Discussions on teaching methods for engaging students in engineering graphics course

Author

Liu, Yanhua ; Lü, Enli

Author_Institution

Coll. of Eng., South China Agric. Univ., Guangzhou, China

fYear

2011

fDate

15-17 July 2011

Firstpage

4909

Lastpage

4911

Abstract

Engineering graphics course is one of the specialized core courses for the major "civil construction". However, it is difficult for freshmen, as it is comparatively logical and needs professional knowledge, that caused some students were not interested in it. So some teaching methods for engaging students are very important and essential in instructional activities. The article summarized some problems which existed in teaching process. And a series of teaching methods were proposed for improving the teaching quality and teaching effect. As a result, the methods to enrich teaching contents were effective for engaging students.

Keywords

civil engineering computing; computer aided instruction; educational courses; engineering education; engineering graphics; teaching; civil construction; engineering graphics course; instructional activities; teaching effect; teaching methods; teaching quality; Educational institutions; Geometry; Graphics; Presses; Publishing; engineering graphics; teaching effect; teaching methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2011 Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hohhot

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9436-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MACE.2011.5988115

Filename

5988115