Title
Student Participation in EE Lab Teams as a Predictor of Acquired Skills and Knowledge
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2008
Department
Engineering & Computing Sciences
Abstract
In a fundamental electrical engineering laboratory course, the current model utilizing laboratory groups of two or more students to perform assignments reduced the student's ability to learn rudimentary laboratory skills and knowledge and the ability to apply them to a basic circuits analysis application. The students' performance on the laboratory final exam provided an indicator of their individually acquired knowledge and skills. Several factors were investigated as contributors to a student's performance on the laboratory final exam. The two factors that were found to be significant were (a) the student's grade in the Electric Circuits II lecture course and (b) the student's active participation as a “builder-tester” during the weekly laboratory exercises. The only factor that significantly and independently contributed to the students laboratory skills and knowledge base was the latter. The results of this study indicate that …
Publication Title
Proceedings of the 2008 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education
Recommended Citation
Greco, E. C., Reasoner, J. D., & Nelson, R.E. (2008). Student Participation in EE Lab Teams as a Predictor of Acquired Skills and Knowledge. ASEE Midwest Conference Proceedings, 2008.
Comments
Presented by J. Reasoner.