Linking Interest and Conceptual Knowledge in Electrical Engineering

这个工程教育研究项目的目标是调查学生之间的联系？工程的概念知识和他们在该领域的兴趣。这项研究是在两个大三电气工程课程的背景下进行的。该项目结合了定性和定量的措施，包括一个行之有效的评估学生的知识（信号和系统概念清单），以扩大学生理解的性质的考试，并调查inclassproblem解决对学生的影响？学习和兴趣的高级工程课程与重要的数学组成部分。2020年的工程师和其他报告已经确定数学对工程学习的重要性。拟议的研究将整合多个定量和定性的数据来源，在一个案例研究的学生？信号和系统工程的数学知识。我们将利用信号和系统概念清单作为学生理解的前测和后测措施。为了进行更深入的分析，我们将收集学生对整个学期课堂任务的反应，进行临床访谈，收集学生成绩单数据，并在课程考试中使用学生的表现。这结合了多种类型的评估，以提供一个全面的学生？对信号和系统领域的工程知识和兴趣。

The goal of this engineering educations research project is to investigate the link between students? conceptual knowledge of engineering and their interest in the field. The study is conducted within the context of two junior-year electrical engineering courses. The project combines qualitative and quantitative measures, including a proven assessment of student knowledge (the Signals and Systems Concept Inventory), to broaden the examination of the nature of student understanding and to investigate the impact of inclass problem solving on students? learning and interest in upper-level engineering courses with significant mathematics components. The Engineer of 2020 and other reports have identified mathematics as significant to engineering learning. The proposed study will integrate multiple quantitative and qualitative data sources in a case study about students? mathematics knowledge for engineering in signals and systems. We will utilize the Signals and Systems Concept Inventory as a pre- and post-test measure of student understanding. For more in-depth analysis, we will collect student responses to in-class tasks throughout the semester, conduct clinical interviews, collect student transcript data, and use student performance on course exams. This combines multiple types of assessment to provide a comprehensive picture of students? knowledge and interest in engineering with a focus on the area of signals and systems.