Portland, Oregon
June 23, 2024
June 23, 2024
June 26, 2024
Project/Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Construction Education
Construction Engineering Division (CONST)
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10.18260/1-2--47427
https://peer.asee.org/47427
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Mohsen Garshasby is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Building Construction Science at Mississippi State University. Dr. Garshasby is an architect, researcher, and educator who currently teaches collaborative studio(s) and environmental building systems within the College of Architecture, Art and Design at Mississippi State University.
Saeed Rokooei is an associate professor in the Department of Building Construction Science at Mississippi State University. His professional responsibilities include project planning and management as well as architectural design practice in private and public construction and engineering firms. He has taught in architecture and construction programs since 2006.
Dr. Rokooei’s primary research interests include simulation and serious games, project management methodologies, construction education, data analytics, creativity and innovation, and emerging technologies. He is actively pursuing the development of educational techniques and methods in construction. He has developed construction-based simulation applications and strives to bring aspects of project management into simulation applications.
Dr. Mohsen Goodarzi is an assistant professor of construction Management at Ball State University. He received his PhD. in Construction Management from Michigan State University in 2021. His research focuses on sustainability in the built environment, life cycle costing, and construction education.
Over the past several decades, the construction industry has experienced significant growth. Consequently, the needs and opportunities to adapt to this growth in construction education are clear to academics. Learning and developing concepts like teamwork, effective communication, and interpersonal skills are equally important to construction technical concepts like estimating, scheduling, and project control since in the absence of interpersonal skills and relationships, it would be difficult to work and collaborate effectively in the construction industry. At Mississippi State University (MSU) Department of Building Construction Science (BCS), the first-year curriculum employs a design-build instructional delivery method to integrate fundamental knowledge in construction management. The BCS curriculum utilizes “studio” as the standard layout elicited from project-based learning (PjBL) for the core construction management content. Studios are typically longer than regular lab or lecture courses as they provide the opportunity to work on projects during the studio time. In this study, we investigated the students’ perception about this process as a model of learning and explored their experiences in the studio. We asked students about their perceptions of efficiency, productivity, their learning outcome, expectations of the construction industry, challenges they faced and opportunities they discovered. The study employs a quantitative approach via a survey instrument to collect data (n:58). The preliminary results indicated an overall positive trend in productivity and efficiency of learning using design-build. Students indicated various challenges namely, time management, conflicts between members of a team and intensity of building tasks and fabrication. Overall, design-build as an instructional delivery mode has shown to present merit in conveying construction fundamental knowledge, however, challenges with time and group size seem to impact the overall efficiency of the model.
Garshasby, M., & Rokooei, S., & Goodarzi, M., & Garshasbi, A. (2024, June), Exploring Students’ Perception Toward Design-Build as an Educational Delivery Method Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. 10.18260/1-2--47427
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