Design ChallengeThe design elements of project-based learning (Larmer et al. 2015) for the design of the unit are presented in Table 1. The challenge or the big project for the students was to design a house that had a net-zero energy expenditure, i.e., the amount of energy needed to maintain a certain temperature inside the house was equal or less than the amount of energy generated by the house. Students had to use the CAD tool to complete this challenge. Students had to work with constraints like de- sign only one house, remain within the given budget, have at least one window on each floor, have trees at least two meters away from the house, and have solar panels that should not hang from roof edges. To make sure that students’ had the opportunity to engage in productive discussion and promote collaborative learning, the task had also some ill-defined con- straints. For instance, it should comfortably fit a four-person family (have an approximate building area 100–200 m2 and a height of 6–10 m), should be easy to construct, and should have an attractive exterior (or curb appeal). It was expected that each team discussed and agreed on their definitions and measures for Bcomfortable, Beasy, and Battractive.Participants and Data CollectionOne hundred twenty first-year engineering students in an introductory engineering design course participated in this study. However, only 90 students completed both the re- flections. Since both were necessary to compare students’ pre-and-post thoughts on the design process, we used data from only those 90 students who had completed both the reflections. The main instructor of the class (the third au- thor of this manuscript) removed identifying information from the reflections and provided a new identifier for each member of the team (e.g., member A, member B, member C, and member D).
設計挑戰賽<br><br>The design elements of project-based learning (Larmer et al. 2015) for the design of the unit are presented in Table 1. The challenge or the big project for the students was to design a house that had a net-zero energy expenditure, i.e., the amount of energy needed to maintain a certain temperature inside the house was equal or less than the amount of energy generated by the house. Students had to use the CAD tool to complete this challenge. Students had to work with constraints like de- sign only one house, remain within the given budget, have at least one window on each floor, have trees at least two meters away from the house, and have solar panels that should not hang from roof edges. To make sure that students’ had the opportunity to engage in productive discussion and promote collaborative learning, the task had also some ill-defined con- straints. For instance, it should comfortably fit a four-person family (have an approximate building area 100–200 m2 and a height of 6–10 m), should be easy to construct, and should have an attractive exterior (or curb appeal). It was expected that each team discussed and agreed on their definitions and measures for Bcomfortable, Beasy, and Battractive.<br><br>參與者和數據收集<br><br>一百二十一歲的工科學生在介紹工程設計過程中參加了這項研究。然而,只有90名學生完成了兩折曲重。因為兩者都是必要在設計過程比較學生的前和後的想法,我們只從誰完成了兩個反射的90名學生使用的數據。類的主要指導員(這手稿的第三非盟托爾)除去從反射的識別信息和用於該球隊(例如,成員A,成員B,成員C和構件d)中的每個成員提供一個新的標識符。
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