Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Rowland, U.S. Military Academy; James E. Bluman, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

the use of many visual examples of actual production andexperimental aircraft. Additional discussion on the advantages of the Mystery Aircraft techniquebriefly cover topics such as applying the Dual Coded Theory of Redundancy and Reinforcementfor cognitive learning, enhancing student cultural literacy within the field of aeronauticalengineering, and support of institutional program outcomes and ABET criterion. Theeffectiveness of the technique in capturing students’ attention, generating interest, and improvingmotivation is assessed through the use of student mid-course and course-end surveys. A listingof the aircraft examples and their associated topics is also presented in the appendix.Introduction For the last two years, instructors