This longitudinal study is an investigation of the impact on student retention of a First-Year Engineering Projects (FYEP) course at a large public research university. Student retention was measured at the third, fif...
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Design projects provide an ideal focus for hands-on learning, serving to anchor and provide context for theoretical concepts. Product design is inherently open-ended and multi-disciplinary, and forces effective teamwo...
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The service-learning educational method actively engages students in community service as an integral component of coursework, fostering both civic responsibility and leadership. Research has shown that the use of ser...
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The service-learning educational method actively engages students in community service as an integral component of coursework, fostering both civic responsibility and leadership. Research has shown that the use of service-learning pedagogy has significant positive effects on students' academic performance (GPA, writing skills, critical thinking skills) and development of civic values (commitment to continued civic participation).1Service-learning courses are emerging in engineering colleges as a mechanism to provide engineering students with meaningful community-based learning experiences through which they develop the values and skills of citizenship and leadership, while maturing their own communications skills and strengthening their commitment to the engineering profession.
At the University of Colorado at Boulder, the custom design and construction of a 34,500 square foot laboratory and classroom facility from the ground up provided a unique opportunity for engineering educators to use ...
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At the University of Colorado at Boulder, the custom design and construction of a 34,500 square foot laboratory and classroom facility from the ground up provided a unique opportunity for engineering educators to use the building itself as an educational tool, This curricular concept and accompanying building data system at the ITL laboratory is called 'Building-as-a-learning- Tool,' or BLT The web-based BLT software system continuously monitors more than 300 building systems sensors, enabling engineering faculty and students to use the BLT system as a distance-learning tool to take the 'pulse' of the building from anywhere in the world (see http://***).
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