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My name is Bill Collis, and I am a PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Auckland. I have both industry and teaching experience in electronics and have taken up PhD studies because I am intrigued with student learning and conceptual understandings in electronics.

This study involves research into the struggles that first year university students have with understanding electric circuits, an area of significant concern in engineering literature. You are asked to review the list of learning topics common to electrical circuits to identify what you consider the key concepts are that new learners struggle with the most. After all participants have completed this survey the results will be analysed and you will be contacted again to complete a second survey to re-rank the list of concepts.

Your participation in this research is highly appreciated as it will inform ongoing efforts to improve learning outcomes for students.


Please read the full Participant Information Sheet
Participant Information Sheet

“I have read and understood the information describing the aims and content of the following questionnaire. I am aged 16 years or older. I understand that, by submitting this questionnaire electronically I agree to take part in this research under the terms indicated in the information supplied
 
 
 
Please indicate the relative importance of understanding of these concepts to students outcomes in your course(s)
(1 lowest, 5 highest) Please try to have no more than 6 items with a rating of 5
1 2 3 4 5 N/A
* manipulation of units
* Conductivity
* Charge
* Resistance
* Ohm's Law
* Polarity
* Superposition
* Voltage division
* Current division
* Schematics as representations of physical circuits
1 2 3 4 5 N/A
* Short circuit
* Open circuit
* Voltage causes current
* Current (charge flow)
* Capacitance
* Inductance
* Thevenin's theorem
* Norton's theorem
* Mesh analysis
* Nodal analysis
* KCL - Conservation of charge
* KVL - Conservation of energy
* Delta-Wye transformations
 
 
 
Please add here any further concepts that you feel are important for first year students, indicating their importance relative to your answers above (1 lowest 5 highest)
   
 
 
Please indicate the relative degree of difficulty for students of these concepts
(1 lowest, 5 highest) Please try to have no more than 6 items with a rating of 5
1 2 3 4 5 N/A
* manipulation of units
* Conductivity
* Resistance
* Ohm's Law
* Charge
* Polarity
* Superposition
* Voltage division
* Current division
* Schematics as representations of physical circuits
1 2 3 4 5 N/A
* Short circuit
* Open circuit
* Voltage causes current
* Current
* Capacitance
* Thevenin's theorem
* Norton's theorem
* Mesh analysis
* Nodal analysis
* KCL - Conservation of charge
* KVL - Conservation of energy
* Delta-Wye transformations
 
 
 
Please add here any electric circuit concepts that you feel first year students struggle with, indicating their importance relative to your answers above (1 lowest 5 highest)
   
 
 
 
Please add any further comments you would like to make about concerns with students concepts of electric circuits
   
 
 
 
Please indicate your role
 
Secondary School Teacher (physics)
 
Secondary School Teacher (technology)
 
University Lecturer
 
University TA
 
Other
 
 
 
Thank you so much for participating, please provide your email address so that you can be sent the results of this survey and the link for the next one.
   
 
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