{"product_id":"teaching-basic-engineering-mechanics-for-optimum-student-involvement-paperback","title":"Teaching Basic Engineering mechanics for optimum student involvement - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePastoll\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGregory Pastoll\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is intended primarily for instructors of engineering subjects, whether in high school, college or universities. The teaching\/learning activities described in the book are based on the author's experience of teaching basic engineering mechanics in a university of technology for 14 years.These teaching\/learning activities would also be of interest to teachers in other disciplines, because they result in the optimum involvement of, and active participation by students. The book contains a chapter devoted to each of nine types of learning activity. Some of these are commonly used, while others deserve to be used more often. There are thorough explanations of how best to use each activity. All the advice here comes from experience of testing these methods in practice, further informed by the author's exposure to teaching methods used in several different disciplines, when he was a consultant to university teachers at The University of Cape Town, which position he held for a further 14 years, and in which he was promoted ad hominem for his work in assisting university teachers to improve their teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nine types of activity explained here include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to run effective tutorials by using new stimulus material and having a defined discussion task\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExercises in reasoning about mechanical situations, from first principles \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to make use of design-and-build projects \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing true\/false quizzes as the stimulus material for tutorial activities, and to promote self-honesty in students about what they know\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing calculation-type exercises as learning events\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to use laboratory work effectively\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe value of issuing short-answer written assignments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePredicting the consequences of the operation of real mechanisms \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdapting lectures to become learning events rather than teaching events\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book contains 53 illustrations, and many examples of exercises that can be used by instructors without needing to request permissions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48381420994809,"sku":"9780645268829","price":47.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/5FpWldR5Zm9780645268829.webp?v=1778349920","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/teaching-basic-engineering-mechanics-for-optimum-student-involvement-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}