Development of core concepts and learning outcomes for the introductory transportation course abstract
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Abstract
- In June, 2009, over 60 members of the Transportation Engineering Education community met in
Portland, OR to discuss teaching and learning related to transportation engineering. One of the
motivations for the conference was to address challenges experienced by faculty teaching the
“Introduction to Transportation Engineering” course offered at most institutions and required for
the bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at many. An outcome of the conference is a working
group that is planning a series of activities to develop a set of core concepts and learning
outcomes for this introductory transportation course. The goal of this paper is to report on the
status of this effort and to stimulate conversation related to learning outcomes in the variety of
civil engineering sub-disciplines.
Building on existing literature, the group plans to identify and validate a set of key transportation
concepts. Following best practices in course design, we will also develop a set of outcomes
related to these concepts around which a course could be developed. Further, we expect to
identify a minimum set of requirements that ought to be met by any introductory transportation
course, as well as a larger set of outcomes and levels of achievement from which instructors
would select to be consistent with departmental and institutional missions, and the expertise of
the instructor.
This paper first summarizes the results of several surveys over time related to transportation
course content. It then reviews other initiatives related to developing a set of disciplinary
learning outcomes, including the ASCE Body of Knowledge, and discusses frameworks for
organizing knowledge and learning outcomes. The paper continues with a description of the
efforts of the working group, including some draft knowledge tables for selected transportation
topics. Finally, the paper outlines the next steps in the process and proposes some assessment
criteria for the effort.
Title | Development of core concepts and learning outcomes for the introductory transportation course abstract |
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Creator | Young, R. |
Bernhardt, Kristen Sanford | |
Turochy, R. | |
Beyerlein, S. | |
Bill, A. | |
Nambisan, S. | |
van Schalkwyk, I. | |
Publisher | ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings |
Academic Department | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Division | Engineering |
Organization | Lafayette College |
Date Issued | 2010 |
Date Available | 2015-05-19T14:12:49Z |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Bibliographic Citation | Bernhardt, K. S., et al. (2010) "Development of core concepts and learning outcomes for the introductory transportation course abstract." ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings. Paper 1248. |
Standard Identifier | Handle 10385/1934 |
Permalink | http://hdl.handle.net/10385/1934 |
Rights Statement | In Copyright |
Rights Holders | American Society for Engineering Education |
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