Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

6-20-2004

Subject: LCSH

Engineering--Study and teaching, Problem solving--Study and teaching, Educational evaluation

Disciplines

Chemical Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Engineering Education | Mechanical Engineering | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering

Abstract

The School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of New Haven has a newly developed project-based Introduction to Engineering course. This new course plays a central role in the new Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral curriculum as the first semester course for all engineering freshmen. An assessment process was developed to determine the effectiveness of this project-based course, specifically with attention towards assessing attitudes, impact on retention, problem-solving and engineering foundation topics. This paper addresses the particular portion of the assessment process for the individual course projects and their contribution to the last two assessment categories.

Comments

© 2004 American Society for Engineering Education. Other scholars may excerpt or quote from these materials with the same citation. When excerpting or quoting from Conference Proceedings, authors should, in addition to noting the ASEE copyright, list all the original authors and their institutions and name the host city of the conference.

Publisher Citation

Daniels, S., Aliane, B., Nocito-Gobel, J. & Collura, M. (2004, June), Project-Based Introduction To Engineering -- Course Assessment. Paper presented at 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 20-23, Salt Lake City, Utah. https://peer.asee.org/13357

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