6 Workload assessment Winter The instructor tracked time spent on May Complete. 2012 homework assignments via self-reporting by 2012 students. The average was just over 2 hours (after including reading) and outliers were addressed. 7 Heat exchanger instruction Winter The instructor continued using improved LMTD May Complete. 2012 instruction, with 94% of students reporting 2012 mastery of the competency. Effectiveness/NTU method was not neglected, with 87% of students reporting mastery. He will continue focusing on LMTD. 8 Competency awareness Winter The instructor again used the revised syllabus May Complete. 2012 which introduced competencies in chronological 2012 order with subheadings to improve student understanding of the competencies covered and will continue doing this. 9 Improve heat transfer coverage. Winter The new instructor increased heat exchanger Winter Complete. 2013 calculation coverage and made the tests harder, 2014 but the students continued to perform well on these competencies (10.2.1/3, 10.2.1/2, and 10.2.2) 10 Instructor recommended adoption of new Winter 7th edition adopted. Winter Closed. edition of text book. 2013 2014 11 Change competency 3.4.7 on radiative heat Winter Instructor recommended against it and Winter Closed. transfer 2014 increased/improved coverage. 2015 12 Mass transfer. Winter The instructor recommends that mass transfer May Ongoing (see 12a) 2014 coverage be coordinated with necessary 2015 coverage in ChEn 476. He also felt that he overwhelmed the students covering 3.5.3. 12a Mass transfer. Winter The UG Committee agrees that mass transfer May Ongoing. 2015 coverage, (e.g., 3.5.3 will be able to 2016 “Students simple problems where heat and mass transfer are coupled.”, 3.4.5, will be “Students able to formulate and solve differential energy
6 Workload assessment Winter 2012 The instructor tracked time spent on homework assignments via self-reporting by students. The average was just over 2 hours (after including reading) and outliers were addressed. May 2012 Complete. 7 Heat exchanger instruction Winter 2012 The instructor continued using improved LMTD instruction, with 94% of students reporting mastery of the competency. Effectiveness/NTU method was not neglected, with 87% of students reporting mastery. He will continue focusing on LMTD. May 2012 Complete. 8 Competency awareness Winter 2012 The instructor again used the revised syllabus which introduced competencies in chronological order with subheadings to improve student understanding of the competencies covered and will continue doing this. May 2012 Complete. 9 Improve heat transfer coverage. Winter 2013 The new instructor increased heat exchanger calculation coverage and made the tests harder, but the students continued to perform well on these competencies (10.2.1/3, 10.2.1/2, and 10.2.2) Winter 2014 Complete. 10 Instructor recommended adoption of new edition of text book. Winter 2013 7th edition adopted. Winter 2014 Closed. 11 Change competency 3.4.7 on radiative heat transfer Winter 2014 Instructor recommended against it and increased/improved coverage. Winter 2015 Closed. 12 Mass transfer. Winter 2014 The instructor recommends that mass transfer coverage be coordinated with necessary coverage in ChEn 476. He also felt that he overwhelmed the students covering 3.5.3. May 2015 Ongoing (see 12a) 12a Mass transfer. Winter 2015 The UG Committee agrees that mass transfer coverage, (e.g., 3.5.3 “Students will be able to simple problems where heat and mass transfer are coupled.”, 3.4.5, “Students will be able to formulate and solve differential energy May 2016 Ongoing.
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