Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

DOI: 10.16920/jeet/2016/v29i3/85248

Year: 2016, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 124-131

Original Article

Impact of Simulator as a Technology Tool on Problem Solving Skills of Engineering Students-A Study Report

Madhuri Mavinkurve 1*, Mahesh Patil 2
  • Deapartment of Electronics and communications, Thakur College of Engg and Technology, Kandivali, Mumbai, India
  • Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
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Abstract

Technology integration in education is one of the important approaches to develop higher order thinking skill among engineering students. In this study, we report the use of electronic circuit simulator SEQUEL to develop student's conceptual understanding. We applied SEQUEL in classroom environment to show students the effect of parameter variations on outputs of circuits. We conducted pre post single group study for two learning objectives such as (1) Draw output waveforms (LO1) (2) Predict output in given condition (LO2). We found that SEQUEL helped students to predict output for given conditions as number of students who scored high in post-test are more than pre-test for LO2.

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