Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark F. Schar, Stanford University; Sarah L. Billington, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

diminishment of learning core engineeringconcepts.17 While the case study experience did not significantly change entrepreneurial careerintentions it did grow students’ perceived entrepreneurial self-efficacy (as measured byconfidence in business skills), which can be a precursor to changing career intent.4. Research HypothesesThe intent of this curriculum is to introduce entrepreneurial concepts in the context of entry-levelengineering curriculum in the hope that it would have a positive impact on the students’entrepreneurial career intent. Therefore, our research hypothesis is: The incorporation of entrepreneurial content into core engineering curriculum will have a positive impact on engineer students’ entrepreneurial

Conference Session

ME Curriculum and Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher E. Larsen, University of Missouri; Rose M. Marra Ph.D, University of Missouri, Columbia; Nai-En Tang; David H. Jonassen, University of Missouri, Columbia; Robert Andrew Winholtz

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

case study, the term learning is a student activity that may includeexplorative strategies, scheduling, or reflection. In contrast, the term instruction is a purposefulfunction of the educator to communicate with learners that often includes scaffolds such asprompting, modeling and phasing task assignments.Literature Review Page 24.1220.2 There is enduring, convincing evidence of knowledge transformation throughcollaboration. When compared to individual learning, collaborative learning has been shown tobeneficially impact learner achievement, self-efficacy, and relationships among learners4. In areview of 168 studies contrasting