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Leppavirta, J.; Kettunen, H.; Sihvola, A. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
Complex multistep problem exercises are one way to enhance engineering students' learning of electromagnetics (EM). This study investigates whether exposure to complex problem exercises during an introductory EM course improves students' conceptual and procedural knowledge. The performance in complex problem exercises is compared to prior success…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, Electromechanical Technology
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Hemling, Melissa A.; Sammel, Lauren M.; Zenner, Greta; Payne, Amy C.; Crone, Wendy C. – Science Scope, 2006
Many traditional classroom science and technology activities often ask students to complete prepackaged labs that ensure that everyone arrives at the same "scientifically accurate" solution or theory, which ignores the important problem-solving and creative aspects of scientific research and technological design. Students rarely have the…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Scientific Research, Research Problems, Patients