ofSheffield (UK). The UK and US have a special relationship considering the warm political,diplomatic, historical, and cultural ties and the US being a member nation of theCommonwealth of Nations. Although the US maintains close relationships with othercountries, the level of cooperation in military planning, execution of military operations,nuclear weapon technology sharing, and intelligence sharing between the US and UK areunparalleled 4. Even having this warm relationship, these two countries differ in manyways. Obviously, the educational systems and research infrastructure are also different;with each having its merits and demerits. The paper presents the migration experience, while highlighting the differencesbetween the two
implementation, lessonscan be successfully embedded into well-planned activities to illustrate and/or supplement the courselecture content to effectively educate students as young engineers2 and simultaneously challenge andinspire them5. However, with the current trend of incorporating more active learning into our curricula,we are mindful that a “one size fits all” approach may not be the best option to achieve the most successfor all classes and levels in engineering. This research sets out to identify the framework for aproportional profile of learning modes across academic levels in engineering, starting with the freshmanyear and tracing on through to the senior year. Strong correlations between the infusion of carefullyselected and implemented
classroom examinations fromdeveloping the course test plan, writing objective test items, administering the exam, to assigningthe grades. Stevens and Levi12 discuss rubrics, stressing the time savings resulting from the useof rubrics. The book provides detailed explanation about the purpose of rubrics and guidance onhow to construct them. It also gives suggestions on how to effectively use rubrics for grading.3. Grading Exam ProblemsProblems with numerical answers are one of the most common types of exam questionsencountered in engineering courses. In this section, we provide an insight on how to optimize thetime spent on grading such problems while still getting an accurate assessment of how studentsare learning.Tip 1: Design exams with grading in
, professional 2, personal 1, etc. The nine questions are shownin Table 1.Table 1. Survey questions. Each statement was a completion to the stem, “This reflectionactivity helped me to.” Respondents were given a set of five options: “strongly disagree,”“disagree,” “neither agree nor disagree,” “agree,” and “strongly agree.” Column 1 contains thequestion identifiers that are used in the results and discussion below. Identifier Question Professional 1 . . . learn something related to the key ideas in this [context]. Professional 2 . . . learn something relevant to my major (or planned major). Professional 3 . . . learn something but not something related to this [context] or my major. Personal 1 . . . fit into the campus community
it’s not always like you have this, so just deal with whatever you have. (Melani, Teaching)Regardless of the type of technology used to connect with other students, the Start alone, Endalmost together style was very similar to the Start alone, End together style where studentsintentionally decided to begin a task on their own and then as difficulties arose or the assignmentcame to an end, to come together. Unlike the Start alone, End together style, however, Startalone, End almost together students tended to favor electronic communication, informal, lessstructured, or less scheduled exchanges over planned meetings. Combined, these two stylesdominated the study styles observed by students at three of four institutions (Teaching, Research,and
engineeringscience requirements in higher education, but unlike the fundamentals-first approach, EiEstudents engage science content through a simple engineering design process. In this process,students are taught to iteratively “ask, imagine, plan, create, and improve” to meet the goal of arange of engineering design challenges.17 The design challenges in EiE work to engage studentsthrough real-world application of engineering design, often in cross-cultural contexts.Unit-by-unit, EiE students explore different science topics by applying engineering design toproblems that are contextualized in countries from Ghana to Denmark.18 In the physical science(iii
method Page 12.1159.5Before choosing a strategic teaching method, faculty need to understand the way the brain solvesmost design engineering problems. Within any strategic plan for engineering, various tactics areavailable including design methods such as brainstorming, morphology, evaluations, finiteelement analysis (FEA), features-based modeling, rapid prototyping, etc. But according to Eder,engineering tactics can be applied as learning techniques for anyone.Eder9 also proposed that problems are a constituent part of a design project. The simplestproblems have essentially one solution and are well-characterized by the mathematicalhomework
direct instruction to be more effectivethan learner-centered practices4. With this in mind, new faculty in particular should be concerned Page 26.1727.2about these student perceptions and preferences – they will drive important factors such asmotivation and willingness to work hard for an unknown professor5,6.One of the first (and daunting) tasks of a new educator is the planning of a course. It is temptingto sit down and create one’s syllabus in a linear manner, only considering the content at hand andthe calendar of the term. However, to have a truly successful course, the educator shouldapproach this task as a design task – one is designing