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Engineering Laboratory Teaching - A Case for Co-Ordination

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This paper presents the results to date of an ongoing exercise to identify and implement an appropriate philosophy for laboratory teaching within a Mechanical Engineering Department. The overall objectives of the course are stated and the measures taken to achieve them described. The key features of the programme are:-

  1. i)

    the appointment of a course coordinator to oversee the whole of the three year programme.

  2. ii)

    gradual progression during the three years from controlled assignments, through open-ended experiments to project based work.

  3. iii)

    the integration of computerised data acquisition and computer aided learning into the overall scheme.

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    M. R. Heikal & T. A. Cowell

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    Jeffery D. Lewins

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Heikal, M.R., Cowell, T.A. (1985). Engineering Laboratory Teaching - A Case for Co-Ordination. In: Lewins, J.D. (eds) Teaching Thermodynamics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2163-7_12

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