Multi-level design teams: a success story?

Author

Clayton, Jane ; Martin, David ; Martin, Steve W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Abstract

A study of student team evolution, performance and strident satisfaction was completed in a novel, vertically-integrated materials science and engineering design course that included mixed sophomore, junior and senior teams. This course explored a new learning model where students at different grade levels worked together to solve small design problems. The course included simple analysis-oriented quizzes and team-based design projects. Each team had members spanning grade levels. In addition, teams were given guidelines for team functioning and recordkeeping, and were evaluated on performance in these areas. The impact of the vertically-integrated student team experiences was evaluated by means of a questionnaire administered before and after the experience. Questionnaire responses were evaluated and statistically significant results are reported

Keywords

design engineering; educational courses; engineering education; materials science; statistical analysis; student experiments; analysis-oriented quizzes; engineering design course; grade levels; guidelines; learning model; materials science course; multi-level design teams; questionnaire; recordkeeping; small design problems; statistically significant results; strident satisfaction; student team evolution; student team performance; team functioning; team-based design projects; vertically integrated course; Accreditation; Collaborative work; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Engineering drawings; Engineering education; Guidelines; Maintenance engineering; Materials science and technology; Process design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual

Conference_Location

Kansas City, MO

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6424-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2000.896539

Filename

896539