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Download full textRyan J. Milcarek; Samantha R. Brunhaver; Thien Ta; Cody D. Jenkins; Gary Lichtenstein; Karl A. Smith – Advances in Engineering Education, 2025
Certain introductory engineering courses have been termed gateway courses, due to high failure rates resulting in many students leaving engineering altogether. In one such course, thermodynamics, instructors intentionally formed peer-led study groups (PLSGs) with an undergraduate teaching aide (UGTA) playing a supportive facilitator role instead…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Thermodynamics, Peer Teaching, Communities of Practice
