Neuroprosthetics Analyzing Solutions Pugh Charts How do you

Neuroprosthetics Analyzing Solutions Pugh Charts

How do you make tough decisions? Team ideas (Who is going to answer for your team? ) Engineers Use Pugh Charts u Allow u That engineers to rank their design plans way they do not waste resources on designs that may not have worked.

u u u The solutions/designs are the column headings The criteria for the solutions/designs are on row headings You rank each criteria for that solution (usually 0 -3, 0 being lowest) Total each solution at the bottom; which had the highest score? That is your choice…why might you not go with the Pugh Chart choice? How to use a Pugh Chart Best place for Coffee Starbucks Mc. Donalds Gas Station Cost 0 2 3 Taste 3 2 2 Strength of Caffeine 3 2 3 Wait Time 1 2 3 Total: 7 10 11

Practice…Pre-Read u Read the Pugh Chart Student Practice Instructions with your partner. u Keep track of your questions. u Share your questions with your teammates.

Practice Page 1 u Any u questions about the activity? 10 minutes to complete page 1 u Share your vehicle results with your teammates u Make any notes to your sheet when review in class u Flip paper over and work on the Team Design (do not do Peer Review)

Peer Review Intro u Within your team, pick a Writer. u Writer, pick an object for the rest of your team to draw. Your teammates will not know what this object will be and will have to sketch it based upon your written instructions. u Writers: Write instructions for your team to follow u Rest of Team: Review your work on the Project so u What is your solutions? u Do you have inputs, outputs, subsystems, feedback? u What is your main vocab? u What is your “brain”, “computer”, and “interface” for:

Peer Review Intro u Writer: Share your instructions Discussion questions: 1. u u u w e i v Rest of team: Sketch out the object using the instructions. Writer: Share with your teammates what the object is. P r ee Rest of team: Show your sketch to your team. e R How similar/different were the sketches? 2. Was it easy to draw the object? 3. Was it easy giving directions? 4. How would you change the instructions?

Giving Good Directions/Advice… “Peer Review” Engineers and Scientists: Good Review Needs to be: u Use Peer Review to provide feedback, advice, and lend support to data u Fundamental u Clear u Detailed u To CSC: part of science the point (simple) u Compliment u Suggest u Correct

Compliment Suggest what is good and u Something lacking from the work. not to change u Know u. I like it when you… u Have u This is good because. . . u This helped me to… u. I you thought about… made me think of… would suggest adding in … Correct u Errors within the work (language or content) u. I noticed that… u. I would have worded it like … u OK to correct grammar, spelling, etc. without comment

Peer Review Practice u Now complete the Peer Review Practice on page 2 of the worksheet u Review u Turn what your teammate wrote. in your worksheet u Exit Ticket: 1 to 1 1. One way you can use Pugh Charts in your non-science class life 2. One way to use Pugh Charts for your Neuroprosthetics problem 3. One way to use Peer Review (CSC) in your Neuroprosthetics problem

Teacher Directions for the evening. This evening: 1. Review Pugh Chart Practice worksheet for Pugh Chart: u Just do a simple check. Could the students create a Pugh chart with their team? If not, you will need to re-teach. 2. Review Pugh Chart Practice worksheet for Peer Review: u Just do a simple check to see that all comments are appropriate. Address any inappropriate comments the next day. 3. Exit Ticket: 1 -1 -1 u Could the students relate Pugh Charts and Peer Review to their overall problem? If not, do some direct instruction the next day.