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Development and Implementation of Challenge-Based Instruction in Engineering Graphics

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Conference

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Vancouver, BC

Publication Date

June 26, 2011

Start Date

June 26, 2011

End Date

June 29, 2011

ISSN

2153-5965

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies for Solid Modeling

Tagged Division

Engineering Design Graphics

Page Count

23

Page Numbers

22.470.1 - 22.470.23

DOI

10.18260/1-2--17751

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https://peer.asee.org/17751

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2045

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Seokyoung Ahn University of Texas - Pan American

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Dr. Seokyoung Ahn is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Derpartment at the University of Texas - Pan American (UTPA), in Edinburg, TX. His current research interests are in the areas of biomedical application of powder injection molding, nonlinear filtering algorithm, model-based nonlinear control, and engineering education.

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Robert A. Freeman University of Texas, Pan American

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Dr. Robert A. Freeman has been on the faculty of The University of Texas System for over 25 years and is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UTPA. His research interests include; Kinematic and dynamic modeling, analysis, design and control of multi-rigid-body linkage systems; Robotics; Biomechanics; and Engineering education.

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Stephen W. Crown University of Texas, Pan American

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Dr. Crown is a professor of mechanical engineering in south Texas. He has been actively involved in a number of grants supporting innovative and effective teaching methods for engineering education. He received the 1999 Premier Courseware award for his Engineering Graphics courseware.

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Gregory Allen Potter The University of Texas - Pan American

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ASEE 2011 Conference  Development and Implementation of Challenge-Based Instruction in Engineering Graphics Greg Potter, Seokyoung Ahn, Stephen Crown and Robert Freeman Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas – Pan American, Edinburg, TX, USA AbstractThe focus of this paper is to discuss the challenge-based instructional (CBI) materials currentlybeing developed for the Engineering Graphics course at the University of Texas- Pan American.This endeavor concentrates on student retention of the materials being studied, as well as thestudents’ ability to practically apply their new skills. Minority science, technology, engineering,and math (STEM) students have been found, in recent studies, to depart from STEMundergraduate fields to some extent because of the lack of real world connections to the subjectmatter being taught in the classroom. Also, the traditional way of teaching theory first and thenassigning a task may actually stifle creative thought and innovation required in later STEMcourses. Using a CBI approach, the target lessons will be, in effect, taught backwards. In otherwords, the students are presented with a challenge, and then, only when they have had the chanceto think about the problem, the supporting theory is revealed. Our use of CBI is based on theHow People Learn (HPL) framework for effective learning environments and is realized andanchored by the STAR Legacy Cycle, as developed by the VaNTH NSF ERC for BioengineeringEducational Technologies. The materials developed during the course of this study are acollaboration between students and faculty members at the University of Texas-Pan American(UTPA) and South Texas College (STC), a two year Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).

Ahn, S., & Freeman, R. A., & Crown, S. W., & Potter, G. A. (2011, June), Development and Implementation of Challenge-Based Instruction in Engineering Graphics Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--17751

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