Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Farrow, University of Tennessee-Martin

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

• • Rotation and reporting of individual team member roles for each laboratory exercise (i.e. data taker, equipment operator, editor, responsibility for draft section(s) of report, etc.) • Bringing any team conflicts to the instructor’s attention only after failing to resolve such issues as a team • Individual team member accountability addressed by the peer evaluation conducted at the end of the course • Self-governance of teamsBenefits to downstream courses in curriculumFaculty have commented on how much better students write in various courses and labs aftercompleting ENGR 317, but equally important is that successful completion of the ENGR 317course benefits students in that they are able to apply the technical