Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh

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Council of Sections

them a solid orientation tolibrary research and information literacy in a university setting. The problem is how to createa curriculum that can satisfy all these missions.Academic ConcernsThe engineering department modified its program and created an integrated freshmancurriculum [2,3] to promote a comprehensive learning environment that includes significantattention to student communication skills. The environment also employs this attention as ameans to amplify students’ consciousness of the academic and personal choices they make.There are two main engineering courses that are part of this curriculum: ENGR0011 andENGR0012. The former is a required three-credit programming course with the overall goals

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Rizzo, University of Vermont

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Council of Sections

the established disciplines”, International Journal for Sustainability in Higher Education, 5(3), 239-250.Azapagic, A., Perdan, S., and Shallcross, D. (2005), “How much do engineering students know about sustainable development? The findings of an international survey and possible implications for the engineering curriculum”, European Journal of Engineering Education, 30(1), 1-19.Dewoolkar, M. M., George, L. A., Hayden, N. J., and Neumann, M. (2009a), “Hands-on undergraduate geotechnical engineering modules in the context of effective learning pedagogies, ABET outcomes, and curricular reform”, J. of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 135(4), 161-175.Dewoolkar, M. M., George, L. A

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Andrew Petersen, University of Toronto Mississauga

Tagged Topics

Council of Sections

environment benefits from the added value placed on collaboration andreciprocal learning. This paper describes a number of variations on the team testing idea anddiscusses how factors in the course affect the type of team test to develop.In a team test, the students complete an individual test paper as well as a group test paper. Theindividual component enforces individual accountability and allows the instructor to askquestions in formats that do not naturally benefit from a group discussion. The group componentasks the students to evaluate others’ ideas and to synthesize a solution that incorporates the bestideas generated by the members of the group. Due to the need to compare and defend ideas,questions on the group test naturally elicit and