How Do Engineering Students Develop and Reason with Concepts of Electricity Within a Project-based Course?
- ISBN-10
- 0549066802
- ISBN-13
- 9780549066804
- Category
- Active learning
- Pages
- 359
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Author
- Karen E. Bledsoe
Description
Subjects were interviewed near the beginning and after the end of an electrical engineering course that included a project-based laboratory. Interviews were analyzed for subject content knowledge. The subjects were observed performing in lab as they carried out various tasks using TekBots(TM) robotic kits. Dialogue between the subjects and others in the lab, including the researcher, was analyzed for evidence of reasoning skills and how the subjects used their knowledge and mental constructions when engaged in problem-solving.
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