Engaging Freshman Engineers Using the Paul-Elder Model of Critical Thinking
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- Table 2. Sample of student responses on “analyze the discipline” assignments. Discipline Civil and Environmental Engineering Bioengineering
5. Discussion of Results
The survey results appeared to confirm that students appreciate the activities that faculty are providing to meet the course goals. Responses concerning the critical thinking activities and “Analyze the Discipline” exercises received what amounted to average ratings from the class. After reviewing the work of the selected students (Tables 2 and 3), and referring back to both Nosich and exemplars of analysis of engineering disciplines provide by Paul et al. 1 , these observations are made: 1. The elements point of view and assumptions are hard to grasp. It is clear that faculty need to discuss the elements more thoroughly during the lecture about the Paul-Elder framework. More interactive small group activities to reinforce this would be beneficial. Many student answers took the view of “what do people assume ABOUT …engineers”, despite the assignment asking specifically for assumptions engineers make. One faculty presenter actually mentioned something like “everyone assumes CEEs wear hard hats”. Several students took that as the answer to what they were supposed to answer and then they kept that same context for the following assignments! Some of the presenters even seemed to struggle with exactly how to answer questions related to point of view. This remains a challenge as to how to work with faculty from other departments. Table 2. Sample of student responses on “analyze the discipline” assignments. Discipline Civil and Environmental Engineering Bioengineering Computer Engineering and Computer Science Purpose They design and build the nation’s transportation, supply and energy systems and solve problems of today’s society such as water supply, urban congestion, waste disposal, and conservation Build bridges, structures/infrastructure Develop health related products and techniques to improve quality of life Apply engineering to medicine and biology Focuses on programming languages, data and information representation, storage and processing, and algorithms and computability Design and develop hardware and software systems Implications Death from structural failures, damage to environment Fresh water to 3 rd world countries Create many structures that make our daily lives convenient If something were to go wrong with a device or medicine…the consequence could be fatal In the realm of ethics and human conscience, any process or product meant to repair biological processes in humans must be rigorously tested, because they can mean the difference between life and death of a patient New technology makes surgery safer with a shorter recovery time Because of CECS we are able to study/research bioinformatics, medical informatics, numerical analysis, computational chemistry, and simulation and modeling. Faster computers, better quality of life A consequence of CECS could be a broken/faulty code in the software that runs a chemotherapy machine that causes it to release too much radiation which could kill a person. Assumptions Assume drivers behave a certain way on the bridge They have to assume how much what they build will be used in the future Civil engineers only do bridges, It is just like architecture Design product that causes least harm. People want to heal as fast as possible Their main interest is helping/serving the patient Always be a way to make life better for patients Assume people typically follow the same health patterns A computer will compute flawlessly. Errors are usually user based. Modeling with a computer is more efficient than by hand They work on computers all day That a computer program can accurately represent a real-world event There are some problems a computer cannot solve Point of View Structural, environmental, water resources, transportation Usefulness to the public, durability, aesthetics Many civil engineers are willing to give up a percentage of salary vs other disciplines for the opportunity to do work that has society benefits Different fields (prosthetics, research, medical techniques, etc) Bioinformatics, bioinstrumentation, biomaterials, imaging, rehabilitation The human body is a complex system that we must strive to understand so that we may improve its systems Computer languages, how a computer/device interprets input, need to think in terms of a consumer/user to make the devices more appealing/affordable Every problem can be modeled Security, programmers, artificial intelligence, statistics, algorithms They look at things analytically. They also look at how to improve and progress technology |
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