Conference Session

Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Johnson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Diane Strong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jamshed Mistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

knowledge.Second, we examined student self-efficacy, defined as a personal judgment of one’s capability toperform a particular activity1, a construct that has been positively linked to motivation andacademic performance3,9. Because these learning measures are task-specific, the questionnairesand rubrics we developed for their assessment are important research outcomes.We used a repeated measures (pre-post) experimental design, with experimental and controlconditions to compare student learning of core topics taught with and without the Oracle-basedmodule. Comparisons suggest that inclusion of the Oracle-based exercises not only did notdetract from functional learning, but also increased self-efficacy about technology.In the next section, we provide a

Conference Session

Evaluation and Assessment of IE Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shantha Daniel, Iowa State University; Devna Popejoy-Sheriff, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Leslie Potter, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

the students for use as thebasis for a section of their final project reports subtitled “Constraint Considerations andRamifications.” Along with this, the grading rubric distributed in the syllabus wasmodified to evaluate how well this is accomplished by each project team. During Fallsemester 2005, Dr. Min was invited to read students’ impact statements regarding socialconstraints, and to offer opinion about their ability to synthesize global enterpriseconcepts with their company-specific projects.Assessment improvements have been made in several ways in IE 441. A pre- and post-test was designed and administered to IE 441 students the first and last days of the Fall2005 semester. The test indicates their current knowledge and self-efficacy