Table 3

Analysis step of the EDP

Aspects of analysisEDP stepsContents
Teaching and learning topic Energy topic
Level of instructionFirst-year college students mechanical engineering attending a physics course
Learning needs of studentsStudents use the EDP to learn science physics
Engineering problem-solvingDefine a problem that addresses a needDesigning a machine that lifts objects from the ground up
Learning outcomes 
  • Applying the law of conservation of energy

  • Applying the engineering problem-solving method

Content knowledgeMotion, Force, work of force, power, kinetic energy, work-energy theorem, potential energy and conservation of mechanical energy
Assessment strategy
  • Diagnostic

  • Formative

  • Summative

Source(s): Author’s research

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