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Burgher, J. K.; Finkel, D.; Adesope, O. O.; Van Wie, B. J. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2015
This study used a within-subjects experimental design to compare the effects of learning with lecture and hands-on desktop learning modules (DLMs) in a fluid mechanics and heat transfer class. The hands-on DLM implementation included the use of worksheets and one of two heat exchangers: an evaporative cooling device and a shell and tube heat…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Hands on Science, Learning Modules, Mechanics (Physics)
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Baxter, E. Paul – Higher Education, 1990
The longitudinal study with second-year Chemical Engineering students (N=31) found conventionally taught courses generated study problems in the lecture and student assessment components whereas in resource-based education students confronted problems with the resource laboratory, with reference materials, with tutorials, and with student…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction
Kabel, Robert L.; Dwyer, Carol A. – Academic Computing, 1989
Describes the design and development of a computer simulation and accompanying software to teach the scaleup of chemical processes to chemical engineering students at Penn State. Collaboration on the instructional development team is described, software modules are explained, and students' evaluations of the system are reported. (LRW)
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation