2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Exploring Intervention Research in Statics Courses: A Systematic Review of ASEE Publications from 2013 to 2023

Presented at MECH - Technical Session 15: Engineering Education Research and Reviews

Statics is a foundational subject for many engineering students, exposing students to mathematics and physics of design and planning settings, which is vital for mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineers. This study systematically collected, analyzed, and reviewed the most recent 10-year ASEE conference papers about interventions in Statics courses. A total of 37 papers were selected, categorized, and then coded based on a set of inclusion/exclusion criteria. We found that the majority of the interventions were practice/research-based interventions with almost 62% of papers reporting significant outcomes. In addition, COVID-19 not only affected many studies’ implementation, but also their methods, as most studies during the lockdown period were qualitative. 13 papers using pre-post assessment methods reported the most significant outcomes, but many did not properly use a control group. The findings of this study are expected to help determine which interventions were especially effective in improving student outcomes based on reported results as well as propose future implementation ideas. This paper was made to be the first to establish clearer insight regarding interventions in Statics education.
Keywords: engineering education, Statics, intervention, systematic review

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