Puzzle-Based Learning: A Joyful Learning Strategy in Automotive Engineering Education

Abstract

The various changes to the automobile systems and the integration of the systems have made more challenging for becoming a successful automobile engineer. Various reforms are taking place in the engineering education at the national and international levels. To stand in the competitive age, the engineering institutes are supposed to get accredited by NBA New Delhi and in the coming days to also get accredited by ABET-an International Accreditation Board. Wipro Technologies have started a giant project entitled "Mission10X," through which they have targeted to train 25000 engineering faculties. The main motto is to make teaching-learning process more effective and interesting by various means. Using puzzles is one of them. It has been well documented that crossword puzzles are an effective teaching tool. Not to mention that they are enjoyable to complete. Puzzles can be solved individually or in a group. Solving puzzles in a group will also encourage the students for group discussions and will develop their intrapersonal and interper-sonal skills. In this paper, the puzzle-based learning approach has been discussed with its advantages, especially for Automobile Engineering Education.