Creating and Utilizing “Drain, Waste and Vent Plumbing Trainers” to Enhance Student Learning in a Construction Management Prog.
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Room 202
Start Date
15-5-2014
End Date
15-5-2014
Keywords
Drain, Waste, Vent, Plumbing, Mechanical Systems, Student Learning, Construction Management
Abstract
This presentation explains how “drain, waste, and vent plumbing trainers” were designed, built in-house, and incorporated into a mechanical systems course within a construction management program to enhance student understanding of a basic drain, waste and vent system for a residential bathroom. An explanation of how a need for the physical model was identified is included, with reference to student learning styles. Designing and constructing the model and integration of the model into the classroom is also presented. In addition, discussion of the potential benefit of utilizing the drain, waste, and vent trainer as a demonstration tool to enhance student learning in two separate courses is included and discussed. Future opportunities to expand the model and create similar models to be used in a construction management program are also presented.
Recommended Citation
Plugge, Warren, "Creating and Utilizing “Drain, Waste and Vent Plumbing Trainers” to Enhance Student Learning in a Construction Management Prog." (2014). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 75.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2014/oralpresentations/75
Additional Mentoring Department
Engineering Technologies, Safety, and Construction
Additional Mentoring Department
Construction Management
Creating and Utilizing “Drain, Waste and Vent Plumbing Trainers” to Enhance Student Learning in a Construction Management Prog.
SURC Room 202
This presentation explains how “drain, waste, and vent plumbing trainers” were designed, built in-house, and incorporated into a mechanical systems course within a construction management program to enhance student understanding of a basic drain, waste and vent system for a residential bathroom. An explanation of how a need for the physical model was identified is included, with reference to student learning styles. Designing and constructing the model and integration of the model into the classroom is also presented. In addition, discussion of the potential benefit of utilizing the drain, waste, and vent trainer as a demonstration tool to enhance student learning in two separate courses is included and discussed. Future opportunities to expand the model and create similar models to be used in a construction management program are also presented.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Carns, Dave