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Work in Progress: Exploring Developing Knowledge of Mathematical Modeling Skills Using Concept Maps

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED): Best of Works in Progress

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

Page Count

7

DOI

10.18260/1-2--44257

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https://peer.asee.org/44257

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77

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Grayson Rice Duke University

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Grayson is a fourth year PhD candidate at Duke University in the lab of Charles Gersbach.

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Ann Saterbak Duke University

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Ann Saterbak is Professor of the Practice in Biomedical Engineering and Director of the First-Year Engineering Program. Since joining Duke in June 2017, she launched the new Engineering Design and Communication course. In this course, first-year students work in teams to solve community-based, client-driven problems and build physical prototypes. Prior to Duke, she taught at Rice University, where she was on the faculty since 1999. Saterbak is the lead author of two textbooks: Bioengineering Fundamentals and Introduction to Engineering Design. At Rice and Duke, Saterbak’s outstanding teaching has been recognized through five school- and university-wide teaching awards. For her contribution to education within biomedical engineering, she was elected Fellow in the Biomedical Engineering Society and the American Society of Engineering Education. She is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Biomedical Engineering Education.

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Abstract

This paper describes a work-in-progress study investigating the use of concept mapping for assessing students’ conceptual knowledge over a semester in a biomedical engineering modeling course. The concept maps are used to evaluate the evolution of students’ skills in developing mathematical models that describing biological systems and students’ specific content knowledge as they complete problem-based learning projects. As students gain experience developing mathematical models to answer open-ended problem-based learning questions, we hypothesize that their conceptual understanding of mathematical modeling and of the biological systems studied will increase. This improved conceptual understanding is reflected by concept maps with increased complexity.

Rice, G., & Saterbak, A. (2023, June), Work in Progress: Exploring Developing Knowledge of Mathematical Modeling Skills Using Concept Maps Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--44257

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