Open AccessBUILDING EFFECTIVE CASE STUDIES FOR MATERIALS
Author(s) -
Vivienne Tam,
Marta Cerruti
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
proceedings of the ... ceea conference
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2371-5243
DOI - 10.24908/pceea.vi0.13779
Subject(s) - curiosity , class (philosophy) , subject (documents) , mathematics education , characterization (materials science) , computer science , process (computing) , graph , pedagogy , psychology , world wide web , artificial intelligence , nanotechnology , materials science , theoretical computer science , social psychology , operating system
Case studies are used to guide students’ natural curiosity-driven learning instead of traditional content-heavy lectures. In collaboration with Dr. Marta Cerruti and one other co-teacher, I developed case studies for the undergraduate pre-requisite course “Analytical and Characterization Techniques” (MIME 317) to teach the material characterization concepts such as Atomic Absorption or UV/Vis spectroscopy in case-study driven manner. The process included understanding the professors’ desired learning outcomes and finding journal articles that used such concepts to solve real-world problems. Then, I developed handouts to simplify the complicated concepts presented in the articles and crafted questions that students with no background knowledge could still answer given the information provided and the figure/graph from the article. Finally, in delivering the case studies in class, I facilitated group discussion and found that guiding the discussion based on the students’ curiosity deepened their understanding of the subject.