Thinking Like an Engineer, now with MATLAB Grader available in MyLab Engineering, is designed to facilitate active learning for first-year engineering courses. The authors incorporate a model that encourages self-guided inquiry and moves students beyond plug-and-chug approaches and memorization.
Checkpoints in each chapter provide problem sets to solve. An emphasis on advance reading and practice prepares students for in-class activities that reinforce the material. Instructors spend class time focusing on collaborative problem-solving, computer-based activities, and hands-on experiments.