Conference Session

Games & Competitions for Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Casper Harteveld, Northeastern University; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

a series of five distinct visualobservations, with each representing an increasing level of severity.Slope Instability due to Shear FailureFigure 2 illustrates the progression of slope instability caused by shear failure within the LeveeInspection virtual environment, described as follows: 1. Subtle Cracking (Low Severity)Initially, small cracks appear parallel to the road or crest on the protected side slope, andsubsequently appear near the toe of the levee. These cracks may seem insignificant at first, butover time they grow larger and increase in number, forming several parallel lines. Eventually,these cracks join together to create a single large crack

Conference Session

Engineering Physics Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg S Mowry, University of St. Thomas; Camille M George, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

Paper ID #15651Lessons from Senior Design and a Shifting Interpretation of AppropriateTechnologyDr. Greg S Mowry, University of St. Thomas Dr. Mowry was raised in Iowa and is currently resides in Minnesota. He earned a BS and MS in Met- allurgical Engineering from Iowa State University. While working Dr. Mowry continued his education through a non-thesis MSEE degree program at Stanford University that focused on analog electronics and micro-magnetics. Later, while leading the advanced recording head design teams at Seagate Technology, he earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Physics from the University of

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas R. Marrero; Andrew K. Beckett

and those who changed academic majors6. In his meta-analysis,Daempfle came to a similar conclusion and described the classroom experiences of SMEstudents as “chilly.”7 Seymour and Hewitt suggest that the best way to increase the retention ofstudents in SME fields is to “improve the quality of the learning experience for all students—including those non-science majors who wish to study science and mathematics as part of theiroverall education.”8 They suggest that institutions focus their efforts on teaching pedagogy,student assessment, advising, and faculty engagement.FIGs: A Seamless Learning EnvironmentThe concept behind Freshman Interest Groups (FIGs) is simple, yet profound. Implemented atthe University of Oregon in 1982, a FIG is a small

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard M. Bennett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; William Schleter, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Taimi Olsen, Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center; Stan Guffey, University of Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center; Wenshu Li

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #6761Characteristics of Students Who Do Not Do HomeworkDr. Richard M. Bennett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Dr. Richard Bennett is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the director of Engineer- ing Fundamentals.Prof. William Schleter, University of Tennessee, Knoxville William Schleter is a senior lecturer.Dr. Taimi Olsen, Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center Dr. Taimi Olsen is the associate director of the Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and adjunct in the First Year Studies program and the UT English Department. At UT, she oversees

Collection

2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

S Claudina Vargas

having properly understood their meanings, or having only partially understood them. • Second, the students’ perceptions about how much they learned in the MACILE program and the skills they showed in the assessments were incongruent. They claimed they learned a lot in mathematics, science, and Spanish, but while their abilities did improve during the periods, the gains were not remarkable. In mathematics, for example, despite a claim by students that they liked mathematics and the excellent grades they achieved in school, students selected to participate in MACILE showed skill levels that were far below those expected for their grade levels. At the end of the summer

Conference Session

Engineering Education Culture: Mental Health, Inclusion, and the Soul of Our Community

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica R. Deters, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

numbers have stayedrelatively stagnant. Research on engineering culture suggests that we must look inside theengineering classroom in order to understand why engineering in the U.S. remains largely whiteand largely male [2], [3]. In order to successfully increase diversity in engineering in asustainable and ethical way, we must not only examine but work to change the culture ofengineering. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated challenges around diversityand inclusion in engineering, but also provided an opportunity to either challenge or uphold thedimensions of engineering culture as courses and programs underwent rapid change. Manystudents face more barriers than before as they juggle COVID-induced challenges with theireducation, while

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology; Eva Graham, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

undergraduate curriculum,provides a forum for students to design and build robots to solve a specific engineering problem.6Programs such as the AAAI Robot Competition and RoboCup are efforts that are effective inexciting students about engineering and science. Small contests, held at the local university Page 12.1494.3level, provide a means to guide students into developing a final product (sometimes in a class orlaboratory environment). However, these contests typically require students to be technicallyadvanced or supported by highly-technical mentors or graduate students. In addition, they tendto involve a large amount of physical and mental effort in

Collection

ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

Authors

Dimitrios Bolkas, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

Tagged Topics

Diversity

ofengineering. Surveying engineering has a significant role in construction and highway projects,mapping and boundary determination, building information management, land informationmanagement, monitoring engineering structures, and more. Surveying makes use of manyrevolutionary technologies including Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), laserscanning, photogrammetry, and mapping using small unmanned aerial systems (sUASs).However, the surveying profession suffers from low public profile, making it difficult to attractstudents in surveying / geomatics programs, with many surveying programs experiencing lowenrollment. This issue has led to significant problems in the profession such as increasing theaverage age of surveyors, with unofficial

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Pedagogy 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Keith S. Pate, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jose M. Garcia, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Farid Breidi, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

learned from thedemonstrator in their coursework, and third were the students who participated in UniversityScience Fairs and University Outreach Programs [8]. This demonstrator was very diverse interms of its possible usage, but was relatively small, which limited the audience of the tool to afew students at a time. Figure 3. Pneumatic Demonstrator Designed at Purdue University in 2014 [8]Many of the interactive tools found in education are opaque, restricting the full view of the toolfrom the observers. In 2017, researchers at the University of Southern Indiana designed aminiature hydraulic demonstrator that utilized a transparent layered Lexan design to address thisproblem [9]. The layered Lexan design, shown in Figure 4, allowed

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifford Bragdon; Carl Berkowitz

1990, in constant dollars. There is a small chance, with about 10 percent probability at present,that oil prices might rise significantly within the next two to three years. If this nise were to occur, market growthand career advances would be reduced in the short run, depending upon the severity and duration of the oil priceincrease and its impact on the global economy. However, it is quite unlikely, even in this pessimistic scenario,that oil prices would remain high during the entire decade.The unexpected sharp increase in oil prices during the 1970s resulted in major increases in energy efficiency andin dramatic increases in the discove~ and recovery of large oil resources. Higher oil prices, at the time, created ahuge incentive for the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: S-STEM 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver; Stephanie S. Ivey, University of Memphis; Craig O. Stewart, University of Memphis; Shani O'Brien, University of Colorado Denver; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; William Schupbach, University of Colorado Denver; Karen D. Alfrey, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Alfrey, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Karen Alfrey is a Clinical Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering and Associate Dean for Un- dergraduate Academic Affairs and Programs in the School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI. She has been a member of ASEE since 2003. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Launching the Urban STEM CollaboratoryAbstractThe Urban STEM Collaboratory is a tri-institution collaboration of University of Memphis(UofM), University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver), and Indiana University Purdue UniversityIndianapolis (IUPUI). Each of the three partner universities is embedded in a large city, andserves similar student

Conference Session

Student Performance and Learning & Open-ended problems

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui Qi, University of California San Diego; Minju Kim, University of California San Diego; Yu Li, University of California San Diego; Carolyn L. Sandoval, University of California, San Diego; Curt Schurgers, University of California San Diego; Marko V. Lubarda, University of California San Diego; Xuan Emily Gedney; Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California San Diego; Alex Phan, University of California San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

exam score. By oral exam 2 (in week 8), a total of 7video assignments had been assigned. A weak positive correlation (R2=0.017) was foundbetween the number of video assignment completion and oral exam 2 scores. By the final exam(week 11), there were a total of 8 video assignments assigned. A weak positive correlation(R2=0.071) was found between the number of video assignment completion and final examscores.Due to the large performance spread of students with zero video submissions, a second linear fitanalysis was performed with only the video-submitted group. The data suggest that completionof additional video assignments in the course positively correlates with assessment (oral andwritten exams) performance. Particularly later in the course

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division (EMD) Tech Session 3: Engineering Management — From Classroom to Practice

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mia Baytop Russell, The Johns Hopkins University; Illysa Izenberg, The Johns Hopkins University; Michael Agronin; Aabhas Jain

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management Division (EMD)

. [Accessed January 2023].[3] ABET, "Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2022-2023," 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting- engineering-programs-2022-2023/. [Accessed December 2022].[4] R. Felder and R. Brent, "Designing and Teaching Courses to Satisfy the ABET Engineering Criteria," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 92, pp. 7-25, 2003.[5] L. R. Lattuca, P. T. Terenzini and J. F. Volkwein, "Engineering Change - A Study of the Impact of EC2000," Baltimore, 2006.[6] I. Izenberg, S. Marra, T. Mackesey, L. Kendrick and J. Bernstein, "Industry Assessment of Multidisciplinary Teamwork Skills," in 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

many optional responses some of which wereselected as being representative and are included in Appendix B to illustrate the widerange of views. The comments suggest that a highly varied and rich mix of insightfulviewpoints are likely to surface if creativity/innovation is explored in the next round ofCEBOK discussions. Page 26.421.6Given the small sample and the moderate response rate, the mini-survey cannot beconfidently extrapolated to all U.S. civil engineering programs. Nevertheless, it providessome insight into the role of creativity/innovation in those programs and may stimulate amore thorough survey effort as part of ASCE’s upcoming review of

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Tebbe; Bijan Sepahpour

inthe small lab environment (system of large lumped-masses). The momentum gained in the useof LabVIEW both in the previous laboratory course and the Control Systems courses is alsomaintained throughout the semester. In addition, the final design project (design of anexperiment) must be fully interfaced with the software.CHALLENGES OF THE FORMAT1-Credit limitation The 1-credit limitation was a compromised solution and was made based on thefollowing criteria. While all other programs on the campus of TCNJ require approximately 120credits for graduation, the engineering program has managed to maintain a 135 creditrequirement. Although it was desirable to have four 2-credit courses, the already higher cap of135 credits prevented such an

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Tobias Ortega-Knight, University of the Virgin Islands; Charles Huang Chen, Michigan State University; Danny Lynch, University of the Virgin Islands; Kathleen Anne Fitzsimons, Michigan State University; Crystal D Alton; Juan L. Mena Lapaix, Michigan State University; Joshua Drost, Michigan State University; Garrett Kohler

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Student

summerresearch experience had concluded, the students and their mentor analyzed the conversationalthreads to find evidence of changes in students’ domain knowledge, research abilities, andpersonal, academic and professional goals.Background and MotivationUndergraduate research experiences have been shown to help prepare and recruit students forgraduate study;7–9 to engage and retain engineering undergraduates;10–12 to connect students withfaculty mentors;13–16 and to help students understand research in a broader context.17,18 Typically,undergraduate research experiences are evaluated through surveys of students and mentors, orfrom feedback gathered after various program activities. These assessment methods have beensuccessfully used to measure both

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 15

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ryan Barlow, Utah State University; Max L. Longhurst, Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

the School of Teacher Education and Leadership at Utah State University. His research focuses on the appropriation of professional learning in science education. Heholds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and instruction from Utah State University (2015), a Masters Degree in Instruction and Curriculum from Arizona State University (1995), a Bachelor of Sci- ence in Elementary Education from Brigham Young University(1993). Dr. Longhurst has directed local and large scale professional development programs providing instructional learning experiences involving over 4,000 elementary teachers annually. Currently he coordinates the Elementary STEM Endorsement program at Utah State University.Prof. Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State

Conference Session

Engineering Identity 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malinda Faber, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University; Alana Unfried, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Jeni Corn, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University; Latricia Walker Townsend; Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Evaluation Programs at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University, Dr. Corn serves as PI of several large, statewide evaluation and research studies of innovations in K-12 schools and districts, including leading the evaluation of initiatives funded under North Carolina’s Race to the Top grant. Her research interests focus on leadership, professional development, teaching and learning, infrastructure, and evaluation for technology-enhanced innovations in public school settings.LaTricia Walker TownsendMrs. Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University Tracey Louise Collins is the Project Coordinator for the MISO Project. Responsibilities include imple- menting activities of the project

Collection

2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Rebecca Bates; Andrew Petersen

), 80-86.[8] Koretsky, M. Web-based Interactive Science and Engineering Learning Tool. Accessed 7 September 2009. https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/che/WISE/.[9] McDowell, C., Werner, L., Bullock, H., Fernald, J. 2002. The effects of pair-programming on performance in an introductory programming course. ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '02).[10] Mehta, S.I. 1995. A Method for Instant Assessment and Active Learning. Journal of Engineering Education, 84: 295.[11] Schellens, T. & Valcke, M. 2004. Collaborative learning in asynchronous discussion groups: What about the impact on cognitive processing? Computers in Human Behavior, 21(6), 957-975.[12] Schmidt, L., Schmidt, J., Colbeck, C., Bigio, D

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Nagraj Balakrishnan; Michael Leonard; Judith McKnew

integrity and traceability throughout the systemlife cycle. CM provides a means to insure effective and efficient engineering and managementreviews, costing, and adoption for approved product and process changes. Doing CM well canhave a significant influence on reducing costs and improving productivity.Although professional development programs are available to provide corporate managers withan understanding of CM, there is little coverage of CM in typical engineering and managementcourses in universities. This may partially be the result of limited CM educational resources forfaculty use. For that reason, we have prepared a CM Overview Module and Instructor’s Guideto be used in a one-to-two week segment of engineering or management courses. The

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is Assistant Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He is also an Associate Director of Purdue’s Global En- gineering Program, leads the Global Engineering Education Collaboratory (GEEC) research group, and is the recent recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance understanding of geographic, disciplinary, and

Conference Session

Elementary School Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Caroline Beller, Oklahoma State University; Pamela Fry, Oklahoma State University; Adrienne Redmond, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Class and field activities are hands-on, inquiry-basedactivities, utilizing whole group discussions, cooperative learning groups, and someindividual projects. Laboratory experiences are designed to emphasize the scienceprocess skills. The remaining 25% of class time is devoted to lecture, discussion, anddemonstration. During the laboratory engineering concepts were discussed anddemonstrated.This paper will focus on the effectiveness of instruction by a chemical engineeringfaculty member as evaluated by in-course assessment tools. Was there any perceivedbenefit of having an Engineer involved with a course designed for education majors?Were the students more aware of the engineering field and of engineering concepts due tothis involvement? Were

Conference Session

Panel on Innovative Graduate Education Concepts: Organized by the National Institute of Aerospace

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Landis, University of Pittsburgh; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Leidy Klotz, Clemson University; Annie R. Pearce, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

AC 2011-2148: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A DISTANCE LEARNINGRESEARCH METHODS COURSE CO-TAUGHT BY CLEMSON, UNIVER-SITY OF PITTSBURGH, AND VIRGINIA TECHAmy E. Landis, University of PittsburghMelissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh Melissa M. Bilec, an assistant professor in the Swanson School of Engineering’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, studies and teaches engineering issues related to sustainability, green design, and construction. She focuses largely on the practical aspects of sustainable building, from the life-cycle and cost benefit of ”green” materials to lending civic initiatives a greener touch and conducting metrics research to understand and evaluate high-performance green buildings. She

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Learning Tools (Virtual)

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Clara Novoa, Texas State University; Bobbi J. Spencer, Texas State University; Leona Hazlewood, Texas State University; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering education, motivation and preparation of under served pop- ulations of students and teachers and in assessing the impact of operationalizing culturally responsive teaching in the STEM classroom. As executive director of the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research, she collaborates on various state and national STEM education programs and is PI on major grant initiatives through NASA MUREP and NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education and NSF DUE . Araceli holds Engineering degrees from The University of Michigan and Kettering University. She holds a Masters degree in Education from Michigan State and a PhD in Engineering Education from Tufts University. c American Society

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mo Ahmadian, Eastern New Mexico University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

, involving 1,600 studentsat a large Canadian university (the equivalent of an American state university with heavilysubsidized tuition), the combination of participation in (a) a scholarship program and (b)academic support services resulted in higher academic achievement and retention for females(but both males and females used support services and peer advising at higher rates) compared togroups of students who participated in either (a) or (b) but not both. This article presents asummary of NSF S-STEM activities for the past two years and discusses a few lessons learned.IntroductionIn a world of rapidly changing technology, the knowledge explosion, and the expanding globaleconomy, there is growing concern regarding the American ability to remain

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darlene M. Olsen, Norwich University; Karen Supan, Norwich University; Liz Johnson, Liz Johnson Education Consulting

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

States. Norwich University is a small, non-profit institution that offers both residential and online programs. The residential program islocated in central Vermont with approximately 2,100 undergraduate students. NU is a uniqueinstitution in that just over 50% of the residential students are in the Corps Cadets. Of all theresidential students, about 13% major in electrical, civil, mechanical, and general engineering.The curriculum map for engineering requires Calculus I in the first semester at NU.Historically, students were placed into their first semester mathematics course by a departmentalmathematics placement test. The institution recently switched to the ALEKS Placement,Preparation, and Learning assessment for the fall 2023 incoming

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald P. Visco Jr., University of Akron; Dirk Schaefer, University of Bath

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

’ “BestUndergraduate Engineering Programs” are based solely on peer assessment surveys 5. Thissubjective approach is, no doubt, highly-influenced by the prestige of the institution – if it isselective, prestigious, note-worthy (often almost exclusively on the back of its researchperformance), then its undergraduate engineering program is assumed to be top-quality as well.Accordingly, a parent and/or student exploring the quality of undergraduate engineeringprograms will unknowingly be looking at undergraduate program rankings that are stronglyinfluenced by the research performance of the institution. While it is crucially important for theUS to continue to push the envelope in terms of world class research, it is also important toensure that the professional

Collection

2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

Authors

Claire VerHulst, Johns Hopkins University; Karen Borgsmiller, The Johns Hopkins University

withoutprompting, but it is helpful to ensure each team has the full engineering design experience.Program EvaluationEvery year the hundreds of students that participate in Engineering Innovation take surveysbefore and after the program to self-assess their engineering skills and report their impressions ofthe program. These surveys are disseminated and analyzed by an external evaluator hired byJohns Hopkins University. Responses are voluntary, anonymous, and not tied to student coursegrades in any way. Currently the surveys are designed to evaluate the program rather thanindividual units or activities. However, since the spaghetti bridge competition is the core projectfor the course and it spans multiple units, we feel this data is representative of the

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Alejandra T. Velasco; Abhishek Juneja

. Scalability: Escape rooms typically work best with small groups, which can be challenging in large class settings. Taraldsen et al. [13] noted this as a potential drawback in their review. 4. Assessment Difficulties: Developing standardized assessment methods for escape room activities can be challenging. Gómez-Urquiza et al. [21] discussed this limitation in the context of nursing education, but it applies equally to engineering fields.Best Practices: 1. Aligning with Learning Objectives: Nicholson [4]stressed the importance of aligning puzzle design with specific learning objectives to maximize educational value. 2. Incorporating Feedback Mechanisms: Incorporating immediate feedback within the escape room

Collection

2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

John Syers

theme in teaching programming is that is difficult (particularly in regards todebugging)2-5. Programming is not just an academic discipline, it is a multi-tiered skill, requiringstudents to utilize multiple types of learning simultaneously6. Introductory programmingcurriculums usually follow a standard format, giving a small amount of time to each concept, andthen moving on. Like mathematics, the knowledge is cumulative, and if the previous concept isnot grasped, the student then has to wrestle with multiple concepts at once.Usually the focus in an introductory computing course is programming, that is, learning theprocesses associated with problem solving using a programming language. The language itself istangential, and yet there is a large