digital video. Accelerometers inlaptop computers, pressure sensors inside automobile tires, and micromirrors for wide-area videodisplays are some specific transducers that show how microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)are growing more ubiquitous in engineered systems. Other common examples include diskread/write heads, inkjet printing nozzles, and bio-analysis chips.1,2 Such devices add relativelylittle cost to engineered products, yet contribute dramatic benefits in safety, speed, reliability,and functional performance. MEMS enable new products using much less spatial volume