Cooperative Learning: Engineering

• Carlson, L.E., & Sullivan, J.F.  (1999).  Hands-on engineering: Learning by doing in the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program International. [1] Journal of Engineering Education, 15(1), 20-31
• Dietrich, S.W.  (n.d.). Getting started with cooperative learning in the engineering classroom. [2]
• Catalano, G.D., & Catalano, K.C.  1997) Transformation from teacher-centered to student-centered engineering education [3].  Proceedings the 1997 Frontiers in Engineering Education Conference, ASEE/IEEE, November 1997.
• Felder, R.M.  (1995 Cooperative learning in a sequence of engineering courses: A success story [4].  Cooperative Learning and College Teaching, 5(2), 10-13.
• Felder, R.M., & Brent, R.  (1994).  Cooperative learning in technical courses: Procedures, pitfalls, and payoffs [5]. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service ED 377038)
• Jackson, D., Davis, J., & Licklider, B.  (1998).  Ten myths of cooperative learning in engineering education [6].  Proceedings of the IEEE Frontiers in Education Meeting, Tempe, Arizona, November 4-7, 1998
• Johnson, D.W., Johnson, R.T., & Smith, K.A. (1998) Maximizing instruction through cooperative learning.  ASEE Prism, 8(2), 24-28. Article is available through UM Library.
• Smith, K.A.  (1995).  Cooperative learning: Effective teamwork for engineering classrooms [7]. Proceedings of the 1995 25th Annual Conference on Frontiers in Education, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1-4, 1995.
• Smith, K.A.  (2000).  Strategies for developing engineering student's teamwork and project management skills [8]. Proceedings the 2000 Frontiers in Engineering Education Conference, ASEE, November 2000 (requires U-M authentication).
• Smith, K.A., Sheppard, S.D., Johnson, D.W., & Johnson, R.T.  (2005).  Pedagogies of engagement: Classroom-based practices [9].  Journal of Engineering Education, 94(1), 87-101. 
• Wankat, P.C.  (2002).  Problem-oriented learning [10].  In The Effective, Efficient Professor (pp. 93-122).  Boston: Allyn and Bacon (requires U-M authentication).
• Wankat, P.C., & Oreovicz, F.S.  (n.d.).  Nontechnological Alternatives to Lecture [11].  In Teaching Engineering (pp. 114-142).

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University of Michigan
February 2006