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International Engineering Education II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

. Dr. Zakharov is professor of MADI Technical University,Department of Physics (since 1976), lecturer of General Physics, Theory of Oscillations, Geometrical Optics andOptoelectronics; Senior Researcher (part-time) at the Institute of Molecular Physics of Russian Research Center“Kurchatov Institute” and Program co-coordinator (part-time) of U.S. Civilian R&D Foundation, Moscow office. Hewas Scientific Secretary and project coordinator of the International Science Foundation –ISF (1993-1996) andProfessor of Physics and Mathematics at Universidade E. Mondlane in Maputo – Mozambique (1981-1983). Dr.Zakharov has participation in international conferences and symposiums: IGIP'2000, March 2000, Biel, Switzerland(report), ICECE'99, Rio de Janeiro

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ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Heinz Luegenbiehl; Kathryn Neeley; Jerry Gravander

criteria capture the essence of an educational experience that we consider to beintegrated. In large part these criteria will be relevant regardless of the size or structure of theintegrative project. 1.) Integrated curriculum planning is supported on an ongoing basis by the institution: • both HSS and engineering faculty are involved and carry equal weight in discussions and decisions. • the HSS faculty include people who have knowledge of engineering practice and the contexts in which engineers typically function. • the planning group has institutional support that allows continuity over time and adequate resources in the present. • the institution

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Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Niebuhr; Heather Smith

modified an existinglaboratory.The integrated labs premise of this study came when the authors participated in an NSFsponsored proof of concept project to modify one laboratory experiment in a sophomore levelmaterials engineering course.9 The project chooses a corrosion of metals laboratory. A“traditional” lab experiment, which required measurement, observation, and conclusion, wasmodified to an integrated corrosion lab. The integrated lab had all the attributes of the traditionallab except it also included statistics and design (creative synthesis) and incorporated multi-mediain the form of an interactive CD-ROM. (The format of both new and old labs is explained later

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Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Enke; Susan Murray

to be true for most distance students, others fall on the oppositeextreme – they “tune out,” possibly since to these students the experience does not feellike a real class, or technological barriers prohibit them from participating in the course.Instructors can take steps to reduce feelings of non-involvement. Distance students can beasked to email a self-introduction to the class. Learning job titles and company names canmake the disembodied voices seem more a part of the class to the other students. Pairingdistance students with on-campus students or other distance students for class activities,homework, or projects can improve the quality of the work and the sense of belonging. Aparticularly effective arrangement is to have the distance

Conference Session

Math Software Use in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ryan

analysis tools must be used efficiently in engineering core courses so that teachingof fundamentals is not compromised. This paper describes a shaft design project assigned in ajunior level machine design course, and compares the teaching effectiveness of a traditionalanalysis by “hand” versus a computational approach using COSMOS/Works. Both approachesare found to be beneficial for student learning, and the experience suggests that a finite elementanalysis tool complements, but does not replace, traditional analysis techniques in the classroom.IntroductionThe use of modern computational tools in an undergraduate curriculum is a necessary componentof today’s engineering education. Introduction of new topics or techniques inevitably creates

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Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tremayne Waller; Bevlee Watford

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringEach student in the math course must complete 4 Matlab projects. These Matlab projects are tobe done on the students own time. (There is a computer lab reserved for the ASPIRE program inorder for the students to complete the tasks). The students are assign homework each night andthe homework problems are randomly collected and graded. Quizzes are given and based on theunderstanding of the material covered for each class session. Students are given 3 in class tests.Engineering Problem-SolvingThe instructor of this course exposes the students to the skills of how to solve pencil and paperengineering problems. Also, assignments cover

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Kenrow

-called TCAD framework tools, like GENESISe from ISE [1], canovercome this dilemma. GENESISe is a work environment, which creates a user-friendlyinterface for the TCAD simulation tools. It organizes and maintains simulation projectsautomatically. GENESISe allows to set-up TCAD simulation projects in a parameterizedmanner. Within this work environment the student has easy access to certain parameters(predefined by the instructor). For example, the student can modify these parameters and rerunthe simulation after reading a brief instruction page. The interested student can always venturebeyond the prescribed parameterization to explore the subject at hand to any depth withoutlimits. Some TCAD vendors [1] offer free self-study introductory training

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shakil Akhtar; Alaa Aly

for a networks course following a laboratory based approach to Despite the difficulties of including security related support an active learning environment. The suggestedtopics at the undergraduate level, the recent trends suggest methodologies for delivering the course are engagedthat undergraduate programs in computing include learning, project-based learning, cooperative learning, andsecurity related topics. The CS volume of the Year 2001 problem-based learning. However, in this paper we onlyModel Curricula for Computing (CC-2001 [3]) contains emphasize on the developed labs. The specificseveral modules with area

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Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

M.L. Meier

awordprocessor.A critical and challenging part of an on-going project to develop spreadsheet modules for use inthe materials science and engineering curriculum is finding the best way to introduce these intoexisting courses. This paper describes an effort to integrate spreadsheets into a sophomore-levelintroductory materials science course.Why Spreadsheets?While spreadsheets have been around for many years, dating back to the late 1970s and early1980s when the availability of programs such as VisiCalc and Lotus 123 alone justified thepurchases of the hardware, the engineering student and instructor today have many more optionsfor mathematical and number-crunching software. TKSolver, Maple, MatLab, Mathematica, andothers offer powerful modeling and

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mark Urban-Lurain; Taner Eskil; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

Michigan State University. She was part of a research team studying bestpractices in Science, Math, Engineering and Technology Undergraduate Reform for SRI and NSF, and policyevaluator for an NSF Rural Systemic Reform project on math and science curriculum reform in the Navajo Nation.Taner Eskil is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan StateUniversity. Mr. Eskil holds a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and will soon complete his Ph.D. research in the areaof internet agent support for electronic commerce. Mr. Eskil has been instrumental in developments in the College ofEngineering freshman gateway course in computational tools.Timothy Hinds is an academic specialist in the MSU Department of Mechanical

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Mohammadzadeh

ball, V is the speed of the ball, t is the density of the air,A is the projected area of the ball normal to the air flow, and CD is the drag coefficient.Neglecting the surface roughness of the ball, the drag coefficient CD depends on, airviscosity, air density, ball speed, and ball diameter. That is: C D ? f ( o , t , V , d ) (2)Where o is the air viscosity, t is the air density, V is the speed of the ball, and d is thediameter of the ball. The effect of all these parameters on the drag coefficient can belumped into a single dimensionless parameter known as Reynolds number (Re). That is: Page

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Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

Session 1359 INSTRUMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL AND HOMEMADE PASSIVE SOLAR PANELS Emin Yılmaz University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, Maryland 21853 (410)-651-6470 E-mail: eyilmaz@mail.umes.eduAbstractThe purpose of this project was to compare water-heating capacities of a commercial passivesolar panel and a home designed passive solar panel. The home made solar panel consisted ofsix, 10 ft long parallel, ½ in

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The Climate for Women in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Christine Anderson-Cook; Amy Bell; Steve Spencer

, West Lafayette, IN, 1998. Page 9.1117.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education[11] Goodman, I. F., Cunningham, C. M., Lachapelle, C., Thompson, M., Bittinger, K., Brennan, R. T. and Delci, M., “The Women’s Experiences in College Engineering (WECE) Project,” Goodman Research Group Inc., April 2002.[12] Hall, R.M. and Sandler, B.R., “The Classroom Climate: A Chilly One for Women?,” Project on the Status and Education of Women, Association of American Colleges

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Industrial Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Narang

methodologies and others do notconsider the linkage between basic inventory management principles with lean manufacturing.This paper presents an approach to implement lean manufacturing from the existing condition ofmass or batch production. The implementation consists of series of activities or projects thatneed to be done from start to finish and repeated again. Some projects have to be done beforeothers can start. The paper also shows how some important principles of lean manufacturing canbe taught using inventory management concepts. Page 9.164.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Matthew Morris, Brigham Young University; Dawn Conniff; James Ledlie Klosky, United States Military Academy

tend to damp out intellectualexcitement somewhat.Instant MessagingThere are two primary networks that now dominate the Instant Messaging arena, and the growthof this communication mode is nothing short of phenomenal. According to PR Newswire(2002), an authoritive study of internet use predicts “IM accounts will grow from 225 million in2002, to reach 989 million in 2006. It also predicts that Instant Messaging will becomeincreasingly commonplace in corporate environments over the next four years, projecting thatworldwide IM accounts for business purposes will grow from 35 million in 2002, to reach 118million in 2006”. When combined with the observations of the authors, and Madden’s 2003study, the picture is clear-IM use is ballooning, and young

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Web-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

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Austin Asgill

Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”6. “Issues in Distance Learning,” L. Sherry, International Journal of Educational Telecommunications, 1 (4), pp 337-365.7. Distance Education at a Glance, Engineering Outreach, College of Engineering, University of Idaho (www.uidaho.edu/evo/dist1.html).8. DUE Project Information Resource System, www.ehr.nsf.gov/PIRSWeb/Search.9. “Effective Distance Delivery of Technical Courses Through Interactive Instruction,” Austin B, Asgill and G. Thomas Bellarmine, submitted to ASEE-SE 2003 conference, April 2003.10. URL: www.famu.edu11

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Curriculum Development in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Jones; Robert Wright

describes how funding through a NSF Advanced Technological Education grantis providing a mechanism to support activities in the convergence lab consisting of project-oriented/case study research for members of the North Texas Regional Technology Consortium.Finally, the paper elaborates on issues associated with interoperability efforts and examples ofhow the convergence lab could be employed as a model for beta testing and system integrationfor small and medium-sized industry partners.I. IntroductionEven though the much anticipated seamless convergence of voice and data services primarilyfacilitated by IP enabling technologies has not been fully realized, a telecommunications industryexperiencing flux and the uncertain resolution of technical

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Smith

rationale formaking particular choices are discussed in class. This reinforces the concept that there can bemultiple solutions to a particular set of design requirements.VI. FAQ Page 8.843.7 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 3220With the background and details of the Machine Component Design Applets above, it isappropriate to address the rationale for this project. Several questions have been

Conference Session

Related Engineering Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick Shoemaker

Senior Capstone Project2 Opti 471 A Optics Lab I 3 Specialized Course from Selected Track3 Engr 498A Senior Capstone Project 3 Specialized Course from Selected Track2-3 Specialized Course from Selected Track or Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures Page 8.178.3"Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education"The TracksOptics Track - The optics core is supplemented with courses chosen from one or more scienceor engineering departments

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Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Rebecca Zambon; Rachael Shevin; Cynthia Paschal; Stacy Klein-Gardner

Bioengineering EducationalTechnologies (award EEC-9876363, T. R. Harris, M.D., Ph.D., principal investigator).References1 Antony, M. Gender and Science: A Review of the Research Literature. Equity Coalition for Gender, Race, and National Origin: v3 n2. Fall 1993- Spring 1994.2 Whyte, J. Girls into Science and Technology: the Story of a Project. Routledge & Kegan Paul: London. 1986.3 Martinez, M. Interest Enhancement to Science Experiments: Interactions with Student Gender. Journal of Research in Science Teaching: vs. 29, pp. 167-177. 1992.4 Pollina, A. Gender Balance: Lessons from Girls in Science and Mathematics. Educational Leadership: v. 53, pp. 30-33. Sep 1995.5 Oakes, J. Opportunities, Achievement and Choice: Women and Minority

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Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stephanie Carter; John Feland

student in the Design Division of the Mechanical Engineering Department of StanfordUniversity. A former IDEO employee, John was also a Captain in the Air Force. His last assignment was as an AssistantProfessor at the Air Force Academy. His current research is developing methods to support cross discipline productdevelopment and Innovation Opportunity Assessment based on field research in real companies and his experience as adesigner.STEPHANIE CARTER works at Doblin as a Project Manager, interpreting user insights and field research and translatingthese into new business concepts and processes. She began her career as a designer for infants' clothing, conducting fieldresearch throughout Europe for a user group notoriously difficult to peg. She

Conference Session

Retention of Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Denise Driscoll ; Klod Kokini; Linda Katehi; Jeff Wright; Carolyn Percifield

(i.e., Would you recommend the forum for… Engineering staff?(yes, no, maybe); Engineering faculty? (yes, no, maybe)). We also asked whether they hadalready recommended the forum to someone. Fourth, we assessed the impact of the forum onparticipant’s attitude. This entailed asking participants to rate on a 0 (None) to 7 (A Lot Of)scale their “Before the Forum” and then “After the Forum” response to questions reflecting their1) Affective response to the forum (i.e., My feelings of…Personal responsibility for changing yourwork climate), 2) Behavioral response to the forum (i.e., My level of involvement with…Research or other collaborative projects with a person of color), and 3) Cognitive response to theforum (i.e., My understanding/awareness of

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Cajetan Akujuobi

,” Proc. Instrument Society of America (ISA), Vol. 41, 1986.[3] C. M. Akujuobi, “Analog-to-Digital Converter Selection: Cost and Performance Criteria in Systems,” Proc. Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 15, May 1984.[4] D. Seitzer, G. Pretzl, N. A. Hamdy, “Electronic Analog-to-Digital Converters Principles, Circuits, Devices, Testing”, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1983.[5] G.B. Clayton, “Data Converters”, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1982.8.0 AcknowledgementsWe want to acknowledge the contributions of Rodrigo Lozano, Richard Ellis and Ben Franklin inthis work. They helped the author work on this project as part of their class research project. Weextend our thanks to Texas Instruments for funding the Mixed Signal Systems Laboratory

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anil Khatri

WBMIS PHCES to capture user interface requirement. In DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS PHCES interface specifies in the use case: We observed that benefits from reusing the WBMIS product include improved productivity, PHCES Object Requirements Model- Interface Category: Class Diagram lower overall development cost for new system inPHCES Project line and a testing process less tedious than forOMT Model 4.0

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jitendra Tate; Ronnie Bolick; Ajit Kelkar

doctoral student at North Carolina A&T State University. Currently, he is researching onFederal Aviation Administration’s project “Performance Evaluation and Modeling of Braided Composites”. Hisresearch interests include low cost manufacturing of composites, fatigue behavior of composites, finite elementmodeling, CADD, mechanical event simulations, and statistical analysis. He is the student member of ASME.RONNIE BOLICK is Research Projects Manager of the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, a Researcher and PhDcandidate at North Carolina A&T State University. His research areas have been in embedded fiber optic sensors,fatigue and durability studies for the automotive industry for replacement of mechanical fasteners, manufacturing

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Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

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Wilfred Roudebush

life cycle phases and does not account for inputs ofenvironment, goods, and services. Page 8.529.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Decisions based on an environmental impact analysis may rely on an EnvironmentalImpact Statement. An Environmental Impact Statement is an inventory, analysis, and evaluationof the effect of a planned built environment project on surrounding environmental quality asstipulated by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)6. Decisions based on anEnvironmental Impact Statement

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The Biology Interface

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Raj Mutharasan

Session: 2613 Teaching of Engineering Biotechnology Raj Mutharasan Department of Chemical Engineering Drexel University, Philadephia, PA 19104 AbstractThe goal of this project is to develop a pedagogically novel approach to teaching of modern discoveries ofbiotechnology at a level most students of engineering can comprehend and apply. Topics in molecularbiology, biopharmaceutical manufacturing, drug delivery, and FDA regulations are combined cohesivelyin modular form. The

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rufus Carter; Tim Anderson; Brian Thorndyke; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education(SUCCEED) longitudinal database (LDB) 3,4,5. The LDB contains data from eight colleges ofengineering involving nine universities: Clemson University, Florida A&M University, FloridaState University, Georgia Institute of Technology, North Carolina A&T State University, NorthCarolina State University, University of Florida, University of North Carolina at Charlotte andVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Since the University of North Carolina atCharlotte does not have a chemical engineering degree program, it was excluded from this study.SUCCEED is an ongoing project, and the LDB continues to be updated as data becomeavailable. As of the current study, the LDB

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Teaching Strategies in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino; Ronald Barr

Session 2109 Design, Implementation, and Assessment of an HPL-inspired Undergraduate Course on Biomechanics Marcus G. Pandy, Anthony J. Petrosino, Ron E. Barr, Laura Tennant, Ajay Seth Department of Biomedical Engineering/Department of Curriculum & Instruction University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712Introduction New developments in learning theory suggest that instructors can improve studentunderstanding by changing their teaching practices. Innovations in instructional design such asproblem-based, case-based, and project-based learning have been designed to combat

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Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Headley; Sanjiv Sarin

processes is a cornerstone ofEC 20001.Given the limitations of achievement tests in fulfilling outcomes assessment requirements, theassessment community has recommended several alternative approaches for assessing studentoutcomes. These include portfolios, capstone design project evaluations, student, alumni andemployer surveys, and placement data of graduates. Yet, written surveys administered to currentstudents are the most frequently used assessment instruments, due in part to two reasons – one,they are relatively inexpensive to conduct, and, two, a high response rate is almost guaranteed. Anatural question is whether these student self-assessments are valid substitutes for test questionscreated and scored by an instructor.This paper reports the