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Formal assessment of the AN/EX structural engineering teaching laboratory
Author(s) -
Belarbi A.,
Behr R. A.,
Karson M. J.,
Effland G. E.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
computer applications in engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.478
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1099-0542
pISSN - 1061-3773
DOI - 10.1002/cae.6180020205
Subject(s) - curriculum , test (biology) , engineering education , computer science , engineering management , mathematics education , engineering , psychology , pedagogy , paleontology , biology
A newly developed portable, computer‐assisted, structural engineering teaching laboratory, called AN/EX, has been incorporated into the civil engineering curriculum at the University of Missouri‐Rolla (UMR). A formal assessment of AN/EX was conducted to identify its effect on the abilities and attitudes of UMR civil engineering students. The assessment methodology is described. Opinion surveys indicated that AN/EX had a positive influence on student attitudes. Statistical analyses of test scores indicated that AN/EX did not undermine traditional problem solving skills, but it did have a positive influence on student abilities to solve synthesis‐oriented structural engineering problems.