Changing students' attitudes towards statistics through project-based learning in aerospace engineering
| العنوان: | Changing students' attitudes towards statistics through project-based learning in aerospace engineering |
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| المؤلفون: | Nieves Martínez-Alzamora, Francisca Sempere-Ferre, Víctor Sánchez-Anguix, Oscar Trull |
| المصدر: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia instname |
| بيانات النشر: | IATED Academy, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Engineering, Engineering management, business.industry, Attitudes, Statistics, ESTADISTICA E INVESTIGACION OPERATIVA, business, Project-based learning |
| الوصف: | [EN] The application of project-based learning (PBL) in a course of statistics in the BSc. Degree in Aerospace Engineering at the Higher Technical School of Design Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de València has led to a significant and positive change in students¿ attitude towards learning and acquisition of statistical concepts. More specifically, PBL has provided the opportunity for students to overcome the limitations and preconceived barriers of classic learning methodologies and lectures, by applying statistical tools to improve the design of a cardboard glider. The PBL strategy is implemented by means of a long-term project that is carried out in teams ranging from three to four students. The project is closely supervised by the laboratory lecturers, who act as mentors to the students throughout the whole term. At the initial stage, all the teams are given the same initial design of a cardboard glider, and students apply descriptive statistics to characterize and describe the flight of the original design. Then, students are given a flight benchmark that they should improve with their final designs. By applying inference, regression, and design of experiment tools, students modify the original design to beat the benchmark. The results of a survey that has been conducted suggest that, through this methodology, students not only apply and experiment with the concepts that they learn, but their motivation, engagement, and interest in statistics is also increased. The authors would like to thank the UPV and their support by funding this article with Education Improvement and Innovation Project (PIME-185). |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::c6e3f8d42d2b7e59755a576e0806659a http://hdl.handle.net/10251/178202 |
| Rights: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....c6e3f8d42d2b7e59755a576e0806659a |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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