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Efficacy Of A Final Lab Practicum And Lab Reports For Assessment In A Fundamentals Electric Circuits Laboratory, Edward Carl Greco Jr., James D. Reasoner, Daniel W. Bullock, Carlos Castillo, Patricia Buford, Gill Richards

Faculty Publications - Electrical Engineering

In a fundamental electrical engineering laboratory course, the traditional team based approach to laboratory structure with two or more members per lab team was not as effective for teaching basic laboratory skills and knowledge as a lab structure that allowed students to perform laboratory exercises individually throughout the semester. The laboratory report was insensitive and insufficient to measure the difference in the laboratory abilities and knowledge from these two groups. In order to assess the students' laboratory knowledge and abilities, it was necessary to develop a new assessment instrument that would be sufficient for this purpose. The students' performance on …