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Conference Session
Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David Malicky, University of San Diego; Ming Huang, University of San Diego; Susan Lord, University of San Diego
Tagged Divisions
New Engineering Educators
learning is often not made in the literature, although it is helpful to distinguish them when trying to determine which pedagogy is most appropriate for a given instructor and course. The most common implementation of project-based learning in engineering is for capstone design courses.• Inquiry-Based Learning: The organizing principle for inquiry-based learning is the scientific method; as such inquiry learning is most commonly used in labs. Students observe a carefully selected phenomenon, develop a hypothesis about that phenomenon, develop an experimental procedure to test their hypothesis, perform their experiment, evaluate their results, and reflect on their learning. Learning is again student-centered, interactive