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Effectiveness of Research and Practice on the Improvement of Scientific Literacy Based on Extra-curricular Learning ——A case of a certain Engineering College in China

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy - Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Page Count

13

DOI

10.18260/1-2--41885

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https://peer.asee.org/41885

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285

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Banglong Liang

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Banglong Liang is a Ph.D. graduated from the School of Reliability and Systems Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China. He is currently the deputy director of the student department of Beihang University. He majors in systems engineering and his research interests include student ideological and political education, peer counseling, and student quality-oriented education.

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Haojing Chang

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Abstract

University innovation is a crucial component of building an "innovative country." The innovation of university students constructed the university innovation system. Therefore, cultivating undergraduate students' ability towards scientific literacy and creating an innovative environment is especially crucial. To address the problem of undergraduates' lack of self-innovation consciousness and scientific research ability in the conventional talent training process that focuses on intensive lectures and is evaluated by the paper test. In this article, through literature research and case studies, taking a certain engineering college located in Beijing, China as an example, a series of programs were implemented, including training of scientific research skills, research interest group discussions, and training of scientific research projects. Two hundred forty undergraduates of the same grade are randomly selected and divided into three classes to cultivate scientific research literacy in different extra-curricular learning modes. Afterward, tracking, comparing, and analyzing the practical data of those undergraduate students for three-year extra-curricular learning reveals the outstanding achievements yielded from a series of China's policy-driven university training programs and the improvement of university students' scientific research capabilities. This article puts forward a "trinity system" development scheme and mode and Carries out innovative talent training engineering practice by studying and analyzing the orienting and results under different training modes. More specifically, inspiring students' enthusiasm by taking practical projects training; building the whole-process progressive training modes of centralized teaching, self-study, student seminars, and project training as the core to improve their scientific literacy. The scientific research atmosphere is enhanced and constructed to collectively drive individual development and form a sense of innovation in virtuous competition and cooperation. This study exhibited the effective practice for improving undergraduates' scientific literacy and the construction of the innovation environment, also provided reference for exploring the establishment of a multi-dimensional evaluation model for assessing students, cultivating top-notch innovative talents, and promoting the development of the overall innovation ability of the university.

Liang, B., & Chang, H. (2022, August), Effectiveness of Research and Practice on the Improvement of Scientific Literacy Based on Extra-curricular Learning ——A case of a certain Engineering College in China Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41885

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