Baltimore , Maryland
June 25, 2023
June 25, 2023
June 28, 2023
Materials Division (MATS)
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10.18260/1-2--42586
https://peer.asee.org/42586
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David O. Obada holds a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, specializing in production/industrial engineering. His research interests include fracture mechanics, advanced materials, and condensed matter physics. Before joining the Atlantic Technological University, Ireland, David was a research fellow at the University of Ghana, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India, and the University of Birmingham, UK. Also, David was a research and teaching fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, and holds a Kaufmann Teaching Certificate from MIT.
Group project forms an integral part of engineering education because creating connections between the course modules and its applications can be a difficult task. Therefore, team dynamics can play a major role in determining the success rate of learners. The jigsaw approach in the context of engineering education creates expert teams from a group of students by bringing together sub-sets of a group, with each team saddled with the responsibility of studying a specific module and discussing the outcomes with peers. In this study, the jigsaw method is abstracted from the collaborate section of the new pedagogy- CACPLA (Communicate, Active, Collaborate, Problem-based Solving, Learning and Assessment), and assisted with tutorials and peer facilitated studies on elasticity. The broad subject was sub-divided into subsections such as: stress and strain in engineering materials, elasticity hysteresis, Hooke's law, stress tensors, bulk modulus, modulus of elasticity, and young modulus. Based on these subtopics, each of the 7 sub-groups were entrusted with creating scenarios for solving actual problems. We present case-studies on how the collated jigsaw pieces were useful to support the students and create in-depth knowledge on the subject matter.
Obada, D. O., & Eberemu, A. O., & Salami, K. A., & Oyedeji, A. N., & Akande, A., & Anafi, F. O., & Ahmed, A. S. (2023, June), Adoption of CACPLA Pedagogy Collaborate Approach to Improve Peer-Facilitated Tutorials in Material Science Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--42586
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