TY - GEN
T1 - An outcome based approach for applied mechanics courses using bloom's taxonomy and ABET criteria
AU - Alam, Khurshid
AU - Qamar, Sayyad Zahid
AU - Al-Shabibi, Abdullah
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the support of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Muscat for workshops related to ABET outcomes and assessment and Bloom's taxonomy
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021/4/21
Y1 - 2021/4/21
N2 - There has been a gradual shift from a content-centered to an outcome-based approach for more effective teaching and learning, especially in engineering courses. Employers have been increasingly demanding engineering graduates possessing an optimal blend of technical (discipline-oriented) and non-technical or soft skills. This paper presents a unique pedagogical approach of blending Bloom's taxonomy and ABET criteria to develop student outcomes and to conduct a course in an activity-based environment. A mapping has been developed to correlate Bloom's taxonomy levels and ABET student outcomes. A mid-level course in the area of Applied Mechanics (Mechanics of Solids) is presented as a case study. Instructional strategy and implementation in the course is discussed through various activities, involving some key principles of solid mechanics. Integration of ABET criteria and Bloom's taxonomy, correlation matrix for the two philosophies, and improved course delivery. Effectiveness of the proposed innovative approach was evaluated through a students' survey. The methodology was well received, and the survey results were very encouraging. This integrated strategy can be easily adopted for other courses in the Applied Mechanics and Design stream, and for other engineering and science courses.
AB - There has been a gradual shift from a content-centered to an outcome-based approach for more effective teaching and learning, especially in engineering courses. Employers have been increasingly demanding engineering graduates possessing an optimal blend of technical (discipline-oriented) and non-technical or soft skills. This paper presents a unique pedagogical approach of blending Bloom's taxonomy and ABET criteria to develop student outcomes and to conduct a course in an activity-based environment. A mapping has been developed to correlate Bloom's taxonomy levels and ABET student outcomes. A mid-level course in the area of Applied Mechanics (Mechanics of Solids) is presented as a case study. Instructional strategy and implementation in the course is discussed through various activities, involving some key principles of solid mechanics. Integration of ABET criteria and Bloom's taxonomy, correlation matrix for the two philosophies, and improved course delivery. Effectiveness of the proposed innovative approach was evaluated through a students' survey. The methodology was well received, and the survey results were very encouraging. This integrated strategy can be easily adopted for other courses in the Applied Mechanics and Design stream, and for other engineering and science courses.
KW - ABET student outcomes
KW - Bloom's taxonomy
KW - Cognitive skills
KW - Outcome-based pedagogy
KW - Psychomotor skills
KW - Solid mechanics course
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U2 - 10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453932
DO - 10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453932
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85112466658
T3 - IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON
SP - 996
EP - 1002
BT - Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2021
A2 - Klinger, Thomas
A2 - Kollmitzer, Christian
A2 - Pester, Andreas
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2021
Y2 - 21 April 2021 through 23 April 2021
ER -