Designing Course 2 assignments to emphasize practical engineering applications
Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2017.
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| author | Edwards, Allison (Allison R.) |
| author2 | Warren Seering. |
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| description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2017. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1125882019-04-10T19:17:22Z Designing Course 2 assignments to emphasize practical engineering applications Edwards, Allison (Allison R.) Warren Seering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2017. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. MIT's educational philosophy, mens et manus, stresses the importance of providing students with both a conceptual and practical understanding of engineering. This thesis explored the development of design guidelines for creating assignments for introductory Course 2 classes that better emphasize the practical side of this educational mission. These design guidelines were identified by redesigning one case study 2.004 laboratory assignment, the tall building vibration lab. From student feedback on this case study assignment, the successful features of this redesigned assignment could be identified and used as guiding principles for the design of future assignments. Student reviews of the case study assignment indicated that the most promising feature of this assignment was the fact that it was structured as an interactive story set in a specific engineering project context. This feature may be used as an initial guiding design principle for the creation of other Course 2 assignments. More work must be done to test and develop these design guidelines further and to understand how to create assignments that teach practical applications of engineering while still allowing students to efficiently complete their graded work. by Allison Edwards. S.B. 2017-12-05T19:19:29Z 2017-12-05T19:19:29Z 2017 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112588 1013462684 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 54 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Edwards, Allison (Allison R.) Designing Course 2 assignments to emphasize practical engineering applications |
| title | Designing Course 2 assignments to emphasize practical engineering applications |
| title_full | Designing Course 2 assignments to emphasize practical engineering applications |
| title_fullStr | Designing Course 2 assignments to emphasize practical engineering applications |
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| title_short | Designing Course 2 assignments to emphasize practical engineering applications |
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| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
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