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Helping Students Organize And Retrieve Their Understanding Of Dynamics, Glenn W. Ellis, Warren A. Turner
Helping Students Organize And Retrieve Their Understanding Of Dynamics, Glenn W. Ellis, Warren A. Turner
Engineering: Faculty Publications
When confronted with the large amount of information presented in an introductory physics course, students often have difficulty assimilating the concepts and seeing the big picture. Thus they may have difficulty transferring their knowledge to new situations. In this paper we present a conceptual framework that we have developed for teaching and applying dynamics at both the secondary school and college levels. In this framework the causes of motion are graphically related to the description of motion using Newton's laws and impulse/momentum relationships. The framework accommodates translation and rotation, multiple dimensions, and time-varying forces. In addition to presenting the framework, …
Getting The "Big Picture" In Engineering: Using Narratives And Conceptual Maps, Glenn W. Ellis, Borjana Mikic, Alan N. Rudnitsky
Getting The "Big Picture" In Engineering: Using Narratives And Conceptual Maps, Glenn W. Ellis, Borjana Mikic, Alan N. Rudnitsky
Engineering: Faculty Publications
The features and progress of Picker Engineering Program at Smith College are discussed. This program is the first undergraduate program leading to a degree in engineering at a women's liberal arts college. The program's goal is to educate engineers who are adaptable to the rapidly changing demands of society. The strategies which focus on productive ways of processing information, ways that involve the sort of intentions and conciousness necessary for meaningful learning are also discussed.
Breaking The Silicon Ceiling: Women In Engineering Freshmen Seminar, Aura Ganz, Susannah Howe, Vanessa Rivera, Yuechun Chu
Breaking The Silicon Ceiling: Women In Engineering Freshmen Seminar, Aura Ganz, Susannah Howe, Vanessa Rivera, Yuechun Chu
Engineering: Faculty Publications
In this paper we describe a pilot study for freshmen women engineering students we launched at the College of Engineering at UMass Amherst in the fall of 2002. This pilot study, which targeted increased retention of women in engineering, was comprised of the following three main elements: a weekly seminar, use of Pocket PCs and a web-based information and exchange center. The students' feedback to our seminar was very positive. The students noted that the seminar allayed their fears and concerns about pursuing engineering, provided a (classroom and online) forum for networking with their peers and other women engineers. This …