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Using Low-to-High Structured Learning Sequence with Peer- Based Learning in Advanced Engineering
Proceedings of AAEE 2023
The Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE), 34th (Gold Coast, 03/12/2023 - 06/12/2023)
06/12/2023
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Abstract
In the post-pandemic era, the Australian government recently changed the policy to encourage international students to come to Australia to study and work, which led to a significant increase in student enrolment in universities. This development has added tremendous pressure on academic staff and made traditional teaching practices (e.g., teacher-centred, lecturing, etc.) less effective. In this study, we proposed to tweak the original problem-based learning a bit in our study design. First, providing problem-based activities during tutorials, followed by lectures to consolidate the targeted concepts used to solve the problems in tutorials. We call this approach a tutorial-lecture (Low-to-High) approach, starting with a low-structured tutorial and following a high-structured lecture. It is the opposite of the conventional sequence. The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness and impact of using the tutorial-lecture (Low-to-High structured) approach (Jacobson et al., 2013; Jacobson et al., 2016) with peer-based learning (Kennedy, 2020; Penprase, 2020) to redesign the Reservoir Engineering course. Ninety-eight students participated in the study during a 13-week teaching period in an Reservoir Engineering course. Data sources include students' scores of Assessment 1 in Week 5, Assessment 2 in Week 9, final assessment in Week 13 and an anonymous survey at the end of the study period. The findings revealed that the tutorial-lecture (LH) approach with PBL: (1) significantly reduced the achievement gap between the undergraduates and postgraduates, (2) achieved 90% student satisfaction, and (3) helped students logically articulate their understanding and confirm it with peers leading to increase student engagement. Overall, we believe these approaches should be introduced gradually across the course's curriculum and as part of a well-resourced course redevelopment.
Details
- Title
- Using Low-to-High Structured Learning Sequence with Peer- Based Learning in Advanced Engineering
- Creators
- Polly Lai (Corresponding Author) - Southern Cross UniversityFurqan Hussain (Author) - University of New South Wales
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of AAEE 2023
- Conference
- The Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE), 34th (Gold Coast, 03/12/2023 - 06/12/2023)
- Publisher
- Australasian Association for Engineering Education
- Identifiers
- 991013152012202368
- Copyright
- Copyright © Polly K. Lai & Furquan Hussain, 2023
- Academic Unit
- Centre for Teaching and Learning
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding