Using interactive lecture demonstrations to improve conceptual understanding of resonance in an electronics course

Using online and multimedia resources to enhance the student learning experience in a telecommunications laboratory within an Australian university

“…Their study occurred in the presence of a large cohort of students, 100 to 200 from various discipline backgrounds, which included engineering and science students. Interestingly, in their discussion of their observations of the student learning experience, they indicated that a blending of AL with the use of ILD (in the associated lectures) provided the best results irrespective of the quality of the lectures (Mazzolini et al, 2012). Their study also indicated that demonstration and practice enhance the engineering students' understanding and learning experience.…”

“…It is well established from these studies, and others, that the use of online technologies and material enhances student learning. Another technique used in university education in the Australian context has been examined in recent studies by Mazzolini et al (2012). They showed that the advantages of using the Instruction Lecture Demonstration (ILD) model, which is a type of active learning (AL) to enhance student learning and understanding in an engineering context which they applied in an introductory electronics course.…”

“…They showed that the advantages of using the Instruction Lecture Demonstration (ILD) model, which is a type of active learning (AL) to enhance student learning and understanding in an engineering context which they applied in an introductory electronics course. In addition, the study by Mazzolini et al (2012) included laboratory activities designed around the skills needed in a particular engineering or science-based discipline. Their study occurred in the presence of a large cohort of students, 100 to 200 from various discipline backgrounds, which included engineering and science students.…”

Investigating the role of socially mediated metacognition during collaborative troubleshooting of electric circuits

“…Within the physics education literature, there is a broad spectrum of research on electronics at both introductory and upper-division levels. Some of this work has focused on the design or evaluation of electronics courses [17][18][19][20][21][22], while other work has focused on student understanding of circuits, circuit components, or related concepts [23][24][25][26][27][28]. Recently, two studies have explored instructor perspectives about teaching upper-division electronics lab courses: Coppens et al [29] surveyed students and instructors at multiple Belgian colleges about learning goals for electronics labs, and Dounas-Frazer and Lewandowski [1,4] conducted an inter-institutional interview study with electronics instructors across the United States.…”

Investigating Physics and Engineering Students' Understanding of AC Biasing Networks

“…Much of the past work in upper-division courses has focused on student learning of specific topics including operational-amplifier (op-amp) circuits 3,4 , phase relationships in AC circuits 5 , and RC filters 6 . We note that from its inception, engineering education research (EER) has primarily focused on non-introductory topics, whereas PER has only recently begun to explore upper-division content.…”