Problems Without Data: An Emerging Methodology to Change The Way of Teaching Engineering Problems

摘要

Changing the way in which students work in the university environment is necessary. Thus, conventional classes based on problem solving were eliminated. Instead, active dynamics were used. With them, students participated in a closer way to the way how later they will have to do it into the working world. This new methodology to face the engineering problems was called "problems without data". Its implementation was done using an App. Students had to choose, for a certain problem, what data have to buy to be able to solve it successfully. In the same way, this paper explains how to introduce this new methodology in the classroom. A series of stages were shown so that the reader can transform their conventional engineering problems in new ones adapted to the new methodology proposed. Statistical studies proved that the university students that use PWD methodology improved their academic results.