Building dispositions towards models and model-based reasoning in engineering education

This panel will address the challenge of promoting dispositions towards and mastery of model-based reasoning and modeling practices. Free-body, circuit, and multi-unit process diagrams are fundamental engineering tools for transforming poorly articulated and ill-constrained problems into manageable,...

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Main Authors: Coso, Alexandra E., Le Doux, Joseph M., Newstetter, Wendy C., Waller, Alisha A., Koretsky, Milo D., Champagne, Audrey B.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
aerospace engineering
Analytical models
Atmospheric modeling
capstone design
chemical engineering
Computational modeling
Equations
Inductors
Inference mechanisms
Mathematical model
model-based reasoning
modeling
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Summary:This panel will address the challenge of promoting dispositions towards and mastery of model-based reasoning and modeling practices. Free-body, circuit, and multi-unit process diagrams are fundamental engineering tools for transforming poorly articulated and ill-constrained problems into manageable, solvable problems. For engineers in industry or research, free-form sketches commonly inform back-of-the-envelope estimations and calculations, while more formal diagrams and computational models are essential to design decision-making. This panel will explore the cognitive dimensions and learning challenges associated with modeling as a way of engaging and understanding the world. The panel will start with unpacking the cognitive demands/loads associated with transforming a text to a diagram. We will then present research on student modeling across a spectrum of first year courses to capstone design and across three sub-disciplines - biomedicai, chemical and aerospace engineering.
ISSN:0190-5848
2377-634X
DOI:10.1109/FIE.2014.7044419