Animation-Based Teaching of Semiconductor Devices: Long-Term Improvement in Students’ Achievements in a Two-Year College

International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy

ARTICLE

Aharon Gero¹  Wishah Zoabi² 

[1] Technion – Israel Institute of Technology;ORT Braude College

关键词: Animation-based learning;    electronic devices;    long-term effect;    two-year colleges;   

DOI  :  10.3991/ijep.v5i1.4182

来源: International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP), Kassel University Press

【 摘 要 】

The structure and operating principle of semiconductor devices are a central topic in teaching electronics, both in universities and in two-year colleges. Teachers teaching this subject normally run into substantial difficulties stemming from the fact that a major part of the concepts and processes that are relevant to understanding these devices are abstract. In light of the advantages of multimedia in illustrating dynamic processes, the chapter covering the field effect transistor (FET) has recently been taught through animation at a two-year college in Israel. The study presented here has examined, through quantitative tools, whether animation-based teaching of the FET had any effect on students’ achievements in the subject of basic electronic devices. Forty electronics students have participated in the study. Its findings indicate that in the short and long term alike, the achievements of students who studied the transistor through animation were significantly higher than those of their peers who studied it through a traditional method. Additionally, the effect size was very large.

【 授权许可】

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