Abstract
Engineering design ability is critical in today’s society due to the vast development of technology. However, the development of it is not easy. The introduction of STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Math) and the utilization of PBL (Project-based Learning) seem to promise a bright future in the development of such ability. We adopted Atman’s Engineering Design Process to evaluate the progress that students made after learning from a project-based Truss Tower STEM course. Students were grouped in six to design and construct a light-weight water tower type truss structure that can withstand severe earthquake. 137 students participated in this course and took pre-test as well as post-test. Students demonstrated significant progress in Developing Alternative Solutions and Project Realization. However, students did not show significant progress in Problem Scoping. Our research result echoes earlier research that some of engineering abilities might be trainable in classroom while other abilities might need other development methods.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Innovative Technologies and Learning - Third International Conference, ICITL 2020, Proceedings |
Editors | Tien-Chi Huang, Ting-Ting Wu, João Barroso, Frode Eika Sandnes, Paulo Martins, Yueh-Min Huang |
Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH |
Pages | 567-575 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030638849 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Event | 3rd International Conference on Innovative Technologies and Learning, ICITL 2020 - Porto, Portugal Duration: 2020 Nov 23 → 2020 Nov 26 |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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Volume | 12555 LNCS |
ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
Conference | 3rd International Conference on Innovative Technologies and Learning, ICITL 2020 |
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Country/Territory | Portugal |
City | Porto |
Period | 2020/11/23 → 2020/11/26 |
Keywords
- Engineering design process
- PBL
- Project-based learning
- Science-Technology-Engineering-Math
- STEM
- Truss tower
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Computer Science(all)