- Conference Session
- Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II
- Collection
- 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
- Authors
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David Malicky, University of San Diego; Ming Huang, University of San Diego; Susan Lord, University of San Diego
- Tagged Divisions
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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