CHAPTER 1
In the formula for the 60-hr Rule, when dividing the number of credits by three, what does the 3 represent?
For every one hour in class, you should study 2 hours outside of the classroom.
The application of science to the common purpose of life
What is engineering
Name this type of learning
What is psychomotor learning?
The author compares the start or beginning of a course to what
What is the beginning of an actual race
Name positive ways to engage your professors to demonstrate your interest in the subject
What are going to office hours and asking questions in class and participating in classroom activities.
How are engineering programs held accountable to engineering criteria-name the organization.
ABET...Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
A step by step method to produce a device, structure, or system that satisfies a need
What is the Engineering Design Process?
Name the three types of learning
What are cognitive, psychomotor, and affective?
The author compares the Preparing for a Lecture” to what
What is warming up/stretching for a physical workout
F=MA, Defines which of Newtons' Laws
Newton's 2nd Law
The author identifies three keys to success in engineering study, they are:
Effort, Approach, and Attitude
The process of taking apart a device, object or system to see how it works in order to duplicate or enhance it
What is Reverse Engineering
These learners are dreamers and prefer ideas, possibilities, theories and abstractions
What are intuitive learners
Name two things you can do to prepare for a lecture
What are studying/reading material before lecture and going over notes from previous lecture and writing down questions of concepts you are not sure of
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
What is Newton's 3rd Law
Sees effort as the path to growth and mastery, Persist in the face of setbacks;failure is an opportunity to learn, and Embrace challenges; overcoming challenges makes you stronger and smarter, these are characteristics of what type of attitude?
Growth Mindset
List at least three rewards/benefits/opportunities an engineering career holds for you
what are: varied opportunities, Challenging work, Intellectual development, Social Impact, Financial Security, Prestige, Professional Environment, Understanding How things work, Creative Thinking, Self Esteem
The author defines learning as what type of process
What is a reinforcement process
Who is credited with this quote, “The highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others”
Who is Socrates
Name the engineering discipline that is responsible for the Leaning Tower Piza
What is geotechnical
define success
any answer works
List the eight step engineering design process
What are: Need/Opportunity,Problem definition/specification, Data and information collection, Development of alternative designs, Evaluations of designs, Implementation of optimal design, Testing and Evaluation, Redesigning and retesting
With regard to teaching styles most prevalent in math/science/engineering course, what type of information is emphasized and what mode of presentation is stressed?
What are abstract and verbal
Name this format of note-taking
what is the Cornell Note-Taking Method
Name three academic resources available to you on campus
What are tutoring, problem-solving sessions, university library, Academic Advisement, student computer labs