Bridging The Gap Between Instructor And Textbook

An engineering-level text was introduced in an electronics course and a linear analog circuits course at the junior/senior level of a four-year Bachelor of Technology program. The book was chosen for its scope, currency, and practical input. Students were alerted up front about the level of difficulty of the book as well as of its strengths. In this paper, we explore a means of providing students with support and guidance to work with a higher level of textbook. The goal is to develop a structure allowing an advanced book to be used in a Technology program.