Ebook: Learning Electricity and Electronics with Advanced Educational Technology

The objective of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Learning electricity and electronics with advanced educational technology" was to bring together researchers coming from different domains. Electricity education is a domain where a lot of research has already been made. The first meeting on electricity teaching was organized in 1984 by R. Duit, W. Jung and C. von Rhoneck in Ludwigsburg (Germany). Since then, research has been going on and we can consider that the workshop was the successor of this first meeting. Our goal was not to organize a workshop grouping only people producing software in the field of electricity education or more generally in the field of physics education, even if this software was based on artificial intelligence techniques. On the contrary, we wanted this workshop to bring together researchers involved in the connection between cognitive science and the learning of a well defined domain such as electricity. So during the workshop, people doing research in physics education, cognitive psychology, and artificial intelligence had the opportunity to discuss and exchange. These proceedings reflect the different points of view. The main idea is that designing a learning environment needs the confrontation of different approaches. The proceedings are organized in five parts which reflect these different aspects.

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This volume is based on a NATO Advanced Research Workshop in the Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology. The objective of the workshop was to bring together researchers producing software in the field of electricity education, and more generally in physics education, and researchers involved in the connection between cognitive science andthe learning of a well defined domain such as electricity. The book is divided into five main parts: - New approaches to teaching electricity: research on the teaching of electricity has shown that traditional presentations should be questioned. - Analogies and models in electricity: teaching experiments based on different models of electricity are presented. - Contextualized electricity: a new field of research studies how adults who work with electricity and electronic devices represent electric phenomena and concepts. - Using computers in electricity teaching: studies show how computers can be used for assessing electricity knowledge and student models of electricity. -Design of learning environments: here interactive learning environments, some of them specially designed for practical work in electronics, are presented.

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This volume is based on a NATO Advanced Research Workshop in the Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology. The objective of the workshop was to bring together researchers producing software in the field of electricity education, and more generally in physics education, and researchers involved in the connection between cognitive science andthe learning of a well defined domain such as electricity. The book is divided into five main parts: - New approaches to teaching electricity: research on the teaching of electricity has shown that traditional presentations should be questioned. - Analogies and models in electricity: teaching experiments based on different models of electricity are presented. - Contextualized electricity: a new field of research studies how adults who work with electricity and electronic devices represent electric phenomena and concepts. - Using computers in electricity teaching: studies show how computers can be used for assessing electricity knowledge and student models of electricity. -Design of learning environments: here interactive learning environments, some of them specially designed for practical work in electronics, are presented.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-VII
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
New Approach to Introduce Basic Concepts in Electricity....Pages 5-21
Electrical Interactions and the Atomic Structure of Matter: Adding Qualitative Reasoning to a Calculus-Based Electricity and Magnetism Course....Pages 23-35
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
Using “Modelling Analogies” to Teach Basic Electricity: A Critical Analysis....Pages 39-55
Multiple Causal Modelling of Electrical Circuits for Enhancing Knowledge Intelligibility....Pages 57-75
Conceptual Models for Understanding the Behavior of Electrical Circuits....Pages 77-95
Reasoning about Electricity and Water Circuits: Teaching Consequences in Electricity....Pages 97-108
Towards Expertise in Hydrodynamics: Psychological Data....Pages 109-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Adults’ Understanding of Electricity....Pages 131-146
Simulation and Learner’s Knowledge Processing in the Case of a Learning Environment on Signal Processing....Pages 147-156
Contextualized Reasoning of Electrical Technicians....Pages 157-169
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Using Computer-Based Questionnaires to Diagnose Students’ Models of Electricity....Pages 173-195
Computerized Analysis of Students’ Ability to Process Information in the Area of Basic Electricity....Pages 197-210
Computer Assisted Learning of Basic Concepts in Electricity and Electromagnetic Wave Propagation....Pages 211-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Automated Diagnosis of Misconceptions about Electricity: What are the Prospects?....Pages 229-249
From Ideal to Real in the Teaching of Electronics Through Computer Simulated Experiments....Pages 251-257
LABEL: An Intelligent Learning Environment (ILE) for Electric Circuits....Pages 259-273
SIAM: A Knowledge-Based System for Practical Work....Pages 275-289
An Object-Based Situational Approach to Task Analysis....Pages 291-302
Modelling of Physics Problem Solving with Classifier Systems....Pages 303-329
Back Matter....Pages 331-336

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This volume is based on a NATO Advanced Research Workshop in the Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology. The objective of the workshop was to bring together researchers producing software in the field of electricity education, and more generally in physics education, and researchers involved in the connection between cognitive science andthe learning of a well defined domain such as electricity. The book is divided into five main parts: - New approaches to teaching electricity: research on the teaching of electricity has shown that traditional presentations should be questioned. - Analogies and models in electricity: teaching experiments based on different models of electricity are presented. - Contextualized electricity: a new field of research studies how adults who work with electricity and electronic devices represent electric phenomena and concepts. - Using computers in electricity teaching: studies show how computers can be used for assessing electricity knowledge and student models of electricity. -Design of learning environments: here interactive learning environments, some of them specially designed for practical work in electronics, are presented.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-VII
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
New Approach to Introduce Basic Concepts in Electricity....Pages 5-21
Electrical Interactions and the Atomic Structure of Matter: Adding Qualitative Reasoning to a Calculus-Based Electricity and Magnetism Course....Pages 23-35
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
Using “Modelling Analogies” to Teach Basic Electricity: A Critical Analysis....Pages 39-55
Multiple Causal Modelling of Electrical Circuits for Enhancing Knowledge Intelligibility....Pages 57-75
Conceptual Models for Understanding the Behavior of Electrical Circuits....Pages 77-95
Reasoning about Electricity and Water Circuits: Teaching Consequences in Electricity....Pages 97-108
Towards Expertise in Hydrodynamics: Psychological Data....Pages 109-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Adults’ Understanding of Electricity....Pages 131-146
Simulation and Learner’s Knowledge Processing in the Case of a Learning Environment on Signal Processing....Pages 147-156
Contextualized Reasoning of Electrical Technicians....Pages 157-169
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Using Computer-Based Questionnaires to Diagnose Students’ Models of Electricity....Pages 173-195
Computerized Analysis of Students’ Ability to Process Information in the Area of Basic Electricity....Pages 197-210
Computer Assisted Learning of Basic Concepts in Electricity and Electromagnetic Wave Propagation....Pages 211-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Automated Diagnosis of Misconceptions about Electricity: What are the Prospects?....Pages 229-249
From Ideal to Real in the Teaching of Electronics Through Computer Simulated Experiments....Pages 251-257
LABEL: An Intelligent Learning Environment (ILE) for Electric Circuits....Pages 259-273
SIAM: A Knowledge-Based System for Practical Work....Pages 275-289
An Object-Based Situational Approach to Task Analysis....Pages 291-302
Modelling of Physics Problem Solving with Classifier Systems....Pages 303-329
Back Matter....Pages 331-336
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