Macdonald, R. N., & Connell, E. (2013, June), Building on the Moon:  An Open-Ended Exercise Benchmarking Freshman CMGT Students  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--19273

\bibitem{asee_peer_19273}
  Macdonald, R. N., \& Connell, E. (2013, June), \emph{Building on the Moon:  An Open-Ended Exercise Benchmarking Freshman CMGT Students}
  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia.
  10.18260/1-2--19273

Rebecca N Macdonald and Erich Connell.  "Building on the Moon:  An Open-Ended Exercise Benchmarking Freshman CMGT Students".  2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2013.  https://peer.asee.org/19273 Internet.  19 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_19273}
  Rebecca N Macdonald and Erich Connell.
  "Building on the Moon:  An Open-Ended Exercise Benchmarking Freshman CMGT Students".
  \emph{2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2013.
  https://peer.asee.org/19273 Internet.  19 Apr, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Building on the Moon:  An Open‐Ended Exercise Benchmarking Freshman CMGT Students It has been noted that in the Construction Management degree program students arrive with preconceived notions and experiences about the construction industry.  This can lead to established bias that is difficult to identify and address.  In an attempt to better understand construction management students’ industry perspective/experience, a problem solving exercise, “Building on the Moon”, was implemented in the introductory course.  “Building on the Moon” was developed as an opened ended problem statement that would allow the instructors to engage and assess students.  The writing/design exercise followed course textbook reading that provided a pragmatic historical rationale the evolution of construction from its infancy.  The exercise was intended for a group of pairs to propose a residence on the moon, including a materials list, method of construction, design rationale and a sketch.  Fifty‐five students submitted work, with vastly different conclusions.  The responses were categorized allowing for quantifiable results.  Benchmarking of current students will allow for additional curriculum enrichment and adjustments. The instructors, an architect and an engineer, purposefully provided minimal direction to prevent the projection of their bias on the students and to gain further insight of students through a less intimidating approach.    
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