High-Quality Learning Environments for Engineering Design: Using Tablet PCs and Guidelines from Research on How People Learn

Enrique Palou ,
Enrique Palou
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High-Quality Learning Environments for Engineering Design: Using Tablet PCs and Guidelines from Research on How People Learn,

Departamento de Ingenier´ıa Qu´ımica, Alimentos y Ambiental,

Lourdes Gazca ,
Lourdes Gazca

Centro para la Educacion de las Ciencias, Ingenierıas y Tecnologıas (CECIT),

Juan Antonio Díaz García ,
Juan Antonio Díaz García

Centro para la Educaci´on de las Ciencias, Ingenier´ıas y Tecnolog´ıas (CECIT),

Departamento de Ingenierıa Industrial y Mecanica,

José Andrés Rojas Lobato ,
José Andrés Rojas Lobato

Centro para la Educaci´on de las Ciencias, Ingenier´ıas y Tecnolog´ıas (CECIT),

Departamento de Ingenierıa Industrial y Mecanica,

Luis Geraldo Guerrero Ojeda ,
Luis Geraldo Guerrero Ojeda

Centro para la Educacion de las Ciencias, Ingenierıas y Tecnologıas (CECIT),

José Francisco Tamborero Arnal ,
José Francisco Tamborero Arnal

Centro para la Educacion de las Ciencias, Ingenierıas y Tecnologıas (CECIT),

Departamento de Ingenierıa Industrial y Mecanica,

María Teresa Jiménez Munguía ,
María Teresa Jiménez Munguía

Centro para la Educacion de las Ciencias, Ingenierıas y Tecnologıas (CECIT),

Departamento de Ingenierıa Quımica, Alimentos y Ambiental,

Aurelio López-Malo ,
Aurelio López-Malo

Centro para la Educacion de las Ciencias, Ingenierıas y Tecnologıas (CECIT),

Departamento de Ingenierıa Quımica, Alimentos y Ambiental,

Juan Manuel Garibay
Juan Manuel Garibay

Centro para la Educacion de las Ciencias, Ingenierıas y Tecnologıas (CECIT),

Published: 18.04.2012.

Volume 1, Issue 1 (2012)

pp. 1-16;

https://doi.org/10.7455/ijfs.v1i1.42

Abstract

A team of several faculty members and graduate students at Universidad de las Amricas Puebla is improving engineering design teaching and learning by creating richer learning environments that promote an interactive classroom while integrating formative assessment into classroom practices by means of Tablet PCs and associated technologies. Learning environments that are knowledge-, learner-, community-, and assessment-centered as highlighted by the How People Learn framework, have been developed. To date, the redesign of the undergraduate course entitled Introduction to Engineering Design has signicantly (p<0.05) increased student participation; formative assessment and feedback are more common and rapid; and instructors are utilizing the information gained through real-time formative assessments to tailor instruction to meet student needs. Particularly important have been opportunities to make student thinking visible and to give them chances to revise, as well as opportunities for "what if" thinking.

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