Conceptual Understanding of the Electrical Concepts of Voltage and Current: A Pilot Study of a Method to Create Representations of Students’ Mental Models
Author(s) -
Mark Carnes,
Heidi DiefesDux
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
papers on engineering education repository (american society for engineering education)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.18260/1-2--19339
Subject(s) - set (abstract data type) , field (mathematics) , computer science , psychology , mathematics education , mathematics , programming language , pure mathematics
Mark Carnes is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) and is currently an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Purdue University. He is also nearing completion of studies for a doctorate in Engineering Education, also at Purdue. Before coming to Purdue, he spent over 30 years as an electronics designer of control and power conversion circuits. He received an MS from the University of Michigan (1982) and a BS from the University of Notre Dame (1975), both in Electrical Engineering. His current research interests are in the areas of conceptual understanding and mental modeling among engineering students.
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