Providing rapid feedback to students to improve student learning and engagement

Jennifer Kadlowec; John C. Chen; Dexter C. Whittinghill

doi:10.1115/imece2005-82385

Providing rapid feedback to students to improve student learning and engagement

Jennifer Kadlowec, John C. Chen, Dexter C. Whittinghill

Mechanical Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

1 Scopus citations

Abstract

In this project our goal is to improve student learning in engineering mechanics courses. The aim to improve learning was accomplished by providing rapid feedback to students of their understanding of key concepts and skills being taught. The feedback system acts as a catalyst to encourage students, working in pairs, to assist each other in correcting misconceptions or deepening each other's understanding of the concept or skill at hand. Furthermore, the system allows the professor to assess the students' level of comprehension or misconception in a just-in-time fashion, and thus guide the pace of covering the material. The feedback is enabled through wireless-networked handheld computers or color-coded flashcards. In the first two years of the study, the feedback system was implemented in two sections of a lower-level, core-engineering course, Statics, as well as in follow-on courses of Dynamics and Solid Mechanics.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Innovations in Engineering Education 2005
Subtitle of host publication	Mechanical Engineering Education, Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Heads
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Pages	257-263
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	0791842320, 9780791842324
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/imece2005-82385
State	Published - Jan 1 2005
Event	2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2005 - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: Nov 5 2005 → Nov 11 2005

Publication series

Name	Innovations in Engineering Education 2005: Mechanical Engineering Education, Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Heads
Volume	2005

Other

Other	2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2005
Country	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	11/5/05 → 11/11/05

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Engineering(all)

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Kadlowec, J., Chen, J. C., & Whittinghill, D. C. (2005). Providing rapid feedback to students to improve student learning and engagement. In Innovations in Engineering Education 2005: Mechanical Engineering Education, Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Heads (pp. 257-263). (Innovations in Engineering Education 2005: Mechanical Engineering Education, Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Heads; Vol. 2005). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1115/imece2005-82385

Kadlowec, Jennifer ; Chen, John C. ; Whittinghill, Dexter C. / Providing rapid feedback to students to improve student learning and engagement. Innovations in Engineering Education 2005: Mechanical Engineering Education, Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Heads. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2005. pp. 257-263 (Innovations in Engineering Education 2005: Mechanical Engineering Education, Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Heads).

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Kadlowec, J, Chen, JC & Whittinghill, DC 2005, Providing rapid feedback to students to improve student learning and engagement. in Innovations in Engineering Education 2005: Mechanical Engineering Education, Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Heads. Innovations in Engineering Education 2005: Mechanical Engineering Education, Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Heads, vol. 2005, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, pp. 257-263, 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2005, Orlando, FL, United States, 11/5/05. https://doi.org/10.1115/imece2005-82385

Providing rapid feedback to students to improve student learning and engagement. / Kadlowec, Jennifer; Chen, John C.; Whittinghill, Dexter C.

Innovations in Engineering Education 2005: Mechanical Engineering Education, Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Heads. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2005. p. 257-263 (Innovations in Engineering Education 2005: Mechanical Engineering Education, Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Heads; Vol. 2005).

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