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Flip-flops in students' conceptions of state / Herman, G.L. in IEEE transactions on education, Vol. 55 N° 1 (Février 2012) 

Public ISBD [article]  in IEEE transactions on education > Vol. 55 N° 1 (Février 2012) . - pp. 88 - 98 Titre : Flip-flops in students' conceptions of state Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Herman, G.L., Auteur ; Zilles, C., Auteur ; Loui, M.C., Auteur Année de publication : 2013 Article en page(s) : pp. 88 - 98 Note générale : education Langues : Français (fre) Mots-clés : combinational  circuits;  computer  science  education;  logic  circuits;  sequential  circuits;  state  machines Résumé : The authors conducted a qualitative interview-based study to reveal students' misconceptions about state in sequential circuits. This paper documents 16 misconceptions of state, how students' conceptions of state shift and change, and students' methodological weaknesses. These misconceptions can be used to inform and direct instruction. This study revealed a need for the development and adoption of standard terminology and a need to focus digital logic instruction upon a central concept of information encoding. In addition, these misconceptions will serve as the basis for the creation of standard assessments called concept inventories. A concept inventory will provide rigorous and quantitative metrics to assess the effectiveness of new teaching methods. En ligne : http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5754625&sortType%3Das [...] [article] Flip-flops in students' conceptions of state [texte imprimé] / Herman, G.L., Auteur ; Zilles, C., Auteur ; Loui, M.C., Auteur . - 2013 . - pp. 88 - 98. education Langues : Français (fre) in IEEE transactions on education > Vol. 55 N° 1 (Février 2012) . - pp. 88 - 98 Mots-clés : combinational  circuits;  computer  science  education;  logic  circuits;  sequential  circuits;  state  machines Résumé : The authors conducted a qualitative interview-based study to reveal students' misconceptions about state in sequential circuits. This paper documents 16 misconceptions of state, how students' conceptions of state shift and change, and students' methodological weaknesses. These misconceptions can be used to inform and direct instruction. This study revealed a need for the development and adoption of standard terminology and a need to focus digital logic instruction upon a central concept of information encoding. In addition, these misconceptions will serve as the basis for the creation of standard assessments called concept inventories. A concept inventory will provide rigorous and quantitative metrics to assess the effectiveness of new teaching methods. En ligne : http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5754625&sortType%3Das [...]

Students' misconceptions about medium-scale integrated circuits / Herman, G.L. in IEEE transactions on education, Vol. 54 N° 4 (Novembre 2011) 

Public ISBD [article]  in IEEE transactions on education > Vol. 54 N° 4 (Novembre 2011) . - pp. 637 - 645 Titre : Students' misconceptions about medium-scale integrated circuits Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Herman, G.L., Auteur ; Loui, M.C., Auteur ; Zilles, C., Auteur Année de publication : 2013 Article en page(s) : pp. 637 - 645 Note générale : education Langues : Français (fre) Mots-clés : boolean  algebra;  combinational  circuits;  computer  science  education;  integrated  circuit;  logic  circuits Résumé : To improve instruction in computer engineering and computer science, instructors must better understand how their students learn. Unfortunately, little is known about how students learn the fundamental concepts in computing. To investigate student conceptions and misconceptions about digital logic concepts, the authors conducted a qualitative interview-based study. In the interviews, students verbalized their thinking while they solved digital logic problems. The interviews were analyzed to identify students' misconceptions. This paper presents five classes of students' misconceptions and methodological weaknesses concerning medium-scale integrated (MSI) circuits. These misconceptions were used to create a multiple-choice conceptual assessment, called a concept inventory, that is being used to test for the prevalence of the misconceptions discovered through the interviews. Although the misconceptions documented in the paper are primarily intended for the construction of the concept inventory, they can also point to potential ways to improve instruction. En ligne : http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5699379&sortType%3Das [...] [article] Students' misconceptions about medium-scale integrated circuits [texte imprimé] / Herman, G.L., Auteur ; Loui, M.C., Auteur ; Zilles, C., Auteur . - 2013 . - pp. 637 - 645. education Langues : Français (fre) in IEEE transactions on education > Vol. 54 N° 4 (Novembre 2011) . - pp. 637 - 645 Mots-clés : boolean  algebra;  combinational  circuits;  computer  science  education;  integrated  circuit;  logic  circuits Résumé : To improve instruction in computer engineering and computer science, instructors must better understand how their students learn. Unfortunately, little is known about how students learn the fundamental concepts in computing. To investigate student conceptions and misconceptions about digital logic concepts, the authors conducted a qualitative interview-based study. In the interviews, students verbalized their thinking while they solved digital logic problems. The interviews were analyzed to identify students' misconceptions. This paper presents five classes of students' misconceptions and methodological weaknesses concerning medium-scale integrated (MSI) circuits. These misconceptions were used to create a multiple-choice conceptual assessment, called a concept inventory, that is being used to test for the prevalence of the misconceptions discovered through the interviews. Although the misconceptions documented in the paper are primarily intended for the construction of the concept inventory, they can also point to potential ways to improve instruction. En ligne : http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5699379&sortType%3Das [...]