2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Capstone Course Team Formation: Enhancing Interdisciplinary Collaboration and ABET Outcome Achievement by Integrating the CREAC Legal Reasoning Framework

Presented at Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 5.D

This paper presents a novel adaptation of a legal framework to the creation of teams in a capstone class, as well as findings and results of the effectiveness of the method on the team creation process. The approach, based on an adaptation of the CREAC (Conclusion, Rule, Explanation, Analysis, Conclusion) legal reasoning framework, has yielded positive results in a year-long capstone course required by the Computer Graphics Technology department CGT Department at Purdue University.

Authors

Prof. Carlos R Morales Purdue University at West Lafayette [biography]

Carlos R. Morales is an Associate Professor of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University, where he researches, develops, and teaches interactive media and technologies. He holds an M.S.Ed. and a J.D. and is licensed to practice law in California.

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