Rigorous Research in Engineering
Education: Creating a Community of Practice
[NSF DUE-0341127 and NSF HRD-041194]
Information
about the project
This project provides an opportunity to establish the structure
and mechanism for training faculty to conduct rigorous engineering education
research through a collaboration of engineering educators (American Society
for Engineering Education), learning scientists (American Educational Research
Association), and faculty developers (Professional and Organizational Development
Network in Higher Education).
A five-day workshop for engineering faculty on conducting rigorous
educational research will be held in Golden, Colorado each summer between
2004 and 2006.
For the handouts from the 2004 and 2005 workshops, and for the
supplemental readings from the 2005 workshop, click here.
This project expands the boundaries of engineering education
research by disseminating information from the learning sciences and faculty
development into engineering education. This will allow powerful partnerships
to be formed as information about how students learn and teaching methods
that support students' learning are coupled with the content knowledge of
practicing engineering educators.
Workshop learning objectives
At the end of the workshops, participants are able to:
· List and briefly describe important principles about
how students learn and especially how students learn engineering
· List and briefly describe common methods used in education research
· Read and interpret education research articles to inform an engineering
education research project
· Conduct informal or formal education research at their respective
campuses
Deliverable at the end of the workshop
Workshop participants have a draft of a plan to conduct an engineering
education research project.