Development and Assessment of Science Content and Support Skill Trajectories in Engineering Education

Information

• NSF Award
• 0837310

Owner

• Kettering University

• Award Id

  0837310

• Award Effective Date

  6/1/2009 - 15 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  11/30/2012 - 11 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 89,385.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

Interdisciplinary (99)<br/><br/>This project seeks to assess student competency and growth in response to exposure and instruction in a number of content and skill areas. The content and skill areas selected for study are those building blocks upon which advanced concepts depend for their complete understanding. These building blocks tend to be thematic elements in engineering education and form trajectories through a given curriculum. This project measures student competency in a specific skill area using pre-instruction and post-instruction assessments each time a student encounters the skill as they progress through two years of an undergraduate engineering curriculum. This longitudinal study is also designed to identify the strategies students use outside of traditional instruction to develop competency in key areas. The data are also being analyzed to determine common failure modes and misconceptions which in turn can be used to improve instructional content and delivery and to design specific interventions to improve student competency. The rubrics and methodologies used throughout this project are being freely disseminated to interested engineering schools.

• Program Officer

  Amy Chan Hilton

• Min Amd Letter Date

  6/10/2009 - 15 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  6/10/2009 - 15 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Kettering University

• City

  Flint

• State

  MI

• Country

  United States

• Address

  1700 University Ave

• Postal Code

  485046214

• Phone Number

  8107629677

• First Name

  Ada

• Last Name

  Cheng

• Email Address

  acheng@kettering.edu

• Start Date

  6/10/2009 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  David

• Last Name

  Benson

• Email Address

  dbenson@kettering.edu

• Start Date

  6/10/2009 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Laura

• Last Name

  Miller-Purrenhage

• Email Address

  lmillerp@kettering.edu

• Start Date

  6/10/2009 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Human Subjects

• Code

  116000

• Text

  S-STEM:SCHLR SCI TECH ENG&MATH

• Code

  1536

• Text

  CCLI-Type 1 (Exploratory)

• Code

  7494

• Text

  UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

• Code

  9178

• Text

  SCIENCE, MATH, ENG & TECH EDUCATION