This innovative practice WIP paper addresses the significant challenge of engaging first-year engineering students with diverse technical backgrounds in higher education. At Michigan Tech University, we tackle this challenge by implementing a flipped teaching model supplemented with active discovery team projects. In our approach, nearly 1000 first-year engineering students are equipped with their...Show More
The first-year program at Michigan Technological University emphasizes an active, collaborative learning environment. Students are grouped into teams of 3-5 students to work on class activities and projects. The success of this program relies on the students learning to work together and numerous activities in the class are designed to help build these teamwork skills. For example, teams are expec...Show More
