A teaching strategy for enhancement of physics learning in the first year of industrial engineering

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to describe a teaching strategy for enhancement of physics learning among students in their first year of industrial engineering by using a conception of learning according with the scientific methodology. We describe very concisely the theoretical basis of our proposal, which takes into account the recent contribution of research into physics and engineering education. Four classes of first years were taught by the proposed strategy and during 4 years all students of each class (about 952 students in total) were tested on their understanding of the physics programme. The results of the innovation support the fact that there has been a remarkable improvement in teaching effectiveness.