210-NP: measuring the mechanical engineering design process

Author

Mabogunje, Ade ; Leifer, Larry J.

Author_Institution

Centre for Design Res., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

6-9 Nov 1996

Firstpage

1322

Abstract

The grades assigned at quarterly intervals to 10 projects in a project-based mechatronics systems design class named ME210 were plotted alongside the number of distinct noun phrases (NPs) in the project reports. It was found that the grades were strongly associated (gamma>0.7) with the number of distinct NPs, while they were weakly associated with other variables, like readability and the number of words. These initial results open up a new set of ways for assessing design work and, as a consequence, improving the performance of students doing design tasks

Keywords

design engineering; engineering education; mechanical engineering; project engineering; design tasks; design work assessment; mechanical engineering design process measurement; noun phrases; project reports; project-based mechatronics systems design class; quarterly student grades; readability; student performance; word number; Coercive force; Design engineering; Frequency; Hardware; Mechanical engineering; Mechanical variables measurement; Peer to peer computing; Process design; Stability; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE '96. 26th Annual Conference., Proceedings of

Conference_Location

Salt Lake City, UT

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3348-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1996.568510

Filename

568510