Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

November 1994

Publication Title

1994 Frontiers in Education Conference

First Page

624

Last Page

627

Abstract

A great number of engineering students work alone. But in industry, teamwork is required most of the time. Incorporating Cooperative Learning (CL) into an engineering program gives students an opportunity to practice problem solving and communication skills in a "simulated" professional environment. The paper briefly discusses the motivation behind using CL in engineering courses. Then, the essential elements to make CL successful in the classroom are examined and examples of how these elements have been incorporated into engineering courses taught by the author are given. Problems that have been encountered along with possible fixes are also mentioned.

Comments

Copyright © 1997 American Society for Engineering Education/. The article was originally published in the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE)and may be found at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.1997.tb00262.x.

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