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A Pedagogical Framework for Understanding the Alignment Between Classroom Project Evaluations and Real-World Industry Requirements

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Conference

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Best Paper

Page Count

9

DOI

10.18260/1-2--41441

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https://peer.asee.org/41441

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249

Paper Authors

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Mayank Kejriwal University of Southern California

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Mayank Kejriwal is a research assistant professor in the University of Southern California's Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, and a research team leader at USC's Information Sciences Institute. Dr. Kejriwal is passionate about applying technology for social good, and has research interests in applied Artificial Intelligence and computational social science.

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Abstract

Recently, there has been an explosion in incorporating (typically, group-level) projects as an important component of individual course-level curricula in many engineering departments. A motivation that is often cited for using projects to evaluate students in groups is ensuring that students are well equipped to collaborate on, and negotiate, real-world projects. Unfortunately, it is not always evident that the actual design and evaluation of such projects by instructors is guided by real-world concerns. We suspect this may be due to a lack of agreement on best practices, or due to misalignment between university curricula and actual (i.e., in practice) job requirements. This work-in-progress paper briefly contextualizes the alignment problem, and argues for a framework that treats the project components of courses as first-class citizens. We present five example categories, with three item-prompts each, from the framework, which could potentially be instantiated for independent project-based engineering courses. We also present the outlines of an experimental plan for evaluating the framework.

Kejriwal, M. (2022, August), A Pedagogical Framework for Understanding the Alignment Between Classroom Project Evaluations and Real-World Industry Requirements Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41441

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