An Alternative Method to Teaching Design of Control Systems
George Roskovich
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An Alternative Method to Teaching Design of Control Systems | ||
| Published in: | Innovation in Engineering, Technology and Education for Competitiveness and Prosperity: Proceedings of the 12th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology | |
| Date of Conference: | July 21-24,2014 | |
| Location of Conference: | Guayaquil,Ecuador | |
| Authors: | Daniel Raviv George Roskovich | |
| Refereed Paper: | #269 | |
Abstract: | ||
| As technology advances, newer generations of students are being exposed to greater quantities of instantaneous information and media. As researches have noted an increase in visual media usage, they have correlated a reduction in academic performance. It may be for this reason that a greater number of instructors are noticing that students are finding it increasingly difficult understanding and retaining difficult concepts in STEM programs. As conventional methods of lecturing and prescribed reading do not always cater to students’ styles of learning, a method is being developed at Florida Atlantic University to create a manuscript that provides students and instructors with visual and engaging material aimed at establishing intuition before transitioning into difficult concepts and deeper mathematical analysis. The manuscript is not meant to be a replacement to existing textbooks but to serve as supplementary material to aid in the teaching and understanding of difficult concepts in STEM. This paper highlights the methods employed, with examples and explanations. | ||