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Using e-tutor program and pre-lab assessment task to enhance laboratory experience of civil engineering students
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Jiao, H and Mashiri, F and Zhou, T, Using e-tutor program and pre-lab assessment task to enhance laboratory experience of civil engineering students, Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, 5-7 December 2011, Fremantle, WA, pp. 633-638. (2011) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
Before attending a lab session, students are usually required to be familiarized
with laboratory tasks through pre-lab preparation. While it was found pre-lab
preparation was an effective way to promote student learning, the benefits of running
pre-lab preparation were not fully investigated. Traditional lab description sheets may
provide general information on safety operation procedures and pre-lab questions.
However, if these pre-lab questions were not assessed, they could easily be ignored by
students. In this research, pre-lab problems were designed to give unique parameters to
each student. Students were required to solve the problems and obtain theoretical values
which were verified later in a practical lab session. To minimize the marking load, the
pre-lab submissions were automatically marked using the e-tutor program. Results
showed that the pre-lab preparation program was successful in enhancing students’
learning interests, in preventing plagiarism, and in increasing the efficiency of labs with
the duration of a lab session being significantly reduced.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
Research Field: | Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Other education and training |
Objective Field: | Other education and training not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Jiao, H (Dr Hui Jiao) |
ID Code: | 75091 |
Year Published: | 2011 |
Deposited By: | Engineering |
Deposited On: | 2012-01-09 |
Last Modified: | 2014-12-19 |
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