Conference Session

Problem- Project- and Case-Based Learning in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janie Gina Locklear, NC A&T

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

are especially prevalent in the middle school grades for female students. Therefore,before peer pressure and popular culture lures them away from self-efficacy in math and science,outreach to females outside of the traditional classroom is crucial. For this research project,thirteen middle school students were invited to attend a summer camp hosted in theenvironmental engineering laboratory at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical StateUniversity. Three environmental and public health “cases” or stories were developed to increasethe student interest in science and environmental engineering. The girls were grouped into teamsand each group was assigned one of the three cases in which a community member or petbecame sick due to an unknown

Conference Session

Problem- Project- and Case-Based Learning in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MaryShannon Williams, University of Missouri, Columbia; Sara Elizabeth Ringbauer, University of Missouri, Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

in which a PBLenvironment was implemented into a PBL lab unit in a traditional environmental engineeringlecture with lab course. 10 participants (7 students, 1 course instructor, and 2 graduate teachingassistants) were interviewed during the process. Using grounded theory, three themes emerged:student implications, instructor implications, PBL considerations. The data collected and thecorresponding emergent themes provide rich advice for educators considering PBLimplementation in future courses.Bibliography1. Direito, I., Pereira, A. & Duarte, A. M. d. O. (2012). Engineering undergraduates’ perceptions of soft skills: Relations with self-efficacy and learning styles. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 55(0), 843-851.2