2023 SUMMER PROJECT
1 TEAM:
2 WHY:
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To better facilitate student learning through careful design of the lab experience.
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To grow graduate students into leaders.
3 HOW:
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Semi-daily morning meetings and one discussion meeting per week.
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Reached for a collaborative environment, according to the 3 C's of our team culture: Communication, Cooperation, and Collaboration.
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Used the Deming PDCA cycle to track the current state, desired future state, progress, reflection, and standardization.
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Grew an understanding of the 8 process wastes and teaching principles.
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Looked at the value stream as a whole: put the customer first, analyzed the current state, envisioned a better future, and committed to continuous improvement. (Asked: Who is the customer and what do they want/value? What is the current state? What should the future state be? What can be fixed right now?)
4 WHAT:
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Continued the PDCA cycle from last year. Recorded the purpose, tracked overall work progress (tasks broken down in RAIL), and reflected on what is working or not working.
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Created 10 new lab manual drafts for PH1133 General Physics 3 and PH2223 Physics 2.
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Discussed current state wastes in student learning process: lab manuals, TA training, and equipment. Discussed new ideas and refinements for every aspect of the new manuals. Ensured approval from a recent student and experienced TAs.
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Maintained the future state vision for a world-class lab experience for the student, where the student's mind is considered first:
- Comprehension
- Simple and thorough explanations
- Visual helps
- Extra resources
- Active learning through discussion
- Oral evaluation
- Retrieval & Retention
- Repetition
- Unaided (or Free) Recall through memory exercises about previous labs
- Spacing: progressively spreading out episodes of exposure or recall, bridging the gaps between lectures, homeworks, and exams.
- Experimentation: encourage thinking to connect the concept to real world!