Designing a sustainable and dynamic problem-solving class for first-year engineering students
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2005-06-12
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Jackson, Edward A.
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American Society for Engineering Education
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As the fields of engineering expand and introductory courses become more compressed, it has
become a greater challenge to structure first-year classes to prepare students adequately both for
the remainder of their formal education and for the workplace. We review the objectives of firstyear
classes and some of the traditional methods used in teaching them. We also introduce our
attempts in the last few years at developing a sustainable and dynamic first-year electrical
engineering class at Iowa State University. Discussion of classroom, laboratory, and out-of-class
learning is included, along with some of our results.
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ASEE holds the copyright on this document. It may be read by the public free of charge. Authors may archive their work on personal websites or in institutional repositories with the following citation: Jackson, E., & Mina, M. (2005, June), "Designing A Sustainable And Dynamic Problem Solving Class For First-Year Engineering Students." Paper presented at 2005 Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon. 10.18260/1-2--14957.
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