Brown, Alan (1995) Evaluation of teaching and learning processes in a computer-supported mechanical engineering course. Computers & Education, Volume 25 (Number 1-2). pp. 59-65. doi:10.1016/0360-1315(95)00027-5 ISSN 0360-1315.

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Abstract

This paper focuses upon an evaluation of the teaching and learning processes in a computer-supported first year undergraduate solids course in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Surrey. There was a great richness in the variety of learning activities taking place in the workshops. The tutors saw themselves as principally playing a support role, as a facilitator of student learning. However, the students particularly valued both individual tutor support and tutors adopting an explicit teaching role in working through examples of problems with the group as a whole. In particular, the students signalled the transformative potential of tutor support, the way it could change their thinking, compared with other types of support. This should give pause for thought about the most appropriate staff:student ratios in computer-based workshops, and the most effective ways tutors can support learning in such environments.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research
Journal or Publication Title:	Computers & Education
Publisher:	Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd.
ISSN:	0360-1315
Official Date:	1995
Dates:	Date Event 1995 Published
Volume:	Volume 25
Number:	Number 1-2
Page Range:	pp. 59-65
DOI:	10.1016/0360-1315(95)00027-5
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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