A Realistic Approach to Teaching Engineering Design.

Chalk, William S.

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ERIC Number: EJ309035

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1984

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A Realistic Approach to Teaching Engineering Design.

Chalk, William S.

Engineering Education, v75 n2 p109-11 Nov 1984

Students in a senior engineering design course are given a routine design project typical of the first project given to a fledgling engineer in industry and a project more typical of what an experienced engineer does. Routine and nonroutine design approaches and instructional strategies used in the course are described. (JN)

Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Descriptions, Design, Engineering, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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