7/19/2012 Using Model Eliciting Activities (MEAs) in the Engineering Classrooms July 19-20, 2012 •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • Workshop Facilitators • Larry Shuman, • Eric Hamilton, University of Pittsburgh Pepperdine • Karen Bursic, • Brian Self, University of Pittsburgh Cal Poly San Luis Obispo • Ron Miller, Colorado • Heidi Diefes-Dux, School of Mines Purdue • Mary Besterfield-Sacre, • Tamara Moore, University of Pittsburgh University of Minnesota •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • 1
7/19/2012 Workshop Goals • Acquaint faculty to the MEA concept and pedagogical background • Engage participants in discipline specific MEAs such that they are equipped to: – Implement these MEAs in their own classroom – Assess aspects of student learning • Build on participants’ knowledge base to further prepare faculty to incorporate and potentially develop future MEAs •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • REVIEW OF THE AGENDA •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • 2
7/19/2012 Welcome and Logistics • Welcome • Logistics – Computer accounts – Release form for photos/videos – Hotel, travel to/from AP, etc. – Honorarium paperwork •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • Eric Hamilton, Pepperdine INTRODUCTION TO MEAS •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • 3
7/19/2012 Common questions • What are they? What aren’t they? • Do they “work” ? • Can they be assessed? • Is this problem-based learning? • From Oakland PA to Oakland CA •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • One way to think of them • Tools to help understand how knowledge and complex reasoning evolve and grow • Tools to help knowledge and complex reasoning evolve and grow •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • 4
7/19/2012 Two important axioms • Knowledge and competencies are structure and interconnected – they are not additive. • Knowledge and competencies can represented with models that are expressed orally, visually, or in countless other ways •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • The most important tool a [researcher][professor] has • …is to understand the models that learners possess. •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • 5
7/19/2012 Elicitation • The best way to understand or work with models is to elicit them, to draw them out • Not the same as pounding them in • Sort of a “reverse polarity” •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • Elicitation part 2 • Elicitation – drawing out – is essential for understanding cognition. And it needs to be done carefully, in a way that preserves structure. • Years of research produced the six principles for elicitation. • Not just elicitation though…but testing, revision and transformation •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • 6
7/19/2012 A funny, symmetrical thing happened • …on the road to understanding conceptual evolution • Elicitation implies translation and representation • Testing implies representational manipulaton and adaptation • Revision implies re-adaptation •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • Multiple change levels • Students • Teachers • Professors •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • 7
7/19/2012 Two more comments • Local developmental shifts: mini-Piagets…. • MEAs, as much as anything, are about how to interpret what is seen – PBL versus MEA is not as productive as – what allows me to see my students thinking more… •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • From Moneyball to Volleyball • https://www.dropbox.com/s/023x50tt3w 6rj9e/VolleyballProblem.doc •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • 8
7/19/2012 Tamara Moore, Heidi Diefes-Dux and Mary B-Sacre LET’S DO A MEA •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • Tamara Moore 6 MEA PRINCIPLES •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • 9
7/19/2012 Model-Eliciting Activities • Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) are client- driven, open-ended, realistic problems that involve the development or design of mathematical/scientific/engineering models • These are broadening engineering classroom experiences that tap the diversity of learning styles and strengths that “ all ” students bring to the classroom • Intended to make advanced engineering and science content and substantive problem-solving experiences accessible to a diversity of (or "all ” ) students •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • Introduction to Model-Eliciting Activities • MEAs are Instructional Tools – Meant to compliment the content of a course – For use in conjunction with other instructional tools – Address higher-order thinking skills – Address multiple educational objectives •U NIVERSITY O F P ITTSBURGH •U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA •P URDUE U NIVERSITY •U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE A CADEMY • •C OLORADO S CHOOL O F M INES •C AL P OLY -S AN L UIS O BISPO •P EPPERDINE U NIVERSITY • • MODELSANDMODELING . NET • 10
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