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Teamwork development across the curriculum for chemical engineering students in Hong Kong: Processes, outcomes and lessons learned

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A three-year project aiming to develop students' teamwork skills systematically through explicit instruction, opportunities to practice, and formative feedback across the curriculum was carried out in the only chemical engineering department in Hong Kong as discussed by the authors.
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This article is published in Education for Chemical Engineers.The article was published on 2012-08-01. It has received 16 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Teamwork & Formative assessment.

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Team-based learning for first year engineering students

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the experience, evaluation and lessons learned from the implementation of the TBL within a Year 1 engineering module, enrolling 115 students, and the method was introduced for the first time.
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Students' knowledge sharing to improve learning in academic engineering courses

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an example of scaffolding during the development of an engineering course, in which students aresupported by teachers and other students, covering the benefits of the use of shared knowledge repositories in which content was created by students.

What you don’t know about making decisions?

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss strategies for moving from an advocacy to an inquiry process, as well as for fostering productive conflict, true consideration, and timely closure, and they offer a framework for assessing the effectiveness of your process while you are still in the middle of it.
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Promoting collaborative problem-solving skills in a course on engineering grand challenges

TL;DR: A course on engineering grand challenges was designed to promote collaborative problem-solving (CPS) skills and it is found that the course facilitates the development in CPS skills and that the process, in which two teams develop arguments and integrate the initial ideas to generate a final solution, is a critical component.
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