Li, L., & Yang, Y. (2011, June), Enhance Engineering College Math Teaching with Gaming and Virtual Reality Learning Modules  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--17893

\bibitem{asee_peer_17893}
  Li, L., \& Yang, Y. (2011, June), \emph{Enhance Engineering College Math Teaching with Gaming and Virtual Reality Learning Modules}
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--17893

Lin Li and Yonggao Yang.  "Enhance Engineering College Math Teaching with Gaming and Virtual Reality Learning Modules".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/17893 Internet.  26 Apr, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_17893}
  Lin Li and Yonggao Yang.
  "Enhance Engineering College Math Teaching with Gaming and Virtual Reality Learning Modules".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/17893 Internet.  26 Apr, 2025

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AB  -          Enhance Engineering College Math Teaching with Gaming and                      Virtual Reality Learning ModulesTraditional mathematics teaching in America faces a serious challenge. It is insufficient ingrasping students’ attention, and as a result, students are losing interest in learning mathematicsand their performance is below that of students in other industrialized nations. Surveysdemonstrate that many engineering students feel math is boring and they don’t see theconnection between mathematics and real life engineering problems. To address these issues,revamping college math teaching and incorporating modern technology into the classroombecome important.Students living in the digital age are visual and active learners. This paper presents a project thatis currently conducted at the university, which, through pilot math class teaching, proved to beefficient in increasing student engagement and supporting teachers’ instructional needs. The keystrategy of the project is to use virtual reality and gaming tools to develop new math learningmodules and use them to enhance students’ performance. By applying cutting-edge computergraphics and animation technology, these modules can (1) make mathematics learning interestingwhile still retaining the underlying contents; (2) make abstract and non-intuitive mathematicsconcepts “visible” and “touchable”, and thereby, easy to understand; and (3) bridge mathematicsand engineering and motivate students to pursue engineering careers.The goal of the project is to ensure that students, especially freshmen and sophomores, willbenefit from the innovative instructional strategies and develop a solid math foundation for theirscience and engineering career. In the paper, a summary of courses impacted, samples of themath learning modules, and student feedback are discussed. Further, a phased projectimplementation plan is depicted.
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