Impact of a Step Based Tutoring System on Student Learning at The University of Texas at El Paso
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Minneapolis, MN
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August 23, 2022
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June 26, 2022
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June 29, 2022
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12
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10.18260/1-2--40585
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https://peer.asee.org/40585
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351
Paper Authors
Hector Erives University of Texas at El Paso
Dr. Hector Erives is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Texas at El Paso since 2018. Prior to joining UTEP he worked in the industry for over ten years where he held various positions. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the New Mexico State University. His research interests are in engineering education, remote sensing, and intelligent control systems.
Brian Skromme Arizona State University
Brian Skromme is a Professor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University, and served as Assistant Dean of the Fulton Schools of Engineering for seven years.
Ana Chavez University of Texas at El Paso
Ana Chavez is a Mexican PhD student in Electrical and Computer engineering in the University of Texas at El Paso. From 2013 to 2014 she had the opportunity to contribute on research focused on signal processing in two of the most recognized research institutions in Mexico. Her most remarkable experience in industry was the creation of a programmed tool to optimize the equipment reconciliation time between two medical industries. Because of her experience in research and desire to contribute with knowledge, she started in this project on Fall 2019 to evaluate the Circuit Tutor platform to help students in Circuits analysis.
Megan O’Donnell Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics
Miguel Velez-Reyes University of Texas at El Paso
Dr. Miguel Velez-Reyes is the George W. Edwards Distinguished Professor in Engineering and Chair of the ECE Department at University of Texas at El Paso. He is a first generation in college student who received his BSEE degree from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM) in 1985, and his SMEE, and PhD from MIT in 1988 and 1992 respectively. He was a faculty member of the UPRM ECE Department from 1992 to 2012. He is the UTEP Campus Coordinator for the NOAA Center for Earth Systems Science and Remote Sensing Technology. He was the Founding Director of the UPRM Institute for Research in Integrative Systems and Engineering, and Associate Director of the NSF CenSSIS ERC. His research interests are in integrating physical models with data driven approaches for information extraction using remote sensing. He has over 160 publications. He is Fellow of SPIE and the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Puerto Rico. Received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers award from the US President in 1997. He chairs the SPIE Conference on Algorithms, Technologies and Applications for Multispectral, and Hyperspectral Imaging. He is board member of the Inclusive Engineering Consortium (IEC).
Abstract
In this paper we describe the historical background of how the introductory course Electric Circuits I has been taught, and the different modifications this course has undergone for the past six years. We describe preliminary results of a new step-based method on student learning which has been applied at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) to improve students’ understanding of the topics covered in this course, and describe the step-based tutoring System, dubbed Circuit Tutor, developed by researchers at the Arizona Sate University (ASU).
Erives, H., & Skromme, B., & Chavez, A., & O’Donnell, M., & Velez-Reyes, M. (2022, August), Impact of a Step Based Tutoring System on Student Learning at The University of Texas at El Paso Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--40585
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