Developing a learning community to support student learning in a first year statics course

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Devine, Jo and Kimmins, Lindy. 2010. "Developing a learning community to support student learning in a first year statics course." Gardner, Anne and Jolly, Lesley (ed.) 21st Annual Conference for the Australasian Association of Engineering Education (AAEE 2010). Sydney, Australia 05 - 08 Dec 2010 Sydney, Australia.

Paper/Presentation Title	Developing a learning community to support student learning in a first year statics course
Presentation Type	Paper
Authors	Devine, Jo (Author) and Kimmins, Lindy (Author)
Editors	Gardner, Anne and Jolly, Lesley
Journal or Proceedings Title	Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2010)
Number of Pages	7
Year	2010
Place of Publication	Sydney, Australia
ISBN	9780646546100
Web Address (URL) of Paper	http://aaee.com.au/conferences/AAEE2010/PDF/AUTHOR/AE100149.PDF
Conference/Event	21st Annual Conference for the Australasian Association of Engineering Education (AAEE 2010)
Event Details	Rank B B B B B
Event Details	21st Annual Conference for the Australasian Association of Engineering Education (AAEE 2010) Parent Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Delivery In person Event Date 05 to end of 08 Dec 2010 Event Location Sydney, Australia
Abstract	Engineering statics is a core first year engineering course which has had a high failure rate and a low level of student satisfaction for several years. It caters to a diverse student cohort which includes a large percentage of distance students. Some of the factors that appear to contribute to the poor course outcomes include students’ immature study habits, first year isolation issues and variable background knowledge. We are seeking to address these issues by building a collaborative learning community through peer mentoring in both a face to face and virtual (online) environment. Peer leaders will be used to facilitate learning sessions with small groups of on campus students. These sessions will then be replicated in the online mode and extended to more general learning sessions within the university’s residential colleges. This paper discusses the proposed implementation and evaluation strategy for this program in semester 2, 2010 as well as the expected outcomes.
Keywords	peer mentoring; peer assisted learning; engineering mechanics; learning community
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	390102. Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development
	390113. Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy
	390402. Education assessment and evaluation
Byline Affiliations	Department of Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering
	Learning and Teaching Support Unit
Institution of Origin	University of Southern Queensland

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