Title :
KIRCHHOFF: an educational software for learning the basic principles and methodology in electrical circuits modeling
Author :
De Coulon, Frédéric ; Forte, Eddy ; Rivera, Jose Maria
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
fDate :
2/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An interactive courseware package designed to be used as an auxiliary instructional tool by lower division students is described. The pedagogical goal of KIRCHHOFF is to foster mastery of basic methodological skills in the study of lumped electrical circuits. For a given circuit layout, proposed by the teacher, this is verified when the circuit has been systematically labeled and when a correct, complete and nonredundant set of algebraic and integro-differential equations has been written down by the student. KIRCHHOFF, a symbolic exercising tool, provides graphic guidance in such a process and, when needed, gives the learner suitable corrective explanations
Keywords :
circuit analysis computing; computer aided instruction; digital simulation; education; engineering graphics; integro-differential equations; lumped parameter networks; software packages; teaching; CAI; KIRCHHOFF; algebraic equations; circuit analysis computing; circuit layout; digital simulation; electrical circuits modeling; engineering graphics; integro-differential equations; lumped electrical circuits; software packages; students; symbolic exercising tool; Circuits; Computer aided instruction; Courseware; Electrical engineering; Graphics; Integrodifferential equations; Libraries; Packaging; User interfaces; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on
