Introductory Project in Electrical Engineering as a tool to improve motivation among second-year students

Aharon Gero

doi:10.1109/TALE.2012.6360352

Introductory Project in Electrical Engineering as a tool to improve motivation among second-year students

Aharon Gero

Education in Science and Technology

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

The course Introductory Project in Electrical Engineering was designed to expose students beginning their second year of studies to the discipline of electrical engineering in order to increase their motivation. The course took place for the first time at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in 2011. The core of the course was a team-based design project of a window cleaning robot. The present study, which used quantitative instruments alongside qualitative ones, indicates significant improvement in intrinsic motivation of students who participated in the course.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2012
Pages	H4A1-H4A5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360352
State	Published - 2012
Event	1st IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2012 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong Duration: 20 Aug 2012 → 23 Aug 2012

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Name	Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2012

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Conference	1st IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2012
Country/Territory	Hong Kong
City	Hong Kong
Period	20/08/12 → 23/08/12

Keywords

electrical engineering education
introductory engineering course
motivation
project-based learning

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Education

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Gero, A. (2012). Introductory Project in Electrical Engineering as a tool to improve motivation among second-year students. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2012 (pp. H4A1-H4A5). Article 6360352 (Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2012). https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360352

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Gero, A 2012, Introductory Project in Electrical Engineering as a tool to improve motivation among second-year students. in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2012., 6360352, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2012, pp. H4A1-H4A5, 1st IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2012, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 20/08/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360352

Introductory Project in Electrical Engineering as a tool to improve motivation among second-year students. / Gero, Aharon.
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2012. 2012. p. H4A1-H4A5 6360352 (Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2012).

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Gero A. Introductory Project in Electrical Engineering as a tool to improve motivation among second-year students. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2012. 2012. p. H4A1-H4A5. 6360352. (Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2012). doi: 10.1109/TALE.2012.6360352

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