Project-Based Learning and Rubrics in the Teaching of Power Supplies and Photovoltaic Electricity

Martinez, Fernando J.; Herrero, Luis César; Pablo, Santiago de

doi:10.1109/te.2010.2044506

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“…These practical assignments further enables students to exercise engineering judgment and apply it to a practical problem (Ibrahim, 2004). RAE3 encourages group work where two students work together on a series of assignments that promotes cooperative learning (Zakaria & Iksan, 2007) which is, in various aspects, a very superior education methodology compared to other traditional ones (Martinez, Herrero, & De Pablo, 2011).…”

Section: Radio Engineering III Structure and Assignmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using Problem-Based Learning to Stimulate Entrepreneurial Awareness Among Senior African Undergraduate Students

Swart

2014

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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Literature states that entrepreneurial awareness is required in countries where entrepreneurship is neither publicized nor acclaimed, which is currently the situation in South Africa. Entrepreneurial skills include the ability to market one's product by means of a sales poster while problem-based learning is viewed as fundamental to entrepreneurial education. The research question arises "How may academics use problem-based learning to stimulate entrepreneurial awareness among senior African undergraduate students?" The purpose of this article is to present a practical assignment which was designed to help students think about entrepreneurship while engaging in problem-based learning. Engineering students were asked to help resolve the problem of poor television reception in the Vaal Triangle community by designing and constructing a specific antenna and then designing a sales poster to market their product. Quantitative and qualitative data reveals that students are able to engage in problem-based learning in engineering, but lack the ability to design an effective sales poster which forms part of entrepreneurial skills. Results further reveal that students were able to meet the learning outcomes for this practical assignment and really enjoyed the problem-based learning approach.

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Section: Radio Engineering III Structure and Assignmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using Problem-Based Learning to Stimulate Entrepreneurial Awareness Among Senior African Undergraduate Students

Swart

2014

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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“…Rubrics are a scoring tools that lists the criteria for a piece of work. Rubrics usually contain evaluative criteria in order to assess students' performance in different levels of achievement (Martinez, Herrero, and de Pablo 2010). In Table 3, we present an example of the rubrics employed to enhance students' learning.…”

Section: The Supervision Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring students’ engineering designs through open-ended assignments

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Jansen

2016

European Journal of Engineering Education

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This paper aims at presenting the experience of the Power Conversion project in teaching students to design a proof-of-principle contactless energy transfer system for the charging of electrical vehicles. The Power Conversion is a second-year electrical engineering (EE) project in which students are to gather and apply EE knowledge to design and test a system. This system is to work with power level and operates independent from an electricity grid. The instructional method used in this project is design-based learning (DBL). As an educational approach, DBL is to support students to gather and apply knowledge in openended assignments. The set-up of the project has gone through different modifications and iterations in three consecutive years regarding the organisation and supervision of the students. We have analysed the students' design products in the past three academic years in order to evaluate whether the project set-up and supervision have influenced students' designs. Results indicate that the open-ended character of the project has a positive influence on the designs especially regarding the criteria on efficiency, Maximum Power Point Tracking algorithm and power tracking. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Rubrics [40]- [44] are used during the rehearsal meetings; the introductory seminar does not include any kind of assessment. The purpose of these rubrics is to show students the evolution and improvement in their presentation skills, rather than the tutors assessing them.…”

Section: Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%