DocumentCode
1972913
Title
Improving the environment
Author
Huffman, C.
Author_Institution
Colerain High Sch., Cincinnati, OH, USA
Volume
3
fYear
1999
fDate
10-13 Nov. 1999
Abstract
Summary form only given as follows. High School Environmental Science students utilize the Thayer Method of Problem Solving to cooperatively engineer and construct an original product or device for improving the environment. The problem solving process embraces the integration of multiple disciplines and technological skills to increase knowledge of environmental issues, improve team skills, and develop an engineering perspective on real world environmental problems.
Keywords
engineering education; environmental engineering; problem solving; High School Environmental Science students; Problem Solving; Thayer Method; cooperative engineering; device construction; environment improvement; environmental issues; multiple disciplines integration; product construction; product engineering; real world environmental problems; team skills improvement; technological skills; Cellular phones; Environmental factors; Problem-solving;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual
Conference_Location
San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
ISSN
0190-5848
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5643-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FIE.1999.840411
Filename
840411
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