other hand, they report that innovative instruction can lead toimprovements in student beliefs. A project based design (graphic, industrial, interiorphotographic and fashion) curriculum, and a business curriculum promoting self reflection bothresulted in statistically significant increases in deep approach scores as measured by the SPQ.Although conventional lecture-based educational practices tend to reinforce more naive beliefs,innovative instruction can develop more expert-like beliefs, which in turn can promote learning.Over the last four years, the WISE Learning Tool has become an increasingly integralcomponent of the Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering (CBEE) curriculum atOSU, and has been integrated into the three courses
Page 22.1315.10have been carefully chosen to reflect the University of Rochester Energy Initiative. Eachtopic is taught by a different faculty member which means that the course is fast-pacedand students have the opportunity to meet many of the department faculty early in theirstay at the university. This often leads to further opportunities for students to pursueinternships with faculty as early as the summer following the freshmen year.The course has been a success. It now draws more than half of its students from outsidethe department, many coming from social science and humanities disciplines and iswidely considered to be one of the most successful courses in the freshmancurriculum. Enrollment and retention of undergraduate students in