Design of Innovative Digital Electronic Technology Experimental Case Teaching

With the high-speed development of science and technology, students in colleges and universities are required to improve their practical and innovative abilities, especially for those majored in photoelectric engineering. However, it is difficult to achieve this goal if we only employ theoretical teaching and traditional experiments through which students are only required to verify some theorems and conclusions through the established operations. To address this issue, comprehensive experiments are adopted in many colleges and universities to enhance the students’ ability of knowledge application and independent innovation. In this paper, an experiment, in which students are asked to design a system to detect the rotational speed, rotational direction and stop bit of a flywheel in real time by optoelectronic measurement, is given as an example to introduce the teaching reform of comprehensive experiments from three aspects including experimental design, teaching method and experimental evaluation. In experimental design, compared with traditional comprehensive experiments, we pay more attention to the practicability in project and the comprehensiveness of knowledge. For an experiment, its practical value can arouse students’ interest, and it should cover as much professional knowledge as possible to improve the students’ ability of synthetical knowledge application. In the course of experiment, to meet the requirement of cultivating students’ self-learning ability, the experimental teaching method is adjusted from teacher-centered into student-centered. Besides, a scientific and reasonable experimental evaluation system is needed to motivate students to do experiments positively. Therefore, a new multifaceted evaluation system is set up to test students’ grasp of theoretical knowledge, knowledge application ability, practical ability, innovation ability and team working ability comprehensively. Through five years of exploration and practice accumulation, our teaching mode of comprehensive experiments is verified to be effective to develop students’ capability of knowledge application, practice and innovation.

Aiming at the existing problems in the experiment course of digital electronic technology,a series of reforms are carried out in Nanjing Institute of Technology. Combined with the experience of teaching reform,this paper expounds the reform programs of experimental teaching contents,teaching methods,teaching means and teaching evaluations. Practice shows that these teaching reforms can contribute to improve the initiative of students’ learning,plays an active role in promoting engineering,research and innovative talents,and has achieved obvious teaching effects.

A programmable counter/timer based on HDL (Hardware Description Language) design is proposed. The Intel 8254 is selected for defining the functionality and specifications of the programmable counter/timer. VHDL programs are first eveloped to emulate the functional operation of 8254. Next, the programs are verified by simulation using ModelSim. Then the hardware circuit is synthesized and analyzed. The experimental results show that, based on the proposed VHDL-driven design, a high complexity programmable counter/timer can be realized by programmable logic quickly and cost-effectively.

Discipline in traffic is all kinds of behavior of the street user both with vehicles and without ones on the street according to the law. The teaching of it should be started as soon as possible to a child in order to obtain traffic disciplinary when a person lives in a society. The application by learning through traffic simulation is one of the ways that can be used to grow traffic disciplinary to a child aged 5-6 years old. The problem formula in this research is what are types of games applied in the learning through traffic simulation to the disciplinary of preschool students? Furthermore are there any influences of the application of such learning through traffic simulation in preschool students disciplinary? The purpose of the research is to know types of traffic simulation games applied n students’ learning process and to know whether applying learning through traffic simulation games influences the disciplinary of preschool students. The approach used in this research is a quantitative study. The population is students aged 5-6 years old in TK Bhayangkari Kecamatan Gajahmungkur Semarang. The sample is 30 students of grade B of TK Kemala Bhayangkari 90 and 30 students of grade B of TK Kemala Bhayangkari 08. Types of games used in the learning through traffic simulation games are the basic rule of pedestrians, the basic rule of bikers, the introduction of traffic signs, information of how to use a helmet, and manners on vehicles. After treatment given to experiment group, it is found that there was an increase in children’s traffic disciplinary, the mean in experiment group was 103.87 and control group 72.87. the score gained by the experiment group showed a higher number than the control group with the difference of 31,0 and the counting score on post-test of 10.282 with sig (2tailed) 0,00<0,05 which means Hi is acceptable thus there was a significant influence on applying learning through traffic simulation games to increase child’s traffic disciplinary. How to cite Ekapuspahati, H. & Nurwaniasih. (2015). Increasing Disciplinary for Children Age 5-6 Years through Traffic Simulation Games. Indonesian Journal of Early Childhood Education Studies , 4(2), 90-95. doi:10.15294/ijeces.v4i2.9462 DOI 10.15294/ijeces.v4i2.9462

Objective To investigate the application and effect of blended learning in epidemiology course. Methods The 83 nursing undergraduates in one class of grade 2016 were enrolled as experimental group and the 122 nursing undergraduates in another class were enrolled as control group. The undergraduates in the experimental group received blended learning in epidemiology course, and those in the control group received traditional teaching. An anonymous questionnaire survey was performed after the course ended, and the teaching effect was assessed based on the score of a non-standard answer examination and the degree of recognition of comprehensive ability cultivation. SPSS 18.0 was used for data analysis, and the t-test and the chi-square test were used for comparison of data between groups. Results The experimental group had a significantly higher total score than the control group [(85.55±10.49) vs. (80.07±9.47), t=3.897, P=0.000]. Compared with the control group, the experimental group had a significantly higher degree of recognition of independent learning ability, cooperative ability, knowledge application, and problem-solving ability after blended learning (P<0.05). Conclusion Blended learning can be applied in epidemiology course, and its teaching effect is accepted by students. Key words: Blended learning; Epidemiology; Non-standard answer examination; Effectiveness evaluation

Online simulation and training games were used in two undergraduate courses in agribusiness to help improve student understanding and course objectives. Students responded positively to the teaching activities. The activities also extended the out of class learning environment.

Physical Education is one of the compulsory subjects in primary and secondary schools in Malaysia. The primary goal of Physical Education is to develop students in the aspects of cognitive, psychomotor, and affective. Teaching and learning of Physical Education should provide more opportunities for students to improve the efficiency of motor skills, movement, and maintaining physical fitness. The teaching and learning process must focus on students' learning to generate understanding, learning, and ' satisfaction. The failure to attract students toward Physical Education may affect the goals of the subject. Enjoyment is a crucial factor underlying exercise motivation and positive participation in both physical activity and Physical Education. 'Students' attitudes toward Physical Education are likely to be linked with their enjoyment in classes. Therefore, to achieve the goals of the subject, it is imperative to create enjoyment in the teaching and learning process. Hence this study to determine the effectiveness of teaching games for understanding to promote enjoyment in teaching games of Physical Education lesson. Eighty students from form Vocational College in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur, and one Physical Education teacher agreed to participate in this study. They were divided into two groups in order to compare two instructional approaches. The experimental group (A), 42 students, experienced Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU), while the control group (B), 38 students, and experienced a technical-traditional approach. The study design was a quasi-non-equivalent group pre-test and post-test design. A pre- and post-test were performed on each group to assess the influence of the methodology used on students' enjoyment in Physical Education. ANCOVA analysis was conducted to determine the effectiveness of teaching methods toward student enjoyment in Physical Education. Results revealed that group A showed greater enjoyment in the class than group B. Significant differences were found in enjoyment.

Learning embedded system design, simulation and implementation opens a new paradigm in developing practical laboratory experiments for embedded based systems. This paper showcases method of learning system circuit design with the use of simulation computer aided design tools like proteus virtual system modelling (PVSM), multism and Tiny CAD. In order to demonstrate this procedure on how virtual microcontroller-based circuit experiments were carried out in the laboratory, PIC16F887 chip was used as the major logic component. Several practical on hands-experiment were demonstrated with the aid of PVSM, and the result of each experiment performed were displayed with snapshot. Although, the intent of this paper is to put forward a technical approach for learning and engaged students in practices, expert in the progression of learning embedded system courses. This hands-on experiment will be an added advantage besides the class room teaching of students, and allows hobbyist, professional scientist and engineers to design and analyze the system design before building a prototype on learning breadboard and before ever making final packaging.

Gaming simulations (games) are increasingly becoming the tool of choice for modeling and understanding the complexity of today’s systems. This increased popularity has consequently revealed the weaknesses of games in several areas. These limitations range from inconsistencies on the game design to the unexploited explicit and tacit knowledge that games invoke. This paper focuses on games that do not aim at generalizing the produced knowledge but, instead, at understanding how a system works within a specific context. The first step of the analysis is identifying these limitations based on an extensive literature review. Based on this, different directions that could mitigate or even fully address these limitations are proposed. The paper concludes with a focused research agenda.

Objective To study director-leading teaching method, raise the students' main body consciousness and innovation spirit and improve the teaching effect of microbiology test. Method 158 students majored in laboratory medicine of Grade 2013 were divided in two groups. 80 from class 1 were in test group, and the rest from class 2 were served as control group. The clinical microbiological specimens were collected and identified; the experimental class was designed with the experimental teaching mode, while the control group used the traditional experimental teaching mode. Through the experimental evaluation and questionnaire survey, the difference between new teaching model and the traditional teaching mode were evaluated. SPSS 21.0 software was used in the collected data for processing. Result The theoretical results of the experimental class were (88.65 ± 7.64) and the practical skills were (89.72±7.69) and the control group were (79.88±10.64) and (80.55±9.06). The scores of the experimental class were significantly higher than those of the control class, and there and statistically significant difference between the scores of two classes. T values were 6.851 and 5.938 and P values were 0.000 and 0.000 respectively. Sur-vey results show that: 90% of the students agree with the new teaching methods. Conclusion The teach-ing result of the new teaching mode is superior to the traditional teaching mode. Key words: Microbiological test; Medical laboratory specialty; The director-leading teaching method

Objective To investigate the teaching effect of the PCMC-type (problem-originated clinical medical curriculum) pathology experiment course and clinical pathological conference (CPC) by using microscope digital system. Methods 384 undergraduates of second grade in clinical medicine major and imaging diagnosis major were chosen for the teaching reform project, all of whom were divided into experi-mental group (192) and control group (192), randomly, and they were taught by PCMC pathological experi-ment teaching and the traditional pathological experiment teaching separately. After the curriculum, statistic analysis of test score was used to analyze the teaching effect. SPSS 13.0 software diagram method was used to perform Levene variance analysis and t test to the achievement of two groups of students and the students' ability of self evaluation was investigated through questionnaire. Results The average score of the students in the experimental group (86.16±3.28) in the theory exam was significantly higher than that of control group (75.63±2.24) (P=0.000). And the average score of the students in the experimental group in experi-ment (27.10±0.61) was significantly higher than that in control group (19.87± 0.25) (P=0.000). The questionnaire showed that compared with control group, the comprehensive ability of the students in the experi-mental group was obviously enhanced. Conclusion The PCMC pathology teaching is beneficial to improv-ing the students' ability of linking theory with practice and enhancing their ability to analyze and solve problems, and obviously stimulate their interest in learning. It is worth promoting. Key words: Problem-originated clinical medical curriculum (PCMC); The pathological experiment; Clinical pathological conference (CPC); Digital interactive system

Objective To explore the effect of comprehensive design animal experiments inexperimental teaching of nursing in Operation Room. Methods By the method of cluster sampling, fifty five students in class 1 and 2 of bachelor of nursing in grades 2010 were chosen as experimental group while another fifty five students in class 3 and 4 were selected as control group. Students in the control group had been taken traditional teaching method while students in the experimental group underwent the teaching method of comprehensive design animal experiments. After the course famishment, we assessed the teaching effects by achievement degree of experimental goal and the satisfaction of course. Results The scores of theory knowledge gained (78.34±10.42) in intern nurses and (82.76±11.48) for comprehensive practice examination, which both of scores were higher than these of the control group (t=2.936, 3.079, respectively; P<0.01). 98.2% of intern nurses reckoned the teaching method of comprehensive design animal experiments contributed learning initiative and ability of linking theory with practice and 96.4% of intern nurses believed it could train the awareness of creation. Conclusions The teaching method of comprehensive design animal experiments utilizes for operation room, inspires nursing students′ learning interest, and enhances their comprehensive quality and ability. Key words: Nursing in operation room; Experimental teaching; Comprehensive design animal experiment; Nursing undergraduates

The CMOS photonic circuit is typically a heterogeneous system, which contains both electronic and optical devices. To design and verify such kind of circuit, the conventional method is to design and simulate them separately, i.e., the electronic circuits in EDA tools and optical circuits in optical mode solver and FDTD (Finite-difference time-domain) simulator, and then to combine the two parts together. This process is tedious because the brute-force simulation for both electronic circuits and optical circuits could be very time consuming. Moreover, even if these individual simulations are done, the simulation of interface between electronic and optical circuits could be problematical because the signals at the interface for the two parts are not in the same physical discipline. So it will be necessary to create a common electrical/optical simulation environment, in which the designers are able to build the CMOS photonic heterogeneous system from both electronic and optical libraries. In this chapter, we will present a simulation methodology which allows to create a simulation environment for CMOS photonic heterogeneous system. Using hardware description language, we create behavioral models for optical devices with S-matrix formalism. The challenges in model implementation have been addressed, such as large-size vector representation at model ports and complex matrix calculation. And a Verilog-AMS + VPI simulation strategy is proposed to solve the simulation issues. Finally, the proposed method is applied to bottom-up verification of a micro-ring array, and the simulation result matches well with brute force simulation, while the simulation time is largely reduced.

Along with the promotion and deepening of “Nine Year Joint Curriculum” in Taiwan, the trend of “student centered learning” in education has been greatly emphasized. Students are expected to take initiative roll in their study. In science and technology learning area, inquiry teaching method is the most popular and important way to achieve the curriculum goal. This research focuses on the learning effects of “Sound” unit with the adoption of an improved inquiry teaching method, also the differences caused by gender in students’ learning effect. At the end of the research, students’ feedbacks were collected and analyzed for researcher’s references and future study. One hundred and eleven students from four different classes were selected as research subjects from certain elementary school, and divided into two groups as the experimental group and the control group. Under quasi-experimental design, the teacher took inquiry teaching method to design the instructions for the experimental group, while following the traditional teaching method for the control group. The experiment lasted ten classes, and compared the learning effects from both the experimental group and the control group by quantitative research method. Moreover, the teacher collected the experimental group students’ feedback lists for “Sound” unit, and analyzed their feedbacks. The research tool included a test designed by the teacher for evaluating the students’ learning effects, and a feedback list for the experimental group students. Pre-test and Post-test were implemented to analyze the differences in learning effects from both of the groups, by using descriptive, ANCOVA, Johnson-Neyman Method to analyze the data collected from the students. And the feedback list was for researcher to analyze the students’ feedbacks and opinions about this improved inquiry teaching method. The results of the research show that with the two different teaching methods adopted in the teacher’s instruction, the experimental group students’ learning effects are obviously superior to the control group students’, who used textbooks. Also, considering the difference in learning effects caused by gender, male students’ grades in two groups indicate greater differences. Even within the experimental group, male students show better performance than female students. The experiment proves that in “Sound” unit, the improved inquiry teaching method turns out to be more effective on male students than female students. Furthermore, after analyzing the students’ feedback on inquiry teaching method adopted, the result shows that the improved inquiry teaching method can help the students clarify the concepts about “Sounds”, also induce great motivation. In this experiment, the improved inquiry teaching method was proved effective, and is worth of adopting in future instructions.

In the recent years, as to the social requirement the computer has become part of modern life. With the abundant of living, the people consider the leisure life being more and more important. With the progress of electronic technology, the way people to take the leisure life become more and more variety hence by using the computer peripheral to assist people to make pleasure is becoming more and more popular. Among them, there are a lot of people utilize the PC game pad as the machine manipulation interface. According to the pc game pad marketing project report, in the current market there are 4 types of pc game pad been ranked as top 4 most popular models. Hence in this project, from the view point of Ergonomics, we select these 4 popular models for experiment. These 4 types are differentiated by their overall volume and modeling design. We also select students, 6 for male and female each, for this experiment to manipulating the pc game pad. They will randomly select the pc game pad model and perform the same pc game-Vietnam War (Ⅱ), by continuously trigging the striking key. The motion of muscles will be detected by the physical instruments and acquired via signals of EMG and finger force meter (Load Cell Sensor). In the meantime, we perform a subjective evaluation questionnaire survey for every testing student to collect their perception on using the pc game pad. The collected data were analyzed by using the SAS software, and we found the pc game pad which ”has smaller volume and with handle design” needs less force to trigger. This result shall be valuable reference for the relevant manufacturer for improving their future design.