Development And Implementation Of Challenge Based Instruction In Statics And Dynamics

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dc.contributor.authorFreeman, Robert
dc.contributor.authorVasquez, Horacio
dc.contributor.authorKnecht, Martin
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Taylor
dc.contributor.authorFuentes, Arturo
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Joan
dc.contributor.authorMartinez Ortiz, Araceli
dc.creator.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3375-1519en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T14:40:29Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T14:40:29Z
dc.date.issued2010-06-20
dc.descriptionThis paper was originally presented at the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education annual meeting. © 2010 American Society for Engineering Educationen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses challenge-based instructional (CBI) materials developed for courses in Statics and Dynamics. This effort is a component of a funded College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA) grant from the Department of Education, and focuses on student retention and development of adaptive expertise. Studies have shown that minority science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students leave STEM undergraduate fields in part due to lack of real world connections to their classroom learning experiences. Furthermore, in STEM fields the conventional approach is to teach for efficiency first and for innovation only in the latter years of the curriculum. This focus on efficiency first can actually stifle attempts at innovation in later courses. Our response to these issues is to change the way we teach. CBI, a form of inquiry based learning, can be simply thought of as teaching backwards. In this approach, a challenge is presented first, and the supporting theory (required to solve the challenge) second. Our implementation of CBI is built around the How People Learn (HPL) framework for effective learning environments and is realized and anchored by the STAR Legacy Cycle, as developed and fostered by the VaNTH NSF ERC for Bioengineering Educational Technologies. The developed materials are a result of collaboration between faculty members at the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) and South Texas College (STC), a two year Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).en_US
dc.description.departmentBiomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineeringen_US
dc.description.departmentInterdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
dc.description.departmentEngineering Education
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Education, CCRAA-HSI programen_US
dc.identifier.citationFreeman, R., Vasquez, H., Knecht, M., Martin, T., Fuentes, A., Walker, J., & Martinez Ortiz, A. (2010). Development And Implementation Of Challenge Based Instruction In Statics And Dynamics. Paper presented at 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, Kentucky. doi:10.18260/1-2--16904en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--16904
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/2068
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Society for Engineering Educationen_US
dc.titleDevelopment And Implementation Of Challenge Based Instruction In Statics And Dynamicsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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