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Fostering Engineering Laboratory Course Teaching by Embedding an Inquiry-Guided Learning Approach Using Computer-Aided Learning Packages: Evaluation of Learning Outcomes in a Cooling Tower Experiment in the Unit Operations Lab
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Elkhatat, Ahmed M.; Al-Muhtaseb, Shaheen A. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2022
A Computer-Aided Learning Package as Inquiry-Guided Learning (CALP/IGL) was implemented in a cooling tower experiment for 43 students enrolled in four sections of the Unit Operations Laboratory course in the chemical engineering program at Qatar University. The impact of this approach on the attainment of learning outcomes was evaluated. Results…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Engineering Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Computer Simulations versus Physical Experiments: A Gender Comparison of Implementation Methods for Inquiry-Based Heat Transfer Activities
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Nottis, Katharyn E. K.; Vigeant, Margot A.; Prince, Michael J.; Golightly, Amy Frances; Gadoury, Carrine Megan – Chemical Engineering Education, 2019
Heat and temperature concepts are found at all levels in the science curricula and are well-known for creating conceptual difficulties for learners. Students have difficulty understanding concepts related to heat, temperature, and thermal radiation. Inquiry-based pedagogies that can foster the learning of these difficult concepts are needed.…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Science Experiments, Heat, Active Learning
Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment Facilitating Active Learning of Concepts in Transport Phenomena: Experiment with a Subliming Solid
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Utgikar, Vivek P. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2015
An experiment based on the sublimation of a solid was introduced in the undergraduate Transport Phenomena course. The experiment required the students to devise their own apparatus and measurement techniques. The theoretical basis, assignment of the experiment, experimental results, and student/instructor observations are described in this paper.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Laboratory Experiments, Active Learning, Scientific Concepts
Novel Use of a Remote Laboratory for Active Learning in Class
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Ramírez, Darinka; Ramírez, María Soledad; Marrero, Thomas R. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2016
This study aims to describe a novel teaching mode that allows for direct instructor-student and student-student discussions of material balance concepts by means of active learning. The instructor explains the concepts during class time while using a remotely controlled laboratory system that is projected on a screen with real-time access to the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Science Experiments, Virtual Classrooms, Online Systems
Project-Based Learning in Education through an Undergraduate Lab Exercise
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Joye, Donald D.; Hoffman, Adam; Christie, Jacqueline; Brown, Mayo; Niemczyk, Jennifer – Chemical Engineering Education, 2011
Three undergraduate students functioned as teaching assistants in unit ops lab for their senior project, which included developing a purchased size exclusion chromatography experiment, supervising the running of this experiment, and assisting the junior students with their calculations. They also read the reports, graded them, and commented on…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Projects, Chemistry, Active Learning