مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - The Effect Of Simulation-Based Education To The Achievements Of Secondary School Students In The Course Of Basic Electronıcs And Measurement

Abstract :

With development of education technologies, by objectifying the abstract concepts, simulations and animations, it is possible to students promote their achievement. It is much more advantageous to change some parameters and see the results soon in simulation implementations than the animations. In this respect, in the course of Basic Electronics and Measurement, for the unit of “Logic Circuits”, a simulation-based educational appliance is developed. Students could control their problem solvings in educational appliances after they solved the logic circuit problems on paper, and they could compare and contrast their results with the results of simulation. As educational appliance is visually assisted by LEDs, it motivates the students to the lesson. In this study, the effect of educational appliance to the student’s academical achievement is searched. In the survey, experimental research methods experiment and control groups are used and it is applied to the students in the classes of 10-E and 10-F, Palu Vocational and Technical Training Center, second term, in 2011-2012 educational period. In the end of the survey, after statistical analysis, it is observed that student groups who underwent training with this educational appliance were much more successful.