Title :
WIP: Effectiveness of Worked Examples and Fading in Introductory Electrical Circuit Analysis for Learners of Different Ability Levels
Author :
Reisslein, Jana ; Reisslein, Martin ; Seeling, Patrick
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ
Abstract :
This paper reports on work in progress to examine and improve the effectiveness of instructional sequences containing worked examples and fading solution steps in the domain of introductory electrical circuit analysis. We pay close attention to the ability levels of the learners, which have not been considered in detail in previous studies on fading. Our preliminary results indicate that different static paces of fading or adaptive fading can make instructional sequences with fading more effective for learners with a range of ability levels
Keywords :
electrical engineering education; network analysis; instructional sequences; introductory electrical circuit analysis; learners ability; Circuit analysis; Engineering students; Fading; Problem-solving; Psychology; State feedback; Adaptive fading; backward fading; example-problem; instructional sequence; interactive fading; problem-example; worked examples;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Indianopolis, IN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9077-6
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2005.1612245