Teaching Lessons Learned: The ExCEEd Teaching Model

Allen C. Estes, United States Military Academy
Ronald W. Welch, United States Military Academy
Stephen J. Ressler, United States Military Academy

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© 2005 American Society of Civil Engineers. The definitive version can be found online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2005)131:4(218).

NOTE: At the time of publication, the author Allen Estes was affiliated with the United States Military Academy - West Point, NY. Currently, August 2008, he is Head and Professor of Architectural Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Abstract

While the first five articles in this Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice (JPI) series covered a variety of teaching tools and techniques such as the chalkboard, questioning, drama, board notes, physical models, and demonstrations, the previous issue took a broader view and introduced a model instructional strategy. This strategy provides a conceptual framework that an instructor can use to develop classroom instruction in an organized and coherent manner. The strategy reflects the way that students actually learn and prompts the instructor to make conscious decisions about allocating responsibility for student learning and sequencing the contributing activities. This article takes an even wider perspective and attempts to answer the question, What constitutes good teaching?