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

Comments

Presented by J. Reasoner.

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