TY - GEN
T1 - Sustainable reform of an introductory mechanics course sequence driven by a community of practice
AU - West, Matthew
AU - Sohn, Mariana Silva
AU - Herman, Geoffrey L.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - As part of a broader effort to promote the sustainable adoption of evidence-based pedagogies at our institution, the threecourse sequence consisting of Introductory Statics, Introductory Dynamics, and Introductory Solid Mechanics has been redesigned to (1) improve students' low engagement and enthusiasm, (2) improve instructors' experience and reduce their high workload, and (3) maintain and elevate the current standards for content. These three courses are the core second-year mechanics classes in our engineering curriculum, serving approximately 2500 students per year from seven engineering departments. To promote sustainability of the reforms, the courses were redesigned through a Community of Practice (CoP), consisting of faculty who collaborated closely to design and implement changes and who developed communal knowledge of the reforms. Evaluation of reforms focused on student satisfaction as expressed through surveys and focus groups.
AB - As part of a broader effort to promote the sustainable adoption of evidence-based pedagogies at our institution, the threecourse sequence consisting of Introductory Statics, Introductory Dynamics, and Introductory Solid Mechanics has been redesigned to (1) improve students' low engagement and enthusiasm, (2) improve instructors' experience and reduce their high workload, and (3) maintain and elevate the current standards for content. These three courses are the core second-year mechanics classes in our engineering curriculum, serving approximately 2500 students per year from seven engineering departments. To promote sustainability of the reforms, the courses were redesigned through a Community of Practice (CoP), consisting of faculty who collaborated closely to design and implement changes and who developed communal knowledge of the reforms. Evaluation of reforms focused on student satisfaction as expressed through surveys and focus groups.
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U2 - 10.1115/IMECE201551493
DO - 10.1115/IMECE201551493
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84982899083
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
BT - Advances in Multidisciplinary Engineering
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2015
Y2 - 13 November 2015 through 19 November 2015
ER -