Surajkumar G. Kumbhar
1*,
S. R. Kumbhar
1,
S. T. Satpute
1,
R. B. Thombare
2,
A. B. Salunkhe
3
- Automobile Engineering Department, RIT, Rajaramnagar, India
- Electronics and Tele-Communication Engineering Department, NMCOE, Peth, India
- Mechanical Engineering Department, AIT, Vita., India
Abstract
The ability to ask relevant questions is an important skill for students. It builds students� ability to develop focused questions from the undergone reading. The objective of this work is to build skills among students which are required to develop a questioning ability by forming questions from given engineering reading study material. To enhance reading comprehension with the perspective of Reciprocal Questioning (ReQuest), the author used this innovative teaching technique in the form of ReQuest for the automotive chassis course of third year B. Tech. engineering. The final result of that semester showed that the technique improves motivation and learning capability in the students. The results indicate that students can be provided with such a simple structured instructional ReQuest procedure between groups to achieve outcome-based learning. While supplementary research is desirable, for the suggestion on the design of engineering courses so lectures can be utilized properly in the favor of learning of students.
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