Bohnhoff, G., & Sample-Lord, K. M. (2019, June), Creating a Library of Group Activities that Promote Active Learning in the Undergraduate Soil Mechanics Classroom  Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2--32557

\bibitem{asee_peer_32557}
  Bohnhoff, G., \& Sample-Lord, K. M. (2019, June), \emph{Creating a Library of Group Activities that Promote Active Learning in the Undergraduate Soil Mechanics Classroom}
  Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Tampa, Florida.
  10.18260/1-2--32557

Gretchen Bohnhoff P.E. and Kristin M. Sample-Lord P.E..  "Creating a Library of Group Activities that Promote Active Learning in the Undergraduate Soil Mechanics Classroom".  2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida, 2019, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2019.  https://peer.asee.org/32557 Internet.  21 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_32557}
  Gretchen Bohnhoff P.E. and Kristin M. Sample-Lord P.E..
  "Creating a Library of Group Activities that Promote Active Learning in the Undergraduate Soil Mechanics Classroom".
  \emph{2019 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Tampa, Florida, 2019, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2019.
  https://peer.asee.org/32557 Internet.  21 Dec, 2024

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AB  - A digital library of group activities that promote active learning in the undergraduate soil mechanics classroom was developed through a collaborative effort between Villanova University (VU) and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville (UW-Platteville). The intent was to develop multiple activities that could be shared with geotechnical faculty via dissemination through the United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER), which would be easy to implement in existing soil mechanics courses, with little to no preparation. Sixteen different activities were developed with the help of undergraduate and graduate students at both VU and UW-Platteville, and support from USUCGER. The materials for each activity include: (1) a summary sheet for the instructor with learning objectives and instructions; (2) the activity handout to provide to the students; (3) the solution set; (4) an example rubric for the activity; and (5) supplemental information, if applicable. The required in-class time for the activities ranges from as short as one to two minutes to 50 minutes, to allow for flexibility in implementing the activities in existing courses. All of the activities were created for small informal groups. The activities vary widely in their format (e.g. "typical" quantitative problems, group jigsaws, concept questions/discussion, group presentations, calculation QA/QC) to complement different teaching styles.  All of the activities included in the library were reviewed by four other faculty members with experience teaching undergraduate geotechnical courses at a range of universities. Several of the activities also were piloted in an undergraduate soil mechanics class at UW-Platteville in spring 2017 and then most of the activities were implemented in fall 2017 and spring 2018.  Scores from student evaluations from semesters before the activities were implemented were compared with student evaluations and surveys conducted after implementation of the new active learning format.  The implementation of the activities showed improvement in student perception of the clear presentation of complex material, instructor confidence in course content, encouragement of questions, and instructor investment in student learning.  In addition, students were more interested in geotechnical engineering, and felt the small group activities provided a real world context to the topics covered in geotechnical engineering. 
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