| Autor: |
I. Paterson-Stephens, P. Schillebeeckx, M. Dodridge |
| Rok vydání: |
2001 |
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| Zdroj: |
IEE International Symposium Engineering Education: Innovations in Teaching, Learning and Assessment. |
| DOI: |
10.1049/ic:20010063 |
| Popis: |
Falling standards and fewer pupils taking advanced level subjects at schools such as mathematics and sciences may in part be responsible for the increased difficulty being faced by UK institutions in recruiting students onto engineering programmes in higher education. Many entrants will have low grades in the subjects mentioned and others may have passed in only one subject. Subjects areas at all levels in undergraduate programmes of study such as linear principles, elementary control theory and advanced signal processing, where there is a highly analytical treatment of the material, does little to fire the imagination and enthusiasm of students and are often avoided where there is a choice. Whilst it is accepted that a degree of mathematical underpinning is necessary an excessive amount can lead to a lack of understanding of the application of theory. Many universities have developed CAL packages to supplement traditional teaching methods in subjects such as linear systems and control theory. These packages can be expensive to produce but an alternative is to use the industry standard software such as P-SPICE and SIMULINK/MATLAB that is widely available and relatively inexpensive. There is no intention to replace well developed laboratory experiments with a software solution but to provide students with an added dimension to learn that circuits and system blocks are not simply theoretical but are tangible objects which only give optimum performance predicted by theoretical analysis following careful design, simulation and test. (6 pages) |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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