Jun262016 by MEERCatNo Comments
Paper: Work in Progress: Rigorously assessing the anecdotal evidence of increased student persistence in an active, blended, and collaborative mechanical engineering environment

Paper: Work in Progress: Rigorously assessing the anecdotal evidence of increased student persistence in an active, blended, and collaborative mechanical engineering environment

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2. DeBoer, J., Stites, N., Berger, E. J., Rhoads, J. F., Krousgrill, C. M., Nelson, D. B., . . . Evenhouse, D. A. (2016). Work in Progress: Rigorously assessing the anecdotal evidence of increased student persistence in an active, blended, and collaborative mechanical engineering environment. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA. doi: 10.18260/p.27032
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Jun202016 by MEERCatNo Comments
Study focuses on use of instructional videos to aid problem solving

Study focuses on use of instructional videos to aid problem solving

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June 20, 2016 by Emil Venere New research aims to help educators quantify how the best students perform problem solving with the aid of instructional videos, a step toward learning how to better coach students in difficult engineering curricula. The research features a new experimental format that uses data from a system that tracks students' "eye gaze" with cameras, also documenting individual problem-solving methods with "smartpens" that record handwriting and audio. Unlike previous research, the new approach defines the order in which a student performs specific actions, which could be crucial to the success of problem-solving methods, said Edward Berger, a Purdue University associate professor of engineering education and mechanical engineering. Twenty-four students participated in the study. "We give them a problem to solve, and we record their actions as they engage…
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