Previous research has demonstrated a link between prior knowledge and student success in
engineering courses. However, while course-to-course relations exist, researchers have …

Core undergraduate steel and concrete courses focus their content on the fundamentals of
analyzing and designing members. While this builds the core knowledge of a structural …

To stay up with society and technology, pedagogical changes are needed. Even a well-
designed curriculum depends on teachers, who implement it. Knowledge drives this field's …

An assessment of bias and precision in instructor grading was undertaken at several private
and public institutions having civil engineering programs. At five institutions, undergraduate …

A commonly accepted assessment instrument used for both diagnostic and formative
purposes is the concept inventory [1],[2], which refers to any kind of research-based …

Hands-on experiments using the Low-Cost Desktop Learning Modules (LCDLMs) have
been implemented in dozens of classrooms to supplement student learning of heat transfer …

A background knowledge probe (pre-test) and course knowledge survey (post-test) for an
undergraduate level introductory civil engineering course (soil mechanics) was developed …