State BerksOur MethodologyTwo freshmen courses in networking and database fundamentals were selected with 24 studentsin each class of the summer of 2017. We used the publicly available national rubric called:Foundations and Skills for Lifelong Learning VALUE Rubric (AA&C). We chose this particularrubric as it is designed to assess the skills and dispositions involved in lifelong learning, whichwe felt would be ideal for assessing two foundational, related computing courses. Both coursesrequired students to write a common term project used for assessing five criteria, such asCuriosity, Initiative, Transfer, Independence and Reflection.The common assignment was divided into two parts. In the first part, students were asked todemonstrate their
American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Project-Based Learning of Digital Logic Circuit Design Dugwon Seo, Ph.D. and Danny Mangra Queensborough Community College, City University of New York Department of Engineering Technology 222-05 56th Avenue Bayside, NY 11364AbstractDigital Logic Design is a fundamental course in both Computer and Electrical EngineeringTechnology fields and as such it is important for the course to provide students with a goodunderstanding and continuous interest. Project-based learning allows students to gain knowledgeby solving real-world
the core of a student-centered learning experience are the active-collaborative learning (ACL)teaching pedagogies. K. A. Smith et al.1 termed these the Pedagogies of Engagement. In his paperthe connection between engagement and learning is chronicled with various collaborativepedagogies having positive effects on student exam performance. A fundamental assumption ofthis study is that zero student engagement leads to near-zero learning. It is then asserted thatengaging students increases the probability that they will learn something from their time in theclassroom. Studies published concerning the effect of ACL activities on student engagementduring lecture have, to the author’s knowledge, used indirect measurement techniques. These