Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joseph Wilck IV, East Carolina University; Cynthia Bober, Penn State University ; Jennifer Louise Mines, The Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

experience8. Deliberatepractice, practice with the intent of developing a specific ability, contributes to effective learningexperiences7-8. The medium from which students receive deliberate practice is in fact coursedesign and instructor assistance8.In addition to the need for changes to be made in course delivery to help improve engineeringstudent learning experiences, research has shown that more emphasis needs to be placed oneffective learning activities that best prepare students to solve problems in the real world.Research performed by Sheppard, Macatangay, Colby, and Sullivan9 at several United Statesengineering institutions found that current curricula are over-emphasizing analytic skills and notputting enough emphasis on professional skills