Respondents were asked to give ratings (1-5 scale using words) on the following questions:
- Evaluate the importance of the following issues to your school
- Evaluate the importance of the following issues to AE programs nationally
- Evaluate the importance of research related to teaching AE Design in the following areas
The detailed results are available on this Google-Docs spreadsheet.
Summary of Results
Issues for Schools
Considerable Importance
- Integration of all three ABET components of AE - Structure; MEP; Construction Management (3.9/5)
- Sustainability Design (3.5/5)
Non-Significant Evaluations
- All the others were not rejected from the null-hypothesis of "average" significance.
Issues Nationally
Considerable Importance
- Integration of all three ABET components of AE - Structure; MEP; Construction Management (3.6/5)
- Sustainability Design (3.7/5)
Some Significance
- BIM (Building Information Modeling) (3.4/5)
- Lean/Economic Design (3.3/5)
Non-Significant Evaluations
- All the others were not rejected from the null-hypothesis of "average" significance.
Teaching Research
Considerable Importance
- Correlating industry needs with AED curricula (3.8/5)
- Identifying the most effective teaching strategies for different aspects of AED. (3.5/5)
- Incorporating distance-learning into the curriculum (2.5/5) - [negative importance]
Some Significance
- Incorporating computer-based instruction into the curriculum (3.4/5)
- Addressing different student learning styles (3.4/5)
Non-Significant Evaluations
- All the others were not rejected from the null-hypothesis of "average" significance.
Note on Statistical Significance of Results
Almost all the results showed a statistically significant difference from a null-hypothesis model centered on the middle term (3.0) of the 5-Likert values using a goodness-of-fit chi-squared analysis. Those that weren't significant are shaded gray.
Note, as always, that a significant result does not mean a big difference. That is a matter of individual judgement, which is the reason the actual counts are shown.
