Name: Volts, Wires, and Waves: Charging Up, Building Connections, Breaking Through
Start: 2024-09-20T13:00:00-0400
End: 2024-09-20T13:50:00-0400

George Mason University faculty and staff to present their teaching-focused research at the 16th annual ITL Conference

Friday September 20, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

Johnson Center - Go to Registration Desk

Volts, Wires, and Waves: Charging Up, Building Connections, Breaking Through

This session describes the adventures of a group of faculty as they set out to incorporate inclusive pedagogical strategies aimed at providing all students with the foundational knowledge, critical thinking skills, and metacognitive awareness needed to succeed in Electrical and Computer Engineering. In spring 2024, the instructors for two foundational courses (ECE 101 and 201) implemented new structures for in-class exercises and formative assessment. To evaluate the effectiveness of these interventions, they administered the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory [Schraw/Dennison, 1994] at the beginning and the end of each course and used the Critical Incident Questionnaire [Brookfield, 1998] to understand student learning experiences. In this session, the panelists will share their successes, failures, inspirations, and frustrations and describe plans for continued improvements in ECE 101/201 and other foundational courses. The audience for this session is faculty who want to learn more about inclusive pedagogies, metacognition, and/or how to have a ton of fun teaching required entry-level courses.

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