Conference Session

Technical Session T2

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Christopher Horne P.E., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, GIFTS

Discussion board responses, test responses and student surveys were used to measure student perception of their understanding of the running track analogy and Ohm’s Law.In a discussion forum, students were asked “What is a circuit and what is an application of a circuit?By application, something in the real world, not a textbook example.” Several students responded:“A circuit is a continuous flow of voltage through a power source.” However, the term power wasnever used in the running track analogy and to be correct, current flows, voltage does not flow. Thestudents were asked to answer survey