Conference Session

Alternative Methods of Teaching and Learning Mechanics

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Amie Baisley, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Mechanics

those core courses serve as thesteppingstone to advanced professional courses in the discipline. Other curricula rely on themechanics courses in a similar way but have a different disciplinary core at the junior level anddifferent professional courses at the senior level.The three courses are generally associated with three semester credit hours each. At the rise ofThe Mechanics Project, these courses were taught in a lecture-based format that met twice aweek using common mechanics textbooks. We will refer to this context as the “traditional”learning environment, which is comprised of lecture during class time, homework outside ofclass, and a few exams to assess learning. Capstone

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Making Mechanics Courses Fun and More Effective

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Md Rashedul Hasan Sarker, University of Indianapolis; Najmus Saqib, University of Indianapolis; George D. Ricco, University of Indianapolis; Megan Hammond, University of Indianapolis; Jared Hilt; James T. Emery II, University of Indianapolis

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Mechanics

physical or kinesthetic demonstrations. Theories that expound upon and methodological frameworks for analyzing kinestheticactivities and experimental lab work have existed in the domain of engineering education forquite some time [6, 7], and certainly are well documented within the mechanical engineeringdiscipline [8-13], ranging from the study of manufacturing, any number of forays and iterationsof the teaching of statics, interdisciplinary work heavily involving mechanical engineeringdesign and mechanical engineering students, senior capstone projects, and a barrage of industry-collegiate partnership research projects. One common theme among these works is that studentsare more engaged with where their interests lie, and if the community